Swallowing hard, Alicia lifted her face to meet his eyes. Why was she letting him hold her? Wasn't it a terrible idea? Wasn't that why she always avoided it?
"Oliver," she said softly, voice cracking. "I can't lose you. I can't. I can't let have this get fucked up so that you don't want to be my best friend anymore."
There was honest fear in her eyes--an emotion that she rarely showed to anyone.