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My G-string is hurting me.
OK, so I don’t understand some of the terms they’re using. But then I didn’t understand most of my GCSE French Oral either, and I still got a B.
It’s just like Julie Andrews said. When the dog bites, when the bee stings … I simply remember I have a boyfriend—and suddenly things don’t seem quite so completely shit. Or however she put it.
You see. The world’s not so bad after all. It’s all just a question of being positive. Anything can happen in life, can’t it? You never know what’s around the next corner.
“Sometimes I think I believe in God, because how else did we all get here? But then I think, Yes, but what about war.…”
I know he wants to be all professional and proper when we’re at work. But that’s not the same as being mean, is it? I’d always stick up for him.
“He won’t,” she says scornfully. “Englishmen never suggest dancing.” “Fair point. Have a good time.”
I missed him. I missed a genuine A-list celebrity. By trying to help someone who didn’t need help at all! That’s it—I’m never helping anyone again.
“Emma, I’m sorry; I can’t help you. This is a disaster. You’re completely vulnerable. It’s like going into battle in a nightie.”
This isn’t me against him. This is me with him.
“Happiness, I suppose. Doing what I want to be doing. Feeling I’ve made my mark on the world.”
“I wanted to spend this evening with you. And that’s what we’re doing.”
“You have friends who love you and whom you love,” Jack said, interrupting. “You have ambitions. You have fun. You have imagination and optimism. You have … warmth.
Maybe if world leaders all told one another a few personal secrets, then there wouldn’t be any more wars!
It’s one of those amazingly bright, crisp mornings that make you feel like London really is the best city in the world.
In fact, I am never talking again, full stop.
Slowly we start to walk around the edge of the dark, empty courtyard together. The only sounds are the crunching of our feet on the gravel and the breeze in the trees and Jack’s voice.
Because what I’ve really learned is, if you can’t be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about?
