✮⋆˙ Epiphanies

★ SATURDAY 8th JANUARY ★

FUCKING DANNY! Was the two words my mind couldn't stop playing on repeat the whole of sunday

I was in a strop because fucking Danny won against me, effectively losing my winning streak of 2

That bitch, I swear she annoys me like no one else

I don't even know why she gets under my skin so much and I don't even know why I let her

With her smary attitude and snarky comments, Danny was the definition of bitch and said bitch just loved to piss me off

She lived for it infact, but I always gave it back

We pushed eachothers limits, I knew the right words to make her tick, she knew the right words to make my blood boil. It was how we worked, it was how we functioned

She pushed me, I pushed her back.

We have been like that since June 2002, when I joined An Rós just to find the leading racer was none other than Danielle herself. She was 14 when she first joined in 2001, I was 15 when I joined in 2002 and I will forever resent myself for not joining before her

I was a threat to her title, we were both the best racers and it was hard for a rivalry not to bloom

Before we were enemies, we could of been considered friends actually. She was always close with my two best friends, Gibsie and Johnny so it was hard not to be friends with her

Me and Gibsie have known eachother since nappies, our parents used to be friends so we were always close not as close as we are now but still close

He used to be friends with two other blonde girls I can't remember the names of. But I don't think he is still friends with them now. Now, he is smitten with another blonde girl. The lad certainly has a type

Then in junior infants when Johnny sauntered in like cock of the block, all high and mighty like, I just knew we was going to be friends

But then Kav asked Gibs to be his best friend -not me- after first meeting him

I stayed on the sidelines on their friendship, silently wanting to join but to much of a pussy to act on it

Then one day I was in a fight with some lad after he kept picking on me and I lost it and punched him straight in the face

Then his friends starting beating me up, it was 7 vs 1 and I was loosing by a mile. Punches and kicks coming from left and right all directed at me then suddenly it was 3 vs 7 as Kav and Gibs both defended me against them

Ever since then we have been attached by the hip, wherever one was the rest of us wasn't that far behind

They were my brothers and I loved them like they were too

But then Danny happened

When we all joined Tommen we never expected a angry brunette who seemed pissed off at the world, to waltz up to us on our first day and tell us that were friends

Not ask. Just tell

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"For some reason I thought it would be worse" Gibsie announced as stood by our locker in the corridors during lunch

"Why?" Kav asked "Its just secondary school"

Gibsie huffed "Well easy for you to say, you have that whole 'mess with me and see what happens' look" He told him then pointed at me "So do you"

"Thanks spent years perfecting it" I chuckled, leaning against my locker

"Well me" He exaggeratingly pointed to himself "I have a cute adorable face that reminds you of a puppy. A cute innocent puppy"

Johnny scoffed "No ya don't, eejit"

I reached over and ruffled Gibsies hair with a chuckle "Yes he does, a cute labrador"

Gibsie batted my hand away with an annoyed grumble. Then his eyes caught on something over my shoulder

"Lads incoming, angry brunette coming our way" He loudly whispered, trying to make it not look like he was staring at her but he most definitely was

Turning my head around, a brunette girl sauntered down the hall with a face full of sheer determination and a hint of anger

With arms folded tightly around her torso and her hair tied into a long messy plait that rested on her shoulder. The girls eyes locked on ours as if she had been searching for us

I noticed her from earlier when she flipped off a teacher who told her to be quiet in assembly. She look absolutely pissed at her, perhaps pissed at the world would be an accurate description

"You two look very scary" Was the first thing she said to us when she stood infront of us with a cherry lollipop hanging out of her mouth

"Thanks?" Kav replied awkwardly, looking to us as if to silently ask 'what the hell does this pretty brunette want with us'

Okay maybe not the pretty part, but she definitely was pretty

"What about me?" Gibsie cut in, looking desperately at her "I'm scary"

She shook her head "Nah but your cute so it's alright"

