Author's Note;

Hi readers! Just letting you know that the twins to show up in this chapter and I hope you like it. Also, this chapter will be a lot longer than the first as there's a lot to fit in. Anyway, remember to Review, Favourite and Follow to let me know what you think. Thanks!


All I could hear from inside the bar was laughter and shouting. It was an Irish bar so I wasn't all too surprised that it was as full as it was. What surprised me was the fact I recognized it. Then again, the name of the bar would be something I'd always remember; McGinty's.

Memories instantly flooded my brain. Memories of drinking, laughing, kissing; All good memory's. But that's how I wanted them to stay - memories. I didn't want to talk to either of the twins again, I couldn't talk to them again. It'd taken so long to drown out what'd happened and it wasn't just drowning out the twins and Rocco I'd had to do. I'd had to drown out my sister, my family - everyone except Jade and Belle. It was as though I'd dropped my old life and traded it in for a completely new one. My entire life had changed from our one incident and I wasn't too keen on going back. Seeing the boys again meant looking back on my life a year ago, maybe even going back to how it was. I didn't want that.

"Jade." I finally turned to face the girls, crossing my arms as I looked at Jade.

The blonde laughed at something one of the other girls had said as she turned to me, tilting her head slightly in question.

"What are we doing here?" I asked, gesturing behind me at the bar.

"This is my Grandpa's bar, why?" She asked, eyes narrowed in confusion. I glanced down at the floor, fidgeting slightly. But this seemed to be the exact hint she needed. "Shit, Grace, I'm sorry, I forgot." She stuttered, expression changing from confusion to apologetic in a second.

I shrugged and shook my head. "It's fine, it's been nearly a year now how were you supposed to know."

I wasn't being a bitch, I was being completely honest. I couldn't expect Jade to remember every little detail of my life. Besides, I wasn't scared about seeing the twins again, we'd ended on good enough terms. Though a little heads-up from Jade to let me know we were coming here would've been nice.

"We can go somewhere else if you want. I just have to run in quick and see my Grandpa, he was expecting me here but he'll understand," She rushed, making her way towards the bar door.

"Jade," I groaned. My best friend stopped in her tracks, holding the door slightly open as she looked back at me. "It's fine, I swear. I mean, who's to say they'll even be here," I shrugged, smiling for added reassurance.

Jade sighed and nodded. "Grace, I swear I'll owe you big time for this,"

I held up my hand slightly and she paused. "Don't stress out, I promise I'm fine. You don't owe me anything," I'd made my way towards her as I spoke, taking hold of the door handle she'd since let go of. "C'mon. You wanted a drink so let's go have one."

The blonde immediately changed her entire demeanour, switching from apologetic and down to happy and excited in a split second. "Good! C'mon, let's go get drunk." She smiled as I pulled open the door.

Jade walked in first and the other girls soon followed, all four looking excited and happier than ever. I couldn't say I felt the same. Even as I walked closely behind them through the very, very crowded room, I couldn't help but feel just a little nervous. It could've been excitement that I'd pegged down as nervous but I couldn't tell.

Nothing had changed, that was for sure. The bar was the same colour and design it always had been. Chairs in the same place, tables in the same place. It was like someone had taken a specific picture of one of my memories and recreated it, hence forcing me to re-live it all over again. But thankfully it was only objects I found myself recognizing - there were no specific faces I recognized. Well, apart from Jade's Grandfather, who I remembered swearing a lot.

"Grandpa!" She excitedly exclaimed, rushing behind the bar to embrace the old man.

"Oh my darlin' girl, ye look exactly like yer mother - Fuck! Ass!" The man exclaimed, causing the men of the bar to laugh and Jade's friends to glance at each other in question. "Yer so beautiful all grown up."

Jade smiled. "Thank you Grandpa, it's good to see you. And happy St Paddy's Day!" Her voice went louder at the end and she received a cheer from the entire bar's occupants in return.

"Same ta you me love. Drinks on me tonight."

"Thanks Grandpa." She looked at me and jumped as though remembering something. "Right!" Jade quickly grabbed my hand and dragged me behind the bar with her, throwing an arm around my shoulder as she looked at her grandfather. "Grandpa this is Grace, Grace this is my Grandpa."

I smiled and nodded in greeting, leaving out the fact that I'd sort of met him before. "Nice to meet you."

"Ah, so you're the lass dat's been takin' care o' my Granddaughter," He said, offering me his hand to shake. I took it. "Name's Doc."

We both pulled back our hands and he tilted his head slightly, eyes narrowed in confusion. "Have we met before lass?"

Jade and I both glanced at each other and she jumped to answer before I could.

"No Grandpa, this is Grace's first time here." She lied.

Doc nodded. "Dat's me old age kickin' in, sorry lass." He apologised, turning as a customer called his name. "I'll be right dere!"

"Grandpa we're gonna go find some seats." Jade told him, gesturing backwards to where the rest of the girls were.

"Alright love, let me know if ye need anythin'."

Jade nodded and Doc moved to pour a customer a beer. Meanwhile, Jade grabbed my hand and led me out from behind the bar.

Finding a seat in the packed bar was more difficult than we though. It'd taken a good few minutes of us having to stand up before a table finally became free. But when it did we were straight there, occupying the chairs before anyone else could sneak their way in. I plonked myself in the chair so that my back was facing the bar, Jade sat opposite me, while the other three girls scattered around the table.

"Alright Grace, let's get you good and drunk." My best friend laughed, standing to make her way towards the bar.

