A/N: All places and pretty much anything that is mentioned while they are in New York are all true places and some of the names used are friends of mine (Haha I'm evil with some of them but it's all in good fun). Please if you can try to imagine the Brooklyn accent (If you have ever heard it before). It actually is a hard accent to get right when writing it. I myself am a born and raised New Yorker (Brooklyn to be exact) and I am even having a problem with it. Think of the way Scott Baio talks. That should help…lol…Shayla's bedroom is actually how my room looks. And if you haven't figured out already, Shayla is in some ways me (well that's what all my friends have said when they read this). As usual reviews are always appreciated.
The day that Smecker told them they would have to lay low, they decided they wouldn't do any planning. They just wanted to get reacquainted with Da. They all talked and did some drinking then went to bed.
The next morning the girls woke up first. They both got out of bed trying not to wake the brothers. They walked into the kitchen and Da was up already drinking coffee. "Mornin Da." Shayla headed straight for the coffee maker as she spoke. She grabbed two mugs and poured coffee for her and Patricia and sat down. "Mornin Da." Patricia spoke after she took a sip of her coffee. "Mornin girls. Did ye sleep well?" They both nodded. "I take it yer gonna start gettin yerselves ready ta leave fer New York?" Patricia spoke up first as she turned to look at her sister for a moment. "Aye we are. We also need ta be doin some plannin too." Shayla nodded at her sister. Da placed his hand on Shayla's shoulder who was sitting closer to him. "Well girls I think ye should get plannin then." He got up and left the kitchen heading into the living room and turned on the T.V.
The girls sat there in the kitchen discussing who their targets were going to be and what they were going to need when the brothers walked into the kitchen. Murphy sat next to Patricia giving her a kiss on the cheek and placing his head on her shoulder. Connor went straight for the coffee pouring himself a cup and sitting next to Shayla. He leaned over and gave her a kiss and started to sip his coffee. He turned to address both girls putting his cup down. "So why are ye bein so deep in thought this fine mornin?" Murphy reached over and took Connor's cup as he was talking and took a sip. "Oi Murph, if ye want some go an get yer own." Connor took back his cup. The girls started laughing. Patricia got Murphy's head off her shoulder and got up to get him a cup of coffee as she addressed Connor. "We were planning some shite for when we get ta New York." Connor nodded and she sat back down putting the cup of coffee in front of Murphy.
The guys joined in on their conversation. The girls were filling them in on who they were going after and what they have done. They really couldn't plan too much from Boston but they had a vague idea of what they were going to do. "Shay ye need ta make a few phone calls and get back with some 'o yer friends." "Aye Pat I do. First things first when we get there is we need our cars back. Then we can deal with everyone else." Patricia nodded. Murphy had to ask about the cars. "What do ye mean about yer cars? Don't ya got a car already?" The girls laughed. "Aye Murph we do but the cars we're talkin about are different." Patricia finished her sister's sentence. "Think of that movie Fast and Furious just not as fancy only fast cars like that." Connor turned to Shayla with a look of confusion. "Why would ye need cars like that?" Shayla giggled at his confusion. "Well first off when ya need ta get outta bad situation fast it really does come in handy. Also, the scum we'll be dealin with, sometimes its better ta get away from 'em fast." Both brothers nodded in understanding. Shayla got up and went to make her phone calls. They spent the day getting everything prepared for their trip.
That day and the next couple of days went by uneventful. They got their stuff ready, spoke to Smecker a few times and Shayla got in touch with all of her contacts. Everything was a go for them to leave.
The morning they were to leave they all made sure to get up early. The brothers were spending some time with their Da at breakfast and the girls decided to stay behind. Shayla was finishing any last minute packing for her and Connor when Patricia walked into the room. "Shay are ye as nervous as me about goin back?" Shayla stopped what she was doing and walked over to her sister placing her hands on Patricia's shoulders. "Aye Pat, I am. But, I can't let it get ta me. We're not goin inta this alone this time. We have Con and Murph. Tha four 'o us tagether Pat…we can be unstoppable." Patricia nodded understanding what her sister was talking about. Patricia hugged her sister to thank her for setting things straight for her. Shayla pulled out of the embrace after some time. "Now come on Pat. While tha guys are gone let's get things finished so we can leave." Patricia nodded again and finished any missed items for her and Murphy.
