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Mattie leaned her head against the cool glass of the window, watching as the Irish countryside sped by in an emerald-colored blur. She sighed contentedly with the knowledge that she was finally going home. Her first year at the University of Dublin had passed quickly, but she was glad to be going back to the home and people that she loved and missed desperately. Mattie recalled the day she had stood at the train platform at the station in Sligo, saying her goodbyes before she would step on the train and start a new life in Dublin. Everyone she knew and loved had been there to see her off. Even Mark.
Mark...
Mattie's thoughts turned fondly to her best friend in the entire world. She and Mark Feehily had grown up together in Sligo. They had been friends since they were wee nips, and her dad and Mark's were close as well. Their fathers had been boyhood friends and had worked together on the Feehily farm when they were teenagers. Mark was the closest friend she had ever had, boy or girl. They had always, always been there for each other, no matter what. Mattie knew that she could always talk to Mark about anything and it was the same the other way around. There was nothing that either one did not know about each other. Except...
Mattie sighed deeply, a cloud coming over her azure colored eyes. There was something that she could never talk to Mark about. Something that she had kept hidden for years. She was over it now, Mattie kept telling herself, but she couldn't deny that sometimes...it still hurt. A tear slipped down her cheek as she recalled the day she had almost told Mark how she really felt about him. It was also the day that he gave her the news that would turn both of their worlds inside and out.
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