How We Came Together

Chapter 5: A new light from the darkness

It had been a couple weeks since Patrick broke up with Tiffany. He was extremely distraught about it at first however he had almost gotten over it by this time. Many occasions he would just sit with Hannah and talk about how he felt. He never did say much though but it was just being around Hannah that made him feel better. He couldn't explain it but just her mere presence just lifted his spirits. Sometimes they wouldn't need to say anything at all, just a simple gesture or a hug was all he needed. He never broke down in front of her but he showed more emotions and sensitivity to her than any other person. This was exactly what he wanted with his relationship with Tiffany. Patrick was quickly falling in love all over again. This time however it was with a friend that had already seen him at his worst. If Patrick could start the relationship with Hannah, there was no doubt in his mind that it would work out. This proved to be a much more difficult task than he expected however. It was another Friday night around 10:30pm. Ali, Donya, Josh and Liam had all gone to bed and Emily was busy doing homework she had to catch up on. It was Patrick and Hannah left once again. This time however instead of just fooling around, having a few laughs before bed, Patrick was going to try and at least plant a seed if nothing else in Hannah's mind. The seed that she should consider him. He was willing to stay up all night for this too as unlike most Saturdays, he did not have hockey. He started by asking Hannah a question, "Say Hannah. I'm actually really grateful that you've been there for me. This has legit been the like the toughest time in my life and you were there for me the whole way. But I feel like I don't know enough about you now. I think it's your turn to tell me a little bit about yourself." Hannah had a small chuckle and replied, "Well what would you like to know about me? I mean so long as it's not too personal"

"What like what you do when you're alone? Please what do you think I am a freak?" at this point Hannah couldn't help but burst into laughter. She felt like her sides were about to split. "Jeez Patrick you don't mess around do you? You get straight into it." Patrick replied with a cheeky grin and continued, "No but seriously I mean let's take something easy. You know that I play hockey but what about you? You do anything sporty or anything like that?" Hannah paused for a moment before replying. "Well I mean I wouldn't say it's sporty or anything but I am a part of the school cheerleading squad." Patrick was quite shocked at this, "OMG you're a cheer girl!? Do you have any idea how many levels of hot that is? How are you not surrounded by guys like 24/7?"

"Umm cause I'm not a tall leggy blonde cheer leader?"

"Yeah you're a kawaii as fuck Asian cheer leader. That's like 10 times better." Hannah started to blush. "Oh please. Stahp~. That's not true."

"Well that's how I feel. If you're telling me it's not true I'd rather live a lie."

"Ahah aww. That was pretty cute"

"Not as cute as you."

"Oh ma god~ please stahp"

"Stop what? Telling the truth? But why?"

"Ok I'll admit, that was pretty smooth." Patrick smiled and laughed at this. He felt like he was slowly leaving his mark. "So maybe you could show me a couple photos or something? I mean I've shown you me in my hockey uniform so I think it's only fair right? Hannah hesitated a bit and made some uncomfortable noises like an adorable child. "Hmm ok~." Hannah searched through her computer and sent a few pictures of her and her cheerleading squad to Patrick. Once he saw them his jaw dropped hard. "Holly crap. My eyes caught on fire just looking at these. You're smoking hot in your uniform." Hannah started to blush even harder, her cheeks no longer pink but intensely red now. "Wow. Could you like not be so smooth though." The two laughed and enjoyed learning more about Hannah. The night revealed that Hannah was also undertaking a strange type of education that would allow her to have international status. She wasn't 100% sure but she did dream about studying in New York. However Patrick also found out that she had some rough relationships in the past. Ones that could barely be called relationships despite the pain they caused. It forced him to reconsider his actions and for the time being stopped him from going any further that night. Instead