Bronagh

by L. A. Casey

  "Dance?"

  She didn't reply, she just jumped up and grabbed my hand then pulled me down to the dance floor.

  We jumped around like fools to 'Gangnam Style' and almost broke our necks when we tripped over in our heels but instead of sitting down, we laughed and continued to dance around.

  I jumped when I felt hands on my hips. I looked over my shoulder and shook my head at the lad who was trying to dance on me.

  "I have a boyfriend, sorry."

  The lad smiled. "No worries."

  He continued to dance and pulled my behind into his groin. I pushed away from him and turned around.

  "I don't want to dance with you."

  The lad shook his head. "Prick tease."

  Wait, what?

  I was dancing to 'Gangnam Style' how was that being a prick tease?

  I glared at the lad then grabbed Branna's hand and made a move to walk by him, but he smiled and moved in front of me.

  "Move, please." Branna said, her tone firm.

  The lad only smirked.

  She glared at the lad then looked to me. "I'll be right back."

  The lad let her by and focused back on me. I was shoved into him when people dancing behind me knocked me forward. The lad who was being nuisance put his arms around me.

  "Let go!" I snapped.

  He laughed.

  "Me sister is gone to get me fella and he will hurt you so just let me go!"

  He moved a hand down to my arse and squeezed.

  "It's real," he murmured in my ear.

  Of course it was fucking real... did it look fake or something?

  I shoved and tried to hit the lad, but he grabbed my hand and leaned his head down to mine. This fool actually tried to kiss me.

  I pulled my head as far back as I could then without warning I fell back and landed on the ground with a thud.

  Oh, God.

  Pain.

  "Bronagh!" I heard Branna's voice over the music.

  I felt her hands on me as she pulled me up to my feet. I steadied myself and leaned forward to try and ease some of the pain in my arse.

  I fell exactly on the same spot that I hurt in the bowling alley.

  That was going to be a hell of a bruise.

  "Fuck," I grunted.

  "Are you okay?" Branna asked.

  I nodded my head and looked passed Branna and saw an arm rise up in the air then swing down. I lowered my gaze and widened my eyes.

  "Kane, stop!"

  I expected to see Dominic kicking the lad's arse, but it was Kane and my God, he had the fella bloodied up good.

  Dominic and Ryder suddenly appeared behind Kane, and they each grabbed hold of him and pull him off the lad who was writhing around on the floor in pain.

  I grimaced when I seen his bloody face.

  I think Kane broke his nose.

  Dominic got in Kane's face and shouted at him. Kane shouted back and pointed to the lad and then to me.

  Dominic looked to me then to the lad on the ground.

  I flinched when Dominic kicked the lad in the stomach then got down to eye level and shouted something into his face.

  He got up just as the clubs bouncers showed up.

  He walked up to them and leaned in close so they could hear him over the music. He pointed to the lad on the floor then pointed to me. The bouncers nodded their heads then moved to the lad on the floor, picked him up and carried him off somewhere.

  I instantly moved towards Dominic when he held his hand out to me. Branna walked ahead of me with Ryder and Kane while I hung back with Dominic.

  "Are you okay?"

  I shrugged.

  "He hurt you?"

  I shook my head.

  "Then what?"

  I sighed. "He squeezed me arse and seemed surprised that it was real."

  Dominic looked to me with raised eyebrows. "You aren't upset that a stranger practically molested you, but you're upset that said stranger thought your ass was fake?"

  Damn.

  "I've been with you so long that serious things are startin' to take a back seat to stupid problems."

  Dominic shook his head. "You're crazy."

  I smiled as we got back to our table then I leaned over and hugged Kane and said thank you.

  "You okay?" he asked.

  I nodded my head. "Me arse broke me fall."

  Kane chortled.

  I took a drink from Dominic's outstretched hand and began sipping on it. We all chatted for a few minutes until a loud female from our left got Branna's attention.

  "Aideen!" She screeched.

  I turned my head and watched as Aideen Collins walked towards us in a tight fitting blue dress that her tits almost fell out of.

