‘This is by NO MEANS an advertisement to endorse or promote any sins of drunkenness or any tempting gluttony. Viewer discretion is STERNLY advised. Now, back to the service.
Miles OKeef- “Wow, that was fantastic wine.”
Tegan Oleary- Looks straight at him. “That was fermented grape juice, not wine. It’s been in the refrigerator for years, because we have troubles finding volunteers to help clean the church.”
Miles OKeef- “Fantastic, can I have more, love?”
Tegan Oleary- Looks at him with a weird stare.
The Pastor McCleary -Positions. “Welcome everyone and God bless.
Let’s begin the service by saying that we all need a change from common core pew warmer, to active sheep in church. And what better way of doing this by going to church service with a little help from an American Pastor, that’s me, a British Vicar, a monk and the family of god ‘sheep’ worshippers.”
Miles OKeef- “Glad he didn’t say—‘sheeple’.”
The Pastor McCleary- Repositions. “With this next song, I will address the sins of greediness with this new band. Hit it, boys!”
The British Vicar slowly begins to bang away on his drum with intro beats, the monk starts jamming away on his guitar, the American pastor starts to dance like a modern day groovy hippy, as he continues to sing out LOUDLY.
The people held up their hands in a slow waving motion in worship. …
The choir in- lined danced, sang LOUD…..
Everyone eating, drinking and being merry dancing in overdrive to the tune of the music…….
Some running back and forth on top the pews…..
Some highly –dignified-poshed-staring-pew warmers…..
Some hyper holy rollers flailing to and fro….
And some, just gone completely nuts, throwing pieces of food at each other.
Miles and Tegan- Danced to the beat, then slowly stopped as the rhythm slowly ended. Participated in throwing crisps at others.
Pastor McClearly- Cleared his throat. “Ok, everyone, service is over.
Ok, settle down boys, thanks, that was quite an eye opener to what could go wrong. See you next week.”
Tegan turned to Miles- “Miles, I need to walk over to the church’s Sunday school class to get my neighbor’s two boys, they’re brothers.
It will only be a few minutes-ok?” She lead the way.
Miles OKeef- Keeping pace with her. “What a spiritual experience that was. God, bless, them. Mind you, we need more churches like this.”
Tegan and Miles- Enter into the hallway, then walk into the classroom.
They find the boys’ gloomy expression washed over their faces with full white hands and faces, as they write their last sentences of ‘I WILL
NOT MAKE CHALK DUST CLOUDS AROUND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEACHER ANYMORE!’ 100 times.
Tegan Oleary- Wide eyes at them. “Joe and Joel, Hi boys, I’m here to pick you up.”
Miles OKeef- “Joe and Joel, easy names to remember.”
Tegan Oleary- In loving sterness. “Boys, did you learn your lesson?
Are you ready to leave now? Before we go home, I have volunteered to check on the clothing for the less fortunate.”
They all walk out of the classroom.
Miles OKeef- “Such brilliant boys heh, Teg?” Takes a glance at the table of used clothes and sees a fedora hat and a trench coat. Pulled the coat up and over his arms, he fit nicely into it. “Bloody hell, it fits me brilliantly. Check out the apparel for different disguises. Hey, boys, what do you think?”
Joe and Joel- Shrug their shoulders without a care.
Tegan Oleary- Sternly looked at him. “Miles, you can’t say the word
‘hell’ at church.”
Miles OKeef- “Why not? The Pastor does in his sermons.”
Tegan Oleary- “Good point.”
Miles OKeef- Sharply adjusts it to his own head, looking like a smart looking, genuine spy.
Disclaimer-We regret to inform that the last part was highly undignified and was
completely unnecessary and on behalf of the cast and crew of, Completely Similar, doooo apologize for a pre-empted intermission…..we will now return.
Later that night….
Miles OKeef- Curiously sees Dan check on Tegan in her room before bedtime.
The doorbell rang as a man and woman came in through the front door.
Mom/Sue- [small framed, short, sandy blonde hair]and Dad/Samual Oleary [tall, mid-stout, dark brown hair] “Danny and Tegan, we’re here!”
Tegan Oleary- Hugs them. “Mom and Dad! What brings you here?”
Mom/Sue O’leary -“Oh, were just here to visit and to say hi.”
Dad/Samuel O’leary-“Actually, we’re here to see an authentic Welshman that our Dan told us about.”
Tegan Oleary- Looks at Dan. “Ohhh.”
Dan O’leary-“Well, I didn’t actually say it in those words, but let me introduce you to him. Mom and Dad, this Detective Miles O’Keef.”
Miles OKeef-“It’s lovely to meet you.” He took the mother’s hand, kissing it.
Mom O’leary-“Oh my…. that accent, such a gentleman, Tegan, grab this one and run.”
Tegan O’leary-“Moooom!” She embarrassingly said.
Mom/Sue O’leary-“Tegan, who’s your new guy for the month?”
Tegan O’leary-“You mean, Paul.”
Mom/Sue O’leary-“Oh, that guy.” She said with a plain face and voice.
Dad/Samuel O’leary-“She’s still with that prick?” He quietly murmured around Miles.
Miles O’Keef-He looked at their dad and smirked with agreement.
Tegan O’leary-“What Dad?”
Dad/Samuel O’leary-“I said, she’s still with that prince.” He rolled his eyes, giving an annoying, but patient look at Miles, eagerly to shake Miles’ hand. “Mr. O’keef, it’s a real pleasure to meet a genuine Welshman, one of my dreams come true. I keep telling my wife, Sue, I’m going to someday meet an authentic Welshman, and by-golly here he is. After all, it is part of our heritage.”
Miles O’Keef-“Well, the pleasure is mine.”
Dad/Samuel O’leary-“So, Miles, our Danny-boy hired you to partner with our Tegan?”
Miles O’keef-“Yes Sir, he did.”
Dad/Samuel O’leary-“Well don’t forget the fringe benefits.”
Dan/Samuel O’leary-“Umm, Mom, Dad. We are going to be late for work. Stay if you want?”
Mom/Sue O’leary-“Oh, we can’t stay, we also have an appointment.
We’ll see you later.”
They all hug each other as the parents leave out the door.
Spies like Us, The Mission Dan O’leary, Miles O’keef-They sat on a park bench across from a restaurant, where Tegan and Paul sat for a lunch date.
Dan O’leary-He sees her with his binoculars, as she gets up from the table, then walks inside the restaurant. Then sees Paul start to flirt with yet, another woman. “Yep, here we go again, take a look Miles.”
Miles O’Keef-He takes the binoculars, holds it up to his eyes. “I see mate, what a frickin prick. Ohh, she’s coming back. Oops, bloody hell, she saw his flirting--oohoo, she gave him an earful!” He witnessed her arms flailing at Paul in anger.
Dan O’leary-“Let me have the binoculars back, let me see!” He stretched out his hand to miles.
Miles O’Keef-“She’s gone now. Here take it. I’ll be right back.” Miles hands over the binoculars to him, stands up and starts walking across the street to the restaurant going toward Paul.
Dan O’leary-He stands up “What are you doing? Where are you going?
Miles! Get back here!--Damn!”
Miles O’Keef-Approaching the restaurant, he walked over to get near Paul. He takes a small pad of paper, placed it down on another table, took the restaurant’s pen and wrote the words: ‘You bloody sod, wanker.’ Putting the pen down, he casually walked towards him while he ate, threw the note onto his plate, then casually walked off.
Paul -[with blonde hair, expensive looking suit,]Picked up the note and read it. He looked up to see Mile’s cheeky grin.
Miles O’Keef-Casually walked back across the road to Dan.
Dan O’leary-“Oh Miles, dude, your bold! We came, we saw, been accomplished. It’s over. Let’s go home.”
Miles O’Keef- Viewing out his bedroom window, he sees a tall posh looking man getting out of his car, then walking up to the door. He stands by his bedroom door opened to listen.
Tegan O’leary- Opens the front door, then hesitated. “Paul, what do you want?”
