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Moments before the pain in my lungs exploded and everything went dark, I saw it. A halo of light. An orb of pure sunshine. Her. I saw her. And that’s when I knew. That’s when I knew…
“You’re my favorite person in the whole wide world, and I would swap everyone for you. Even Hugh.”
“When they said someone had been saved from the water. I prayed for it to be you.”
“I think they wanted your dad to save Bethany.” “I didn’t,” I admitted honestly. “I wanted to keep you most of all.”
“Like sunshine?” I frowned in confusion. “How?” “Because you are sunshine, silly,”
“I don’t see anyone.” His lips tipped up in the smallest of smiles before he added, “Except for you.”
“Hey, Gerard?” “Yeah, Claire?”
“Sorry. It’s just…holding your hand makes me feel better.”
“You can hold my hand forever.” “You promise?” “Uh-huh.” I yawned, feeling sleepy. “I promise.”
Claire Biggs had a lot of things. My back. My attention. My heart. My soul. Yeah, she had all of me and that wasn’t an exaggeration.
She was the nicotine I couldn’t walk away from. The crutch I hadn’t learned to walk without.
If I could sew this girl to my skin without causing her an ounce of harm, then I would do it in a heartbeat. That’s how vital she was to my life. How essential she was to my existence. If drugs were to Joey Lynch what Claire Biggs was to me, then there was no amount of rehab that could sway me to kick the habit. Because she was the habit of my lifetime.
I cared so fucking much it was hard to find where she started and I ended.
From as far back as I could remember, my mind had always been very clear about three things. One: Hugh was my brother. Two: Bethany was my sister. Three: Claire was mine.
“Now, come here and snuggle me. You know I hate sleeping without you.”
Brb crying
He drew every element of emotion from my heart, and he did it without breaking a sweat.
“Funny how the things that could happen to anyone usually only happen to you, Gibs.”
“I’ll give you all my weekends, Claire Biggs,” His hand reached for mine, fingers entwining in that familiar way I treasured. “I’ll give you my weekdays, too.”
“You’d make a good girl dad,” Hugh agreed with a solemn nod. “I know,” Johnny agreed,
Uhhhh my heart
Team Clibsie for the Win
Love the title name
I held on to my virginity tighter than Johnny held on to his dreams of the pros.
LMAO
“Go get your girl, Gibs!”
Johnny is best boy
“You missed the clown.” “No, she didn’t,” Tadhg chimed in from his perch on the island. “She brought him with her.”
LMAL
“He wouldn’t do that to you, Claire. Not Gibs. His entire world revolves around you.”
“Hmm.” Johnny seemed to mull that over before asking, “Do you want to be my best friend?”
Oh cap xc
“We all love ya.” Sniffling, he pulled me closer and pressed a kiss to the top of my head. “You’re the best friend I’ve ever had, and I love the fucking bones of you, ya mad eejit.” He choked out a pained laugh. “And if you think this is going to chase me off, then you’ve another thing coming, fucker, because I’m never leaving you. Do ya hear me? Because you’re my Gibs.”
Balling my eyes out
After all, taming 7 had been the adventure of my lifetime.
