kind of a badass//Carl Gallagher

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"I'm ready to close. You ready to go bowl?" Fiona asked, turning off the lights. "I'm going to see Neill." Debby threw down her apron and walked out the door. "Yeah! Sounds good." I put down my apron and folded the tips I had gotten, setting them in my pocket. Fiona and I got in a cab and met Kev, V, the twins, Liam, Ian, Lip, and Carl at the bowling alley. we went inside and music was playing todays latest hits. We grabbed a pair of bowling shoes and paid our way in. "Hey bitches the party," she took ahold of my hand and held our in the air, "Has arrived!" we then got shouts of "woo's" from the group. "Great! you messed up my shot!" The ball Ian had rolled, ended up in the gutter. I sat to put the shoes on.

"You sure that it was us that messed up your shot?" I raised my brow. "Hey Delilah? No one asked for your smart ass comment, okay?" I rolled me eyes and stood up. Ian pulled me for a hug. "So who's got next?" Fiona asked. Then we all joked around and started dancing to the music while bowling. "Hey! Avoiding me?" Lip asked as I was twerking with V(I actually have an ass so I use it.) I smiled up at him. "No of course not!" I playfully punched him in the arm. "good." He laughed. "So your bowling skills are just about as good as your dance moves." I rolled my eyes. I was actually beating all of them except my uncle. "Deli! You're up!" I winked at Lip as a walked over to take a bowling ball. "Carl. you're on deck." Kev informed. "Don't mess up!" Carl shouted right before I rolled the ball, Causing me to jump and send the ball straight to the gutter. I turned around and smacked his shoulder. "I hate you." I joked. He looked me straight in the eyes and smirked. "We'll see." He then got ready to roll his ball but before he released the ball I hooked my foot on his ankle and pulled. Causing the ball to go to the gutter and him to trip. He pulled himself up and I attempted to run to the dancing group. "Hey guys I think it's v's turn."

I turned to Ian, who I was attempting to teach to twerk. Even V couldn't teach the poor guy. "Yeah you just pop your ass up like-" Before I finished my sentence, two arms wrapped around my stomach from behind me, picking me up. "Put me down Carl!" I shouted laughing. "Nope. You tripped me! Now my chin hurts from the face-plant on the floor. Now until you apologize, I'm locking you in the bathroom." He carried me to the single person bathroom, I was trying to pry myself off the whole time. The door locked from the inside but he had a pull on the door. "Let me out Gallagher!" I shouted, pulling on the door. We were basically playing tug a war with the bathroom door. "Not until you apologize!" He shouted back, grunting struggling to keep the door. It sounded like his sex groans. "This is childish and petty!" I pulled on the door with good strength, causing him to fall forward as the door opened. He caught himself before he could fall completely. I began laughing hysterically as he just sat there staring at me. Irritated.

He turned and closed the door, locking it. Next thing I knew I was being pulled closer to him, a hand on my waist. Our bodies were pressed tightly together. He leaned in to kiss me but I pushed away. "People will notice that the two of us disappeared and get suspicious. Like I said, keeping our sex lives a secret." Carl rolled his eyes and huffed obviously annoyed. He threw his hands up and let them fall heavily to his sides. "Whatever. Just. whatever Delilah. I don't get why your so goddamn embarrassed of me. Or worried about what our families would say. They're family they'd support us." I rolled my eyes. "You heard what Lip said. Plus like I said i'm not looking for a relationship. I've been used to many times." He rolled his eyes again. He stepped towards the door. "So you decided to use me?" Then he stormed out before I could argue. Great. Now I was in a pissy mood. Why couldn't he get it?

I left the bathroom and made my way to the lane we were using. I wasn't gone long apparently. It was still V's turn. "Sorry about that. Stupid Carl couldn't take the fact a girl was beating him." I lied. Ian rolled his eyes. "Yeah I can tell, we saw him storm out." I glared at Lip, hinting that it really wasn't the reason and I needed my close friend right now to calm my anger. "so you were teaching Iaughed at the fact Phillip Gallagher wanted to learn how to twerk. In case no one knew, he is not that kind of guy. V walked over as I was making instructions. "Here let me help you out." then we began to demonstrate. My uncle tried watching his wife, but because I was next to her, he looked away. Lip and Ian began to twerk along. they were now getting the idea. Ian was, no doubt, slaying it. Lip? well... it was a funny sight.

"Alright. Delilah wins. I think its time to take off. The kids are in need of their sleep." Kev stated, holding the twins. We all agreed to that and went home. "Do you need to come over and talk?" Lip asked me in a hushed tine so no one heard me. "Yeah. That'd be cool." I then told Kev and V that I would be home later.

"So how's the whole college thing going? Still thinking about going to the community college?" I was trying to turn the subject off of me because talking about Carl would be stupid. I wasn't even upset about it. We walked up the stairs to his room. "Yeah, er... I don't know honestly." As we passed Carl's room I could have swore I heard a girls moan but it was probably just my imagination. Even if it wasn't, good for him. Right? "Why not?" Then the door opened. Carl was pulling his shorts up, walking to the bathroom. he made eye contact with me and smirked. I tried to ignore it, I mean I didn't even like him like him... did I? but then I saw her, right as lip opened his room door. She was laying on his bed, pulling her dress down. She was beautiful I had to give her that. Her dark skin glowed against that short yellow dress. "Hey you coming in or not?" I don't know why, but I felt my heart drop. it was weird. It was a feeling I've never had. Was I really upset over Carl Gallagher. My now former fuck buddy? No... Dammit. I was. Carl's smirk and intentional leaving open the door, was to piss me off because I pissed him off. Well played.

"Yeah." I smirked. An idea crossed my mind. One I was not proud of, but Lip will understand. He told me he's done the same thing to a girl. "So are you okay?" He asked me, sitting on his bed. we were leaned up against the wall like normal when we had conversations or we were just hanging out. "Yeah... um..." I leaned over and kissed him. He stuttered, being taken by surprise. We had gotten over the fact that he once liked me. Then, he kissed me back. The door was left wide open, but I pulled off my shirt. "actually... I'm upset." I pulled away Then I explained to him what went down at the bowling alley and then what happened just now. How it made me felt. "i don't know. He pissed me off. I don't know why it makes me upset. I just-" Lip cut me off, still shocked at the fact I was shirtless in his bed. "You like him." The words being said out loud, by someone other than Carl, made me cringe. I guess it's time to admit the truth. To myself. I like Carl Gallagher. A fuck ton. I don't know why. I've never really liked any of the guys ive dated or been with in the past. I tried but I didn't. this scared me. Actually having feelings. Probably the reason I hadn't admitted it to myself.

"I could tell at the bowling alley. But, If you kissed me to try and piss him off by doing the same thing he just did, I'm his brother." He was right, it would be fucked up. On both Lip and me. "You're right. It could fuck things up betw-" He shook his head. "i was actually thinking it would piss him off more. You'd definitely win your battle. I don't mind being the way you do it. No feelings though. Just revenge sex. We're too close." I scrunched my brows and nose in confusion. "What about-" He cut me off again. "He wont be mad at me. Trust me. He'll be furious with you, but you guys were keeping it a secret and as far as I was supposed to know you were just fuck buds. I'm covered." He was smarter than he looked. Then we quit talking. "Fake moan as loud as you can. Since you told me noises never came from you, that'll piss him off more." Then he kissed me. I really did not enjoy the sex with Lip at all because I had not found him attractive in any way, but I did just as instructed.

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Author's note

just warning you, Delilah is not a slut... I mean, would you guys have done the same thing? Leave the answer in the comments. i'd love to know.

Delilah B.