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Best friend: Big Things

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by Ellabella0709

by Ellabella0709

I don't have a crush on my best friend

But

I let her pick at my face and pop my pimples

Even though I think it's gross

So I can feel her hands rest on my face

And sometimes her thumb rests

On my lips

I don't have a crush on my best friend

But

The way her body curves makes

my heart

Beat faster

And my lips

Curl up

Though I'd love to glance down

And memorize every bend

I am content if my eyes never leave hers

Green laced with streaks of blue

I don't have a crush on my best friend

But

When she suggests we all "cuddle" when we

Three or four have a sleepover

I always find myself right in front of her

Stomach to my back

Arm around my ribs

And I wish I could lay with her more often

I don't have a crush on my best friend

But

When I wore our other friend Kaya's bikini in front of her

I basked in her glances like sunlight

And when I watched her side eye me when we ate

Kabobs on Kaya's back porch

I wondered what she'd look like in a bikini

Even if I already knew she wouldn't because

The scars on her thighs and upper arms

Are unlike mine scattered and unsuspected

Hers are in neat rows

I don't have a crush on my best friend

But

When she said she thought it would be funny

If we touched tongues

I didn't object

So we did

Briefly