Chapter Two: Scott & Irma
It's Valentine's Day in Edinburgh, Scotland and in one of the guest rooms of the O'Flannery home sleeps one Irma Lair who is happy to get some sleep after getting to the home of the O'Flannery's she enjoyed spending time with Scott's family not to mention seeing the place where Scott grew up in. But, she spent a lot of time with Scott's little brother and sister, Jeff and Julie, who were more than happy to see her. When all was said and done, she had a tiring day. But now it was time to wake up.
And she was going to get one heck of a wake up call!
Slowly the door to the guest room opens allowing two figures to sneak into the room. The two figures then make their way to the foot of the bed and slowly climb onto the bed. With smiles on their faces, they take a deep breath and...
"WAKE UP, IRMA!", Julie and Jeff O'Flannery shout as they begin to jump up and down on the bed.
"AHHHH!", Irma screams as she suddenly sits up in the bed to see Scott's younger siblings jumping up and down on the bed. "Jeff? Julie?", she questioned while rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning!", the two children said with beaming smiles as they stop jumping on the bed and sit on their hands and knees facing Irma.
"What are you two doing in here?", Irma asked before yawning and stretching her arms.
"It's time for breakfast!", Julie said as she and her brother got off the bed. "So let's go!", she said as she grabbed Irma's hand and began to pull her out of the bed.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!", Irma said with a small grin as she got out of bed.
Once out of bed, Jeff handed her, her robe so she could wear over her pink nightgown. She then slipped on her slippers and followed the kids out of the room and downstairs. It didn't take long for Irma to smell the food from within the Kitchen. Once in the Kitchen, she saw that it wasn't just Scott's mother, Carol O'Flannery, cooking. But Scott was cooking as well!
"This is something I rarely see.", Irma said with a grin as she scratches the side of her head.
"That's because, you're around when I'm cooking.", Scott said smiling as he puts a plate of waffles on the counter. "Sleep well?"
"Yeah.", Irma said. "But then I got the sibling wake up call.", she said looking down at Julie and Jeff who simply smiled at Irma.
"Now didn't I tell you two to let Irma sleep until it was time for breakfast.", Carol questioned her children. "And Scott was to wake Irma!"
"But Scott's cooking with you.", Jeff replied.
"And you said that breakfast was almost ready.", Julie added. "So, we decided to save a lot of time and wake Irma ourselves."
"That actually makes some sense.", Scott's father, Kevin O'Flannery, said as he came walking into the Kitchen. "But, next time ask to do something like that before you do it. "Irma might of wanted a few more minutes of sleep."
"Yes, Sir.", Jeff and Julie said before turning to Irma. "Sorry, Irma."
"Don't worry about it.", Irma said smiling at the two children. "Besides. I do like the smell of good food cooking.", she said with a wink. "So, where's Tim?"
"At his flat having his own breakfast.", Kevin said. "He moved out a few weeks ago. He was just visiting yesterday."
"Oh!", Irma said as she saw all the food that was cooked and on plates and in bowls. "I can help set the table if you don't mind."
"Why thank you!", Carol said with a thankful smile. "Give her a hand, Scott. I can finish the rest of thins."
"Yes, Ma'am.", Scott said as he and Irma began taking the food out to the Dining Room table with Kevin helping them.
Within five minutes, the table was set and everybody was sitting there with Kevin at the head of the table and Carol sitting his right and Jeff sitting at his left and Julie sitting next to Jeff. At the other end of the table sat Scott with Irma sitting at his right. After saying grace, everyone began to eat breakfast.
"So, what do you two have planned for today?", Carol asked.
"Well after we get cleaned up and everything, I'm taking Irma on a tour of the town which will end with a picnic in the forest.", Scott said looking at Irma with a smile that she returned.
"That takes me back to when we were younger.", Kevin said smiling at his wife who smiled back at him.
"It does, doesn't it?", Carol questioned.
"After that, we'll head to the local pool to hang with some of my old friends.", Scott said. "And then we'll have a romantic dinner out on the deck while you two are having you dinner here in side.", he said to his parents.
"What about us?", Julie asked.
"You two will be spending the night with Tim who has decided to not find a date for tonight.", Kevin explained. "He'll be picking you two up after school."
"Woo-Hoo!", the two children said happy to spend some time with their older brother.
