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Pat

Pat checked her bags at the airport the next day. She carried her overstuffed hand luggage and boarded the plane to London, feeling like she was leaving home again but 30 ______ to see her old friends too. The two years in Europe after college had been the beginning of her adult life, 31 ______ she hadn’t changed physically. She still looked years younger than she was and could have passed for a teenager in ballet flats and jeans at twenty-four.

She didn’t 32 ______ it but Sue and Vicky were at the airport to meet her, as a surprise when she came through customs. They held her tight when they hugged her and they both cried and so did Pat. She’d seen them at her sister’s wedding ten months earlier, but that was a long time too. Her friends headed for the garage to get the car. Both her friends ascertained immediately that Pat looked happy and well, and she seemed to have more 33 ______ after living on her own for two years. They thought that she was more beautiful than ever. Sue gave a sigh of relief as she started the car. Pat 34 ______ them all about her recent trip around Europe on the drive from the airport.

Pat settled into her room that night. She unpacked her bags, and put her papers on her desk, and in a way, it was very odd. It was as though she had never left. She could 35 ______ believe she had been away for two years. She went downstairs for breakfast with Vicky the next morning. Pat informed Vicky that she had an offer from a big production company to film one of her books. However, she didn’t decide whether to 36 ______ it.