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Because I had well and truly taken leave of my senses.
BOY-FRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS
SEPTEMBER 3RD 2001
AOIFE
“What did you do?”Casey demanded, bright and early on Monday morning, sliding into the seat next to mine in tutorial. “The whole school is talking about it.”
It was our first day back to school after the summer holidays and our teacher was late, leaving the class in disarray.
Everyone was chatting loudly to each other, while I slowly withered in my seat.
“Oh god.” Dropping my head on the desk, I resisted the urge to wail. “You mean the fight, right?”
“Obviously,” Casey replied, eyes wide. “Spill the beans.”
“Where do I start?” I groaned.
The fight that had broken out between Paul and Joey at the weekend could only be described as a vicious dog fight that, had they not been dragged off each other, I had no doubt would have resulted in someone being taken away by ambulance.
And that wasnotme being dramatic, either.
Never in my life had I seen such violence up close and personal.
I could still remember the sound of bones crunching.
The white t-shirt I had been wearing was now in the wheely bin, having been sprayed with blood that Mam couldn’t get out in the wash.
Whose blood, I couldn’t say for sure, because by the time they were pulled apart, both boys had been doing quite a bit of bleeding in their own rights.
Two desks to my left, was a badly bruised Paul, while six rows behind me, at the back of the class, was a slightly less bruised Joey.
Neither one would look at the other – or me.
“I don’t know how it got so out of hand, Case,” I groaned, after giving my best friend a detailed report on the weekend’s shenanigans. “But apparently, it’s all my fault.”
They had both been suspended from the hurling team, something they were both clearly furious about, and the blame was being placed at my feet.
“Well, it sort of is,” my best friend laughed, offering me zero sympathy for my ordeal.
“Wow,” I grumbled. “Thanks a lot, bitch.”
“Oh, stop,” she said, making a psssh noise. “You know I’m right. I’m just saying what you already know out loud.”
“Ugh,” I groaned, knowing that she was right. “I just…”
“Want to have your cake and let Joey eat it?” she teased.
“He’s just my friend, Case.”
“Yeah, he’s just your fuckable friend, who can’t play nice with your equally fuckable boyfriend,” she corrected with a chuckle. “All the while, your most fuckable friend of all – Moi – had to spend the last weekend of summer listening to the sound of her mother’s headboard crashing against the bedroom wall, because you’re too busy chasing boys to hang out with your bestie.”
I winced. “Sorry.”
“Whatever, bitch.” She rolled her eyes again. “Just take me with you next time. I would have paid good money to see those boys throw down.” Grinning, she added, “Was it hot? It was hot, wasn’t it? Did they rip each other’s jerseys off? Was there skin on show? Did you see abs? Tell me.”
“You’re a perverted freak.”
