Chapter
2
Candy
and Lori-Beth collapsed onto the couch behind him, slowly trying to regain their
senses. Bryan watched them in a
fatherly kind of way - the first time he'd met Ronan he had felt exactly the
same. "Lucky I saw you girls,
that evil midge might have had you by now", Bryan said as he bottlefed his
baby. "Have you met the other
guys?"
Candy
and Lori-Beth took in their surroundings. Kian
was perched on a designer stool in front of the mirror, gelling his fringe so
that when he danced it all bounced at the same time.
Mark
was discussing the brick facing around his stove on his cellphone, and gave a
distracted wave.
Nicky
had left his electric razor in Shane's room, and was trying his luck with those
cheapass slice-and-dice razors you can get in packs of 6 from the supermarket.
But
where was...? Just at that moment,
Shane walked out, wearing only a towel around his waist and an impish grin.
"Hi, I'm Shane", he said, as he walked over and shook Candy and
Lori-Beth's hands.
"Hi,
Lori-Beth", Lori-Beth sparkled as she introduced herself, shoving Candy in
the ribs so she temporarily lost her breath.
"I'll
just go put on a shirt and some gay pants, find my belt, and I'll be back",
and with another flash of that impish grin Shane disappeared through a door at
the back.
Just
then there was a knock at the door, "Are Candy and Lori-Beth in
there?" a voice yelled.
Bryan
looked at Candy and Lori-Beth and yelled back "Who wants to know?"
"It's
Jon", the voice answered. Bryan
looked at Candy and Lori-Beth, who in turn looked at each other, and decided to
go and see what Jon wanted. After
all, how harmful could Jon Corker be? As
Candy inched open the door she saw none other than Jon S-Club.
"We
paid you every single last penny", Lori-Beth, flustered, directed at the
white-panted one.
"No,
no, it's not about that...have you seen Thomas?" Jon asked Candy, who felt
kinda sorry for him, fully knowing that Thomas had more taste.
"Umm...I think he's in the cafeteria", Candy lied, as Jon
thanked her and bounced down the corridor.
"Everything
alright girls?", Bryan asked, again.
"Fine..."
Candy said, glancing at her watch and realising it was time for their
Fast Burner. "We'd better get
a move on though...we'll hook up with you guys later?"
Lori-Beth said.
"Sure, Shane will want to show you his horses...we'll probably see you in the cafeteria soon anyway", Bryan smiled at his sleeping daughter, "See you girls later".