  She owned a serious set of boobs.

  "Who the fuck is that?" Kane asked and stared at Aideen with his mouth agape.

  I smiled at his facial expression. "Aideen Collins... Gavin's older sister."

  "That is Gavin's older sister? Fuck me, she is hot."

  I rolled my eyes at his wording but I had to agree with him, Aideen was stunning. She was old friends with Branna and was Irish to the core, she was common as hell, a true Dub... but the girl wasn't pale, she was lightly tanned. Like her brother Gavin whenever the sun came out she naturally tanned instead of burning like me, I envied her for that alone.

  "Hey! Sorry I'm late, I was trying to get Keela to come, but she is out cold at home. Poor thing is overworked."

  She was talking about her best friend Keela Daley.

  Keela was a cool girl, I've met her a few times before and I liked her, I just hated who she happened to be related to.

  I grimaced as I thought of her cousin Micah Daley, that fucking bitch and her horrible boyfriend Jason Bane put me through hell during our school years.

  "Bronagh!" Aideen shouted getting my attention.

  I smiled and got up to give her a hug.

  "Happy birthday!"

  She put her arms around my body and hugged me tight. We when pulled apart I turned to the table and pointed to everyone.

  "This is Do-"

  "Nico," Dominic cut me off. "And I'm her boyfriend."

  Aideen nodded. "Nice to meet you, Nico."

  I ignored Dominic's rudeness and looked to Alec, and Kane. "That's Alec, and that's Kane. Dominic's brothers."

  Alec winked at Aideen while Kane grinned and said, "Nice to meet you, gorgeous."

  Aideen laughed. "You're right, it is nice to meet me."

  Kane furrowed his eyebrows in confusion while I laughed. Aideen completely ignored Kane then and turned Ryder then when he broke away from his friends to greet her.

  "Hey darling, you made it."

  Aideen gave him a hug. "Hey Ry, I wouldn't miss it."

  I smiled inwardly when 'Work Bitch' by Britney Spears came on.

  I loved this song.

  I looked to Branna. "I wanna dance."

  Branna nodded her head in Dominic's direction. "Don't annoy him by goin' back down to the dance floor, we can dance here instead if you want."

  I was game.

  "You better work bitch!" I shouted making Branna laugh as we threw our hands up it the air and pump our hips to the beat of the song.

  Aideen quickly joined up in dancing, she had a drink in hand and took a sip every few seconds and shook her arse, which I found hilarious. I turned my back to the girls and danced over to Dominic who was leaned back against the booth seat as he watched me.

  He smirked when I held my hand out to him.

  "I'm not dancing to a Britney Spears song, not a chance."

  I frowned then turned around continued to dance. I moved back every few seconds, cornering Dominic with my arse.

  I jumped and swung a round when he smacked it.

  I rubbed the sting away.

  "That hurt."

  Dominic growled. "It was either I spank it or bite it."

  I snapped my teeth and him, which Alec snickered over.

  "Come on, get up and dance with me... it's
me birthday."

  I frowned.

  Dominic groaned and I knew I was so close to breaking him but the music I was dancing too suddenly stopped and the sound of drums could be heard.

  Oh, no.

  The fights were starting.

  "Ladies, and gents," a loud voice boomed throughout the Playhouse as I sat down on Dominic lap.

  "We have some great events lined up for you all tonight, if you make your way off the dance floor we will raise the platform."

  I watched as security of the Playhouse ushered every person off the dance floor then stood back themselves. I leaned up so I could see the platform rise, I thought he looked cool and tried to watch it every day I was here for a fight.

  It was a brilliant design. When the platform was lowered it was a flat floor, but when it was raised up in the air it stood a few feet off the ground, which was a bit of a drop when the fighters got knocked off it.

  I leaned my head against Dominic's shoulder as he stroked my thigh with his thumb.

  I was about to ask if he wanted a drink when the voice of the Playhouse spoke.

  "I've just got word that RAMPAGE is in the club."

