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Authors: Cecelia Ahern
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just to love . . .
Rosie:
RUBY!! You can’t say that about your son!!
Ruby:
Oh, why not, I love him with all my heart but bless him he wasn’t born with his mother’s looks.
Rosie:
Ha ha.
Ruby:
Anyway so when are you going to ever go out with someone , anyone?
Rosie:
Ruby we are not having this conversation again. Everyone you have tried to set me up with has been a complete weirdo! I don’t know where you meet these men and in fact I don’t think I even want to know! Anyway you can’t talk, when exactly was the last time you went out on a date?
Ruby:
Ah that’s a very different matter altogether! I’m a woman 10 years your senior who has just been through a very difficult divorce from a selfish little bastard of a man and I have a 17-year-old son who only communicates with me through monosyllabic grunting sounds. I think he is the son of an ape (actually I know he is), I have no time for a man!
Rosie:
Well neither do I.
Ruby:
Rosie honey, you’re 25 years old, you’ve got at least ten years of your life left before it’s over. You should get out there and enjoy love, rosie
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yourself, stop letting the weight of the world rest on your shoulders; that’s my job. And stop waiting for him.
Rosie:
Stop waiting for who?
Ruby:
For Alex.
Rosie:
I don’t know what you’re talking about! I am not waiting for Alex!
Ruby:
Yes you are, my dear friend. He must be some man because nobody can ever measure up to him. And I know that’s what you do every 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 anytime 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:
I am not waiting.
Ruby:
Rosie—
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:
Stephanie
to:
Rosie
subject:
No way in the world I’m going to that wedding!
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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 having 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 ending what was once and what still is one of the strongest bonds of friendship that I have ever seen.
I know you are embarrassed by what happened a few years ago when you visited, but swallow your pride, hold your chin up. You are going to be at that wedding because Alex wants you to be there for him ; you are going to
Rosie:
RUBY!! You can’t say that about your son!!
Ruby:
Oh, why not, I love him with all my heart but bless him he wasn’t born with his mother’s looks.
Rosie:
Ha ha.
Ruby:
Anyway so when are you going to ever go out with someone , anyone?
Rosie:
Ruby we are not having this conversation again. Everyone you have tried to set me up with has been a complete weirdo! I don’t know where you meet these men and in fact I don’t think I even want to know! Anyway you can’t talk, when exactly was the last time you went out on a date?
Ruby:
Ah that’s a very different matter altogether! I’m a woman 10 years your senior who has just been through a very difficult divorce from a selfish little bastard of a man and I have a 17-year-old son who only communicates with me through monosyllabic grunting sounds. I think he is the son of an ape (actually I know he is), I have no time for a man!
Rosie:
Well neither do I.
Ruby:
Rosie honey, you’re 25 years old, you’ve got at least ten years of your life left before it’s over. You should get out there and enjoy love, rosie
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yourself, stop letting the weight of the world rest on your shoulders; that’s my job. And stop waiting for him.
Rosie:
Stop waiting for who?
Ruby:
For Alex.
Rosie:
I don’t know what you’re talking about! I am not waiting for Alex!
Ruby:
Yes you are, my dear friend. He must be some man because nobody can ever measure up to him. And I know that’s what you do every 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 anytime 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:
I am not waiting.
Ruby:
Rosie—
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:
Stephanie
to:
Rosie
subject:
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 having 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 ending what was once and what still is one of the strongest bonds of friendship that I have ever seen.
I know you are embarrassed by what happened a few years ago when you visited, but swallow your pride, hold your chin up. You are going to be at that wedding because Alex wants you to be there for him ; you are going to
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