Neighbors (The Real Thing Collection, #6)

by Elizabeth LaBan

Pop culture, psychology, and the Internet have given birth to an entire cottage industry for dealing with romantic breakups, but the heartache of potentially losing a friend—of losing our person—is discussed publicly far less frequently.

But the relationships that mean the most to us are often the most confusing and hard, and you get through the pain because you choose to or not. You choose that person. And I still chose her.

Every good-bye felt like another tiny heartbreak over our lost life together.