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Post by DaughterofOphelia on Apr 27, 2011 9:09:31 GMT -5
I LOVE it! Update please!
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Post by GalwayGirl on Apr 27, 2011 10:10:14 GMT -5
I can't wait to see what happens!!! Update soon!!!!!
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Post by celticthunder1510 on Apr 27, 2011 11:15:32 GMT -5
Chapter TWELVE
The show that night was amazing, as usual. Damian and Teri danced to his song, ‘A Bird Without Wings’ and, it was pure magic. At the Meet and Greets, Ryan was completely captivated by the pretty girl he met earlier that day and paid limited attention to the rest of the ladies that came to him for photos and autographs, causing the rest of the guys to pick on him for his lovey dovey thing with this girl. This, of course, made him a bit defensive and angry when George pointed out that this was exactly the way he had treated Damian when he first kissed Teri on the bus and, how did he like being picked on for HIS puppy love moment? That made George’s stock go WAY up in Damo’s book and it was good fun to pick at Ryan for a change. For everyone except Ryan, that is.
That night, after all was said and done at the venue, Ryan went off for a long walk with his girl and Teri thought, ‘Hey, Cousin! Nice job. She leaves him, right? The morning the buses leave, she tells him she can’t be with him because she is only having fun.’ The Love Muse thought back at her, ‘This is a low trick to play. Did he hurt you in some way?’ Teri said, “Adora, he tortures Damian left, right, and center about HIS love troubles so, I thought I would give Ryan a taste of his own torture for once. Maybe twice if he doesn’t learn his lesson. If I need you again, are you willing to help?’ ‘You know, I am in on this bit of vengeance, count on it!’ Adora said as she vanished once again.
The guys planned Casino Night in their room. Damian and Teri knocked on the door and George answered with, “Are you prepared to lose all your hard earned wages for the week, Damo?” with a smile on his face. He was thinking, ‘Damo does not know how to play poker or blackjack. This is too easy for us.’
Teri filled Damian in on all the guys thoughts about taking his money at the table. ‘They don’t know about my inside game, do they, love? WE will clean THEM out and they won’t know what hit their wallets! Then, I will buy you whatever their money will allow!’ as his laughter filled her mind and heart.
Damian played up the fact that he had never really played poker or blackjack before and how Keith, Neil, George, and Emmet were going to beat him. Zara was the dealer and she said, “The first game is Blackjack. After an hour, we will try our luck with Poker. Ok, lads! Let’s begin Casino Night!”
Teri, sat in a chair next to Damian and the end of the table and Keith, George, and Emmet sat opposite him ‘so he could learn the game’ they told him. Teri thought in his head, ‘Irish, do you trust me?’ When he nodded, she said, ‘When I say hit, you hit. When I say stand, you stand. Do that and you will win every hand you play, OK? And, you’ll beat them all! First, we will lose a few hands to make them feel good and then I will help you to win the rest, alright?’
Damian, ‘I trust you, Teri. Let’s beat em!’
Damian lost the first couple hands of blackjack. The guys figured they were going to make money from Damian and teach him how to play but, over the next ten hands, he only lost twice and took most of their money right out of their pockets. George, Neil, and Emmet knew enough to pull out so they could have something left to play poker with for the last hour but, not Keith. He thought, ‘All I have to do is play this last hand and win back my money and I can mop the floor with him in Poker.’
He had a 19 in his last hand and Damian had a 20. Damian played it like he had a 12 so, Keith put all his money in the pot and, when Damian turned over his winning hand, Keith said, “This is beginner’s luck! There is no way he does this again, ever! I demand a rematch at the next Casino Night in Las Vegas next month!” as he walked over to Damian’s side of the table and sat with a pout on his face.
Teri said, “Aww, that is too bad, Keith. You lost all your money. Irish can’t buy you Guinness but, he can buy you all the Cokes you want till you get paid next week!” as she laughed and winked at Damian who nodded his head and said, “Yeah, Keith! All the Cokes you want!”
Geroge, Neil, and Emmet then proceeded to lose most of their money to Damian in the Poker portion of the evening and after the hour was over, Damian counted over $300 in his pocket. He celebrated by picking up Teri in his arms and saying, “I saw a ring in the jewelers today that would look amazing on your hand, love.”
You are all going to flip when Chapter TWELVE AND A HALF comes next...........attached to Chapter THIRTEEN
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Post by GalwayGirl on Apr 27, 2011 11:25:43 GMT -5
I can't wait to see what happens!!!!! Update soon!!!!!!!
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Post by celticthunder1510 on Apr 27, 2011 17:41:01 GMT -5
Chapter TWELVE AND A HALF
That stopped them all cold, except Teri who thought at Damian, ‘Irish, we are winding them up, right?’
