A Scottish Christmas: A BRAND NEW joyful and uplifting festive romance by EMMA BENNET

Author:EMMA BENNET [BENNET, EMMA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books romances and sagas
Published: 2024-10-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“You are absolutely sure you don’t mind joining me while I do this?” Alastair asked. It was the following afternoon and they were getting into their respective cars to drive to Isla’s school to pick up her and her friends ahead of their end-of-term outing. “I’ve only just realised that I made an assumption and never really asked you . . .”

“You asked if I was happy to drive your spare Land Rover,” clarified Rose.

“True . . .”

“And I think an event organiser should really attend the event,” Rose said with a grin. “Plus the burgers sound amazing.”

“They are pretty good.”

“Also, I want to come,” said Rose. “It’ll be fun. And, I wouldn’t be cruel enough to leave you in charge of six pre-teen girls.”

“Thank you, I appreciate that.”

They drove to the school and parked up. The girls came over in a group and divided themselves between the two cars.

The girls all wanted to bowl together on one lane.

“Shall we get a lane for us?” Alastair asked Rose.

“I’m pretty good . . .” warned Rose.

“You’ll definitely beat me. I’m going to be too busy worrying about who wore the rental shoes last to be able to concentrate on the game.”

“Then I’m definitely happy to play you. You book a lane and I’ll get the girls drinks. Do you want anything?”

“How bad do you think the coffee is here?”

Rose looked over at the food counter. “I suspect really, really bad.”

“I’ll have a Coke then.”

“Good choice,” said Rose, turning to go. “Oh, and Alastair?”

“Yes?”

“Don’t book the lane next to Isla and her friends.”

“Why not?” Alastair looked perplexed.

“Because,” explained Rose, patiently, “look around. There are boys here.”

Alastair looked horrified.

“She’ll want to look cool in front of her friends. We can keep an eye on them from further away.”

“You’re right,” he finally said with a sigh.

Rose grinned. “I’ll be back in a minute with the drinks.”

* * *

Alastair truly was terrible at bowling and lost quite spectacularly to Rose, though part of that could have been the fact that he spent most of the three games they played looking over to check no boys were going over to speak to Isla.

“I thought you’d be better at sports,” said Rose as they returned their shoes.

“Does bowling count as a sport?” Alastair asked.

“I suppose not,” admitted Rose. “But still . . . you were pretty bad.” She ignored him as he pretended to look offended. “Right, I’ll gather the girls together and we’ll head over to the restaurant.”

“I’ll meet you by the entrance in a minute, I just need to use the loo,” said Alastair.

Rose wandered over to the girls, who were removing their shoes and collecting their stuff together.

“Are you having fun?” Rose asked Isla.

“This is the best!” she said. “I got two strikes. Bowling was a great surprise.”

“I’m glad you liked it. Are you all ready to eat now?”

“Yep, I’m starving!”

At the restaurant, the group were led over to a table for six, with a balloon floating above it.

“The second table you booked is just over there,” the waitress explained, gesturing towards the other side of the restaurant.

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