After Justin and I helped our parents clear out the loft from all the clutter that was stored up there by the years gone by late into one afternoon, we separated the items into three piles in the front room of the house. Stuff that we wanted to keep and go back up, items that would be sent off to the charity stores and lastly junk that would be thrown away as we had no use for them anymore...

Once the painstaking task of moving the keep pile back into the loft was complete, mom had decided after all our hard work to treat us to pizza for dinner. Being covered in dust and cobwebs I removed my dusty cloths and stepped into the shower, turning the heat up to the max on the settings

The hot water spilled over my body as I kept my head bowed from the gushing water as I felt content from the first time in ages, turning my head up I then felt the water hit my face then my body, feeling clean and refreshed from my shower I stood there for fifteen minutes with my own thoughts circling around inside my mind before feeling the urge to leave. Switching the nob off on the shower unit I stepped out the shower and froze in shock on who was on the other side of the curtain, whipping my hands over my privates quickly to save some dignity as someone saw me in the nude

'What are you doing in here Hannah?' I exclaimed

Hannah was stood leaning against the wall on the other side of the bathroom, her eyes scanning my body from head to toe while I reached over to the tower rail I quickly wrapped a towel around my waist.

'Can I not have five minutes to myself?' I stated, raising a brow

Hannah rolled her eyes and shook her head when she moved off the wall, taking a few steps towards me before disappearing into thin air, I reached out my hand and swayed it back and forth in the area she had just left from, amazed how she could do when it was the first time she vanished before my every eyes in front of me

'Clay' my mother's voiced called outside of the door loudly

I gave a loud but gentle hum sound back to my mother while I walked over to the closed toilet set and sat down, taking deep breaths as I closed my eyes trying to drown out the outside world noise

'Are you alright in there?'

'I'm fine'

'Ok honey but who were you just talking too now'

'No one, just rambling to myself'

'Ok' she replied softly, almost inaudible. 'I'll leave you to it'

I nodded my head and reopened my eyes to the outside world, hearing my mother's footstep walk away from the door I threw my dirty cloths into the laundry basket before changing into my fresh set of cloths I brought with me….

I was sprawled along one side of my bed with the memory box situated on my nightstand; I had gathered some polaroids out of the box and looked at some at the events that occurred during one of my best night of my life with Hannah. Justin re-entered our bedroom after he'd take a shower as well and gotten changed into his nightwear shorts and cotton t-shirt, stating he couldn't be bother to change into more house wear clothes when I raised my brow at him when it hadn't even turned past six in the afternoon yet

'What you got there man' Justin asked while I shoved the polaroids under my pillow

'Nothing, just looking back at some stuff'

'Ok brother'

Justin pulled out one of my Marvel Iron Man comics from the binder that he started reading from a few weeks ago after finding my collection. Hannah reappeared back in our bedroom again and sat down at the desk chair, placing one hand under the pillow I could feel the polaroids again and saw Hannah give me a knowing look, she raised her brows and gestured back towards Justin

'Soon' I whispered quietly

Hannah sighed deeply before nodding her head assuringly; I just wanted one more last look at them before showing Justin these pictures of one of the best nights of my life with Hannah. A soft knock on the door drew all our attention when the doorknob turned and dad poked his head through the door

'Hey guys' he greeted

Just and I both nodded our heads when dad fully pushed open the door and entered our room, he sat down on the edge of my bed with a box straddled in his lap

'What's up Dad?' I asked curiously

'I was going through some boxes when I stumbled across this' he informed me, lightly tapping the roof of the box. 'I have no use for it anymore and I thought, well I thought you might like it'

Dad had peeled open the roof of the box and pulled out a original Polaroid 600 camera, he placed it down on the bed besides me before getting up and walking towards the door

'It's up to you Clay if you want to keep it or throw it away' he informed me as I picked up the camera. 'Oh there's some extra film packs in the box if you need it pal'

Annoyed by that three letter word Dad keeps on calling me I rolled my eyes disapprovingly as Dad closed the bedroom door behind him on the way out of the room, the moment the door latch fell into place Justin got up from his bed and sat down on my mine, his curiosity about the camera peaked as looked back down at the box for the instruction manual

'Does it still work Clay?' he asked, flicking through the booklet

'It's should still'

'Still' Justin stated

I looked up from the camera and saw Hannah had her gaze fixated on me before motioning towards my pillow, reaching under with my right hand I grabbed the polaroids stashed under there and showed Justin the polaroids, he skimmed through the photographs slowly and taking in what was shown in the pictures, he kept a hold of them when he was done.

