Chapter 85

The sun shines through the single window in the room and I frown slightly, opening my eyes. I sit up on my elbows before falling back down on the mattress.

As if we actually slept in the attic on Christmas...

I look around the room, admiring what we’ve set up, when I see a ginormous spider crawl across the wall. Oh my-

Just when I’m about to scream, a hand slams against my mouth, scaring the fuck out of me.

“Shh” Conor whispers, slowly taking his hand off my mouth. “Don’t scream” he mumbles, dropping his hand and closing his eyes again.

“Conor, there’s a spider” I freak out. If that thing comes anywhere near me I swear to god...

“I know, babe” he chuckles.

“Why aren’t you screaming?”

“It’s at the other side of the room and I have a fucking hangover. I couldn’t care less about it” he moans.

“How long have you been awake?” I frown.

“About fifteen minutes. I saw that spider and I couldn’t sleep, I’ve just been watching it” he laughs quietly. I lie back down and snuggle up to him. He wraps his arm around me so I wrap my arm around his chest and rest my head on him. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah, are you?” I whisper, trying not to wake Jack or Eleanor up.

“I’ve been better” he shrugs.

“Shouldn’t have drank so much” I tut and I can practically feel him rolling his eyes. “Do you want me to get you some water?”

“Na, I’ll be fine” he kisses my forehead and I look up at him. “What?” he smirks.

“Nothing” I shake my head. He’s in a cute mood and I love it.

“Tell me” he laughs.

“You’re being cute” I giggle.

“I’m not cute, Luce”

“You are” I look up and him again and he puts his finger under my chin, bringing me up and kissing my lips. I smile into the kiss and he does the same until we hear a moan.

“Remind me never to sleep in the same room as you two” Jack groans, tuning the opposite way to us on his mattress.

“You shouldn’t have been looking” I frown and Conor starts laughing.

“I got woken up by your conversation about being cute. I had to check it out” he mumbles and I start laughing.

“I heard it too” Eleanor rolls over on her mattress to face us.

“Who asked you to talk?” I frown and she chuckles lightly.

“I’m too tired to argue” she sighs, shutting her eyes.

“There’s a spider over there” I nod to the corner of the room where the spider was crawling about.

“Shit, where!?” Eleanor jumps up from her mattress and lies down with Jack.

“In the corner” I point to the other side of the room and she gasps.

“It’s huge” she almost cries and Jack sighs, getting up from his mattress.

“Come on Lucy, you know the drill” he says, walking over to the corner of the room. I jump up from my mattress and tip toe over to the window, pushing it open. The cold air makes the room immediately cold and goose bumps cover my body as my hair practically attacks me.

“Jack, hurry up” I snap, rubbing my arms. He grabs the spider in his hands and throws it out of the window, so I slam it shut after him.

“As if you just did that” Eleanor sits there in shock.

“It’s not going to kill me” Jack rolls his eyes, sitting back on his mattress.

“You don’t know!” she shakes her head and goes under the covers.

“El, you have your own bed. Get out” Jack moans and I smile in amusement.

“I’m too cold” she moans, practically lying on top of him.

“Aw” I squeal and Conor smirks down at me. I’ve never thought about it but they’d actually make a pretty cute couple. She wraps her arm around Jack’s waist and he puts his arm around her shoulders.

“I feel awkward” Conor whispers to me and I nod in agreement.

He puts his hands on my waist and pulls me on top of him so I’m straddling him. He lifts his head up and starts to kiss me more roughly than before, but I love it. I put my hands on his face and get deeper into the kiss, as he rolls me over so he’s on top.

“Seriously!?” Eleanor snaps but I just ignore her, pushing my fingers through Conor’s morning hair. We eventually pull away and I smile down at him, pecking his lips one last time. I turn around and see Eleanor and Jack climbing out of the attic.

“Where are you going?” I frown.

“As far away from you two as possible” Eleanor cringes and I roll my head back in laughter.

“Otherwise known as the kitchen” Conor says, just loud enough for me to hear. I nod in agreement and watch them shut the door. “Well we may as well finish where we left off” he shrugs, rolling on top of me again.

