Ottercombe Bay – Part Three by Bella Osborne

Author:Bella Osborne [Osborne, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780008258139
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Tamsyn and Jason were at an uneasy point trying hard to be relaxed in each other’s company. What was meant to be another pizza and Doctor Who evening with friends had ended up as just Jason and Tamsyn because Max had cried off for some reason. They were sitting on Jason’s firm and durable sofa watching the television and she couldn’t think of a time she’d been happier with the possible exception of when her parents had bought her bunk beds so her imaginary friend had somewhere to sleep.

Tamsyn drank the last of the supermarket cola and hoped the aftertaste would soon disappear. She leaned back to study Jason and he viewed her a few times before eventually giving her his full attention. ‘What?’ he asked gently.

‘There was another thing stopping us being … you know.’ Jason didn’t look like he did know. ‘In a relationship,’ she added.

‘What exactly?’ He paused the DVD.

‘You want to go out with Daisy, don’t you?’ said Tamsyn. Jason looked as if he’d been hit in the face with a chair. ‘It’s all right, don’t worry. I don’t mind. I mean, I’d choose Daisy instead of me. She’s prettier, funnier, braver, more adventurous—’ She was counting the attributes off on her fingers when Jason interrupted her.

‘Wow, let me stop you there,’ he said, flicking off the television and turning to face her properly.

‘Don’t deny it, please.’ Tamsyn looked a little sad as she flattened down a tuft of his hair that was having a rebellious moment. ‘I can see how you look at her and I don’t just mean since she got back. I remember how you watched her all the time when we were children. Have you always loved her?’

Jason’s eyes were wide. He let out a long slow breath. ‘No,’ he said emphatically. ‘I haven’t always … there was a time when I had a huge crush on her, that’s true. I was about six and to be honest there was nothing I wouldn’t have done for her. Do you think she knows?’

Tamsyn rolled her lips together. ‘Probably, but I think a girl like Daisy gets used to men feeling like that about her. She won’t hold it against you.’

‘I hope not, it’s all in the past. It’s not how I feel now.’

‘How do you feel now?’

Jason broke eye contact and sighed. ‘To be honest when she turned up in the bay again I did kind of revert to my schoolboy self and six-year-old me was mightily pleased she was even talking to me. But I quickly realised we’ve all grown up.’

‘But you must have wanted to go out with her, she’s lovely.’

Jason looked serious. ‘I agree, Daisy is lovely but we both know she’s not right for me.’

Tamsyn tilted her head to one side. ‘And do you think I could be?’

‘I’d like to find out.’ Jason angled himself slowly forward as if moving in for a tentative kiss.

‘Great. I’ll think about it,’ said Tamsyn, shuffling to the other end of the sofa away from Jason and she turned her face back to the television’s blank screen.

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