Dominic (10 page)

Dominic hurt me with his words, worse than when he elbowed me in the face, and I wanted to hurt him back.

"And don't get big headed thinkin' I wanted to sleep with you, because I pretended you were Damien the
whole
time up there," I said sweetly then walked out the door and slammed it behind me.

"You fucking slut!" I heard Dominic's voice roar.

I heard his brothers shout at each other to grab him. The noise of them shouting stopped when I got a good bit away from his house.

I was so mad at myself; I should have known better than to go to his house. He was just another typical slimy lad who thought about nothing but having sex, and he thought that defending me would get him into my knickers. The fucking sad fact was that if Alec hadn't walked into the bedroom, he would have gotten into my knickers.

Apparently I was that easy!

I was fuming mad all the way home from school, and when I finally did get home, I was completely soaked and freezing. I groaned when I walked into the kitchen of mine and my sister's house.

"Hey," I said to her.

Branna looked at me with a smile on her face only for it to drop and her eyes to widen.

"What the hell happened to your face, Bronagh?" she shouted when I entered the kitchen. She pushed away from her laptop and ran towards me.

I sighed and shook out my body.

"Put the kettle on, it's a long story."

I was the first person in class the next morning, which was the usual. The classroom door was unlocked, so I walked in and sat in my usual seat at my usual desk. I took out my iTouch, put my earphones in my ears, took out a notepad from my bag, and started doodling out some pumpkins, ghosts, and other random scary things. Halloween was only two weeks away. I didn't like the holiday at all, but I was bored and just felt like drawing them.

I yawned after a moment; I was up for ages last night telling Branna about the twins and what my life had been like since they started at school. Branna found some of mine and Dominic's interactions amusing, but she didn't like what he did yesterday. The whole trying to get sex out of me in order to hurt me for hurting him with thumb tacks. She also didn't like what Jason did to me; I had to talk her out of going to his house and beating him with a hammer.

I assured her Dominic's beating was punishment enough. It took her awhile, and even though she wanted to hurt him, she accepted it and put the hammer back in her tool box.

After my yawn, I rubbed my eyes only to hiss in pain. Thanks to Dominic's elbow in the face yesterday my cheekbone and eye were bruised; I actually had a black eye. I didn't know how it was black and blue since he hit me in the cheek but whatever, it was bruised, and there wasn'thin' I could do to hide it. Not even makeup could be applied because it was too painful to touch, so I would be baring all to see.

I didn't even bother to try and hide it by framing my face with my hair because it would still be visible, so I bit another bullet and French plaited my hair back, keeping my hair tight to my head and completely out of my face.

I heard the class bell ring at the same time some students walked into the classroom, and as usual, I didn't look up or acknowledge anyone. I continued to scribble on my notebook but when a shadow fell over my desk, I glanced to my left.

It was only Alannah passing my table by, but when I looked to the left it was at the exact moment Dominic stepped into the classroom with his arm around Destiny's shoulder.

Seriously? He was going to parade around with another girl not even twenty hours after he almost successfully seduced me?

And that fucker had the nerve to call
me
a slut.

I couldn't help the snort that erupted out of me. Dominic looked at me the same time I snorted, and it gave me a perfect look at his face. His chin was bruised and so was a little of his cheek. Above his eyebrow was cut and bruised also. He looked practically perfect for someone who was in a fight while I got hit once and had the mother of all black eyes.

Typical, fucking typical.

Dominic's eyes were directly on my black eye while he stared at me. Destiny got his attention though when she tickled his belly.

Yes, she actually tickled his belly.

I snorted again as I turned back to my notebook and continued scribbling away. I only looked up when I heard Miss McKesson's voice over my music, so I took out my earphones.

She was calling out names while ticking them off on the attendance sheet.

"Bronagh Murphy," she called out.

"Here," I replied.

She looked up, smiled at me then gasped and actually dropped her pen to the floor.

"What happened to you?" she asked as she moved over to me.

Even though I had a black eye, nobody but Dominic noticed it since I had only looked at him. My other classmates didn't pay attention to me because that was the norm; I didn't bother with them, and they didn't bother with me. Thanks to Miss McKesson though, everyone was looking at me now.

"Holy shite, Bronagh, that's some shiner," Alannah's voice said from my left.

I nodded, because she was right; it was a hell of a shiner.

I looked at Miss McKesson and smiled. "I'm fine, it's nothin'."

"It's not nothin', you have a black eye for goodness sake," she breathed.

I smiled again; her concern was nice.

"I'm honestly fine; it was just a misunderstandin', the other person is dead now."

That lightened up the tension because everyone, including Miss McKesson, chuckled. The tension came right back when she looked around the room and gasped as she looked to the back.

"Nico, what happened to you…
this
time?" she gasped, again.

I wanted to laugh at the 'this time' part of her question. She knew he was a troublemaker considering the amount of times he rolled into school with bruises and whatnot on his face over the last five, almost six, weeks. His fight with Jason was the only one I had heard of him being in since he and his brother started here so where he got all the bruises from was beyond me.

"Nothin', just shitty decision makin' on my part. Chose to defend someone who wasn't worth it, it was my mistake."

I gritted my teeth and muttered, "You
are
a mistake."

I didn't mean for this to be audible but it was and my classmates actually oh'd. I meant that Dominic was my mistake and that kissing him was a mistake, but the class probably thought I meant his existence was a mistake, which right now, honestly wasn't that far off the bat with the way I was feeling.

Miss McKesson looked between myself and Dominic for a few moments. "The two of you stay after class."

Again?

