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message, Tammy knocked on her door. “Can I come in?” she asked.
    “Come on.”
    “So you got a date tonight?”
    “Yeah, I’m going out with Ray. I’m just trying to figure out how to be casual and cute at the same time,” Malena said. She was shuffling through clothes, but nothing caught her eye.
    “What just happened with you and Anthony?”
    “Nothing, but I guess you’re so in love with Phil that you forgot about our little conversation when we were waiting for them to pick us up on Friday. I told you that Ray and I had something planned for Saturday night.
    “Oh Malena, I’m so sorry. I totally forgot.”
    “Don’t worry about it, everything’s okay. I guess I’m just not cut out to juggle two men.”
    “But you’ve done such a good job for . . . how long has it been, two and a half, three months?” Tammy joked.
    “Yeah, about three months too long. It’s time to go ahead and let Tony go. I’m beginning to feel guilty. I’m truly beginning to fall in love with Ray. Anyway, after I cross, if I’m accepted, I’m gonna have to somehow break up with him. I faked it all weekend, but to be honest there’s nothing there.”
    “You mean you faked it during sex?”
    “No, I mean I faked enjoying his company. We didn’t have sex.”
    “Really.” Tammy seemed surprised. “So what did he say?”
    “He said he wasn’t going to force me to do anything I didn’t want to do. And he didn’t. He just held me all night.”
    “He is a good man, you know.”
    “I do. That’s what makes it so hard.”
    Both Malena and Tammy saw the breakup coming all along, but they enjoyed their couples weekends, and hated seeing them come to an end.
    “I’m one year short of graduating. I want to try to work on building a strong relationship with Ray,” Malena expressed.
    “I thought you said he wasn’t ready yet.”
    “Well, he wasn’t at first, but I think he’s beginning to think about settling down. He graduates this spring and already has a job lined up with a good company downtown. The only thing left to do is get engaged, right?”
    “Malena, like my grandmother always says, ‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.’ The relationship is still new. Also, don’t forget, Tony’s ready and willing to marry you. All you have to do is say the word.”
    “You think so?”
    “You don’t see the way he looks at you. He’s put you on a pedestal. And according to Phil, he does nothing but talk about you nonstop. He even said he could see himself spending the rest of his life with you.”
    “Stop making me feel guilty. I think Ray could be the true love of my life. I need to break things off with Tony so he can go on with his life and find someone who will be able to love him back. He deserves that. I’m just gonna have to be woman enough to tell him Friday.”
    “What? Friday? No. I think you should wait.”
    “I don’t know. We’ll see.” Malena had already made up her mind, but she didn’t want to continue the discussion. “So do you want to go to the library for a few hours? I’ll figure out what to wear for my date later.”
    “I guess so,” Tammy said. “Just let me get my study sweats on.”
    After studying at the library and grabbing a bite to eat, Malena and Tammy arrived at their apartment exhausted. They walked through the door, and each went toward her separate room. The apartment was sparsely furnished with bits and pieces of used furniture they had collected from their families and friends. They had individual bathrooms attached to their bedrooms. Malena walked straight to her room, dropped her book bag, and went to the bathtub. She ran hot water and poured bath beads under the running water. She was going to soak in her bath and decide what she would wear tonight, and how to make sure Ray remained in her life, even while she was pledging. She was also going to go over her plan to somehow break things off with Anthony.
    She became totally relaxed while immersed in the