Clay & Hannah -The night was ours

Rosie's Menu

I persuaded Tony to join me tonight for a crucial Liberty High basketball game to make the playoff places for regionals and to also support Justin tonight during the game. Justin had scored the winning basket to send Liberty through to the playoffs, Tony and I finished off my packet of Skittles while Coach Patrick finished his after game pep talk to the team. Justin was still on court taking some free throws and ushered us both to join him on centre court

'Let's see what you got Clay' he proclaimed, bouncing the ball over to me

'Ok Justin'

I lined up my shot and took aim at the basket as the ball flew through the air, hitting the rim before circling around and falling through the net, I cheered loudly as the ball went in

'Not bad Clay' Justin sighed. 'Just aim a little higher next time'

Justin showed me how it was done like he done many times during the game, he collect the ball from the ground and throw it back to me, just as I was about to throw again Tony coughed loudly gaining both of our attentions

'We going to get the hell out of here or carry on shooting hoops all night'

'We're coming, Dad' I exclaimed

Tony rolled his eyes disapprovingly as he walked out of the gymnasium and Justin and I rushed to catch up with him, we entered his red Mustang and got comfortable in the back seats while he placed a tape into the deck

'You guys need a ride home or are you coming out with me to grab something to eat'

I looked over to Justin and he nodded, I smiled weakly at him before turning back to Tony. 'My mom said we could stay out a little longer and grab something to eat on the way home'

'Great, where do you guys want to eat?'

'I'm easy, I don't mind where' Justin interjected

'Ok what about you Clay?' Tony asked kindly

I didn't fancy mainstream tonight of McDonalds as there was one place in particular I was craving, there yummy cheeseburgers and to die for milkshakes were already calling for me as I made up my mind

'Rosie's Diner' I informed him

'You sure, we can always go somewhere else if you like'

'No, Rosie's seems good to me'

'Ok, you're the boss Clay' Tony replied

Tony pulled out of the school's park lot and headed towards Rosie's diner, Joy Division was coming out of the speakers as we passed through the town. I turned to my left and saw Hannah sitting before me, I jumped out of my body in fear and saw that she was smiling gently at me, I placed my hands over my eyes and rubbed them and looked back to where Hannah was and she was gone now

'You alright Clay' Tony asked, looking at me through his interior mirror

'Yeah....I'm good' I replied, patting the spot next to me to make sure I wasn't seeing things

'You look like you've just seen a ghost'

'Guess I just got frighten by my own shadow that's all'

'Sure it wasn't your reflection in the window' Justin piped up

'I aint that hideous Justin' I stated as he chuckled silently

This the second time it has happened to me in the last few weeks, at first when I saw us together on my bed listening to music from the Walkman I didn't think anything of it but now.....this couldn't be happening to me when I already said goodbye to her soul and let her go, why is she popping back up in my life like this and aint saying anything to me this time around, did she need to tell me something or my mind playing tricks on me again......