"So you told her how you feel, huh?" Kev opened two beers and handed one to Evan. "And she's still went on a date with some guy she met online?"
"Yeah. They've been talking for months and she said she had to see it through. She needed to know, I guess." Evan shrugged dejectedly and took a swig from her beer.
"But it's you and Sarah. I always thought that if one of you finally made the move, that'd be it, you know. Yous always seemed so right for each other." Kev was in mild disbelief.
"Yeah man, me too." Evan sank down onto the couch. They sipped their beers in silence for a few minutes.
"You know what the worst thing is though?" Evan looked up at his closest friend. "I think she has feelings for me. Or had, or whatever."
"Yeah?" Kev sat down on the well-worn armchair across from Evan.
"She went on about why had I not said all this six months ago. I swear, she almost said she wished I had. I really blew it, man." Evan's shoulders slumped and he drained his beer bottle.
"Another one?" Kev offered, not knowing what else to say.
"Nah. Think I'll just head. Patch'll need fed and taken out." Heaving himself off the couch, Evan grabbed his coat,said bye to Kev and headed out into the lonely night.
The walk home was somehow simultaneously too long and too short. He couldn't get the thought that the woman he was meant to be with was on a date with another man.
Unlocking his front door, Evan was slightly confused when he wasn't knocked off his feet by a full-grown Dalmation upon entering. He started his wandering search for his canine in the living room.
"Surprise!" Sarah said awkwardly, trying not to wake the sleeping dog resting on her lap.
"Sarah." Evan said softly, then the bitterness kicked in. "Should you not be on your date?"
"Maybe. But I don't think so. I feel like I'm where I need to be. I know that I am where I want to be."
"What?" Evan moved closer, trying to figure out what was going on in Sarah's mind.
"I told you I needed to meet him in person so I'd know. Right? So I went, I met him and then I knew. I really like this guy, Ev. And there was something there. Sorry, but I wont lie. But, no matter how I feel about him, it doesn't change the fact that he isn't you. The minute I said 'hi' to him, I knew that it was you that I wanted. Only you. It's always going to be you, Evan."
Evan looked at her: his best friend and the love of his life waiting to happen, curled up with his beloved pet, and he realised it was a view he wanted for the rest of his life.
"I love you, Evan. I should have said it then, but I'm saying it now." Sarah entreated.
Evan walked across the living room without a word, sat on the couch at an angle so that he was facing her and stroked her cheek, stared into her eyes and smiled. Then, after five years of waiting and falling in love, Evan finally kissed Sarah.
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