Love, Rosie (115 page)

when
you’re
a
child,
you
believe
you
can
be
anything
you
want
to
be,
go

wherever
you
want
to
go.
There’s
no
limit
to
what
you
can
dream.
You

expect
the
unexpected,
you
believe
in
magic,
in
fairy
tales,
and
in
possibili-

ties.
Then
you
grow
older
and
that
innocence
is
shattered
and
somewhere

along
the
way
the
reality
of
life
gets
in
the
way
and
you’re
hit
by
the
realiza-

tion
that
you
can’t
be
all
you
wanted
to
be,
you
just
might
have
to
settle
for

a
little
bit
less.

Or
perhaps
a
variation
of
what
you
once
wanted.

Why
do
we
stop
believing
in
ourselves?
Why
do
we
let
facts
and
figures

and
anything
but
dreams
rule
our
lives?

But
now
my
mind
is
changed
again.
Nothing
is
impossible
Alex—it
was

there
all
the
time,
I
just
wasn’t
reaching
out
far
enough,
that’s
all.

Nothing
is
impossible.

Not
a
bad
statement
to
come
from
the
pen
of
a
cynic.

Thank
you
for
your
faith
in
me
Alex,
I
would
love
to
return
that
hug

and
kiss
to
you
now!
But
then
again
perhaps
some
things
just
might
be

beyond
our
reach
after
all.

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Alex

Rosie

Dreams

Cecelia
Ahern

Again
Rosie,
you’re
just
not
stretching
far
enough.
I’m
right
here.

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
ROSIE

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

What
on
earth
is
Alex’s
last
message
to
you
supposed
to
mean?

For
god
sake
Ruby,
stop
reading
my
e-mails!

Sorry
I
can’t
help
it
but
I
can
assure
you
that
I
will
continue
to
read

them
until
you
decide
to
change
your
password
and
until
I
find
a

job
that
interests
me
at
all.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Well
it
looks
like
I’ll
be
changing
my
password
then
.
.
.

Ha
ha
so
come
on,
I’ve
seen
it
now,
what’s
he
talking
about?
What’s

this
about
stretching
far
enough??
Sounds
kinda
dodgy.

What
do
you
think
it
means?

I’m
asking
you.

And
I’m
asking
you.

I
asked
first.

Oh
Ruby,
don’t
be
so
childish

OK
then,
he’s
teaching
you
some
new
exercise
techniques—reaching

and
stretching
.
.
.
to
help
the
abs,
the
biceps,
the
triceps,
and
the

whatever-ceps.
Am
I
close?
No
probably
not.
I
give
up.
What’s
your

interpretation?

Rosie:

A
friend
telling
me
that
he
will
always
be
there
for
me
no
matter

what
and
that
he’s
not
that
far
away
at
all
from
me
and
all
I
have
to