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“I like seeing you grumpy. You were too nice before. It wasn’t natural,” Rory’s words followed her into the bathroom. Mandy refused to smile.
She wasn’t really avoiding Ted. She’d seen him several times since his family had arrived. She still felt a pain in her chest when he was around, so until that was gone it was best, as far as she was concerned, to keep her distance.
Twenty minutes later she was ready.
“Holy shit, you look really hot,” Rory said when she joined her.
“Why do you have my cookie jar on your lap?”
“Well, I took two, then realized how good they were and decided I needed more.”
“You know that living with Jack has made your eating habits change, don’t you?”
“That was nasty… I like it.”
Mandy rolled her eyes. It was really hard to insult Rory.
“Have you got everything you need in case you feel faint?”
“Rory, we’ve covered this. I don’t feel faint constantly. That was because I hadn’t eaten.”
“Right, gotcha. Just being a concerned friend. Let’s go.”
“And I appreciate that, really.” And she did. Besides her aunts, she’d not really been close to anyone before… like girlfriend close. “Are you sure I shouldn’t drive?”
“Positive.”
Mandy locked her front door. She loved her little apartment.
“You have silly look on your face.”
“This is my apartment, Rory. That hasn’t got old for me yet.”
Her friend hugged her hard.
“I know.”
There wereplenty of cars parked in the drive in front of the Trainer family home when they pulled up. Mandy saw no sign of Ted’s.
“Your man’s not here.”
“Who?”
“Teddy Bear.”
“Rory, he’s not my man.”
“Well, he should be.”
“Why do you think that?” Mandy asked. First Joe and now Rory was linking her to Ted.
“Because you guys can’t be in the same room without letting off sparks.”
“Nothing will happen between us, Rory.”
“Well, it should.”
“But it’s not going to, so I’d be grateful if you didn’t bring it up again.”