"But right now, eat your breakfast so I can take you two to school.", Carol said.
"Yes, Ma'am!", they said before going back to eating their breakfast.
After eating breakfast and getting cleaned up, Carol took Jeff and Julie to school, while Kevin went to work at the police station. And Scott is giving Irma a tour of his home town. Scott was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a green shirt with green and white sneakers, while Irma was dressed in a blue long skirt with a pink sleeveless button shirt and white sandals. Right now, Scott is showing Irma one of the places he liked to go and get candy and treats.
"Wow!", Irma said as she looked through the window of the store. "That's a lot of candy! And are those gum drops?"
"You want some?", Scott asked.
"Duh!", Irma said with a smile.
"Then let's go get some.", Scott said as they headed into the store.
Once in the store, Scott saw one of his old friends behind the counter. He was a teenage boy with red hair and green eyes dressed in a pair of tan pants and a short sleeve dress shirt with a light blue apron.
"Greg?", Scott questioned after getting a good look at the boy.
"Yes. How may I... Scott?", Greg questioned looking at Scott. "Is that you?"
"Sure is, me friend!", Scott said with a jolly laugh as Greg walked up to him.
The two friends shared a friendly hug happy to see each other. Seeing this, Irma was glad to see Scott so happy.
"When did you get back, man!", Greg asked as they pulled away from each other.
"Early yesterday.", Scott said. "I'm here with my girlfriend for the weekend.", he said as he turned to Irma. "Irma. This is one of me mates Greg Johnson. Greg. This is my girlfriends, Irma Lair."
"Hi!", Irma said as they shook hands.
"So, you're the Irma, Scott here, has written me about.", Greg said. "You're right, mate. She is a looker.", he said making Irma blush a bit.
"Would you stop!", Scott said with a laugh. "So why aren't you in school?"
"Lad! They gave us kids a day off!", Greg said smiling. "I'm only working here for a few hours! Later this afternoon, I'm heading to the public pool where us kids are having ourselves a little party. After that we're heading to the forest to have a night party. Couples only."
"Two parties?", Scott questioned.
"Of course!", Greg said. "Granted the night party isn't until ten. Got to give us couples time to have a fancy Valentine's dinner and all. Why don't you bring your lady here to both parties."
"Is that okay with you?", Scott asked.
"Are you kidding me?", Irma questioned. "Two parties in one day sounds awesome!"
"I like this one!", Greg said with a smile. "She just as fun as you are!"
"I wouldn't have her any other way.", Scott said smiling at Irma who smiled back.
"Good to hear.", Greg said. "Now I know you came in here for come candy. And seeing as you're a couple here on Valentine's Day, you get 25% off what every you buy!"
"Sweet!", Irma said looking around the place. "I see some treats that I'd like to try!"
"Take you pick!", Scott said.
It didn't take Irma long to find the candy and treats she liked. And Scott didn't mind getting it all for her. After all, it's Valentine's Day. You get the lady what she wants. Soon it was Noon and that meant it was time for the loving couple's picnic in the forest. So after a nice hike through the forest, which helped work up a healthy appetite for the both of them, they found a nice clearing in the forest where the Sun would shined on them. Show after laying the blanket on the grass they sat on it and began to take some of the food out of the blanket and began to eat their lunch.
"So, what do you think of my home town so far?", Scott asked before biting into his sandwich.
"It's nice.", Irma said. "Fresh air, beautiful forest, great friends. I wouldn't mind coming here for the Summer.", she said before eating a grape.
"Is that so, Ms. Lair?", Scott questioned with a smirk.
"Indeed it is, Mr. O'Flannery.", Irma said. "I'm just glad that I brought a swimsuit, like you told me."
"I can't believe my mates are having a party this afternoon and later on tonight.", Scott replied. "Normally, it's just the night party for couples."
"Speaking of couples, mind me asking you something personal?", Irma asked before drinking some juice.
"Ask away.", Scott said before biting into an apple.
"Well, have you had any girlfriends before me?", Irma asked. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"I don't mind.", Scott said. "I mean it's only fair seeing as you told me about your past boyfriends.", he said making Irma smile. "To be honest, I've only had one other girlfriend. Myra O'Hara. She was quite a girl. Still is from the letters my friends send me. Not to mention the ones she sends me as well."
