Chapter 91

“Have you even packed?” Conor slurs. He’s literally out of it. He’s drank so much and it’s only 10pm.

“Yes, Conor” I laugh. “Have you?”

“I’m not sure” he scratches the back of his neck.

“You’ll be in trouble if you haven’t” I shake my head and he starts laughing hysterically. Okaaaay...

“You look beautiful, baby” he kisses my cheek and I smile.

“Thank you” I laugh. “Conor, you’re drunk. Sit down for a bit”

“No” he pouts.

“I’ll come with you” I shout over the music and he nods, taking hold of my hand and leading me to a sofa. On the way there, Conor bumps into someone and my eyes grow ten times bigger when I realise it’s Ben. I quickly jump in the middle of them both and turn to Conor to try and calm him down. “It’s okay” I hold both his hands and he looks down at me and nods. “Hey” I turn around to Ben and Conor instantly wraps his arm tightly around my waist. I’d do the same to him but it’s awkward with Ben standing there.

“She doesn’t even fucking want you, get off her” Ben shouts, pushing Conor.

Fuck.

“You fucking dickhead” Conor raises his voice. Before he can react, I quickly step in between them and push Ben back.

“Why the fuck are you doing this, Ben? Stop interfering with our relationship and get on with your own life rather than being obsessed with ours” I snap and his mouth falls open.

“Lucy, he’s a dick. He knocked me unconscious for fuck sake” he shouts, glaring at Conor. If Conor was a little less drunk, he’d probably kill Ben right here, right now.

“Don’t call him that” I frown.

“What? A dick?” he smiles in amusement. “He is though, Lucy. Stop fucking defending-“

Before he can finish his sentence, I slap him hard across his face.

“What the fuck?” he holds his cheek in pain and I turn around to see Conor laughing his head off.

“Just leave us alone” I frown, grabbing Conor’s hand and leading him to a sofa.

“That was amazing, Luce” he laughs, pulling me in for a hug.

“You’re so drunk. If you were sober, you would’ve murdered him just for pushing you” I raise an eyebrow.

“I know” he smirks. “I-I can’t think properly, Luce”

“You’re so weird” I laugh and he just smiles at me.

“Lucy, I think I’d give you an eleven out of ten” he nods and looks deep in thought.

“What?”

“You’re beautiful. In fact, I’ll give you a strong one hundred out of ten. Or a million” he laughs.

“Thank you” I smile and laugh at the same time. “Shit, Beth’s over there” I nod in that direction.

“Who’s Beth?” he asks and I start laughing.

“That girl you’re obsessed with” I mumble and he goes into deep thought. “Alex’s cousin”

“Oh right” he nods. “She doesn’t like you”

“I don’t like her either” I frown.

“She’s jealous of you” he smirks.

“Why would she be?”

“Because you’re perfect and you’re mine” he starts laughing and I roll my eyes.

“You think she fancies you?” I smirk.

“Yeah. What’s not to like?” he shrugs. Oh god.

“Conor, she’s coming over” I panic, turning my full attention to him.

“Just hit her” he shrugs and I turn to face her.

“Could you not stare at me?” she snaps. Fucking hell.

“Fuck off” Conor snaps.

“Excuse me?”

“I said, fuck off” he frowns, standing up from his seat. I stand up with him and watch the argument in amusement.

“I will when you tell your fucking slut to stop staring at me”

“What did you just call her?” Conor glares at her, taking a step forward.

“A slut” she smirk.

“Who’s this?” Eleanor slurs, stumbling over to us.

“Fucking Beth” I tell her.

“Right, you” Eleanor points her finger in her face. Please don’t embarrass me Eleanor.

“Who the hell is this?” Beth sighs.

“I’m Eleanor” she smiles. “Your alligator joke thing was not funny”

“It was funnier than what you could come out with” Beth fires back. Wow, that was lame.

