Love, Rosie (20 page)

No
you
didn’t.

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Rosie

Alex

Yes,
man!

Yes
I
did.

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Alex

Rosie

What
man?

THEN
WHO
IS
IT????

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Brian

Rosie

Alex

Almost
a
man

Cecelia
Ahern

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Alex

Rosie

Brian?

BRIAN????

BRIAN
THE
WHINE????

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Rosie

Alex

Re:
Brian?

Maybe
.
.
.

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Alex

Rosie

HA
HA!

Ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
you’re
going
to
the
debs
with
Brian
the
Whine?!!!
I

can’t
believe
it!
Talk
about
scraping
the
barrel!
Brian,
who
spilled
pizza

down
James’s
sleeping
bag
at
my
10th
birthday
party?
Brian
who
caused

mass
hysteria
in
my
house
and
ruined
my
birthday?
Brian
who
lifted
your

skirt
when
you
were
six,
in
front
of
everyone
in
the
school
yard
to
reveal

your
knickers?
The
Brian
you
were
stuck
sitting
beside
for
all
of
second

class,
who
ate
fish
sandwiches
every
day
for
lunch
and
picked
his
nose
while

you
ate
yours?
The
Brian
who
followed
us
home
from
school
every
day

singing,
“Rosie
and
Alex
up
a
tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G?”
and
made
you
cry
and

ignore
me
for
a
week?
The
Brian
who
spilled
his
beer
all
down
your
new
top

love,
rosie

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at
my
going-away
party?
The
Brian
you
absolutely
can’t
stand
and
was
the

one
person
you
hated
all
throughout
school?
And
now
you’re
going
to
the

last
school
dance
ever,
with
Brian
?

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Rosie

Alex

No
the
other
Brian

Yes
Alex,
that
Brian.
Now
may
I
ask
that
you
please
stop
e-mailing
me

as
my
darling
mother
is
currently
tying
knots
in
my
head
trying
to
make
me

look
half
decent?
She
has
also
been
reading
your
e-mails
and
wants
you
to

know
that
Brian
the
Whine
won’t
be
lifting
up
my
skirt
tonight.

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Alex

Rosie

Brian

Well
it
won’t
be
for
lack
of
trying.
Have
fun!
May
I
suggest
that
you

wear
your
beer
goggles
tonight.
Brian,
you
see,
is
a
bit
of
a
whine.
And
I

don’t
think
you’ll
find
his
conversation
very
interesting
.
.
.
hee
hee

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Rosie

Alex

Beer
goggles

The
beer
goggles
will
be
well
and
truly
on!
You
know
as
well
as
I
do
that

I
can’t
go
to
the
debs
alone.
Brian
was
the
only
person
I
could
get
last
minute