Something Precious by Brooke St. James

It’s a difficult thing to be in love with someone who only sees you as a friend. That feeling was something Kristen Hall had long since grown accustomed to. Her epic crush on Jake Reynolds had lasted so long that her friends didn’t even tease her about it anymore. Or maybe it was that she had just gotten better at hiding it after all these years.

Kristen couldn’t help but hope that maybe one day, somehow, miraculously, Jake would decide he loved her back. Perhaps something would just click and he would realize he couldn’t go on living without her. It was a long shot, and it would take a real miracle, but stranger things had happened.