or if you look at it in a totally different way, it could be that John has the friend that is a girl, and he wants to be her girlfriend, but everything he'll ever be to her is a friend. or the other way around, where his friend girl wants to be his girlfriend, but HE just wants to stay friends.
or if you look at it in a totally different way, it could be that John has the friend that is a girl, and he wants to be her girlfriend, but everything he'll ever be to her is a friend. or the other way around, where his friend girl wants to be his girlfriend, but HE just wants to stay friends.