"Bye, sweetie," I heard Branna say, and it made me scoff.
Ryder was bigger than both Branna and me put together. There was no way in hell a man his size could be called sweetie, it was just wrong. I thought this over while I rooted through my bag for my keys. When I found them I unlocked the door and headed straight for my room. I heard Branna follow me, and it made me inwardly groan. I needed to lie down and just be on my own for a while, but apparently she wasn't going to let that happen.
When I got into my room, I kicked off my shoes and began to take off my uniform. I pulled on some pyjama trousers under my school skirt then took off the shirt once the trousers were up. I settled on my bed once I had a tank top on and gestured for Branna - who was leaning against my door - into the room.
"Please, continue to belittle and shout at me, I didn't get enough of that at school or in the car."
Branna's eyes narrowed as she walked into my room and sat down on my bed. "I'm not belittlin' you. Shoutin' at you was just from the shock at being called from class to come to your school because you were in a fight!"
I sighed. "It wasn't a fight, I don't know how many times I have to say that for you to believe me!"
"You shoved Destiny to the ground. That has means for a fight, Bronagh."
I grunted. "She deserved it. She got in my face and tried to upset me by throwin' her shaggin' Dominic in me face, the slut!"
Branna sighed and muttered, "That lad does nothin' but 'cause trouble."
"I know! I've been sayin' that for weeks!" I exclaimed.
Branna settled me with a wave of her hand. "I understand how much he gets to you and the trouble he is causin' you. Ryder is talkin' to him about it tonight. It won't magically fix things, but if you both can at least say hello to one another, and be around each other without war eruptin', myself, and everyone else, will be forever grateful."
I grumbled, "I can't stand him though, he thinks he is God's gift or somethin'. I mean, he practically begged me to get with him, and when I say no, he goes and shags Destiny not a day later then tries to act like nothin' happened. Who does that?"
Branna shrugged her shoulders. "His ego took a hit at your rejection. He was obviously tryin' to make himself feel better by bein' with Destiny."
I grunted. "What about me? It didn't make me feel better for him to be with Destiny-"
I cut myself off once I realised what I was rambling on about.
"Wait," Branna gasped. "Are you upset that Nico had sex with Destiny?"
No.
Heavens no.
Heavens and Hell no!
"You are!" Branna gasped again. "You like him!"
"I do not, I hate him, I can't stand the sight of him-"
"Give it up Bee, you're gettin' defensive and that's a dead giveaway."
I growled at Branna. "Thinkin' someone, even an evil bastard, is attractive does not mean you like them."
I couldn't believe that I admitted out loud, or at all, that I found Dominic attractive!
Branna nodded. "You're right it doesn't but if said attractive bastard had sex with another girl, and it upsets you then yeah, it does mean you like him."
I swallowed the retort that was climbing up my throat and settled on giving Branna a dirty look, which made her laugh.
"Oh God, you hate that you like him, don't you?" she cackled.
I grunted and kicked at her, which she laughed even harder over. I gave up on trying to shut her up and angrily folded my arms across my chest until she stopped - which wasn't for a solid two minutes.
"When the hell did all this start to happen?" Branna asked me as she wiped her eyes.
I groaned and covered my face with my hands. "I have no idea… I honestly think it was when he first kissed me and stuff in his room after he defended me from Jason. I liked how he acted then; he wasn't mean or anythin', and he seemed nice, we had an actual conversation. I guess it just went from there, but don't get me wrong though, I do hate him for the times - which is pretty much all the time - he is an arsehole, but I always find myself looking out for him or just plain lookin' at him. I hate that Destiny was with him or that he was with other girls or that he wants to be with them. I never really thought about it, but it makes me so mad and my chest hurts. It's horrible Branna, how do I make it stop?"
Branna started laughing again. "Bee, you can't just turn off your feelin's. If you like Nico then you will continue to like him until you get over him or until you start to like someone else who takes up all your attention from Nico."
I perked up at that. "There is another lad that I think I could like, his name is Gavin Collins-"
"Aideen's little brother? The kid who fought Dominic and got you suspended?"
I winced. "Uh, yeah, but he is the complete opposite of Dominic so you would like him. I swear."
Branna raised a brow and grinned at me. "I can't believe this is finally happenin'."
I frowned. "You can't believe what is finally happenin'?"