Was she dreaming of me?

I shook the thought from my head when I heard the banging noise from outside again, and more than one voice this time. I carefully slipped out of my bed when I was sure Neala wasn't disturbed. I grabbed a pair of boxers from the bottom drawer of my dresser and put them on. I tiptoed my way over to my bedroom door, gently opened it then stepped out into my hallway, closing it behind me.

"Darcy? Mate, you in there?"

"Of course he is in there you bloody eejit, they're trapped."

I found myself smiling when Sean and Justin's arguing voices could be heard plain as day. I walked over to my front door and banged on it twice.

"I'm here," I called out.

I heard both my brother and Sean cheer which made me laugh.

"Told you she wouldn't kill him, pay up," Justin's voice happily stated.

They betted on my life?

"It could have gone either way, you prick. Here," Sean grunted in response.

They were both pricks.

"You're both something else, you know that?" I shouted.

"Yeah, we know," they both replied in unison then laughed.

I smiled and shook my head.

I placed my hand on the handle of my door and pressed down. With a little tug the door pulled open and a fair amount of snow spilled into my hallway. I stepped in it and yelped as I jumped backward.

"Fuck, that's cold," I hissed.

I looked up to a smirking Justin and a passive Sean.

What was with them?

"What?" I said.

Justin scratched the back of his head and fully smiled at me while Sean glared.

"Seriously, what?"

Justin nodded to my chest so I looked down to see what the big deal was. When I spotted what had both of the lads acting weird I tensed up and instantly held my hands up when I looked back up to Sean.

"Sean... Mate..."

Sean shook his head. "She's twenty-five I can't say anything, but fuck man... she's me little sister."

I looked back down to my chest and at the large red scratches across my chest that Neala caused during the second round of sex last night and decided to get them both seeing my back out of the way because it hurt ten times more than my chest did. I held my breath and turned around to show the lads my back.

"Oh, for fuck sakes!" Sean growled.

I turned back around and grimaced. "If it's any consolation, they sting like fuck."

Sean grunted, "Good. I'm glad it hurts, you bastard."

I looked down and couldn't help but grin.

When I looked back up to Sean he was looking past me. "Where is she?"

I jammed my thumb over my shoulder. "Bedroom."

Both my brother and Sean shook their heads.

"I can't believe this. You both really shagged?" Justin asked.

Sean looked like he was about to cry or be sick.

Possibly both.

I groaned, "What happened to saying Merry Christmas?"

"Merry Christmas," they both said then Justin repeated, "Did you both buck?"

I slightly blushed then laughed in response along with a one-shoulder shrug.

"This is the worst Christmas ever," Sean grumbled.

I momentarily felt bad for him - he knew I had sex with his little sister. That must be a horrible thing to hear. I was impressed with his composure though, Neala was everything to Sean so I wondered how much restraint he used to stop himself from beating me senseless.

I laughed at Sean and gestured them into the house. "Awkwardness aside, thanks for digging us out. I tried doing it two days ago and the fucking makeshift tunnel I made collapsed on me."

Justin widened his eyes as he glanced to Sean then back to me. "Fuck. Were you hurt?"

I grunted, "Only me pride because Neala had to pull me out."

Both Sean and Justin looked at one another and after a moment they both burst into laughter.

Dickheads.

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up. I was close to blacking out because I couldn't breathe."

That put a sock in both of the hyenas' laughter.

"Fuck," Justin muttered.

Sean nodded this head. "Glad you're okay man, but I'm sort of happy that you almost died. It makes me feel better about you and Neala... you know."

Yeah, I knew.

"Cheers, mate," I laughed.

I looked up at the sky and smiled. "I never thought I'd be this happy to see the sky. I don't think we would have lasted much longer in there. The power cut out three days ago."

Justin looked at me, his face frozen. "Could you eat food?"

I shook my head. "My cooker is electric so we had to eat beans and shit because everything I bought needed to be cooked. I'm out a couple of hundred quid this week already, all me food in the fridge is spoiled so I have to buy everything fresh."

Justin racked his hand through his hair while Sean looked down at the shovel that was in his hand and twirled it around.

Odd.

"Was everyone affected like us?" I asked Justin who looked perplexed. "You said you were snowed in too when I rang the other day."

He gnawed on his lower lip. "Yeah, man, but it wasn't as bad as you and Neala had it. Everyone helped out everyone else in the village, but it was... difficult to get up here with the roads being so bad."

I nodded in understanding.

"Yeah, I bet it was bad... but it's clear now?"

Both Sean and Justin nodded their heads.

They momentarily reminded me of robots.

"Yeah," Sean said. "The council gritted the roads so they're easier to drive on now."

That was some good news.

I was about to tell my brother and Sean that, but I hesitated when I caught them both exchanging glances. I looked down at myself to make sure I wasn't sporting an awkward boner, but when I saw I was wood free I looked back to the lads.

"What's wrong with you both?"

Sean gnawed on his inner cheek. "Nothing, lad. I'm just wondering how you aren't cold. I'm freezing me arse off here and I'm fully clothed. You're in underpants and you aren't even shivering."

That was true, I wasn't touching any of the snow, but the freezing cold breeze didn't even seem to bother me.

"His morning mattress dancing probably still has him warm," Justin teased.

I was about to correct him, but I let his comment lie when Sean came at him with his shovel raised.

"I'm messing!" Justin screeched and fell backward into a huge pile of snow.

I burst out laughing and so did Sean.

"No joking about sex when it involves me little sister, ever."

Justin groaned as he got to his feet and brushed the snow from his clothes. "Noted."

I held up my hands and nodded my head to Sean so he knew I got the memo. I mean, if he came at Justin and threatened him with a shovel for playfully teasing about sex with Neala, I'd hate to think what he'd do to me if I pissed his off for actually having sex with her.

It wouldn't end well for me - that was for sure.

I looked behind me and when I saw my bedroom door was still closed I gestured for the lads to come into my house.

"Come in, she's still out," I said.

I walked down into my living room and opened the door.

I smiled when light filled the room instead of darkness.

"I shovelled most of the snow and cleared it away from the glass - I was hoping to scare you if you're in here," Justin said from behind me.

I entered my living room and laughed, "Cheers for that, you prick."

The lads froze when they entered the living room.