‘Yeah, play along, please?’
‘OK’
“You found a ring? Oh Damian, we have only known each other a few short days! You move too fast!”
“Nonsense! I want you to have it!”
George piped up and said, “Now, Damo. I saw a few pretty necklaces in that jewelers, too. What about one of those instead?” as sweat picked up along his collar. He was thinking, ‘Damo, you are moving WAY too fast! Slow down and enjoy what ya have, lad! Take your time!’
Teri said, “Irish, you’re gonna give George premature wrinkles in his forehead talking like that. I would love a ring but, I like necklaces more. We can look at them in the morning, OK?” She patted George on the hand and said, “OK, there George?” as he visibly relaxed when she agreed with him.
Damian wavered a bit and said, “So, no ring yet, then?” She shook her head so, he said, “Oh well, it was a thought. Maybe later on then!” as he kissed her on the cheek and walked toward the door, yawning. “Come on, Keith. Time for bed.” He kissed Zara on the hand and said, “Thank you for being a fantastic dealer, Zara!” He kissed Teri on the lips and said, “If you meet me after breakfast, I can show you the ring I would’ve got you…” as she shooed him out the door.
Emmet, George, Zara and Neil said at the same time, “No ring, Damo!”
Chapter THIRTEEN
He just laughed as he and Keith walked back to their room to find Ryan kissing the girl he had just met that day good bye before he slipped in the room to go to sleep. Ryan asked, “So, how was your Casino Night, Damo? Did ya win any money from our card sharks?”
Keith stomped past him and said, “Our boy-o had some freaky beginner’s luck and cleaned me out of me week’s wages! Got to Emmet, Neil, and George too but, didn’t wipe them out as bad as me. He’s never been in the casino before but, I swear he has a killer poker face already! I never knew what he was holding the whole time!”
Ryan said, “Well, just so happens I have a deck of cards right here, Damo. If you wanna play with an ‘experienced’ player, now would be a good time.” as he flashed a hundred bucks at him and smiled semi-innocently at him. He was thinking, ‘Greed’ll pull you in and then I am gonna clean YOU out.’
Teri, of course, heard his thoughts. ‘Irish, you better watch yourself. He is up to no good. Want to teach him not to mess with you, love?’
‘Yeah! He has this lesson comin’-that’s for sure!’ Damian thought, not forgetting about what he had heard Zara say earlier that night about Ryan liking Teri.. So, with her help, Damian then proceeded to take and pocket Ryan’s money as well and said, “Ha! I am on fire tonight!” as he took the final winnings of the evening off the table, leaving Ryan to wonder how on earth he had learned to play Blackjack when he had never been to the Casinos because he was too young. It made both Damian and Teri laugh in each other’s minds at his confusion.
The rest of the time in Foxwoods, they had a great time and walked around looking at the shops and eating and sitting by the waterfall after the shows were over and hardly anyone was out and about. It was semi-quiet and very romantic for Damian and Teri as they held hands and strolled along. They saw Ryan and the girl he was squiring around and Teri thought to herself, ‘You get stomped on tomorrow and I cannot wait for your heart ache to begin. You are not in MY league. But, I’ll see that the lads pick up the pieces of your shattered heart, little Ryan. You don’t mess with an immortal Muse and get away with it Scot-free!’ At seeing her smiling at Ryan, Damian said in her ear, “You are up to no good yourself, right?” When Teri nodded, he said, “Just as long as you know I love you, I don’t care what you are thinking.” Privately, he was worried she was smiling too much in Ryan’s direction lately and wondered what she WAS up to.
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Post by GalwayGirl on Apr 27, 2011 17:45:28 GMT -5
Great update!!!! I can't wait for the next one!!!
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Post by CelticPrincess24 on Apr 27, 2011 18:14:24 GMT -5
uh-oh, update soon!
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Post by DaughterofOphelia on Apr 27, 2011 18:44:32 GMT -5
I love it! I can't wait for the next update!
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Post by celticthunder1510 on Apr 27, 2011 19:27:50 GMT -5
Chapter FOURTEEN True enough, the next day on the bus, Ryan was sullen and quiet. Keith asked him, “So, what happened at the bus this morning? That girl was so into you last night even and, this morning, she walked away happy and left you sadder than I’ve seen ya in ages. What gives?”
“She told me she was using me to get over the fact that her boyfriend dumped her and now that she was past the break-up, she didn’t have any use for me any more.” he said as he slumped in his chair at the galley table and stared at the ginger ale Damian had just given him. ‘How on earth did he know I needed THAT?’ he wondered to himself.
