Jessica Miller

That Friend Thing Jessica Miller

Love is a sneaky little bastard that creeps up on you and knocks you out when you least expect it. For Callie and Lucas, their love just might be the ultimate take down... After her mom's accident, Callie was forced to drop out of school and take a job at the local bar to help her mom recover. Two years later, she's still at the bar, and afraid she's never going to make it out of town and have the career she's dreamed of since she was five. An old friend stumbles into her path after two years of absence. A friend Callie has had a crush on from the moment they first met. The only downside, he's trying to recover from a broken heart. Lucas thought his life was set. He had the girl of his dreams and well on his way to start settling down. That was until his girlfriend of two years decided she wasn't ready for commitment. Destroyed from his break up, Lucas has a hard time getting his head on straight. After running into Callie, things seem to slowly start to fall back in place. Only Lucas's heart can't seem to catch up with his head. Everyone knows that falling in love with your best friend is the worst thing you can do, but sometimes the heart wants what it wants and feelings have a way of springing up unannounced. Can Callie overcome her fear of losing Lucas if she confesses how she really feels? Will Lucas's heart heal enough to move on and discover love was staring him in the face the whole time? Or is their relationship doomed to be nothing more than that friend thing?