when we reach his house I notice that Trace is unusually quiet.

"Whats wrong?" I ask. "Nothing." he replied. His silence makes me slightly uneasy. We walk into the house and its the way it always is, clean and wanting the company of his mother and father to return but sadly it will not.

"It's already late and I'm tired, do you mind if I change real quick?"

He doesn't respond.

"I'll take that as a yes." I quickly put on a night shirt and some shorts on in the bathroom. When I come out I realized the Trace has changed into his pajamas AKA: his underwear. He's my friend so I pay no attention to it.

" It's getting late wanna have a competition to see who falls asleep first?" He asks. There is only one bed and no couches so we share the one that he has.

"Sure." I reply just wanting to get some sleep. I crawl into bed with him and we sleep with our backs facing.

"one,two,three,GO!" He says and we both pull the covers over our heads giggling like children.

I fall asleep soon after Trace, some part of me actually likes the gentle warm feeling that comes from his toned body.

..........A little while later..........

I wake up with a slight pressure on my back, neck, and shoulders. I look around and see that Trace wrapped his arms around me and his chest pressed against my back with our feet tangled together.

I place my hand on his forearm trying not to wake him up. He silently rests his head in the crook of my neck,his short swoopy brown hair tickles me slightly. I giggle a little and trace wakes up. I quickly close my eyes hoping to trick him into thinking that I'm still asleep.

He lifts his head up and kisses my forehead saying, 'I love you, and I want us to be together for a long time to come.' I'm surprised and lift my head up gasping a little. I look at Trace and he looks like he's blushing a little.

"Oh Shit! Kastle did I wake you?" he asks frantically.

"No." I reply

"well go back to sleep." He says.

"OK." I place my head on the pillow closing my eyes hoping I can fall asleep,but my thoughts keep me awake.

I'm thinking in the back of my mind that maybe it was a dream. That maybe I'm able to express my feelings for him, I've loved him for a long time and I don't want that to ruin our friendship.