  Oh, no.

  "Nico... where you at, man? You can call the first fight."

  Loads of people shouted and pointed over at our table. I closed my eyes when Dominic tapped my back and asked me to stand up off him.

  I grabbed his arm when we both stood up. "You said you weren't fightin'."

  Dominic looked down at me and said, "I'm not."

  "Promise?"

  He nodded but didn't say the words.

  I let him and watched as he walked down to the platform and hoisted himself up onto it. I sat down in Dominic's seat and folded my arms across my chest. I hated the attention he got a fight; the crowd seemed to flood with pulsing vaginas that wanted a piece of him.

  Dominic pulled two fighters up on to the platform and spoke to them gestured his hands at both of them and laughed. A second later both fighters attacked each other, and cheers filled the playhouse.

  I clenched my jaws to fists when someone threw a piece of fabric at Dominic. He picked it up and laughed. It was a bra.

  "You look mad, bee."

  I nodded to Alec. "I am. They treat him like a celebrity."

  Alec put his arm around my shoulder and said, "In this world he is a celebrity. Everyone loves an underground fighter even if he doesn't go pro."

  I swallowed.

  Dominic got offers from different coaches and gyms to train with themto try and crack the UFC world. I don't think I had ever been so relieved when he told me he turned every offer down.

  He loved fighting but only because it was a hobby and a stress reliever. He didn't have enough passion to pursue it as a career.

  His passion was in fitness training.

  He loved fitness and the human body so after we graduated from school he went to college and got all his qualifications. He is Personal Trainer, but not one who works in a gym. He had a client list, his own website and worked his arse off with each client every time he has a session.

  I was damn proud of him for having a career and going to work happy every day while I was at home bored because I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't lazy; I just didn't have a dream job like everyone else. I was more than happy to be a stay at home mother... the problem is we didn't have any children.

  Yet.

  "Hey, you okay?"

  I jumped like I was caught doing something wrong.

  I swallowed and looked to Alec. "Yeah."

  Alec raised his eyebrows. "What were you thinking about just then?"

  I shrugged.

  "Tell me."

  I sighed.

  "Don't repeat this to Dominic."

  Alec nodded. "I won't say a word."

  I smiled. "I was thinking about how happy I am that Dominic has his personal trainer job, but then it got me thinkin' about what job I'll end up doin' for the rest of me life and it dawned on me that the only job I want to be is a stay at home ma."

  Alec stared at me then looked down to my stomach and back up to my face.

  "Are you pregnant?" He asked, his eyes wide.

  I laughed. "No... But I think I'm ready to be."

  "Bronagh!?"

  I laughed again. "I know, we're only twenty-one and we aren't married, but since when does any of that matter?"

  Alec was shocked.

  "I didn't even think you liked kids."

  I shrugged my shoulders. "I like kids of course, but it's only in these past few weeks that I've been thinkin' how brilliant it would be for me and Dominic to have a baby of our own... I am home on me own a lot so I've thought about these things."

  Alec scratched his head. "Wow."

  I nodded my head. "Yeah, wow."

  I was surprised when Alec kissed my head then and said, "Tell him."

  I shook my head. "No way, I'll terrify him."

  Alec frowned then perked up. "You can trap him; you can stop taking your pill. I'll even poke holes in the condoms if you use them."

  "Alec, I'm not trappin' Dominic with a baby!"

  Alec burst out laughing. "I was only playing... but now that I think about it, you should tell him you're pregnant just to see his reaction. If he is happy you can break the news you aren't, but then starting trying for a baby, and if he cries you can tell him it was a joke and give him a few years to grow into his daddy shoes."

  I laughed. "What would I say? Hey Dominic, guess what? I'm pregnant with your baby. Surprise."

  Alec opened his mouth to speak, but his jaw dropped open as he looked over my head.

  "You’re pregnant?!"

  Oh, fuck.

  I snapped in Dominic's direction, and I was so shocked I could do nothing but stare at him.

  The fight was over that fucking fast?

