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been cast, she wasn’t sure which, but the kiss had changed
everything. Now she wanted him to kiss her again and then maybe kiss her some
more.
    It wasn’t
personal, it was just chemical; an unfortunate attraction to the wrong person.
He had even admitted he didn’t like her, hadn’t he? She frowned trying to
remember his exact words.
    But what
about the necklace? He had put thought into it. When had he bought it? She
reached up and touched it again.
    “Happy
Christmas.” Diana said brightly swinging her legs off the bed.
    Rose was
surprised, Diana wasn’t a morning person as a rule and usually said very little
for a few hours after she got up. Actually she said very little to Rose or the
other girls most of the time. Rose wondered for the first time if maybe Diana
wasn’t stuck up but was just shy.
    Rose smiled
back at her and said “Same to you. Isn’t it fun being here?”
    “Fun?”
Diana looked mockingly at her
before walking off into the bathroom. Rose ground her teeth; maybe Diana
was
just stuck up!
    She dressed
quickly in jeans, trainers and pulled a long baggy jumper on over a t-shirt.
    Looking in
the mirror she suddenly wanted to look a bit less ordinary and a bit more
girly. “Because it’s Christmas Day,” she told herself firmly. She brushed her
hair and put it up in a ponytail, then added a bit of eyeliner and mascara.
Just a little bit, so Alex wouldn’t notice and tease her. But she did feel she
looked instantly better. She swapped her trainers for brown leather boots and
her baggy jumper for a white cashmere cardigan.
    Stopping in
front of the mirror again she got cross with herself. Why was she making such
an effort? Did it look like she was
making an effort? Critically she looked over the outfit. It was a perfectly
normal outfit, similar to what many of the girls would wear at the weekend. She
looked good, but not over the top. Satisfied, she smiled at her reflection and
quickly did up her top button, so the necklace wasn’t showing. Half way down
the stairs she had a vain moment and pulled the band out of her hair so it
swung loose around her shoulders.
    Leo watched
Rose enter the breakfast hall where one long table had been put out for the
teachers and the students to all sit down together. She looked fantastic.
Actually he reasoned, she always looked fantastic, but he had never seen her in
such tight jeans, or maybe he just hadn’t noticed before. He was sure she was
even better looking this year than she had been last year. Not that it
mattered, she didn’t like him, and he tried to avoid her so she wouldn’t know
how much he wanted her to.
    Had she
opened the gift yet? Her eyes scanned the room in a general sort of way. She
saw him and her hand went up to touch something round her neck. Yes. She’d
opened the present and was clearly wearing it. She gave him a very quick smile
and then waved at Alex Parkhurst, making her way to the far end of the table
beside him. Leo didn’t care. Inside he was grinning like a maniac. She wasn’t
pissed at him for kissing her. He was sure she would be angry or disgusted or
maybe even laugh at him. But instead she had smiled at him and she was
wearing the necklace.
    Diana came
into the room and he jumped up to meet her.
    “Happy
Christmas” he said warmly. “How are you feeling?”
    Diana smiled
back at him for his constant niceness. “I’m fine, I’m glad we’re here.” She
settled onto the bench opposite him and he poured her some juice.
    Rose
watched them beneath lowered lashes. What was going on between those two?
    “Al, can I
have some juice?” Rose nudged her glass towards Alex.
    “Sure.” He
didn’t even look up, just shoved the jug of juice in her direction.
    “Gee,
thanks.” She said, more sharply than she intended. Alex's head jerked up and
his eyes narrowed as he looked at her. It was an appraising look.
    “What?” she
said trying to keep her voice normal and smile.
    “Are you
wearing makeup?” he said in a neutral