Aideen (Slater Brothers)(11)
“Oh,” Bronagh frowned and walked over. “Have you slept much?”
I shook my head.
“How are you feelin’?” she asked as her eyes scanned the room for a seat. When she saw there was none, she did exactly what Nico said she would do. She touched Damien’s shoulder and she moved around him and sat on his lap. Damien’s arms went around her, snuggling against her.
“I’m much better,” I whispered, smiling.
Bronagh’s eyes brightened. “I’m so happy to hear that, after last nice that’s so good to hear. You’re on the mend.”
I nodded my head and just stared at her.
She was unknowingly resting against Damien’s chest. She glanced at Kane and myself and furrowed her eyes when she found us staring. She leaned her head back to speak to who she thought was Nico, but as soon as her eyes landed on Damien’s face, she instantly widened them.
“Damien!” she screamed and wrapped herself around him.
I threw my uninjured arm up in the air.
“How can she tell?” I rasped and tucked my burned forearm against my chest. “I want to know the difference between them, I don’t like not knowin’.”
Kane was laughing at me, and so was Nico who came out of the corner of the room. He lost his smile as he walked over and kicked his brother’s leg when Damien’s hand slipped very low on Bronagh’s back.
“Oh, give me a break,” Damien groaned. “I haven’t touched her in years!”
“I love you, but I’ll break all your fingers if you don’t let go of her.”
Damien removed his hands from Bronagh and held them up in the air. Snickering he said, “She’s the one who is all over me, bro.”
“Damn it, Bronagh,” Nico snapped, but he had a smile on his face as he said it.
“I’m not lettin’ go,” Bronagh cried. “He might run away again.”
Damien rolled his eyes. “I’m not going anywhere you big baby.”
“Speaking of a baby,” Kane grinned.
Nico looked to Kane and smiled before he looked to Damien. Damien looked to Nico and frowned. “Whose baby? Kane’s?”
Nico shook his head.
“Then whose?”
Nico nodded at Bronagh, and Damien moved his line of sight to the blubbering mess on his lap. For a second Damien stared down at her, then his eyes bugged out.
“Bronagh’s pregnant?!”
Nico joyfully laughed. “Yeah, bro.”
“Oh, my God!” Damien shouted at his brother in shock. “Dominic, shut the fuck up!”
Everyone burst into laughter. I almost did, but I quickly stopped myself before I slipped up. I really sucked at not speaking or making noise.
“You’re really pregnant?” Damien asked Bronagh, his smile almost touching his ears.
Bronagh nodded her head, her eyes shining with tears. “I’m really pregnant.”
“Congratulations!” He beamed and kissed her face then hugged her tightly before standing up with Bronagh still in his arms and crushing her into a hug with Nico. Nico laughed and hugged the both of them, happiness radiating from him.
“Is anyone else pregnant?” he questioned. “Tell me now because my heart can’t deal with all of this excitement.”
Bronagh laughed and hugged Damien tightly. “It’s just me and Aideen so far.”
“Holy. Fuck.”
He punched Nico then and said, “You aren’t shooting blanks after all.”
“Ha ha ha,” Nico said, but grinned like a fool.
“Why didn’t you tell me you cocksucker?” Damien asked Nico, a frown forming on his beautiful face.
Nico held up his hands. “She just told me last night. I was in the dark for awhile too, bro.”
We all looked at Bronagh when she nudged between Damien and Nico, and wrapped her arms back around Damien. “I missed you so much.”
He held her and kissed the crown of her head. “I missed you too, babe.”
I watched them with a huge smile on my face and said, “Where are the others? I want to see them surprised, too. It’s so much fun.”
Everyone laughed.
“I’ll call them and tell ‘em to come by,” Kane said and took out his phone.
Nico curiously asked, “What will you tell them?”
“That there is good news and I want all the family here before I tell them what it is. It’ll get them here.”
I grinned.
It’d get them here alright.