"How is the date goin'?" Branna squealed when she answered.

I whimpered.

"Bronagh? Baby? What is it? What's wrong? Did Gavin hurt you? I'll fuckin' kill him-"

"Branna, shut up." I cut her off with a cry. "Gavin didn't hurt me, but I am hurt and I'm on my way to the hospital."

"The hospital? Why? What happened?"

I snorted through my pain. "Dominic happened."

Dominic sighed from next to me, and it made me grin a little even though I was hurting.

"Dominic?" she snapped then growled, "I'm goin' kill your little brother."

"Not if I kill him first," I heard Ryder bellow.

Dominic heard it as well, because he groaned out loud, and it made my grin widen.

"We're on the way. I'll be there as soon as I can Bee, okay?"

I nodded and sniffled. "'Kay."

I hung up just as Dominic pulled into the hospital, we found parking near A&E and got out so we could head inside. I felt Dominic at my back when I was giving my information to the woman behind the counter, and it was distracting me. When I was checked in, we headed inside the waiting area that was absolutely packed with people.

I glared at Dominic. "I hate you."

He nodded his head. "I hate me, too. We're gonna be here all fucking night."

I growled, "Leave then, no one is askin' you to stay."

He gave me a look. "If you think I'm leaving you here, then you don't know me very well."

"I don't know you at all," I fired back.

He rolled his eyes and tugged on my good hand leading me towards the only spare seat in the room which made me kick his shin and earned me a snort from a couple of people.

"Trouble in paradise?" a man asked Dominic, grinning.

Dominic snorted. "Nah bro, this is foreplay for us."

I gasped, and Dominic instantly ducked away from me which the man and some others found funny. I was mortified; I could feel my face and neck burn.

"I'm sorry, I was only playing," Dominic murmured to me when he saw how red my face was.

I only glared at him, then widened my eyes when he sat down on the only seat available. What a dickhead. I was the one who was hurt, I should be sitting down not him. I was about to tell him that when he reached forward, placed his hands on my hips, turned me around and then pulled me down onto his lap. I felt even more mortified than I already was when some people glanced at where I was sitting on Dominic. My arse was directly on his groin, my thighs were lined on top of his, my back was against his chest and the back of my head was on his shoulder.

It was a very intimate position, and it both thrilled and infuriated me.

"You can hit me later. Just relax now until you get seen by the doctor," Dominic said in my ear then kissed my cheek three times.

It was a surprisingly sweet gesture that did indeed shut me up. I felt my heart begin to pound as butterflies erupted across my stomach. He could make me so livid with one action then completely happy with another. I didn't know how to separate my feelings when it came to him.

I relaxed after a few moments and began looking around the hospital waiting room. There were four girls sitting across from us that were at least two years younger than us, smiling at Dominic and shooting him appreciative glances. One girl looked at my thighs and chewed on her lip before randomly looking away. I looked down and swallowed, my thighs tripled in size because I was sat on Dominic and it made me uncomfortable. I remained seated on him, but I sat up and took off my cardigan and draped it over my legs, covering them.

“Are you warm?" Dominic asked when I settled back against him.

I shook my head and held my bad hand to my chest.

"Then why did you-"

"I was coverin' me legs," I mumbled.

Dominic was quiet for a moment. "I'm probably going to regret asking this but why did you cover your legs?"

I blushed and whispered, "'Cause they triple in size when I sit down."

Silence.

I was about to speak when Dominic mumbled, "God save me from girls and their stupid way of thinking."

I gasped making him snort as he nuzzled his nose on my neck. "I happen to think you look fucking gorgeous tonight. I've never seen you wear clothes that actually fit you before. I must say, Bronagh, I like it a lot."

The tips of my ears felt on fire as I ducked my head making him laugh.

"Bronagh Murphy?" called out a female voice.

I stood up and held onto my cardigan and moved towards the nurse who called my name. I felt Dominic follow me and didn't say anything. I knew I would need someone in there with me, or I would probably pass out.

"Bronagh?" The nurse asked me when I stopped in front of her.

I nodded my head then chewed on my lip when she looked over my shoulder. "Family or partners only-"

"I'm her boyfriend," Dominic cut the woman off.

I blushed while the nurse smiled and nodded her head and gestured me into the triage room. I moved inside and sat on the examination table. The nurse looked at the hand I was cradling and made a face.

"That looks painful."

"It is," I assured her.

"How did this happen?" she asked.

Dominic lowered his head behind her while I shrugged and said, "I punched a lad who told me I was fat and said I needed to go on a diet."

Dominic snapped his head up and stared at me from behind the nurse; I kept a straight face and looked at the nurse. "I don't usually act that way but the lad really hurt me feelin's."

I directed the last part of my sentence at Dominic making him frown.

The nurse shook her head. "I hope you hit the little shite hard enough to bruise. That is a disgustin' thing to say to a person!"

Go nurse!

I nodded my head to her. "I think I hurt him."

"You did," Dominic mouthed to me and rubbed the back of his head, wincing, making me bite my lip so I wouldn't smile.

The nurse went about examining my hand, apologising every time I winced, groaned, and just plain screeched.

"I'll book you in for X-Rays before you can see a doctor. You can tell from the waitin' room that we're pretty busy tonight. Our waitin' time right now is seven hours; it will be another two or three hours after you get seen before you can go home, okay?"

Guess I wouldn't be going to school tomorrow.

"Yeah, that's fine, thank you. Me sister is on her way so she will stay with me-"

"I'm staying with you; Branna can argue with me all she wants, but I'm not going anywhere," Dominic cut me off.

I raised my eyebrows at him while the nurse beamed in his direction.

"That's very sweet of you to stay with your girlfriend."

I was about to say Dominic wasn't my boyfriend when he smiled back at the nurse, and I forgot about what I was thinking. His dimples were standing at attention, and I couldn't not look at them.

I came to grips at that moment that his dimples were a huge weakness of mine which was crazy because holes in someone's face shouldn't be so bloody attractive! I continued to look at Dominic while the nurse put my hand and arm in a sling and tied it off around my neck. He was watching what her hands were doing to me for a moment before he looked up at my face and found me looking at him.

I knew I was here because he had ruined my date with Gavin and any chance of a relationship with him, and I was mad about that but as much as I said I hated him, I couldn't force the feeling when it didn't exist. It existed at some stage but not anymore. Sure, he pissed me off something fierce, but I didn't hate him. We didn't see eye to eye on pretty much everything, but his persistence in wanting me was slowly but surely making me overlook the fact that we were probably the worst match. And having him in my life goes against everything I've ever built up about keeping people out. He was a risk and instead of shutting the idea down again, I was actually contemplating on whether to take the risk.