Paul - “I want to apologize to you and invite you to my birthday party tomorrow night.”
Tegan O’leary- In hesitation. “I’m not sure if I will able to.” She begins to shut the door.
Paul- “Oh Tegan. I have missed you. Please rethink it. I apologize. I’ll be the perfect gentleman.” Raised his brows to her.
Tegan Oleary- Inhale, then exhales. “Ok, very well then. I will.”
Miles O’Keef- He sees Paul leave. “Oh, your sly aren’t you? But I’m even slyer.” He goes directly to her like a hawk surrounding his prey.
“Tegan, it’s time for your lesson in detection. Right. Let’s do this.”
Tegan O’leary- stood staring at in him in non-negotiable stance. “I don’t need your training, my Brother has already done that.”
Miles O’Keef- “But your Brother hired me to train you. And it’s obvious, you’re not finished.” He insisted.
Tegan O’Leary- Stood. “ EWCH BUGGER I FFWRDD!”
Miles O’Keef-stood staring in astoundment at her. “Excuse me, what did you just say?”
Tegan O’Leary- held her stance. “EWCH BUGGER I FFWRDD!”
Dan O’Leary- walks into the livingroom. “ Whoa, Welsh words coming out. She said to ‘Go Bugger Off.’
Miles O’Keef- stood his ground. “Rydych chi'n hardd pan rydych chi'n ddig.”
Dan O’Leary-look at Miles. “And he said. ‘You are beautiful when you are angry.’
Tegan O’Leary- Loss for words, she leaves the room in haste.
Miles O’Keef- ”Dan, do you know what that prick did again? He just invited Tegan, this time to his birthday party. And once again, she accepted it. Dan, you hired me to watch over her……for god’s sake, you are her brother. Why do you allow this imbecile to continue to hurt her, when you know he’s a frickin prick?”
Dan O’leary- “I can’t force her to stop seeing him, just can only keep an eye on him, so I hired you, a private eye to do it for me, an outsider that is not part of my usual team to sabotage. I don’t want Tegan to know that you’re spying on her.”
Miles O’Keef- “So, remind each other….you hired me to spy on your sister, but tell her I’m her partner?”
Dan O’leary- “Well, yes. It works for me.”
Miles O’Keef- ”Oh, bloke….. that’s brilliant.”
Dan Oleary- “So, go partner with her.”
Tegan Oleary-“Ok Miles, why am I standing here in this big open field?”
Miles OKeef- “You are here for your training. It’s what is known as, Field Investigation. You know, field work. We have training to do in the field of detection.”
Tegan Oleary –Straight face. “Right, I have already told you, I don’t need your partnership. I’m going back home now. Have a lovely day in your wilderness, goodbye.” She began to walk off toward home.
Miles O’Keef- Not amused expression. “Tegan! Come back here! I was hired to train you! And train you, I will damn well do! So get back here!”
Tegan Oleary-She continues her hasty tread.
Miles OKeef- Grits his teeth. “Going back to your Paul, the philanderer, are we!?”
Tegan Oleary- Suddenly halts, turns to him. “What?”
Miles OKeef- “Y, dyngarwr!”
Tegan Oleary- Steadfully walks back to him, stops in front.
Miles OKeef- Looks her straight into her eyes.
Tegan Oleary-Quickly takes his arm, while twisting it to his back.
“Now, you scream out, ‘Police brutality!”
Miles OKeef- “You’re a private investigator! Not the bloody police!
Detain, detain!”
Tegan O’leary- “OK Miles, answer my question. Why do you call yourself, ‘The Welsh Dragon’?”
Miles O’Keef- “Teg, there are things you don’t know about me and why your brother chose me for this assignment. Before I came here, from my last job, I broke protocol one to many times and got sacked.”
Tegan O’leary- “You were fired?”
Miles O’Keef- “Yes, yes.”
Tegan O’leary- “What happened, what did you do?”
Miles O’Keef- “Long story short. A man got away with stealing money from a kid’s Kool-Aid stand. I did what I had to do. I punched the idiot in the face.”
Tegan O’leary- “Ouch!” She scrunched her face.
Miles O’Keef- “Yep.” He nod his head assured his memory. “That’s why I became a detective. To keep fighting the good fight.”
Tegan O’leary- “Well that doesn’t answer my question.”
Miles O’Keef- “Then the kids hollers out to me, Hey, Welsh Dragon-thanks!”
Tegan O’Leary- Gives an disapointed look. Let go of him, went to sit next to a shady tree. “I will never be a detective.”
Miles OKeef- Sat next to her. “Nah, it’s me. I’m not good at training.
Just doing.”
Tegan Oleary- Shifted her sitting position looking at him closer. “You know, Paul really isn’t that bad. He just hasn’t settled with me yet.
And what about you? Your family in England?”
Miles O’Keef- He shifted his position looking at her. “My family? I have a brother. He still lives with our parents. But I’m not as close to him as I am with your brother. And you also Teg.”
Tegan O’leary- “You mean, like a sister to you.”
Miles O’Keef- “No Teg. I mean, Closer than a sister.” He reach out to touch her hand.
Tegan O’leary- After a moment of Gazing into his eyes, she cleared her throat. “Right, I think it’s time to go back home.”
Miles O’Keef-“I think you’re right there. Come on.”
Tegan Oleary- Gave him a smile.
Miles O’Keef, Tegan O’leary- They began their journey back home, walked back through the long stretched field.
Miles O’Keef- He walks in front of her in a teasing way, while turning to talk to her.
Tegan O’leary- She pushes hard on him with her hands, while he continued to talk to her.
Miles O’Keef- As he resists her pushes, he smiles, takes her hands, bringing her close to himself, as they proceed to continue their walk, almost frolicking among the field. He grabs her around her waist in back of her, while twirling her around himself in fun pleasure.
Tegan O’leary/ Miles O’Keef – Proceed toward home.
Miles O’Keef- He walks into the kitchen seeing Dan checking out his cell phone. “Hey, how’s it going?”
Dan O’leary- “Great. How did it go with my suggestion with our Tegan?”
Miles O’Keef- “Oh, the usual. I took her out into the field, gave her a verbal lashing, she twist my arm for answers, then gave her my answers before coming close to snogging her …..ooops. Then we call truce, went for a stroll through the field coming home.”
Dan O’leary- He looks at him. “Oh, that’s good….What did you just say, about being with my sister?”
Miles O’Keef- “What, about me giving her a verbal lashing?”
Dan O’leary- “No, not that part….What do you mean by, ‘coming close to snogging her…. oops’?”
Miles O’Keef- He clinches his lips “UMM, as in, ooops, as in, I..…fancy your sister.”
Dan O’leary- “You what? Oh no, this can’t be happening………my sister, …..Tegan and you?”
Miles O’Keef- “Yes, well, I know. Spending time investigating her, and when we verbally threw those welsh words at each other, well we instantly connected, I couldn’t help it… MY LORD, of course Tegan and I. What’s wrong with that?”
Dan O’leary- Miles, I said to go partner with her, not to partake my father’s suggestion to fringe benefit her.
Tegan o’leary- She walks into the room to give back the shirt she borrowed. “What about ‘Tegan and I?”
Dan O’leary- “Oh, nothing. Umm, Miles?”
Miles O’Keef- Teg, Wanna go out tonight for fun?
Tegan O’leary- “Sure, ok-where?
Miles O’Keef- “At the British Pub. Let’s give it a go.”
Dan and Tegan O’leary, Miles O’Keef- They sat with their drinks and observed the crowd around them. The Celtic music from a band on the stage filled the atmosphere.
Miles O’Keef- “What a lovely place. A lovely place, with a lovely woman by my side, lovely mate, entertainment. What more could a chap ask for?”
Dan O’leary- He looked at a girl standing against a wall watching the band playing.
Tegan O’leary- “Dan, isn’t that your ex-girlfriend, Lisa Wilkins from years ago, the shy one?”
Dan O’leary- He looked straight at the lady. “Yes, it is. I’ll be right back.” He walks over to her to say hello, then brings her back to their table.
