Love, Rosie (52 page)

Hello?
Are
you
still
there
or
has
Randy
Andy
attacked
you?

Sorry
Greg
just
a
second,
I’m
chatting
to
Ruby
on-line
too!

Do
you
two
ever
do
any
work?!

Enough
to
keep
ourselves
from
getting
fired.

I’ll
try
you
again
later.

No
no!
Don’t
be
silly!
I’m
perfectly
capable
of
carrying
on
two
con-

versations
at
the
same
time.
Besides
I
want
to
chat
to
you
and
if
I

tell
that
to
Ruby
she’ll
be
even
more
angry
at
me
for
becoming
one

of
them
.
.
.

Greg:

Who’s
“them”?

love,
rosie

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Rosie:

Greg:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Part
of
the
secret
couple
elite
.
.
.

Oh,
them
!
Of
course,
silly
me
.
.
.

Sorry
Ruby,
Greg
is
e-mailing
me
too
so
bear
with
me
for
a
few

minutes.

Can
you
two
not
live
without
each
other
for
a
few
hours?!

No!

Oh
I
miss
Rosie
.
.
.
Who
are
you
and
what
have
you
done
to
my

man-hating
friend?

Don’t
worry
she’s
still
here,
just
taking
a
well-deserved
break.
So

what
were
you
saying
about
this
guy
you
met
the
other
night?

Oh
yeah
his
name
is
Ted
(a
real
teddy
bear),
he’s
overweight
but

then
again
so
am
I
so
who
cares;
we
can
bounce
off
each
other.
He’s

a
truck
driver
and
he
seemed
like
a
nice
guy
because
he
kept
buying

me
drinks,
which
puts
him
up
pretty
high
on
my
Decent
Man
scale.

Plus
he
was
the
only
person
who
wasn’t
ignoring
me
in
the
pub
that

night.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Oh
I’m
so
sorry
but
you
know
what
it’s
like
when
you
meet
some-

one
new,
you
want
to
get
to
know
everything
about
them.

No
I
don’t
quite
want
to
know
everything
about
Ted
.
.
.
I
don’t

want
to
be
put
off
him.

Rosie:

Greg:

So
Greg
what
are
you
doing
tonight?

Rosie
my
dear,
I
am
all
yours
for
the
night!
Why
don’t
we
get
a
bot-

tle
of
wine,
some
take-away,
and
stay
in
for
the
night.
We
can
get

Katie
a
video
or
something.

Rosie:

Yep,
that
sounds
like
a
great
idea!
My
stomach
is
rumbling
at
the

thought
of
it.
I’m
starving!
Randy
Andy
will
only
let
me
take
two

lunch
breaks
now.
Anyway
Katie
will
be
really
excited
to
see
you.

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

So
should
I
call
him?

Call
who?

TED!

Oh
yeah,
of
course!
Ring
the
teddy
bear!
Then
I
won’t
feel
like
such