I hope that my Irish phonetics is serving well... If it isn't just add your own soundtrack. Ok new chapter, we are now in the past. OKay here we go.
Ann had lived in Ireland until she was eleven, she lived in small village and her house was just across the street from the MacManus. Her mother and Mrs. MacManus were good friends so she had been acquainted with the boys from a very young age. Ann remembered when she was little she didn't want anything to do with the MacManus twins. She'd always thought that they were too rough or too vulgar. Ann had crazy dreams as a girl, she would read her moms old fairytale books, she was always teased about her fanciful ideas but still she hoped that one day a prince would find her and save her from sure evil. She never thought that the prince would turn out to be Connor MacManus, but it happened.
One day when she was nine she was playing out in front of her house and a group of four of the neighborhood boys began to tease her from across the road; then they came over and circled around her. One boy started picking at her dress and another pulled the ribbon out of her hair, then another pushed her too the ground and Ann felt the dirt and rocks dig into her palms. She was too frightened to scream afraid of what they would do if she did. The last and largest boy grabbed her ponytail and pulled her head sharply to the ground.
"Ya stupid litl' gurl. Ya think that some Prince is gonna come an' get a toad like yu?"
All the boys around her began to laugh, then the pressure on her head was released and she heard an audible thud. Ann didn't want to see what was going on, so she ran around to the side of her house and hid behind her families' shed. She began to cry until she heard a familiar voice.
"Its okay now, I swear dey're gone. Her I grabbed dis for ya"
Ann looked up and saw her ribbon held loosely in the hand of Connor MacManus. She let out a weak thank you and lightly pulled the ribbon from his fingers and wrapped it around her own. She saw Murphy in the distance chasing the boys as far from her as possible, she was extremely thankful. Then she realized she was now alone with Connor. He began to shuffle his feet, and Ann felt nervous at being so close too a boy even though Connor was only a year and half older she had never really been comfortable around him. Connor let out a sigh and then sat down next to Ann; putting her between himself and the shed. Ann wanted to run, but she was stuck, it was odd to her how this boy she thought to be so wild was actually very gentle and kind. She was grateful for him and his twin coming to her rescue, but she didn't know how to tell him thank you, so she opted to lean her head slightly on his shoulder. She expected him to push it away and that be the end of it, but he didn't he moved his arm and wrapped it around her small frame. From then on she always felt safe because she knew that these two boys were like her guardian angels watching her back every moment.
The three grew closer together, and Ann developed a small crush on Connor, but she was too shy to tell him. One day he and Murphy began to play fight about which one of them was going to marry her, it was mainly for the delight of their mothers; who Ann believed were secretly plotting out the kids futures together. Ann though wasn't delighted by the banter; the ten year old ran to the kitchen her face turning all shades of red. Her mother came in after her and she was thankful that it wasn't the boys. Her mother soothed her hair back and kissed her head gently, assuring her that the boys meant no harm. Then her mother gave her the worst news Ann had ever heard in her life to that point…
"Don't worry gurl, you won't haf to marry either a' those boys. Yur father is gointa' move us to America."
Little Ann fainted in her mothers arms. She awoke several hours later in her bed with Murphy and Connor on either side. She sat up and looked into to both of their eyes, she knew they knew. She didn't say anything, but just turned and laid her head on Connor's shoulder and draped her feet in Murphy's lap. They sat this way for a while.
A few weeks later she was gone… the families kept in contact, and she got to speak with the boys often enough. Ann still missed them though, and a few years later she was going to get the surprise of her life.
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