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steering wheel in front of me. I grip until my knuckles go white.  
    OK then. What had that all been about?
    I hadn’t seen her in nine, no ten, months?  
    She looked good. Really good. Fuck - didn’t just look good, she looked hot!
    She was dating again - already? Why hadn’t someone mentioned that to me?
    I start the engine, and pulling away, flick a quick last glance at the terrace on Rose Avenue, home to my mate from Uni - my friend of ten years, Lucia Myers. I shake my head in annoyance. Time apart hadn’t changed anything. No. I’m wrong; time apart had changed things - it had been like seeing her again for the first time. All I’d wanted to do was take her right there and then.
      I still want her - now more than ever - and the chemistry between us had been clear today. Like someone had flicked a switch. I felt it, like electricity; knew she felt it too, just like that night all those years ago. A night both of us had buried and forgotten. Instead we’d forged an amazing friendship with the obvious spark between us lying disconnected, all this time.
    I visualise her face, at the moment she’d seen me, her gorgeous green eyes, quickly sparking with lime, liquid gold and heat as she looked at me when I’d arrived. She’d definitely felt it too. I am sure of that. She was ready. It was time to take her before she was lost to me again. I’d given her the chance to heal after that prick had walked all over her and left her to pick up the pieces but she’d proven that she had the strength to pull through and be my Lulu again. And that little man - he was a corker, a real credit to her; yeah there was no doubt about it, my Godson is a total dude.
    I run a hand over my newly cut hair, questions buzzing around inside it, annoyingly. The problem is, I want her but do I want more than that?  
    Can I do the long haul? Ten-years ago? No. I hadn’t been ready for it - but now? Maybe . Maybe now, I could do the pipe and slippers thing. Lucia is the only woman who had ever made me consider more than a quick fuck. The only woman I’d ever wanted to share my mind and body and life with.
    Would it ruin our friendship?  
    Am I doing my usual ‘chasing after the one thing I can’t have’?  
    This time I have to try, or spend the next ten years living with regret. I can’t miss out on this opportunity again.

Later, whilst I dutifully coat myself in St Tropez self-tanning mousse for tomorrow’s night out, I ponder why I suddenly can’t stop thinking about Sebastian, and not just as a friend. I hate the fact that for some reason, things between us aren’t OK . In general, my life is pretty good. I feel great about myself for the first time in months. My social life is excellent. I have great single girlfriends (a must when you are in the single market) and my career is firing on all cylinders. And then there’s Leo. - I’d met him a few weeks earlier, and am due to have our second date tomorrow night. He is available and harmless - perfect to use as the in-between rebound guy , for a summer-fling.  
    Would he take me to wild sexual heights though? I’m not so sure.  
    Sebastian could (I’m sure of it) - argghh! Why am I now thinking about my best friend in that way?  
    I need to seriously get some bedroom action soon or I’m going to embarrass myself big-time! Thank goodness Meg was having her ‘wild ride’ sex toy party in the near future.
    Sebastian has always been a major part of my life and as Finn’s Godfather; he had been an amazing role model for him in his early years. But deep down, I knew that it had been the break-up when he had shown his true support. He had been my rock then, truly incredible.Niall had walked out only days before without warning, and without setting in place a plan of action for Finn or our finances. I’d been made redundant on the Friday from my part-time design and marketing position, and to add insult to injury whilst serving up Sunday dinner two days later, Niall had