Total pages in book: 97
Estimated words: 112337 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 562(@200wpm)___ 449(@250wpm)___ 374(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 112337 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 562(@200wpm)___ 449(@250wpm)___ 374(@300wpm)
Damien moved behind Alannah and looked at her section of the poster and whistled. "Damn, Lana, you drew these?"
Lana?
Alannah face went purple. "No, not all by meself. Mr. Wall did the letters, mistletoe, and holly."
Damien grinned. "So you drew the awesome animals and characters?"
Alannah shrugged her shoulders so I reached over and shoved her a little. "Stop bein' so modest."
She pulled a face at me, and then flicked her eyes up towards Damien who was still behind her looking down at her work. I thought it was some type of girl code gesture, but I honestly had no clue what it meant so I cleared my throat.
"Lads, go help the girls with the tree. We have this under control," I said and gestured them to move on.
Dominic crunched down to my side and nudged me with his forehead. "I missed you last night, again. I'm thinking of just sneaking into your room at night so I can be with you."
Was he trying to reduce me to an emotional mess?
I smiled and leaned into him. "It's probably best you don't stay over, I'm startin' to lose an ongoin' battle within myself, and you bein' next to me will make me cave instantly."
Dominic eyes locked onto mine. "What battle?" he whispered.
I smiled as I leaned in and licked his bottom lip. "A personal battle to not fuck you until we are together longer."
Dominic audibly groaned and latched onto my bottom lip with his teeth making me hiss in pain and him grin. "That will teach you control that filthy mouth while we're in school."
I snapped my teeth at him making him grin as I said, "Go on, get."
"If I didn't know any better I would think you're trying to get rid of Dame and me."
I smiled. "Would I do such a thing?"
"Yes," Dominic and Damien said in unison, making me roll my eyes.
"Go on, get," I repeated, shooing them away.
They both did as I asked and left chuckling.
I looked to Alannah who was also flicking her eyes over her shoulders watching the twins leave.
"What was that about?" I asked her.
"I was about to stop breathin'! Did you see how close he was to me?" she whispered.
I chuckled at her. "Yeah, he also called you Lana. Is that your preferred nickname or somethin'?" I asked.
She shrugged. "No one has ever called me that but Damien. He randomly started callin' me that last week in class. I like it though, I've never had a nickname."
I smiled, and stored that bit of information away. "So if I said you liked him-"
"You would be absolutely correct, but please don't tell him or Nico, I try me best not to be obvious about it," she said and flicked her eyes around us making sure we were still out of hearing range.
I raised my eyebrow at her. "Why not just be honest with him?"
She sighed. "You know he doesn't do relationships. He has been with more girls than I care to count since he moved here, and even though I really like him, I'm not about to be added to his 'hit' list."
I laughed at her meaning but nodded my head. "I understand what you mean. Dominic was a slut too before we got together. If he can change, then so can Damien. Don't give up hope is all I'm sayin'."
Alannah sighed and went back to painting. I joined her but kept flicking my eyes towards her every so often.
"What?" she eventually asked me with a sigh.
I smiled to her. "I didn't say anythin'."
"Why are you lookin' at me and smilin' then?" she asked.
I shrugged and gestured to what we were doing. "I kind of like this."
"Paintin'?" Alannah questioned.
"The paintin' is fun but I meant the talkin' part with you. It's nicer than I thought it would be," I admitted.
Alannah laughed. "I'm not like everyone else in school, Bronagh. I don't judge you, because you prefer to be on your own. If it makes you happy, then leave you be I say."
"I always liked you for that; you always respected me and never bugged me into talkin', makin' friends, or doin' anythin' to make me uncomfortable," I said, smiling wide only to frown and blow out a big breath. "I wasn't happy on my own though; being with Dominic is makin' me realise I wasn't really livin' at all, I was just existin' and not even in a fun way. I am literally way out of my comfort zone by bein' with him, and every day I'm venturin' further away from it. I mean, an example is just sittin' here and talkin' with you. Oh and a bigger example is that Gavin Collins is me friend now, how crazy is that?"
Alannah smiled. "Not crazy, just extremely lucky because Gavin is a hottie!"
I laughed. "I agree. I can try and set somethin' up for you-"
"Oh, Jesus, no!" Alannah cut me off, making me laugh.
She smiled at me then. "I appreciate the offer to help, I really do, but since I can't have the one person I want in the way I want him, I'm just gonna steer clear of lads and focus on preparin' for the Leavin' Cert. It's only six months away after all."
"Why did you have to tell me that?" I whined.
Alannah rolled her eyes. "Oh, shut up! You're probably the most prepared student for those exams out of the entire group of sixth years!"
I snorted. "Okay, I'm probably a bit more prepared, because before Dominic happened I literally just did school work and revision all the time, but now that he is in me life I've noticed that I haven't picked up a book in weeks! Havin' a boyfriend durin' this year in school is probably goin' to kill me."
Alannah flicked her eyes over my shoulder, and a bit to the right then chewed on her lip. "Because he distracts you?" she asked, still looking in that direction.
I nodded. "Yeah, he distracts me big time."
Alannah snorted then. "You aren't the only one he distracts."
I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion then turned to see what she was looking at. I blew a large amount of air out through my nose and folded my arms angrily across my chest as I watched my boyfriend and his brother being stared at by twenty or more female students and one or two male ones!