Tegan O’leary- “Lisa, come sit down, it’s been awhile.”
Lisa Wilkins- The sandy blonde haired woman smiles to Tegan. “yah, it has.”
Miles O’Keef- “So, Lisa, you and Dan? What was it like with him back in the days?”
Dan O’leary- “Lisa, come dance with me?”
Tegan O’leary- Looks at Miles. “Not good timing.”
Miles O’Keef- “I bet he’s got some stories to tell.” He looked upon her with affection.
Tegan O’leary- “Yah, there is.” She looked at him kindly. “How’s your arm feeling?” She inquired.
Miles OKeef- “It’s fine….. yep….. its fine.”
Tegan Oleary-Hesitant. “Miles, thank you for today. You somehow know me better than I know myself sometimes.”
Miles O’Keef- He comes closer to her. Let’s find out how much more I can learn from you. Come on Teg, let see how much Irish dancing you and your brother knows.”
Tegan Oleary-She stood to go onto the dance floor.
Miles OKeef- He stands up leaning against the table while watching them.
Dan and Tegan O’leary- They danced a little jig with each other, but forgot the rest of the steps since they were younger. Showed Lisa some dance moves. After a couple of rounds, Dan and Tegan slowed danced with Irish steps again as their dancing turned into another kind of dance.
Miles O’Keef- Watching them, his kept an eye on Tegan.
Dan O’leary- Gave Miles a heads- up- gestured signaled for him to prepare.
Miles O’Keef- Miles gave his heads-up-gestured signal to Dan.
Dan O’leary- As he twirled his sister one last time under his arm, he then stretched out his arm length, lining her hand toward Miles, handing her over to him. Taking Lisa into dance with himself.
Miles O’Keef- He reached out to grab her hand, then pulled her over to him sharply aligning her to himself. As the music continued into a
different phase and rhythm, he led the way by moving his leg to the side of her.
Miles O’Keef, Tegan O’leary- As she followed his lead, they came closer together, side by side, facing opposite directions, they revolved around each other in circling momentum, then reverse their positions dance stepping the opposite direction. Then, twirling her under his arm three times to the tune of the music, he dips her body next to his, then pulls her back up. They slowed down for a moment in time, then a little closer as they gave each other a serious look. The music faded away signaling the end of the party.
Dan and Tegan O’leary, Miles O’Keef, Lisa Wilkins- A few minutes later, Miles and Tegan taking glances at each other, Dan to Lisa.
Driving Lisa home first, they proceeded home.
The next day…..
Miles O’Keef, Tegan O’leary- While doing their chores, they met each other in the hallway.
Miles O’Keef- “Teg, that was a fun party last night.” He approached her quietly.
Tegan O’leary- “Yes, it was.” She said quietly.
Miles O’Keef- “We danced good together last night.”
Tegan O’leary- “Yes, …we did…..yep.”
Miles O’Keef- He took her hand, leaned up against the wall and pulled her closer to him. “Very good together, in fact it’s amazing how much we have in common, the ties we both share in our heritage.”
Tegan O’leary- “You’re playing detective with me, aren’t you?”
Miles O’Keef- “UMM, just a wee bit.” He softly said to her.
Tegan O’leary-Hesitant. “Miles. I think I should tell you. Even before last night’s dance. I’ve had a close fondness to you. The growing bonding between us is clearly there. Then I’ve had Paul in the back of my mind. But with Paul, I have strived to give him a posh woman, but instead I’m managed kept as his last resort girl.”
Miles O’Keef- He looks upon her with loving, compassionate eyes. “Oh Teg, You know all the clues between us by now. The bond is mutual.
Look at the facts. Your so-called fiancée flirts with another woman,
more than once, but you keep going back to him, why Teg? What are you so afraid of?”
Tegan O’leary- “I’m not afraid of anything. Look, your time is almost up for training me as your partner, you’ll be leaving soon. Paul is not a perfect man, no man is. I’m inviting you to come with me to Paul’s birthday tonight. I want you to see for yourself that he is not as bad as you think.”
Miles O’Keef- With a confused look on his face. “Hang on. Are we on the same page, we just bypassed each other.
Tegan O’leary- “Miles, will you come or not?” She stood waiting for his answer.
Miles O’Keef- After a moment of thinking. “Sure, I’ll come.”
Tegan O’leary- “Good” see you later, gotta go to the church, be back later.” She drops his hand.
Miles O’Keef- He smiles with a sly smirk on his face.
Later that evening….
Miles O’Keef, Tegan O’leary- They walk in as everyone dressed in posh attire, gathering around the table covered in white cloth, garnished with a posh gourmet .
Tegan O’leary- “Let’s hope he doesn’t mistake the Kool-Aid from the ale-beer, he’s allergic to the hops in the ale-beer. The Kool-Aid is reserved only for him.
Miles O’Keef- With a mischievous thought in his head, He takes a plastic cup, pours ale-beer into his cup, sits down next to Tegan, as Paul sits next to Tegan. While everyone is socializing, Miles looks at Tegan. “Tegan, well would you look at that beautiful photo over there?” He points his finger to the photo on the wall.
Tegan O’leary- She looks at it.
Miles O’Keef- He quickly leans over to pour a little ale into Paul’s cup full of Kool Aid. Seeing that Paul took his large swigs of his ale- beer laced Kool -Aid, he gave him a smirk. “The Guinness is lovely, how’s yours mate?”
Paul- “Good! He takes another swig. Very good. Tell me, Miles, how do you find America?”
Miles O’Keef- “Well, I’m sitting here at this table, right here in America.”
Paul- “And what do you think about American women?”
Miles O’Keef- “What about them?” He said with a weird expression.
Paul- “Well, let’s take my fiancée, Tegan here for example. Tegan, what do you think about British guys?”
Miles O’Keef- “You mean, British Blokes”
Paul- “No, I mean guys. You’re here in America now, speak our language. Isn’t that right Tegan?”
Tegan O’leary- “It’s the same difference to me. After all I am of Welsh heritage.”
Paul- “No, Tegan. I will make one thing clear. When you have my last name, you are an American and there will not be any kind of heritage in my home or even any friendships as they say in England, of Barmy Brits like the one sitting amongst us.”
Miles O’Keef- “Excuse me, what did you just say?” Unamused.
Tegan O’leary- She closes her eyes for a moment in dread.
Paul- He stands up from his chair. “Everyone, it’s my birthday.”
Guests- Everyone claps their hand except Miles and Tegan.
Paul-“And on this special day, I want to show everyone a good time with something special.”He picks up a white cloth napkin. “See this napkin? Pretend it is a white British glove and I challenge Miles O’Keef, the barmy Brit bloke, to a sword fight duel.” He throws the napkin at Miles’ face. “May the best man win of the affection of my fiancée.” He walks over to take a sword from an old standing armor mascot that stood in a corner of the room and brings it back to the table.
Tegan O’leary- She picks up Paul’s cup and smells it. It reeked of alcohol. She then looked at Miles.
Miles O’Keef- He looked straight at her adamantly. He stands up to accept the challenge.
Tegan O’leary- “Miles. Sit down.” She said, quietly staring at the tablecloth.
Miles O’Keef- He takes her hand and kissed it. “It’s ok love, he’s not pissed drunk, he’s pissed angry. I’ll be right back.” Also takes his sword from the other side of the armor, brings it back with him.
“Everyone, I want to prove to you, what this miserable, insignificant, little American git, this fake, charlatan, and I won’t call him sir, because he doesn’t deserve that privileged title like a real man would. Let me tell you what this twit is all about. He has a smart and beautiful woman that happens to have same heritage that I have.
And if I had my way with her, I would take her tonight.”
Tegan O’leary- Looked astounded by what he said about her, swallowing hard, sipping her drink, glanced around her.
Miles O’Keef- “Now, I declare, on my British heritage, that your schemes, little man are over, here and now!”
Paul- With insane jealousy, he struck his sword at Miles.
Miles O’Keef- He parried at his sword, swinging his sword back at him.
