He's right there... the boy shes in love with sitting right in front of her. at any moment she could change everything. she could tell him how she's felt about him for years, how she loves everything about him... but she knows it would ruin everything... their friendship, her best friend, the only person she trust will be gone. to him shes just one of the guys, a friend that he knows will always be there for him when no one else is. so she just sits back and says nothing... but as he turns around to talk to her she whispers under her breath "i love you." low enough so he cant hear but loud enough to let the feeling of holding everything inside leave for even a second.
