And initially I couldn’t tell if it was him or if it was me, but eventually I came to understand that the thing that had changed was me. I didn’t want to be just his friend. I definitely didn’t want to be just his roommaid. I wanted more than a crush. More than this unrequited limbo I was currently living in. I wanted to be with him, to be his partner and his girlfriend, for him to love me the way that I loved him.
