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“Interest, lad,” Gibs explained calmly—much calmer
“They’re girls, McGarry, not Pokémon cards.”
Like, for real, he was strikingly, achingly, distractingly attractive.
“Hi, Johnny.”
“Hi, Shannon.”
“Boys with pretty eyes and big muscles mess everything up for girls.”
from, but she already knew that. “You are so concerned with fighting the bullies at school, Mam,” I sobbed, tears streaming down my cheeks, “when the biggest bully of them all lives under this roof.”
His touch was different because it wasn’t unwelcome.
This one is for keeps.
Releasing an unsteady breath, I reached up, grabbed Johnny’s neck, and pulled his face down to mine. And then I kissed him.
Johnny had a pinched expression when he said, “A Maroon 5 song.” “Oh?” I looked up at him. “Which one?” He shifted in discomfort. “‘She Will Be Loved.’”
“Do you mind?” I asked then. He smirked. “No, baby, I don’t mind.” My heart stopped in my chest. Johnny’s face flushed and he shook his head. “I mean—” “It’s okay,” I whispered. “It’s fine.”
Well, I love you, Johnny Kavanagh! Even though you’re leaving. Even though you don’t feel the same. Even though loving you is going to break my heart. I love you with everything I have. And I probably always will.
“Well, thanks for caring,” I breathed. “Thanks for being worth it,” Johnny replied,
These were love songs. These were all love songs.
“I promise.”
I just wanted her. For keeps.
And then he kissed me.
I was kissing Johnny Kavanagh.
“I love you, Shannon like the river,”
“I think I need you for keeps,” he slurred. “I think I need you for keeps, too,” I confessed.
