Chapter 94

“Jelunor!”

“Eluconack!”

“Eljacolu”

“Conelackcy!” we all shout ship names out at the same time. Lily bursts out laughing and shakes her head at us all.

“Brighton bitches” Conor says in all seriousness and I burst out laughing, holding my stomach in pain.

“As funny as that is, I think it’s a bit inappropriate” Lily chuckles.

“Oh shit” he Mumbles and I let out a deep sigh, finishing my laughing fit.

“Jelunor’s best” Jack smiles at his idea.

“It’s cringey as fuck” Conor frowns and Jack’s face drops. “We need a proper name”

“Maynards” Jack smiles in satisfaction again.

“Me and Eleanor aren’t Maynards” I frown.

“I can’t think of these things on the spot. I need some time” Eleanor sighs like it’s crucial that we come up with a belter of a team name.

“That’s fine. You have till Friday. You’ll have to drop by at the reception area to get your forms to fill in for the competition” Lily informs us all and we all nod.

“Well I’m off to find a hot guy. In a bit” Eleanor waves as she jumps down the hill, snowboarding the rest of the way down.

“That was shit” Conor sighs, jumping in the air and spinning around before landing far down the hill and snowboarding the rest of the way down.

“They’re always in competition” I sigh, shaking my head.

Lily laughs, “We’ll start training this time tomorrow, yeah?”

“Yeah, sure!” I smile.

“Okay, have fun” she returns the smile and attaches her board to her feet. I watch as she swerves down the hill in a controlled manor and lands perfectly at the end.

“Race you!” Jack quickly says before practically throwing himself down the hill. I start laughing and quickly make my way down the hill, failing to catch up with him.

“I think I’m going inside now” Jack sighs after boasting about winning for the past ten minutes or so.

“Same” I agree with him and start walking to our cabin. As soon as we get inside, we take off all our skiing clothes and sit in front of the fire. The room finally starts to heat up before Conor comes barging through the front door, instantly making me cold. “Are you kidding me!?” I snap.

“What did I do now?” he sighs, taking off his coat.

“It was just starting to get warm and you come barging in!”

“Sorry, next time I’ll just wait outside until you’re warm enough for a bit of fresh air to get in” he rolls his eyes and chuckle slightly, turning back to the fire. “Eleanor’s talking to a guy”

“What?” I gasp.

“Well, I set her up” he smiles proudly.

“Shit, I’ll have to go in the snow in my underwear” I moan. “Why did you help her!?”

“I didn’t think about that” he chuckles lightly. “You think that’s bad, I have to build her a throne out of ice”

“Couldn’t be assed” Jack shakes his head.

“What do you have to do?” I ask him.

“Give her a tenner” he shrugs.

“Lucky shit” Conor Mumbles.

“That tenner could buy me a new pair of shoes!” he gasps.

“Yeah, from Primark” I frown and Conor bursts out laughing. “I’m gonna get hypothermia” I moan.

“Hey guys!” Eleanor smiles widely, swinging the front door open and hanging her coat up on the rack.

“ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?” Jack screams making the whole room go silent. I burst out laughing as Eleanor just stands at the front door in shock. Jack lets out a loud moan and scoots closer to the fire.

“So how did it go?” I smirk and Eleanor shrugs.

“Fine”

“Fine? That’s all I get? One syllable?” I frown.

“Okay, really fine! Three syllables, keep the change” she winks and Conor and Jack start laughing. I roll my eyes and smirk slightly. “No we were just talking and he said that we should go snowboarding sometime together. He says he’s really good” she rolls her eyes.

“What’s bad about that?” I frown, joining her on the sofa.

“He’s too up his own ass. He’s hot as fuck but he’s not my type” she shrugs and Conor, Jack and I let out a sigh of relief. She gives us all weird looks but just shrugs it off. Suddenly, Dad and Matt swing open the front door and hang up their coats of the rack.

“ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?” we all scream at the same time.

“Woah, what’s wrong?” Matt frowns.

“The room was just about to get warm” Eleanor moans.

“Put on a jumper, you’ll be reet” he shrugs and we all roll our eyes.

“I’m going to the loo” Jack announces, standing up from his place in front of the fire. I nod and watch as he makes his way into the bathroom. We stay in the living room talking for a while until Jack comes back out of the bathroom. “Have you seen the size of that bath?” he gasps.

“It’s huge” Eleanor nods.

“Huge? It’s a fucking pool!” he exaggerates. “I’m having a bath!” he smiles widely, running back into the bathroom.

I stand up and go into my bedroom, sitting on mine on Conor’s bed and grabbing my phone off the nightstand. After FaceTiming my Mum and Lauren with Eleanor for a bit and sending her all the pictures I’ve taken here, telling her about the competition and giving her a tour of our cabin, Conor walks in and throws himself on the bed.

“Hey Mare, Lauren” he smirks, nodding at our Mum’s. I roll my eyes as he easily makes conversation with them both.

“I’m going to the loo” Eleanor sighs, jumping up from the bed and walking out of the room.

“How are you and Lucy doing then?” Mum asks Conor.

“Really good” he smirks, kissing my cheek, making Mum and Lauren ‘aw’. I roll my eyes and giggle slightly.

“Where’s Jack?” Lauren frowns and my eyes grow wide. I snap my head to Conor and he mirrors my horrified expression.

