Title: Murphy girls: Irish Girls Are Crazy

Author: Ladie

Contact: NC-17

Pairing: Dom/Letty Vince? Leon? Jesse? Mia/Brian

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from TFATF, and no money is being made from this story. I have no rights to the pictures included with the story, and no money is being made with those either. I do however own all of the Murphy's so no thieving.

Feedback: Pretty Please

Archive: Certainly, just let me know

Summary: When a family tragedy brings Fallon Murphy to Los Angeles, her life is turned upside down in a way she had never imagined. Has she found the new home she's been searching for or will the fun wear off.

A/n: I'm Irish, so no offense to anyone else that shares my heritage, I just happen to think we're a crazy lot. : Smiles:

Chapter 6: Letting the Cat out of the Bag

Keely

Satisfied that Fall was in good hands I headed to the living room were the party was now out of control. Spotting Mia, and Letty on the floor I made my way over, and joined in.

"Think they're hooking up?" Mia yelled above the music.

"At the least," Letty said rolling her eyes as I voiced my agreement.

The electricity between those two was bananas. I had never seen my cousin like that with any guy. For as long as I could remember she'd been a free spirit, dating a few hotties now and then, but dodging commitment at all costs.

"They're straight out of a movie with that shit!" Letty said shaking her head in disbelief as the two walked out of the kitchen holding hands, clothes slightly askew.

Nodding my head once more in agreement I let the music take over. It had been a hard week to put it lightly, and now I just wanted to forget about everything for a while. Feeling a warm body press against mine I looked up smiling as I recognized Vince. Oh I'd dance with him, but if he thought he was getting these cookies he was wrong. Cause in the words of Ciara, they stayed in the jar. Grinning mischievously I backed him into a corner and went to work. Fall was the Murphy born with soul because of her Mother, but I swear some of it wore of on me. Knowing I was treading in waters best left alone I mentally shrugged. I was an Irish Catholic girl I couldn't help but get in to trouble. Why else would we get the chance to start over with a clean slate if it wasn't expected?

"Damn girl!" Vince said making me laugh as he tried to keep up.

Resting my head on his chest for a second I grinned harder, Vince and me were going to have lots of fun together if nothing else.

Fallon

A few more drinks later I was basking in the warmth of Leon's arm around my waist when the guilt began to start. Here I was having a blast with my parent's barley a month in the ground. I felt the blood drain from my face as my stomach began to knot. Sensing my change in mood Leon ended his current conversation and led my out to the porch.

"Hey, you ok?" He asked making me feel even worse.

He was going to think I was a complete psycho. Going from flirtatious and fun loving to upset and depressed. Shaking my head no I took a deep breath.

"Leon I'm really sorry, but I need to go home," I whispered with lips that trembled slightly from the effort not to cry.

"Did I do something…did something happen?" He asked making me want to slap myself in the head for being a total spaze. I was taking a great night, and completely ruining it.

"No, Leon I had a great time tonight," I said placing my hand against his chest as I tried to let him see the sincerity in my eyes.

I knew I could end this by telling him about my parents, but it was a conversation I didn't want to have right now. I couldn't stand to see the sympathy in another face, or have him treating me differently. Right now he was one of the few things that could bring me genuine happiness. Reassuring him that he had done nothing wrong I places small peck on the lips before making my way next door with a small parting wave.

Leon

"Tell Keel I left," she said before fading in to the darkness that separated the two homes.

Completely confused I made my way back in the house to deliver the message. Things had been going great up until fifteen minutes ago, and I could think of nothing that might have angered her.

"Where's Fall?" Keely asked looking around as I approached her alone.

"Home." I said still lost.

"Why?"

"Your guess is as good as mine," I said shrugging.

"One minute she was fine, smiling, and leaning against me, and then… " I said shrugging as I gestured in to the empty space.

" Oh no, I need to head over there."

