Chapter 106

“Tell me everything” I smile as Eleanor wakes up and plods over to the kitchen where I’m sat. She moans and I start laughing. “Do you want to go in mine and Conor’s?”

“Yeah” she laughs dryly, still half asleep. When we get into the room, she falls onto the bed and looks up at me.

“Come on, spill” I smirk.

“I blowed him” she shrugs.

“Eleanor” I gasp at her choice of words. “I don’t want to know what you did, I want to know what happened before all that”

“Well he came in the room and was asking why I wasn’t asleep because I said I was tired. Then I was like ‘I’m just thinking about stuff’ and he made me tell him what. So I basically just told him what you told me, you know, how I’d regret leaving our ‘relationship’ like this until I come back down to Brighton. He got the idea” she smirks and I start laughing.

“Where is he now?” I raise an eyebrow.

“Still in bed” she shrugs.

“El, you can’t just leave him in bed after what you’ve just done” I frown. “He’ll think you regret it”

She sighs, “See you later then”

I start laughing as she drags herself off my bed and out of the room to keep Jack company. I’ve got to say, I’m happy for them both. And I’m pretty proud of myself for setting them up...

I walk out of the bedroom and sit with Conor on the sofa.

“What’s up with her” he frowns, nodding towards Eleanor and Jack’s room.

“What makes you think there’s something wrong?”

“I called her a bitch and she didn’t say anything back” he looks into my eyes with worry.

“She’s had a busy night” I shrug and his eyes light up.

“Did they fuck?” he gasps.

“I don’t know” I shrug. “I didn’t let her tell me”

“Why?” his face drops.

“Why the hell would I want to know about it?”

“I would” he frowns and I roll my eyes.

-

It’s now Tuesday – the day we leave Sweden. Yesterday, we spent half the day skiing with Dad and Matt but thought it wasn’t for us, so we spent the remainder of the day snowboarding with Lily. At night, we met Dan, Craig, Josh and Calum again, and then when we got back to the cabin, we stayed up until early hours with Dad and Matt.

Our flight back home is at 9:30pm so we still get to spend the rest of the day here. I’m gutted that we have to leave because I’ve had so much fun here but I’m also excited to go back home to see my Mum and the rest of the group. Hell, I’m even excited to go back to school. Don’t judge me.

“You’re packing already?” Conor frowns, strolling into the bedroom and sitting on the bed next to my open suitcase.

“Yeah. Then I get to do whatever all day without worrying about it” I mutter, folding up some clothes from the wardrobe and placing them neatly in my suitcase. Conor laughs at my organisation, making me smirk.

“Did you even wear half this stuff?” he chuckles, pulling something out of the suitcase.

“Yes” I snap, snatching the skinny jeans out of his hands and folding them back up neatly into the suitcase.

“Alright, calm your tits”

“Excuse me?” I raise an eyebrow.

“Excuse me” he mocks me, laughing at his own stupidity.

“Shouldn’t you be packing?” I moan.

“Dunno, should I?” he asks, fidgeting on the bed.

“Yes” I nod and he rolls his eyes, strolling over to his side of the wardrobe.

“I don’t have much” he shrugs, pulling out all his clothes shoved into the wardrobe, and throwing them on the floor.

“All you ever wear is your black jeans, a black or white top and a leather jacket” I roll my eyes.

“Yeah, girls dig it” he smirks.

“I’m sure they do” I frown, putting some heels into the suitcase. He’s in such an annoying mood today but I kind of love it.

“Done!” he snaps, a few minutes later.

“Oh my god” I jump. I turn to him and see his suitcase zipped up and his wardrobe empty. “Wow, how have you done it so quick?”

“I didn’t over pack” he frowns. I walk over to his suitcase and unzip it to see his clothes stashed in there with no organisation in it what-so-ever.

“You’re joking, right?” I smirk, gesturing to the bag.

“They’ll be going in the wash as soon as I get home, what’s the point?” he smirks, shrugging. I start laughing and return to my wardrobe.

Conor’s POV

“I’m gonna miss this place” Jack states as we sit in the living room, waiting for everyone else to come out with their suitcases.

We spent the day snowboarding with Adam and Matt which was pretty fun. We also went into town and got the money we won drawn out of the bank so we now have £100 each. We’ve decided that we’re going to give the extra £100 to Lily for training us... Well, Lucy did. Eleanor and I went completely against the idea but apparently it’s a nice thing to do.

