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“Aren’t you going to ask me where we’re going?” I asked, casting a quick sideways glance her way before refocusing on the narrow, potholed road ahead of me. “No,” she replied softly. “No?” I cocked a brow. “Why not?” She opened her eyes and turned to look at me. “Because I trust you.” Well, s****.

Yep 🤧

“I don’t want to feel this way anymore,” she told me, wiping her cheek with the back of her hand. “I don’t want this version of life. I don’t want to be this version of me.” “I love this version of you,” I told her, unsure of what else there was to say. I couldn’t tell her not to feel the way she did. All I could do was reassure her. “I love all your versions.”

Crush my heart why don’t you

“I’m not projecting. I’m protecting.” Oh, he was definitely doing both.

100%

“I’m not prepared to be another statistic,”
“Not with her. So I’ll do what I have to do, I’ll bide my time, but I won’t tie her down. Not until she’s ready. Not until we’ve both lived a bit of life first.”

“Well, shit.” I frowned. “I don’t know whether that sounds sensible or insane.” “It’s probably both,” he confirmed.

Not prepared for serious Gibs #2

“You like her, she likes you.” I threw my hands up. “What’s the problem?”

Terrific question, I’d also like to know Gibs

“I know I might be behind with the times, and this isn’t something I ever ״imagined having to say to you, Johnny, but please don’t be ejaculating on Gerard.” “I didn’t,” I choked out, mortified. “Why would I?” Mam shook her head and mumbled something about “Who knows with teenagers today.”

Literally wheezing from laughing so hard

“Pregnant?” he seethed, voice rising in outrage. “I am fucking pregnant! I’m pregnant with despair, Johnny! I have a belly full of fucking disgust right now.”

Me = 💀

“We have no secrets.”
“Well, maybe we need some,”

The best friendship

Tadhg stared hard at Joey for a long moment before shuddering violently. “I don’t want him to come back,”... “I don’t want this,” he cried, wrapping his arms around Joey’s neck. “I want it to be gone. I just want it to be over!” “I know, kid,” Joey choked out, holding him tightly. “I know.” “And you left me,” he sobbed, crying harder. “You can’t leave me. I need you to stay with me.” “I’m here,” Joey whispered...

"But I did the right thing, dammit. I stopped it. I put what she needed before what I wanted, and that knowledge put me somewhat at peace."

You did good Johnny

"I was a saint. No joke."

Truly

“I like where we are, Shan.” His words curled around my heart like a comfort blanket. “We’ll get there when we get there,” he added after a contented pause of silence. “I’m not in any hurry.” I felt his lips brush the top of my head. “Not with you.”

🫠

"you sparked to life something inside of me.” Releasing a heavy sigh, he shrugged again, eyes locked on mine. “And I haven’t been the same since.” My heart galloped wildly in my chest. “Really?” He nodded slowly as a small smile crept across his face. “Boom.” I blew out a shaky breath. “Boom.”

❤️

“It gets lonely when you’re traveling on one path and all of your friends are on another path together, and I guess I just craved some sort of connection with something or someone other than rugby. But it never happened for me.”

🥺

“I want to,” he quickly corrected. “Believe me, I want to. I promise. But I just can’t.” “Oh.” “Because ... ?” “No, baby,” he choked out, throwing a hand up. “Because you’re not ready.” “But I said I’d do it if you wanted to,” I whispered. “Exactly,” Johnny groaned loudly. “You said if I wanted to—not because you wanted to.”

Johnny, the man that you are

“It’s not what it looks like, I swear.” Muttering a string of curse words, he began to pace the floor. “F****** Gibsie,” he bit out, jaw clenched. “He’s going to ruin my life.”

I knew it

“I told you I was bored.”

Dangerous words coming from Gibs

“I’m wasting my life,” he said. “I’m letting all the opportunities slip through my fingers.”


Was not ready for serious Gibs

“Well,” Gibsie said in a cheerful tone, breaking the frigid silence. “That escalated quickly.” “Yeah,” I breathed. Understatement of the century.

You can say that again

“Oh my god, Claire…”

I'm with S on this one bb

“Aww,” Claire gushed, clutching her chest with both hands. “I love them together.” She feigned swooning before adding, “It’s like a Great Dane and a Chihuahua trying to mate, but they somehow make it work.”

No words, none 💀

“Girl, you are too much sunshine for one person.” “And you are too much gray cloud,” Claire quipped. Turning to me, she cooed, “And Shan here is our pretty little silver lining.”

Honestly love that

“I can’t deal with you today, Gibs,”
I growled, throwing my hands up in sheer f****** despair.
“I honestly can’t.”
“Take them.” “
No.”
“Take them.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“Did they adjust your medication?”
“Not lately, now take them.”
“Jesus, Gibs—”
“Take the condoms or I’ll make a scene.”
“Fine!”

Why do I feel like this will bite him in the a** later?

“Say what you want, but I’m being practical,” “And sensible.”
“One of us has to be.”
“One of us has to be?” I narrowed my eyes. “Are you serious? You honestly think you’re the sensible one in this relationship?"

Dying

"Don’t feed the crazy. Don’t feed the crazy.
“Answer me,” she whispered-hissed.
Give me strength…"

I'M CHOSING VIOLENCE

"I glanced up at Johnny, who was staring after Gibsie with a mildly horrified expression etched on his face. “What do you think it’s like in his head?” “A happy place?” I offered with a weak shrug."

Would honestly pay money for like a day pass into his head. You know, for science...

"What if I don’t want to ignore it?"

Girl you are both recovering, calm down.
Not the time or place.

“I’m a lot of trouble.”
“I like your trouble,” he countered, stepping closer.
“My life is complicated.”
“I want your complications.”
My breath escaped in a rush. “You do?” He nodded slowly. “You asked me what I wanted? There’s a lot of things, but in a nutshell, I just want you.”

🥺

"He never looks like that with you because you don’t make him happy. You never could. All you are is a complication, a niggling voice of doubt insisted in my mind. Get used to watching him from a distance, Shannon, because he’s going away soon. He’s going to be a star. Look at him. He already shines so bright, it’s blinding…"

Snap out of it already, I thought we were past this 😞

“Just accept it.” Gibsie laughed, bouncing back on his feet when Hughie took a swing at him. “It’s going to happen, brother-in-law.”

With how scared Gibs is from Mama K you would think he had a little more sense of self preservation than that