'I'd taken those with this camera' I exclaimed

'How did you know about this camera Clay?'

'I found it by accident one night'

Justin handed me back my polaroids as I went through them again to rejog my memory, Hannah got up from the desk chair and sat down on the other side of my bed, after shuffling through the stack of polaroids I came back to the first one of the night, Hannah placed her hand above mine but I didn't feel her touch that time, I smiled weakly at Hannah before turning my attention back to Justin…

With Hannah on her way over to my house I laid out all the things we'll need tonight on top of my bed as I checked off a mental list in my head, packing the items into my rucksack I heard the doorbell ring as I stopped what I was doing to answer the door

Opening the front door I let Hannah into my house and guided her upstairs to my bedroom, she furrowed her brows when Hannah saw a few items needing to be packed as she was trying to piece together our planned night

'Still trying to work it out what I have planned' I proclaimed

'Your vague clues weren't much help Helmet, just bring your pj's' she informed me, revealing the item I requested for her to bring over

I took hold of Hannah's pj's and placed them on the radiator alongside mine when we would most definitely need them after our night's activity, Hannah sat down at my desk chair as I packed the rest of the items into my rucksack

'You haven't planned a sleep over for us have you?'

'Nope' I replied, shaking my head. 'You can keep on guessing all night long but you still won't guess it right'

'Then give me another clue then Helmet, your last one wasn't helpful at all'

'What's it worth then for a clue'

'My famous Hannah Baker smile'

'I'm gonna need more than that for what it's worth' I replied

'How about this instead Clay'

Hannah got up from the desk chair and walked over to the side of me, turning to face Hannah our gaze locked with each other as she moved her left hand to cup my right cheek, Hannah moved her face closer to mine as she tip toed to reach my height and softly pressed her lips against my cheek. My breath hitched in my throat while I pursed my lips from the quick kiss, nothing can ever describe the touch from her lips give as Hannah just rolled her eyes at me when she came down and giggled lightly

'You're adorable' she exclaimed. 'Does that suffice Helmet?'

'For now, yes Miss Baker. I'm only going to give a one word clue to keep you on your toes for the night'

'Which is?'

'Water'

'Water?' she repeated quickly, burrowing her brows from my simple one word clue

'I'm not saying another word tonight about my plans or you're gonna ruin your surprise Hannah'

'Ok no more probing' she proclaimed, holding up her hands in surrender

Laughing lightly I continued on packing the remaining items that needed to go in the bag that where left on my bed. Hannah sat down on my bed and picked up a small box that needed to go in the bag, she lifted up the lid to the box and pulled out a Polaroid 600 camera while she inspected the camera over to see if it still worked, taking a picture of be packing my rucksack by accident as I rolled my eyes after the flash

'I didn't know Clay Jensen takes polaroids pictures let alone have a camera'

'Clay Jensen doesn't but tonight being the only exception for me too' I explained. 'The camera is my dad's and I found it in the loft searching for something for tonight and I thought….'