-

We eventually go downstairs and decide to socialise with people. We walk into the kitchen and see Eleanor sat on the kitchen counter and Jack leaning on it next to her.

“We’re not interrupting anything here are we?” Conor smirks, sitting on one of the bar stools. I sit opposite him and smile.

Eleanor rolls her eyes, “We’re just talking”

“Looks like it” Conor nods and I start laughing.

“Eleanor, you owe me a hot chocolate” I point out and she moans. She puts down her drink and starts making me one.

“Yeah, and me” Conor nods.

“Is there something wrong with your legs?” she frowns.

“Eleanor!”

“What?” she sighs.

“Don’t be rude” I frown and she rolls her eyes. “I’ll make you one, Conor”

“Thanks baby” he winks at me, just to wind Eleanor up. I wink back and Jack groans.

“What time is it?” I frown as I’m making Conor’s drink.

“Five past ten” Jack says, checking his new watch that Conor got him.

“Ooo let’s see!” I smile, grabbing his wrist and admiring the black watch. “Very nice” I nod, looking back and forth between him and Conor. They both roll their eyes so I just sigh and get back to making the drink.

“Lucy, are we going shopping today? Christmas sales are on” Eleanor says, handing me my drink.

“Yeah, if you want” I smile. “Are you two coming?”

“Are we fuck” Conor and Jack say at the same time.

“We have video games to play” Jack frowns and I start laughing.

“Well Anna can come with us if she wants” Eleanor shrugs and I nod.

“I don’t see why she’d want to but I could ask” Conor frowns.

“Do you want a drink?” I point the spoon at him and he puts his hands up in defeat.

We bring all the drinks upstairs and just chill in the attic for ages until we get bored and decide to get ready for the rest of the day. I change into my new white jeans and my grey sweater, and do my make-up and hair.

We’ve planned to go to Conor and Jack’s house to ask if Anna wants to come, then we’ll go to town and leave the boys there.

“Mum, we’re going now, we’ll be back soon” I tell Mum in the kitchen.

“Yeah, ok. See you later!” she waves, I slip on my black ankle boots and head out of the front door.

We get to Conor’s house and I immediately go to the living room.

“Hey, Anna!” I smile, sitting next to her on the sofa.

“Hey!” she smiles at me and Eleanor.

“Do you fancy coming to town?” I ask her and she gasps.

“Yeah!” she nods excitedly.

“Go and ask your Mum then” I laugh and she quickly runs upstairs.

-

It’s now the day after Boxing Day which means it’s only five days till Sweden! I literally cannot wait.

Seeing as I didn’t spend yesterday with Conor, I’m meeting up with him later and we’re going to see Alex. Apparently he has a cousin that I’ll get along with... I don’t know but Jack’s with Eleanor today so Conor and I will be alone. I seriously think there’s something going on between them two.

I finish getting ready to go out, not making too much effort with my look because I genuinely can’t be bothered, and start walking to Conor’s house with Eleanor.

We get there and Conor and I instantly go out while Eleanor stays at Jack’s.

“Where are we meeting Alex?” I ask him.

“He’s at the shop now” he smiles and I nod, heading towards the famous shop. We get to the shop and I see Alex and a seriously pretty girl there. “Hey!” I smile as I walk over to them, giving Alex a hug.

“Lucy, this is Beth, my cousin. Beth, this is Lucy, Conor’s girlfriend” he introduces us to each other and I smile and give her a hug.

“I’m just Conor’s girlfriend?” I raise an eyebrow and smirk.

“She’s my friend too” he rolls his eyes. “I guess”

“Hey!” I slap his arm playfully and Beth starts laughing.

“And this is Conor” he introduces Conor to her and he leans in to give her a quick hug. A ping of jealously hits me because she’s so pretty but I brush it off because I know that Conor wouldn’t do anything. She has shoulder length dirty blonde, wavy hair and big blue eyes.

