Chapter 60

The loud knocking on the door interrupts mine and Anna’s chat and it literally scares the shit out of me.

“Anna, we’re not finished with this conversation” I tell her as I get up and walk to the door. I slowly open it to reveal Conor, smiling. “Oh, hey”

“What’s up with you?” he frowns, walking into my house.

“Nothing” I shake it off. I’m so confused as to what Anna’s just told me. I need to get to the bottom of this. “Why are you here?” I ask Conor.

Confusion washes over his face, “It’s nine o’clock?”

“Really!?” I gasp, checking the clock on the living room wall. “Oh yeah...”

“You’re in a weird mood, what’s up?”

“Um, Anna’s just-“

“Hey Conor!” Anna purposely interrupts me and pulls a face while slightly shaking her head as if to say ‘don’t say anything’. I frown slightly before looking back at Conor.

“Hey! You ready?” he smiles down at her.

“Yep” she nods, grabbing her coat from the banister.

“I’ll call you in a bit ok?” Conor says quiet enough for only me to hear. I give him a worried nod before smiling at Anna.

“We’ll have to do it again sometime!” I say cheerfully to lighten the mood.

“Can we!?” she gasps and I nod enthusiastically.

“You’re more fun than Conor” I tease him, rolling my eyes.

“Hey!” Conor gasps and Anna starts laughing.

“Come on Conor” she pulls him towards my front door.

“Even Anna doesn’t want to be with you” Conor laughs and I cross my arms over my chest dramatically, turning away from him.

“Yes I do!” Anna disagrees and I see Conor in the corner of my eyes, nudge her. I turn around and pull a face at him and he just rolls his eyes.

“I love you really” he winks and I just tut.

“Goodbye” I open my front door to let them out, laughing afterwards. They both step out of my door and Conor just looks at me until he turns his cheek to the right. I roll my eyes and lean over to kiss his cheek, before he quickly turns his head, making me kiss his lips. I start laughing and he just winks cheesily.

“Bye!” he cheers down my drive and I wave as a response.

As soon as he’s not in eyesight, I see my parents driving down the street. I quickly shut the door and run upstairs, getting into my pyjamas quickly, trying to avoid any conversation they might have with me about seeing Conor and Anna walking home.

I sneak into the bathroom and get ready for bed. I go back to my room and jump into bed. I stay on my phone for a bit before I go to sleep until Conor starts calling me.

“Hey” I sigh, mainly because I’m tired.

“Hey, are you alright?” he asks, worryingly.

“Yeah, just tired”

“Oh, sorry. I just rang to ask about before”

“Right...”

“What happened?” he sighs.

“I can’t say”

“Why not?” he says slowly.

“Because I don’t know the full story yet. It’ll just mess things up, Conor” I ramble.

“No it won’t, just tell me Luce. You’re making me worry” he moans.

“It was just something Anna said. But don’t you dare pester her about it! I’ll get it out of her ok?” I ask sternly.

He lets out a huge sigh, “Fine. But is she alright?”

“Yeah, she’s fine” I assure him.

“Good. Anyway, guess what?” he lightens the mood and I start smiling to myself. I love it when he’s in this mood.

“What?” I laugh.

“Alex got me tickets for my birthday to that game launch I was telling you about!” he gasps. He sounds like a 5 year old on Christmas.

“No way!” I try to sound as excited as possible, although I already knew about this surprise.

“I know! I can’t wait”

“Aw, that’s nice of him”

“Yeah, we’re taking the day of school though so don’t miss me too much,” he says sarcastically and I roll my eyes although he can’t see me.

“If your head grows any bigger, it’s going to explode” I joke and he bursts out laughing. “What time will you be back from it then?”

“Something like half five” he unsurely says.

“I’d be bored shitless if that was me”

“Good job you’re not coming then!” he teases and I chuckle lightly.

“Anyway, it’s illegal to skive you know”

“Is it fuck!” Conor mimics my voice, replaying the day Conor asked my Mum if he could take the day off school to stay with me. I start laughing and I hear him do the same.

“Laughing at your own joke, Conor”

“I’m funny, what can I say?” he shrugs.

“What did I tell you about your head exploding?” I warn him and he starts laughing again. “Anyway, leave me alone. I’m going to sleep”

“Aw” he moans and I can practically see him pouting.

“It’s well late!”

“Lucy,” he pauses “it’s half past nine”

I let out a huge moan, “Leave me alone”

“Whatever, I’ll see you tomorrow baby” he puts on an innocent voice.

“Love you!” I chime.

“Love you” he laughs. We exchange our goodbyes before I end the call and plug my phone back into the charger. I lie back down on the bed and as soon as my head hits the pillow, I’m asleep.