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CHAPTER 23 HANNAH

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Hannah

DANNY GROANED AND LEANED over the steering wheel of his Ford Fusion. "Geez, what's up with all the traffic?"

Hannah looked up from the playlist she was compiling on her phone. Route 112 was at a standstill. Cars were stopped bumper to bumper for as far as she could see. "Maybe there's an accident or something."

He slumped back in his seat. "I was hoping to get us to Boston by lunch. Guess that plan is shot to shit."

"So you're going to let a little traffic get you down?" Hannah reached over and stroked his thigh. "You can't be depressed on such an epic occasion."

He clearly had no idea what she was talking about.

Hannah pulled her hand away. "Do you have any idea what today is?"

Danny thought about it. "Sunday?"

"Today is officially our 111th date, Mr. Jones." Hannah went back to her phone and added the latest Lady Gaga song to her growing list. "One, one, one."

They'd started going out about a month after Hannah transferred to Hollows Bend High from Connecticut when her dad took a job with an engineering firm in Barton. Hannah had been a freshman and Danny was a junior and captain of the varsity basketball team, and holy hell, was he good-looking. When he first approached her in the hallway near her locker, she only heard about half the words that came out of his mouth. She'd gotten lost in his green eyes, and for the life of her, she couldn't figure out why this guy was talking to her. The other girls had watched in awe as he asked her out. He smiled when the word yes fell from her mouth, told her he'd see her around, and walked off. That had been that, and they had been inseparable ever since.

Danny curled his index finger around a loose strand of Hannah's dark hair and tucked it behind her ear. "One, one, one. You're right, that is a milestone. I can think of at least a dozen ways you can demonstrate your appreciation for me, but you may want to stretch first. I'd hate to see you pull something, Ms. Hernandez."

The brake lights of the Toyota minivan in front of them blinked off, and they started to creep down the blacktop.

"Finally!" Danny took his foot off the brake and rolled slowly forward. They gained maybe five feet before they were forced to stop again.

"Or not."

"Or not."

Hannah tagged "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat. She loved that song.

Danny rolled his window down and leaned out, then fell back in his seat. "I can't see anything up ahead. I don't know where this ends. We could be stuck out here all day."

Playlist, done!

Hannah connected to the stereo in Danny's car via Bluetooth and hit Play. Jason Mraz strummed his guitar and went into his latest. Hannah listened for a moment, then leaned across the center console and rested her head on Danny's shoulder. "Maybe today's not the day to go to Boston. Maybe it's the day to do something else." She stroked his thigh again and gave him a gentle squeeze.

Danny grinned mischievously and slipped the transmission in reverse. "I like where your head's at, Ms. Hernandez. Hang on."

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