Better for us both

• (phone rings)
• Her: You coming over tonight?
• Me: I think it's better for us both if I don't
• Her: Why?
• Me: Because I know what will happen if I do
• Her: what?
• Me: I'll come over and we'll hang out. We'll probably rent a movie and huddle up under the covers. You'll be your regular self, smiling and laughing...amazing as always. Then at some point during the night I won't be able to control myself. So I'll take your hand, look into your eyes and tell you how amazing I think you are. That my heart rises and sets at the thought of you. Then i'll lean in and try and kiss you. You'll pull away politely, and while i'm grabbing my coat you'll say how sorry you are. That your heart belongs to another. That I'm a good friend and you don't want to lose me. Then I'll give you a hug, like the gentleman that I am. I'll see myself out, I'll say. And that will be that.
• (phone rings)
• Her: You coming over tonight?
• Me: ...
• Yeah, let me just get my coat.