Disclaimer: I do not own anything that has to do with the Black Donnellys. The only thing I own is Makenzie.

Note: the narrator is in bold and it will switch from Makenzie to Joey so you get different aspects of the story. Makenzie is in Italic Bold and Joey will be in regular bold. This story takes place after the mess with Dokey and Nicky cools down a bit.

Okay I don't really know were to start this because I never was really a good story teller, Joey Ice Cream is the master, but I'll give it a try. My name is Makenzie Rose, but everyone just calls me Mac. I moved into the neighborhood called the Hell's kitchen when I was three. My mom had died in a car accident and my dad was so full of grief that he just up and moved us. We moved into this shitty little apartment building because it was the only thing that my dad could afford at the time. We moved into the apartment next to a sweet Irish family called the Donnellys. Yeah, the Donnellys. I know you know them, hell everyone knows those guys. Anyways, when my father got a job Mrs. Donnelly started babysitting me and that's when I met those boys. I was with them everyday after that. I was close with them and later Jenny and Joey. Everyone talks about how Jenny and Tommy were attached at the hip, that's how I was with Kevin. See me and him are the same age and we just have always been close I guess. Mrs. Donnelly always likes to remind me that the first word out of my mouth was 'Kev', but I don't remember any of it. They are my friends, my family and I would do anything for any of them and I always will. It gets me in trouble, but hell trouble is only temporary. And being in trouble with a Donnelly is always more bearable than being alone... and in trouble.

Makenzie stood beside the makeshift home plate out in the middle of the street. She adjusted the black baseball cap she had on and got herself ready for the first pitch. It was hot out and she had been playing ball for about an hour and she was starting to get tired and impatient. She could feel sweat running down the back of her neck, but was thankful for a light breeze that went by that cooled her down for a moment.

"Alright no hitter guys, everyone move in," Jimmy exclaimed as he moved his arms, motioning the fielders to move in. Makenzie stood straight up in frustration, gripping the bat tighter so she wouldn't throw the bat in the eldest Donnellys direction.

"Would you just pitch the fucking ball Jimmy. You don't have to give me shit every time im up," Makenzie said, glaring at him.

"Come on toots, lets see what you got," he said, riling her up more.

"Jimmy don't fucking call me toots again or you'll regret it," Makenzie threatened as she got ready again.

"Whatever you say toots."

"Come on Mac he's just trying to get to you," Tommy said from behind the plate.

"Yeah, I know."

"Are you guys done chatting?" Jimmy asked with a laugh.

"Jimmy shut your mouth and pitch the damn ball." Tommy said, before he gave Makenzie a smile. Jimmy pitched the ball and makenzie connected with it and hit it right back into Jimmy's package. Jimmy doubled over as Makenzie made her way to first place with a huge smile on her face.

"Your up Sean," Makenzie yelled from first base. There was no movement from his place on the stoop so she yelled at him again.

"Sean unlock you lips from the flavor of the week and get your ass up and bat," She yelled again. The girl looked offended, but Sean got up and headed for the plate. She wiped some of the sweat off of her neck with her hand and wiped it onto her black shorts.

"How much do you want to bet that Jimmy is going to kill me after this," Makenzie said to Kevin, who was playing first base. A smile came over his face as he looked over at her. Hie curly hair was sticking down on his head and his neck was red with heat rash.

"I bet you a hundred dollars that he will get you back before you make it to second base," Kevin said.

"Bet you two hundred that he will wait until we get back to the Firecracker," Makenzie responded.

"Deal," Kevin agreed before he looked over at Jimmy. Jimmy was looking over at Makenzie, but she just pretended that she didn't see him giving her the most evil look he had in a long time. Makenzie took off for the base as soon as Sean had hit the ball. Jimmy quickly grabbed it and ran as fast as he could towards Makenzie. He rammed into her, making both of them fall down on the hot asphalt.

"What the hell Jimmy," Makenzie said as she pushed him off of her. She looked down at her arm and a long raspberry was already forming and blood was trickling down one of her legs.

"It was just a little love tap," he said picking himself off of the ground and not helping her. Jimmy was shoved from behind and almost fell forward.

