You know everything about each other and you have a very close connection. I think people will see that it is ok to date someone that is your best friend. She offers a unique perspective of Love Song.
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She played the lead role in their previous feature, Again. Ricketta Butler, alum of University of Florida, joined the cast, in part, because of previous experience with Wilson Wheaton Productions. Fear and apprehension were never a part of their relationship in the past and they decide those things will never be a part of their relationship in the future. Their friendship has taken them through various ups and downs, highs and lows. Grant and Toni soon realize that they must be in each other's lives. Toni cannot help feeling empty as she prepares for one of the most important days of her life without her best friend by her side.
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Grant becomes engulfed in his education and preparing for graduation. Toni decides to finally be honest with him and herself and calls off the engagement. He is unable to accept the half of her heart she is willing to give him. Soon Reese learns that Toni's feelings for him are not what they should be for two people planning to marry. After Grant sabotages the proposal, Toni is furious and their friendship is seriously threatened. When Reese asks for Grant's blessing, Grant finally realizes that he does not want to lose her. Reese returns with plans to propose to Toni. Her voice of reasoning comes from her older and wiser roommate, Melissa, who tells her that the deepest and strongest relationships start with friendship and continue with friendship. Neither of them has the courage to take their relationship to another level. Now Toni must make the decision to stay with a man who loves her or to take a chance on the friend who has not made his feelings clear to her. Like a mantra, he tells them they are just friends but wonders if there could be more. Grant's friends are very impressed with his date and very curious as to what is going on between them. They reconnect as if no time has passed at all. While Reese is away on business, Toni accompanies a newly single Grant to a school banquet. When Toni's new beau, Reese is asked to return to London for the opportunity of a lifetime, he asks Toni to return with him. This blossoming relationship is seen as a threat to Grant, although he too is in a serious relationship. However, fate also sends the boyfriend she thought she left behind. Grant keeps a promise to her to be the man he should become.Įventually, fate returns Toni to school with Grant and their friends. Their friendship is sustained through letters and phone calls. While they are still friends, they are no longer the single unit of their past.Ī job transfer out of the country for Toni's mother forces Toni to leave school and leaves Grant without his other half.
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Their early years at school are marked with creating new friendships and relationships. Grant learns to be self-sufficient and not rely on Toni as much as he did in the past while Toni learns that she cannot live in Grant's overwhelming shadow. Slowly they grow apart as they realize they must allow each other to develop into the adults they were meant to be. Now attending the same university, they are still very close but associating with different friends. They were just friends and very happy with the situation. Never did romance cross either of their minds. They were part of the same crowd and practically joined at the hip.
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Grant Jeffries and Toni Simms have been good friends since middle school. It is often challenged but never forsaken. A true and pure friendship is priceless and cherished by all those who have one.