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excuse to dress up and let their hair down.
    Work is taking its toll on everyone and we
could all do with the distraction.
    I will really miss Bob. I have always found
him good company and very fair. Even though I know Ben it is still
strange and I would rather that he wasn’t my new boss.
    The day of the party dawns and luckily I have
the day off with Nathan. I stayed at his flat last night and
happily wake up next to him.
    We have a lazy morning, most of it spent in
bed. I cannot wait for his project to finish and for life to get
back to some sort of normality as I really miss him when I don’t
see him.
    Soon it is lunch time and we have to go our
separate ways. I am meeting Phoebe for a girly afternoon in town
and Nathan is meeting up with his friend Bradley for a lunchtime
drink.
    He watches me getting ready and then says
petulantly. “Have a great time baby, I wish we weren’t going out, I
would rather have you all to myself.” Going up to him I kiss him
gently on the lips. “Me too, I hate the fact that we don’t spend as
much time together. I really miss it you know.”
    He grabs hold of me and holds me to him and I
inhale the musky scent that I love. “I am hoping that this project
will finish soon and then we can get back to normal,” he says
almost squeezing the life out of me.
    “ The sooner
the better,” I reply and kiss him, desperate just to feel his
closeness.
    The doorbell rings and reluctantly we pull
away. Phoebe is waiting impatiently outside in the cold air so I
quickly run down to join her. I am looking forward to our afternoon
of girly fun. We are both having our hair and nails done and then
are going for a pizza.
    I laugh as I
take in her appearance. She must have about three scarves on and
the biggest padded jacket that I have ever seen. She is wearing
snow boots and thick snow gloves with a colourful bobble hat on her
head.
    “ Cold
Phoebs?” I ask her grinning. She absolutely hates the cold and
should really live in a warm country.
    Our flat is
always roasting and I am sure that she always lights so many
candles just for the extra heat that they give off.
    “ Hurry up B,
I’m freezing. The sooner I get my head under the dryer the
better.”
    We link arms and head off into town. Luckily
Nathan’s flat isn’t far from our local town so we are there in less
than 10 minutes. As we sit side by side our heads in the
hairdressers our conversation turns to the evening ahead. “What are
your plans tonight Phoebs? Are you seeing Boris?” She nods looking
quite excited. “Yes we are going to see the new James Bond film and
then Boris is taking me to Casanova’s.”
    I laugh out loud at the thought of Boris in
the local night club. “Why on earth are you going there?” I
splutter. “You’ll look so out of place amongst all the cool and
trendy teenagers.”
    Phoebe grins at me. “Well Boris is getting
lazy and so I thought that an evening gyrating madly on the dance
floor would do him good. I reckon he could lose half a stone by
midnight.” I laugh loudly. “I can think of better ways to lose a
few pounds.” She laughs wickedly. “Don’t worry I’ve got a fun
filled evening lined up afterwards. He won’t know what’s hit him.
Anyway what about you and Nathan, isn’t it Bob’s leaving Do
tonight?” “Yes, I would rather stay in as I haven’t seen much of
him lately, but we can’t miss it, I am really going to miss
Bob.”
    Phoebe looks at me with a worried expression
. “Are you sure that your job is secure? I haven’t asked you much
about it lately, is everything alright?”
    “ Yes I think
so. It’s all a bit full on at the moment but hopefully things will
calm down after Christmas.”
    She thinks for a second. “What about your new
Boss, didn’t you say he was an old friend of yours?” I think about
Ben and wonder if I should confide in Phoebe about my mixed
feelings towards him. She is looking at me questioningly and I
decide that it is best if I try to keep them