Caught in Time

Chapter 2. Sleeping beauty

*Long Chapter*

-Keegan-

Keegan knelt down, best he could, beside the girl. The thicket and foliage surrounding her making it difficult to simply lift her. When he couldn't manage to pick her up where she was, he carefully pulled her out of the bushes with his hands under her knees. Ever so gently he pulled her out until everything but her shoulders were out in the open. 

"Look away, Flynn." He muttered, not moving until he heard his brother's feet move in the sodden ground. Listening to the shite turning around. He then proceeded to lift her into his arms. All the while Orla helped by holding branches and leaves at bay so they wouldn't scratch the girl's face. What surprised him was how little she weighed. Keegan wasn't the strongest in the village, nor the weakest, but she felt so light in his arms.

After managing to get a decent grip with his right arm under her legs, the left one around her back, he hauled her out of the sodden dirt. If he hadn't been soaking wet already, she would've drenched him. 

As he fumbled to adjust his grip, he realized that it was unreasonably hard not to touch her delicate areas. It was as if she spilled into his hands on purpose! He tried his very best not to touch anything below her bellybutton. He succeeded fairly well but his fingertips of his left hand constantly grazed the sides of her breast. With a nervous gaze, he threw a look at his siblings - no reaction. Or more importantly; Orla hadn't noticed. She was busy keeping a close eye on where Flynn's gaze was, now that he had turned around again. Keegan's tense shoulders sunk a bit with relief.

His siblings stood motionless before him with their eyes fixed on the girl in his arms as he rose to his feet. He noticed his brother's eyes quickly finding their way to the girl's breasts the second Orla turned her scrutinizing gaze towards Keegan, and the whereabouts of his hands, instead of her twin's greedy eyes. 

Strangely, the way his little brother eyed the girl caused Keegan to feel protective over her. His mood darkened considerably and instantly. Why, he couldn't understand. He didn't even know her... but he didn't like the way his brother was looking at her.

"Avert your eyes, you dirty arse." Keegan growled at Flynn when he noticed how the green eyes had been resting a little too long on the girl's chest. He tried angling her inwards, against his chest, to obstruct his brother's view. However, Flynn still managed to sneak a peak. "Orla." Keegan felt as if he betrayed his little brother by telling on him like this, but he really didn't like how he was staring at the girl.

Their sister turned swiftly towards Flynn, donning a disgusted frown on her face, the corners of her lips pointing downwards. A third slap was distributed but this time it was Flynn who was at the receiving end of their sister's brutality. Despite her young age, she slapped almost as hard as their mother. "Prick!" She hissed. 

Flynn finally averted his eyes but there was a hint of a content smirk on his lips. He had clearly gotten more than a mere glimpse. Keegan felt his body tense up again, irked by his brother's lewd behavior.

"Orla, cover her with something." Keegan grunted out the order while carefully nodding at the girl without looking down. He wasn't going to be the receiver of a fourth slap. Besides, one was more than enough for him. "And lower your voice. We shouldn't wake her up..."

If she can wake up... 

"I ought to hit you in the balls, Flynn!" Orla hissed as she slid out of her coat and put it over the girl. "Disgusting!"

Keegan studied the girl's face as soon as her body was hidden from Flynn's, and his own, gaze. Raindrops splattered across her face and then ran down her cheeks and forehead. Occasionally, a drop would hit her ample lips as he watched her. They looked almost delicious. Almost.