Yes, what am I doing, posting a new story? Woooooooops

But I was given a prompt on twitter and then I found an article and well I really wanted to write some canon teen Haleb. This is set Season 2 before Hanna drops the big 'L' word and is pretty self-explanatory: 19 signs that tells her she loves Caleb Rivers. Note, this is gonna be pretty light, no mega drama and the chapters aren't going to be super long ~ think of it more as a ficlet (I say that now)

Picture of dress will be posted on my twitter (silenceevery) if you care, but Hanna did wear it in 3x12

T for now. May move to M.

So yeah, enjoy...

"You can't remember the last time you thought about your ex"

"Mom!" Hanna yelled anxiously as she huffed in front of her mirror. There was no response and Hanna couldn't help but roll her eyes, "MOM!" She shouted again; did her mother not realize this was an emergency.

"What?" She heard a faint voice call back.

"I need you!"

There was the sound of feet on the stairs before Hanna caught sight of Ashley Marin appearing in the doorway, "What is it?" She asked her, moving into the room.

"I can't do my zipper up," She said, pulling her hair to the side to reveal her naked back and before looking imploringly at her mother in the mirror to come and help her.

"This is pretty," Ashley remarked, smoothing out the straps of the striped dress once it was zipped all the way to the top. "I like the leather," She added, taking in the black straps and hemline.

"Thanks," Hanna muttered, fluffing with a piece of hair that was refusing to stay in place.

"It's also short and tight."

"Mom," The blonde rolled her eyes.

"Do we need to be having a conversation?" Ashley asked pointedly, crossing her arms across her chest.

"No, we don't."

"Hanna."

"Mom!" She shrieked, "What do you think I'm gonna do? Strip naked as soon as I see him?"

"I'm concerned."

"Why?" Hanna asked, "It's a date, not a swingers party."

"A what?"

"Nevermind," Hanna muttered, reaching for her blusher brush to touch up her cheeks. "I thought you liked Caleb."

Ashley twisted a piece of Hanna's hair in her hand, "I do sweetheart," She sighed, rubbing her shoulder, "I just don't want you to feel pressured, or like you can't talk to me about this."

"Why are you being like this?" Hanna threw her head into her hands in desperation, "This isn't our first date."

"Because," Ashley squeezed her shoulder before stepping back to sit on the edge of the bed. "This is different."

"Different to what? I've been to the cinema before."

"I can see it in you."

"See what?" Hanna tossed her hair back, completely frustrated. She'd asked her Mom to help her with a zipper, not give her a lecture on her relationship with Caleb. "I'm me," She stressed, "This is me."

"Honey, I know you're falling for him," Ashley said gently, "And there's nothing wrong with that," She added quickly, "I want you to be happy and know what it's like to fall in love with someone, but he's different to Sean."

Hanna's hand froze halfway in mid air as she reached for her lipstick. "Why are you bringing him up?" She said stoically. She couldn't remember the last time she'd thought about her ex-boyfriend, let alone spoken about him.

The doorbell rang before Ashley could respond and it kick-started Hanna's last minute preparation again. "Curfew's at 11," Ashley reminded her, slightly taken aback as she watched Hanna rush around at lightning speed, making sure she had everything in her bag before she pulled on her shoes.

"It was 12 last time," She argued, looking at herself one final time.

"You weren't wearing that dress last time."

"I'm so done with this conversation," Hanna groaned as they made their way down the stairs. "I grabbed a condom, don't wait up," She yelled, yanking open the door and slamming it shut before Ashley had a chance to say anything else.

"Hanna," Ashley growled as she made her way to the window – she couldn't help herself – just to watch them as they disappeared. But they hadn't disappeared; instead she stood there, cringing as she witnessed her daughter place a long, probing kiss on her boyfriend's lips. She was pretty sure his hands were inching their way down Hanna's waist and she forced herself to tear her eyes away before she saw something she really didn't want to. She was booking an appointment with the doctors first thing to get her daughter on contraception.