  I moved my mouth, but not sounds came out. Dominic dropped to his knees in front of me and looked down at my stomach then back up at me.

  Oh God, he thinks I'm pregnant.

  "I can't believe this... Are you having a baby? My baby?"

  He looked.... pleased?

  "No," I said and watched as Dominic sat back and looked at me with confused eyes. "I'm not pregnant, Dominic."

  His frown deepened. "I heard what you said to Alec; you were practicing how to tell me. I heard you."

  I shook my head and then glanced to everyone else. My sister, Aideen, Ryder, his friends, Kane and more people who looking at us with wide eyes.

  Oh, my God!

  "I'm not pregnant!" I snapped.

  I looked back to Dominic. "You overheard a joke."

  Dominic's jaw set. "A joke? Why would you joke about something like that? I don't find it one bit fucking funny."

  I swallowed.

  "Rip it off like a bandaid and tell him," Alec murmured from behind me.

  "Oh, God," I mumbled.

  Dominic put his hands on my face and forced me to look at him.

  "What's going on, Bronagh? You can tell me."

  Quick and painless.

  "I want us to have a baby," I said very fast then closed my eyes.

  Silence.

  Utter fucking silence.

  Oh, Christ. Dominic was going to break up with me; I have scared the love of my life away with the B word!

  I opened my eyes when I felt Dominic's lips briefly touch mine. I blinked when I looked at him and found him staring back at me... he was smiling.

  "Okay," he said.

  Okay.

  Okay what?

  "I'm sorry, what was that?"

  Dominic laughed. "I said okay; we can have a baby."

  I stared at him.

  "Fuck off, you're pullin' me leg."

  Dominic burst out laughing and shook his head. "No, I'm serious, let's have us a baby."

  My mouth went dry.

  "But you said we weren't getting married until we were older."

  "Yeah, we can get married at any time, but you want a baby now... and I
want a baby now."

  What. The. Fuck?

  "Are you jokin'?" I asked.

  "No, I'm serious."

  I didn't believe him.

  "I don't believe you."

  Dominic laughed. "Okay, I'll flush all your birth control pills when we go home to prove I'm telling the truth."

  Oh, my God.

  "You want a baby?" I asked.

  He chewed on his lower lip. "I never thought of it to be honest, but when I heard you say you were pregnant it made me happy. Very happy. I now have a picture in my mind of you swollen with my baby and I love that."

  I felt tears gather at the corner of my eyes.

  "Okay, we're tryin' then?" I asked.

  He nodded. "Yep, we're trying to get knocked up."

  I burst out laughing and kissed him.

  When we broke apart, I turned to everyone who was looking at us like they have no idea what was happening.

  "We decided we're goin' to try and get pregnant." I beamed.

  "Shut the front door!" Aideen squealed just as Branna rushed at Dominic and me and hugged us both to her.

  "I can't believe this!" She cried.

  I laughed and comforted her.

  "Yeah! Hugs all around for Dominic and Bronagh announcing they are going to fuck like rabbits to try and conceive a child! Wahoo!"

  Dominic, his brothers and anyone who heard Alec fell around laughing.

  "How long does it take for her to get pregnant after she comes off the pill?" Dominic asked Branna when everyone started up conversations with one another.

  Branna wiped her face and smiled. "It can happen after a month or as long as a year; there is no set timeframe, it is different for everyone woman's body... but the more the sex, the better."

  Dominic punched the air. "More sex. Yes."

  I looked to him. "We have sex all the time."

  He smirked. "I know, but now we have a better reason to go at it all the time."

  I smiled and hugged him.

  We were trying to get pregnant.

  Holy fuck.

  That was not how I expected my night to go.

  I danced around with everyone then for a while and ignored all the fights going on behind us on the platform. I cheered Aideen on when she knocked back two shots and then I sat her next to Kane when she declared she wanted to kiss him.

  "She wants to kiss you." I shouted to Kane.

  Kane turned to Aideen, and he was about to opened his mouth and speak when Aideen suddenly launched herself at him.