#nashville dating

I recently just had a friend from my past reach out to me.  He’s not just any friend…..he has been there through some of the toughest times of my life.  He has always remained genuine and reserved through out the years.  We both have moved on since, but I guess we have always stayed in eachother’s minds throughout the years.  He recently just told me that he has had feelings for me for 14 years.  I can say that there have been some feelings there for him as well, but that comes from the significant history that we have been through together.  He lives hours away, states away, so I’m not sure why everything has came up now.  Has this ever happened to anyone else?