Friends with benefits

So, my best friend and I hang out every weekend. Hes always been my bestfriend and thats all theres EVER been to it. A few weeks back we kissed and I fell for him. I really like him now and every time we are together now we fool around. I told him how i felt and he told me he just wanted to be friends with benefits. I want a relationship but dont know what to do. and i most definitly dont want to lose him. PLEASE HELP. What do I do!??!

STOP. RIGHT. THERE. This is the worst idea friends could ever develop. It is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to maintain a friends with benefits relationship without one of the individuals developing stronger feelings than the other is. If your biggest fear of all is losing him then I highly suggest you ask him to just be friends and remain ONLY friends. However, for this to be successful, you will have to cool down hanging out for a little bit. The reason I say calm down with hanging out is because it's easier to say we can be just friends than it is to actually NOT fool around. If this has become somewhat normal for you both to do then chances are it will continue each time you hang out because it's become a routine. In the end, ask to be JUST friends, not with benefits, just the normal close friend that you had before it began. Try to text/talk on the phone rather than hang out and once you feel comfortable enough then I would see him in person...preferably a public place until you're sure that nothing sexual will happen.