"What's your problem Jimmy?" Tommy said with an angry look on his face.

"She hit me in the fucking balls Tommy," Jimmy retorted, pushing his brother back. Kevin stepped over to Makenzie and helped her off of the ground. Tommy and Jimmy were starting to argue, but Makenzie just interrupted them.

"You know what guys I'm done for the day. I'll catch you guys later," she said as she started to walk off.

"Come on Mac don't leave because Jimmy's an asshole," Sean yelled after her. She just put up her hand and kept walking with a slight limp. She heard footsteps coming up behind her, but she didn't stop. She was pissed and she wanted to rip Jimmy Donnelly's head off, but that would have to wait.

"Do you want me to walk with you," Tommy asked as he came jogging up beside her. She looked over at him and smile, her brown eyes were showing how pissed she was. Makenzie could never keep anything from Tommy, except for how she felt about him, she could hide that very well.

"No that's okay Tommy go finish the game I'll catch you guys at the Firecracker later okay."

"You sure?"

"Yeah I'm sure," She said. He stood there watching her for a minute before she started walking away again. Tommy watched her until she was around the corner.

See the thing was that I loved all the brothers differently. Sean was like a baby brother to me, the most harmless of all of them. He tried his charm on me once or twice, but it never worked. I just can't see him in any other way than that little kid that used to follow me around all the time asking me millions of questions about things that didn't matter. Kevin was and is my best friend to this day. For a minute I thought maybe I liked the guy, but when I kissed him once to make sure we both freaked. We never talk about that day, we were fourteen and it was awkward. Now when it gets to Tommy and Jimmy, that's when it starts to get complicated. See the thing is that I have gone back and forth from liking Jimmy and Tommy since I was probably eleven. The thing is that Tommy was so rapped up in his feelings for Jenny that he never even noticed how I felt about him, which was probably a good thing. But things changed when Jenny was finally out of the picture. She had left after the whole debacle with Dokey and Nicky cooled down. She had the chance to leave and she did, taking her father with her. None of us know where she went, but we all miss her. Okay, but back to Tommy. I can't help but like the guy, I mean who doesn't like him. Then there is Jimmy. I don't really know what to say about him except that I find myself crazy about him at times. We fight like crazy, but I fight with all of them. It's a constant back and forth with them, I just couldn't seem to make up my damn mind. Though I never knew that at one point that I would have to make up my mind between the two. See those boys are my weakness, like superman and kryptonite, like I said before I would do anything for any of them and I know that they would do anything for me.

Makenzie slammed the door shut to her apartment and quickly sat down on her old blue couch. She was fuming with anger. She heard a knock at her door and got up quickly her wounded leg started to buckle. Her sock was soaked with blood, making the sock stiffen as the blood dried. She looked through the peephole and sawJimmy standing outside her door. She could tell that he was bouncing up and down on one of his feet and looking up and down the hallway as he waited impatiently for her to open the door. He was about to knock again when she threw the door open and glared at him.

"You have a lot of nerve bringing you gimp ass over here Jimmy," She said angrily.

"You started it, I just finished it," He retorted hotly as he walked past her and into her apartment. She shut the door behind him and followed Jimmy into her kitchen. She pulled herself up and sat on the kitchen counter as Jimmy got two beers out of the refrigerator. He popped the top off of both of them and threw them into her sink , then handed one to Makenzie. She snatched it away and took a big swig.

"So what exactly are you doing here Jimmy, I know the game wasn't over yet when you left," Makenzie said, eyeing him as she took another drink from her beer.

"Just checking on you, making sure you were okay."

"I'm a big girl Jimmy and have been for awhile now. I can take care of myself."

"Yeah it looks that way," he huffed pointing down to her bleeding leg.

"I just got here and then your ass was at the door." Jimmy just shook his head at her. He spotted a red dish towel in the sink next to the bottle caps and grabbed it. He ran it under the sink and started for her leg.

"What are you doing?" Makenzie exclaimed, smacking his hand away.

"I was cleaning it up."

"With a dirty dish towel. What you want to give me some type of infection?"