'No, go on Helmet' Hannah encouraged, taking hold of my hand and squeezing it gently

I looked down at our joined hands and felt her squeeze my hand again, following the linking of our joined hands and up her arm my eyes were fixated with Hannah's small azure pools. Without moving my gaze I felt her thumb rub along my knuckles

'I thought we could take some polaroids together tonight around the whole town, you know make a small collection of the places we've been together'

'That sounds so cute to do and I'd really like that Helmet, I've always wanted to do that and it sounds kinda fun'

'Cool'

I opened wide the opening of the rucksack as Hannah placed the camera inside, slipping on my navy blue hoodie I adjusted the coat while flinging the rucksack over one of my shoulder and picked up my bicycle helmet. Hannah and I left my bedroom and walked down the hall as I locked up all the windows and doors in the house before entering the garage and pulled my bike out of the small brick building

'No parents tonight Helmet' Hannah asked curiously, motioning to the house behind her

'No, they've gone away for the weekend and won't be back till late sunday night' I informed her, inspecting my bike over for tonight's ride

'So no house party then'

'Why would I want to waste my time around disorderly drunk teenagers when I can be around the one person I want to be around with the whole weekend in peace'

After checking the new adjustments I made on my bike were secure, I looked up at Hannah and noticed the slight blush that stained her cheeks while she turned her gaze away from me, not wanting for me to see her turn more red if that was even possible for her

'You're too much Helmet' Hannah whispered softly

Hannah reached into my rucksack on the floor and pulled out the polaroid camera that was on top of the items I hadn't shown Hannah for tonight, she flipped open the flash lid on the camera and came up next to me

'What are you doing Hannah?'

'We should start the night right' she exclaimed, gently patting the camera in her hands. 'Let's take a selfie'

I nodded my head and stood close to Hannah that our shoulders brushed against one another, holding one side of the camera as Hannah pushed back on the red release button on the bottom of the camera to capture the photo. Hannah took hold of the polaroid quickly when it rolled out of the bottom of the camera

'You squinted your eyes Helmet'

'The flash was bright, I thought I gotten away with it'

'Clearly you hadn't' she giggled lightly

'Let's just bin this one and take another Hannah' I replied while trying to retrieve the polaroid from her grasp

'Nope' she protested, shaking her head and kept a tight hold on the polaroid. 'You look adorable in this Helmet'

'Even with the squinty eyes'

'Yes still very much adorable Helmet'

Hannah closed the flash lid on the camera and placed it and the polaroid inside my rucksack, I saddled up on my bike and throw the rucksack onto my back as I slid my arms through the straps.

'You ready Helmet' Hannah asked

'Not quite'

I throw over my bike helmet to Hannah which she caught in her hands and placed it over her head, her fingers tighten up the straps and putting the clip into the buckle. Hannah stood on the back pegs I installed on the bike and wrapped her arms around my chest and leaned her chin down on my shoulder

'Let ride off into the night Helmet'

'Yes Madam' I spoke in my best posh voice

Kicking up my supporting foot from the ground to the bike pedal Hannah arms clutched tighter around me as we started to move, I cycled us slowly out of my driveway and onto the middle of the road as the first destination would be The Crestmont Movie Theater where our friendship began….

During our walk to one of Hannah's surprises for tonight we looked back at the polaroids we'd taken around the whole town, Hannah shuffled the polaroids back into the correct order we had taken them in and looked carefully how they had turned out

'This is a cool one Helmet'

'Yeah the neon lights help brighten up the picture'

Hannah and I were sat on the edge of the Crestmont building with the huge light sign behind us as we took our selfie with the camera. Flicking over to the next polaroid we were at Eisenhower Park sat on the rocket slide together, Hannah was sat in my lap with my arms around her from behind while we had just come down the slide.

Turning over to the next polaroid I had cycled us to the next town to the field where stargazers go to look amongst the stars, the night sky had started to ink the sky dark blue and some stars managed to appear on through. The one star we wanted to see the most was shining on brightly through the dark hue sky as our Clannah star came into view, I had managed to get us both in view of the shot of us looking up at the night sky in the polaroid .

'Omg the last few polaroids of us are just too cute' she exclaimed. 'How do you do it Helmet?'

'Do what'

'Look so damn adorable'

'It's a gift Hannah, only a few possess it'

Hannah giggled uncontrollably and bumped into the side of me as an unexpected laughed escaped from me too, she continued on to the next polaroid that was taken next during the night out together through the town. The next stop was outside Hamilton's dance school and both of us had the disco ball keyring on our set of keys as we posed for a polaroid outside the studio's illumined sign.

