Love, Rosie (53 page)

a
bitch
for
leaving
you
on
your
own
when
we
go
out.
Actually
ask

84

Cecelia
Ahern

him
out,
I
can
get
Kevin
to
babysit
and
then
we
can
all
go
on
a
dou-

ble
date,
I’ve
always
wanted
to
do
that!

Ruby:

Oh
please,
the
innocence
of
the
young
and
inexperienced.
Ted
and

Greg
will
have
absolutely
nothing
in
common,
they’re
like
chalk

and
cheese;
a
bank
manager
and
a
possible
bank
robber.
They
will

hate
each
other,
the
atmosphere
will
be
awkward,
no
one
will
talk,

all
you’ll
hear
is
the
munching
of
food
in
our
mouths
over
the
deaf-

ening
silence
like
some
kind
of
weird
Chinese
torture,
we’ll
all

refuse
dessert,
skip
the
coffee,
pick
up
the
check,
and
leg
it
out
the

door
and
feel
relieved
and
promise
ourselves
never
to
meet
up
again.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Greg:

Rosie:

How
does
next
Friday
sound?

Friday’s
fine.

I
hope
Ruby
is
OK
with
us
after
the
other
night;
we
were
kind
of
in

a
world
of
our
own.

Don’t
be
silly,
she
didn’t
mind
at
all.
She
met
some
guy
called
Teddy

Bear,
oh
and
by
the
way,
are
you
free
to
go
out
on
a
double
date

thingy
on
Friday
night?
That’s
if
I
can
get
a
babysitter
for
Katie.

Greg:

A
dinner
date
with
Ruby
and
a
man
named
Teddy
Bear.
Sounds

interesting.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Greg
said
he’s
free
for
dinner
on
Friday.

Well
that’s
all
very
well
but
I
haven’t
asked
Ted
yet.
What
did
Alex

say
about
you
and
Greg
being
in
love
?

Well
I
didn’t
say
I
was
in
love
Ruby!
Greg
and
I
haven’t
even
said

that
to
each
other
yet!
But
Alex
sent
me
some
weird
letter
telling
me

that
he
thinks
that
Greg
sounds
like
a
freak
of
nature
and
that
he’s

insulted
that
I
don’t
think
that
he’s
supportive
of
me
and
Katie.
He

just
went
on
a
bit
of
a
rant
to
be
honest
but
I
won’t
take
any
notice

because
he
had
worked
all
night
at
the
hospital
and
he
was
tired—

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Uh-huh.

What’s
that
supposed
to
mean?

This
is
just
as
I
suspected.

Why
Jessica
Fletcher,
what
did
you
suspect?

love,
rosie

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Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Greg:

Rosie:

He’s
jealous.

Alex
is
not
jealous!

Alex
is
jealous
of
your
relationship
with
Greg;
he
feels
threatened.

So
what
time
should
I
call
over
to
you
tonight?
7
or
8?

No,
Alex
is
not
jealous
of
my
relationship
with
Greg!
Why
should