In our own little space. ((Conrad))

[Ryan McGrath]

This was ridiculous. She had to stalk the lockers just for a chance to see her boyfriend in the day time and outside of class. Looking at her watch she sighed. This was getting so stupid. If she didn't have any brains she would march straigh up to that damn headmistress and tell her to lay off. Then again, She understood the woman's precautions. With that creep Todd possibly on the loose or anyone trying to live his legacy, it was reasonable to think that any criminal coming to the school should be kept under close watch.

When she saw his head over the other students she tried to wave him down. But the others were crowding her. "Hey watch it!" A tall boy shoved her to the side and she slipped on the freshly mopped section of floor. She could recall hearing that a freshman boy lost his lunch there earlier. Her denim ass hit the floor and she grunted. "What a Pip-squeek" the boy muttered to his friend. "Hey!!! Come back here and say that to my face you ugly giant!!!!"

[Conrad Siberman]

Conrad looked back to see Ryan fall and shook her head. Leave it up to Ryan to fall over the floor the headmistress just made him clean up. Walking over to her he took her hand and pulled her up and kissed her. "Now who was picking on you?" He said with a grin. He was wearing the pair of trip pants she had just got him and a black tshirt with an avenged seven fold symbol on it.

He hated this how he couldn't spend much time with her but he leaned down and whispered something in her ear. "I been a good boy and have a night of freedom tonight" He said to her. "I think we should have dinner babe"

[Ryan McGrath]

She allowed him to hoist her off the ground and stayed close to him. Putting herself right in his arms she smiled. "Dinner sounds good but only if we have ice cream after." She smiled at him and stood on tipy toes to give his chin a little kiss. "Just promise no mischief." She remembered him asking about who picked on her. "I know how to fight my battles, so you stay out of them.. you're in enough trouble already, Mister." She shook her cute little finger at him in a playful way.

[Conrad Siberman]

He laughed and nodded. "Yes baby. Come on I gotta go do my janitoral duties. You can come and watch me." He said and sighed. "I am like so effin hungry too." He said not knowing that at lunch time when he was doing his janitoral duties he could eat. He always seemed to forget these things. Kissing her forehead he smiled. "God I love you baby." He said and smield at her more. Then he kissed her hard and passionatly.

[Ryan McGrath]

Oh joy. Watching Conrad take out trash. Yippy. Kissing him back she tried to look cheerful and encouraging. "Well, go clean and then we'll eat." She smiled as he said he loved her. She only wished that would have been enough in the past to keep him out of trouble. "I love you too, babe.. let's just remember that okay?" she looked at him and it was obvious she had a lot of deep wounds from the past.

[Conrad Siberman]

Conrad looked at her and nodded. "I will remeber it babe don't worry." He said to her and smiled. "Now come on I have another mess to mop up then we can eat." He said and walked over to his rollable mop. Keeping one hand in hers he started to walk. "This school is so dirty. It makes me sick." He said and was soon moping up something else. Once he was done he put the stuff away and smiled at her. "Now we can eat!" He said

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan crossed her arms as he mopped. This was so stupid. And gross. What a way to start out their dinner date. When he was done she smiled. "I hate to be picky or snobby.. but I know what kind of fugal bacteria live on even a clean mop.. So could you please wash your hands before touching me?" She tried to smile. sometimes Ryan was too smart for her own good.

[Conrad Siberman]

"Yes babe." He said and disappeared into the washroom. Soon coming back he smiled at her. "There done babe." He said and offered her his hand. Smiling at her he grinned. She was so beautiful and he was so lucky. Why? Because he had her and he knew he had her for life. Or so he would like to think. Yawning a bit he smiled at her more. "Come on beautiful lets go eat!" He siad to her.

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan happily took his hand once it was good cleaned. Her delicate fingers locked into his and she smiled up at him. Was she lucky, or the most foolish person in the world? She loved him more than anything, but was she making the right choices. So many people were talking about her now. Little unknown Ryan was now "That nerdy girl who's dating the Fellon" Their whole relationship had been brutally publisised. It wasn't like they hadn't confessed their love outloud..very loud there on the lawn the day he arrived. And word spread like wild fire around here. Everyone would have known now about him taking out the guards to get to her. "Sure handsome.. Let's go... Er.. Where are we going?"

[Conrad Siberman]

He laughed. "Well babe do you have the rest of the day off? Cause I do and I was thinking we could head down to the supermarket grab some stuff to make food and then head back to your dorm or mine and make some." He said with a grin. "Your dorm actually cause I know that Jake has classes so it would be perfect!" He said to her and smiled. "So what you say cause I have no more classes today." He said

[Ryan McGrath]

"My classes are skipable." meaning to her that she was so far ahead in the rest of her classes that she didn't need to go to them for a good few days to be honest. "So I suppose I'll run to my room and drop off my books? Get my purse and we'll be out to the store?" She smiled at him. It was going to take some getting used to, being around him again. Adjusting to his limitations.

[Conrad Siberman]

"Ok babe lead the way!" He said to her and smiled at her. "I don't know where your dorm is babe." he said to her and smiled at her. This was going to be a great afternoon. Spending time with the love of his life. It hadn't happened in a wahile and he really needed it. Badly to spend time with her.

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan smiled. "It's the same as it always has been," leading him by the hand she tugged him in the right direction. When she got there she unlocked the door and entered. Jake left the games all strewn out again. With a sigh she dropped her books on the table and scooted the game back toward the tv. "It's so quite with just him and I in here right now. Well.. Except that he brings Roxanne over sometimes. She;s not so bad though. I guess. Haven't really talked to her." She went back to her room and put on light sweatshirt and grabbed her purse.

