Surviving Michael by Birchall Joseph

Author:Birchall, Joseph [Birchall, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781503017405
Published: 2015-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

Charlie

IT’S FUNNY THAT while Liam is using all the willpower he can muster to walk up to a girl and convince them to sleep with him, I’m using all my willpower not to. Being able to walk into any nightclub or pub or any room for that matter, and knowing you can sleep with any girl in there, whether she has a boyfriend or even a husband, well, there’s a certain power in that. Like a kind of superpower, I guess.

‘I can’t do it,’ Liam whines.

What a fucking joke. Two girls are staring over at him. I don’t feel angry with him. I’m simply embarrassed. Mortified if anyone should see us. Well not him, me. I can’t imagine it’ll take much longer before those goon-bouncers come over. If I had known Liam had such a problem with talking to girls, I could have helped him out a bit. He only had to ask. I see Nick take a step towards him. His fist is clenched. That’s not going help matters. I’ll try to convince Liam first before it’s all over. I reach out and put my hand on Nick’s arm. He spins his head around and looks at me, and for more than a second I think he’s going to hit me instead. His eyes are full of anger, and it takes a couple of moments of us staring at each other before the intensity in his eyes simmers somewhat. I take my hand off Nick, and grab a hold of Liam’s new but unironed shirt.

‘Come on,’ I shout at him, and drag him after me. He comes along willingly as I push my way through the crowd, holding his arm with one hand as if towing an over-sized lorry behind me. Danny and Nick follow. I shove open the door of the toilets. There’s a toilet attendant handing some guy a paper towel as we come in, and they both take a step back. Grabbing Liam, I slam him up against the wall, harder than I had intended. The guy drying his hands runs out, and the attendant gathers up his coins but stays. Danny and Nick stand either side of me.

I turn my head back to both of them. ‘So, who wants to go first?’ I ask.

Liam looks up, realising I hadn’t brought him in for a pep talk.

‘I do,’ Nick says.

‘Wait a minute,’ Liam says.

I ignore him. ‘Okay, Nick,’ I say, ‘Liam raise your head so that Nick doesn’t break your nose. Trust me, that’s pain you just don’t want.’

I step to the side to allow Nick to stand in front of him.

‘Take it easy, lads,’ the toilet attendant calls over.

Danny turns around to him. ‘Stay out of this and shut the fuck up.’

Nick and I look at Danny and then at each other.

Liam has raised his hands to his face and has started sobbing.

‘Alright, then,’ he mumbles from behind his hands, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll do it.’

Danny grabs him and pushes him hard against the wall again.

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