Love, Rosie (11 page)

people
now?
How
could
someone
who
was
your
bridesmaid
20
years
ago
not

even
be
someone
who
you
are
on
talking
terms
with
now?
Or
in
Dad’s
case,

how
could
he
not
know
where
his
own
best
friend
from
college
lives?
He

studied
with
the
man
for
five
years!

Anyway,
my
point
is
(I
know,
I
know,
there
is
one),
I
don’t
want
to
be

one
of
those
easily
forgotten
people,
so
important
at
the
time,
so
special,
so

influential,
and
so
treasured,
yet
years
later
just
a
vague
face
and
a
distant

memory.
I
want
us
to
be
best
friends
forever,
Alex.

I’m
happy
you’re
happy,
really
I
am,
but
I
feel
like
I’ve
been
left
behind.

Maybe
our
time
has
come
and
gone.
Maybe
your
time
is
now
meant
to
be

spent
with
Bethany.
And
if
that’s
the
case
I
won’t
bother
sending
you
this
let-

ter.
And
if
I’m
not
sending
this
letter
then
what
am
I
doing
still
writing
it?

OK
I’m
going
now
and
I’m
ripping
these
muddled
thoughts
up.

Your
friend,

Rosie

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Alex

Rosie

Buttercup!!

Hey
Buttercup,
you
OK?
(Haven’t
called
you
that
for
a
long
time!)
I

haven’t
heard
or
seen
you
in
a
while.
I’m
sending
you
this
e-mail
because

every
time
I
call
by
your
house,
you’re
either
in
the
bath
or
not
there!
Should

I
begin
to
take
this
personally??!
But
knowing
you,
if
you
had
a
problem

with
me
you
wouldn’t
be
too
shy
to
let
me
know
all
about
it!

Anyway,
once
the
summer
is
over
we’ll
see
each
other
every
day,
we’ll
be

sick
of
the
sight
of
each
other
then!
I
can’t
believe
this
is
our
last
year
in

school!
It’s
crazy!
This
time
next
year
I’ll
be
studying
medicine
and
you
will

be
hotel
manager
woman
extraordinaire!
Things
at
work
have
been
crazy.

Dad
kind
of
gave
me
a
promotion
so
I’ve
more
to
do
than
just
filing
and

22

Cecelia
Ahern

labeling!
(I
answer
phones
now
too.)
But
I
need
the
money
and
at
least
I
get

to
see
Bethany
every
day.
How’s
your
job
as
chief
dishwasher
at
The
Dragon?

I
can’t
believe
you
turned
down
babysitting
for
that.
You
could
have
stayed

in
all
night
and
watched
TV
instead
of
watching
your
hands
turn
to
prunes

while
you
scrape
off
egg
noodles
from
a
wok.

I
really
miss
you
Rosie,
I
miss
all
our
chats
and
jokes,
things
aren’t
the

same
without
you!
Mum
was
asking
for
you
she
said
she
wants
you
to
call