This is the last instalment of Hannah's chapter! First real episode finished! I've started writing on the second episode, which will be about Samantha, so look out for it!
I'm going to England (no, sadly not Bristol) for a week-ish, so it'll be a little while until the next episode is up, but it won't be too long :)
R&R! You know you want to! And I'd really appreciate feedback on this story, I'd be grateful for anything.
7x2: Hannah – Part 3
"Hi," Hannah said softly as she sat down next to Huw.
"Good morning," he smiled at her. He grabbed her hand under the table, squeezing it softly before he let go.
"Right then! We were talking about Plato last class," the teacher announced. She continued talking, writing something on the blackboard and gesturing widely.
But neither Hannah nor Hew were listening to what she was saying.
The two of them were sneaking glances at the other, smiling softly now and then as their eyes would meet.
Then as Hannah looked away from Huw for a second, trying to pretend she was listening to the teacher, Moira caught her eyes. And Hannah knew instantly that Moira was now aware of her and Huw.
"Later," Hannah mouthed, knowing that she had to tell Moira everything.
Moira turned around without bothering to answer Hannah.
Hannah closed her eyes tightly, she hadn't wanted to tell Moira yet. Of course she was going to tell Moira, but maybe in a couple of days? It had been nice, knowing that no one else knew about her and Huw.
As she opened her eyes again, she found Huw looking at her with a questioning look.
"It's nothing," she whispered as low as she managed to him, not wanting the teacher, Mrs. Albain, to hear them.
Huw gave her a sweet smile as he squeezed her hand softly underneath the table again.
Hawa, who was sitting on the other side of Huw coughed loudly, dragging the teacher's attention towards them.
"Are you okay Hawa?" the teacher asked and Hawa nodded carefully. "Yes, I think it was just dust," she brushed it off easily.
"Okay then," the teacher said before turning her attention back to the blackboard, starting to write something again.
"You should be careful," Hawa whispered to Huw. Apparently, she knew too.
Huw glared back at his twin, annoyed that she had tried to get them caught.
Hawa just ignored it, letting her attention back to the teacher.
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As soon as the class was over and Hannah was out of the classroom she felt someone grab her arm.
"Loo, now!" Moira told her in a stern voice, dragging Hannah with her down the hallway and into the girl's toilet.
"I'm sorry," Hannah said quickly as soon as the door had shut behind them.
Moira leaned down to check that all the stalls were empty, and she found no one.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Moira asked, and as she turned back to Hannah, she could see that her friend was hurt that she hadn't told.
"I'm really, really, really sorry. We just decided that we didn't want to tell anyone yet. And we're not really together yet, we're just getting used to it. Kinda," Hannah explained, biting her lip. But what she told didn't make her less angry at herself for not telling Moira.
"So, now you have to tell. Everything!" Moira exclaimed.
She lifted herself up on the edge where the sinks were, sitting there as Hannah started to tell what had happened.
"Okay, so you told Huw to get me home on Saturday night, right?" Moira nodded, confirming it. "But the thing was, my mum though I was going to spend the night at your place since I wasn't home by midnight, so when Huw brought me there it was locked and my mum had gone to bed," Hannah explained.
She was leaning against a toilet stall, her right hand playing with the ring she was wearing on her left hand.
"Then?" Moira asked, sounding more curious than angry by now.
"So, at first Huw had no idea what to do really. But I was really drunk, way out of my mind and he didn't want to leave me there. The only thing he could think of doing was bring me to his home. And when I woke up the next morning he was totally sweet, giving me something for my headache and he even let me sleep in his bed while he had taken the couch," she blushed a bit as she remember how much the bed had smelled of him.
"He left me to sleep again while he went for a run. So when I woke up, I was all alone, but I didn't know it. I went to search for him, but instead I found Hawa, who told me he had left for a run. She also suggested I borrow a seat of clothes form Huw, because apparently my dress smelled really bad. Huw was so sweet, he hadn't wanted to break my trust, he didn't even dare undress me. He only took off my jewellery. After a short while he came back and, well, I had a feeling he was flirting with me. Then he gave this speech about how he cared about me and I guess that's when I just... kissed him," she finished with a small smile on her lips.
"And so? There's got to be some more to it?" Moira asked, wanting to know everything.
"There's a bit more I guess. As I pulled away, Huw dragged me back into the kiss, and God, he's a great kisser! We decided we wanted to try and see if it worked before we told anyone. And well, we haven't really labelled it, so I guess we're not officially dating. But I want to, I guess we just both need some time to adjust to it," Hannah said, shrugging. She had no great desire for the whole world to know just yet. Herself, Huw, Moira and Hawa were enough for right now.
"You're really lucky, you know that?" Moira said softly, a far off look in her eyes.
"Are you okay?" Hannah asked, a bit concerned for her friend. This wasn't like Moira, not at all.
"Yeah, I just... I need to sort some shit out," Moira told.
Then a girl came walking into the toilet and Moira instantly jumped down from the edge.
