Clay & Hannah -The night was ours

The disco ball

I was perched at my desk doing my creative writing assignment for Mrs Thomas on my laptop while Justin was doing his algebra paper on his bed for Mr Bates, he asked me to put the radio on, on my laptop as he didn't want to work in silence any longer.             

It was hard to concentre and get my creative juices flowing with the radio choice of songs kept on distracting me every now and then, we had an Indie rock station on as Justin was keen to find out more about my music tastes as we worked on our papers....

'I just don't get this at all' Justin moaned loudly

'What's wrong Justin' I asked, swivelling around on my desk chair towards him

'I don't understand any of this' he sighed deeply. 'Who even uses this in the real world anyway?'

'Well do you want the real answer or a sympathy answer'

'Sympathy Jensen'

'Just think about it this way Justin you won't need it during basketball you'll need geometry instead'

I chuckled lightly while Justin groaned and shook his head at the joy I was having teasing him, I saw the smirk on his face he was trying to hide from me as his mood lighten. He picked up a small basketball from his bed and aimed for the basket that hung on the door

'I don't need geometry either I can make my three pointers no problem' he informed me

'I sure you can Justin' I smiled lightly, seeing the ball landed through the hoop and down the net. 'If you need help with your algebra paper I can help tutor you if you like'

'I don't want to keep you from doing your own paper helping me out brother'

'I don't mind Justin; I used to tutor Hannah with her papers when I was doing mine all the time'

'Thanks Clay'

'Just do as much as you can on your own and I'll help you when I'm done with mine'

Justin nodded his head and returned back to his maths paper while I cracked on with my creative writing for Mrs Thomas. I managed to get the first few paragraphs written but I was distracted when Arcade Fire's Creature Comfort came to end and I was tapping away to that instead of writing

'Alright that was Arcade Fire with Creature Comfort' the radio host announced excitedly. 'Now we have a special request next and this goes out to all the lonely hearts out there'

OOOOOOH

OOOOOOH 

OOOOOOH

Just the opening alone to this song would be enough to send me over and start brawling my eyes out uncontrollably, I had to hold it together, I've heard this song a few times now but it still made me think of the one special person that was in my life for a short period of time

I am not the only traveller

Who has not repaid his debt 

I've been searching for a trail to follow again

Take me back to the night we met

Those last four words ringed around the inside of my head while I closed my eyes, all the times I spend with Hannah flashed before my very eyes again

And then I can tell myself

What the hell I'm supposed to do

And then I can tell myself