Sipping on my nearly empty large cup of chocolate milkshake on our way to one of my secret treats, we had gotten our frozen treats from Rosie's Diner where another polaroid was taken of our cups this time outside of the diner on a bench which had our names written across it. Feeling peckish as well and not in the mood for fried food we stopped next at Monet's for some cookies, ordering half a dozen of melting chocolate chip cookies to go Hannah posed with our treats as I snapped a quick polaroid of her

There was one last stop we needed to make before I revealed to Hannah a place that meant a lot to me and where I go if I want to be alone in the world. Coming past a black painted building we posed for another selfie of the sign shop we visited a few days ago for our small work done on our ring finger.

After flicking through our nine polaroids Hannah placed them back inside my rucksack, Hannah linked her arm through mine as we continued on walking down a dirt path beside the road for a quarter kilometres…..

'How much further Helmet'

'We're here now Hannah'

I chained up my bike to a wooden fence that went around a large open field; there was no access for cars to get up the hill that was situated in the middle of the field so the further you went up the more peaceful it got

'How many polaroids are left in the deck Hannah?' I asked

Hannah zipped open my rucksack from behind me and pulled out the camera, she held the camera steady in her hands and switched it on; a small light flickered on the side of the camera to reveal how many films are left inside

'There's three left Helmet'

'Mind if I have two of them Hannah'

'Not at all' she exclaimed, smiling gently. 'I'm kind of curious what you want to photograph'

'You'll see soon enough'

I took the camera back from Hannah and placed it back into the rucksack, when we finally reach the bottom of the hill in the open field we started out assent up the small mountain. Halfway up the hill I got behind Hannah and covered her eyes with my hands as she came to a halt while I crashed into her from behind

'Sorry Hannah' I repeated frantically

'It's ok Clay but what are you doing' she giggled

'What do you mean'

'Covering my eyes Helmet'

'When we get to the top I want it to be a surprise for you when we're there and no peaking till I tell you too'

'Ok Helmet led the way then'

I slowly led Hannah up the small hill till we reach the top of the grassy hill, I slowly removed my hands from Hannah's eyes and took hold of her left hand and gently led her forward to a small wooden bench

'You can now open your eyes Hannah' I proclaimed

Hannah fluttered her eyelids open and pulled away from me while walking around the bench, her eyes lit up and widen from the view we have gotten here. I walked around the bench and came up besides Hannah; we turned to face each other a few seconds later after taking in the view again and sat down on the empty bench

'What do you think of this place Hannah?'

'It's amazing up here Clay' she replied, looking out at the body of water down below and the town on the other side of the hill with the bridges in the distance. 'How do you know of this place?'

'I found this place my accident during my freshman year at Liberty'

'Define accident Helmet' she asked, raising a brow

'Not many people know this about me especially my parents and I like to keep it that way but I was bullied a lot freshmen year' I began, thinking back to different period of my life not too long ago. 'One day during the first week of school it was the worst I had ever gotten it. I was the last one to get changed in the empty locker room alone after gym class has ended when I was attacked from behind….'

'It's ok Clay if you don't want to talk about it, I understand' Hannah soothed, placing one of her hand on mine and the other on the top of my shoulder

'Thanks Hannah but it helps when I talk about it, I don't feel that anger inside of me when I let it out and I want you to know since you're my best friend'

'I'm always gonna be your best friend since you are mine Clay Jensen'

I smiled weakly at Hannah and felt her hand run down my arm and join my other hand; lifting up a leg I turned to her as she done the same to give me her full attention

'I was thrown to floor and got the shit kicked out of me, they put a plastic bag over my bed and tried to suffocate me when one picked me up by the neck and the other punched me all over that I couldn't even breathe. When I could see who was attacking me they all had balaclava on their faces'

'There was more than one' she cried, the tears welling up in her eyes

'There were four of them two who I know who hurt me when they removed their masks and the other two remain a mystery'

'Who were they?'