"C'mon, I've got drama in ten minutes," Moira told and exited the toilet, Hannah following her, wanting to ask her about her "shit", but not daring to do so in the crowded hallways.
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"NO! YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT THIS WEEKEND! I TOLD YOU THAT IT NEEDED CLEANING!"
Hannah turned furious. Couldn't her parents act nicely to each other for just one day?
"AND I ANSWERED THAT YOU SHOULD CLEAN THAT DAMN CAR YOURSELF BEFORE YOU LEFT!" her mother shouted back at her father.
Hannah quickly picked up her iPhone from her pocket.
Do you have some time? I need some help, come over to my place? The text simply said.
Sure, I'm on my way. She got back soon after.
Hannah made her way up the stairs, finding Bill and Sarah in the position she had found them in way too many times lately.
"C'mon," she said softly, closing the door and motioning for the two of them to come over to her.
They came, Bill holding Sarah's hand. Hannah engulfed them in a tight embrace, one hand stoking Sarah's hair softly as she cried and the other simply holding Bill. "We're leaving in a moment," she whispered softly to them.
She straightened up, taking hold of one hand from each of her siblings. Quietly, she led them down the stairs, helping both of them to get their shoes and jackets on before she opened the front door and ushered them outside.
They sat down on the pavement and not more than 10 minutes later a car drove up to them and stopped.
"Hey," Huw said softly as he rolled down a window in the car and saw that Hannah had her siblings with her.
"Can you just help them inside your car? I'll be back two minutes, okay?" she asked him pleadingly.
"Sure," he answered softly as he could see how emotional she was at the moment.
Quickly, he got out of the car.
"Hi, what's your name?" he asked Sarah softly as he kneeled down in front of her.
"Sarah," she almost whispered.
"Sara, huh? That's a pretty name, just like a princess," he told her. "Want to come take a ride with me?" he asked her, holding his hand out for her to take.
She nodded, her eyes cast downwards to the pavement.
"C'mon." Huw took Sarah's hand and lead her the few steps over to his car. She sat in as he held the door open for her and he buckled her up.
As he turned to Bill, Hannah went inside again.
"YOU CAN'T BLOODY WELL MEAN THAT!" her father shouted as she entered the doorway into the kitchen.
"I DO!"
"JUST BLOODY WELL SHUT UP!" Hannah screamed, clearly scaring her parents a bit as her mother turned around with a face etched with frighten and sad emotions.
"You're scaring Sarah and Bill," she told, now in a normal volume as her parents were both quiet, not having expected her to shout like that at them.
"This has been going on for far too long now! And I'm not home all the time to take them out with me. When I got home, they were sitting up in their room, crying and too afraid to go downstairs. I'm bloody tired of it," she told angrily.
"But hunny..."
"NO!" Hannah threw at her mother. "I don't want to hear any excuses. I'm taking them out tonight, and when we get back you two better have sorted this out. I don't want any more shouting. I'm tired of it!" she told, then turned around and exited the door.
She quickly got into the passenger's side of Huw's car, not wanting her parent's to have the chance to follow her.
"Are you okay?" Huw asked her, his eyebrows furrowed in concern for her.
"I will be, when you start this car and get us away from here," she told as she buckled herself up.
"Then we're going," Huw said, starting the car and driving down the street.
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"This looks perfect," Hannah smiled.
At the moment, they were walking around a park, Hannah holding Sarah's hand on one side and Huw's hand on the other side while Bill was running a bit in front of them, trying to catch a butterfly.
Hannah led them to the side of the path, in between a few trees so they had shadow and a bit of privacy.
Bill came after them, unsuccessful in catching the butterfly. He instantly engaged Sarah in a game of tag while Hannah and Huw sat down, leaning against the trunk of a tree.
"Thank you so much," Hannah said softly. She was holding one of his hand's in hers, playing with his fingers.
"No problem," Huw replied, smiling at her. "I just want to help you, whenever I can."
He hugged her tight.
"They just don't know when to stop. It feels like they don't think about them," she said against his chest, indicated towards Sarah and Bill, who were running around the trees, Bill trying to catch Sarah.
"I know, but it sounded like you gave them a piece of your mind," Huw told her with a small smile, stroking her hair a bit. "Come here," he murmured to her, dragging her in for a sweet kiss.
"EWWW!" Bill exclaimed loudly, and when Hannah turned to see her sibling Sarah had joined in, a look of disgust only kids can make where etched on their faces.
"Is that so?" Huw asked her siblings as he released her and got up from the ground. "Then you two better run!" he warned the children as he charged after them and they started running while laughing.
Hannah picked up her purse and took out her camera.
She snapped some pictures of Huw and her siblings. In less than ten minutes Huw was carrying Sarah in his arms and Bill had in some way managed to throw himself onto Huw's back, and now Huw was pretending to shake him off.
Hannah smiled to herself. Things were starting to get better from the looks of it. If only her parents could get their act together.
