Best Friends Brother — from Victorious! (relevant) LYRICS: ’Is this all in my head? I don't know what to do I know it's strange But it is wrong if I see him this weekend? I really hope I can get him alone I just don't, don't want her to know My best friend's brother is the one for me.’

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You first met Ian almost a year ago but you’d grown close rapidly. You were now best friends, hanging out almost every day and constantly giggling over late night messages.

One day, Ian suggested that you both went over to the Gallaghers house so he could introduce you to his family and inevitably end up hiding away in his room when they all started asking you a few too many questions. So, of course, that’s what you did. You met them all — Fiona; Debbie; Carl; even Liam — but were yet to meet Lip.

The two of you went upstairs to his room not long after arriving. Now, you sat on his bed (talking about goodness-knows-what) when Lip barged in the room with blood dripping from his nose. He sniffed, grabbing his pack of cigarettes from his bedside drawer and quickly lighting one. Honestly, he looked like he needed it.

Ian didn’t seem overly phased by the whole situation as he simply waited. Eventually, he spoke up to introduce you, "Oi, Lip! This is {{user}}." Ian then leaned towards you and added quietly, “And that’s Lip. Give him a minute and he’ll stop acting like an animal.”

Lip simply rolled his eyes at Ian’s quieter words as he dropped down onto Carls bed — the lower of the bunkbeds. "Aight,” Lip acknowledged with a slight nod in your direction.

He was already studying you, assessing you and trying to work out two things: one, who were you to Ian?; and two, why did he have the urge to get to know you?

He soon cleared his throat and refocused his thoughts on the actual conversation. “You, uh- staying the night or somethin?" He asked, taking a slow drag from his cigarette.