027. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR AGES

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She turned holding her hands out to Sophie and as she did, Sophie grabbed them, and as Hannah pulled her up, Sophie stumbled into her, where two almost fell over again, laughing, Sophie then noticed Conrad watching them "um, Han?" she asked her "yeah?" Hannah asked her "some guy is watching us.." Sophie shared, and as Hannah turned around, she looked seeing Conrad and when she did, she scoffed "speaking of assholes." she said, looking to Sophie "come on." she told her, putting Sophies arm around her shoulder as the two began to walk down the hallway toward's their dorm room.


Then somedays after that, Conrad was in the laundry room on the phone with Belly "hey, you still there?" he asked her, as he put his laundry into the washer "so..my roommate Trusky.." he told her "oh, did he sleepwalk in his underwear again?" Belly asked him "no, he didn't, he didn't, thankfully. But, uh, we were talking and it turns out he's a 5G conspiracist." Conrad shared, and as he did, he continued talking to Belly "so apparently that guy Katie was seeing had a girlfriend the whole time. And it just sucks. Like, he didn't really seem like the type, you know?" Belly asked him.

As Conrad pushed himself up onto the washer, he waited a few minutes before saying "did you know my dad cheated?" he asked her "Adam cheated on Susannah?" Belly asked him "yeah. The first time my mom was sick, he had an affair with secretary Kayleigh. I found out about it last spring, on, like the same day I found out about my mom's cancer coming back." Conrad shared "how'd you find out?" Belly asked him "um, I came home early from school one day and..I heard them fighting or more so Hannah's entire family fighting with him." Conrad shared, remembering it, where he had been watching them through the window.

Where he then remembered pointing at someone and saying something which he couldn't quite understand but now he knew what it was cause Hannah told him on the fourth of July, where he remembered seeing her, his mom and Brooke crying, where Matt then began yelling at him, which was when he decided to leave "they all were crying so much, Belly, and I've never seen them cry like that before. So I left. I went back out, I drove around town for two hours and came back to Hannah s knowing that they all knew the same thing I did, where they were the only people who I didn't have to pretend that I didn't know anything with." he shared.

"I'm so sorry. It sucks that you had to carry that secret for so long." Belly shared "yeah, it was just exhausting. I..I couldn't turn my brain off. It was like if you do that, than this horrible thing is gonna happen, but if you do this, then, you know, this catastrophic thing will happen." Conrad shared, and as he did, he brought his hand up to his head, feeling the bump still from when Hannah threw the picture frame at him, that was indeed catastrophic "oh my god, that sounds so stressful." Belly told him.

As Conrad brought his phone down looking at the time "oh, goddamn it, it's two o clock." he said, as he brought the phone back to his ear "you said you have practice early, I should let you go." he told her "uh.." Belly said, and as she did, that's when he heard her voice again "um, Sophie, why do you have my entire bed in a laundry basket?" Hannah asked her "can't a roommate do another roommates laundry?" Sophie asked her "yes when it consists of both! Not when I came back from being gone over the weekend and my entire bed is empty! That's an evasion of privacy." Hannah shared.

"Well, I had a friend stay over and wanted to wash them for you before you came." Sophie shared "you had a friend? Who was a girl? Stay over and sleep in my bed?" Hannah asked "well I never said she was a girl.." Sophie told her, and when she did, Hannah realized what happened while she was gone visiting Susannah "tell me you didn't have sex in my bed?" she asked her, and when she did, Conrad's eyes went wide "Conrad?" Belly asked him "I've gotta go." Conrad told her, hanging up.

          

"I'm already washing your sheets, see!" Sophie voiced, walking into the laundry room, Hannah followed in behind her with her hands over her face "oh my god! Ugh! Sophie!" she voiced "Dusky already laughed at me, and told me you were gonna kill me but I don't understand what the big deal is!" Sophie voiced, as Hannah brought her hands down and looked at her with wide eyes "first of all Dusky is right and I am gonna kill you! Because you had sex in my bed while your bed is five feet away from mine! And lastly!" she voiced.

Grabbing her laundry basket and throwing it down, she put her hands on her shoulders, and moved her toward's the door "you weren't even gonna wash it with my detergent!" she voiced, as Sophie pointed behind her "well he has detergent maybe he can help you!" she voiced "well whoever it is probably wouldn't have had sex in my bed!" Hannah voiced, shoving her out of the laundry room, she huffed, turning back around, she found Conrad standing there, as her eyes went wide, Conrad motioned to her laundry "I..I know you may not want it but..but I can help." he told her, knowing his mom got her those bedsheets, as Hannah crossed her arms and nodded at him.

Conrad walked over and grabbed her laundry basket, putting it on top of his washer "can you?" he asked her, as Hannah stepped forward, opening the one next to it, Conrad dumped it into it, knowing this was the two's first good interaction in a while, Hannah reached over him and grabbed tide pods, opening it "I think two is safer." Conrad told her, and when he did, Hannah almost smiled as she tucked her lip between her teeth not wanting to give him that satisfaction, but Conrad could see it in her eyes, knowing if the two were on good terms, they would be laughing about this right now and calling Sophie a bitch for having sex in her bed, but they weren't.


