Changing Tunes – Heather Gunter

You never see guys that love and miss their family so much that they return home every single weekend. When I respond, I don’t dare look him in the eyes. I’m afraid every feeling and thought I just had for him would be revealed on my face. That can’t happen. I’m supposed to be friends with him, nothing more. Just friends. I try as best I can to wipe any and all traces of emotion from my face.

I glance down at my hands, rubbing them together, and finally look up. I look at him, but remind myself to avoid the eyes. “No, I was thinking the opposite. I think it’s great you have such an awesome relationship with your family. Most of us would kill to have that.” I say wistfully. “I’m glad to hear that,” he says seriously. A look of pure desire encases his face, and if I wasn’t trying to be just friends with him, I’d climb over the table and throw myself at him like an animal in heat.

But I don’t. I refrain, and it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I quickly jump up to keep myself from becoming a woman in heat, and busy myself by grabbing another bottle of water out of the refrigerator. I open it and drink several large gulps, using my arms to wipe the excess off of my lips.

When I set my water down, I notice Zeke staring at me. And what he says is nearly my undoing. “I’ve never, in my life, wanted to be a bottle of water…until now.” I think my mouth opens. My heart is beating a million miles a minute and my skin is on fire.

I feel a pull towards him I can’t explain. I can’t move; I’m frozen in place. He walks towards me and raises his hand to my mouth and traces my lips with his thumb. “Such pretty lips.” I don’t move, I can’t. But my mouth finally finds words. “We’re friends, right?” His eyes swirl with emotion, and I see him fighting something internally when he takes a step back and lowers his hand.

“You’re right, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done that. That was highly inappropriate of me, and certainly not fair to you.” I try to talk, but he interrupts me.

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