“I seriously doubt that” Eleanor cringes. “Listen, your voice is stupid, your comebacks are lame and your outfit makes me want to puke on it but it looks like somebody already did” Eleanor smirks and I burst out laughing. I love drunk Eleanor.

“You know what I’m gonna do?”

“Fuck off?” Eleanor shrugs.

“Bitch” Beth mumbles, walking away.

“High five me girl” Eleanor slurs, holding her hand up. I think I’m the only sober-ish one here. I slap my hand against hers and she cheers. “Who wants a drink?” she asks.

“Me” Conor and I say in sync and Eleanor walks off.

“You’ve had too much” I frown at Conor, sitting back down with him.

“I just stuck up for you then, leave me alone” he smirks and I shrug.

“If you wasn’t here, she wouldn’t have come over in the first place”

“Oh so now it’s my fault is it?” he frowns.

“You’re my boyfriend, of course it’s your fault” I cross my arms across my chest and he starts laughing. As soon as Eleanor comes back with our drinks, I take mine and walk through the crowds to try and find someone I know. I need someone to dance with or something.

“Hey baby” a teenage boy bumps into me and starts dancing in front of me. “You look beautiful”

“Thanks” I mumble, trying to get away but he steps in front of me. He only looks about 18.

“Do you want to come back to my place?” he smirks.

“I have a boyfriend” I try to be as nice as possible but if this goes any further, I’m going to kick him so hard in the balls.

“And I have a maths exam when I go back to collage”

“What’s that got to do with anything?” I frown.

“I thought we were listing things we could cheat on” he smirks and I burst out laughing.

“Very smooth” I smile slightly.

“Oy, she’s taken” Mike snaps, pulling me away by my waist.

“Thanks Mike” I laugh and he smiles. “Where is everyone?”

“I lost them all” he shrugs.

“Oh well, let’s dance!” I smile, holding both his hands and dancing with him. We probably look so stupid right now but I’m having fun and I seriously don’t care.

I roll my head back in laughter as he starts twerking and slut dropping and whenever the beat drops, he goes wild.

“What the fuck are you doing?” Alex shouts, walking over to us. I burst out laughing and Mike just continues to dance like an idiot. “I heard what you said to Beth” he frowns.

“It was Eleanor” I say quickly and he starts laughing.

“She had it coming to her” he shrugs. “I’m sorry about what she did”

“It’s fine, it’s not your fault” I smile, shaking my head.

“Well this is the last time you’ll have to see her anyway” he laughs. “She goes home tomorrow and you’re off to Sweden anyway”

“Good” I smile widely.

“Aw, I’m going to miss you” he smirks, hugging me tightly.

“It’s only a week, Alex” I giggle.

“I’m drunk, I’m not really going to miss you” he winks and I roll my eyes.

“Wow, thanks Alex” I laugh.

“Why did you leave me, baby?” Conor slurs, stumbling over to me.

“You were boring me” I shrug and he starts laughing.

“I think I’m drunk”

“You think?” I raise an eyebrow and he nods.

“I’m going to dance with Mike” he mumbles, walking over to Mike.

“Oh god” I say under my breath. Alex and I stand and watch in amusement as the two boy’s dougie and shit. I actually thought Conor could dance until I saw this...

It’s almost midnight which means it’s almost the New Year. We’re all walking round the club to try and find each other and to get all the group together.

“Where the fuck is Conor and Mike?” Lois snaps at us all.

“CONOR!” I scream through the whole club and we receive a few weird glances from people. The countdown is ticking on the big flat screen TV in the corner of the room with BBC One's coverage of London's New Year fireworks display playing. We’re down to forty five seconds and if we don’t find Conor and Mike, I’m going to murder them.

I can just imagine them dancing in the middle of the nightclub on their own. I’d laugh right now but this is serious.

