Binding 13

Boom, boom, fucking boom, Da. I'm done for...

¨I think I need you for keeps.¨ ¨I think I need you for keeps, too.¨

No, no, no, Da, I'm serious," I slurred. "I think I love that girl." "Well, who's this girl?" "She's a river," I sighed and closed my eyes. "I'm keeping her Da.

She makes my heart go, like, whoa. Boom, boom, fucking boom. All the time.

I'm your daddy on the field, bitch.

I once read somewhere that we mature with damage, not with age.

If this is love, then it's you. You are love.

I wanted to fight all her battles. I wanted to give her all her smiles and make her laugh and snatch her away from the rest of the world and keep her all to myself. I just wanted her. For keeps.

I hated humans. They were such a disappointment. And to think, god switched dinosaurs for man. He must be raging.

Now, tell me who made you cry and I'll fix it.

SHANNON LIKE THE RIVER. WILL YOU PLEASE BE MY FRIEND?

She was worth it all.

For once in my life, I wanted a safe place to run to instead of from. I felt like I was slowly dying in that house. In my home. Where I was supposed to lay my head. Where I was supposed to feel safe.

Boys with pretty eyes and big muscles mess everything up for girls.

I just wanted her. For keeps.

I can take you home when you have to go? What the actual fuck? I might as well have shouted, love me, fucking love me at the girl. I felt like a bleeding eejit.

Humans didn't deserve the love and loyalty dogs gave them.

You are so concerned with fighting the bullies at school, Mam," I sobbed, tears streaming down my cheeks. "When the biggest bully of them all lives under this roof.

I don't agree with your choices", I croaked out. "But I respect that they are yours to make.

But you can't destroy what's already broken...

I think I need you for keeps,” he slurred. “I think I need you for keeps, too,” I confessed.

And when you fuck with her, you fuck with me.

¨I think I need you for keeps,¨ he slurred. ¨I think I need you for keeps, too,¨ I confessed.

Well, he is her brother, lad," Gibsie offered. "He was obviously going to come back for her." "I don’t give a shite," I snapped, thinking about her bruised face. "I didn’t want her to leave, Gibs, and he just took her away from me. And I let him!" "You do know that you're not allowed to keep humans as pets, don’t you?" he asked in a wry tone. "You know that's just dogs and cats, right?

She makes my heart go, like, whoa

Relax,” Johnny whispered in my ear, distracting me from my memories. “You’re safe with me.

But I already felt like I was drowning with her. That's how consumed I was in this girl. That's how much I loved her. Fuck.

Bolting over to him, I collapsed down on the bed and wrapped my arms around my brother's neck, clinging to him like he was the only thing holding my world together. Sometimes I thought that might be true.

Fathers were bastards and men couldn't be trusted.