"You two still keep in contact with each other?", Irma asked.
"Of course.", Scott said. "We remained friends after we ended our Summer fling before I met you. She's doing well. Maybe you'll get to meet her this afternoon."
"Sounds like fun.", Irma said with a small smile.
'I can't wait.', she thought to herself as she continued to eat her lunch with Scott.
"I'll say this.", Scott said getting Irma's attention. "When you and I got together, I wrote all my friends about you. And Myra was happy for me. She said that she would even like to meet you one day. Looks like she may get her wish today."
"I guess so.", Irma said feeling a bit worried as she drank some juice.
"I just hope nothing goes wrong today and tonight.', she thought to herself as she went back to eating her lunch.
Later that afternoon, Scott who was now wearing a pair of blue swimming trunks with a gray tank-top and brown sandals and Irma who was wearing a white short sleeve blouse with a yellow long skirt with a pink one-piece swimsuit and brown sandals, made their way to the public pool where there were some teenagers in swimsuits and swim trunks having fun either in the pool or along side it talking with each other. At first, Irma felt a bit nervous being an American girl in another country, who was about to join a pool party. She was so nervous that she tightened her grip on the strap of the bag she brought with her for the pool. But then she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder. She turned to see that it was Scott's hand on her shoulder. He gave her a smile that told her it was going to be okay and to relax. Seeing this, Irma gave him a smile that said thanks and took a deep breath before they both entered the pool area. They spotted Greg right away, who was wearing a thing of green swimming trunks and green trimmed sun shades.
"You weren't kidding when you said this was going to be a party!", Scott said to his friends.
"You made it, Boy yo!", Greg said as he placed an arm around Scott's shoulder. "Look who's here for the weekend people!"
Everyone turned to see Scott standing with a happy Greg. All who knew him were both shocked and happy to see Scott there as they cheered for him. Seeing this, Irma saw how many friends Scott had here. In a way it made her miss her friends. But she knew that they were having fun with their boyfriends. And she was going to continue to do the same with her boyfriend. After being greeted by a few of his friends, Scott introduced Irma to them. They all made her feel quite welcome and asked her about her life in America. She was glad to of made friends with Scott's friends. As for Scott, he was glad to see all of his friends again. And it was then, he saw Myra O'Hara walk into the pool area.
"Myra!", Scott said getting the girl's attention.
"Scott? Scott O'Flannery?", Myra questioned with a smile.
The two friends wasted no time walking up to each other and sharing a hug.
"It's good to see you!", Myra said.
"Same here!", Scott said.
"How long are you here for?", Myra asked.
"Just for the weekend.", Scott said. "I'm here with my girlfriend. Come and meet here!"
As they came walking up to her, Irma was able to get a good look at Myra. She was as tall as Cornelia with blue eyes and black hair. She was dressed in a pair of green shorts and a white shirt with brown sandals with a side bag full of things for the pool, like she had. She walked with style and grace. From what Irma could tell, Myra was the Scottish version of Cornelia. Seeing this, one questioned popped in her head.
'Why is Scott with me when he could be with her?'
"Irma Lair. This is Myra O' Hara.", Scott said introducing Irma to Myra. "Myra O' Hara. This is my loving girlfriend, Irma Lair."
"Hi!", Myra said as they shook hands.
"Hello.", Irma said trying not to sound nervous. "Nice to meet you."
"Same here!", Myra said with a smile that Irma returned. "Scott told me a lot about you in his letters. I'm glad to finally meet you."
"Thanks.", Irma said feeling a bit better.
"Now that we've gotten the introductions out of the way, let's have some fun!", Greg said.
"Now you're talking!", Myra said as she removed her clothes and tossed them next to an empty lawn chair to revealed that she had a yellow one-piece swimsuit on underneath. "Woo-Hoo!", she cheered as she jumped into the pool with Greg.
"You ready for some fun?", Scott asked Irma as he took off his shirt and sandals.
"You bet!", Irma said as she took off her clothes to show her swimsuit. "Yeah!", she shouted as they both jumped into the pool.
