leprechauns

Imagine if we were all magical leprechauns, and every wish ever made on a four-leaf clover obliged us to help others obtain their wishes. Now imagine if people simply lived like this were true.

Everyone helping out was supposed to make me feel better, but it actually made me feel more like a screw up.

I__ an ass,_ the voice on the phone said. __ complete and total ass.

You can__ have it both ways. Either I__ Irish and can talk, or I__ a man and I can__.

You are never to drive like that,_ I told them. __ven if you are ever wealthy enough to own a Jaguar.

No, really,_ she said. __e get it. Sometimes the guy just makes you crazy, even if you do love him.

Now, where had I heard drinking and brawling before? Oh right, Ashley__ father. Well, I wasn__ doing that again.

Ours was not one of those nice, quaintly old-fashioned mobile homes that senior citizens putter around in. We lived in the beat-up tin can of clichéd poverty.

Mr. Jennings is the one who trapped the fairies here to begin with. If they__e back and wandering around, if they__e loose, then, well, it__ not good.

I heard __aked_ and __ull of hot air._ I try not to let that be my first impression of anyone.

That__ the problem! She doesn__ say anything. She just stares at me like she__ hypnotized, like she thinks I__ a god, but then she runs off squeaking if I try to talk to her.___ don__ squeak,_ I protested. __aybe she__ not looking at you like you__e a god. Maybe she thinks you__e more of a freak,_ Fergus mused.____ not a freak._ Murphy jerked his head as if dodging a fly or tossing his hair. __t__ definitely a __ou__e a god_ look. She practically drools.

Murphy didn__ appear to notice my chagrin, but instead pulled up the hem of his long-sleeved tee to wipe at his face. Since he flashed his sculpted abdominals right at me, I grew hot and flushed. I mean, you could see every dip and curve, including the ones on either hip that made a V to lead the eye to the fly of his jeans.

Ah, that__ just sean nós singing and dancing. Something to do around the pub of an evening.

Jinx, I know you just lost your grandfather, but you straighten out your tone right now or I will smack you one!

Don__ know what I__ talking about? Don__ know what I__ talking about!_ My shout hit notes that normally only Wagnerian sopranos can reach. __ou think you__e a freaking leprechaun, but I don__ know what I__ talking about?

Take some advice from an old farmer. You__e in business now. Take the money. You__ be amazed at how many don__ want to pay.

A country road, a gravel road, is a sign of civilization, sure, but it__ just a farm, an easy conquest. Iron means a stronghold, people who can defend what__ theirs.

It was a sign of how worried and confused I was that I wasn__ completely distracted by the sight of his powerful thighs flexed in front of me.