"Hey there girlfriend! I was worried you weren't coming at all!" Emily answered excitedly seeing Icene as she opened the door. The birthday girl gave her a friendly hug and held the door open for her keeping an eye on Wayne while Icene got in.
"A birthday indeed! I was first thinking of hiding it and pretending that nothing was going on and continuing being on the better side of 30, but I figured someone would find out and force me to celebrate the big bad round years. So my only option was to get it out in the open on my own to avoid the awkwardness," she explained chuckling. "Oh, Adam's here too, if you didn't know, and he even got Joe with him!"