Teri was sitting with Damian and he saw that smile of hers creep back on her face in Ryan’s direction. He thought at her, ‘Terpsichory, did you have anything to do with what happened to Ryan? You can tell me, I am not mad at ya, love. He has done it to me a couple of times-taken a girl I liked from me cuz he thought she was way out of my league. So, he proved it to me and I got hurt. Did you do the same thing to him?’
‘By the gods, he IS a quick one!’ she thought to herself. To him, she said, ‘Yeah with help from one of my fellow Muses, I did. You’re honestly not mad at me for doing it?’
‘No, he wants you for himself. To PROTECT me from bein’ hurt by you. Now, HE is hurt. A…’
‘taste of his own medicine?’ she finished his thought for her and sighed in his arms. Now, he could see Damian happy and HIM being the one with a broken heart and know how he made Damian feel. Ah, yes, this vengeance was indeed sweet for Teri!
Damian twined his fingers with hers and said, “Ryan, let me buy you dinner tonight and we can nurse your broken heart over a steak and some chocolate cake, what do you say?”
Ryan said, “Yeah, Damo, that sounds good.” as he wondered how Damian knew about his post-break-up meal of choice. He had never used it on the road before and, for Damian to know how to fix HIS broken heart was just too nice of him, he thought. ‘Our Little Damo is growing up.’ he thought to himself.
Teri had resolved to get them to quit calling Damian that name and she was slowly putting together a plan to get them to do just that. She untangled her hands from Damian’s and he knew she was casting her mind out to read the guys so, he let her go.
George, ‘Let’s get that letter to Carrie and that package of presents sent to Sarah today at the next post I see.’
‘I wonder if I can finish that song I am working on today, ‘ Neil.
Emmet, ‘Why have I got the song “Electric Slide’ in my head? Oh yeah, the last song from the Casino as we left this morning. Darn it! Boogie oogie oogie!’ Keith, ‘I think I’ll email Rebecca and see how she is doing with her song writing.’
Ryan’s was the last mind she wanted to peak in on but, she did it. ‘Why did she have to be so mean to me? ‘I was only after a cuddle and some fun.’ she said to me. To ME?? I am the one who leaves them wanting more-not the other way round.’
She thought that was a bit conceited of him so she pushed a song lyric about being broken hearted in his mind and let it circle his heart and heard him sighing as it played over and over, ‘The Winner Takes It All, the loser standing small….’ by ABBA. He was small in her mind and Damian deserved to shine, for once. Since he wasn’t upset by her antics, she settled back into his embrace and closed her eyes to relax. His breathing settled into slow beats and she could tell he was asleep and dreaming about her so, she was happy. She thought, maybe he will commit and I can have a mortal life for once. She knew if he did commit, he would be her only one. She intended to make him immortal when he died of old age and be with him forever so she would always be happy like she was at that moment and she kissed him on the hand she was playing with.
George interrupted her thoughts and said, “Teri, I know you love him but, you have to be careful with him. He is the glue in this band of ‘brothers’ and I won’t let you hurt him.”
“George, that is so sweet of you to say but, I have no intention of hurting my Irish. He is the best thing that I have ever had come into my life.”
“Just as long as you don’t let anything hurt what you two have, I support you, lassie.” as he smiled his kind smile at her.
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Post by GalwayGirl on Apr 27, 2011 19:40:30 GMT -5
This was a great update!!! I feel sorry for Ryan though!! Update soon please!!!!!
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Post by celticthunder1510 on Apr 27, 2011 20:12:47 GMT -5
Why feel sorry for Ryan? He is supposed to be a villian in this piece!
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Post by GalwayGirl on Apr 27, 2011 20:26:11 GMT -5
Okay, I guess I didn't realize he was a villain. It is probably because I am just a bit softhearted and not a fan of broken hearts. Even though Ryan did it to Damian in the past.
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Post by CelticPrincess24 on Apr 27, 2011 20:29:32 GMT -5
Update soon please!!! this is really good!
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Post by celticbear on Apr 27, 2011 21:08:49 GMT -5
Love the whole Casino Night! And the Lad's call Damian Damo not to tease him,but has a brotherly Nickname! So please don't let Terri ruin the Brotherly Nickname! I'm glad for once Ryan got a taste of his own Medicine! Love how Damo dies of old age Terri will make him imortal so they can be together for all time! UPDATE SOON! PLEASE!
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Post by DaughterofOphelia on Apr 27, 2011 21:16:37 GMT -5
I love it! Somebody finally used an ABBA song! That actually is a really good song. I love the story so far! Do you think you could put Lay All Your Love On Me in it? It would go well with the story.
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