A light blush started to tint his cheeks as he stared at her. A twinge of jealousy hit me then

I wanted her to look at me. Not Gibsie. Not Kav. Me

Gibsie elbowed my ribs "See i'm cute"

"I know lad I already told you this" I reminded him

The girl loudly coughed, dragging our attention back to her. She pulled her lollipop out her mouth, slowly, taking her time to suck it and then finally pull it out with a pop

"Anyways I need scary friends so yeah your my friends now" She announced, voice casual as if she did this all the time

"Why'd ya need scary friends?" I question, enjoying the way her eyes took me in

She rolled her eyes, like I was being difficult or something "Because i'm scary and I need scary friends"

"Thats it? Not any other reason, baby" I drawled, my voice turning a bit flirtatious. I was never a flirter but jaysus did this girl bring it out of me

She huffed "People already find me scary and don't like me, but it looks like you lot haven't been corrupted by rumors yet. That a good answer, baby?"

A low whistle came from Gibsie who was beside me, watching intently to our back and forth conversation Turning back to the other lads, her brown eyes narrowed on us. Studying us one by one

"I'm Danielle Doherty" She disclosed "But everyone calls me Danny"

Danielle 'Danny' Doherty

What a fucking name

"Double D" Gibsie blurted the nickname, smiling at her

"What the bleeding hell" Johnny muttered under his breath, staring at Gibs like he was some foreigner

"I'm Gerard Gibson" He beamed "Everyone calls me Gibsie though"

Her lips pulled into a smirk "G-spot" She laughed, placing her lollipop back in her mouth

"You get me" He marvelled

Ignoring Gibsies antics, Kav held put his hand "Johnny Kavanagh"

She took it with a smile "Nice to meet ya"

Then Danny turned to me, waiting for me to introduce myself  "Keiran Hayes or you can just call me baby"

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Ever since then she had annoyingly wormed her way into our friendship, becoming close with Johnny and Gibsie

Which again pissed me off because their my friends not hers

Why couldn't she just stay with her friend Cadhla, she was nice wasn't she good enough for Danny

Okay i'll admit I am being a dramtic dick but fuck did she annoyingly turn me into one

All morning i've been in a mood, replaying my losing moment in my head. Dannys smug smile, the way she smirked at me after she won

I'm calling it, next race I will wipe that stupid smirk of her face

But tonight

Tonight I was going to get pissed with the lads at Hughies gaff since the lad was throwing a party this evening that was according to Gibs 90's themed

Obviously it actually wasn't and I weren't going to entertain his delusions anyways

My door suddenly burst open and my blonde best friend stood there with a cheeky grin spread across his face

"Oi wanna do something stupid?" Gibs asked, eyes glinting with mischief

Looking over at the lad whose stupid ideas I normally got roped into, I reluctantly nodded knowing that there was most likely no way I was going to get out of this

"Sure i'm bored why not" I agreed, tugging on my hoodie

Gibs rubbed his hands together, acting like some evil genius "Don't ya wanna hear what we're doing?"

I sighed "Alright then what is it?"

"You know Johnny?" He began

"Nah never heard of him" I deadpanned, smirking when I saw his eyebrows furrow

Gibsie huffed, flopping down on my bed "Anyways he's so... uptight and then it came me like a...a.. what's that word epif something?"

"Epiphany, Gibs" I filled in

He pointed his finger up in agreement "Yeah that, right anyways what's the best way to get someone to loosen up?"

Jaysus where was this going?