'Bryce Walker and Montgomery de la Cruz'

'Did you report them Helmet' she asked

'No point at the school, there's no justice what so ever at the school. Besides it's my word against two of Liberty star athletes'

'What did the other two goons do with the balaclava to you?'

'Not so much compared to Bryce and Monty' I informed her. 'One kept guard at the door while the other soaked all my clothes in the showers'

I saw the tears prick Hannah's eyes and a few trickled free and rolled her red buffy cheeks; leaning over to her I swiped the tears away from Hannah's eyes and gave a tissue

'I'm so sorry Clay that you had to go through that especially on your first week'

'It wasn't all bad after that day'

'What do you mean Helmet?' Hannah enquired, raisin a brow

'After my loud cries from the locker room, someone entered to see where the noise was coming from and that's when I met Jeff Atkins for the first time. He wasn't like the rest; he was never like the rest of the jocks' I exclaimed. 'He gave me a towel to cover myself and placed his letterman jacket over me to keep warm while he retrieved my wet clothes from the showers. Jeff skipped the next class and stayed with me while my clothes dried out and we became chatty and turned into good friends after that'

'I never knew that about Jeff' she smiled weakly

'He made sure I left school safely that day and on the way home I just rode my bike around the whole town till I found this hill and climbed up it, ever since then this has been my safe space'

'Have you ever brought anyone one up here before Helmet?'

'Only Jeff once since he wanted to know where I disappear off to after school was done for the day' I replied. 'Hannah I want to share my safe space with you. I don't want this to be my space anymore but be our safe space '

'Clay I couldn't accept it this is yours'

'You can Hannah and you will I would share anything I have or own with you, so what do you say? Share this place with me and this would always be our spot'

'Ok Helmet'

'You pinkie promise' I stated while holding out my pinkie

'I pinkie promise' Hannah smiled, clasping her pinkie around mine

'If you ever want to escape from the world or just talk to me in private then I'll always meet you here for it Hannah, anytime of the day or night as long I'm with you here then I know we're safe from the world'

Hannah slid further up the bench and placed her hand against my cheek; she drew my face near to her and softly placed a kiss against his cheek. Hannah couldn't help herself and jerked forward and wrapped her arms around me as I placed an arm around her back and held her close…..

We held each other for while on the bench and finished off our cookies from Monet's that we bought earlier, rummaging around in the rucksack I pulled out a Swiss army knife and flicked the blade out of the holder. Getting up from the bench I walked to the tree behind us and started marking out some details into the tree with a sharpie

'You haven't brought me up here to murder me have you Helmet'

'No, no I haven't. I thought we could do something very cheesy and corny Hannah'

'I'll be the judge on how corny it is'

'Since this place is our safe spot why not mark it so'

'What like a dog and mark our territory' she exclaimed

'Well I'm not saying we should pee on the tree but carve our initials into it instead' I proclaimed

Hannah laughed lightly as I dug my knife into the tree bark and started carving both my initials into the tree; once I was done I gave the pocket knife to Hannah to engrave her initials next to mine in the bark….

'It's still missing something Helmet' she sighed, taking a step back to admire her handy work

'What'

'It's need something like a shape around it'

'Like'

'A heart' she admitted, smiling widely

'Isn't that a bit clique'

'So what Helmet, let's be clique for once in our lives' she exclaimed happily

Hannah started cutting out her outline of one side of the heart into the tree before giving me the knife to finish the rest of the heart. Blowing out any tree bark that remained and wiping my fingers of the marking Hannah returned with the camera I had asked for when I neared the end of the heart, turning on the flash on the camera we took another selfie of us and our fine art work for the polaroid collection

'I've still got one more surprise for you tonight Hannah'

'What is it Helmet' she pleaded

'You'll hate me for this as I've told you most of the night but you'll have to wait and see'

'Ok let's go then'

Hannah grabbed a hold of my hand and quickly dragged me behind her as we raced down the hill, somehow managing not tumble and roll all the way down the steep hill. I unlocked my bike from the wooden fence and saddle up as Hannah jumped onto the back pegs and kept a tight hold of me, pedalling down the road I did a U turn and went back the way we came to her second surprise of the night would be located…...

