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they had barely spoken since the start of November. She had only let it
carry on all these years because there had never been anyone better. It had
been nice to have a back up boyfriend, to occasionally make an effort for, but
now she was being honest with herself, she realized that was all Ben had ever
been to her, something she kept going while waiting for the real thing. It
sounded terrible and she would have felt guilty if she didn’t suspect that she
was exactly the same to him; at least she really hoped she was. Sophie was
right, she and Ben needed to properly talk and agree that it was completely
over.
    It was a
shame in a way. Ben was so perfect. Sophie and Grace both really liked him,
Alex really liked him, even her parents really liked him. They would not like
Leo. Her parents would flip out if she so much as mentioned his name.
    Was his family really so bad? she mused. Was his dad really just
like his uncle? Would he try to use any connection between them to hurt her
parents? Maybe; she had to trust that her parents would know better than her,
the Flanagans certainly made them nervous, and they had been directly
responsible for putting Brian Flanagan in prison. She wondered if they had ever
been threatened. It wasn’t the first time she had wished her parents just had
nice, safe, boring jobs.
    No, they
must never kiss again. Though that shouldn’t be a problem as he had already
said they were both supposed to forget it had ever happened. As if! Mmm, she
closed her eyes and relived it for a moment, as she had done several times
since the first kiss. But it was just lust, right? She didn’t have any real
emotional feelings for him, did she? No, definitely not. Whatever he said, they
were NOT friends. She was just attracted to him against her will.
    Having come
to this conclusion she began to stomp her way back to the school building.
    So why was
she so annoyed that he also seemed to be attracted against his will ? She
wanted him to like her unconditionally. It wasn’t her family that had
tortured and murdered people! Also it would really help if he wasn’t so nice.
How could she dislike him if he continued being friendly and funny and bloody
gorgeous?
    Of course,
there was the issue of Diana. He hadn’t been completely upfront about her. But
Leo wasn’t thinking of Diana when he was kissing her. She smiled viciously,
thinking of how saying that to Diana would give her great satisfaction. The
feeling only lasted a second before she ticked herself off. What a horrid thing
to think. Diana didn’t have many friends; she didn’t want to take Leo from her,
just because Diana was a cold, emotionless, stuck up cow. Rose began to laugh
at herself for her even thinking it.
    Ok, so they
kissed; and they were going to pretend it never happened. On the one hand, this
was very good. His mates wouldn’t know, it wouldn’t be spread all over school,
her family wouldn’t find out and be upset, things could stay the same. On the
other hand, it was very bad. It meant she couldn’t tell Grace or Sophie, they
would never be able to keep it to themselves, and she badly wanted to talk to
someone about it.
    Well fine.
She would just pretend it never happened. She wasn’t madly attracted to him.
She didn’t like him anyway. He wasn’t good-looking and he wasn’t nice. And he
hadn’t given her the most lovely present…
    She
fingered the necklace again. She was already dying to kiss him just once more.
    She should
get back to the school, it was nearly time for the six course lunch in the
upper school hall followed by presents in front of the log fire lit next to the
huge Christmas tree in the library.
    Rose headed
to the library, where everyone was meeting. Armchairs had been laid out in
front of the fire and the lamps had all been covered with red shades to create
a warm glow.
    Ellie was
on the floor, playing with a small black kitten. Her face was shining with joy.
    “My present
from Mum and Dad. Isn’t he wonderful?”