Love, Rosie (42 page)

time
you
meet
someone:
compare.
I’m
sure
he’s
a
fabulous
friend

and
I’m
sure
he
always
says
sweet
and
wonderful
things
to
you.
But

he’s
not
here.
He’s
thousands
of
miles
away
working
as
a
doctor
in

great
big
hospital
and
he
lives
in
a
fancy
apartment
with
his
fancy

doctor
fiancée.
I
don’t
think
he’s
thinking
of
leaving
that
life
any-

time
soon
to
come
back
to
a
single
mother
who’s
living
in
a
tiny
flat

working
in
a
crappy
part-time
job
with
a
crazy
friend
who
e-mails

her
every
second.
So
stop
waiting
and
move
on.
Live
your
life.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

I
am
not
waiting.

Rosie—

I
have
to
get
back
to
work
now.

Rosie
has
logged
off

S

Dear
Rosie
and
Katie
Dunne,

Shelly
and
Bernard
Gruber
proudly
invite
you
to
the
marriage
ceremony
of

their
loving
daughter
Sally
to
Alex
Stewart
.

S

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Stephanie

Rosie

No
way
in
the
world
I’m
going
to
that
wedding!

70

Cecelia
Ahern

I
am
so
angered
by
your
last
letter!
You
cannot
miss
Alex’s
wedding!

That
would
be
completely
unthinkable!

This
is
Alex
we’re
talking
about,
not
some
archenemy
of
yours!
Alex,

the
boy
who
used
to
sleep
on
a
sleeping
bag
on
your
floor,
the
boy
who
used

to
sneak
into
my
room
and
read
my
diary
and
look
through
my
underwear

drawer!
Little
Alex,
who
you
used
to
chase
down
the
road
and
shoot
at
with

a
banana
for
a
gun!
Alex,
who
used
to
sit
beside
you
in
class
for
twelve

years,
giggle
with
you
all
the
time
and
nobody
else
would
ever
know
why!

He
was
there
for
you
when
you
had
Katie.
He
was
so
supportive

throughout
the
entire
thing
when
I’m
sure
it
was
difficult
for
him
to
adjust

to
the
fact
that
little
Rosie
who
slept
in
a
sleeping
bag
on
his
floor
was
hav-

ing
a
baby
.

Go
over
to
him
Rosie.
Celebrate
this
with
him.
Share
in
his
happiness

and
excitement.
Share
it
all
with
Katie.
Be
happy!
Please!
I’m
sure
he
needs

you
right
now,
this
is
a
huge
step
for
him
and
he
needs
his
best
friend
by
his

side.
Learn
to
get
to
know
Sally
too
as
she
is
an
important
person
in
his
life

now.
Just
as
he
has
learned
to
get
to
know
Katie—the
most
important
person

in
your
life.
I
know
you
don’t
want
to
hear
it,
but
if
you
don’t
go
you
will
be