Chapter 2: Meeting the Past (A short plot device)
Darina had recently turned 18 and was packing her room up for to move to Boston.A lot had happened to her since she had last seen Connor and Murphy. Shortly after they left, she had started hanging out with a bad crowd and had eventually ran away from home when she turned 14 and had stayed missing for close to a year. After that, her dad had sent her to live with her aunt and uncle in California. She had eventually made good friends there and part of her regretted leaving for Harvard... but even after all of these years, she still thought about the brothers on a regular basis and in the end had decided to keep her promise to them. Also, her best friend Danny had gotten accepted into Harvard and her other good friend Runa had started going to Juliard the year before. In fact, they were leaving California a month early so they could all spend more time together before they had to seriously focus on their studies.
"So, when are you going to call those friends of yours from Ireland?" Darina had told Runa about the impact that Connor and Murphy had had on her childhood and how she had felt after they left and she was anxious to meet them. "I was thinking of calling them after we get there... I'm kind of nervous about seeing them again" "Even though you've had their number for a week now?" She grabbed Darina's cell phone and found the number "Now, I'm going to push the call button and either you'll talk to them or I will" "Don't! I swear that I'll call them as soon as you leave the room" "Not going to work, I'm not going to leave you alone about this until I hear you talking to them" "Fine, put it on the speaker" Darina stared at the phone as it rang.
""Hello?" "Um... Hi... It's Darina." "Fuckin' A! It's been years! What the fuck you been up ta?" "Not much recently... Everything else will take too long to explain. I'm actually moving out there tomorrow" "ya hear tha' Murph! Our wee Dar is finally comin' out here. Jus' couldn't stay away from our charmin' asses!" "Wha' time'll ya be gettin' in?" Murphy added "I should be there at about 5. I'm also bringing two of my friends who'll want to meet you guys" "How abou' ya meet us at McGiunty's at 8? We'll have a few pints ta celebrate" "ya stupid fuck, she's 18. Not gettin' inta bars anytime soon" "That's where your wrong Murphy, I have this wonderful little thing called a fake ID. Helps me out with shit like that" "Ya hear th' mouth on our girl now Murph? I'll bet tha' she's havin' sex and doin' drugs too. We never shoulda left" "We have a lot to catch up on tomorrow boys, now I gotta finish packing. See you two tomorrow" she then hung up the phone then turned it off.
"Why're you doing that?" Runa looked a little confused. "They haven't changed a bit. That also means that they'll want to kill Tony once they hear about it" "They don't need to know about him if you don't want them to... Danny and I sure as hell won't bring it up" "But I'll end up telling them, they won't stop asking me questions once they know about everything that's happened to me since they last saw me... And they've always been protective of me". Runa looked at Darina with a bit of worry in her eyes. "You think they'll do something stupid?" "They might, especially since Tony's going to be at Harvard too... But I think that they'll just find him and beat him up and I don't think I would mind that too much. can we just drop this conversation? I'd really prefer not to think about that asshole" "Ok".
Author's Note: I know this chapter is short... But I couldn't see any other way to make a smooth transistion... sorry