A Little Bit Untouchable

My life was going according to the plan I accepted. Thanks to talent and luck, I bought the house I’d always dreamed of in the town I grew up in, and had best friends who had become my family. I’d made peace with burying the things I may have wanted, but couldn’t have.Then Cora Clark came back to town.My little sister’s best friend.We spent years growing up together, sharing plenty of moments, inside jokes, and stolen glances. Nothing ever came of it, just an unrequited teenage crush.But now that she’s here, I can’t escape the pull she has on me. The way her laugh brightens the room and the way her smile makes my heart race—it brings me right back to how I felt all those years ago. I tell myself I haven’t thought about her since she left, but that’s just not the truth.I try to keep my distance, but in an impulsive moment, I offer to help her chase her dream. Now I can’t stay away, but I find I don’t exactly want to.The more time we spend together, it becomes apparent that the feelings aren’t quite so unrequited, and it’s getting harder to ignore the fire between us.I’ve always called her my untouchable, but I begin to wonder, how much longer can I keep my hands off?