Chapter Forty Five



The next day, all the couples plus Amelia and Colby decided to have a picnic in Central Park, under some leafy trees.
Urs and Fara, like the other couples sat on small rugs on the ground and ate the food in the picnic hamper the hotel had kindly provided for them to eat.
‘Lets play a game’ Rowi suggested after everyone had eaten and Amelia and Colby were having an afternoon nap.
‘What sort of game?’ Carlos asked, raising his eyebrows.
‘Oh I don’t know…how about Truth or Dare?’ Rowi asked. She lovely playing games.
‘You have to go first then’ Cydalia said, sort of agreeing.
‘Ok’ Rowi nodded.
‘I’ve got one’ Seb smiled.
‘Go on?’ Rowi asked her husband, gazing lovingly at him.
‘Who…was the first man you ever slept with?’ Seb asked.
Rowi thought for a moment, ‘Ok. I’ll answer that one’ she smiled, not needing to know what the dare was, ‘he was called…Martin O’Flanagan. He was Irish. Had these amazing green eyes’
‘Sounds, like Seb’ Cydalia smiled.
‘Hmm…’ agreed Rowi, ‘the eye colour’
‘Why…thank you’ Seb winked and then blushed.
David went next, he decided to admit that he didn’t know what love was until he had met Dany. The guys all ooo‘d and arr‘d over that slushy, but romantic answer. Then Dany did a dare. She ran around Central Park shouting, ‘I love you David Miller‘ not that she didn’t want to tell everyone the truth that she too had never felt like being in love until meeting David, she just liked the sound of the dare much more. Cydalia blushed and mmm’d and arrr’d over telling everyone that child birth was much more harder then being a catwalk model.
‘Ok’ Rowi said, ‘now its…Carlos’ turn’
‘Go ahead’ Carlos smiled.
‘Was it love at first sight for you and Cydalia?’ Rowi asked.
‘Definitely’ Carlos beamed, ‘my turn…’ he looked around, ‘Urs…’ he said.
Urs groaned, ‘Name of first lovely lady you ever fell in love with please?’
‘What’s the dare?’ Urs asked.
‘Mmm…kissing Seb’ Carlos laughed.
‘Truth’ Urs decided, paling slighting in colour at the thought of having to kiss Seb. Sure he liked him, but not that much!, ‘Fara’ he answered, gazing at her as he told them all.
‘You mean you never…until Fara?’ David asked Urs.
‘No’ replied Urs, ‘my turn now’ he turned to Fara who had started blushing at Urs‘ answer, ‘which one of us did you fancy first?’ he asked.


Fara thought for a moment, ‘And the dare is?’ she then asked.
‘Shouting out how you feel about me. So everyone knows’ Urs replied.
‘Seb’ Fara finally admitted.
‘Why…thank you’ Seb winked at her.
‘And the way you feel about Urs?’ Rowi then asked Fara.
‘I told my truth..’ answered Fara.
‘She hates me’ Urs sighed.
‘No I don’t’ replied Fara.
‘Go on then? Tell everyone?’ Urs challenged.
‘I…I..’ Fara mumbled, ‘I…I like you. A lot’ she decided to say after a lot of thinking.
‘Gee, thanks’ Urs sighed.

Admit it woman!’ Carlos then demanded Fara. He sounded angry. He was the one person never guaranteed to get angry. Some times Carlos was even more laid back then Seb was and that was saying something.
‘Admit what?’ Fara asked.
‘Everyone can see’ Seb said.
‘You’re the only one who is pretending’ Cydalia then told Fara.
‘No I’m not…’ Fara defended herself. It was like they were all ganging up on her now. All having a go at her. It wasn’t fair. It hadn’t been her idea to start this stupid game playing in the start.
‘I think, then maybe we should tell her’ David said.
‘Do you think?’ Dany asked her husband.
‘You, are in love, with Urs’ Rowi told Fara. She put it as bluntly as she could.
‘No, I…I…’ Fara tried.
‘We can all see it. Can’t we?’ Cydalia asked, looking around the group.
Everyone nodded.
‘But…I don’t do love…’ Fara sighed.
‘No, probably not’ David agreed, ‘but you do…you are, in love with Urs’ he corrected himself.
‘Since when?’ Fara then asked, looking at them all.
‘Since the beginning’ Urs said. Like that was an answer Fara thought. Not!
‘Since…?’ she asked, still feeling puzzled and in the need for a decent, proper answer. She waited. Not being able to bring herself to look at Urs now.
‘I, fell in love with you, at first sight. Back in England. At Gatwick airport’ Urs smiled lightly at Fara. He resisted the temptation of reaching out and touching her face.
‘Gatwick?’ she asked, surprised at this answer. Sure, she remembered seeing him, bumping into him at Gatwick, but she was sure that she hadn’t made that much of an impression on him at first sight. She remembered looking and feeling a mess. She had spent the night before crying. Scared about flying for the first time and by the time the girls had arrived at Gatwick for their flight Fara had been tired and emotional. Having bags under her red eyes and feeling like death warmed up. He had fallen in love with her then? Fara couldn’t believe that. He must be lying. He must be! But no. He opened his mouth and confirmed it.


Gatwick’ he confirmed.
‘Oh’ Fara mumbled, looking down at her feet.
‘But you liked Seb’ Urs then said.
‘He…he seemed like my type’ Fara shrugged. He had. First impressions. Fara liked Seb’s type. Tall, dark haired and reasonably handsome. Then she had taken a good look at Urs had had realised, first impressions aren’t always the ones that count in the end. Urs had the part she needed to keep her attention. He had brains as well as beauty. Could you call a grown man beautiful? It certainly seemed appropriate in Urs’ case.
‘And yet, you and I…you told me, that you loved me’
‘I did, didn’t I?’ Fara then remembered. It had been the night of the Gallabya dressing up night. They had been on the sundeck. She had been crying she remembered. And he had been crying too. Seeing Urs upset had made Fara feel upset too and she wanted to do anything she could to make him smile again. Saying that she loved him hadn’t been a lie. She had felt it then like she thought that she felt it now. Only she wasn’t so sure anymore.
‘Was that a lie then?’ Urs then asked, ‘have I really spent all this time chasing after someone who doesn’t want me too? Who doesn’t love me? Am I wasting my time? Because I really need to know’ he looked at Fara, searching her face for any sign, any sign at all.
‘No’ Fara whispered, not being able to bring herself to look at him.
‘No what?’ Urs asked, moving her chin so she had no choice but to look him in the eyes.
‘You…’ Fara nervously licked her lips, ‘you haven’t been wasting your time’
‘Then…?’
‘I don’t know Urs. I really don’t know’ Fara shrugged.
‘What would help you? To know?’
‘I need…I need time. Time to think’ Fara shrugged again.
‘Ok’ Urs sighed, ‘ok".