I have known the Greens all my life, Ryan, is the oldest boy, the closest to my age at just one and a half years younger than me. Stephen is the next at four years younger than me.
The last of the boys is Liam Green. Liam is six years younger than me, at just 18 years old.
The lads have been like brothers to me since I was little. I am not afraid to tell them what I think, just the same as they feel about me. I even used to view their mum and dad as my second set of parents. We used to live across the road from each other and we were always in and out of each others houses. Water fights all summer were the norm.
All my life I have never thought of them as anything other than amazing friends and the brothers I never had. I moved over here to Ireland when I left high school, I missed them all like crazy. They all came to visit me with their mum a few years back and we had a great time mucking around visiting all the tourist attractions, like the giants causeway and the carrick-a-rede rope bridge, where I was a complete wuss about the height.
We stayed up late chatting and we danced to crappy music. Liam even did a supermodel walk and pose against the door to Just a little girl by Amy Studt. We watched zoolander over and over and perfected the 'looks' of the film. It actually made me miss them more because I realised how much fun we used to have and what I was missing out on.
The next time I saw them was 3 years ago, I was over visiting family in England and I went round to see them. The last time I saw them, Ryan was slightly taller than me, but I walked in and Stephen came down the stairs and towered over me, I couldn't believe it. But then Liam walked down the stairs and he had also grown taller than me. His baby face was long gone and he looked so hot!
We sat talking for hours and catching up, I felt so safe with them I finally confessed something I had hidden from everyone for years.
"I was raped when I was a teenager, by someone we all know. I never told anyone." I whispered.
"Fuck!" they all said in unison.
"Who the hell was it?" Liam asked.
"It doesn't matter." I said.
We left it there and I left to go home. I flew home to Ireland the following day and kept thinking about how different Liam was. He was now the lead singer of a band and looked totally different.
So here we are ... I am going to England in a couple of days and all I can think of is how hot Liam is! I think I am gonna try to kiss him, but with my confidence shot to pieces it is not as easy as it might be. Hmmm what to do, what to do?
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Little did I know that he would present me with the perfect opportunity without even knowing it.
I arrived at their house later than I expected, I brought a box of fosters with me and as I walked up the street I saw two figures stood outside the house. Stephen and Liam, were having a smoke out front.
"Hi, Oh my god I have missed you both so much!!!!" I said while hugging them both in turn. I took one look at Liam and I swear my heart skipped a beat! He had grown a beard and Fuck did he look sexy!
We went inside and Liam grabbed me a can and took one himself, Ryan stood and hugged me and I finally met Stephen's boyfriend Chris. I remembered him as being a couple of years below me in school. We started making small talk, you know, how you been? Etc.
After a little while we got to talking about the film Eclipse (I love it!) and Liam said he hadn't seen it.
"It is awesome!" I yelled "The best bit is when Bella tries to punch Jacob in the face, and his back is to the camera, she hits and his head doesn't move and her hand just bounces back. It is hilarious!!!" I laughed.
"But why was she trying to punch him in the first place?" Liam asked.
"Because he kissed her." I replied.
Liam looked at me like a had five heads. "Here pretend I am Bella and you try to kiss me" I offered.
Liam looked a bit scared, and mega cute, "I don't want to because you will punch me!" he said with a chuckle.