“Could Conor and Mike stop dancing like fucking dickheads and come and sit with us? Thanks” Jack voice echo’s through the club. The whole club goes silent and even the music cuts off so you can hear his voice. I snap my head to the side to see Jack waving at everyone with the DJ’s microphone in his hand, as if he’s famous or something. I burst out laughing and so does practically the whole club.

“I GOT IT ON VIDEO!” Leila starts crying with laughter.

I see Conor and Mike pushing through the crowds of people to get to us.

“Five” everyone shouts. “Four, three...”

Come on boys...

“Two, ONE! HAPPY NEW YEAR!” everyone screams and Conor grabs me by my waist and pulls me into him, kissing my lips violently.

Just in time.

“Aw!” Lois squeals and I smile into the kiss, placing my hand on his cheek and pulling him even closer to me if that’s possible.

“Happy New Year, baby” he smirks when we finally pull away.

“Happy New Year, Conor” I smile, kissing the tip of his nose quickly and he scrunches it up making me laugh.

“FIREWORKS” someone out of our group screams. We all rush out of the club and look up at the sky to see loads of different coloured fireworks exploding around us.

I look over at all the group talking to each other and watching the fireworks until I notice all the boys including Conor, pretending to be shot by the fireworks. Even Ben’s doing it. I didn’t think them two could be two meters away from each other without wanting to kill each other. It’s amazing what alcohol can do to you.

I start laughing at everyone until I spot Ben looking at me. He smiles hesitantly and I smirk slightly before laughing. He does the same and I just look away.

New Year, new start... Right?

I know Conor won’t approve but seeing all the cuts and bruises on Ben’s face just makes me feel guilty. Why should I have to spoil his New Year?

The final firework from the display explodes and shimmers down on the floor like rain. I’d be terrified if we were near the firework display because that one looks lethal.

We all go back into the club and start dancing and drinking a tonne more.

“Lucy, we seriously need to go” Eleanor slurs.

“What time is it?”

“Half two” she giggles and I gasp. Dad’s going to kill us.

“Where’s Conor and Jack?” I frown.

“They’re having a dance off in the middle of the club” she sighs and my mouth drops in shock and horror. She grabs my hand and leads me to the middle of the dance floor where we see Jack and Conor both dancing like absolute maniacs.

Oh my god.

“I don’t know them” I mumble and Eleanor starts laughing. “Jack!” I scream. His head snaps towards me and he waves. “Come here!” I demand and he rolls his eyes and starts walking towards me.

“What?”

“It’s half two in the morning, we need to go” I tell him and he nods, dragging Conor away with us. We walk over to the rest of the group gathered around a small table taking shots and stuff and tell them that we’re going.

“I’ll miss you!” Leila shouts into my ear while I hug here.

“Aw, you too babes” I giggle. I make my way around the whole group saying my goodbye’s because I won’t be seeing them for a week, and I finally get to Ben. I smile and pull him in for a hug.

“I’m so sorry” he mumbles into my ear, holding onto me tighter.

“It’s fine. I’m sorry for slapping you” I giggle. “And for causing you to get beaten up”

“That was Conor’s fault” he frowns, pulling away from me. “Just... Don’t blame yourself for his mistakes, okay?”

“I won’t” I assure him.

“Good. Have a nice time, Lucy” he smiles.

“Thank you, Ben”

“You better send me some pictures there” he laughs and I nod.

“Definitely!” I laugh. “Bye Neb!”

“Bye Lucina!” he cheers and I smile, walking over to Alex.

“Bye! See you at school, I guess” he shrugs, pulling me in for a hug.

“What a lovely way of saying goodbye” I smile when we pull away.

“I’m bad at these sort of things” he starts laughing and I roll my eyes.

“I’ll text you” I smile and he nods.

“I’ll reply” he smiles and I start laughing.

“Lucy, come on!” Jack snaps.

“Wait for Eleanor! She won’t see any of them for ages now” I frown. I feel sorry for her. She’s made friends with all these and now she’s not going to see them until the next time she comes down which won’t be for ages now.