After half an hour cycling all the way to the other side of town we finally reached the outskirt of the town with the road leading off into the next city, before passing the border sign that stated we were leaving the district I turned down a dirt path and rode downhill in the heavy depths of the forest, coming to a flat land of path people must haven walked along in the woods over the years….

Coming to the end of the footpath I chained up my bike around a tree truck, placing my hands over Hannah eyes for the second time of the night I led us through the trees to her special surprise on the other side of the wooden area.

'Okay Hannah you can open them again' I informed her, removing my hands from her face

Hannah's eyes widen in shock at the natural beauty of nature before us, hidden in the woods was a small waterfall with a body of water underneath, deep enough to dive in from the top of the waterfall and explore the tiny cave inside the rock formation. The natural glow of the water shone brightly in the night as I switched on some solar garden lights that lit up the surrounding area and inside the rock cave that Tony and I brought here years ago after we discovered the waterfall

'Fancy a swim?' I enquired, raising a brow

'I didn't bring my swimsuit'

'Me neither but I did bring some towels to dry ourselves off just in case' I replied, fishing out the towels from the rucksack. 'It's ok if you don't we can dip our feet into the water'

Pushing the towels back inside the rucksack I looked down to the ground disappointingly that we were just going to paddle in the water at best if she wanted too, I let the rucksack slip down my fingers as I placed it on the ground when Hannah placed her hand above mine, turning to face her Hannah smiled widely

'I'd love to go for a swim with you Clay'

Hannah stepped away from me and preceded to taking off her dark cream jacket and black socks and boots, she pulled her cold shoulder blouse over her head and unbuttoned her blue denim jeans. My eyes widen from their sockets as Hannah was stood in her black lacy underwear in front of me

'Your turn Helmet' she proclaimed

'Yes…right' I mumbled nervously, feeling hot under the cover

I removed my navy blue hoodie and black converse shoes, lifting one foot up at a time I pulled off my socks and lifted my green t-shirt over my head as I threw them to one side. I already felt naked and insecure about my body in front of Hannah and I had even removed my black jeans yet, the urge was strong to put my top back on

'Come on Clay, get them off' she stated playfully

'I will Hannah, all in good time'

'There's no need to be nervous Helmet, I won't laugh or anything' she assured. 'You can trust me Clay because I trusted you when I took my clothes off because I know you wouldn't react like every other guy would at Liberty when they see flesh in the open'

I slowly nodded my head and unclasped the metal buttons on my jeans, the material slid down my legs and pooled around my feet, stepping out of my fallen clothes I walked towards Hannah who held out her hand for me to take as I interlaced our fingers together

'Shall we' Hannah asked, lifting up a brow

Taking a few steps to the edge of pool we entered the lukewarm water that rose up to our knees when got to the shallow end of the pool before I raced back to the rucksack, coming back moments later with the camera in my hands

'Though this would be a picture perfect moment Hannah' I stated, gently tapping the side of the camera

With our backs turned towards the waterfall Hannah cuddled up to my side with an arm wrapped around my waist and her head leaning my chest, I placed my arm around her shoulders and took the polaroid. Collecting the polaroid out of the camera's rollers I placed them both back on the rucksack and re-joined Hannah in the water….

Once we dipped our bodies into the pool of water we explored the well lit caves from the solar garden lights that were attached to the earthy surface, talking about any and everything as we swam through the open cave and back out again to swim under the star lit sky….

'Want to take a dive from up there' I asked, pointing to the top of the waterfall

'Sure why not'

We swam to the edge of the small pool and climbed out, I held out my hand for Hannah to take as she clasped our hands together tightly on the slightly steep climb up the rocky waterfall. With our hands still together I lead Hannah to the edge of the rocky waterfall to see how deep the pool was.