I hear a loud scream from outside the door and Eleanor soon comes running into our room.

“You’re lucky I double bubbled missy!” I hear Jack shout. I burst out laughing and roll around on the bed in fits of laughter with Conor. Eleanor has just walked in on Jack in the bath...

“What happened?” I manage to say while laughing.

“He had a bubble beard” she moans, holding in her laugh. I laugh even harder and I even hear Mum and Lauren laughing on the phone.

“What the hell is going on?” Dad walks in, smirking slightly at the sight of me and Conor rolling around on the bed, holding our stomachs in laughter with tears streaming down our faces.

“Eleanor walked in on me having a bath” Jack says, walking into our bedroom. I didn’t think it was possible for me to laugh any harder than I already was but I’m doing it. I don’t even think noise is coming out anymore. I feel sick from laughing.

After about another 20 minutes of laughing, we finally calm down and end the video chat with Mum and Lauren. We’re now in the living room just talking amongst ourselves.

“Did you know that there are more than fourteen hundred species of bacteria living in your belly button?” Matt asks, looking at his belly button.

“I didn’t but school’s out so I shouldn’t be learning anything new” Eleanor says monotonously, keeping her eyes locked on her phone.

“What was the first thing you thought about me when you first met me?” I ask no one in particular, just out of curiosity.

“I thought you were adorable. You were really nice” Jack smiles.

“Aw, Jack” I coo and he laughs slightly.

“I can’t even remember” Eleanor frowns.

“Your hair smelt like strawberries... I like strawberries” Conor says in all seriousness and I burst out laughing.

“So Eleanor can’t remember, Conor thinks I smelt of strawberries-“

“Your hair smelt of strawberries... I like strawberries”

“Yeah, you said” I frown. “And Jack thought I was adorable. Interesting”

“What did you think of me?” Jack smiles widely.

“I loved you. I couldn’t understand how you were related to Conor” I frown and Conor gasps. “Conor, you called me ugly on the first day I met you!”

“Let’s not talk about this” he moans, laughing slightly.

“I hated Conor. Jack, you were alright” Eleanor shrugs.

“You still do hate me” Conor frowns and she just nods slightly, shrugging. “The feeling’s mutual” he mutters. I look over at Matt and Dad and see that they’re having their own conversation while Matt shows Dad something on his phone.

“Whatever” Eleanor rolls her eyes.

“You’re just jealous because I can dance like Michael Jackson” Conor sighs, turning his nose up.

“It’s true, he can!” I input.

“Prove it” she smirks.

So we end up having a dance off and shit like that. Matt and Dad left the room about half an hour ago in humiliation and annoyance.

“I think I’m gonna join a school team” I announce, sitting down on the sofa next to Conor.

“You? Join a team?” Conor smirks and I roll my eyes.

“Yes. How hard can it be? You do it...” I trail off and he gasps. Conor joins the football team every now and then when he feels like it. He skips it uncountable times.

“It’s very difficult to do, I just make it look easy. Like being your boyfriend” he smirks.

“Burn!” Jack calls out and Eleanor starts laughing.

“Dickhead” I mutter.

“I love you really” he laughs dryly, pulling me in for a hug.

“Shut up, Maynard” I frown, pulling away from him.

“Oh we’re doing the surname thing now, are we?” he smirks again. “Stratford”

“Conor, you’re annoying me now” I say in all seriousness.

“You’re cute when you’re mad” he chuckles, poking my cheek.

“I’m about to get adorable” I mutter and Jack starts laughing.

“Aw, I love you really, Luce” Conor kisses my cheek and pulls me in for a hug. I sigh in defeat and let him hug me. He turns my body towards him and pulls me in for a kiss. I laugh during the kiss while Eleanor and Jack make gagging noises. I pull away and smirk.

“We’ll continue after” I wink, just to wind Eleanor and Jack up.

“After” Jack mimics my voice.

“Leave her accent alone!” Conor frowns, pulling me in for another hug. He’s full of love today...

“Just because I’m not posh like you” I roll my eyes.

“Posh? Am I fuck” Jack laughs.

“Stop making fun of my accent then” I stick my tongue out at him and he rolls his eyes teasingly. “Anyway, I’m off to bed”

“It’s like, eight” Eleanor frowns.

I shrug, “Tired”

“I’ll come with you” Conor says, standing up from the sofa with me.

“Bet you will” Jack mumbles.

“I swear to god, if we hear any funny business, I’ll chop off your balls” Eleanor threatens Conor and his eyes grow huge.

“You will not!” I snap and smirk slightly.

“Just for that, we’ll be extra loud now” Conor smirks.

“We won’t, Conor” I shake my head.

“Go along with it” he mutters and I just roll my eyes, grab his hand and drag him to the bedroom. “Next time, we get a hotel” Conor sighs. I burst out laughing and fall onto the bed with a sigh.

“I’m not really tired” I tell him. I just wanted to get in bed to be honest. I haven’t even eaten today. I’m not really that hungry.

“I know” Conor mumbles and I frown. “I know you just wanted to get in bed”

“You know me so well” I giggle and he smirks, getting under the covers. “No funny business” I warn him.

“No funny business” he seals the deal with a smirk.

“Lies, Conor Maynard, lies” I shake my head.

“You know me so well” he smiles widely, leaning into me.