SUPPORTING 8

୨୧ ‣ CHAPTER TWO

BROWN EYED GIRL
TADGH LYNCH

➛ BROWN EYES STARED BACK AT ME. Big, doe brown eyes from a girl who looked too sweet for her own good, Wren Wells, like the bird. I rested the ice pack on her head, listening as she thought aloud about how she had to make sure her sisters were okay, but what about her?

Her brownish-blonde curls swept around her face and as i attempted to pull them away, it just seemed to make it worse.
"Good news Wren! We've gotten ahold of ya Mam and she says she'll be here in around half n hour" The nurse says, and i can feel the small girl tremble beneath me.

"Tadgh, Tadgh, Tadgh, i'm in deep crap right now"
"Why is that, Birdie?" i ask.
"My mam and da" she replies and i'm immediately alert.
"What do you mean?" i demand, and she winces.
"They don't know.." Wren whispers
"They don't know what? Wren you have to-"

"Tadgh, please give miss Wells some space please, how about you go to get some lunch, and get Wren some too if you wish" Miss Beaumont says, and i begrudgingly get up and exit the room.

All i've got to do now is find her sisters and let them know she's in medical, that will probably take a while.
"RILEY!" a loud yell bounces off the walls as two girls race down the empty halls, found them.
"Excuse me!!" I call out, grabbing the taller ones attention

"Yes?" The girl approaches me.
"Are you two sisters of Wren Wells?" i ask, towering over the younger girl, whose face immediately contorted to worry.
"yes why?" she presses, her younger sister rushing to her side.
"What happened to Elouise?" The younger one asks, Elouise?

"Uhm she's in medical right now with a head injury," i scratch the back of my neck, "I accidentally bumped into her in the hallway and sent her flying, she asked me to come tell you."
"No! You're so stupid-" she pauses, "What's your name?"
"Tadgh." i mutter, gaze dropping to the youngest version of wren who is looking at me as if i killed her puppy

"I'm Taylor, and Tadgh you are a fucking eejit!" The older one huffs, running in the direction i just came from.
"I'm Riley, if you're heading to get food, please get me a drink and you're forgiven for killing my sister" Baby bird says before running in the same direction as her sister.

Well shit, now i owe a girl her head back and a younger girl a fucking beverage.

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JOEY LAUGHED. He fucking laughed!! I stare in shock as he recollects himself , meeting my eyes.
"You gave a girl a concussion on her first day?" i nod.
"I don't understand what's so funny about it."

After grabbing Riley Wells her drink, i walked into the medical office to see the girls had gone, and i heard from Miss Beaumont that the three had left early. Yet now guilt was consuming me.

"I've never seen you so worried for someone outside this family before, it's shocking" joey quips, head falling back on the sofa.
"Ofcourse i'm worried ya big eejit! i could've killed the girl! Then you would have to live your life without me!"
"Christ, you need to relax"

"Stop speaking to me right this instant joe!" i groan, leaving his annex, making my way back to my own room.
"Hey Tadgh!" Shannon smiles at me as i walk past the living room. Shannon is in sixth year now and its fucking crazy to see how far she's come. If you told the lynch family where we would be one year ago, we would've called bluff, yet here we are.

"Hey Shan, Johnny" i say, getting a nod from the big lump my sister calls her boyfriend.
"Don't forget me!" the big blonde says, a shit eating grin on his stupid face.
"Shut up you fatty" i hold up my middle finger as he gasps.
"Don't start with me now little lynch" Gibsie holds a chunky finger out to me and i let out a humorless laugh.
"Go cry me a river Gibsie!" and i carry myself upstairs before he can reply.

'They don't know' her voice echoes through my head
'They don't know' what don't they know?
Her brown eyes flash through my mind, the pained expression in them mirroring mine when i was in that house, and i sure hope i'm not right when i begin to question her home.