Paul and Miles O’Keef- Hitting each other’s swords together, a couple of rounds.
Paul- Suddenly, Paul held his stomach with his hand and puked in front of everyone, running to the bathroom, puking as he goes.
Miles O’Keef- He walks back to his seat, sits down, picks up his drink for another swig. “Blimey, poor ‘ol chap, imagine a bloke hurling his food across the room like that. Good ‘ol chap, wouldn’t you say Teg?”
Tegan O’leary- She looked straight at him. “Miles, that was very kind words you said about me, thank you.”
Miles O’Keef- He looked at her adamant. “And I meant every word of it.”
Tegan O’leary- Mesmerized by his eyes for a moment. “Yes,….but Miles, you didn’t give him a chance.”
Miles O’Keef- He stood up from his chair with a frustrated face.
“What? Oh, for frickin sake Tegan, he’s a fricking prick and you know it!”
Tegan O’leary- She stood up from her chair. “Miles, you spiked his drink!”
Miles O’Keef- He took a step closer to her. “My job as detective is to detect, that is, to search for the truth, no matter how ugly that truth is! I will not let your brother down. I will not end this assignment he gave me unfinished! What is it with some of you American women.
You think you get what you want, but then you recede back to these kinds of ‘American guys’!!! It must be low self esteem, or fear. Which is it?”
Tegan O’leary- She took one step closer to him. “Oh, unlike you kind of British Blokes, that blurt out loud in front of everyone, that they have some kind of impending wishful thinking of refitting the bedsheets with an American girl, putting it in a rendezvous time zone!”
Miles O’Keef- Taking another step closer to her. “Your damn right, because I did meant every… word… of it! I’d have you down on this floor, right here, right now!” He intently pointed to the floor.”
Tegan O’Leary- Taking one last step closer to him.
“That….would…be…a.. bit… rough!”
Miles O’Keef- He takes his last step to her. “My …body, …will
….cushion …the….blow!”
Tegan O’leary- Speechless. She looks around sees everyone staring at her and miles.
Miles O’Keef- He does the same.
Tegan O’leary- Quietly.“Miles, I’m going home now.” She turns to walk out of the room.
Miles O’Keef- “Teg…..teg?!!” He follows her out the room.
Miles O’Keef, Tegan O’leary- When they both walked around the corner, they abruptly stop to see Paul flirting with yet another woman.
Miles O’Keef- “Blimey, he recovered fast. Fastest cowboy in the American west!” He points his finger at him like a gun. “Boom!”
Tegan O’leary- For the last stunned time. “Your search for truth is over.” She walks up to Paul, takes his ice cold drink from his hand and splashes it down the front of his shirt..
Paul- “AAAAHHH!!!! He jumps up startled and looks at her.
Tegan O’Leary- Drops the cup onto his feet, walks out of the building.
Miles O’Keef- With a huge grin on his face. “ouhhahaha!” He turns around to walk out to his car.
Tegan O’leary, Miles O’Keef- Standing just outside their home in freezing cold weather, with heavy coats and thick warm blankets wrapped around themselves, their mission, to spy on a possible thief.
Miles O’Keef- “It’s bloody, bloody cold! If your brother wasn’t like a brother to me, I’d smack him.”
Tegan O’leary- “Oh, has he really become like a brother to you? ”
Miles O’Keef- “He’s become closer than a brother, he’s my best mate.”
Tegan O’leary- She shivered, trying to keep warm. “Well, that’s nice to hear from you. Good to know. He’s my blood brother and when this assignment is done, I’m going smack him where it hurts. My fingers are numb.”
Miles O’Keef- “Teg, come here.”
Tegan O’leary- “No, that’s ok, I’ll be fine.”
Miles O’Keef- “Tegan, come on, come here.”
Tegan O’leary- She walks over to him, shivering and shaking. “What?”
Miles O’Keef- As a gentleman, he opened up his blanket from his warm body. “Come over here to me, I’ll keep you warm, come on.”
Tegan O’leary-She accepted his invite by walking over to him, placing herself under his blanket facing out ward.
Miles O’Keef- He wrapped his blanket around her and himself, while putting his arms around her. “My god, you ARE cold. Your fingers ARE
freezing, bloody brother.” He warmed them up with his hands.
Tegan O’leary- “Thank you Miles, You’re so warm.” Her shivers calmed down to a halt.
Miles O’Keef- “Better?”
Tegan O’leary- “Yes.” She snuggled up to him closer Miles O’Keef- He nuzzled his face up against her soft hair. “I’m sorry about what happened.”
Tegan O’leary- “I’m ok. I should have known better.”
Miles O’Keef –“My life has changed since I came here. I thank you and your brother for it.”
Tegan O’leary –“Well, you’ve certainly have changed our lives. After when you came, Mom and Dad just can’t get enough of you. They call me every day trying to nudge me toward you, the Englishman with the welsh heritage. The truth is…….neither can I.”
Miles O’keef- “Me neither.
Tegan O’leary- She turns around to look at him. “Me neither?”
Miles O’Keef- “Me neither.” His smirk into smile.
Tegan O’Leary- Her questionable expression slowly turned into a wide smile.
Miles O’Keef-Smiles. He deeply looks into her eyes, his smile diminishing.
Tegan O’Leary- Smile also leaves as she tilts her head down, her vision disconnecting from his.
Miles O’Keef- He raised his hand to caress her soft face.
Tegan Oleary- She softly closed her eyes in anticipation of his motive, then looks back at him reopening her vision to him.
Miles OKeef- Tenderly kisses her once.
Tegan O’leary- Followed his kiss with hers.
Miles O’Keef- He kisses her more. His cell phone rings. He hesitates to answer it as it keeps ringing.
Tegan O’leary- “Miles, you should answer your phone.” She reminded him in between kisses.
Miles O’Keef- “Let the damn thing ring.” He said, in between kisses, as his phone kept ringing.
Tegan O’Leary- “Miles, I really think, you should answer it.” She said again, in between heavier kisses.
Miles O’Keef- “It’s just one of those damn mobile solicitors, they’ll give up.” He continues kissing her.
Tegan O’Leary- “You mean, telemarketer.” She continues kissing him.
Miles O’Keef- “No.” He replied, his deeper kisses getting hotter with heavy breathing. Phone keeps ringing.
Tegan O’Leary- She takes her hands, gently places them onto his both sides of his face and pulls back from him. “Miles, answer the phone!”
Miles O’Keef- He takes a deep breath with a regrettable sigh. Taking out his phone, he answers it. “Detective O’Keef—WHAT!!!!!!!! Oh, it’s you!!!!!”
Tegan O’leary- She sighs, then relaxes her head on his chest.
Miles O’Keef- “What do you mean, how am I doing? What the bloody hell do you think I’m doing, standing out in this frickin freezing cold weather! Oh, really? You don’t think it’s a big deal standing out here in this bloody, freezing cold night air? What, what am I doing?? Ok, mate, I’ll tell you what I’m doing. I’ve got my blanket wrapped around your fricking-cold sister while kissing her, I mean, snogging her!”
[They both hear a huge burst of laughter coming from her brother’s voice from Miles’ phone.]
“No, really mate, I’m kissing your sister and it’s not the first time.”
[Dan’s laugh got louder. “Ok, Ok, I just wanted to let you two know that we’ve got the person and you two can ‘wrap it up’ and go home now-see you both later tonight-bye.” Brother hangs up.]
Miles O’Keef- He hangs up, and placed his chin gently on her head.
“Tegan, we’re relieved of duty love. All this just for his stolen tools from his tool shed. Let’s get out of this bloody cold air.”
[The sprinklers suddenly turned on, sprinkling all over them.]
Tegan O’leary, Miles O’Keef- “Oh, bloody hell!” They pull apart, running back inside their home.
Miles O’Keef, Tegan O’leary- Placing their soaked blankets onto the kitchen chairs to let them air dry, they stood quiet with each other.
Miles O’Keef- “Well, I guess that’s it.”
