The little party I want to throw is going to end up in shambles if we go there now. It wasn’t going to be ready till tomorrow. I was warming up on how to tell him to come there on his way but now he’s here. Spotting a huge bulge and wants to go there. I understand I said the same thing. Unwanted interruptions, he called it, but how do I tell him I don’t want to go there without telling him the real reason? “I don’t want to go there” I blurt out. Oh boy. I have to lie, and I have to think fast because he’s not stupid and it has to be reasonable enough so he can willingly go on Saturday. “Let's go to my house” I say. It's not a reason, but It makes sense. My house. It's not far from here. Half the time for both. He furrows his brow at my bbehaviour “No offence, Ava, your house can't

