Lucy took another swig of her beer, finishing the bottle. She could barely remember why she had decided to drink so much. But barley wasn't enough, she was in love with her best friend, Lincoln, but he already had a girlfriend but Lucy couldn't stop thinking about him. Lucy knew that she should tell him, they never kept secrets from each other, but she didn't want to ruin their friendship or upset his girlfriend.

Lucy decided to just call Lincoln and tell him the truth, she was already drunk so if she got rejected it wouldn’t hurt as bad. She picked up her phone and called Lincolin.

Lincolin picked up after a few rings, “Hey, Lucy.”

“Hey, Lincoln. I need to tell you something important.” Lucy said.

“Okay, what’s up?” Lincolin replied.

Lucy took a deep breath, she was starting to regret calling Lincoln, but it was too late to turn back, so she said“Lincolin, I think I’m in love with you.” She began to regret her words almost as soon as she said them. Those eight little words had the power to solve her problem or embarrass her and make her problem so much worse.

“Oh.. Lucy, I like you as a friend but you know I already have a girlfriend. Sorry.” Lincolin said. Lucy should have been expecting to get rejected but she still had had a little hope that maybe Lincoln liked her back, but that hope died when Lincoln rejected her.

“Okay. We can still be friends, it won't be too awkward or anything, right?” Lucy asked, hoping that she hadn't ruined their friendship.

“Actually, my girlfriend has been kind of jealous lately. I've been telling her we’re just friends, but now that you've told me that you're in love with me, I’ll feel bad every time I tell her that nothing is going on between us. Maybe it's for the best if we stop hanging out.” Lincoln said. His words devastated Lucy. She felt like the world was ending, she had been best friends with Lincoln since kindergarten and now she had ruined their entire friendship. If she had just kept her big mouth shut and kept pretending like she only liked Lincoln as a friend, their friendship wouldn't be over.

“Okay, that's fine,” Lucy lied.

“I need to go, bye,” Lincolin said.

“Okay, bye.” Lucy replied as she hung up. She walked into her kitchen and grabbed another beer bottle. She couldn't believe she had just ruined her friendship by saying what seemed like the dumbest eight words of her life.