Chapter 13
for like an hour and some of them, no erase that, all of them already
felt a bit tipsy.
“YEAH!! Like there’s no tomorrow baby!!” They all turned to Kian
with a weird look on their faces and Bryan said,
“Okay Ki, I know I’m totally gorgeous and you are very cute as
well,” Bry leaned forward and pinched Ki on his cheek, just like a
mother would do to her little baby, “and you know that if it wasn’t for
the fact that I’m already taken I’d be all over you in no time! But I’m
sorry, you’re too late…” They all laughed at Bry’s little comment
and watched how Kian slightly hit Bry on his head.
“You’re such a deutz ‘Fadden!”
“I know, that’s a part of my charm. And I’m so full of charm aren’t
I?” No one said a word; they all just rolled their eyes and looked like
they wanted to avoid the question. “What? You don’t think that?” He
looked at Heléna and added, “Not even you babe?” He tilted his
head and gave one of his puppy eye looks.
“Awww, of course I do hun”, she answered and gave him a hug, “of
course I do!” But when she hugged him she mouthed to the others
with a cheeky smile: “sometimes…”
“Oh, sorry, just gonna go answer the door.” Bryan went to the front
door to open it. He had no idea who it could be, everyone he had
invited was already there so he wasn’t expecting anyone else. Well
there’s really only one way to find out who it is.
“Ro! Hiya mate! What are you doing here? Ah, don’t say it, you’re
here cos you wanna come along and party ‘til dawn with the rest of us, huh?!”
“Erm, no, not really Bry… I’m just hear to drop of some songs that
I’ve written and which I thought you guys might wanted to take a
look at. And besides, I’m too old to party.” He said and smiled.
“Too old? Yeah right, like I’m gonna believe that. Don’t give me that,
cos I’ve seen you and Keith when you go partying! It’s like you’re 18
all over again!”
“Well, now I’m a responsible husband and father.” Ronan said with
a cheeky smile. “Yeah, yeah, whatever. Oh, by the way, you haven’t met Nicky’s
new girlfriend have you?”
“No, I don’t think I have, but I’d love to!” he said very enthusiastically.
“How appropriate, cos she’s right in here.” Ronan followed Bryan
into the living room and said ‘Hello’ to all the others and then Bryan
introduced him to Becky.
“Becky, this is our co-manager Ronan Keating. Ro this is Nicky’s
girlfriend Rebecca. Becky got up from the sofa and they shook hands.
“Nice to meet you, Rebecca!”
“You too…” Becky felt a bit shy saying ‘Hi’ to Ronan, cos she had
always loved Boyzone’s music and now she was just a few feet
from one of the members. Her cheeks went totally red. She saw
that Ro gave her a strange look and quickly looked away, thinking
that it might had something to do with the fact that she totally
stared at him for what seemed like forever. But he didn’t seem to
have noticed that, cos instead he said:
“Erm, this might sound like a stupid question, but have we met
before? It just feels like I’ve seen you somewhere…” He kept
looking at her closely, but didn’t seem to remember from where she
was familiar.
“No, I’m pretty sure we haven’t. Believe me, I would’ve remembered
if I had met you before.” She said with a smile. Ronan flashed her
one of his gorgeous smiles and shrugged,
“Ah well, maybe you just look like someone I know…” he didn’t
sound too convincing though, but at least he stopped starring at
her. It had made Becky feel a little uncomfortable.
“I should get going. After all I am a busy man, y’know. Places to
be, people to see and things to sign.”
“Really?” Kian said, “I thought you had this week off…” They all
looked at Ro and saw that he slightly blushed.
“Yeah okay, so I promised Yvonne I’d hoover…” This made
everyone crack up with laughter. “Ha ha, the busy pop star, huh?”
“Yeah, yeah… you just wait ‘til the day you become a father and
have a family of your own. I bet you don’t even know how a hoover works!”
“I don’t need to know that, cos Heléna will take care of that.”
“Ha! In your dreams Bryan!” Heléna said and punched him on his arm.
“Ouch! That hurt… I was only kidding…” of course she couldn’t
resist his puppy eye look and gave him a peck on his cheek.
“Anywayz,” Ro said, “promise me you’ll all have a great time out
tonight! And if you can, please do a little partying for me as well.”
“You betcha!” Mark said and the others all agreed.
“Where’s Shane and Mill by the way? Are those two love-birds too
busy to party?” Ro asked with a cheeky smile.
“Well, seeing as their house-sitting Mill’s parents’ place all alone
these few days, I kinda think you’re right!” Kian said with an even
cheekier smile.
“I see. Anywayz, I’ll see you guys later. It was nice meeting you
Becky.” He was still sure that he had seen her before and he was
determined to find out where, but since she said they hadn’t met he
was quite confused.
“Nice to meet you too.” Becky said and they all walked Ronan to
the door and closed it behind him. And all the drive back to his
apartment Ronan couldn’t stop thinking about Becky, where he’d
seen her before. It was something about those brown eyes…