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though I don’t completely understand, I respect your decision.” He brushed a stray hair away from my face. “I’m sorry I put you in that position. If I’d known how you felt, I never would have done that. Let me make it up to you. Let me take you out tomorrow night.”
    Exhilarated by his reaction, I immediately agreed.
    A smile lit his face. “Great.”
    Still unnerved by what had happened, I said, “Maybe it's best if you leave now.”
    “Sure, I understand. I’ll pick you up tomorrow at five.”
    I nodded and walked him to the door. This time I made sure the door was locked before going back into my room. I pulled up the calendar app on my phone so I could post the information about my date with Trevor.
    As if I'd forget.
    A moment later I was horrified to see I already had a date that night. With Justin. “Oh no,” I moaned.
    Now what am I going to do? Friday's tomorrow. I need to decide right away.
    I tried calling Alyssa but just got her voice mail.
    I agreed to the date with Justin first, but I really want to go out with Trevor.
    My stomach churned as I tried to decide what to do—no matter what, someone would be unhappy. After a few minutes I came to a decision and made the call. When I got voicemail, I left a message.
    “I’m so sorry,” I said. “I’m going to have to cancel our date for tomorrow night. Please, let’s do it another time.” I ended the call and fervently hoped that he would ask me out again.

Chapter Nine
    A s I got ready for my night out, Michelle, my roommate, was getting ready for a date of her own.
    Only Nicole wasn't going out that night and she was moping around the apartment. “It's just not fair,” she was saying. “Why does everyone get to have fun but me? I'm a nice person.”
    “Of course you are,” Michelle soothed. “And I'm sorry Rick cancelled on you, but sometimes that's how it works out.”
    “Yeah, yeah.” Nicole dropped onto the couch and turned on the television.
    I tried to keep from smiling as Nicole continued to complain. Nicole had been out every weekend that semester so I had trouble feeling sorry for her. This was only my second actual date since I'd been there and I wasn't going to let anyone spoil my good mood.
    When the doorbell rang, Nicole ran to open it. “It's for you, Lily.”
    As I walked toward the door, I thought about the message I'd left the day before to cancel one of my dates and felt guilty—until I saw who was at the door. “Trevor! What are you doing here? Didn't you get my message?”
    He handed me an arrangement of flowers as a smile filled his face. “Sure I did. But I didn’t think you meant it.” He leaned close and whispered. “Not after what happened.”
    Though my face flushed, I was angry he hadn't followed my wishes. “I'm sorry, but when I agreed to go out with you I'd forgotten I'd already committed to go out with a friend of mine.”
    “Can’t you cancel it?” he asked, not moving from the landing.
    “I can't do that. When I make an agreement, I keep it.”
    “Oh.” He seemed to be getting the message. “All right then. I'm busy tomorrow night. How about next Friday?”
    Relieved that he understood, I agreed to go out with him the following week.
    “You can keep the flowers,” he said as he turned and walked away.
    I closed the door behind him to the stares of my roommates.
    “Gee, Lily,” Nicole said, a smirk on her face. “I didn't know you had to fight them off.”
    “Ha, ha.” I went into the kitchen to put the flowers in a vase. A short time later the doorbell rang again and I dashed back into the living room. “You guys, please don't say anything about Trevor, okay?”
    “Okay, whatever,” Nicole called out as she opened the door. “Big surprise, Lily. It's for you.”
    I ignored Nicole's comment and stepped out the door as I greeted Justin.
    “You look beautiful,” he said.
    “Thank you. You look good, too.”
    He took me to a nice restaurant and then to a movie. I had a good time