by Mel Sparke
“Sweet pea?!” Cat and Maya mouthed silently at each other.
It wasn’t the first nickname they’d have thought of for the ponytailed, beer-bellied café owner, much as they liked him.
As soon as Cyndi was out of earshot, Anna took a deep breath, sighed and rolled her eyes.
“Problems?” asked Maya quietly.
“You bet,” said Anna, raising an eyebrow. “She’s driving me mad! She keeps making all these changes around here without telling me, and she orders me about like she owns the place!”
“Well, she is married to the guy that owns this place, I suppose,” Cat pointed out, unhelpfully.
Maya shot her a look across the table and shoved OK back under her friend’s nose. “Cat, if you can’t say anything useful, then get back to your magazine! Go on, Anna…”
“It’s just that Cyndi’s always—”
“Oh, wow! Omigod!” shrieked Cat suddenly.
“What?” said her two friends, wondering what had got into their friend.
“Look!” gasped Cat, holding the magazine up for them to see.
“What?” the girls repeated, staring at the vaguely familiar face beaming at them from the pages.
“It’s Ben Fitzpatrick! The actor! You know - the really cute young British actor that supposed to be the next big thing?” Cat tried to explain, in the light of Maya and Anna’s blank looks.
“Yeah, so… cute pictures of a cute guy. So what?” quizzed Maya.
“It says here that he’s only doing a new TV drama, and he’s only filming part of it here in Winstead!” Cat practically squealed.
She stared disbelievingly at the only moderately interested looks on the other girls’ faces. “Well, I think it’s exciting!”
She turned the magazine back round and planted a huge, kiss on the smiling picture of Ben Fitzpatrick, smudging her pink tinted lip-gloss as she did so.
“Here you go…” said Maya, sliding a paper napkin across the table towards Cat.
“What’s that for?” she frowned.
“Your lipstick’s halfway down your chin,” grinned Maya. “And you’ll never stand a chance with a TV star like him if you don’t look after the details honey!”
“Very funny!” said Cat sarcastically.
“What this about ‘details’? What’s the joke?” asked Anna.
“Don’t ask!” Maya smiled up at her. “You really don’t want to hear, trust me!”
SOME SECRETS ARE JUST TOO GOOD TO KEEP TO YOURSELF!
Sugar Secrets…
1… & Revenge
2… & Rivals
3… & Lies
4… & Freedom
5… & Lust
6… & Mistakes
7… & Choices
8… & Ambition
9… & Dramas
10… & Resolutions
11… & Scandal
12… & Guilt
13… & Luck
14… & Love
15… & Conflict
16… & Confessions
17… & Sunburn
18… & Shocks
19… & Jealousy
20… & Flirting
Copyright
Published in Great Britain by Collins in 2000
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Copyright © Sugar 2000. Licensed with TLC.
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