Kiera groaned, “But he was your lad for years, it’ll be weird if I-”
“It’s only weird if you make it weird. Skull is amazin’, and I’m being honest when I say you won’t find a better lad than him. He is a gem, Kiera, and how rare are gems?”
She gnawed on her lower lip. “You really don’t mind if I go on a date with him?”
“I really don’t mind,” I assured her.
She eyed me. “Are you tellin’ the truth?”
I nodded my head. “Honestly, if I could pick someone for Skull, it’d be you.”
She flushed. “It’s only a date.”
“Then why’re you so giddy about it?”
“Because he is perfect,” she gushed.
I burst into laughter.
Kiera playfully swatted at my shoulder. “Stop laughin’, I haven’t been on a date in years. I’m in me mid-thirties, I shouldn’t be this giddy over a man.”
“Skull is the man, though. He is brilliant. You have every reason to be excited.”
Kiera beamed. “I really am.”
I was so happy for her, and for Skull. Kiera was perfect for him.
“When is your date?” I asked.
Kiera slumped. “It’s tonight.”
I frowned. “Aren’t you on detention duty tonight?”
She always did Friday evening detention.
“I am,” she groaned. “I forgot all about detention.”
“What are you goin’ to do?” I asked.
She scratched her neck. “I was goin’ to ask you to take over detention for me tonight?”
My answer was already a yes.
“Like you even have to ask. Of course I’ll cover.”
Kiera screeched and threw her arms around my body, hugging me tightly to her chest. I laughed and hugged her back.
“Thank you so much, this is exactly why I love you. You’re brilliant.”
I sighed, “It’s true.”
Kiera laughed, “Okay, so detention is in my old room, which is your new room. It starts at half four and ends at six. You don’t have to do anythin’, the kids bring their own things to work on. You just sign off that they attended.”
She handed me a sheet of paper with only one name on it.
“Detention for one kid? I questioned.
Kiera held up her hands. “Don’t blame me, blame the board.”
The board were arseholes.
Kiera and I turned and walked down the hallway and through the school doors.
“Don’t worry about it, I’ve got this covered. How hard can running detention with one kid be? I’ll be home by half six with my feet up.”
“Atta girl,” Kiera chuckled. “I’ll tell you everythin’ on Monday.”
I gave her a thumbs up. “I can’t wait. Have fun!”
We headed our separate ways; Kiera went home, and I drove to Kane’s house. He stayed in my apartment every night, but he didn’t officially live there. I thought keeping it like that for a few months was best. I didn’t want to bring too much upon ourselves since everything was still so fresh for us.
“Kane?” I called out when I entered his house.
“In the kitchen, babe.”
I yawned as I walked down the hallway and into the kitchen. I found Kane sitting at the kitchen table next to Nico, both of them watching something on a laptop.
“What’re you both watchin’?” I asked as I opened the fridge door and began to root around inside for food.
Things were silent for a moment until I felt arms slide around my waist and to my belly. I jumped a little and it made him chuckle in my ear.
“Scared you,” he murmured and lightly bit on my ear.
My eyes fluttered closed for a second but quickly reopened.
“Please, don’t,” I groaned. “Lunch time sex will kill me with tiredness and I have to go back to work in a few hours. Kiera asked me to cover evenin’ detention because she has a date and I said okay.”
Kane chuckled, “I’m only teasing. Well, kind of.”
I growled, “Evil man.”
He continued to bite on my earlobe so I turned and shrugged him off me.
“I may look completely calm and at ease, but in me head I’ve killed you twice already. Stop it.”
Kane grinned. “You have a short fuse.”
I snapped my fingers. “No, I’ve a quick reaction to your bullshit.”
“Woo,” Nico said from the kitchen table and snapped his own fingers in Z formation accompanied with his head bobbing from side to side. “You go girlfriend.”
I tried not to laugh, I really did, but it was too difficult not to.
“You’re such an eejit.”
“I own that shit,” Nico said then looked back to the laptop.
I walked over and tried to see what he was watching, but he closed the laptop before I could see what was on the screen.
“What was that?”
“Porn.”
Liar.
I stared at Nico until he began to fidget under my glare.
“It’s a guy I’m fighting tonight in Darkness. I was just studying his fighting style.”
I frowned and touched Nico’s face. “You’re too pretty to receive punches in the face.”
Nico laughed and said, “Bro, your girl thinks I have a pretty face.”
“So? She thinks I have a pretty cock, I know which one I’m happier with.”
Nico cracked up laughing while I rolled my eyes.
Men.