Stay With You // Conrad Fisher

Chapter 16

Maggie's p.o.v.

My alarm wakes me up at 9:30 a.m. with a sound that drives me crazy. I have had quite the interesting weekend but it's time to get back to reality. Unfortunately that reality is that it's Monday morning.

I hop out of bed and make my way to my bathroom. I take a minute to look in to the mirror at my reflection. I bring my hand up to my cheek and I can't help but think about when Conrad had his hand there the other night. Now I can't stop thinking about him.

I push my way through the rest of my morning routine with thoughts of Conrad played in the background. He's just so...kind and I can't stop thinking about it. He always walks me up to my room when he takes me back from hanging out. Granted last time was because I was not only probably drunk but also coming down from my first high.

Before I know it I'm done getting ready for class. I make my way across campus and head to my first class.
 
      Once I'm done with my first class I have a little bit of time until my next class so I decide to sit in a student lounge and work on a little bit of homework. Before I know it it's time to head to biology class. When I walk into the class Conrad is already inside. I take a seat next to him.

       "Hey" he says to me as he's finishing taking out a pen from his book bag.

       "Hi" I smile back to him.

        "After class do you wanna grab lunch with me?" Conrad asks me.

        "Sounds good. I'm already hungry." I say back to him.

        We continue to make a little bit of small talk before class starts.

        Once class is over we all gather our things and head out of the lecture hall.

        "So where are we thinking for lunch? Dining hall or sandwich shop?" Conrad asks me.

         "Sandwich shop is good with me if it's good with you." I say with a smile.

         "Perfect." He says.

           We continue to talk about our day and the rest of the plans we have as we walk to the sandwich shop. When we get inside I order a hot ham and cheese sandwich and Conrad orders a buffalo chicken wrap. I grab a bottle of Diet Coke while Conrad grabs a bottle of regular coke.

        "Diet is gross." He jokes with me.

         "No it's not. Regular is gross, diet tastes so much better." I defend.

         "I'll agree to disagree on this one." He says to me. I can't help but to smile at him. 

        After only a few more moments our food is ready and we take it over to a booth to eat.

         "We still have our project to work on so I was wondering if you're free tonight or tomorrow to work on it a bit?" I ask him before taking a sip of my soda.

         "Oh so you just want to hang out to work on our project." He gives me a look that I can tell he means he wants nothing to do with our project.
 
        "Well we do have to get it done at some point you know." I say to him before taking a bite out of my sandwich.

       "Whatever works for you Mags or you can always come over both nights if you want." He says after taking a sip of his soda.

        Before I can give a response to Conrad my phone rings and I see it's Emma. She never actually calls me she only ever texts me so I decide it's probably best if I answer it.

       "It's Emma, one sec." I say to him before putting my phone up to my ear.

         "Hello?" I say into the phone

        "Hey, so there's a thing at home and I have to go back home for a few days." Emma says to me

        "Is everything okay?" I ask her with a bit of worry in my voice.

       "It's complicated but I'll be okay. Plus I only live three hours away so if I leave once I get back to my dorm I'll be home by tonight." She says back to me.

       "Okay Em, let me know if you need anything. Be careful." I say to her.

      "I will, love you."

       "Love you too." I say back to her before hanging up the phone.

        I shift my attention back to Conrad before reaching for my drink.

        "Is everything okay with Emma?" He asks me.

         "Yeah she just has to head home for a few days. A family emergency." I say to Conrad.

         "Are you gonna be okay?" He asks me.

           I would love to say I'm surprised at this answer but my face probably has a look of slight worry on it. I hate being alone  which is one of the biggest reasons I made sure to have a roommate.

         "Yea-yeah I just don't love being alone but I'll be fine." I say to him trying to act as if I'll be fine.

          "Why don't you just stay in my room with me or if you really want we can stay in your room." He says to me.

         God this boy is so caring even if it is small gestures. I don't want to seem like a baby or desperate though.

       "Really I'll be okay. Don't worry." I say reassuring him but mostly reassuring myself. He sits back in his chair almost like he's thinking for a second.

        "Mags. Just stay with me." He says

         "Okay fine, plus it'll be good cause we can work on our project." I try to justify it to myself.

        "Right. For the project." He says sarcastically.

         We make small talk for the rest of the lunch before finishing up. Conrad has another class so we go our separate ways. I head back to my room to back a small bag because we decided I would be staying in his room.

          I would be staying in Conrad's room and it wasn't because I had to because I couldn't walk myself back to my dorm. I was going to be staying with him because he wanted to me to.