Alec

"His name is Tyson."

"Hey Tyson," I cooed in a baby voice. "You're gorgeous. Yes you are, ah yes you are."

"Where did you get him?" I asked Bronagh as I rubbed Tyson's head.

"Dominic got him for me birthday yesterday." Bronagh beamed then messed with Tyson's ears making the puppy lightly groan in delight at having his head and ears scratched.

"Happy belated birthday," I said making Bronagh laugh.

"Thanks."

I turned my attention back to Tyson, picked him up and sighed. "I love him already. I love Huskies, they are my second favourite breed."

Bronagh asked, "What's the first?"

"German Shepherds." I gave Tyson to Bronagh then got my phone from my pocket and showed her the screen saver.

Bronagh's eyes widened. "Omigod, he is huge! So beautiful!"

I beamed. "His name is Storm and he is two years old."

Bronagh cuddled Tyson to her. "I don't want him to get big."

I laughed. "Trust me, I don't blame you. Storm refuses to sleep anywhere but in me bed. I babied him too much I guess."

Bronagh snorted. "Dominic won't let Tyson sleep with us because last night he bit his fingers and toes when he saw them touchin' me in bed, it was brilliant."

I smiled and looked towards the backdoor, Nico looked like he was having trouble with getting the roof of the doghouse positioned correctly. Bronagh opened the door and Nico's loud mumbling could be heard, she had a ghost of a smile on her face which indicated to me that she was about to do something to piss Nico off.

"You're doin' that wrong!" she called out.

Nico froze and the muscles in his back tensed. "Get back inside the house and close the door. Now," he growled without turning around.

I raised my eyebrows and looked at Bronagh, who didn't move a muscle.

"The doorway needs to be bigger, he is goin' to be a big dog Dominic," Bronagh said with an upbeat chirp to her tone.

"Bronagh Jane Murphy, I will paddle your ass so hard that you won't sit down for a week if you don't get back inside that house. You were just on my case about building the damn thing, so let me build it my way."

I blew out a breath and licked my lips only to receive a flick on the ear that made me jump and snap my head to the right. I tilted my head all the way back so I could look up at the person who flicked my ear.

I narrowed my eyes when they landed on Alec's face.

"What was that for?" I hissed at him.

"You were drooling over my little brother."

Untrue.

I scoffed and turned back to watch the amusing scene that was Bronagh and Nico.

"I thought you said you wouldn't get mad at me over me suggestions anymore?" Bronagh said to Nico.

Nico dropped his hammer, stood up to his full height and turned around. His body was perfection, ripped and tan beyond belief.

I licked my lips. "Okay, now I'm droolin' over your little brother," I whispered to Alec, who moved behind me and growled as he put his arms around me and placed his chin on my head.

"You're lucky you're sitting down."

I smiled. "Why?"

"Because I would smack your ass if you weren't."

I gasped and pinched the arms that were around me.

"What the hell is this?" Bronagh asked Alec and me.

I didn't know what to say so I kept my mouth shut, Alec on the other hand didn't have the same problem.

"Keela is my girlfriend."

Bronagh blinked in confusion then looked over her shoulder to Dominic when he came up behind her.

"Alec said he has a girlfriend. I think he is sick."

Dominic smiled. "Keela is his girlfriend."

Bronagh brows furrowed as she looked back in our direction.

"I don't understand... you were single when I left the house this mornin'."

Dominic laughed as he put his arms around Bronagh's waist. "This just happened thirty minutes ago."

"It was instant love, Bronagh. She took my breath away, I had to make her mine."

I rolled my eyes at Mr. Dramatic behind me and focused on Bronagh as I said, "We're fake datin', Bronagh."

"I'm sorry, you're what?" she asked.

I chuckled. "Sit down and I'll explain."

Bronagh did as asked and for the next ten minutes I explained everything to her about Jason, Micah, and my situation with them and how I needed Alec's help.

"That's messed up," Bronagh said when I finished speaking.

I laughed. "That's one way of puttin' it."

Bronagh looked to Alec who was now sitting next to me. "How the hell are you gonna pull off bein' someone's fella? You're the biggest slut I know."

I looked away from Alec so he wouldn't see me smile.

"Have a little faith, bee. I'll treat Keela like the queen she is."

I rolled my eyes at the same time Bronagh rolled hers and Dominic found it funny.

"Two words, bro - good luck."

Myself and Bronagh smiled as Alec waved Nico off. "I've got this, how hard can being a boyfriend be?"

I looked to him in awe. "You've really never been someone's boyfriend before?"

Alec scratched his neck. "No... work always got in the way of potential relationships."

What did that mean?

"I don't understand-"

"Keela, do you wanna come out back with me? It's roastin' in here."

I looked to Bronagh when she spoke and nodded my head because it was really warm in the kitchen.

Alec leaned away from me when I got up and went out to the back with Bronagh and I laughed when Tyson waddled out behind us. I was about to close the backdoor when I glanced up and froze when I found both Nico and Alec smiling at Bronagh and myself.

"Why are you smilin' at us like that?" I asked.

Nico then glanced to Alec and said, "She’s straight to the point, I like her more than I did before."

Alec smirked. "I like her too, all of her."

I scrunched up my face in disgust when he openly molested me with his eyes.

"Stop it Alec, I'm not havin' sex with you."

Alec snapped his teeth at me. "I said I like you, I didn't ask you to fuck me."

"It's all you're short of doin' Playboy, but you might as will give it a rest - sex is not on the cards for us."

"Challenging me in front of my little brother and his girl is not a smart move, kitten."

I snarled, "Call me that one more time and I swear to God I will-"

"Fuck me up?"

I clenched my hands into fists, and blew a huge amount of air through my nostrils.

"I'm going to punch you in the face before this day is up, I can feel it."

Alec yawned. "I think I can hold my own against you, kitten."

I glared at him and it made Bronagh and Dominic snicker.

I looked behind me to Bronagh and asked, "What's so funny?"

"Would you believe me if I said the conversation you just had with Alec is very similar to one I had with Dominic in our school corridor three years ago?"

I turned to face her. "You couldn't stand his cocky arse either?"

Bronagh grinned. "Yeah, I could barely stand him even when I got with him. We had to work through a lot of shite to get to where we are now."

Nico grunted from behind me. "You can say that again."

Bronagh looked to him. "It was worth it though."

I turned to my side and watched as Nico bore his eyes into Bronagh's, he stared at her until Alec cleared his throat and ruined their moment. Nico looked to Alec and then to me and said, "So... you like dogs, Keela?"

I looked to Bronagh, who was snuggling Tyson into her chest and said, "Yeah, I have a German Shepherd."

"You have a dog?" Alec asked me.

"Yeah."

Nico moved towards me when I pulled my phone back out to show him my screen saver of Storm. "He is a big boy."

I frowned. "It's just his coat, he isn't fat."

Nico flicked his eyes down to mine and then took a step back. "You consider him your baby, don't you?"