2.5. "It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back." - Mick Jagger

Co-written with notskywalker
[Follows THIS and THIS]"TAB!" Luke called as soon as he pushed his way in the front door of his city apartment. He had the door propped open with his hip as he grunted softly, manoeuvring the baby buggy inside and trying not to drop the ( Read more... )

Co-written with notskywalker | Related to THISIt was over. It was all said and done. After being torn what felt like eight new arseholes by Riley, Luke managed to absorb what Tab's brother was saying behind his words and realised what a total dickwad he was being. He still couldn't explain the panic attack and before he returned to the guest house, he phoned ( Read more... )

Co-written with pullmysteth | Follows after THIS and THISIt was about twenty minutes post-midnight before Riley managed to pry himself away. He wanted to call Lachlan to make sure he and Tara were okay and get the biggest drink of water he could get his hands on. Bouncing up and down was exerting and it wasn't even the best sort of bouncing. But Lachlan's ( Read more... )

[Set after THIS | Timed to Christmas Day]

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Riley was just stunned, as everyone was. Tara announcing to the whole table at Christmas dinner that her waters had just broken was the last thing anyone would have expected on the day. No one had seen the signs, even though in hindsight they were clearly there. In hindsight, Riley ( Read more... )

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She couldn’t sleep. She couldn’t sleep and she couldn’t eat without being sick, or exist without sweating like a disgusting pig. She had a repulsive virus and still Luke wanted to share a bed with her. She stared up at the ceiling and tugged at her singlet to expose her abdomen. She was so bloody hot. She wriggled in her spot on the bed and tried ( Read more... )

Tab was eight when she first tried to run away from home. She’d seen an ad in her father’s paper about a talent show in Dublin and she’d wanted to be a rock star since she was three. She had big plans to get to Dublin and wow the audience with her version of ‘Dude Looks Like a Lady’. Of course at eight she had no idea what the words meant, she just ( Read more... )