Love, Rosie (247 page)

Internet
guy
from
downstairs
out
on
a
date.
I
think
he
likes
you—he
keeps

asking
after
you.

Rupert
(from
next
door)

love,
rosie

363

Rosie
Dunne,

You
have
an
outstanding
bill
of
i
6.20
owed
from
the
last
time
you
were

here
to
use
the
Internet.
Please
pay
it
immediately
or
we
will
take
legal

action.

Ross
(from
the
Internet
café
downstairs)

You
have
entered
the
Relieved
Divorced
Dubliner’s
Internet
Chat
room

There
are
currently
no
people
chatting

Buttercup
has
entered
the
room

Buttercup:

Ah
not
these
guys
too,
they’re
not
supposed
to
have
lives
.
.
.

where
the
hell
is
everyone?

chapter
45

k

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
TOBY

Toby:

Katie:

Toby:

I
bet
you
had
a
salad
sandwich
for
lunch
again.

How
do
you
no?

It’s
KNOW
not
NO.
I
can
see
the
lettuce
hanging
out
of
your
braces

again.
I’m
surprised
you
haven’t
taken
to
eating
mashed
foods
by

now
or
at
least
something
you
could
suck
through
a
straw.
Solids
are

a
bit
of
a
no-no.

Katie:

This
time
next
week
you
won’t
be
able
to
slag
me
anymore.
For
the

end
of
an
era
has
come.
The
braces
are
coming
off.
After
three
and
a

half
years
behind
bars,
my
teeth,
my
now
straight
teeth
may
I
add,

will
be
free.

Toby:

Katie:

Toby:

Katie:

Well
it’s
about
time.
I
can’t
wait
to
see
how
they
come
off.

Not
gonna
happen.

Why
not?!

You
didn’t
think
that
I’d
take
three
and
a
half
years
of
listening
to

your
annoying
metal
mouth
jokes
lying
down
did
you?
This
is
my

revenge.
Next
week
I’m
bringing
my
mum
with
me
and
she
can
take

a
photo
for
you.

Toby:

Ah
Katie,
don’t
be
ridiculous!
You
can’t
do
this!
I’ve
been
to
every

love,
rosie

365

single
one
of
your
appointments
and
you
leave
me
out
for
the
final

one,
the
biggest
one
of
all?
I
need
to
see
them
come
off.

Katie:

I
think
they’ll
teach
you
that
stuff
at
college
Toby,
I
don’t
think
you

need
to
worry
at
all.
You
don’t
actually
need
to
no
everything
before

you
even
study
it
at
college.
The
general
idea
is
to
learn
it
there.

Toby:

Katie:

Toby:

Katie:

Toby:

Well
I
haven’t
been
accepted
yet
have
I?
I
could
screw
up
in
my

exams
and
not
get
enough
points
for
the
course.

You’ll
get
in
Toby.

The
points
are
really
high
Katie.