Being accused

[Melanie Whitaker <no_email@fake.address>]

My name is Melanie and I worked for for one of the top banks now for one year and a half.
During the time working at this bank I developed a friendship with this fellow co-worker 
and we've became close maybe a little too close. Anyway we would start to see one another
for lunch and we often went out after work.We enjoyed each others company and always had
a great time.She found out about my lifestyle which i confronted to her because we were 
close friends.I reassured her that because I was a lesbian that I had no intereest in her 
in a manner that wasn't appropiate to our friendship. My philoshpy is that be honest all
the time and that's what I did. We remained friends after that and now that she knew it
was a relief for me because I felt there wasn't anything to come up and get in the way 
of our friendship. A few more months passed by and we were going out more,my lover 
questioned me about our relationship, she even accused us of sleeping together.I myself 
began to wonder about us hanging out so much because people at our job would look at us
funny and I knew that they were thinking the same thing.She would invite me up to her house
on many occasions and out for a drink. I got the sense she was flirting with me because she 
seemed to act strange around me and quite silly. I had no feelings for her until she started
saying about going away for the weekend and I thought she was implying that we were in a 
relationship and we weren't.I started to look at her in adifferent perspectice and I began to 
to wonder how it would be in a relationship with her and I guess my imagination took over. Her
birthday came up and I bought her a few gifts and card.I gave her a bottle of champangne and I 
had flowers delivered to the job the next day.She loved them and thanked me for the the gift but 
she was confused about the card with the flowers and we talked about our relationship and we 
agreed to leave it at that because she sys she thought it was a simple friendship nothing more.
I wasn't mad at all because I felt like I needed the space anyway. I apoligized to her for crossing
the lines.In my opion things were cleared up but the next day I returned to work I was called in the
office for sexual harrasment allegations.I was so hurt and felt like a criminal or worse. Now we are not friends.