Tegan O’leary- “Yes, Well, I should get out of these drenched clothes.” She looked at him, then back at the soaked blankets while grasping the chairs with her hands.
Miles O’Keef- “Yah, me too.” He looked at her, while tapping his fingers onto the table.
Tegan O’leary- “Ummm…..Miles?”
Miles O’Keef- “Yah.” Immediately giving her his full attention.
Tegan O’leary- “Umm…..about what happened out there between us, you know, us kissing each other.”
Miles O’Keef- “You mean, us snogging.”
Tegan O’leary- “Ok, snogging.”
Miles O’Keef- He looks at her with committed eyes. “Teg, I don’t regret snogging or kissing you and I never will. And every word I have said to you, I meant it.” He observed her. “My god…..even with wet hair, you have beautiful eyes.”
Tegan O’leary- She gives him a closed lip, warm smile, takes a step closer to him, places her hand onto his face.“ Goodnight Miles. I look forward to seeing you in the morning.”
Miles O’Keef- He takes her hand, holds it to his chest. “Ok Teg. As your detective, I’m giving you a verbal subpoena. I’m ordering you to tell me what you’re afraid of.”
Tegan Oleary- “Ok, before you twist my arm. I want to be with you.
But I can’t.”
Miles O’Keef- “And why is that?”
Tegan Oleary- Because, my big brother would clobber you.”
Miles O’Keef- “Yes, we both know that. Nothing new there. But that’s not the answer I’m looking for.”
Tegan Oleary- “And…..you will be leaving back home to England and I could not deal with that thought.”
Miles o’Keef- “Now, there is my answer. Oh Teg, I’m not leaving.” He said in sincerity.
Tegan Oleary- “And, why… is… that?”
Miles O’Keef- “Because, of my love with you.” He gives her a reassured look.
Tegan Oleary- “Are ….you …sure?” She pulled away walking toward the door.
Miles O’Keef- “Tegan!” He called for her in an ordering voice.
Tegan Oleary- She turned to him immediately, her hands resting on the door post.
Miles O’Keef- He sighs. ”What can I do……. How can I convince you?”
Tegan Oleary- She gently taps the doorpost with her fist. “Good night Miles.” She leaves the kitchen, going into her bedroom.
Miles O’Keef- He sighs in and out, turns to bang his head three times on the kitchen cabinet, then turns around with another sigh. He goes into his room. Changing into his nightshirt, he stood by his window gazing out at the moonlight. He leans his arm up against the windowsill while combing through his hair with his fingers, while briefly glancing at his open door. He steadfastly walks out of his room and up to her closed door about to knock on it, but then hesitates, bangs his head on the wall three times again, walks back to his room, closing his door, getting into bed.
Tegan O’leary- She looks at the wall after she hears a banging sound.
She leaves her room, walks up to his closed bedroom door, fiddles with her fingers, hesitates, goes back to her room pacing back and forth. “Oh, for heaven’s sake Tegan, it was only a kiss…..anddd a good one at that….from a self-proclaimed English Welshman……well, a man that I have known for a while now….. that, I have grown close to.” She briefly looks for a moment at her open door. “That my heart has bonded to.”
Miles O’Keef- Laying awake in his bed, “Oh, crap this.”He says, as he gets out of bed, opens his door, walks directly to her door and sees her standing there in her nightshirt.
Tegan O’leary- “Miles?”
Miles O’Keef- Steps inside her room.“Umm, I Just wanted to do what your brother does nightly. Check on you. Are you still warm?”
Tegan O’leary- “Yes, I’m ok, thanks.”
Miles O’Keef- He slowly walks over to her, takes her hand. “Good, you’re still warm, that’s good. Well, goodnight then, cheerio.”
Miles O’Keef, Tegan o’leary- With their hands still attached, he starts to walk off, their arms stretched outward between them, then he stops and hesitates. He looked back at her again, as she wouldn’t detach from him. “Tegan…..Please don’t ask me to stay, it would be wrong and your brother would get me for it.”
Tegan O’leary- “Miles….Aros.”
Miles O’Keef- “As you were!” Urgently walks back to her, clasps his hands around her face and passionately kisses her. “My god, here we are snogging and kissing again.”As he talks to her in between kisses.
“This is really getting mental of us Teg.” Continued talking to her in between kisses. “It’s either now or never.” He kisses her deeper.
Tegan O’leary- “I agree.” She passionately kisses him back in return.
Miles O’Keef- “What’s the verdict, Teg?” His kisses getting hotter by the moment.
Tegan o’leary- “Right Here and now.” She consented without hesitation.
Miles O’Keef- “Right, I’m all for that.”He gently pushes her body with his, unto her bed, grasping for her kisses again.
The moonlight shined through the window.
11 o’clock that evening….
Dan O’leary- He unlocks the front door and walks in. He does his usual routine of getting cleaned up for bed, then quietly walks into Tegan’s room to routine check on her before bed. When he sees her, he smiles, then turns to leave. Then, he suddenly and abruptly halts in his tracks at her door. His eyes widen huge as he turns back around for second look, to see them in bed together sleeping.
In a very quiet, non-verbal frenzy, he places his hands on top of his head, pacing back in forth in her room, whispering to himself.
“Ahh, Wha, Ahh, Noooooo,! I did not see what I just saw. My god, she’s my baby sister. Well, no, she’s not a baby anymore she is an adult… Wait until I get my hands on him! How could he do this to me, a special assigned detective, that I hired.”
He halts-stands in place.
“Oh… My …GOD, he de-virginized her! I saw all the signs, I did, I saw it coming……Ok, Danny-boy, get a grip.”
He leans up against the wall, rubbing his tired face with his hands. As he sees them snugging together, with Miles holding her in his arms, Tegan’s head gently lay against his chest. His thoughts calmed down in common sense as he told himself,
“Just look at them. My god, he’s become like a brother to me. He’s always protected her, treated her like a lady-Had a few choice welsh words. We’ve all worked hard…. who am I to judge? He really is a great bloke….in love with my sister. I guess I don’t need to protect her
anymore. Well, if any man is to de-virginize my sister, let it be Miles.”
He pulls away from the wall and begins to leave toward the door, then turns for a last look.
“Sleep well Tegan, see you in the morning, love.” He respectfully closes her door and goes to bed.
Dan O’leary- He sat at the kitchen table facing Tegan’s room, drinking his tea and waiting for one of the two to come out of his sister’s bedroom.
Miles O’Keef- When he opened the door first, he looks right at Dan.
“Oh.. bloody …hell.”
Dan O’leary- “It’s ok Miles, come sit down, I have a cup of herbal tea for you, because you’re going to need it.”
Miles O’Keef- He slowly sits down, takes a swig of his tea.
Dan O’leary- “Miles, I hired you to investigate my sister, not to instigate her.”
Miles O’Keef- “I know, I know mate, but I’m not going to apologize for being in love with your sister.”
He said in a low tone, drinking his tea.
Dan O’leary- “Good, I wouldn’t either. Because this isn’t about Tegan, this about me and my failing to not ask Lisa Wilkins to marry me years ago. I was married to my job. My god Miles, She waited for me all these years. But not anymore, I asked her to marry me last night, in the middle of the night. I think she said yes, or did she say, call me tomorrow, I’m exhausted, but she did mumble yes.”
Miles O’Keef- “Oh, wow mate, you’re getting married.”
Dan O’leary- “Yah, I guess I am. Miles, I want you to continue to work for me. I need you, Teg needs you. Hell, stay for the rest of your life if you want.”
Miles O’Keef- He finishes up his tea. “Thanks mate, glad to hear that.
Thanks for the tea. I need to get cleaned up for work.” He stands up
and goes back into her room, sits down beside her, takes his fingers to caress her face.
Tegan O’leary- She wakes up and looks at him. “What?”
Miles O’Keef- “Morn’in, pretty lady. I’ve got to go to work, I’ll be back in a few hours, ok?” He leans over to kiss her tenderly on her lips, then stands up. As he starts to walk out, he turns back around. “Oh, by the way, your brother just had a robust discussion in the kitchen with me, he saw me coming out of your bedroom, now he wants to talk to you. Bye love, see you later.” He smirked on the way out.