As I watched her weave through the many drunken American-Irish men I groaned and shook my head, knowing that this would be a long night.

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"Okay, okay," Kate, one of Jade's female friends, started as she contained her laughter. "What about that guy?" She pointed behind one of the other girls and we all looked.

"Are you kidding me?!" Jade exclaimed, rolling her eyes as she saw the mans appearance. "What is wrong with you?!" She laughed.

"What?" The girl questioned, glancing at each of us.

"Seriously, what is it with you and guys with beards?" Jade asked, crossing her arms as she leaned back in her chair.

It was around 10:30 now and the alcohol consummation had started to affect us all. It wasn't that we'd been consuming heavy drinks, it was more the amount we'd been drinking. Obviously not having to pay for our alcohol meant we didn't pay attention to how much we were exactly drinking. But I did know something; One of us would end up face down on the bathroom floor tomorrow morning. And I had a small feeling it'd be Jade. My reason for putting all bets on her? She had the fastest alcohol consummation I'd ever seen in my life. She'd been knocking the drinks back since we'd found our seats.

Anyway, at some point during our evening we'd started picking guys out of the bar customers that we thought were attractive. And, as the drinks piled through, I found our bar had gotten considerably lower. When we'd started the game the men were at least half-decent, but now we were just being plain lazy - at least I was.

"Oh my god." Trix, another one of Jade's friends, gasped as she stared at something behind me. "I call dibs."

"On which one?" Kate questioned with the same tone of voice.

I hadn't even turned fully in my seat when Jade's hand shot across the table, lightly grabbing my own. This in turn caused me to pause, looking at her with a confused and questioning expression.

"I'm so sorry Grace." She said, her tone apologetic and pleading.

It might have been the amount of alcohol in my system that had me completely confused by her apology, and also why I continued to turn after. But as soon as I did I knew exactly why she'd done it. I could've kicked myself for forgetting where it was that we'd come tonight. How could I have thought that maybe they wouldn't turn up?.

Instead of staring at the twins like Kate and Trix were, I almost instantly turned back around to face Jade, my stomach in knots. They hadn't changed, that was for sure.

"Eh Doc I'll have a beer!"

I winced at the familiar voice. One I hadn't heard in a very long time and wasn't too eager to hear again.

"Grace," Jade called, placing her hand over my own on the table. "We can go if you want." She offered.

"You can go." Kate told her, shaking her head as she rose to her feet. "I suddenly have something to do." Or someone, I added in my head.

"Kate," My best friend sighed, knowing what the red-head was going to do.

It wasn't Kate's fault, she didn't know me or what I'd been up to. Heck, I hadn't even met her until tonight. Besides, I hadn't seen either twin in nearly a year, they were fair game as far as I was concerned.

"What?" The girl asked, looking down at Jade and crossing her arms.

"Good luck." I piped out with a smile, before Jade could say or do anything that may turn the situation sour.

Kate smiled and nodded before heading towards the bar. Meanwhile, Jade stared at me curiously.

"What the heck was that?!"

I rolled my eyes. "Jade-"

"No!" The blonde cut me off. "Seriously, what the heck was that? You just sent a huge slut after your ex-boyfriend?!"

"Ex-slut?"

"Look, the girls a good friend but it has to be said."

I nodded in understanding. "Brutal honesty, I like it. But for your previous question," I dragged out, pushing my chair back as I got to my feet. "It's all in the past Jade, I can't hold onto the past." I shrugged before turning and heading for the bathroom, making sure to hide from the two men I both wanted to avoid... and talk to.

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I stared at my reflection in the bathroom mirror, toying with the silver bird pendant around my neck.

I'd been in here at least ten minutes trying to summon up enough courage to go back out into the bar - obviously I was torn. Torn between wanting to talk to the twins again, and leaving the bar and never coming back. I didn't even know why I was stuck in the first place. It wasn't as though I'd had a bad break-up with Connor, we hadn't even gone out at all! It'd been a trial, if I remembered correctly, a trial that'd ended badly. But I also remembered that we'd parted on good terms, so there was no reason to be nervous.

I smiled and nodded, content with my thoughts, before smoothing down my hair and exiting the bathroom. Though I immediately stopped in my tracks.

Stood a mere few feet away was Kate, who I could recognize by her bright-red hair, and the very man who'd occupied my thoughts only a few minutes ago. The two were locked in what I could only explain as a very heated embrace - I nearly gagged. But then realisation kicked in that I needed to squeeze passed the two in order to get back into the bar. And since the hallway was quite narrow, it also meant I'd need to disturb them to get passed. And while I knew Connor may not have the best memory, he'd certainly remember the girl who screwed him over - to an extent.

I took a deep breath and walked towards the door, wringing my hands as my stomach began to tingle.

"Can I get passed?" I asked, finding that my voice came out a little quieter than I'd planned.

The two pulled away from each other and while Kate looked at me, Connor chose to plant kisses down her neck. I was a little grateful, at least he wouldn't notice me just yet.

"Sure, sorry." She smiled, giggling slightly.

Kate moved closer to Connor and I squeezed through the gap between her and the wall, feeling a large sense of Deja vu as I moved passed. But just when I thought I was fine, something just had to come and fuck it up.

"Thanks for the luck Grace." Kate added.

I winced and lightly shook my head, attempting to subtly speed up my movements - I didn't get very far.

"Wait. Grace?"

Turning slowly around, I found myself face to face with the man I hadn't seen in a very long time.

"Hi Connor." I greeted, smiling nervously.

"Oh fuck me."