"Look I'm just trying to help." He said impatiently. Makenzie opened a drawer and pulled out a fresh dish rang and handed it to him.

"Here," she said. He ripped it from her hand and threw the dirty one back in the sink as he got the new one wet.

"Since when have you been the one to clean up the wounds? Tommy's usually the care giver." Makenzie asked looking down at him. Jimmy was sitting in a chair in front of her, gently rubbing some of the dried blood away from her leg. He had his free hand wrapped around her calf so she couldn't move it. His touch was cool from the beer bottle and firm. Makenzie felt heat rush up her neck, but took a quick breath to try and calm herself.

"Does Tommy always lick you wounds for you?" Jimmy asked, sarcasm dripping from his words.

"Mostly, but not always." Jimmy smiled. When he got to her knee she winched a bit and tried to pull back her leg, but his grip just grew firmer. He looked up at her, but she was intently watching his hand work away at the bool on her knee. She looked so fragile and innocent at the moment. Her face was soft and content, she could of passed for a girly girl at the moment, but Jimmy knew better and she still had that ratty baseball cap on her head covering her deep red hair. He had always liked her hair, thought it was the prettiest color red he had ever seen.

"Is that a rock!" Makenzie said, sounding alarmed. Jimmy looked back down at her knee and there was a small piece of asphalt imbedded into her knee. He picked at it quickly and it fell out.

"Ow, you fucker that hurt."

"You're a much bigger baby than I ever took you for. I don't know if I should let you hang out anymore. Your to soft, I don't think you could survive being around us," Jimmy joked.

"Come on you know I could kick Kevin's ass any day, probably Sean's too. I don't see you threatening to kick them out."

"Well that's because there my brothers."

"Aren't you the one that says I'm the fifth Donnelly. That was you wasn't it?" She said arching an eyebrow.

"Yeah, yeah smart ass. There all better now quit crying about it."

"So how are the jewels?" Makenzie asked as she hopped off of the counter.

"I think I'll live. Your lucky I like you Mac."

"Your probably right."

"I know I'm right." She laughed at him and he threw her a look. They stood there for a minute just looking at each other. Makenzie wasn't mad at him anymore, the longest she had ever been mad at him was probably and hour and that was it.

I forgive the guy whenever he does something, no matter how bad it is, or how much trouble it gets the rest of us in. I could never stay mad at Jimmy Donnelly, never.

There was a shuffle at the front door before it opened. Joey Ice Cream came stumbling in, trying to juggle Makenzie's baseball gear she had left and a case of beer that he had probably stolen.

"Oh hey Jimmy," Joey said as he shut the door with his foot.

"Hey Joey," Jimmy said shoving his hands into his jean pockets. There was a loud bang at the door before they all heard "Hey Joey open the fucking door!" Joey set the stuff down and opened the door back up and Kevin walked in. He had two cases of some cheap beer in his arms.

"So uh were did you guys get the beer?" Makenzie asked the two. They exchanged glances real quick before Kevin said, "They were just handing them out behind the liquor store."

"Leave the lying to Joey next time Kev," Makenzie said, shaking her head at him. He never was a really good liar.

"Okay fine we stole them off the back of a truck."

"Why the hell did you bring them here, why didn't you take them to the bar?" Jimmy inquired.

"We were going to Jimmy..." Joey started.

"Sure you were Joey," Jimmy said cutting him off, "Grab the beer and lets go Kevin."

"But I just got here." Jimmy just gave him a look and Kevin picked up the beer that he had just carried in.

"You owe me two hundred," Kevin said to Makenzie.

"I'll just take it out of the money you owe me Kev."

"Okay," He said before he walked out the door. There was silence before Joey opened his mouth.

"So uh, what was going on with you and Jimmy?"

"Shut up Joey," Makenzie said before she headed for her room.

See there is a small bit of information I forgot to mention. Joey Ice Cream is my cousin, twice removed or some shit like that. His mother and him were my fathers last living relatives, that's why we moved out here and that is why Joey and I live together. Actually, he lives with me. I let him after his mother kicked him out for his 'wicked ways'. Im nice like that.

Authors note: Please review. I wish I could say that it doesn't really matter, but it does.