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She was happy, smiling,enjoyingherself.
We were having a laugh together, and then she justflipped.
The defiant side of my personality demanded that I pay no heed to her bullshit.
She’s not your problem.
That feeding into her drama would only lead to more.
The only problem with ignoring her was that I didn’twantto.
After spending an innate amount of time trying to push her away, having her actually go didnotfeel good.
Not good at all.
“How are your hips, Aoife?” Mrs. Adams announced, slowly rising from her chair, at the front of the room. “I can’t imagine that was comfortable for you.”
“Sore.”
I immediately felt like a tool. “You’re hurt?”
Ignoring me, Molloy focused on our teacher when she said, “I’ll survive.”
“Back in my day, we called those child-bearing hips,” Mrs. Adams stated, causing me to choke out a laugh and Molloy to glower.
“Are you calling me fat, Miss?”
“Dear God, no,” our teacher hurried to soothe. “I wasn’t saying anything of the sort.“
“Retract the claws, Molloy,” I tossed out, feeling sorry for the old lady. “She was paying you a compliment.”
“How?” Molloy deadpanned. “By implying that I have wide hips to go with my even wider ass?”
Yeah, and you look so fucking sexy for it.
“Exactly,” Mrs. Adams said, offering me a grateful smile. “Do you think the two of you can behave yourselves for five minutes, while I pop to the bathroom?”
“Yeah, Miss,” I replied, waving a hand around aimlessly. “Whatever.”
She gave me a worried look. “Joseph.”
“I mean it.” I held my hands up. “I’ll be good.”
“Good boy,” she crooned before pottering out of the classroom, leaving us alone.
“Teacher’s pet,” Molloy muttered, still glaring at the board.
“Do you want to tell me what I did?” I asked, twisting in my seat to face her. “I clearly did something to piss you off.”
“No.” Sighing in resignation, she dropped her head in her hands and groaned. “It’s fine. I’m just... It’s fine. I need to get a grip.”
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s stupid.”
“Tell me.”
“You’ll think I’m crazy.”
