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“Mostin love with himselfandvainestbrother,” she corrected me with a laugh. “And I love your tattoo – even if it does take up half of your back.”
“Good enough,” I teased, releasing her from my hold.
“You’re such a dope,” she giggled, nudging me again with her elbow.
I didn’t care what she thought about me as long as she wasn’t thinking about how scared she was to go to school.
Her smile was rare, but I was proud to be able to put it there, even after the night from hell we’d been put through.
“It’ll be okay, won’t it, Joe?” she asked then, as the school came into sight. “When it’s all over and done with.” She sucked in a sharp breath before whispering, “When we’re grown up and gone from this town, we’ll get our happy ending, won’t we?”
“Yeah, Shan,” I replied, hitching my bag up on my shoulder. “You’re going to have an epic happy ending.”
“So are you, Joe,” she replied softly. “I just know it.”
It was at that exact moment my eyes landed on the leggy blonde leaning against the school entrance, with a grey beanie hat covering her ridiculously long hair, and a lollypop between her pursed lips.
“Yeah, Shan.” I wasn’t convinced about happy endings, but when Molloy locked her eyes on me and smiled, I could believe in the possibility of a happy day.
* * *
“Welcome back, fifth years,”Mr. Nyhan acknowledged from his perch at the podium in the canteen. “It’s wonderful to see all of your smiling faces as we embark on a new school year. Now, as you are all well aware, fourth year was a transition year. It was a wonderful opportunity to dip your toes in new waters and try out new hobbies and interests. But that was then, and this is now. Fifth year will see you all taking on new course work, a heavier academic workload than any of you can comprehend. In other words, the next two years of your academic career are going to be the toughest you have ever faced.”
“What in the name of Jesus is that fella on?” Podge asked, nudging my shoulder with his. “He’s absolutely crackers if he thinks this regurgitated pep talk is going to excite or encourage anyone to come to school.”
“Who knows, lad,” I mumbled, arms folded across my chest, as I leaned against the lockers at my back, and listened to Nyhan drone on and on with his usual back to school bullshit spiel.
“Rough night?” Podge asked then.
“What?” I narrowed my eyes. “Why?”
“I’ll telling you now, lads, the only thing I want to dip in water is my dick in Aoife Molloy’s tight pussy,” Alec declared, interrupting us, as he inclined his head to where Molloy was sitting at the opposite side of the canteen.
The minute I locked eyes on her, a surge of heat hit me directly in the dick.
Yeah, she was looking good this year.
I hadn’t spoken to her since the weekend when I fitted her new wardrobe for her.
Usually, she came up to me first thing before class for our morning ritual that consisted of a little verbal sparring.
However, I put her absence this morning down to the unfortunate series of events that had led me to almost decapitating her twin.
My eyes scanned the crowd again and landed on the poor scrawny bastard, tucked away in the corner with the rest of the studious, techy fuckers from our year, who would go on to college, and end up with high paying jobs. Those guys were so smart that they were kept tucked away in honor roll classes, and far away from the rest of us mere mortals; aka the thick fuckers like myself, Podge, and Alec, who would more likely than not end up taking up an apprenticeship and working with our hands.
I never put a lot of thought into the consequences of my flying fists, but I felt terrible for unleashing them on Kevin Molloy. Especially since he hadn’t breathed a word of what happened to either one of his parents, meaning that I got to keep my job at the garage. I had a feeling Molloy had a lot more to do with me keeping my job, considering her brother had never been my biggest fan.
My mind drifted back to that weird moment we had in her room on Saturday, and I had to repress a shiver.
Things had been different between us for a while now,deeper, since the day of my grandfather’s funeral when she surprised the hell out of me by showing up.
Her presence had thrown me,shehad thrown me, and I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not.
Either way, having her put some distance between us today couldn’t be a bad thing.
The distance helped me to water down some of the fucked-up feelings she evoked inside of me.
“Jesus, did she get taller over the summer?” Alec hissed in a reverent tone, biting down on his fist. “Oh, fuck. Her legs look longer than usual.”