“I love you all! You have to text me all the time, okay?” she frowns at everyone, wiping a tear away. A chorus of ‘yes’ echo’s around the small area and they all have a massive group hug. “Bye!” she cheers, waving and walking over to me.

“Are you okay?” I smile sympathetically at her.

“Yeah” she shrugs, wiping away another tear. “I have to spend a week with those two now” she frowns, pointing at Conor and Jack in front of us.

“You’ll live” I roll my eyes and she starts laughing. Now for the five minute walk home that will probably take us half an hour.

We start walking down abandoned streets to get to the house, seeing drunk people walking past us every now and then.

“Your jerking was dope” Jack slurs. Wow, he’s drunk.

“Your popping was sick” Conor laughs and I roll my eyes in sync with El.

“I’ll pop both you jerks in a minute” I sigh and they both frown at me.

When we eventually get home, I slowly unlock the front door and we all tip toe into the house. We decided that if we stay quiet, our Dad won’t hear us coming in, therefore, we won’t get in trouble.

Simple.

“Get in” I whisper, shutting the door behind Eleanor and locking it. I slowly put the keys on the hook and tip toe through to the lounge, feeling my way around. I hear a loud thud and a moan.

“Ouch” Conor groans.

“What happened?” I whisper.

“I walked into the wall” he mumbles.

“Why did you do that?”

“I can’t see where I’m going!” he whispers loudly.

“Conor, shut up” I snap. I see a light coming from behind us so I turn around in shock and see Jack holding his phone up with the torch on.

“Nice one!” Conor starts laughing loudly.

“Conor!” I strain my voice, trying to keep quiet but having to keep Conor under control.

“Ow, oh my god” Eleanor cries in pain.

“What did you do?”

“I stubbed my toe” she moans, holding her foot in pain. I laugh slightly and when the living room door closes, we all let out a sigh of relief.

“Just let me get my camera for Sweden and then we’ll go” I whisper to them all. Jack turns off his phone light and they all sit on the sofa’s while waiting for me. I quickly run to the back of the room to get my camera to take up to my room.

“Why are we still whispering?” Conor asks and I cough.

“I don’t know” I speak normally and he chuckles.

“Lucy” Eleanor screeches.

“What’s wrong now?” I moan.

“I can feel someone next to me” she cries.

“BOO” a manly voice snaps and she screams, jumping out of her seat. I run over to the light in panic and turn it on to see Matt and Dad sat on the sofa. How the fuck did we not see them?

“What time do you call this?” Dad snaps.

“I don’t know” I shrug.

“You’re three hours late!” he raises his voice.

“Well we’re back now and we’re just about to go to bed” I smile slightly, walking out of the room.

“Come back here!” he shouts slightly and I moan, walking backwards.

“Dad, come on. It’s New Year so the party went on for ages and we just lost track of time” I sigh.

“Have you been drinking!?” he almost gasps.

“No” I shake my head furiously. Shit.

“You went out drinking till three in the morning and didn’t even text me where you were?”

“I told you, I was at a party round the corner from Conor’s” I lie. “And I don’t have my phone so I can’t text you”

“Where is it?” he frowns.

“I um, I left it at Conor’s” I save myself from having to explain the whole story.

“We have to leave this house in five hours! I hope you know that” he snaps.

“Yes, Dad. You won’t stop reminding me” I sigh.

“We’re having serious words in the morning. I’m so disappointed in you all” he shakes his head.

“Sorry” Eleanor, Jack and Conor mumble in sync. I almost laugh. Almost.

“Eleanor, I’m so mad at you” Matt sighs.

“I know, sorry” she mumbles.

“Off to bed, all of you” Dad sends us upstairs and we all shuffle out of the room. I practically run upstairs and bolt into my bedroom, shutting the door behind us all.

“Shit” I mumble and we all burst out laughing. What a way to start the year.