We start to walk down a few streets just talking and catching up with each other. We say what we got for Christmas and everything and just discuss random things. I say ‘we’ but no one’s talking to me... Conor and Beth are getting along so well and it’s really irritating me because I feel like Beth’s purposely talking to Conor so much just to irritate me. There’s something I don’t like about her.

“Conor, I seriously need the toilet” I tell him as we turn another corner to a new street.

“Shall we stop at yours quickly then?” he chuckles and I nod. The four of us take the two minute walk back to mine and when we get there, I quickly walk in to go to the toilet while everyone else waits outside. Once I’m finished, I walk outside to see Conor laughing with Beth while kicking snow at her. I look at Alex and just see him laughing his head off at it.

“What’s going on?” I frown, standing next to Alex. He continues to laugh, not even taking a single glance at me. I sigh and watch the two of them throw snow at each other. Seriously, they look like they’ve never seen snow before in their lives. I sigh and just as I’m about to sit on the brick wall outside my house, a massive ball of snow gets thrown in my face and everyone goes silent.

My face is numb and my jaw aches. I feel like crying right here and right now.

“Shit, sorry” Beth giggles. I look at Conor for backup but he’s just staring at me with a massive smirk on his face.

“Forget it” I mumble, walking inside my house. I shake my shoes off my feet, rip my coat off and storm upstairs, slamming my bedroom door behind me.

“Woah, what’s up with you?” Eleanor asks, making me jump.

“Why are you here? I thought you were with Jack” I frown.

“I got bored” she shrugs. “Now what’s up with you? And why is half your face red?”

 I moan and look in the mirror at my bright red face. I hate her so much. I know she did it purposely and I’m so mad at Conor for not even defending me or realising I was actually with him this whole time. He’s just been completely ignoring me and talking to fucking Beth the whole time.

“Lucy, are you alright?” Eleanor asks again and I can feel my eyes filling up. “Aw, come here” she gasps, opening her arms and I immediately wrap my arms around her.

“It’s Conor” I sob on her shoulder.

“What about Conor?” she pulls me away and looks at me.

“We met Alex and his cousin and Conor’s just been completely ignoring me and has been talking to her instead” I wipe away my tears and slump myself onto my bed.

“That doesn’t explain why your face is red”

I sigh, “I came here to go to the toilet and when I came out, them two were throwing snowballs at each other and stuff and then she threw one at my face. Conor didn’t even stick up for me or anything, he nearly laughed”

“The swine!” she gasps. I mentally burst out laughing at the ‘insult’ she just used, but I’m not in the mood to laugh physically. She stands up and looks out of my bedroom window. “Well I wouldn’t go looking out of there if I were you” she pulls a face, closing my curtains. I let out a massive moan and hide my face in a pillow. I hate everyone right now. “Lucy, I don’t think he meant anything by it. He was just having fun. You know what Conor’s like when it comes to relationships” she laughs dryly.

“This isn’t helping” I frown, lifting my head up from the pillow and sighing.

“Sorry, I don’t really know what to say. Maybe just talk to him about it and he’ll understand” she shrugs.

“No, I’ll sound pathetic. Plus, Beth will keep flirting with him just to get me mad”

“Yeah, she looks like a bitch” she mumbles, moving my curtain to the side slightly and looking at them all outside. “Shit, she saw” she panics, running away from the curtain and sitting next to me on the bed.

“He’s not even checking on me though” I sigh.

“I honestly don’t know what to say. I know things will be okay with you two eventually. I mean, we go to Sweden on Tuesday with him!” she smiles and I laugh slightly. “Everything will be fine trust me. And if that doesn’t help, there’s some ice cream in the freezer that needs eating” she smirks and smile widely.

“Thanks El, you’re brill”

“That’s why we’re best friends. I’m brilliant and you know it” she smiles proudly, walking out of my room to get the ice cream. I roll my eyes and follow her downstairs.

“El, how do I look?” I interrupt her from routing through the freezer. I wipe the mascara away from underneath my eyes and smile slightly at her. She stares at me blankly for a few seconds before smiling forcefully.

“I think silence is my best option right now” she laughs dryly before going back into the freezer to get the ice cream.