Miranda Dickinson - It Started With A Kiss

Dedication Dedication Dedication Epigraph Chapter One: The most wonderful time of the year Chapter Two: Dream a little dream of me Chapter Three: You’ve got a friend Chapter Four: We are family Chapter Five: People get ready Chapter Six: Get the party started … Chapter Seven: Keep on moving … Chapter Eight: Love is all around … Chapter Nine: Help! Chapter Ten: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (a man after midnight) Chapter Eleven: Rescue me Chapter Twelve: Move on up … Chapter Thirteen: Could it be magic? Chapter Fourteen: Please don’t stop the music … Chapter Fifteen: I will survive Chapter Sixteen: Spinning around … Chapter Seventeen: Here come the girls … Chapter Eighteen: Respect Chapter Nineteen: Stuck in the middle Chapter Twenty: Let there be love Chapter Twenty-One: It had to be you Keep Reading … Character Fact Files Deleted Scenes Cake Therapy by Auntie Mags About the Author By the Same Author About the Publisher For the Peppermints: Andi, Clarko, Dan, Ed, Phil and Susanna. The best friends ever.

Epigraph ‘I dwell in possibility.’ Emily Dickinson

Chapter One: The most wonderful time of the year

Chapter Two: Dream a little dream of me

Chapter Three: You’ve got a friend

Chapter Four: We are family

Chapter Five: People get ready

Chapter Six: Get the party started …

Chapter Seven: Keep on moving …

Chapter Eight: Love is all around …

Chapter Nine: Help!

Chapter Ten: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (a man after midnight)

Chapter Eleven: Rescue me

Chapter Twelve: Move on up …

Chapter Thirteen: Could it be magic?

Chapter Fourteen: Please don’t stop the music …

Chapter Fifteen: I will survive

Chapter Sixteen: Spinning around …

Chapter Seventeen: Here come the girls …

Chapter Eighteen: Respect

Chapter Nineteen: Stuck in the middle

Chapter Twenty: Let there be love

Chapter Twenty-One: It had to be you

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By the Same Author

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When it comes to telling your best friend that you love him, there are generally two schools of thought. One strongly advises against it, warning that you could lose a friend if they don’t feel the same way. The other urges action because, unless you say something, you might miss out on the love of your life.

Unfortunately for me, I listened to the latter.

The look in Charlie’s midnight blue eyes said it all: I had just made the biggest mistake of my life …

‘Sorry?’

Perhaps he hadn’t heard me the first time. Maybe I should say it again?

‘I said I love you, Charlie.’

He blinked. ‘You’re not serious, are you?’

‘Yes.’ I could feel a deathly dragging sensation pulling my hope to oblivion.

Gone was the trademark Charlie grin that had been so firmly in place only moments before. In its place was a look I didn’t recognise, but I knew it wasn’t a good alternative.

‘H-how long have you …?’

I dropped my gaze to the potted plant beside our table. ‘Um – a long time, actually.’ Maybe I should have worn something a bit more ‘potential girlfriend material’ today? But then this morning when I pulled on my trusty jeans and purple sweater dress I wasn’t expecting to have this conversation. And judging by the look of sheer horror on Charlie’s face, it wouldn’t have made a difference if I had been sitting opposite him in a designer gown and diamonds. This was such a mistake …

‘But … we’re mates, Rom.’

‘Yeah, of course we are. Look, forget I said anything, OK?’

He was staring at his latte like it had just insulted him. ‘I don’t know how you expect me to do that. You’ve said it now, haven’t you? I mean it’s – it’s out there.’

I looked around the busy coffee shop. It was overcrowded with disgruntled Christmas shoppers huddled ungratefully around too-small tables on chairs greedily snatched from unsuspecting single customers. ‘I think it’s safe to assume that none of that lot heard anything.’

As attempts at humour go, it wasn’t my finest. I took a large gulp of coffee and wished myself dead.

Charlie shook his head. ‘That doesn’t matter. I heard it. Oh, Rom – why did you say that? Why couldn’t you just have …?’

I stared at him. ‘Just have what?’

‘Just not said anything? I mean, why me? Why put this on me now?’

I hated the look of sheer panic in his eyes. He’d never looked at me that way before … In my perennial daydream about this moment it had been so very different:

Oh Romily – I’ve loved you forever, too. If you hadn’t told me we could have missed each other completely …

‘We’re fine as we are, aren’t we? I mean, if it’s good then why change it? I can’t believe you actually thought this would be a good idea.’