Through thick and thin; A Conor Maynard fanfiction

Fifteen

Conor's P.O.V

"Okay, let's say we eat at six then, you guys can come over earlier if you want to prep something before"

I watch the people I'm meeting as I walk along the pavement from the studio towards the nearest Pret.

"Okay honey, me, dad and Anna will be over to five then"

I look out for cars as I cross the road, jogging over to the others side.

"Thank you for this mum"

Smiling do I enter the cafe, inspecting the small space in hope to see my brother in there somwhere.

"No worries, it's just fun to help and Jessie is like a second daughter to me anyway"

Jack waves at me from a table in one of the corners and I begin to walk over to him.

"See you tonight then and remember it's a surprise party, Jess doesn't know anything about it yet"

I sit down on the chair opposite Jack and take a sip from his coffee making him frown at me.

"I know honey, I won't tell her anything. Oh god I'm so excited but I'll have to go now, bye"

"Bye mum"

Smiling do I place the phone down on the table with the screen facing up. The phone call with my dear mother had been nothing but long, it wouldn't surprise me if we talked for more than half an hour but it kinda made up for all the times I'd forgot to call her or had just missed her calls. I could be the worst son sometimes and I did even forget to call her on her birthday a few years ago, I'd blamed it on my job though, it was hectic and time consuming, making it hard to remember things.

"First off, that's my coffee and secondly, how are we going to do this?"

Jack point towards the cup I'm now holding and I manage to just about take a sip before he grabs it from me.

"We need to pick up the cake and get it into the house whole and we'll have to get her out of the flat so we can decorate everything"

I list everything up and Jack casually nods here and there as I describe my plans.

"Just ask Merissa if she can give Jess a call, maybe to go for lunch or something, she's too innocent to suspect a thing and then just make her stay at Caspar's whilst we decorate everything, Caspar and Merissa can bring her over when everything is done"

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Jess's P.O.V

"Happy birthday babes"

Merissa embrace me into a tight hug as I meet her outside a small cafe in central London.

She looked great with curled hair and an amazing outfit, no-one would ever expect her to be pregnant and tired as heck.

"Thank you very much, you look great by the way"

I send her a quick smile before grabbing Leonelle's hand as we walk in through the door.

"What's up then, you seem a bit down"

I've just pulled the jacket off of Leonelle and sigh. I'd hoped I'd be able to hide it but my friend since many years now knew me too well not to see that something was up.

"It's fine, just tired, toddlers you know"

Merissa take a bite out of her cupcake and I can tell she can see straight through my lies.

"You certainly aren't though so just tell me, she won't understand anyway"

She nod towards Leonelle who's all stuck in her slice of cake, the whipped cream already covering the major part of her face.