Then there was the night, where he walked out of his dorm to get some fresh air "I had this weird thought today." Belly told him as he was on the phone with her, he opened the door to the outside "yeah? I love.." he was telling her, but as he did, he saw Hannah sitting on the bench, with a red solo cup in her hand, while the other hand was up in the sky, as one of her eyes were closed "Belly, I've gotta call you back." Conrad told her "okay." Belly told him, as Conrad hung up the phone, he walked down the stairs, and down the path, sitting down next to Hannah on the bench "what are you doing?" he asked her.

"Have you ever realized that when you hold one hand up and close one eye, the moon is no bigger then your thumb?" Hannah asked him, and as she did, Conrad furrowed his brows "what?" he asked her, as Hannah brought her hand down and brought her cup up, drinking the rest of it, she put it down next to her, as she turned to him "here. Try it." she told him, and when she grabbed his arm, Conrad was sure that she was so drunk that either she didn't realize it was him next to her or more so that she didn't care that it was him, as she made him hold only his thumb up, he closed on eye, and saw what she was talking about.

Hannah then took a deep breath, as she grabbed her cup "have you also realized that no matter where you are the moon and the stars are all the same? Where it doesn't matter what your doing or where you are, we're all still looking at the same sky." she shared, looking up at the sky and as she did, so was Conrad "and one day she's gonna be apart of the sky, becoming one of the brightest stars in the sky that will be shining down on us and watching over us from up above for the rest of our lives." Hannah shared.

And when she did, Conrad knew she was talking about his mom as he looked to her, seeing the tears in her eyes, he stood up "come on, time to go inside." he told her, leaning down to her, Hannah stood up "no, no, no..I..I got it." she told him, although as she did, she fell into his arms, and as she did, Conrad caught her "okay.." he told her, as he turned walking back to the dorm building.

He had walked up the stairs, pulling the key out of her pocket to her room, he looked at the doors, seeing one with Sophie's name on it, Hannah's wasn't on it anymore, as he furrowed his brows, he turned seeing Hannah's name on the door "my room became somewhat of a health hazard.." Hannah told him, and as he did, Conrad chuckled "yeah.." he told her, as he stepped forward, unlocking the door, he pulled the key out, as he pushed it open, he walked her over to her bed, and laid her down on top of it.

He then brought his hand down and began taking off her boots, as he then grabbed the throw blanket that was on the bottom of it and threw it over her, but as he did, he realized what blanket it was exactly, it was the one his mom had made her for her birthday, which was one of the things that already made her want to cry before he screwed it up even more.

Where he then turned around and began walking to the door to leave her, putting his hand on the handle, he went to lock it on his way out, almost making it out of there like he was never there, until.

"Stay." Hannah told him, and when she did, Conrad stopped, remembering that night in cousins where he found her crying on the dock, and she fell asleep in his arms to where he carried her up into her room, and she had asked him to stay, just like this, and he did.

And he knew sober Hannah wouldn't be so happy that he stayed, probably pissed, but drunk Hannah, drunk Hannah needed him, as he closed the door, he locked it, as he turned walking over to her, he kicked off his shoes and crawled into bed next to her, wrapping his arms around her, and when he did, Hannah turned to him and leaned her head on his chest, where as she listened to the sound of his heartbeat, she quickly fell asleep, where Conrad then lied there, looking at her, remembering what this was like, and he was gonna take it in, because he knew by morning, she would be back to ignoring him.


But now it was back to the present, and Conrad got a call about the summer house being put up for sale, where all he said to Trusky was everything was fucked, and that he needed to get Hannah and go to cousins beach, where he didn't take any of his school stuff and grabbed his car keys, walking out of the room, and as he did, he headed down the hallway, and stood in front of Hannah's room, knocking on the door, he waited there a few seconds, but Hannah didn't answer "Hannah?" he asked, but he didn't get a reply, as he put his hand on the door handle, he opened it "Hannah?" he asked.

Looking around, seeing no sign of her, where her entire bedding was gone, and as he walked to her closet it was empty, as he turned looking at her desk, everything was gone too, almost like she never was here, and it scared him, making him think of his mom all over again and remember how he always was worried that something bad would happen to her and he'd lose her too, he then heard the sound of the door behind him opening as he turned around seeing Sophie, he ran up to her "Sophie!" he voiced, as Sophie turned to him "where's Hannah?" he asked her.

As Sophie furrowed her brows "your Hannah's stalker." she realized, as Conrad furrowed his brows "what? No!" he voiced, as Sophie nodded "yeah, I'm sure you are because when she came running out of there with all her stuff, she was all like I have to get out of here and get to my cousins house on the beach, which I think is code for.." she shared, as Conrad's eyes went wide, he turned running down the hallway, knowing if she was already on the road, he had to catch up with her "your welcome!" Sophie called out to him, as Conrad ran to the stairwell, pushing open the door and running down it.

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