“You just had to say something, didn’t you.” Avery said, giggling lightly. “But no, I don’t think it’s going to be weird. It’s not like anyone besides us is going to know.”
“Are we keeping this a secret then, or…?” James let his voice trail off.
“I’m not sure. Right now I’m too sleepy to think this through, but… I don’t see why it’s anyone else’s business if we’re dating or not. People already make assumptions about us. I don’t know if we need to feed into the water cooler gossip any more than we already do.” Avery said, yawning softly.
“Ahhnn...the yawns are spreading.” James said, yawning a bit himself in response. “All right. I’ll see you tomorrow. Goodnight, beautiful.”
Avery smiled and replied, “Goodnight, James.”
While from the outside, things seemed perfectly normal between Av