The girls were sitting on the couch talking as the three MacManus' walked in. Both Shayla and Patricia looked up at them. "How was breakfast?" Connor gave Shayla a kiss on the top of her head. "It was great." Murphy and Da nodded their agreement. Murphy turned to the sisters. "Are ye ready ta get goin?" Connor went to go into the bedroom to get the bags and came right back out. "Where are tha bags girls?" Both Shayla and Patricia started laughing. Shayla stood up walking over to get her coat. "Tha cars packed already. We did it while ye were out." She put on her coat and tossed Patricia hers. "Now why would ye do that?" Patricia decided to answer. "Cause we were bored and figured if we had tha two 'o ye do it, it wouldna been done right. Besides tha bags weren't heavy." Both brothers shook their heads while Da piped up in the girl's defense. "Ye boys should be used ta Irish women. They're stronger than ye can eva imagine." He winked at the girls and they smiled back. Patricia turned to the brothers as she spoke. "Guys we'll meet ya down at tha car. We need ta talk ta yer Da fer a sec." They agreed and said goodbye to their Da and left.
Shayla walked up to Da and gave him a quick hug. "Thanks fer tellin us about our Da. We finally got tha closure we needed." Da smiled at her. "Yer welcome Shay. Now ya betta be careful out there and keep an eye on me boys." She smiled and nodded then moved so Patricia could say goodbye. She gave him a hug too. "If ye need anything Da we're just a phone call away and so is Smecker. We will keep ya up ta date on what we're doin." Da nodded and Patricia joined her sister and they grabbed their rosaries and walked out the door.
When the girls got outside the brothers were standing by the car smoking a cigarette. As the girls got closer Murphy decided to make a wise ass remark. "Damn ye girls take ferevea ta get ready." The girls answered him in unison "Shut it Murph!" Connor started to laugh and opened the passenger door for Shayla. Shayla looked at him for a moment. "I hope ye don't think yer drivin." "Why wouldn't I be m'aingeal." Shayla laughed. "Cause I hate giving directions and once we get inta New York yer gonna need em." Connor put his hands up in defense. Shayla walked to the driver's side and got in as everyone else piled in.
They had gone through an hour of driving with minimal talking and it was starting to bother Shayla. She reached over and put on the radio. Connor started going through the stations and couldn't find anything that they all agreed on. Patricia reached under the seat and pulled out a CD book and pulled out one that she knew they could all agree on. She handed it to Connor and he put it on. The next thing anyone knew they were all singing along to Flogging Molly and really enjoying themselves.
They had gone through a few CDs by the time they hit New York. Once they were there Shayla quickly tuned the radio to K-Rock 92.3. The girls were very happy but nervous at being back. Shayla knew exactly which streets to avoid and which were okay to drive down. She managed to avoid some of the worst traffic. They quickly made their way into Brooklyn. After driving through Brooklyn a little bit they finally came into the girl's neighborhood. Shayla parked the car in front of a nice apartment building. "Well we're finally 'ere. Everyone out." They all exited the car and started grabbing bags from the trunk and followed the girls up to their apartment.
They entered the apartment and the guys were slightly astonished with the place. It was very nicely furnished and very spacious. From the front door they walked into the kitchen. It was a very big chef's kitchen. There was the open dining room to the left. The only thing that separated the kitchen and dining room was a counter. Through the dining room was the living room. It had a very comfortable looking sectional and a flat screen T.V. with video games hooked up to it. "Come on guys we'll give ya tha tour." Patricia grabbed her bag and walked to the right of the kitchen. She pointed to one door off the kitchen as being the bathroom and another door next to it being the hallway that led to the bedrooms. They all walked down the L shaped hallway and the first door was Shayla's bedroom. Shayla opened the door and placed her stuff on the bed. Connor and Murphy followed behind checking things out. Shayla's room was painted lilac and sky blue and there were daggers and katanas on the walls as well as some knick-knacks of dragons and fairy's. Murphy paid special attention to the weapons on the walls. They headed out of the room and to Patricia's room. It was painted dark blue and gold. There were some knick-knacks but not as extravagant as Shayla's. The last room after Patricia's was the computer room. There were two computers set up and were definitely top of the line.
