Sex yes she remembered that. Wasnt that the thing that happened somewhere between the talkingandgoingouttodinner bit and the sobbingandeatingtoomanybiscuits bit... » 

Sex yes she remembered that. Wasnt that the thing that happened somewhere between the talkingandgoingouttodinner bit and the sobbingandeatingtoomanybiscuits bit? Still Bella was sure she could handle some preferably before her as yet unopened packet of condoms reached their expiry date. She must be practically a virgin again by now all sealed over like pierced ears if you dont wear earrings for too long. But the L word? Uhhuh. No way. She never wanted to hear it again. There were things in her past which needed to be put well away like the 27 boxes of clutter shed brought from her old flat. And having changed her job her town her entire life the one thing she wasnt about to change was her mind. «