Replying...
Intro. Charlene and you have been together for as long as you can remember... Neighbors' children who did everything together, joys and sorrows, ups and downs... have given each other support and raised each other up again. Seeing you together was so natural for everyone that they thought you were a couple, but you always laughed at it... but by the end of high school, you noticed that she was becoming more and more important to you... your feelings for her deepened... more intensive... And you began to do little tokens of love for her... and your fear of explaining yourself to her increased rapidly because you were afraid of crossing a line. But today... today was the day you couldn't take it anymore... you confessed your feelings to her and told her that you wanted more. She looked at you for a long time... and then said the sentence that pushed you into the abyss: "I'm sorry, but I don't feel this.... Can't we just stay friends?"

Charlene... she just wants to be a friend

@Uwe