They all walked back into the kitchen after checking out the place. Murphy went to look in the refrigerator. Both girls laughed and Patricia spoke up. "Ye really think there's gonna be food in there Murph. We've been in Boston fer two months. We wouldn't keep any food 'ere." Murphy quickly closed the door. Shayla just had to state the obvious. "Pat I think we should go shopping before we do anything else." "Aye Shay, yer right. Okay guys ye have two choices. Either stay 'ere or come with us." Connor and Murphy looked at each then back to tha girls. "We'll go with ya. We want ta see tha neighborhood." The girls nodded and they grabbed what they needed and left.
As they walked to the supermarket the girls were giving a little tour of the neighborhood. Shayla grabbed Connor's hand as they walked. "This neighborhood we're in is called Bensonhurst. Fer tha most part as ye can see its Italian but tha Chinese ave been movin in as of late and pushin tha Italians out." Murphy held onto Patricia's hand as they walked. "Is there any families still 'ere?" The girls both chuckled. Patricia answered. "Aye there are a couple but they are harmless. Mostly retired and running legit businesses." The brothers nodded. The reached the supermarket and began shopping. One of the isles they went down had beer and the next thing the sisters know is there is more beer in the cart than food. "What is goin on 'ere? Guys we need food not just beer." The brothers both smiled. The girls shook their heads and kept walking throwing things they would actually eat into the cart. Patricia looked into the cart and saw that Shayla didn't buy any meat. "Shay why aren't ya buyin any meat?" "Pat we'll go to tha salumeria on our way 'ome. I'm not buyin any meat 'ere." They finished shopping, paid for their things and left the store.
They were walking back to the apartment when Shayla told them they were going into one more store. They followed the girls to a butcher. Shayla turned to the brothers. "Ye stay out 'ere. We'll be back in a moment. We need ta talk ta someone as well as get some real food." The guys looked up at the store sign. It said Trunzo Bros. Salumeria. They nodded and the girls left their bags with them and went in. Shayla grabbed a cart and started walking down the small isle grabbing packages of meat from the refrigerator. They were saying hi to the cashiers and any other workers they passed that they know. Once they got to the back of the store they saw the owner's son. He was a young guy, only a couple of years younger than them. Shayla walked up to him first. "Frankie! Long time no see. How is everything?" Frankie walked up to Shayla and gave her a kiss on the cheek then Patricia. "Ah Shayla, Patricia. Everythins good. How about you?" Shayla was the one to do all the talking and Patricia just listened. "Everything's good Frankie. Listen I need a favor." "Okay anything." "If ya hear anything about some of the other families let me know please." "Yeah, definitely, why you're back on the force?" Shayla smiled. "Ye can say that." "For you Shay, I'll help in anyway that I can." Shayla smiled again at him. "Thanks Frankie. I owe ya one." Frankie waved her off and went back to work.
The girls finished their shopping and headed out to meet the guys. "Okay boys let's go." Murphy turned to Patricia. "So do ye ave everything ya need now?" Shayla answered for her sister. "That and more dear Murphy." "What's that supposed ta mean." Patricia started to laugh as she answered. "It means we will talk when we get back to tha apartment." Murphy nodded while Connor laughed at him. They all headed back home.
