The Sweetest Agony

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's not the boy she grew up with anymore.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Jess</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I thought I knew my best friend.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Transcontinental video chats didn't do him justice.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's not an awkward teenager anymore and one look from him sets my body on edge.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm the type of woman who has her life together. Sure a panic attack here or there might derail my day but I've got this.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I have my life under control.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm not the type of woman to lust after the most important person in my life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But he knows me better than I know myself-even the anxious parts I try my best to hide.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now that we're in the same place everything in our relationship is changing.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>James</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm back for her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She's my best friend.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Being in love with Jess has been the sweetest agony and I've waited long enough.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've watched her fall for men who don't appreciate her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've waited for her to see me.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now it finally seems like she might and I won't hold back until she's mine.</span></p>