Love, Rosie (23 page)

chapter
6

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Alex,

It
was
good
to
see
you
again.
Please
don’t
be
a
stranger.
I’m
really
going

to
need
all
the
friends
I
can
get
right
now.
Thank
you
for
being
so
supportive

last
week,
I
honestly
think
I
will
go
mad
without
you
sometimes.

Life
is
funny
isn’t
it?
Just
when
you
think
you’ve
got
it
all
figured
out,

just
when
you
finally
begin
to
plan
something,
get
excited
about
something,

and
feel
like
you
know
what
direction
you’re
heading
in,
the
paths
change,

the
signs
change,
the
wind
blows
the
other
way,
north
is
suddenly
south,
and

east
is
west,
and
you’re
lost.
It
is
so
easy
to
lose
your
way,
to
lose
direction.

And
that’s
with
following
all
the
signposts.

There
aren’t
many
sure
things
in
life,
but
one
thing
I
know
for
sure
is

that
you
have
to
deal
with
the
consequences
of
your
actions.
You
have
to
fol-

low
through
on
some
things.

I
always
give
up,
Alex.
What
have
I
ever
had
to
do
in
my
life
that
really

needed
to
be
done?
I
always
had
a
choice,
and
I
always
took
the
easy
way

out—
we
always
took
the
easy
way
out.
At
our
age
the
burden
of
double

maths
on
a
Monday
morning
and
finding
a
spot
the
size
of
Pluto
on
my
nose

was
as
complicated
as
it
ever
got
for
me.

This
time
round
I’m
having
a
baby.
A
baby.
And
that
baby
will
be

around
on
the
Monday,
on
the
Tuesday,
on
the
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Fri-

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rosie

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day,
Saturday,
and
Sunday.
I
have
no
weekends
off.
No
three-month
holi-

days.
I
can’t
take
a
day
off,
call
in
sick,
or
get
Mum
to
write
a
note.
I
am

going
to
be
the
mum
now.
I
wish
I
could
write
myself
a
note.

I’m
scared,
Alex.

Rosie

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subject
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Alex

Rosie

Baby
talk

No,
it’s
no
double
maths
on
a
Monday
morning.
It
will
be
far
more

exciting
than
that.
Double
maths
on
a
Monday
morning
is
boring;
it
makes

you
sleep
and
gives
you
a
headache.

A
baby
will
fill
you
with
love
and
pride,
make
you
laugh,
make
you
cry,

make
you
strong,
and
help
you
to
be
more
independent.
You
will
learn
far

more
from
this
experience
than
a
maths
class.

I
am
here
for
you
for
whenever
you
need
me.
Boston
College
can
wait

for
you,
Rosie,
because
you
have
far
more
important
work
to
do
now.