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tonight already, once more won’t hurt. You look fabulous. Delicious, actually.” His lips grazed the nape of her neck.
    Jeni thought her knees would give out and was thankful for the support of the bar. She had chosen a pretty sexy dress for the reception. It was a black satin straight silhouette type dress with spaghetti straps. The corset-like bodice ruched in the front and back with a low neckline. She wore it well. With her long, chestnut waves cascading down her back, she knew Brian would love the way she looked. He loved seeing her skin, which contrasted nicely against the black dress. And there was quite a bit of skin showing. He loved her hair down and flowing. He lost the struggle to keep his hands out of her hair and leaned into her, breathing her in.
    “You look pretty great yourself,” she replied. Her hand brushed the lapel of his jacket. “You always did clean up well.” He looked better than great. He wore a dark blue suit with a white shirt and a peach tie. The colors made his brown eyes leap out. His eyes were a deep chocolate brown, and they always danced with something…sometimes mischievousness, but usually excitement.
    “Can I interest you in a dance?” Brian swallowed back the last few sips of his drink and set the bottle on the bar.
    “I may have a little interest,” she teased. Jeni took another sip of her own drink before Brian seized her free hand and dragged her forward to the dance floor. She set her glass on one of the tables they passed along the way.
    Once on the dance floor, he slid his arms around her waist and rested his hands on her low back. He pulled her close, and that was when Jeni realized what song the DJ had played. Their bodies touched as they swayed to Can’t Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon.
    “Does this song bring anything back for you?” he said in her ear.
    “Yes,” she said softly. “It does. Every single time I hear it.” It brought back a memory instantly. Every time she heard this song, the same images popped in her head. She and Brian sitting in his basement on Christmas break of their freshmen year of high school playing his mother’s albums on the record player. He sang this song so passionately, imitating his mother, who was a die-hard REO Speedwagon fan. They laughed hysterically—at the lyrics, at his mom’s passion, at his very convincing impression of his mom at an REO Speedwagon concert. And it was after that song, in the midst of laughing so hard they both were in tears, that he leaned over and kissed her for the first time. That kiss lasted for several minutes. It became as passionate as two fifteen-year-olds could be. It was the moment that changed their friendship forever. They explored many sexual firsts together throughout the next several years.
    For a few minutes, they were lost in the music, the memories, and the movement of their bodies. It was moments like these that made Jeni wonder why they never gave the relationship thing another try. It felt so right being in his arms. They knew each other better than a lot of married couples knew each other. They had been best friends since they were children, and they had been amazing lovers for years. But neither of them attempted to tread down that path again. Jeni knew deep down she was terrified to lose him completely. He had always been the one constant in her life. Her parents were both traveling salespersons. So, she had often found herself alone for good parts of the evenings and even on some weekends, as her two brothers were years older than her and off to college by the time she reached high school.
    Brian and his family filled in where her parents could not because of their jobs. And though she had thought about broaching the subject with Brian many times, her fear of losing him altogether got the better of her, and she let things stay as they were. And their relationship had been good. Great, actually. She could live with it. But she just knew she couldn’t live without him in