Loving 4: a second generation boys of Tommen book

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Sophia:
I walk into my new school looking around at the gigantic building that definitely rivals Royce, and not only in rugby.

I walk though the hallways looking around at all of the looks I was getting some curious and others judging. I try to memorise the space around me as best as I can.

As everyone filters off into their classrooms as I head for the door with a sign reading "stairwell" I open the door and take a step inside before crashing into a wall, or did a wall crash into me?

Rory:
Rushing down the stairs on my way to class something flings into me, or someone maybe? I hear the thud of a body and a clang of a skull.

I look down to see a girl dressed in the uniform sprawled across the floor.
"Shit!" I say kneeling down to check if she was okay. Jesus Christ, this girl is gorgeous.
"Are you ok?" I ask as she opens her eyes and looks up at me, literally taking my breath away. Her eyes are piercing green.
Jesus Rory.
Get your head out of the gutter, you just knocked this girl on her ass and know ur thinking about how she takes your fucking breath away.

"My head..." she says reaching up to clutch her head. She attempts to sit up, and fails miserably landing back down on her back.

I help her into a sitting position. "Why did you do that?" She slurs swaying on her ass.
"What do you mean? It was an accident. I swear. I'm so sorry" I blurt our.
She groans and says "I'm Sophia"

Jesus this really isn't the time for introductions, she could be injured but I humour her since I did just knocked her on her ass "Rory Kavanagh"
"We should probably get you up to the principals office" I say giving her a hand up to her feet. "Can you walk"

"Ya.." she says trying and failing to take a step as she sways into my chest, I catch her with ease, towering over her at my 6 feet and 5 inches, she's not tiny, but she is compared to me, around 5 foot 6 inches would be my guess.

"Can I lift you?" I ask, needing to get her medical care as soon as possible.

"Mhm" she half groans half slurs, as she sags into me and I haul her up as if she's weighs nothing. Jeez this girl is light.

I head in the direction for the principals office and before I can knock on the door it opens.
"Oh god, what happened?" Our principal Mr. McCarthy asks.
"I bumped into her on the corridor, and she fell, I think she hit her head pretty badly"
"Sit her down on the bench and I'll call the parents, and that's yours too Rory" he says
"What? No, do you really have to" shit they were going to kill me.
"Yes I do Kavanagh now sit"

I sit us both down on the bench "how you feeling?" I ask looking down at the gorgeous girl tucked under my arm looking up at me.
"My brain, I- I can't catch it" oh Jesus I fucked her up pretty bad, she's not making any sense. Clutching her head she says "it's spinning... fast, wh-why would you hurt me?" She says groggily looking at me with tears in her eyes.

"No, it was an accid-"
"No, it's fine, I'm used to it"
She's used to it?
Oh fuck no.
That sounds like a big blaring red flag, and after my mom sat me and my siblings down and told us about her past, I am well aware of the signs, and how to handle them.

"What do you mean you're used to it? Are you not safe? Is someone hurting you? I can help, I promise. You can trust me" I say trying to keep calm when all I want to do is freak the fuck out and strangle whoever is hurting her.
Jesus.
What is wrong with me?
Why am I acting so deranged over this girl?
I've known her for like a minute

"What? No. N-n-n-no. I'm fine, that's not what I meant... sorry" she blurts out still out of her head.
"Okay, good..."

She leans further into my chest and I switch her off of me and kneel down in front of her. "No no no. You can't fall asleep, you need to be alert, you might have a consussion"

"Mmmmm roryyyy just let me sleep" she says slumping into me.
God, this girl.

"Rory, your parents will be here soon, keep an eye on the girl, I'm trying to get a hold of her parents"
Trying to get a hold of them?
How can they not pick up a call from their daughters school?

No, it's fine, I'm used to it.
Is ringing in my head on repeat.

She leans further into me as I kneel in front of her wrapping my arms around her to keep her steady, she lets out a groan while holding her head.

She's completely out of it and is mumbling on about something random when my parents arrive. Shit.

"Rory what did you do to the poor girl" that was my mam.
"I didn't do anything to her, I bumped into her and she hit her head is all."
My da looks down at me practically cradling the girl and raises a brow.

Mr. McCarthy comes out of his office to greet my parents, and invites them in, leaving me and Sophia alone again. Shit, Sophia.
"Sophia, you awake?"
She groans half asleep.
Shit, I have to keep her awake.
"Eh... what year are you in?" I ask.
God, please say fifth year.
"Fifth year" she slurs, thank fucking god "you?"
"Same here, fifth year"
"Hmmmm" she mumbles lifting her head from being buried in my neck to look down at me, holy shit those eyes...

"It's my first day"
"In Tommen?" I ask. Stupid fucking question Rory, of course in Tommen.
But she looks at me with a smile and says "ya, Tommen" in that thick dublin accent, fuck that's hot. Glad that she's no longer slurring and mumbling and half asleep, and I can finally hear her voice clear enough to make out she's from dublin.
"So you're a jackeen" I look at her with a smirk. Jesus I just knocked her on her ass and now I'm flirting.
She grins back at me and says "and you're a culchie"

Before I can respond the door flies open, and Mr. McCarthy says "Sophia, we can't get a hold of your parents"
"Ya... they probably won't answer"
They won't answer?
What the fuck?