"What do you want, stalker?" I asked without turning around while Alannah looked over her shoulder to see who was behind us. She blushed a little before going back to her section of the poster after she had seen who was there. Her blush and small smile gave away that Damien was standing behind us as well. I've noticed her doing that a lot when he looked at her over the last few weeks in class.
"Stalker? If you're going to title me with something, I think you should go with magic fingers."
Damien laughed while Dominic grunted thanks to the elbow I threw back into his stomach. He put his arms around me and leaned his head down to kiss my cheek and nuzzle his nose into my neck, inhaling. I closed my eyes and embraced the butterflies that consumed my stomach.
I shivered when he nipped my neck with his teeth, which made me moan a little.
I nudged his head with mine. "Go make yourself useful. You and Damien can help with the heavy liftin'."
Damien laughed then said, "You just want to see me work, pervert."
I snorted and glanced to his grinning face. We hadn't talked about any of the stuff that was told to me last week, even though he knew I knew about what he did, and we didn't have to. It didn't change my opinion of Damien; he was still a sweetheart and was rapidly becoming one of my favourite people.
"Oh yeah, because you're so hot I just need to see that body of yours do some hard labour."
Damien shot me a smirk while Dominic bit my neck again. "Cut out the flirting, bitch."
I rolled my eyes but grinned. "If you make me mess up on this picture I am goin' to kick your arse."
Dominic stood up straight and leaned over to check out what I was doing and kissed me on the head. "It looks good, babe."
I pointed to Alannah. "She drew up all the posters, I'm just fillin' in the lines with paint."
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.