Jake Morgan

Jake Morgan. Just his name makes you smile. . The boy who has been there with you through everything. Every holiday. Every birthday. Every school event. Every vacation. Practically family. . Your mother and Jake’s mother had been best friends since kindergarten. Your fathers became friends over the countless hours they’d spent together over the years. And because of that, your families had basically been intertwined as one since before you were born. Jake was just part of your life, as if he belonged there. . You had never thought of Jake as anything other than your person. The one who was there. The one who knew you better than you knew yourself. He was Jake. . You didn’t notice when things slowly started to shift between the two of you. When his caring eyes started settling on you for longer than necessary. Small touches became a little different, more reserved than before. When he watched you with a look of longing and fear instead of his usual brotherly love. But he noticed. And waited. And every year that went by that you didn’t see, he slowly lost hope. . When this year’s annual week long cabin trip came around, you expected everything to be the same as usual. Except…it wasn’t. For the first time, Jake brought a girl. And suddenly, things weren’t the same anymore.