Friends or love..... or both?

Both, I met a wonderful person with personality, intelligence, and looks that rival those of an angel. I look at this person as a friend, but I also love this person with all of my heart.
It's a long story but I will spill some of my beans. I am one to believe now that helping people can reward you more then you could ever imagine. I was out, turning in a job application and happened to stumble upon a fumbling woman. She was asked by her employer to find a ring that was lost in a pigsty of a mess. So, I said I would help her, because I still had time before I had to turn in my application. Together we quickly made a killing on finding the ring. After words I noted her job location and asked her if she needed anything else.
Thankfully she said she did need some materials from the local suppliers. I said that it wouldn't be a problem and that I could grab them for her. After that I was hired by her company, to my surprise I was given the job to supply her with materials for her profession. Months had gone by, with the same give-take relationship, I had thought nothing more of it.
I had been having some trouble with a friend of mine, a close friend; she was in need of some one to talk to and some one to listen to her. I had been there for her for a while now. I needed a break; I needed some one to talk to myself.
Soon after that I was mopping around work and someone, someone I had never expected, showed me that they care, about me. It was the ring lady; she let me open up to her, and have talks with out any negative feed back. She was my coworker but still I never new her last name. Actually, I knew nothing about her. So we went for a walk and sat down on the riverbank, there were turtles in the water and a lost cat on the bench that we showed the way home.
We talked for hours upon hours about everything. Then it became a ritual, every day we would talk for hours and hours. Given the circumstances we could not take our relationship any farther. So, we remain friends and I still love her. I am thankful every moment that we had spent together. I wish we could have had more, but I had to hold my roaring horses, and just stay friends.

This is one of my stories; I like to talk about it, and will accept any and all questions.