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When Hannah opened the door to the flat, it was quiet.
"Go straight upstairs and get ready for bed," she told Bill, who dragged Sarah with him up the stairs.
"Are you going to be okay?" Huw asked concerned.
"Yeah, I think so," Hannah told him softly. "Night," she said and gave him a peck on the lips.
"Good night," Huw said before he kissed her again, this time holding it for a while. "Bye," he said as he turned round and went back to his car.
Hannah stepped into the flat, closing the door after herself.
"Mum? Dad?" she asked, not shouting but speaking loudly.
"In here," her dad's voice came from the kitchen.
Hannah slipped off her shoes and walked barefoot into the kitchen.
She found her parents sitting side by side by the kitchen table, both nursing a cup of tea. Her mother looked tired, but smiled lightly at her. Her father's forehead was wrinkled, indicating that he was thinking.
Hannah walked over and sat down in an empty chair, putting her elbows up on the table and pushing some hair behind her ear. "So?" she asked, hoping her parent's had sorted everything out.
"Hannah, dear, I know this isn't easy for you, but it's not easy for us either," her father started, running a hand over his face.
"Thank you," her mother interrupted. "Really, thank you so much for thinking about Bill and Sarah." The way her mother said it told Hannah that she really did appreciate it.
"It's okay," Hannah said softly, looking at her mother.
"No, really. It's not okay. We shouldn't behave like we have lately when we know any of you three are here. We shouldn't behave like that at all," her mother said.
"Your mother and I have talked," her father started again. "And we have decided the we need some time away from each other," he told slowly.
Hannah didn't like the sound of it. Were they going to split up?
"What your father is indicating is that, just for a little while, he is going to move out," her mother said carefully, letting Hannah have a minute to let it sink in.
"What? Why?" Hannah asked. She had only wanted them to stop screaming at each other, not this.
"You have to understand, it's for the best. For all of us," her father said.
"No!" Hannah exclaimed, she pushed away from the table and ran up the stairs and into her room, locking the door.
Frantically, she searched for her bag, the one that was rather large. She found it under her bed not long after. Tears were threatening to spill from her eyes, but she ignored it.
She loaded some clothes into the bag together with a pair of shoes.
Then someone knocked on her door. "You okay dear?" her mother asked softly form the other side of the door.
"Go away!"
Hannah stuffed her computer and a couple of her cameras into the bag and put on a pair of shoes before she grabbed her purse.
She opened the window in her room, it was small bur she could easily fit through it. She threw her bag down, as careful as she managed to do it as she didn't want to ruin her computer and cameras. Then she grabbed the drain pipe and with practiced skills she managed to slide down along it.
Picking up her bag, she ran down the street before she stopped when she couldn't run anymore.
She grabbed her iPhone and dialled a number.
"Huw?" she asked as someone answered on the other end. "Can you came and get me?"
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"Good morning," Huw whispered into Hannah's ear.
"Ugh," Hannah groaned, trying to pull away, but she was held in place by Huw.
"We don't have to get up yet," he told her softly before placing a kiss on her exposed shoulder where the oversized t-shirt she was wearing had slipped down.
Hannah struggled to turn around, but in the end she managed and was face to face with Huw. "You're the best," she told him, her voice still a bit groggy as she wasn't fully awake yet.
"Nah, I just like you a bit too much," he told her with a soft smile.
They were lying face to face on the pillows, not more than ten inches between them. She could feel Huw's breath on her face.
"You're still the best," she told him before she placed a soft kiss on her lips.
"Hmm, maybe I am," he said teasingly.
"Huw?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah?" he answered, a bit unsure. There was something in her voice that made him unsure of what she was going to ask him.
"Be my boyfriend?" Hannah asked, looking straight into his eyes with a look so innocent as she bit her lower lip.
Huw pulled her into him, cupping her face with one hand. "Of course," he told her before he kissed her gently.
Then someone shouted bye from somewhere else in the house and they could hear the heavy front door being closed.
"C'mon, we should get up," he told her. "Both my parents should have left by now," he explained.
He rose from the bed and started pulling clothes out of his dresses and Hannah followed his example, getting up from the bed and pulling some clothes out of her bag.
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"You go ahead," Hannah said, giving a brief kiss to Huw.
He looked puzzled at her for a moment before he shrugged and continued walking towards the green, sitting down with Hawa, Moira and Blaine on the green.
Hannah continued along the road a bit and stopped only when she had come to the car park.
"Hey," she tried carefully to her mother who was standing by the hood of her car.
"Hey," her mother replied. Her features softened a bit as she reached for Hannah, pulling her into a hug. "I've been so worried about you!" her mother exclaimed. "When Moira said you weren't at her place, your father and I, we got so scared. You haven't been home for days! Promise me you'll never pull something like this again."
"It's okay, I'm fine mum," she told, pulling out of the hug.
"Dear, I... we all want you to come home. Please, just come back home," her mother pleaded.