Men and women can't be friends.
There, I said it.
It seems like they can be friends, it seems like they should be able to be friends, but eventually, someone is going to want to sleep with someone and then it really isn't a friendship anymore. Its this weird sexually charged thing, just don't bother trying to take a pretty lady to the close friend level, because eventually there will be arms round parts and awkward hugs and inappropriate cuddling.
However, if you have this problem as written, i'm guessing you were born in the 90s and are under, lets say, 23.
October 11, 1996
ok, so that puts you not even out of highschool yet, so I'll come out and say something else: no relationship is worth crap at this age. If hes your friend and he fancies the lady, and hes closer to the lady than you are, hell, let em have at it while you find someone more local. No sense in even getting put out by it. You'll only realize how dumb it was to be upset by it in about 4 more years.
I was 22 before I realized that everything that happened (relationship wise) prior to 22 had no bearing on my future other than contributing to life experience.