One in a Million by Lindsey Kelk

Author:Lindsey Kelk
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2018-06-11T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Saturday, 21 July: Thirteen Days to Go

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Saturday was a glorious day. It was bright, it was sunny and, overnight, the Hip Historian had leapt from what felt like almost nothing to six thousand followers. For some reason, he was very big in Latvia and I couldn’t help but wonder what they knew that I didn’t. My latest post, a picture of Ryan Gosling winking alongside the caption ‘Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his university dorm room’ was turning in some spectacular traffic and I had a happy feeling in my tummy whenever I thought about the bet.

Less happy when I thought about the company bank account but there were other bright spots. Boyfriend bootcamp was coming along very nicely and a quick perusal of Sam’s Facebook confirmed that his makeover was going just great. Even though it was killing him slowly from the inside out, he was posting every day. Links to funny news stories, thoughtful essays, cute videos of small children dressed as goats and crying while they danced to K-Pop. He was a natural. Still no likes from Elaine on any of his updated pictures but even if I didn’t know her personally, I knew ex-girlfriends. There was no way she wasn’t creeping all over that page after one too many late-night Sangrias with the girls.

‘Annie.’ I fumbled my phone away as Sam strolled into Victoria station. He was wearing his Dashell straight-leg jeans and a white T-shirt with black sleeves I vaguely remembered seeing in our sample cupboard once upon a time, but I also saw his donkey jacket peeking out the top of his backpack. Hopefully the weather would hold up and I wouldn’t have to send it into the sea. Literally and figuratively. He looked fantastic – I had to applaud our makeover skills. Two girls were openly eyeing him up.

‘What are we doing in a train station?’ he asked.

‘Hello, Sam,’ I said, reminding him of general social niceties, once again. ‘Nice to see you, Sam.’

‘Yes, quite, but why am I at the train station?’ he asked again.

‘Because we’re going on a day-trip,’ I said, holding up two train tickets. ‘How do you fancy Margate?’

‘Never been,’ he said with mild surprise. ‘And you still haven’t answered my question.’

‘Step two of boyfriend bootcamp,’ I explained. ‘Show Elaine you care by spending time with her. And who doesn’t love a spur-of-the-moment day trip?’

‘But it’s not spur-of-the-moment, is it?’ he said, scratching his chin. ‘You texted me last night and told me to meet you here at half-past nine.’

‘As I was saying,’ I continued, putting the train tickets away. He was not allowed to look after his own, I’d gone through this too many times with Miranda and Brian and I was not putting another fine on my credit card. ‘Next time you and Elaine have a day off, before she bogs herself down with dirty washing or the big shop, suggest a day out somewhere. Seaside, theme park, zoo – anything you wouldn’t usually do with your day.

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