Tegan O’leary-Her eyes widen as she gets out of bed, gets dressed, nearly stumbling over while pulling on her pants, opens her door to see her brother looking at her. “Hey, how’s it going big brother.”
Dan O’leary- “Just fine. I’m going to marry Lisa Wilkins in six months, and need your help.”
Tegan O’leary- Huge relief washed over her face. “Oh, that’s great, what do I need to do?”
Dan O’leary- “I need for you to call her to verify it first.”
Tegan O’leary- “Oh, ok.”
Three months later….
Miles O’Keef- While standing in the kitchen drinking his breakfast tea. His cell phone rings. He answered it. “Hello?.... “Hello, yes, detective O’Keef here. Scotland Yard? They want me to do what?
….You’ve got to be kidding me, mate, now? Yes, I know it’s been six months since I was last there.” He takes a lingering look at Tegan while biting his lip. “Yes, I’m still here…….I see….. yes, ok….. I’ll be there in two days, bye.” As he hangs up his cell phone, he gives a not
so pleasant look of dread. Drags his hand through his hair. How is he going to tell Tegan?
Dan O’leary- He comes into the room. “Top of the morn to yah”.
Miles O’Keef- He gave an apprehensive look at him. “That was Scotland Yard on my mobile. Well, mate, my time is up. Like you said, it could take a few months, which took six months. My assignment here is over, your sister has been done with Paul months ago, like you wanted. Scotland Yard wants me back.”
Dan O’leary- “You mean, Cell phone…….”
Miles O’Keef- Sure. They want me to come back home for a special assignment. This assignment is highly classified, very important. I leave in two days, bloody hell.” He clinched his lips. “How Am I going to tell Teg?”
Dan O’leary- “Oh Miles, so sorry to hear that. We will keep in touch daily.”
Miles O’Keef- “Yep. We’ll keep in touch daily all day, is that understood?”
Dan O’leary- “Of course. We will keep track each other using my tracking device every few hours. We’d better get this out of the way with Teg.”
Tegan O’Leary- Walks into the room. Opening the fridge, stuffing cake in her mouth like she’s starving.
Dan O’Leary-“Hey, Teg? Miles needs to talk to you.
Tegan O’leary- “What is it?” She inquired. Kept stuffing more into her mouth.
Miles O’Keef- He looks at her in dread. “Tegan, come here.” He gently says to her, as he holds out his hand to her, pulling her over to himself.
Tegan O’Leary- “Miles…?” Kept chewing vigorously.
Miles O’Keef- “Teg, I need to tell you something. I received a phone call from England. Scotland Yard wants me to come back. I have a highly important assignment to do in England. Top secret stuff. It may take time, even months to complete. Your brother and I will devise a plan to keep in touch with each other. I leave tomorrow morning at the airport. Tegan, I have to do this, do you understand?”
Tegan O’leary- She swallows hard. A moment to think. “coooouugh!”
Nearly gasping for air. She quickly grabs water, drinks it fast.
Miles O’Keef- You ok love?”
Tegan O’Keef- “You said, what???”
Miles O’Keef- Lovingly takes her hand. ”I have to go back home….to England….tomorrow …..and, I don’t know when I’m coming back.” He dreadfully looked at her.
Tegan O’Leary- She drops his hand and turns to leave the room.
Miles O’Keef- “Ohh, Teg, Teggg, I have to do this, please understand.”
Miles O’Keef- He drops his head in dread, breathes in, then exhales, combs his fingers through his hair. with a grim look on his face.
Later that night……….
Miles O’Keef- He sits down onto bed as usual.
Tegan O’leary- “Miles, your bed, in the spare bed room-now.”
Miles O’Keef- “What? What do you mean?” He turned to her.
Tegan O’leary- She sits up in bed to look at him. “I said, in the spare bed room- go.”
Miles OKeef -“Why? When this our bed.”
Tegan O’leary- She gets out of her bed and hastily treads into his bedroom.
Miles O’Keef- “What are you doing?” He follows her.
Tegan O’leary- “This.” She steps up onto his bed, stands in the middle, starts jumping on it like a trampoline in temperament, then stomps onto it, stops to look to at him. “See, it’s just as comfy- sleep in it!” She stops and gives him a glaring look of hurt and anger.
Miles O’Keef- “Teg, it’s been a long day, we’re tired. Get off this bed, let’s go back to our bed.”
Tegan O’leary- “No!” She stares down at him.
Miles O’Keef- “Excuse me, what did you just say?” He stares at her upwards.
Tegan O’leary- “I said, NO!” She adamantly said.
Miles O’Keef- “Right!” He hops onto the bed along with her. “I know what this about, me leaving tomorrow. I’m sorry Teg, I can’t help it, I have to do this!”
Tegan O’Leary- “Oh, that’s just fine with me, then you can just sleep in your own bed without me and get used to it, just like me!!!” She stomps onto his bed again in hurtful demeanor.
Miles O’Keef- “But I told you, I don’t want to!” He stomps on his own bed in protest.
Tegan O’Leary- “Well, THEN…. FINE! I’ll just ….stand right here all night!” Standing in protest, staring at him.
Miles O’Keef- “Oh, crikey, don’t be daft woman.”
Tegan O’Leary- “O, blimey yourself, and I’m not being silly.” She held her stance.
Miles O’Keef- “Ok, Teg. Have it your way.” He jumps off the bed, then walks over and stands at the foot-end of the bed.
Tegan O’leary- “What are you doing?” She turns to face him at the end of the bed.
Miles O’Keef- “Like I said, I’m tired and I’m going to bed, with you.” He grabs the bed covers at the foot-end of the bed and jerks it hard towards himself.
Tegan O’leary- “OOHAHHH!” She looses her balance from the shifting-jerked-blanket and falls backwards as she lands on her back in bed.
Miles O’Keef- He crawls up onto the bed and hovers over her body.
“Now, I told you, I’m very devoted to you. Teg, I’m leaving in the morning. It’s important to remember what I say to you…. As…
you…were.” He kisses her lightly, then passionately as he flips the covers over both of them.
The Even Bigger Surprise The next day…
Tegan O’leary- Goes in to Dan’s room.
Dan O’leary- “How’s it going Teg?”
Tegan O’leary- Nervously standing, pacing the floor. “Fine, umm, Big Brother, I need to tell you about something very important. I don’t how to say it, but here it goes. Dan, I know, that you know, about me and Miles.”
Dan O’leary- “Yes, I do.” I remember the look on Miles’s face that morning, poor guy.
Tegan O’Leary- “Yes, well, Umm, Dan…….ok, here it goes……..Dan……I’m expecting.”
Dan O’leary- “You’re expecting……expecting what, visitors?” He shrugged his shoulders.
Tegan O’leary- “Well, you could say that mom and dad will be visiting us a lot more often now. But that’s not what I meant.” She digressed.
Dan O’leary- “What, you’re expecting a package?” Asking with a strange facial expression.
Tegan O’leary- “No, I’m….Expeeeecting…..You know, like a stork dropping a package on our doorstep?” She emphasized with gesturing her round tummy bump.
Dan O’leary- “Exx-pect…..oh no,….. no. Dear GOD, not that kind of expecting. Tegan, pleassse don’t tell me that you’re pregnant!”
Tegan O’leary- “SSShhussh, keep your voice down, yes, I’m pregnant.”
Dan O’leary- He places his fingers into his ears.
“Oh, No, No NOOO, I did not hear you say that, I Did not here that.”
Tegan O’leary- She pulls his fingers out of his ears. “Will you keep it down, I don’t want Miles to hear you.”
Dan O’leary- “Why not, he is the father.”
Tegan O’leary- “Yes, but I don’t want to tell him now, because I don’t think he’s up for changing dirty diapers.”
Dan O’leary- Looking at her with disfavor. “Tegan, they don’t stay as a baby forever, they do grow up, and if Miles was here, he would say,
‘dirty nappies.”
