NAVIGATING 5 - tadgh lynch

ANEWSCHOOLYEAR

LILIBETH 

september 1st, 2005.

"Tadhg, will you stop being such a perv!" Annalise groaned as we waited for him at the end of the hall after he repeatedly catcalled Claire, just to piss Gerard off. 

Tadhg snickered as he approached us, and I shoved him while we walked. 
"I'm going to get an ear full of how bad of an influence you are on me when I get home now, so thanks a million, T." I say the last part sarcastically as we make our way to assembly where, much to Oisín's dismay, we have to go to get our timetables. I believe his exact words were, 'Why can't I just follow yous around to the classes I want to go to?', which he got scolded for by his sister, Casey, after she overheard him on the phone yesterday.

After six classes, it was lunch. Tadhg and I were in the same form, luckily, but the class before lunch I had French with Annalise. So as we walked the halls, in search of another blonde and a ginger, we came across a huddle in the hall. And low and behold, the blonde was in the middle of that huddle.

"Tadhg!" I groan, squeezing passed people to see Tadhg sizing up some older lad in the halls. I push him before he can swing at him, holding his arms at his sides. "What the fuck are you at?"

I hear murmurs around us, 'Tadhg? Like Shannon Lynch's brother?' 'He's full of himself.' 'Should we get someone?' 'Helen and Shelly are gone to find Johnny and Shannon.' 'Did you hear their older brother joined this year as well? He was in BCS last year..' and I could tell Tadhg could hear them. He was never one for gossip, and it shows. But when the lad egging him on spoke again, he lost it. "Awh, little Lynch has himself a girlfriend already. Getting the whores on the first day, just like his sister, since she just so willingly opened her legs for Cap on her first day-"

"You're a fucking dead man, McGarry!" Tadhg roared as he shoved passed me, just to be caught by Joey, who had miraculously appeared to act superhero, and even the 'McGarry' fella thought so. As Joey spoke to Tadhg, he yelled over Gerard's shoulder, "Ah, would ya look at that," He sneered, egging poor Tadhg on with a smirk. "Big brother's here to bail you out." 

With Annalise yapping in my ear, asking what was happening, I didn't hear much they were saying, until I catch of glimpse of Joey pushing my cousin, who had been holding McGarry back, out of the way before pouncing on him. That's when i knew it was bad.

I thought today would be different. That we would get a breath of fresh air. That Tadhg would get a breath of fresh air, but i suppose that's just our life. Though, I guess I would rather heard about Joey fighting a shit-talking asshat rather then him fighting his father. A win is a win, I suppose.

Aaaaand, thats a wrap. I'm sorry to leave it like this, I know this story is pretty shit, and i did say i was thinking of scrapping the second book, but i have the title page and the character chapter is done, so its a start? I know my writing has been really inconsistent, and im sorry, because i loved the idea of this story, but i just didnt execute it. I will try to get the next one perfected, but it may take awhile, so dont get your hopes up. 

I love you all, thank you for bearing with me. xxx