The lucky one, Conrad Fisher

049. HEADING BACK OUT ON THE ROAD

Chapter forty nine

"Heading back out on the road."

In the time of taking the test, when Conrad had finished his test and walked to the front handing it in, he noticed Hannah was already gone, which wasn't a surprise, she was always one of the first people to finish, as he turned walking out of the classroom, he pulled his phone out of his pocket and began dialing Steven's number, as he walked out of the building, holding the phone to his ear, he looked through the quad, searching for the place he knew Hannah always went after class, as Steven answered him "hey, man. How'd the final go?" he asked him.

"Yo. You ready to visit me and Hannah in California?" Conrad asked, as he began walking in the direction he knew she'd be, Steven laughed "hell yeah!" he voiced "congratulations, to the both of you!" Laurel voiced "it was the flashcards, wasn't it? Yeah. Yeah, yes, it was the flashcards." Steven shared, as Conrad ran his hand through his hair, stopping as he saw Hannah standing amongst a bunch of other kids from their class with a smile on her face "so, you said you and Hannah? So you still feeling confident about the, uh..you know, the plan?" Steven asked him.

"Plan Hannah?" Conrad asked him, as Hannah noticed him and waved to him, all the people she was standing around turned around and looked at him, as Conrad waved back at her "as Taylor once said to her, shoot your shot, man." Steven told him "thank you, she's coming this way so I gotta dip. Bye." Conrad shared, hanging up the phone, Hannah ran up to him and jumped up, throwing her arms around his neck "someone's in a good mood." she pointed out, as Conrad put his phone away, putting his arms around her "well things are starting to look up for me." he shared "are they?" Hannah asked, furrowing her brows.

Conrad hummed, leaning down and kissing her on the lips and as he did, Hannah kissed him back. Conrad then pulled away from her, as the two looked into each other's "I've gotta go back up to my dorm room. Why don't you go see if Jeremiah and Belly are back?" Conrad asked her "or I can come help you." Hannah told him, as Conrad shook his head "no, no, I got it. Plus if Trusky see's you with me, he might hit me thinking I've kidnapped you.." he shared, leaning his head down and kissing her again, Hannah kissed him back "well, we wouldn't want that would we?" she asked him, as Conrad shook his head, no.

Hannah took her arms off of his neck and stepped around him, she looked back at him "see you soon?" she asked him, as Conrad looked at her "I'll be there before you know it." he told her, as Hannah smiled "okay." she told him, turning and walking off toward's where the parking lot was and as she did, Conrad watched her, as he soon turned walking off himself.

Hannah turned the corner with a smile on her face, but when she saw the make out seen happening in front of her between Jeremiah and Belly on Conrad's car, her eyes went wide "ah!" she voiced, feeling like she was interrupting something, as she quickly turned around to walk away, Jeremiah pulled away from Belly "Hannah.." he told her, as Hannah held her hands up "I..I didn't mean to interrupt I just was coming to see if you guys were back or not and clearly, very..very clearly you two are. But can we maybe..." she questioned, squinting her eyes "keep the making out in front of each other to a minimum?" she asked.

"We're..we're done." Belly told her, as Hannah spun around, she let out a breath, as she motioned to Conrad's range rover "on his car?" she asked "yeah, I didn't..I didn't think about that." Jeremiah shared "your lucky that it was me or he would've screamed, my car!" Hannah voiced, as Jeremiah chuckled, putting his hands together, he stepped toward's her "yes, yes, thank you! I could kiss you!" he voiced, and when he did, Hannah held her hand out toward's him "please don't." she told him.

Jeremiah leaned down to her, grabbing her face and kissing her on the cheek "why..why were you the first one anyway?" he asked her "Conrad said he wanted to empty out his dorm room. Saying that he had it plus with the way he's been watching me from a distance my ex roommate and his roommate both think he's been stalking me so incase Trusky decided to protect me instead of communicate we thought it was best that we meet back up here." Hannah shared, as Jeremiah laughed "yeah that dudes kind of crazy." he shared "oh! You have no idea!" Hannah voiced, as the two of them laughed.

Meanwhile, Conrad was standing in his dorm room, as he had opened his closet, pulling out the box from cousins, he turned and put it on his desk, and when he opened it, those picture frames of all of them along with junior mint or now mint were still in there, he didn't notice Trusky walk in "Conrad, you're back. Please tell me that Hannah from down the hall is still alive and took her final?" he asked him, and when he did, Conrad raised his brows "oh, she's alive." he told him, closing up the box, he turned to his desk drawer and opened it, seeing the ring box "and I kissed her and she kissed me back." he shared.

