:52:00
I love you. Very--
:52:04
Very simple.
Very truly.
:52:07
You are the epitome of everything I have
ever looked for in another human being.
:52:12
And I know that you think of me
as just a friend,
:52:14
and crossing that line is the furthest
thing from an option...
:52:16
you would ever consider,
:52:18
but--
I had to say it.
:52:23
I just--
I can't take this anymore.
:52:25
I can't stand next to you
without wanting to hold you.
:52:29
I can't-- I can't look into
your eyes without feeling that--
:52:31
that longing you only read about
in trashy romance novels.
:52:34
I can't talk to you without wanting to
express my love for everything you are.
:52:40
And I know this will probably queer
our friendship-- no pun intended--
:52:45
but I had to say it.
:52:51
'Cause I've never
felt this way before.
:52:55
And I don't care.
I like who I am because of it.
:53:00
And if bringing this to light
means we can't hang out anymore,
:53:04
then that hurts me.
:53:07
But, God, I just-- I couldn't
allow another day to go by...
:53:09
without just getting it out there,
regardless of the outcome,
:53:13
which, by the look on your face,
is to be the inevitable....
:53:19
shoot down.
:53:22
And, you know,
I'll accept that.
:53:27
But I know-- I know that some part
of you is hesitating for a moment.
:53:31
And if there's a moment of hesitation,
then that means you feel something too.
:53:35
And all I ask, please,
is that you just--
:53:37
you just not dismiss that and try
to dwell in it for just ten seconds.
:53:44
Ah.
:53:47
Alyssa.
:53:49
There isn't another soul
on this fucking planet...
:53:55
who has ever made me half the person
I am when I'm with you.
:53:59
And I would risk this friendship for the
chance to take it to the next plateau,