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DAWN PORTER
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Those
three little
magic
words...
The other day I woke up in a really bad
mood. A few things had gone wrong
with work, I had eaten too much the
night before and my cat refused to
cuddle me because we had guests
staying and she decided she loved
them more. I was miserable, and
I didn’t care who knew it.
The best thing about having a dog
(Potato) is that on days like this, you
have to leave the house. He needs to be
walked, therefore I need to walk him,
therefore I need to get my sorry butt
out of bed and face the world.
Reluctantly, I forced my feet on to the
ground and stood up. My head felt 20
times its usual weight and, if it wasn’t for
the dog waving its bum worryingly close
to my chair, I would’ve stayed in bed.
I threw on a T-shirt, hopped into
some leggings, squeezed on my
trainers and left the house. One dog,
some massive hair and a seriously bad
attitude – CHECK! The sun was shining,
whatever! All I could think about was
how annoyingly happy everyone was.
I put in my earphones and stomped
to the park. If anyone got in my way,
I grunted at them, and if Potato
stopped to wee, I made a huffing
Red, hot
summer…
I’ve dyed my hair red.
The decision kind of
came out of nowhere
and, even as I was doing
it, I felt like I was making
a massive mistake. As the
dye was setting, my hair looked bright orange e
in the light, and not at all like the colour on
the box. That feeling is such a stomach
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to being a brunette eventually, but for
now, I’m sticking out the summer as a
(slightly orange) redhead.
sound, looking at him as if to say, “It’s
all YOU, YOU, YOU, isn’t it?” As he was
doing a particularly long one (just to
annoy me) an old hippy (small, frail,
sweet-looking, but undeniably mad)
started saying something to me. I took
out my earphones to tell him to sod off.
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A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT
WAS MARRED ONLY
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GO PEE PEE…
“WHAT?” I barked.
“I love you,” he said.
Err, um, eh? What was I supposed
to say to that? I couldn’t yell at him, he
had just told me he loved me.
“Oh, thank you,” I said, upset he
hadn’t insulted me as then I could’ve
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had an argument with him – I really
wasn’t in the mood to be loved.
I turned around and carried on.
Although I tried to be as angry as
I was when I woke up, my mood was
lifting. I had just been the recipient of
a random act of warmth – it’s hard to
be mad after that. But then he went
and ruined it.
I could feel his presence behind me
again. I refused to turn around and
acknowledge him because as far as I was
concerned this was just rude. However,
he persisted and followed me right to
the edge of the park where I stopped,
spun around, ripped my earphones out
and yelled, “Dude, seriously???? We
had a lovely little moment there but you
“‘I had just been
the recipient
of a random act
of warmth”
just ruined it by following me. WHY??”
“I just wanted to give you this,” he
said, as he handed me a piece of card.
He walked away.
I looked at the card he’d given me, it
said, “Friendship. Spread the love.”
“Wait,” I called after him. But he had
gone. I was left feeling horribly mean,
but strangely calmed. My bad mood
had mysteriously disappeared…
‘I love you.’ They really are the three
most powerful words ever said by man,
aren’t they?
Even if that man is a total stranger,
four times your age and stinks of joss
sticks, it still feels good…
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