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"You're right, Gibs," Joh
"Total respect," Gibsie shot back, resting his arm around Claire's chair.
"Ugh," Lizzie sneered, giving both Joh
"When you say all, does that apply to just us –" Gibsie gestured from himself to Joh
"You most of all, you big, blond eejit, with your rugby shaped head," Lizzie snapped. Shoving her chair back, she stood up and cast a glare to Joh
Having said that, Lizzie swung around and stalked out of the lunch hall.
"Whoa," Gibsie breathed when she was gone. "That girl seriously hates me."
"She hates everyone," Claire replied, patting his arm soothingly. "Don’t take it personal."
"It's true," I decided to offer up. "She only likes, like, two people."
"Exactly," Claire agreed. "It truly is nothing personal. Lizzie's just protective of us."
"Yeah, well, I don’t have a rugby shaped head," Gibsie grumbled. He looked to Joh
"No, Gibs," Joh
"Really?" He touched his head self-consciously. "Because I weighed like twelve pounds when I was born, and my Mam's always bitching to her friends about how I wrecked her with my big head."
"It's a perfectly normal head, Gibs," Joh
"Not too big?"
"You grew into it," he assured him. "Fits you fine now."
Unable to stop myself, I snickered at the sight of Joh
"You laughing at my misfortune again, Little Sha
I shrugged helplessly, still gri
He was just so unusual and entertaining.
"Now, back to business," Gibsie continued, leaning back in his chair. "What do you want to see tonight?"
Claire frowned. "Tonight?"
"We're going to the cinema," he stated with a devilish grin.
"Who's we?" Joh
Gibsie circled his finger around the four of us.
My mouth fell open. "Huh?"
"She-wolf can come, too," he said to Claire. "If you promise to put a muzzle on her."
"Gibs," Joh
"Come on, lad," Gibsie countered. "You can miss a session for one night – I need a dessy driver until I'm comfortable driving alone." Turning to look at me, he said, "What do you say, Little Sha
I looked to Claire, who was staring back at me with mirrored confusion, and then to Joh
Say yes, Sha Go with them. You want to. You really, really want to. But he'll kill you. You're a dead girl walking if he finds out. I shook my head and croaked out, "I can't." "You can't?" Gibsie frowned. "Why not?" "Because I…I don’t…It's –" Shaking my head, I exhaled a ragged breath. "I'm not –" "She can't go, Gibs," Joh "But –" "Let it go!" The bell rang then, signaling the end of lunch, and Joh "Come on, asshole," he growled, glaring at Gibsie. "We have things to sort out." "I'll swing by your place around seven?" Gibsie asked Claire. "Does that suit you?" Claire nodded happily. He gave her a huge smile before standing up and ruffling her curls. "See you then, Claire-Bear." My gaze found its way back to Joh "Bye, Joh His features softened instantly as he looked down at me and smiled. "Bye, Sha "Well that was the strangest thing that's happened in a while," Claire a "Yeah," I breathed. "Very strange."