My Scorned Best Friend

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>***Now a <em>USA Today</em> Bestseller***</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Xavier and Clara kissing in a tree...</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When your best friend growing up is a girl that's the song your classmates taunt you with over and over again. But it was never like that... until now.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's always been Clara and me. She's the only one who truly knows me. After I was drafted into the NFL and ended up the starting quarterback for the San Francisco Kingsmen I begged her to come with me. But she had her own life and responsibilities back in our small Alaskan town so I didn't fault her for staying.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We remained the best of friends despite the distance. I'd hang with her in Alaska during the off season and she'd visit me in California while I was playing. Then one night the lines blurred for the briefest of moments and set in motion a series of events that changed everything.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm not proud of the decisions I made after that fateful night and I plan on making amends because I need Clara back in my life. But not as my best friend-as my everything.</span></p>