30th April, 2005.
It's been 5 days, and Lilibeth's words still comfort me. I don't know how, or why, but she has some handle on me. Like I know I'll be okay when I have her. I know somethings happened in her past, something I'm careful not to ask about, but I know it hasn't just affected her. Her cousin, Gibs, is always there when me and Oisin are round, but he's fine with Annalise. Maybe he's just overprotective? He doesn't think I'm looking to get my hole with her, does he?
But it's hard to worry about her. She's always so her. Her and Gibs. Always laughing, joking, she always has something to say, whether its to be funny or to stick up for herself, or more often then not, her friends. Shannon said to me once that when people are feeling emotions they don't want to feel, they channel it all into one. I'm scared she's going down our path. Hiding everything until it's too late. I want to help her. I just don't know how.
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17th October, 2000
"And this, boys and girls, is a wildflower. Does anyone know the name of this?" The woman said. She came into our school to tell us all about flowers. Some were pretty, others looked messy.
"No takers?" She asked when we all stayed still and silent, "Well, that's okay. This is a Tigerlily. Has anyone heard of it before?" She looks around at all of us. Annalise's hand shoots up. As per usual.
"My friends name is Lily!" She announces. Only Annalise was allowed to call her Lily, her words not mine. I watched as she turned to Lilibeth beside me, "Are you a flower, Lily?"
Lilibeth furrowed her brows before shaking her head. "I don't think so." She admitted, looking like she was thinking long and hard about something, not even realizing Oisin was behind her until he put his arm on her shoulder, "That's okay, you can be our flower, Tiger."
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NAVIGATING 5 - tadgh lynch
FanficTogether through thick and thin since senior infants, Tadgh and Lilibeth are inseparable. What happens when the truth comes out and all of their heavily packed trauma and secrets come out? Will their friendship survive? This is a slow burn. I think...