Tegan O’leary- “Just not right now. Just until I can make important decisions.” She glances around the room as if looking for solutions.
Dan O’leary- “Tegan, how far are you?” He sternly asked.
Tegan O’leary- “Nearly 3 months.” She peers off to side.
Dan O’leary- “Three months?!”
Tegan O’Leary- “Will you shush!”
Dan O’Leary- “Did you get an ultra sound?” He sternly asked.
Tegan O’leary- ”Yes.”
Dan O’leary- “Girl or boy?”
Tegan O’leary- “Boy.”
Dan O’leary- “Oh, my god, Miles is going to flip.”
Tegan O’leary- “Yes, I know.”
Dan O’leary- “You are going to tell him before he leaves?”
TeganO’leary- “No. I will tell him later.”
Dan O’leary- “When Tegan, when your son graduates from college! I will not deceive the man, this will destroy him.”
Tegan O’leary- “Dan, I love Miles. We have a special bond that can’t be broken. I will tell him when that time comes, Please support me.”
She adamantly requested.
Dan O’leary- Taking a moment to lean up against the wall thinking, he takes his hand to wipe his face. “Ok, Teg, I don’t agree with your method…… but I will support you. Did you tell mom and dad?”
Tegan O’leary- “Yes, I did.”
Dan O’leary- “Oh, lord, how did that go?” His face cringed.
Tegan O’leary- “Mom screamed at me over the phone.”
Dan O’leary- “She scream in anger-yah?”
Tegan O’leary- No, she screamed in excitement.”
Dan O’leary- “And dad? I bet he hollered at you?”
Tegan O’leary- “Yah, He hollered out at me loudly. Saying he can’t wait to show off his welsh grandson to everyone. While he knocked over mom’s lamp and broke it, from jumping for joy.”
Dan O’leary- “We are truly blessed. Ok, Teg, We’re in this together.
Wow, I’m going to be an uncle.”He takes his hand touches her tummy bump. “Ok, Teg, I guess this a good time to tell you something. The real reason why I hired Miles. It wasn’t as much as giving you a partner, I had him to be your detective, to spy on you, to get you away from Paul.”
Tegan O’leary- “Oh, really? Not my partner, but to spy on me? How quaint. I guess I already knew that when he slipped up and told me about it months ago. Just remember Dan, not now.”
Dan O’leary- “Gotta go to work now, see you later. We need to take him to the airport in the morning, be ready.”
Tegan O’leary- “Yah, bye.” She looks around the corner to see Miles preparing to leave, then goes to bed.
All three standing in the waiting area.
Tegan O’leary: She looks over to her side at the world map of America and England. Seeing the distance between both countries, she swallowed hard, inconspicuously placed her hand upon her abdomen, then slipped off looking away.
Miles O’Keef- He looks at Dan. “Well, this is it. You’ve been my best mate.”
Dan O’leary- ‘You’ve been mine too. I’ll keep in touch with you.” He shakes his hand.
Miles O’Keef, Dan O’leary- They gave their brotherly hugs to each other.
Miles O’Keef- He took Tegan’s hand, kisses it. “Tegan, I shall never forget you. Please keep in touch with me through your brother.” He let go of her hand, touches her face with his hand, then gives her a warm kiss, then a passionate hug as he closes his eyes for a moment.
Tegan O’leary- “Miles? I need to tell you something important.”
Miles O’Keef- With his eyes still closed. “What is it, love?”
Tegan O’Leary- ”Tad, Fam, Babi.” She whispers into his ear, then she secretly slips a piece of paper into his trench coat pocket.
Miles O’Keef- He opens his eyes, gives a puzzled look, but then ignores it, as he pulls away from her, giving one last look at them, then turns to walk up to the departure gate.
Tegan O’leary- She took her brother’s hand, holding it. Takes her other hand and places it onto her slight baby bump, then, she let go of his hand and began walking swiftly steadfastly toward Miles.
Miles O’Keef- Before boarding the airplane, he turns back around for a last look at Tegan and saw her quickly approaching him.
Tegan O’Leary- She went to him in a passionate embracement.
Miles O’Keef- Putting his luggage down, he kissed her back the same way.
Tegan O’Leary- “I need to tell you more. I’m……………very much in love with you.”
Miles O’Keef-He pulls back to look at her. “Teg, don’t ever forget me.
I’ll be back some day.” He gave her one more long lasting lingered kiss, then let go of her, walks off, stops, turns around for that last look before entering onto the plane.
Tegan O’Leary- She walks back to Dan, stands next to him.
Miles O’Keef- Looks back at Dan, gives him a british two-finger salute.
Dan O’leary- He smiles and chuckles about it, gives it back to him.
“Tegan, I don’t want my nephew to grow up without a father. For the love of god Tegan, please go tell him.”
Tegan o’leary- “I did tell him. I told him in welsh. Your nephew will have his uncle as a father, if he doesn’t get the clues right.” She raises her hand, giving Miles an American two –finger peace sign.
Miles, confirmed, gone.
Dan O’leary- Relief blushed on his face. “Oh, well done then. Let’s go home.”
Dan and Tegan O’leary- They walked back out the airport and out to the car and drove back home.
Miles O’Keef- After he put his luggage into the luggage compartment, he sat down buckling up his seat. His mind was in heavy thought of his living experience in American of six months, but especially with Dan And Tegan, as he peered out the window.
Then he put his hand under his chin thinking about the peculiar behavior when hugging Tegan, of what she said in his ear. The welsh words of ‘Tad, Fam, ‘BaBI’. He took out his cell phone and googled the translation of the words.
“What is the welsh to English translation of, ‘TAD’?... Oh, FATHER, and Fam?... Oh, mother. And BABI…. Oh, BABY. “Father?, Mother?, Baby?”
He gave a puzzled look of expression on his face. “Wha, Dan and Tegan’s parents are going to have another baby? At their age?” He slips his hand inside of his coat pocket. Another puzzled look on his face as he pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. On the paper, he sees an ultra sound of a baby with the name of Tegan O’leary. “Why would Teg give me her ultra sound baby picture of herself?” Then he looks at the paper closer and sees the date that read…..one week ago.
“Oh. One week ago.” After a moment of putting the clues together, his eyes widened in freaked out-fright, slamming down his arm onto the arm rest.
“Oh, SHIT!!!!
He said out loud. He swiftly unbuckled his seat and pulled his luggage back out, just as the airline pilot announced for take off in five minutes. Taking his luggage with him, he ran down the plane’s isle and off the plane, demanded for them to let him out as he nearly crashed out. “Clear off, get out of the way, I’m going to be a father!” As he
made his way running down the departure gate and outside, he waved for a taxi. As a taxi sped over to him, he gets in, closes the door.”
Dan and Tegan O’leary- Already settled at home, continued with their daily routine. The doorbell rang.
Tegan O’leary- She opened the door to see to her surprise, Miles leaning up against the door with his arm.“Blimey, that was quick!”
Miles O’Keef- “I think you’ll be needing this.” He gives her back the papered ultra sound. “TAD in welsh, ‘Father’, FAM in welsh, mother,
‘BABI’, for baby. I’m surprised you didn’t say, DIOLCH, CHI, Thank –
you. Now, you put, TAD,FAM, BABI together in English. FATHER, MOTHER, BABY. Now, you put man and woman together, and as in nature will happen, when two people love and want each other, it sometimes produces a welsh baby.”
Tegan O’leary- She takes the small paper. “Come in Miles, I think we need to talk.” She said in dread.
Miles O’Keef- “Hello darling, and how are you doing?” Walking inside nonchalantly as a gentleman, he touches her face tenderly, then his unborn child. “And how is OUR baby doing?” He sarcastic asked.
Tegan O’leary- “I’m fine, our son is fine. I’m three months” She said with more dread.
Miles O’Keef- “It’s a boy, grrreat, I’m going to have a son, that’s wonderful, and you’re three months. You’re fine, my unborn son is fine, that’s brilliant. But, there’s just one part of this picture that’s missing- THAT’S ME!!” His voice rose high. “TEGAN, WHY IN THE
BLOODY HELL, DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?” In outrage.