"Oh! So you weren't stalking her, you knew her! Because your brother and Belly made it pretty obvious, although your brother seemed more surprised while Belly seemed upset to even hear her name, but I..I should've noticed the vibe between you two like when I'd tell her that you weren't coming to the study sessions, she always had this sad look in her eyes, like she wished you were there or something.." Trusky shared, and when he did, Conrad tuned him out grabbing the ring box, he opened it up, having not looked at it in a while, only ever the box, always being too afraid to see it but now things were different, as he closed the box "Trusky.." he told him.

"Yeah, you're right, I'll...I'll stop. I mean everyone's buzzing about how she's on her way to Stanford California! I mean you're probably gonna miss her so much! And I'm just making things worse.." Trusky shared "hey, I'm gonna go." Conrad told him, shoving the ring box in his pocket, he turned to his bed, zipping up his duffel bag "just keep whatever you want, alright?" he asked him, as he turned throwing his book bag on, he grabbed his duffel bag and turned walking to the desk, he picked up the box and walked out of his room.

Sitting in the trunk, Jeremiah, Hannah and Belly were all still waiting for Conrad "it's been an hour, guys. I don't think he's coming." Belly shared "he'll be here eventually. We have his car and his keys." Jeremiah shared, and as he did, Hannah chuckled "you guys realize the dorm is not close to here, right? He's on his way." she shared, and as she did, Conrad walked up to them "excuse me." he told them, as the three got out of the trunk, Conrad began putting his stuff down "so you guys ready to go or not?" he asked "we were waiting for you." Jeremiah shared "now all we gotta do is get Belly home." Hannah shared.

As Conrad pressed the button for the trunk, closing it "uh, here, you can drive." Jeremiah said, pulling out the keys "ooh!" Hannah said, reaching for them but as she did, Conrad put his arms around her, pulling her toward's him "no, I don't think I trust either of us behind the wheel right now. Didn't get much sleep last night. Relax." he shared, and when he did, Jeremiah raised his brows questioningly, as Hannah scoffed "get your mind out of the gutter." she told him, stepping through him and Belly, and walking to the backseat of the car, as Conrad followed her.

Where as they headed back out on the road, Jeremiah was driving while Belly was reading in the passenger seat, Hannah was asleep as she leaned her head against Conrad's shoulder, and as she did, Conrad looked at Belly "Belly, you're gonna throw up if you keep reading that. And that sweatshirt it not only white but happens to be from Burberry and is nine hundred and thirty dollars to where if anything happened to it, Hannah would lose her mind." he shared "it's just a sweater, Conrad. Hannah probably has a million other one's just like it minus the the cardigan Steven threw apple bomb on which I threw away for her." Jeremiah shared.

"Oh well how thoughtful, Jere. Just like how for her birthday you got her that white knit sweater from that boutique in cousins which she shops at every year." Conrad shared 'well at least I got her something. Meanwhile you forgot her birthday all together even went to your girlfriends party who I'm sure you knew was jealous of Hannah before she even saw that text you sent her." Jeremiah shared, as Belly looked from her book at the two of them, she put her book down "well, she can have it back. I got one earlier at Finch." she shared, unzipping it, and when she did, she looked to the mirror, seeing Hannah sleeping, she tossed it behind her, to purposefully wake her up, knowing she couldn't handle, Jeremiah and Conrad fighting.

Where the sweatshirt hit Hannah, as she sat up "what the hell?" she asked, looking to her right and seeing her Burberry sweatshirt, Conrad looked to her, missing her leaning against him "nothing. Conrad was just being a dick." Jeremiah shared, as Hannah huffed, running her hands through her hair "can we please not do this?" she asked, as Conrad looked to her "nobody's doing anything." he shared, as Hannah looked to him and pointed at him "you are. So stop it now." she told him, poking him in the chest, and as she did, she stared into his eyes, and as she did, Conrad stared back at her's.

Where thunder then boomed in the distance, making Hannah jump, where just like that night the firework was shot at them, she grabbed onto him, and as she did, Conrad wrapped his arms around her "don't worry, Hannah, it's gonna pass right by." Jeremiah shared as he continued driving down the road.