Dominic

I swallowed. "Some things at home had my attention, but everythin' is fine now." I shook my head and chuckled a little. "I feel like my head has been buried in the sand to not know it is almost Christmas time."

The miss snorted. "It happens to the best of us."

I nodded my head then looked to the door. "I'll go help Ala

The miss waved me on. "Brilliant, the rest of the class will be down to help when the bell rings in ten minutes."

I nodded and left the classroom and headed down the empty hallways until I came to the main hall entrance. I thought it was fu

I inwardly groaned when I spotted Micah bossing some of her friends and classmates around while Ala

"Hey," I said when I got to her side.

She glanced at me and widened her eyes a little when she seen it was me stood next to her and saying hello.

"Hey me?" she asked and glanced around us to see if I could be talking to someone else.

I nodded and she smiled wide. "Hey back, Bronagh. Are you here to help?"

I nodded again, and she clapped her hands together. "Brilliant, you can help me get this poster done if you want to? You don't have to, of course, you can do somethin' else if you want to be alone and-"

"Ala

She stared at me. "Really? It is? You know I'll be here right next to you helpin' too, right?"

I smiled at her again. She was being very nice and considerate, offering me an out to work on my own so I wouldn't feel uncomfortable being so close to her, but it wasn't necessary. I didn't think Ala

"Yep, I'm aware that you will be next to me," I chuckled again.

Ala

"Thank you," I said.

Ala

I looked at what she was doing and felt my jaw drop open. "Did you draw that reindeer?" I asked, my voice a little higher than it was a few seconds ago.

Ala

Understatement.

I nodded my head. "It really did. Seriously Ala

Ala

I blew out a breath. "I'm goin' to get chairs for us to sit on while we paint 'cause there is less chance of us makin' a mistake that way."

Ala

I gri

Ala

I turned back to Ala

"Fuck," I gasped.

"Shite, that was too close," she cackled.

I lost it when she started laughing like that and burst into a fit of giggles which only made her point at me and laugh harder. We were still chuckling when shadows appeared over our worktop, and like a sixth sense, I knew he was there before I even looked to check.

"What do you want, stalker?" I asked without turning around while Ala

"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 gri

"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 gri

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 Ala

Damien moved behind Ala

Lana?

Ala

Damien gri

Ala

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.