For the rest of the afternoon, Irma enjoyed her time in the pool. It was always something about being in the water that calmed her down. And at that time, she really needed it. During the pool party, she had a chance to get to know Myra. Turns out that she was a really nice girl. She was smart, caring, kind to her friends, and was a great dancer and good at martial arts. She liked Myra, but there was still that part in the back of her mind that questioned why Scott chose her over Myra. But right now she was getting ready for her dinner with Scott. They both worked together on the dinner, which made it even more special. After they finished making the dinner, they went to get ready for their Valentine's date. Right now, Irma is standing in the guest room she slept in wrapped in a towel looking down at the dress she wanted to wear.
"Here's hoping.", she said as she removed her towel and began to get dressed in her undergarments and dress.
Once dressed, she did her hair and put on some perfume and headed downstairs where she knew Scott was waiting for her. And she was right. Waiting downstairs, was Scott who was dressed in a black suit and his kilt.
"You look great.", Irma said with a smile.
"So do you.", Scott said with a smile as he got a good look at Irma in her pink thin-strapped dress that went down to her ankles with a slit on the right of the dress that went up to her knee.
Along with the dress were matching short heeled shoes and a pearl necklace with matching pearl earrings and a pearl bracelet on her right wrist. All the jewelry she borrowed from her mother. But right now all she cared about was looking good for Scott. Once she was down the stairs, Scott walked up to her and kissed her right hands making her blush.
"Shall we go have dinner?", Scott asked with a smile.
"Yes we may.", Irma said returning the smile before they headed out back to where their dinner was.
Once outside the backyard of the O'Flannery home, Irma and Scott sat at the small table that they had set up to eat their Valentine's Day dinner. Scott pulled out Irma's chair for her to sit in.
"Thank you.", she said as she sat in the chair.
"You're welcome.", Scott said as he pushed the chair in.
He then took his own seat. After they said their grace, they began to eat their meal which was lamb chops with a vegetable melody with red grape sparkling cider. For dessert, they had a slice of chocolate cake with chocolate icing with a two strawberries. After they ate their meal, Scott gave Irma her present which was in a rectangular velvet box. Once Irma opened it, she saw that it was silver cross with a pearl in the center of the cross. Seeing it, Irma eyes began to well up in tears that soon ran down her face.
"I know it's nice, but I didn't expect you to cry over it!", Scott said with a grin.
"Why?", Irma questioned getting Scott's attention.
"Irma?", Scott questioned. "You okay?"
"Why did you chose to be with me when you could be with Myra?", Irma questioned with tears running down her face. "She's smart, caring, kind to others, a great dancer and good at martial arts. Who knows what else she's good at! You could be spending Valentine's with her instead of me!", she cried.
"Is that so?", Scott said as he moved his chair so that he was sitting next to Irma. "Well, let me tell you something, Ms. Lair! Sure, I could be with Myra.", he said before he placed a finger under Irma's chin and gently forced her to look at his smiling face. "But I'm with you because I chose to be with you."
"Y-You are?", Irma questioned.
"Yes. I am.", Scott said. "Sure. Myra is all that you said. But so are you, in your own special way. You make me happy, Irma. And I love you for that."
"Y-Y-You l-l-love m-me?", Irma questioned not believing what she was hearing.
"You bet your bonnet I do!", he said with a smile that Irma returned before they shared a loving kiss.
"I love you, too.", Irma said before they shared another kiss.
Later that night, after getting Kevin and Carol's okay, Scott and Irma headed to where the night part was going to be. Scott was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a gray tank-top with a green dress shirt over it and brown hiking boots. And Irma was dressed in a pair of pink jeans with a white tank-top and red blouse over it and white and red sneakers along with Scott's leather jacket to wear. Scott had brought two blankets for him and Irma to use.
"How far is this party?", Irma said as they walked through the woods.
"Not far.", Scott said as they began to hear some music. "We're getting close.", he said as he began to smell some smoke. "Real close!", she said with a grin.
And he was right! Soon they made it to a large clearing where there were some cars and trucks parked. And in the center of the clearing was a large pit fire that was under control. They also saw plenty of teens either walking around or sitting on blankets.
"Wow!", Irma said. "I never thought to see something like this! This is great!"
"It's something teenagers have been doing for generations.", Greg said as he and Myra came walking up to them. "Once or twice a month, if the weather is good, we have these little get together and have some fun listening to some music and just enjoying the stars."
"Some even end up falling asleep under the stars.", Myra said.
