Chapter 5The next day crawls by at work. Melanie stops to make small talk with me a few times. Josh invites me to happy hour, but of course, I’m busy tonight. And anyway, Melanie won’t be there as she has practice. Melanie’s in another power suit today, her hair perfect. My energy is going into seven o’clock. I finish my work early and spend the rest of the day jittering behind my desk.
At 6:27, my phone buzzes on my nightstand. I’ve been dressed and ready since 6:05, and have been meditating to try and calm my nerves. No such luck, though—my mind is racing with the recent shift in my lesbian paradigm. I’ve wanted Layla for all these years, but Melanie is girlfriend material. In fact, Melanie is the first girl I’ve even considered being serious about in a long time. But I don’t know if Me
