I strip off my clothes and head towards the bathroom. I stop as a catch myself in the mirror I bought. I sigh as I look over my body. I have wavy black hair that's a deep red in the light and it comes down to my lower back. My eyes are a golden brown that look like they seen to much in my short life. I can see the scars on my light colored skin from all the missions I got sent on. A few stab wounds and a couple bullet wounds along with a small burn mark to my left hip. I hate the way my body looks but my favorite part is my black angel wings tattoo that takes up my whole back with the words Tenebris Angeli Dei which is Latin for dark angel of God.
I finally look away and get into the shower. As I start to wash my hair I can hear men talking. I tense up but then realize it's probably just my neighbors. As I listen closer I can hear their Irish accent and guess there is only two of them. I listen to them argue as I wash my hair.
"What do ye mean ye signed us up for the extra shift tomorrow Conner," I heard one man say. "Ye told me we needed extra cash dis month Murph." The other man said. "Aye, I guess ye right," the first one replies.
I finished up and got out as I listen to there boots hit the floor heading to their door. As I dry I catch the second one who I guessed was Conner say "Hey that doors closed do ye think we have a neighbor now?" "Aye, it looks that way now don't it," the other says. Oh shit I think as I hear their boots start coming over. I run to my clothes on the bed and throw them on. Then I hear one say "maybe we should introduce ourselves and be neighborly."
"Aye, that would be thee thing to do," the other said. I hear them walk the rest the way as I comb through my hair. After they knock I grumble to myself not wanting to deal with anyone tonight. "Maybe no one is there?" One says. I sigh and yell "give me a minute." As I grab my gun from under the pillow and put it in the back of my shorts. I walk over to the door and slowly open it.
We all freeze when I get the door open and I stare. They are two of the most beautiful men I have ever seen. One was a dark haired man and the other a light brown haired on the verge of being blonde. They both had amazing blue eyes.
They both start grinning and I blush. "Hey there lass we thought we would introduce ourselves since we are going to be neighbors. I smile at him as he says I'm Conner and dis here is me twin brother Murphy."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Raelynn O'Byrne," I say. Both their eyes light up. "Ye Irish me dear lass?" Conner says.
I giggle "my grandparents from my Ma's side were full Irish so yeah I guess I have Irish in me," I say.
Then Conner looks at Murphey and speaks Italian saying "l'amore per mettere un po 'del mio irlandese nella sua" Which means love to put some of my Irish in her. Obviously thinking I don't know Italian. Murphey nods and smiles at him then turns his head to me and says "Aye we're going to get along great den lass."
I smile and feel myself start to relax already thinking I like these guys even if they think dirty. Finally I say "Umm it's still a bit messy in here but your welcome to come in if you like.
"Aye, lass we would love too," Murphy says as he walks straight in and Conner follows behind. I smile and shut and lock the door behind me. They both turn around and raise their eyebrows when I locked the door. "Ye aren't going to murder us now are ye lass," Conner laughs and I just smile and say "only if your complete gentlemen I won't."
"We will always be gentleman to a beautiful lass like ye." Murphy says as he sits down on my couch looking like he was at home.
"I don't have anything to eat or drink I just moved in this afternoon," I tell them as I sit down at the table. "That's okay lass I can run over to our apartment and grab some things," Conner replies.
As he leaves the room Murphy gets up and joins me at the table. "So what's a beautiful lass like yourself doing all alone in this part of town?"
"Who says I'm alone?" I say casually as I learn back in my chair feeling my gun press against my skin. As I feel it I think how I'm going to be putting it away without them noticing.
Murphy laughs "well ye did lass ye just said I moved in this afternoon not a we plus I don't see any traces of anyone but you here." I smiled and took in how observant he was. May I use your bathroom lass? He asks and I point to it and tell him to go ahead. As he goes to it I get up and move swiftly to my bed and put my gun away under my pillow. "I didn't get to clean it and sorry about the no privacy," I yell as I sit back down at the table looking at my hands so I didn't look like a pervert by staring at him in the bathroom. "Don't worry lass I seen worse," he says. At that moment Conner swings the door open and I jump.
"I grabbed some beer and some leftover pizza lass that's all we had," Conner says as he puts it on the table and opens a can and hands it to me and one to Murphy as he sits down.
"That's okay I don't mind," I tell him as a take a swig and put my can down. I haven't had beer that much I only tried it twice when my brother would give me a drink from his can.
"So lass ye don't look like your from Boston."
"Yeah I'm not just got in last night a friend of mine helped me find this place. I didn't want to be bothering him and his family," I tell them.
"Do ye mind telling us where ye from lass?" Conner replies as he takes a big bite of his pizza. I glance at Murphey and can't help but think how gorgeous these two men are even as they are pigging out on pizza. It makes me like them even more. I can't help but stare and get lost in thought. "Lass ye alright? You don't need to tell us if ye don't want to." Murphy talks around his mouthful.
"Oh sorry just got lost in thought and no I don't mind. I'm originally from Colorado but my Ma and grandparents died when I was 5 so I had to go live with my dad in California I say in disgust."
"Sorry about your Ma and grandparents," they say in unison. I look away and smile whispering a thanks.
The next few hours I listen to them tell me stories about them. I try to avoid any topics about me as much as I could. Then they talk about Boston. They promise they would show me around. I haven't felt this content in a long time.
I yawn and the boys take it as a hint. "Well lass we better let ye get some sleep it's probably been a long day and we have an early shift tomorrow." Conner tells me as they get up and head to the door.
I walk them out and stand at the door. Murphey kisses my hand and then Conner does. I feel myself blush. "It was nice to meet ye lass," Conner says. Murphy turns towards me, "We are going out tomorrow to McGinty's bar if you like to come with us we get off at 5 but have to come shower first before we go," He says with hope in his eyes. "I would love to boys but I'm not legal yet," I say feeling bummed. They look nervously at each other. "How old are ye lass?" Murphy asks. "I just turned 19 last month," I reply seeing both their faces relax again. I wasn't going to be telling them the truth I had my fake Id and paperwork that I spent a good amount of money on from the best guy who forges these things. He even kept my original birthday day but put me two years older.
"That's okay lass Doc won't mind." Conner tells me. "Really okay then yeah I'll go with you guys. It be nice to get out of the house and experience a bit of fun," I tell them.
"Great lass. It was nice to meet ye have a good evening." I smile and wave as they walk away and then say, "piacere di conoscerti ragazzi pure"(nice to meet you guys as well) in Italian. They both turn and look at me in shock and I giggle as I shut my door.
I can't stop smiling as I clean up the table and wash up and head to bed. I think about the two Irish men as I feel myself drift off to sleep with my hand on my gun for safety.