"Why?" I asked tired of being left out of the loop. If there was something wrong, I needed to know so I could help make things better.

"She just lost both of her parents last month in a gas station robbery."

"Oh God," I said feeling like I'd been punched in the stomach.

Of all the things I had expected her to say, this one had never crossed my mind. What did you say to comfort someone after something like that? I couldn't even begin to imagine the pain and devastation that caused; and pretending like I did would only piss her off.

"Is that why she moved here?"

"Yea, I'm her only family left in the states, and she needed a fresh start."

"She feels guilty when she forgets cause she's having fun," I whispered as the pieces all fell in to place.

"You stay here, and have fun, I'm sure things haven't been easy for you either," I said gently nudging her back to the dance floor.

"But what about Fall?"

" I got this," I said heading to my car for a quick trip to the store.

Fallon

Propped up on pillows I sat in bed surrounded by tissues. The last large family gathering was playing on the television screen. It was Da's fifty-fifth birthday and Reagan, Brady, my Uncle, and Aunt had all flown in from in from Ireland. Laughing as my mom shoved cake in to Da's face I marveled at the lifespan of their love. They had meet when my mom was twenty, my da twenty-three, but they loved each other just the same up until their deaths. Watching the screen fade to black slowly as the tape reached its end I sighed heavily. You always knew you parents were going to die before you, but never had I imagined it would be so early, or violent. Hearing the doorbell I smiled, Kee had to be really drunk to not be able to get in.

"What did- Leon?" I said surprised but pleased at the site of him at my front door. My eyes widened as I realize he held a bouquet of daisies, a half-gallon of Neapolitan, and what appeared to be a card.

Letting my instincts take over I pulled him into a hug breathing in his unique sent as I found myself comforted by his presence.

"Fallen, not that I don't love this, but this ice cream is really cold," He said making me laugh. He was everything I needed right now.

"I'm sorry, come on in," I said leading him around empty boxes and in to the kitchen.

"Kee told you," I said knowing he wasn't here looking like a one-man slumber party for the hell of it.

"Yea, I'm sorry I really don't know what to say, except whatever you need I'm there regardless the time, and the place," he said warming me because I knew he was sincere.

"Thank you, I just need, normalcy, and for you to not take it personal when I get a little flaky, this is … harder than anything else I've ever had to deal with," I said pausing in my search for the ice cream scoop.

"It means a lot to me that you came over here to check on me," I said smiling when he actually blushed.

"You don't have to thank me ma , I'm where I need to be."

"Are those your parents?" He said as his eyes were drawn to the huge wedding picture I had hanging on the wall behind the couch in the living room.

"His hair is so red!"

"So was mine for the first couple of years," I said smiling as I failed to add that I still used rinses and dyes now to disguise my true color.

"I bet you look hot with red hair."

"Well as soon as this dye grow out you can see for yourself," I said laughing as his mouth flopped open.

"They look really happy together, like Dom's parents were."

"They were, I loved that about them, after all that time together they were still madly in love."

" I see were you get your looks," He said, the millionth person to point out that I was practically her carbon copy in the face.

" I definitely got the best of them both."

"Yes you did, cause your accent is slamming," He said making it my turn to blush.

I had always been almost embarrassed by the powerful accent that had been the source of many boughts of teasing.

"Kelsey?" He questioned spotting the painting of my first name that Brady had given me for my sixteenth birthday. The things he could do with acrylic paints were amazing.

"That's my first name, Kelsey Fallon Murphy, Brady always called me that cause when I was born he couldn't say his F's. So I was Kelsey to him."

" I like Kelsey," he said smiling as his eyes caressed me.

" There's so much I don't know about you, and I want to learn everything."

"That could take a lifetime," I said jokingly as I gave a small cheer cause I had found the scoop.

" Hmmm."

"Can I see some pictures of your family?" He asked accepting the bowl of ice cream.

"Yea," I said glad to he understood my need to rehash the past.