Dan O’leary- “Miles, I think we need to sit and talk this out quietly and calmly.” Trying to be the peacemaker.
Miles O’Keef- Outraged.“YOU STAY OUT OF THIS BLOKE! I’LL DEAL
WITH YOU LATER.!!!”
Dan O’leary- He walks away.
Tegan O’leary- “I did tell you! In welsh!”
Miles O’Keef- “Oh, she did tell me, did you hear that bloke, she did tell me, In welsh, Really, on my way back to ENGLAND, as I was about to fly back home?” In hurting outrage.
Dan O’leary- “Miles.” Trying to intervene.
Miles O’Keef “CLEAR OFF BLOKE!!! You American’s are all alike aren’t you?”
Tegan O’leary- She touched her belly. “Miles! Your son heard that!”
Miles O’Keef- “Yes, he heard his daddy getting very cross with mummy!” He bends over to lower his head to her belly with his disfavored expression. “It’s ok son, Daddy is home now!!”
Tegan Oleary- “You mean, very angry. And its mommy.” She flinches again, holding her belly still. “Oh, he fluttered again.”
Miles O’Keef- He places his hand on her round belly.“Yah, he jumped for joy, giving his daddy a high five!” He puts his ear onto her belly.
“What did you say son? That’s right. The bugger with Americans!!”
Tegan Oleary- “Enough with the cultural bashing! Miles, I love you dearly, I never intended or wanted to hurt you. I had to make a hard decision and I did, so you bugger off, go back home to your life in England!” She walks off into her bedroom in tears.
Dan O’leary- “Hormones. Give her time, bro. Want tea?”
Miles O’keef- Calming down. “Sure mate, might as well.” He sits down at the table.
Dan O’leary- Joins him. “Miles, you do realize why she didn’t tell you?” He poured hot water from the faucet and added tea to his cup, handing it to him. “She’s scared that you’ll leave her anyway. After all England called you back home.”
Miles O’keef- He placed his hands around his cup. “I or we can make special arrangements. If she just would have told me, I would have changed my plans and stayed here, for a time, until we or I found another place to live.”
Dan O’leary- “Miles, you know you’ll always be welcomed here. But you’re not thinking about the long term effect of all this. Where will the child be raised? Here, with our parents, as grandparents, or your family in England? Miles, I know you love her, but in time, you’ll become homesick and will want to go back home to your family. And what will she be doing with your son then?”
Tegan O’leary- “That’s exactly what it’s all about Miles.” She came back into the room calm and sat next to Miles.
Dan O’leary- “I’ll be back later.” He walks out of the room.
Miles O’keef -He looks at her with compassion. “Tegan, we need to make an important decision, our son is growing by the minute in your womb. What are we going to do?” He takes her hand tenderly. “If you’re fearing that I will leave you just because of having a child coming, Tegan, I will never leave you or our son, do you understand that? I want to be with you and our son for the rest of our lives.”
Tegan O’leary- “But we can’t live in two different places at the same time-across the pond? Miles you have an assignment to do in London, England.”
Miles O’keef- He takes his other hand and pulls back his hair in acceptance. “Yes, but I’m not going to accept this one. I can make different arrangements and do other assignments here instead.”
Tegan O’leary- “Are you sure?”
Miles O’keef- He kisses her hand. “Yes, damn sure.” Then takes his hand to caress her soft face, kissing her tenderly.
Dan O’leary- Walks back into the kitchen. “Yes, I heard it all. Good to know you’re staying. I get my best mate back home.”
Dan O’leary- He walks Miles’ side of the room to wake him up. “Miles, wake up. Tegan’s in labor.”
Miles O’Keef “Wha? She’s Wha?” Half asleep.
Dan O’leary- “She’s going through labor.” Trying to get his attention.
Miles O’Keef- “Oh, that girl. I told her she is not to work until after the baby is born.” He lay his head back down.
Dan O’leary- “No Miles. She’s in labor, she’s having contractions.”
Carefully explaining to him.
Miles O’Keef- “Well, that’s smart of her for writing out a contract for her labor-good for her, that’s my girl!” Tries to go back to sleep.
Dan O’Leary- “Nooo Miles, dude, her water broke, the midwife is here.”
Miles O’keef- “Ah, that damn faucet, always leaking, glad she has a mid-wife to help stop with the leakage.” Snoozes.
Dan O’leary- “Ok Miles, I hate to do this, but.” He pulls Miles’ warm bed covers off of him.
Miles O’Keef- “WHAT YOU DOING THAT FOR, MAN!” He hears Tegan scream. “Is that Teg screaming?”
Dan O’leary- “By golly, yes it is.” He declared.
Miles O’Keef- “WELL, WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME MAN!” He looked at him annoyed.
Dan O’leary- “I DID!” he looked back at him with a strange face.
Tegan O’leary- “MILES!!! YOU WELSH GIT!!! YOUUU DID THIS TO
ME!!!” She screamed from her bed side.
Miles O’Keef- “Can’t you hear her, she calling for me! Coming, love!”
He gets out of bed and walks to her side of the bed for support.
Dan O’leary- He raises and lowers both his hands in the air, then follows him.
Tegan O’leary- “GET OUT!!!”
Miles O’Keef- As he gets near her, he gets hit with a flying book. “Why did she do that for?”
Dan O’leary- “She’s in a lot of pain! She must be getting close to giving birth. Let’s sit this one out and have tea.”
Miles O’Keef- Picks up the book, takes a good look at it.
“What is this book anyway?”
Dan O’leary- Joins Miles out of curiousity.
Miles O’Keef- “The Joy of childbirth.”
Dan Oleary- “Oh, screw this!” He throws it across the room. That tells it all, obviously the author never had children.”
Suddenly, the sound of a baby boy’s cry filled the air. They turned to look at each other and smiled
Dan O’leary- “My nephew is born!” Smiling pridefully.
Miles O’Keef- “My son is here.” Full of pride.
The Midwife- Looked around the bedroom corner to see them.
“Please, come in now.”
Dan and Miles- They gave each other a friendly smack on each other’s shoulder as they entered the room, they sat next to Tegan and the baby.
Tegan O’leary- Looking all doped up. “Oh, hi Miles, why didn’t you come see me? Come see our son, Daniel Miles O’leary.”
The Midwife- “She’s heavily sedated. She’ll be fine.”
Miles O’Keef- “Oh really. Dan, now is the time.” He leaned over to caress her face. “How are you doing, love. It’s over now.”
Dan Oleary- “Here sis, I have the papers ready to sign for little Daniel.”
He prepared the paper for her.
Tegan O’leary- She signs it, then falls asleep with the baby snuggled up to her chest.
The Midwife- “I’ll be here for at least two or three days, or more depending on how she feels. Oh, and, will that be health insurance, cash or credit card?”
Three months later…..
Miles and Tegan O’Keef- Stood In the yard of her mom and dad’s home, finishing up their vows standing waiting to celebrate their wedding. They walk over to them as Tegan’s mom and dad handed over baby Daniel, into Miles’ arms, as Tegan stood next to him, the baby, wearing a welsh t-shirt that read: ‘Welsh Baby.’
Miles O’Keef- “Come to me, me son, Daniel Miles O’Keef.” He said with pride.
Tegan O’Keef- “O’Keef? How did you manage to legally do that?” She look at him in inquirement.
Miles O’Keef- “Danny-Boy, tell your sister how we did it.” He smirked.
Dan O’leary- “Teg, Do you remember when you signed little Daniel’s birth certificate? Well, I wrote in his last name of OKeef, on the legal documents that’s how.” He smirks. “The same day Lisa and I got married. It worked brilliantly.” He smiled as Lisa embraced him, as he embraced her.
Tegan O’Keef- “Oh Miles, you never cease to amaze me.”
Miles O’Keef- “And I shall never stop amazing you. Everyone, As…
you.. were!”