Love, Rosie (197 page)

Why,
have
you
changed
your
mind?

My
mind
was
never
made
up
in
the
first
place
to
be
changed.

Oh
dear,
hello
Mr.
Chicken
Shit,
my
name
is
Rosie
Dunne.
Nice
to

meet
you.

I’m
not
chicken
shit.
I
never
said
I
was
going
to
end
mine
and
Beth’s

relationship.

Well
it
sounded
like
that
to
me
when
we
discussed
it
at
dinner
last

month.

296

Alex:

Cecelia
Ahern

Yes
well
never
mind
that
dinner,
my
head
was
elsewhere.
I
didn’t

quite
get
to
finish
that
conversation
.
.
.
So
what
I’m
saying
is
that
I

want
me
to
be
happy
with
Bethany
and
you
to
be
happy
with
some-

one
and
then
we’ll
both
be
happy
with
people.
I
don’t
like
the
idea

of
you
being
without
someone
when
I’m
with
someone.
It’s
an

awful
waste
of
a
woman.
(Joke.)

Rosie:

I
know
what
it
is.
You
just
don’t
want
me
to
be
single
because
I’m
a

distraction
to
you.
If
I’m
with
a
man
then
you
think
that
perhaps

you
just
might
be
able
to
keep
your
hands
off
me.
I
know
deep

down
that’s
what
this
is
all
about.
I’ve
sussed
you
out
Alex
Stewart.

You
love
me.
You
want
me
to
have
your
babies.
You
can’t
stand

another
day
without
me.

Alex:

Rosie:

I
.
.
.
don’t
no
what
to
say
.
.
.

HA!
Bloody
hell
Alex
I
was
only
joking.
No
need
to
get
all
serious

on
me.
So
tell
me.
What
happened
to
make
you
change
your
mind

about
Bethany?

Alex:

Rosie:

Oh
not
back
to
this
again
.
.
.

Alex
I’m
your
best
friend,
I’ve
known
you
since
I
was
five.
No
one

knows
you
better
than
I
do.
I’m
asking
this
for
the
very
last
time

and
do
not
lie.
What
happened
to
make
you
change
your
mind

about
breaking
up
with
slutty
Bethany?

Alex:

Rosie:

She’s
pregnant.

Oh
dear
god.
Sometimes
because
you’re
my
best
friend
I
think
that

you’re
normal,
like
me.
Then
every
now
and
again
you
remind
me

that
you’re
a
man.

Phil:

Hold
on
a
minute
Alex.
Last
year
you
were
trying
to
break
up

Rosie’s
marriage
and
now
you’re
telling
me
that
you
want
her
to

meet
somebody
new?

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Yes.

Just
so
that
while
you’re
with
Bethany,
you
won’t
feel
tempted?

No!
That’s
not
what
I
said!

Well
that’s
what
it
sounds
like.
At
the
rate
you’re
going,
I
don’t
think

the
two
of
you
deserve
each
other
at
all.