The guys were helping the girls put the groceries away. Once they finished they all sat in the living room. Connor turned to Shayla. "Do ye want ta tell us now what ye needed ta do at tha meat store?" "Don't worry Con it wasn't anything bad. I just had ta let one 'o me informants know I was back and if he heard any news ta let me know." Connor nodded and turned his attention to Murphy who was looking at one of the video games the girls had set up. "I can't believe ye got Rock Band!" He seemed way too excited about what he found. The girls started laughing. "We haveta play." Shayla was hysterically laughing at Murphy now. "Murph I already know yer gonna go fer tha guitar so if that's tha case play Guitar Hero first so ye know what ya up against. And also ye can face me and I can abuse yer ego a little more." Connor and Patricia were laughing now. "Oh ye think ya can beat me at a guitar game? Keep dreamin lass." Patricia spoke up trying to tell Murphy it was a bad idea to challenge Shayla. "Murph she will abuse yer ego so I wouldn't do it." Murphy just waved her off. Patricia turned to Shayla. "At least let him do tha training so he has some chance against ye Shay." Shayla nodded and Patricia got up and put the game on setting everything up for him to practice. She had chosen Guitar Hero III
Murphy had finished the practice and did pretty good. Shayla got up and grabbed the second guitar. "Okay Murph. I'll let ya choose tha song." He scrolled through the songs and stopped on Metallica. "That's what we'll play." Shayla and Patricia laughed. Murphy picked easy as Shayla picked hard. They challenged each other and Murphy got his arse kicked. Shayla destroyed him very quickly. "How did ye do that? That is so not fair?!" Shayla started laughing so hard she had to sit on the floor. Connor and Patricia were laughing just as hard. "Murph stop actin like a baby." Connor had to correct his brother. Shayla finally calmed herself and got up off the floor. She walked over and placed her hand on Murphy's shoulder. "Murph it takes time ta get good at this game. Ye can't do it after playin fer fifteen minutes. I've been playin fer several months ta get as good as I have. If ya want I can help ya get pretty good at it?" Murphy nodded.
Murphy kept playing the game while Patricia and Connor sat on the couch talking and laughing at Murphy when he messed up. Shayla had gone into the kitchen to start cooking dinner. After some time Connor went and joined Shayla in the kitchen and left Patricia and Murphy alone. "Hey m'aingeal. Whatcha makin fer dinner?" Shayla turned to Connor smiling. "I'm making something actually healthy fer once. It's chicken stir fry." Connor walked over to the stove and started smelling the food. "Smells great. Is that teriyaki I smell?" Shayla nodded. "I haveta admit that Pat and ye are livin tha life 'ere. And I think tha last time Murph and me slept in a real bed was when we were back home." Shayla giggled. "Thank ye Connor. We both really worked our arses off ta get what we got 'ere. As far as sleeping in a real bed, I feel sorry fer ya an Murph. It was killin me back in Boston sleeping tha way Pat an me was. I could imagine what ye musta gone through." "At least I get ta sleep in a real bed tanight. But more important than that, I get ta sleep next ta ya." Shayla smiled and Connor walked over to her and kissed her. "Would ye two quit it fer just a little bit please." Patricia was laughing as Murphy commented on Connor and Shayla. They didn't break their kiss but both flipped Murphy off. Shayla broke the kiss for air. "I think yer deartháir needs ta be fed." Connor laughed. "That would explain why he's bein an ass." Shayla laughed then told Connor where the plates and silverware was and he set the table. Shayla finished cooking and placed the food on the table. They all said grace and ate.
They had finished dinner and everything was cleaned up. They all sat in the living room watching a movie. Shayla had curled up next to Connor and he had his arm around her. She started to fall asleep before they even got to the middle of the movie. Patricia was doing the same with Murphy. By the time the movie was over both girls were out cold. "Hey Con. I think they're asleep." Connor looked down at Shayla and gently brushed his thumb against her cheek. "Aye they are. I think we're gonna have ta wake em ta go ta bed." Murphy nodded at Connor. They both woke the girls up. Shayla woke up first. "What time is it?" Connor was rubbing her back as he spoke. "It's late. Why don't ye get ta bed. I'll join ya in a few." Shayla nodded and got up to head to her bedroom. Murphy succeeded in getting Patricia to get up and she did the same. "Well Murph that went easier than I thought." "Aye Con it did. Well I'm headin ta join me girl. I suggest ya do tha same." "Night Murph." "Night Con." They entered the different rooms and changed then joined the girls who both had fallen right to sleep. It was weird for the brothers being in separate rooms but once the girls curled up next to them they fell right to sleep.
Translation:
Deartháir means brother and m'aingeal means my angel. Both are in Gaelic.