“I have a confession to make,” she said.
“Oh? What?” I asked her “Are you married?”
“Not that I remember” she replied “and I would hope if I were,
I wouldn’t be standing in a bus shelter kissing another man”
It was Boxing Day and we were on our way to the “Grapes”,
and the reason we were on our way there was because they showed live football
in the bar and United were playing Liverpool.
I was a Man Utd fan, from a long line of United fans and
it was an important match, well to be honest it was always an important match
when we played Liverpool, but this one was more important than normal.
I thought about it for a moment and she could have been
married for all I knew, I hadn’t known her long and we’d only had our first proper
date on Christmas Eve, so there was a lot I didn’t know about her.
Her name was Billi Ridgway and she was new to the village, her family
had moved into the house next door to my parents, two weeks before Christmas from
somewhere in Cheshire.
I liked the look of her from the first minute and asked her out, but it
took me almost 2 weeks before I wore her down and she said yes.
It was kind of an instant attraction thing, certainly for
me, and since the first attraction had gradually deepened, I was now head over
heels in love with her.
But on Boxing Day we were on our way to the pub to watch
the match when we stopped for an intimate interlude in the bus shelter.
“What then?” I asked
“I’ve been dreading saying this” she said, and I was really worried and wasn’t
sure I wanted to know, but Billi took a deep breath and I braced myself
“I’m a Liverpool 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” I
said, so she moved close into me and asked
“Do you mean you would prefer a married woman to be in love
with you rather than a Liverpool supporter?”
“She loved me” I said to myself and I wasn’t sure if that
shocked me more than the fact, she supported Liverpool.
“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, it was the perfect Christmas
present, Billi Ridgeway loved me.
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