It’s 6:30pm now so we’re going to have a meal and get going. I am pretty gutted about leaving here. It’s been so good. Except the incident with Lucy. That was fucking horrible.

“Conor” I’m snapped out of my thoughts by my brother.

“Yeah, what?” I frown, slightly mad at him.

“I said I’m going to miss this place”

“So?” I frown, shaking my head.

“I was expecting a reply” he pesters me further.

“Okay. I don’t give a fuck” I shrug and he rolls his eyes.

Lucy’s Dad soon joins us in the living room and sits down on the sofa next to us. I give him a quick nod before returning my attention back to the shitty house designing programme on TV that I’m forcing myself to watch while we wait for everyone to be ready.

“Conor?” Adam quietly gets my attention. I turn my head to him and smile slightly.

“Yeah?”

“Now that Lucy’s not here, can I talk to you about something?” he frowns, putting me on edge. I turn my body to him and sit up slightly. Fuck knows what he’s going to ask me.

“I’ll be in my room” Jack slowly stands up.

“Well I wanted to talk to you both actually” he smiles slightly at Jack, and he thankfully sits back down. I’m glad I’m not talking to him on my own. He does slightly intimidate me, although I’m pretty comfortable around him 99% of the time.

“So what do you want to talk about?” I try to sound relaxed although Jack’s probably noticed how intimidated I’m feeling.

“About you and the girls. First of all, Jack, I know that you and Eleanor have something going on” he directs his attention towards Jack, who now looks like he’s shit a brick. I could laugh but I understand how he’s feeling. I’m pretty scared also as I know where the conversation’s now leading to. “But I’ll start with Conor” he directs his attention back to me. Fuck sake. “Now I know you and Lucy being together would want to share a room or whatever but I don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. I understand that Lucy’s Mum probably knows the majority of stuff that happens when Dad’s not there which is why I trusted you in sharing a room with each other”

“Yeah” I nod.

“I knew you would’ve wanted to share a room which is why I talked to Lucy’s Mum about it and she said she trusts you enough to let you. I would’ve never let you share if it was down to me, no offence” he awkwardly shrugs and I just laugh it off. He has a point. “But I’ve thought about it and you know, I was a teenager once and I know what you’re probably doing. I’m not just going to say ‘stop doing it’ because I know you won’t listen. I’m not happy with you doing it but if you are, please just keep safe and know your boundaries. I need you to understand that Lucy’s fifteen and I know that if she gets pregnant now, you’re not going to stay around to look after the baby, don’t lie to me Conor. I know I wouldn’t have done at that age. But she’s underage and I’m not comfortable with the idea of all this happening but I know you won’t stop when I tell you to. Just please keep safe”

“Um, yeah we will” I frown, nodding. Wow, he’s taking this well. I didn’t expect him to even know anything and if he did, he’d kick off big time about it and probably ban Lucy from seeing me. I fucking respect this guy.

“And same to you Jack. I’ve kind of guessed that you and Eleanor have a thing going on now and I’m pretty sure Matt knows too. But just keep safe if you’re going to be doing what you’re doing. Like I said, I was a teenager once. I went out to parties, drank underage, the lot. I won’t get into detail but I know how you feel and stuff, but please just promise me that you’re going to keep safe”

“Yeah, I will” I guarantee him.

“Jack?”

“Oh yeah, definitely” Jack nods understandingly.

“Now this conversation stays between us. Please don’t tell Lucy because she’ll kick off at me for ‘invading your privacy’ or whatever she comes out with. And don’t tell her Mum either” he shivers and I start laughing. “And Jack, please don’t tell Eleanor”

“No, no, I won’t” he chuckles.

“Right, well I’ll leave it at that. And if you need anything or need to talk about anything-“

“Right we get it” I smirk as he starts to joke around with us. He starts laughing before walking back into his room. “So what have you and Eleanor been getting up to, hey?”

“Fuck you, Conor” he raises his middle finger up to me.

“Conor? Can you help me zip up my suitcase please?” Lucy shouts to me. She’s just had to add a few more stuff into her bag since this morning.

“Yeah, two seconds” I call back.

“Don’t get too caught up ‘zipping up her suitcase’” Jack jokes.

“Fuck you, Jack” I mimic him and he shakes his head.