[Conrad Siberman]

Conrad looked athe sweater and laughed. "Babe you got a white spot on that." He said to her and tited his head to the side. "Looks like someone spilt something on it." He said and looked around. "God your brother is a pig." He said with a laugh and smiled at her. "ready to go sexy?" He asked her. He smiled at her and leaned against the door while he waited for her.

[Ryan McGrath]

She screamed a little and took it off. "GROSS!!!" She hung it on his door and wrote a note on the white board that hung there. it read. "You're getting this dry cleaned!" She grabbed a different sweater and sighed. What a kill joy. Taking Conrad's hand she nodded. "yeah I am..."

[Conrad Siberman]

Conrad leaned over and picked her up. Making it so she was on his back he started out the dorm. "Key." He said and got it from her. Locking the door he walked down the hall and out to the street level. "We walking all the way there or we taking your car?" He asked her and looked at her on his shoulders.

"Babe I want some pasta and chicken." He said to her and licked his lips. "I realyl want some. It woudl be awesome. Why? Because I make good chicken and you make good pasta!" He said with a grin.

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan walked with him holding his hand. "We'll drive... I don't feel like carying bags." Getting in the car she looked over at him from the driver's seat. "Are you even allowed to be off campus?" Pulling out of the parking lot, she made her way down the busy streets of Brooklyn. Damn city traffic. "You know we waste so much of our lives at traffic lights."

Ignoring his comment on chicken and pasta she agreed with him. "Cheese sauce? and Brocoli?" She was a very good driver and only sped.. a little. When premitable by traffic. She pulled up to the farmers market. She liked it better there than at the store. "This place has amazing organics." She smiled at him a little and got out.

[Conrad Siberman]

Conrad rolled his eyes. "Ick Ryan organic is gross!" He said to her and looked at her. "If I wasn't allowed off campus then would I suggest we go get food?" He asked and titled his head to the side. "I checked in with the headmistress this morning and she got them to extend the range on my ankel thing so that I could go farther away from the school." He said to her and leaned back in his seat.

"So I went and met with the counsiler. He is pretty cool not like any others I have seen." He said to her and looked at her. "He like doesn't make you feel like your a fuck up and that I can fix the mistakes I made." He said as he reached for her hand and looked at her with love in his eyes.

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan looked at him. "Organics are good for you, Conrad." Her face looked serious. What was with her. Everything seemed on edge. Maybe it was jut stress. yeah, stress. "I'm glad you can go farther. Makes things easier to work with. You know like...Hanging out and stuff. We can go on more walks."

She'd heard of the counselor and frankly, she never wanted to meet him. Though she knew one day it would be inevitable. This depression she was spiraling into wasn't good and everyone needed a little guidance sometimes. It was just that, admitting she had problems made her not perfect. Not a genius, not destined for greatness. "He sounds cool. I'm glad you have someone to talk to."

[Conrad Siberman]

He nodded to her statement about organic food. He wasn't goin to argue with her. No, he didn't think that was a good thing to do at the moment. She seemed out of sorts. Like she didn't know what way was up. Nodding, when she said that it was a good thing he could go farther away, he smiled. "Yeah, now we don't have to walk in that courtyard on our walks." He said with a laugh.

Looking over at her he watched her carefully. "Ryan baby..." He said softly to her. "You ok? You seem like your depressed or something." He said. "You know you can always talk to me. I am always here for you baby." As he said this he put his hand on her thigh. It wasn't ment as a sexual touch just a comforting manner.

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan looked at his hand there on her leg. It sent memories of all the times they'd been in bed together through her mind. She knew he wasn't being sexual, but she couldn't help it. And once she thought about the sex, Ryan had to think about that one time outcome of it And about how she lost the baby. "I'm fine." She turned her head to face him and gave him a smile. Leaning over she kissed him tenderly. "And I like that courtyard thanks."

With another smile she got out of the car and walked around to the other side to step inside the partially open street market. She wandered around and looked at a few things before looking at Conrad. "You coming?"

[Conrad Siberman]

He kissed her back and smield at her. He then looked at her and nodded. "Yeah I am comming" He said gettin gout and smiled at her. Taking her hand he looked around. "So what exactly are we getting?" HE asked her softly lookin at her. He titled his head to the side and Still wasn't so sure of this organic stuff.

"Do they just sell food here?" He asked her softly. He knew some markets he had been to see cool necklace and the like too.

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan smiled softly and held his hand. "You buy everything you'd normally get. But here it's all better for you. Untouched by pestisides. Like.... The chicken.. It's just chicken. Not chicken raised in a factory and fed useless crap that is enhanced to make them bigger and meetier. These chickens are farm raised with like.. grain. That's it.. just grain." At his second question she shrugged. Taking a little shopping basket she smiled.

"Go look around. There's all kinds of things here." She kissed his cheek and put her debit card in his hand. "Don't be too long." Turning she let go of his hand and walked through the fresh vegitables, looking for a good crown of brocoli and maybe some corn.

[Conrad Siberman]

He stood ther eafter she left and looked around. Soon he was waiting by the car for her. He was really confused how she was going to pay for the stuff she needed. He had got a tshirt and a couple necklaces and bracelets. Some of the kids from school looked at him and gave him that look of there he is the criminal and he sighed. He hated this so much

[Ryan McGrath]

Ryan found some olives, chicken, noodles, alfrado sauce, and the vegitables she wanted before going to the checkstand. There was a picture of Todd Manning's Face there on a wanted poster. She shivered and turned to her checkbook. Scribbling a check out as fast as she could she handed it to the man and took her groceries. God why did nothing just go away anymore. Walking passed the homemade candles she huridly left the store.

"Conny?" Walking to the car she ignored everyone else and smiled softly at him. "What was the damage to my bank account?" She laughed a little and smiled getting back in the car.