'Do you want to do it together?' I asked

'I think I can manage on my own Helmet' she assured. 'Count me down'

'Sure' I replied, nodding my head and standing sideways on the edge. 'Three….Two…..One'

Hannah took a small run up to the edge of the waterfall before her feet grind to a halt by my side and her hip swung out to mine, the momentum and contact from her body to mine sending me off the edge and into the water below, when I resurfaced from the water I gasped for air frantically before looking up at the waterfall at Hannah

'What the hell Hannah' I replied, spitting out water

She laughed hysterically even when I tried to throw a hand full of water up at her; Hannah took a step back from the edge before jumping off the waterfall and down into the water below. She resurfaced from the warm water in front of me; we paddled our arms lightly to keep afloat from the water

'Why did you nudge me off the end Hannah?'

'You could do with a splash Helmet'

'I'll splash you'

'Don't you dare Jensen' she spoke sternly

I swung my arm against the surface of the water and aimed the large splash towards Hannah's face, the large splash soaking her over as she wiped the excess water off her face and swam forward. Our faces were inches apart from touching each other's when our eyes locked, neither of us looking away or beyond one another

'Hannah'

'Yeah' she stated breathlessly

'I…..' I spoke softly. My mind repeated the same instruction over and over again inside my head, just tell Hannah you love her and kiss her now, no distractions this time. 'I…adore you'

Hannah's facial features soften and she wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling my face closer to hers

'I adore you too Clay' she stated happily

Hannah moved forward and softly placed a kiss against my cheek, wrapping my arms around her under the water I pulled Hannah against my chest while she rested her head against my chest, we kept in a close embrace as we floated in the water as I placed a gently kiss on the top of her head…

Half an hour later after our late night swim we decided to head back home to my house and ordered some chinese food for dinner on the journey back which should arrive the same time we did back at the house.

We both took a shower each to freshen up and changed into our warm pj's, our dinner arrived five minutes later after we freshen up and I took our takeout to my bedroom. Ripping open our starter's bag we shared our prawn and vegetable rolls together, moving onto the main course I handed Hannah her chicken noodles as I retrieve my beef noodles from the bag….

After our late dinner we lay on our sides on my bed as we climbed underneath the covers, pulling it up closer to us when our bodies were close to each other, Hannah threw her arm over my waist loosely and shimmied closer in bed to me

'Did you have the best week ever Hannah'

'I did Helmet' she sighed contently. 'Thank you so much for giving me the best week of my life ever'

'Anytime Hannah' I replied. 'It sucks that school is gonna start again soon'

'As long as I've got you by my side Helmet things can only get better'

I laid flat on my back staring up at the infinity poster on my ceiling when Hannah leaped up and snuggled down against my chest, wrapping her arm around my waist tightly while looking at the poster as well, we taking about any and everything late into the night while looking at infinity…

My eyelids fluttered open and averted to my bedroom door as it slowly creaked open, the dark silhouette figure came into view and entered my bedroom, the closer the person came the more I could make out who it was sleepily as I quickly glanced at the clock showing it was eight in the morning

'Hey mom' I greeted

'Morning Clay' she reciprocated back, bending down and kissing my forehead

'What are you doing back so early?'

'Your father and I had to cut our weekend short over some case that coming up soon so I need to start working on my prep for it'

I sleepily nodded my head when I felt Hannah stir besides me, she sluggishly moved further on me as she was still snuggled up an my chest, I saw her eyelids flicker open and saw my mom watching down on her, she moved quickly away from me and sat up

'Morning Mrs Jensen' she greeted warmly

'Morning sweetheart' my mom smiled. 'Did you sleep ok?'

