Love, Rosie (73 page)

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Cecelia
Ahern

to
be
a
mermaid.
You
think
lakes
are
boring,
you
say
they
lack
the

“drama”
of
the
sea.

Rosie:
Oh
please
stop
it
Ruby!

Ruby:

No!
You
please
stop
lying
to
yourself
Rosie
Dunne.

Rosie
has
logged
off

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Rosie

Alex

SOS

Alex,
please
save
me
from
my
family
and
friends,
they
are
driving
me

absolutely
demented.

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
ALEX

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Snap.
What’s
the
problem?

I
don’t
really
want
to
talk
about
it.
I
want
to
take
my
mind
off

them.

That’s
fair
enough,
I
can
understand
that.
This
is
a
nice
distraction

for
me
too.
So
why
don’t
you
tell
me
about
this
proposal
that

what’s-his-name
“performed”
for
you.

Rosie:

OK
.
.
.
here
I
go
again.
Greg
took
me
to
a
quiet
little
village
down

the
country.
We
stayed
in
a
gorgeous
little
B&B.
We
ate
in
a
lovely

restaurant
called
“The
Fisherman’s
Catch.”
He
proposed
while
I

had
my
mouth
full
of
chocolate
profiteroles,
I
said
yes,
we
took
a

walk
along
the
lake
and
watched
the
moon
shimmering
along
the

water.
Isn’t
that
romantic?

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Yes,
romantic.

That’s
all
you
have
to
say??
Two
words
on
one
of
the
most
impor-

tant
nights
of
my
life?!

Could
have
been
better.

love,
rosie

117

Rosie:

How
much
better?
What
would
you
have
done
to
make
it
so
much

better?
I’m
just
dying
to
know!
Everyone
seems
to
think
they
know

me
so
much
better
than
I
know
myself
so
go
ahead,
humor
me!

Alex:

OK,
that
sounds
like
a
challenge!
Well
firstly,
I
would
have
brought

you
to
a
hotel
along
the
coast
so
that
your
suite
would
have
the
best

sea
view
in
the
hotel.
You
could
fall
asleep
listening
to
the
waves

crashing
against
the
rocks,
I
would
sprinkle
the
bed
with
red
rose

petals
and
have
candles
lit
all
around
the
room,
I
would
have
your

favorite
CD
playing
quietly
in
the
background.

But
I
wouldn’t
propose
to
you
there.
I
would
bring
you
to
where

there
was
a
huge
crowd
of
people
so
they
could
all
gasp
when
I
got

down
on
one
knee
and
proposed.
Or
something
like
that.
Note
I

have
italicized
all
important
buzz
words.

Rosie:

Alex:

Oh.

Oh?
That’s
all
you
can
say?
One
word
for
the
most
important
night

of
our
lives?
I
get
down
on
bended
knee
and
ask
that
you’ll
spend