I wanted to protest, but her tone was a serious one, so I just sighed and put my earphones back in. Class flew by; I noticed Damien entering class about thirty minutes late with another girl from class, Lexi Mars. I was instantly disgusted by the state of her hair and clothes and the shit-eating grin Damien was sporting.

That girl and Damien - because I heard from passing conversations that he had shagged multiple girls since moving here - were the definition of a slut, not me.

When class ended, I didn't move from my seat. I waited for everyone to leave before I took out my earphones.

"As much as the students of this school think us teachers are stupid, we aren't. We heard about the altercation between you and Jason after school yesterday, Nico. Care to explain what that was over?"

"It was over Bronagh," Dominic answered seconds later.

I humourlessly laughed. "No, he stuck his nose in other people's business then blamed it on me because he didn't get what he wanted out of the situation."

"And what did he want out of the situation?" Miss McKesson asked.

I looked at her with raised eyebrows.

Did she really expect me to have a heart to heart with her?

"A lovin' hug," I replied sarcastically.

She looked at Dominic then flicked her eyes between us. "I don't know what is goin' on between you both but sort it out between yourselves and don't bring any more violence into it. No more fightin', leave each other alone if you can't get along, understand?"

I saluted her which made her roll her eyes.

"Go on, the pair of you, get to class."

I stood up and pushed my chair into my desk then quickly left the classroom. The hallways were already emptying because second period had already started, so I quickened my pace until I was pulled back by the arm, bringing me to a halt.

"What's the rush, pretty girl?"

I jerked my arm free from Dominic's hold and started walking to class again.

"Don't fuckin' touch me, you dick," I snapped.

Dominic snorted and caught up with me. "You wanted my dick buried in you to the hilt yesterday, didn't you?"

"Damien's, not yours," I corrected trying not to blush with embarrassment of what was the truth. I did want him yesterday.

What I just said about Damien was an honest to God lie, but Dominic didn't need to know that. I wasn't attracted to Damien at all, even though he was Dominic's clone.

Dominic laughed, clearly amused. "No, you wanted my cock, I could smell how wet you were for me-"

I whirled around and jumped for him, intending to break something on his body, but he caught me mid-air, turned us both, and pressed me against the wall in the corridor. My tiptoes were touching the ground, but not fully because Dominic's body was pressed between my legs, literally pinning me against the wall.

"I like aggressive bitches," Dominic grinned as he brought his bruised face to mine.

"Get off me, now! Miss McKesson said you have to stay away from me!" I snapped.

Dominic smiled and looked down to where his body was pressed against mine. "I'm thinking you're enjoying this, babe."

I narrowed my eyes. "I'm not your babe, your possession, or your aggressive bitch. I'm nothin' to you, now let me go!"

Dominic snorted. "Don't think too highly of yourself,
babe
. I wanted to get laid by the ice-cold bitch that roams these school's hallways. I wanted to see if the only bit of heat in you was located deep, deep in your pussy-"

"You bastard! I hate you, get off me!" I hissed and tried to slap him, but he grabbed my hands with his.

He rotated his pelvis into me, still grinning. "Give it a minute, I'll get you good and wet enough so I can smell-"

"Oh my God, shut the fuck up!" I growled. "That was a mistake, you said so yourself so just forget it. Let go of me and stay the fuck away from me."

Dominic laughed as he let me drop and watched me stumble a little. He stepped backwards and gestured me towards class with his hands. "I like messing around with you too much to stay away from you, babe." He winked.

"You're a vile, disgustin' creature," I snarled to him as I turned and stormed down the corridor, ignoring some lingering students who got an eyeful and earful of that 'conversation'.

"A vile, disgusting creature who you near enough fucked yesterday!" Dominic called out after me just as I opened the woodwork room door.

Everyone heard him, even Mr. Kelly.

I slammed the door shut behind me. "Move him to a different worktop, sir. I swear to God, I'll stab him if you don't!" I stated to Mr. Kelly, who was just looking at me with wide eyes.

When the door opened to the woodwork room and Dominic strolled in, he headed for my desk, but Mr. Kelly quickly got up to intercept him.

"Actually, Nico, switch seats with Gavin for today. Bronagh seems to be very cross with you, son."

Under-fucking-statement!

"Sure thing, sir," Dominic replied happily.

The horrible fucking bastard.

I was fuming while I shoved my bag under my desk and stormed to the back room to get an apron. When I came back out, the lads in the room, including Dominic and the sir, were looking at me.

"What?" I snapped.

"Nothin'," they all replied in unison and busied themselves with whatever was in front of them.

I glared at them all before moving to the supply room and retrieving my wood that I hid so Dominic wouldn't use them on me. He didn't mess with any of my projects, but I wasn't taking any risks, so I hid my stuff just incase.

When I re-entered the room, nobody paid me any attention, which was good so I went to my worktop and penciled out a design on the wood, marking where I would have to saw and sand.

Gavin took his time moving over to my desk.

"Hey, Bronagh." He smiled.

I returned his smile, because it seemed genuine.

"Hey, Gav," I replied, shocking myself that I used the nickname I've heard the other lads in class call him.

I was allowed to call him that though, since he was technically my first proper kiss ever.

"Are you okay? You seem pretty heated."

I sighed. "I'm fine, just that American prick annoyin' me."

Gavin snorted at me, which made me grin; it was nice that someone else agreed Dominic was a prick.

"You do know what he is sayin' to the lads back there, don't you?" Gavin murmured.

I looked to the back of the room and noticed some of the lads were gathered around Dominic, grinning and knuckle touching him.