'I did thank you' she replied quickly, I placed my hand down on top of her as I smiled reassuring at her. 'I best be going now'

'Why don't you stay and have brunch with us sweetheart, I'm going back to bed now and won't be up for a few hours and it would be nice to finally meet you at last'

'If you sure it's ok Mrs Jensen'

'It's no problem what so ever Hannah' she smiled assuringly. 'I'll leave you guys too it'

My mom walked back out the room again and quietly shut the door behind her, I lay back down in bed and Hannah snuggled down onto my chest again while I had my arms around her, I watched as Hannah grabbed the camera from my nightstand and captured our fingers interlaced together, she placed the camera and polaroid down on the nightstand again, with our hands still interlaced together on my chest I bought it closer to my head and softly kissed the back of Hannah's hand

'I just want to apologise in advance if she starts asking loads of questions about us and what we do together' I whispered sleepily

'Its fine Helmet I get the same questions from my mom back home about us. Your mom seems really nice I can't wait to properly meet her later'

I bowed my head and kissed the top of Hannah head before getting comfortable in my bed, I felt Hannah's play with the material of my night t-shirt with her finger before falling fast sleep on me instantly, I gave her one last kiss on her head again before falling back asleep also with Hannah in my arms…

Shuffling the polaroids back to the original order of being taken I placed them beside the memory box on the night stand, when I looked up at Justin he couldn't look me in the eyes at all as he tried to avoid my gaze, something was off about him like he was ashamed of something

'Justin, what's wrong'

'Ever since your family has adopted me I've kept something from you Clay and I know if I tell you, you'll hate me for the rest of the life'

'I can't hate you Justin, I can dislike you but never hate you brother' I smiled weakly

'You know you said Bryce and Monty attacked you in the locker room because you saw them but not the other two'

'Yeah'

'I know who they are' he admitted, hanging in head in shame

'Who were they Justin' I questioned, raising a brow

'It's was me and Zack Dempsey' he exclaimed, tears rolling down his eyes. 'I can explain everything if you'll let me'

'Go on then'

'I was the one guarding the door and Zack was the one who throw your clothes in the shower; we were both new to the team and just got initiated into the clubhouse. If we didn't help Bryce with his plan for the new fresh meat he saw on campus…' he explained, shaking his head. 'He would have started rumours of me and Zack being gay for each other around the whole school. It would be better for us to be the bully then be bullied and I'll be ashamed of that for the rest of my life what I did you that whole freshmen year'

Justin couldn't bear to look at me anymore and turned his attention to the floor, tears leaving his eyes at a rapid pace as tried to wipe them away and control his breathing

'I'll understand if you want me to leave and never come back Clay, it's your choice'

'I don't want you to go anywhere Justin. I want you to stay and be my brother'

'After all I done'

'Yes even after all you done. Everyone deserves a second chance. Even after they mess up again and again' I admitted, draping my arm around his shoulders. 'I know you and Zack are good people on the inside, what you both did to me wasn't even comparable to what Bryce and Monty have done to me. I can forgive you two and move on but not them'

Justin turned to me and I embraced him into a deep hug, we cried it out the pain and torture I suffered during freshman year and that somehow we had made it out alive so far through Liberty. Justin left our bedroom and went to ask mom how long the pizza was going to take to get here, I turned to other side of the bed when I jumped back in shock that Hannah was sat next to me

'Now you know who the other two bullies were'

Hannah nodded her head and laid her head on my shoulder, I went to the grab the polaroids off the nightstand and flicked through one last time, properly admiring the last one of the night of our joined hands together. Hannah lifted her hand from her lap and placed it above my hand

'What'

Hannah guested down to our hands as I rolled my eyes and flipped over my hand for her, her hand fit into mine like a glove while I intertwined our fingers together; sighing contently I looked up at Hannah

'I'll never stop missing the way we used to touch each other like this' I stated, squeezing her hand

Hannah and I were still sat on my bed with our hands interlocked with each other, going over the polaroids together when Justin shouted at the top of his lungs that the pizza had arrived. Getting up from the bed I walked towards the door when I turned to see Hannah still sat where she was still

'You coming'

I held out my hand for Hannah to take when she got up from the bed and grabbed a hold of my hand, our hands still melded together as we went downstairs. I guess the simplest of things like holding hands with Hannah is what I missed the most about her, how close we were when we were together…..