(Boxing Day)
On Boxing Day Siobhan
and Bryan were once again in the Shallowfield Road bus shelter sharing a kiss
when she suddenly said
“I have a confession
to make,”
“Not another one?” he
said “I’ve still got the bruises from the last one”
“No not that kind of confession” she said
“Oh, what then?” he
asked her “You’re not married are you?”
“Not that I remember”
she replied “and I would hope if I were married I wouldn’t be standing in a bus
shelter kissing another man”
“No, that’s a very
good point” he said
“And furthermore if I
was married I don’t think I would have handcuffed you to my bed on Christmas
Eve, would I”
“No” he admitted and
wondered what the confession might be on that boxing.
They were on their way
to the Old Mill Inn and the reason they were on their way there was because
they showed live football in the bar and Abbottsford Town were
playing Abbeyvale Borough and Bryan was an Abbottsford fan and not
only was it a derby match but it was important match because it was a top of
the table clash.
Although to be honest
it was always an important match when Town played Borough.
But despite the
importance of the game they still stopped in the bus stop where she was making
another confession.
Bryan was pleased that
she wasn’t married, she could have been married for all he knew, he hadn’t
known her long and they’d only been dating for a month so there was a lot he
still didn’t know about her, but she was only 17.
Her name was Siobhan Chapman
and she was born and bred in the village, he also knew where she went to school
and who her parents and siblings were.
He knew that he liked
the look of her from the first minute and asked her out a minute later and he
had seen her every day since.
So as they were on
their way to the pub on Boxing Day to watch the football and she suggested they
stopped for an intimate interlude in the bus shelter, how could he resist.
It was kind of an
instant attraction thing, certainly for her, and since the first attraction it
had gradually deepened and now he was head over heels in love with her.
“What then?” he asked
still unaware what her confession was.
“Oh God I’ve been dreading saying this” she said and he was really worried, she
may not have been married but she could still have been engaged or had a
boyfriend.
But as worried as he
was he wasn’t sure if he really wanted to know.
But Siobhan took a
deep breath and he braced himself
“I’m an Abbeyvale
supporter” she said and closed her eyes and grimaced but it took a moment for
the full implications of her statement to sink in.
“I think I would have
preferred it if you were married” he said and Siobhan moved close in to him and
asked
“Do you mean you would
prefer it if a married woman was in love with you rather than an Abbeyvale
supporter?”
“She loves me” he said
to himself and he wasn’t sure if that shocked him more than the fact she
supported Abbeyvale Borough.
“I'm sorry,” she
said “Not much of a Christmas present for my new boyfriend I’m afraid”
But she couldn't have been more wrong about that it was the perfect Christmas
present.
Siobhan Chapman loved
him and everything else paled into insignificance compared to that and he made
sure she knew that.
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