Is it ever too late to leave the friend-zone?<\/p>\n
Hi, my name is Bree Camden, and I\u2019m hopelessly in love with my best friend and star quarterback Nathan Donelson (so is half of America, judging by the tabloids and how much the guy dates). The first step is admitting, right? Except, I can never admit it to him because he clearly doesn\u2019t see me that way, and the last thing I want is for things to get weird between us.<\/p>\n
Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for us! Everything is exactly how I like it! Yes. Good. (I\u2019m not crying, I\u2019m just peeling an onion.)<\/p>\n
Our friendship is going swimmingly until I accidentally spill my beans to a reporter over too much tequila, and now the world seems to think me and Nathan belong together. Oh, and did I mention we have to date publicly for three weeks until after the Super Bowl because we signed a contract with…oops, forgot I can\u2019t tell anyone about that!<\/p>\n
Bottom line is, now my best friend is smudging all the lines and acting very un-platonic, and I\u2019m just trying to keep my body from bursting into flames every time he touches me.<\/p>\n
How am I going to make it through three weeks of fake dating Nathan without anything changing between us? Especially when it almost-sort-a-kinda seems like he\u2019s fighting for a completely different outcome?<\/p>\n
Send help.
\nXO Bree<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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