Chapter 3

A Drink or Two

"And sheperds we shall be for Thee, my Lord for Thee.

"Power hath descended forth from Thy hand Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.

"So we shall flow a river forth to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be.

"In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti."

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I sighed,"God, I am so bored..." Standing up, I walked over to the door, "Grandmother, I'm going for a walk."

"How long have you been here?" She asked from out in the living room.

"For awhile. Awhile." Sighing, I opened the door, shut it and left down the street. I had know clue where I was going, my feet were leading me. What to do, what to do...? I was kind of hoping to run into the MacManus brothers, but that was probably highly unlikely.

A small store caught my eye, maybe I should take a quick gander in there, give me somethig to do... That's when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I froze and turned around slowly.

"What are ye doing 'ere?" A familiar voice said cheerfully.

"Hello, pleasure seeing you two again," I put on a genuinly happy smile, "I was just out taking a walk, a little bored you see."

"Aye, actually we were 'oping we would run into ye," Murphy confessed, Connor nudged him in the rib, I decided to not notice. "We could take ye out fer a drink, sound good to ye?"

"Umm, well," I paused, tilting my head a little, "I'm not much of a drinker..."

"Oh, come on," Connor insisted, "We'll pay, just think of it as a thanks for the food yesterday."

I flashed a small smile, drinking didn't really sound appealing, but I felt I had no choice. "Oh.. okay."

"Yes!" Murphy said with a cheerful smirk.

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We made our way over to some bar called McGuinty's. The place smelled thickly of smoke, which isn't unsual for a bar, I thought as we waltz in.

"Hay, Con, Murph, who ye have here?" Asked the bartender, they must come here a lot..?

"This is the nice girl who gave us lunch yesterday," Connor answered, putting his hands lightly on my shoulders and moving me infront of them. I lowered my gaze, so they talked about me.

"Aye, I remember ye telling me that," The bartender put on a smile, "What'll it be?"

Connor nudged my back and I realized that he was talking to me, "Well..."

"She'll have a Guinness." Murphy decided to answer for me.

"I will?"

"Of course you will!" He said brightly wrapping his arm around my shoulders, "You need to loosen up a little."

"Yeah..." I muttered. We all sat at a table, Murphy and Connor doing most of the talking, as I quietly and slowly took sips of the Guinness that I really didn't want in the beginning.

"...So this guy comes up to me..." Murphy mused, I was only half listening to their conversation. My blue eyes wandered about, studying everything in MGuinty's. From the people, to the tables and chairs. I was still slowly sipping the beer without realizing it.

"Hay, you awake over there?" Connor tapped me on the shoulder, I blinked my eyes, the brothers were both staring at me.

"What?" I smiled reluctantly, "I was... I was just looking around."

"Ye really are a strange girl." Murphy remarked, "Me brother and I think yer pretty damn interestin'."

"Oh..." I said, "Well, I guess I made some friends then?"

"Ye got that right!" Connor blurted, making me jump.