We Are Adults

I'm what you would call a " dating single " . I love dating and I love flirting. I didn't think it would get me in trouble though. Since I'm a dating single, trying to find the perfect match, I only have my friends to rely on when it came to hook ups. But what happened when one friend starts liking another ? Will the entire friendship end disappear, or will they start returning feelings for each other ? Being a flirtations dating single may have lost me the one friend that I could truly rely on. Or will I be able to ignore the fact that she loves me but I'll never return her feelings. She was the one I opened up to and she opened up to me as-well. But I would have never imagined that it would go this far. Maybe I should have never acted all flirty around her, but that's what guys do. Or maybe it's because I was a dating single and she found that personality sexy. I don't know. But what I did know is that someone was going to get hurt. I remember the night she spoke her feelings to me. She told me that when we met she knew that I was something special. It was funny. I didn't feel special. I respect women and I like watching the sunset but that doesn't make me any different from other guys does it ? Anyways, she went on about the day we met. How it was a magical experience and even though it was a brief encounter, she loved every minute of it. I didn't understand. Call me dumb but I just flirted, thinking that she was just a one time fling. Who knew that we would become best friends ? She then leaned in and before I knew it, she kissed me on the lips. A kiss that meant the whole world to her. I apologized to her and ran out of the house. A stupid way to react to someone who was fully in love with me huh ? But I couldn't stop the tears from coming out of my eyes. Why did she have to tell me how she felt ? She knew I didn't want a partner until I had found the one. This just ruins the whole entire relationship!The next day I stayed inside, hoping she wouldn't call but as usual, she did. I didn't pick up. I just wanted this nightmare to end. What she left on the message machine surprised me. She said that she was just joking and that she went to far. I knew she was lying. Her voice was shaking and she would never joke about such a thing. From that day on, I ignored that night since I still wanted to be friends.