future.
To Alex and Sally!
OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. WHAT DO YOU
THINK, RUBY?
You have an instant message from: RUBY
Ruby:
Gag gag puke puke puke. They’ll all love it. Good luck Rosie. No
tears and DO NOT drink.
To Rosie,
Greetings from Seychelles! Rosie, thank you so much for last week! I
had such a good time. I never really thought I could actually enjoy my wed-
ding day but you made it so much fun. Don’t worry, I don’t think anyone
noticed you were drunk for the entire ceremony (maybe they did for the
speech—but it was funny), but I don’t think the priest was too impressed
when you hiccupped just as I was about to say “I do!”
I can’t quite remember the stag night but I hear it was a great success,
the boys just keep going on and on about it. I think Sally is a little angry that
she had to marry a man with one eyebrow and I don’t care what anybody
says, I no it was you who did it! All the wedding photos are of the left side
of my face but it doesn’t matter because Sally says it’s my best side. Unlike
you, who says my best side is the back of my head.
The wedding went really well, didn’t it? I thought I was going to be a
bundle of nerves all day but you just made me laugh so much I think it
helped to get rid of the nervous energy. Although we shouldn’t really have
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laughed when the wedding photos were being taken, I doubt we’ll find any
decent shots where my face and yours aren’t distorted from laughter. Sally’s
family thought you were really terrific. They weren’t really keen on the idea
of me having a best woman, to be honest, but Sally’s dad thought you were
great. Is it true you made him knock back a shot of tequila?!
My mum and dad were so glad to see you and Katie. It’s funny; they say
Katie is exactly how you looked when you were eight. I think Mum kind of
kept hoping that it was you and that I was that age again too. She was very
teary that day! But they just wouldn’t stop going on and on about how beau-
tiful you looked in that dress! It’s as if you were the bride!
But you did look beautiful, Rosie, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you in a
dress before (not since you were Katie’s age anyway). Well I suppose I would
have seen you in one had I made it to the debs all those years ago. God, lis-
ten to me. I sound like an old man reminiscing on years gone by!
Everyone said the best woman speech was brilliant, I think all my friends
have a crush on you. And no, you can’t have their phone numbers. By the
way Rosie, you were my best woman that day and you still are my best
friend. Always will be. Just to let you no.
Married life is going well so far. We’ve only been married ten days so
we’ve only had let’s see . . . ten fights. I’m sure somebody told me that was
healthy in a relationship . . . I’m not worried. The place we’re staying in is
fabulous, which I’m glad about because it’s costing us an absolute fortune.
We’re staying in this little wooden hut-type place that’s built on stilts high up
over the water. It’s beautiful. The water is that turquoise green color that you
can see through right down to the multicolored fish below. It’s paradise; you
would love it. Now, this is the hotel you should work at Rosie. Imagine your
office being the beach . . .
I would just love to laze on the beach and drink cocktails all day, to be
honest, but Sally always has to be doing something so every second I’m being
dragged into the sea or I find myself flying in the sky hanging out of some
odd contraption. I wouldn’t be surprised if she decides to eat our lunch while
scuba-diving.
Anyway I bought you and Katie presents so I hope they arrived to your
house safely and that they weren’t crushed in the post. They’re supposed to
love, rosie
75
be a kind of a good luck charm over here but I no you always loved collect-
ing shells on
To Alex and Sally!
OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. WHAT DO YOU
THINK, RUBY?
You have an instant message from: RUBY
Ruby:
Gag gag puke puke puke. They’ll all love it. Good luck Rosie. No
tears and DO NOT drink.
To Rosie,
Greetings from Seychelles! Rosie, thank you so much for last week! I
had such a good time. I never really thought I could actually enjoy my wed-
ding day but you made it so much fun. Don’t worry, I don’t think anyone
noticed you were drunk for the entire ceremony (maybe they did for the
speech—but it was funny), but I don’t think the priest was too impressed
when you hiccupped just as I was about to say “I do!”
I can’t quite remember the stag night but I hear it was a great success,
the boys just keep going on and on about it. I think Sally is a little angry that
she had to marry a man with one eyebrow and I don’t care what anybody
says, I no it was you who did it! All the wedding photos are of the left side
of my face but it doesn’t matter because Sally says it’s my best side. Unlike
you, who says my best side is the back of my head.
The wedding went really well, didn’t it? I thought I was going to be a
bundle of nerves all day but you just made me laugh so much I think it
helped to get rid of the nervous energy. Although we shouldn’t really have
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laughed when the wedding photos were being taken, I doubt we’ll find any
decent shots where my face and yours aren’t distorted from laughter. Sally’s
family thought you were really terrific. They weren’t really keen on the idea
of me having a best woman, to be honest, but Sally’s dad thought you were
great. Is it true you made him knock back a shot of tequila?!
My mum and dad were so glad to see you and Katie. It’s funny; they say
Katie is exactly how you looked when you were eight. I think Mum kind of
kept hoping that it was you and that I was that age again too. She was very
teary that day! But they just wouldn’t stop going on and on about how beau-
tiful you looked in that dress! It’s as if you were the bride!
But you did look beautiful, Rosie, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you in a
dress before (not since you were Katie’s age anyway). Well I suppose I would
have seen you in one had I made it to the debs all those years ago. God, lis-
ten to me. I sound like an old man reminiscing on years gone by!
Everyone said the best woman speech was brilliant, I think all my friends
have a crush on you. And no, you can’t have their phone numbers. By the
way Rosie, you were my best woman that day and you still are my best
friend. Always will be. Just to let you no.
Married life is going well so far. We’ve only been married ten days so
we’ve only had let’s see . . . ten fights. I’m sure somebody told me that was
healthy in a relationship . . . I’m not worried. The place we’re staying in is
fabulous, which I’m glad about because it’s costing us an absolute fortune.
We’re staying in this little wooden hut-type place that’s built on stilts high up
over the water. It’s beautiful. The water is that turquoise green color that you
can see through right down to the multicolored fish below. It’s paradise; you
would love it. Now, this is the hotel you should work at Rosie. Imagine your
office being the beach . . .
I would just love to laze on the beach and drink cocktails all day, to be
honest, but Sally always has to be doing something so every second I’m being
dragged into the sea or I find myself flying in the sky hanging out of some
odd contraption. I wouldn’t be surprised if she decides to eat our lunch while
scuba-diving.
Anyway I bought you and Katie presents so I hope they arrived to your
house safely and that they weren’t crushed in the post. They’re supposed to
love, rosie
75
be a kind of a good luck charm over here but I no you always loved collect-
ing shells on
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