Taking note of my confusion, the eejit quickly sat up "Drugs and you know who is the biggest drug dealer of ballylaggin"

Fuck sakes Gibsie, unfortunately I already know where this is going

"Shane Holland and who is Shane's little sister?" He prompted waggling his eyebrows at me

No.No.No.No.No

"Danielle Doherty" Gibs nodded comfiming my worst nightmares

It was well known around Ballylaggin that Danny was actually Shane Holland's little sister despite them having different surnames. People constantly badgered her, asking if she could supply them with something and you could tell Danny hated it

You could also tell that she despised her brother however she still defended him when people called him the biggest scumbag of ballylaggin

Danny didn't even live with her brother either. No, the girl lived in biggest house of our road with her stepfather who she outwardly says she hates

"No, out-fucking-right no" I denied shaking my head

Gibsied groaned "C'mon Keir it would be funny as hell to see Kav high"

"Yes to the drugs, no to asking Danny" I refused, turning my back on Gibs to dig someone out of my drawers

No way was I asking her, I wasn't that pathetic that I was going to beg her for something

Wait hold on why was Gibs being weirdly silent?

Spinning around to only groan when I see him on my phone, no likely dialing Danny

This fucker

"What do you want prick" Dannys voice greeted us from the other line

"Don't you fucking dare" I mouthed to Gibs

He shook his head, jumping away from me "What colourful language Double D"

At the sound of Gibsies voice, her mood was immediately lifted "G-spot to what do I owe the pleasure"

Reaching my hand up again to grab my phone again, Gibsie launches himself across my bed to avoid me, he landed on the floor with a bang

Eejit I tell you

"I have a favour to ask" He began, crawling under the bed so I couldn't get to him

"Fucks sakes" I grumble

"What's up?" Danny asked

Don't do it lad. Don't do it lad. Don't do it lad

Clearly not getting my mental pleads, Gibsie continued "We just need some weed so we was wondering if ya could ask your brother for some?"

The line was suddenly tensely silent, Danny didn't even make a fucking sound

"Danny? Ya alive there?" Gibsie cooed

A few moments passed before you finally heard her "No"

Thats it, no explanation no reasoning just, no

Obviously Gibsie tried again

"Aww come on, just weed nothing else. I'll give you the money back I swear" He continued to bargain

"Absolutely fucking not, No way am I doing that shit for you" Her tone hardened

"C'mon Danny it's for Johnny" Gibsie begged

Attempting to get my phone again, I swiped my hand under the bed but Gibsie just rolled out from under it and darted away from me

Slick fucker

"Give it the fuck back you spanner" I warned Gibs who just shook his head at me

Unaware to the chaos, Danny continued to refuse Gibsies requests "Fuck no Gibs, he will hold that over my head. I can't be in that kinda debt"

We all gathered that Shane obviously wasn't the best brother in the world given that everytime Danny came back from visiting him for the week she would be in a mood for ages

But we never really asked about it, just got tidbits of information about it when she decided to blurt things out

Knowing that he has lost, Gibsie sighed and reluctantly gave the phone back over to me

"We don't want yer drugs, bye now slut" I cursed

I could imagine the spread smirk across Dannys face "Hello Kieran, bye now arsehole have fun sulking"

Putting the phone down, I reached over and grabbed the first thing I could find which just so happened to be my notepad

Launching it at Gibsie's head, grinning when it met it's target and he howled like a banshee, gripping his blonde curls like I just threw at brick at him

"Quit being dramatic ya big baby" I snorted

Gibsie threw a pillow at me in retaliation, by I quickly dodged it laughing when he swore at me

His eyes snapped to the notebook on my floor, already sensing where his mind was going I tryed to reach it before he did

Unfortunately I failed, Gibsies grabbed a hold of it and lobbed it at my head

"Hah hurts now doesn't it, eejit" He laughs

Okay the fucking thing did actually hurt but I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing that

"I didn't hurt" I lied, picking up the notepad and stuffing it back in my drawer

Throwing myself on my bed, Gibsie lied down next to me "So I have a backup plan"

"And what is your back up plan" I mused

He lifted his hips up and fished around for something in his pocket, he quickly dialed in a number on his phone and it started ringing

A few rings later a familiar voice picked up

"What's up Gibs" Hughie said down the line

"Grab Feely and mini Feely. Meet me and Kier outside his in ten" Gibs asked before putting the phone down before Hugh put another word in