The rest of the day went smoothly, but I didn’t have the heart to tell Heather that she couldn’t come along with me. I also didn’t want to tell her that Alana was coming instead. It wasn’t that I was ashamed of people knowing about Alana and me. It was more so the fact that I think Alana was ashamed or embarrassed for people to know. That and I didn’t want to create drama at work. The last thing that I needed right now was for rumors to be going around. Well, now that I think about it, it wouldn’t be much of a rumor. On Friday, Alana met me at my place an hour after I got off. I avoided Heather the entire day. We didn’t want to make it seem as obvious, which it would have been if we both took off at the same exact time. I spent the entire hour cleaning up my place as if she would be here