"It's one of the great things about this place.", Scott said as he laid one of the blankets out and sat the other rolled up one on it.
"One of nature's gifts.", Myra replied.
"I know two friends of me and Scott's that would agree with you all the way.", Irma said making Myra smile.
"Come on, lad! Let's go get some soda for the women!", Greg said placing an arm around Scott's shoulder. "Plus, some of the other fellas want to say hello to ya!"
"I'll be right back.", Scott said to Irma before they shared a quick kiss.
"Okay.", Irma said with a slight blush before sitting on the blanket Scott laid out for them to sit on.
"Mind if I join ya?", Myra asked.
"Not at all.", Irma said.
Once Myra sat next to Irma, the both of them looked into the fire that was burning.
"He truly love you?", Myra said to Irma. "And you love him, don't you?"
"Yeah. I do.", Irma said knowing Myra was talking about Scott.
"Good.", Myra said. "I'm glad."
"Really?", Irma questioned.
"Yeah!", Myra said with a smile which made Irma smile as well. "Don't get me wrong though. If it was a few year ago, and I had better timing, thing may have been different."
"What do you mean?", Irma asked.
"Well, when Scott lived here I had a huge crush on him.", Myra began to explain. "We along with Greg and a few other people were great friends. But when I turned twelve, I started to develope feeling for Scott. But when I finally gathered the guts to tell him how I felt about him, I told us that he was moving to America."
"Ouch!", Irma said. "That must have hurt."
"You have no idea.", Myra said. "I thought that I had lost the chance to be with him. But he can back the next Summer. So I figured now or never! So I told him how I felt about him. And we became a couple! I was so happy to be with Scott! We had great times together! It was a great Summer! We were willing to have a long distance relationship seeing he had to go back to America at the end of the Summer. But after a while we both began to see that it was all puppy love. So, when Summer ended, we ended our relationship. It was a bit sad, but we remained friends. And after some time, I ended up getting with Greg, of all people! But turns out he's a great guy."
"So, everything ended out well for you in the end.", Irma said.
"Yeah!", Myra said. "Me and Greg are together and happy! And Scott has you.", she said with a smile that Irma returned. "Take care of him, okay. He's a great guy. And I can see that you make each other happy."
"We do.", Irma said as she looked over at Scott who was laughing with his other friends. "I'm glad that we came here. He's so happy to be with his friends here."
"And I know he's happy to of brought you here.", Myra said. "You got to see his home and where he grew up. I know that made him real happy."
"Thanks.", Irma said.
"Don't mention it.", Myra said as their boyfriends came walking up to them.
"Would you ladies like to dance?", Scott asked as he held his hand out to Irma.
"Why yes we would!", Irma said taking Scott's hand. "Wouldn't we, Ms. O'Hara?"
"We most certainly would, Ms. Lair.", Myra said as she took Greg's hand.
Once on their feet they began to dance to the music that was playing. For most of the night, the couples there were enjoying the music and dancing under the stars. Later that evening, some of the teen couples had left for home while the rest stayed there sleeping under blankets or in sleeping bags. Myra and Greg were sleeping in a large sleeping bag together. Scott and Irma were, of course, sleeping n a blanket with another blanket covering them up. Scott was using his leather jacket as a pillow, while Irma was resting her head on his chest. Scott was looking up at the stars while running his hand through Irma's hair.
"I'm glad we came here.", Irma said getting Scott's attention.
"I'm glad to of brought you here.", Scott said with a smile.
"I'm sorry for having doubts about you being with me.", Irma said.
"Don't be.", Scott said. "You met Myra and began to wonder things. If it was me in your shoes, I'd probably do the same thing."
"And I would tell you, like you told me, that you have nothing to worry about.", Irma said as she moved to face him. "For I love you, Scott O'Flannery."
"And I love you, Irma Lair.", Scott said with a smile that she returned. "Happy Valentine's Day."
"Happy Valentine's day.", Irma said before they shared a loving kiss.
After their kiss, they looked at each lovingly knowing they truly cared for each other. Scott then laid back down while Irma rested her head on his chest. Soon they feel asleep knowing that their relationship had grown.
A/N: Ain't love grand? Irma got to see Scott's home and made friends with his friends. And after a loving dinner they confess their love for each other. Love is in the air! Next up is Tommy and Cornelia! And it'll be a dosey!
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