"So," Hanna whispered as she linked her fingers with Caleb's, the light from the house pouring out through the windows to illuminate his face. She felt her stomach twist; it wasn't just his face, it was the most perfect, bone structure, jawline, I-could-kiss-those-lips-forever face and most of the time she couldn't quite believe that face seemed to be into her just as much.

"So," Caleb grinned down at her, toying with her fingers until he couldn't help himself and he just had to touch her waist. "Is your Mom watching?" He whispered, his eyebrows dancing as he moved his forehead to rest on hers.

Hanna bit her lip and glanced towards the window. She caught the edge of a shadow and rolled her eyes, "Yep," She muttered, trying to simmer the embarrassment that was rising up through her body to bloom on her cheeks.

Caleb sighed with smile on his face, "I really wanted to kiss you," He whispered as his fingers ran around her back before returning to their natural place on her waist. She fit perfectly in his hands.

Hanna bit her lip; not once had Caleb ever made her doubt his attraction towards her and for a girl that had body issues, it just made her heart beat that little bit faster, "Then kiss me," She grinned, before his lips were edging towards hers and her eyes were fluttering shut.

She loved the way he kissed her; just enough tenderness to tell her how much he cared and just enough pressure to tell her how much he wanted her. She looped her hand through his long tresses and wrapped it around his neck as their tongues fought for dominance. Caleb felt like his hands were moving on their own accord as they inched their way down to Hanna's butt, but he wanted her and it was only when a shadow crossed the light that he was reminded exactly where they were. "We should go," He mumbled, pulling away breathlessly. "The film starts soon and I know how long you take to pick out your snacks."

"I do not," She frowned, but the smile on her face told him otherwise.

"Yes, you do," He argued, linking their fingers again before he started to lead her down the path to the car he'd borrowed from Lucas.

"Look, when you're forced to choose between popcorn and sour patch kids, it's a difficult decision." Hanna defended herself, separating from him to climb into the car.

"I never said it wasn't," Caleb agreed as he started the engine, "I'm just saying, it takes you a while to decide."

"My taste buds are easily disappointed, okay?"

"Really?" He whispered, pausing and turning his body to face hers.

She nodded and stifled a laugh as their noses touched, "All the time," She teased him before he was cupping her cheek and pulling their mouths together, reminding her that when she was kissing him, her taste buds were never disappointed. Ever.

Thirty minutes later and Caleb was starting to lose the will to live. Hanna had settled on popcorn but had spent the last few minutes chewing her fingernails off as she decided between sweet and salty. "Babe," He sighed as he stood there and watched her stare at the popcorn machine worriedly, "Why don't you just mix them?" He attempted to rectify the situation.

"You can't just mix them," She muttered, "It makes it off-balance."

Caleb rolled his eyes and was just about to tell her how ridiculous she was being when a voice interrupted them, "Hanna?" They both turned around to see Sean Ackard stood in front of them with a few members of the football team loitering behind him.

"Sean," Hanna swallowed nervously, "Hi."

"How are you?" He smiled, tucking his hands into his front pockets and rocking on his heels.

"Good," She said stoically, unsure as to how to react. She felt a possessive arm reach around her waist to pull her into a warm body and she was reminded of the boy she was on a date with. "You remember Caleb, right?"

"Yeah," She saw Sean visibly swallow before he exchanged some typical everything-is-okay-I-don't-know-you-but-I-kind-of-know-you man hug with Caleb. She'd forgotten they'd met when Sean asked Caleb to upgrade his phone. "I haven't seen you around school much," He remarked casually.

"I've just had a lot going on," She shook her head dismissively – he didn't need to know about the cyber stalker that was haunting her and her best friends.

The hand was back on her waist and she felt Caleb give her a reassuring squeeze before he was piping up, "The film's about to start," He said, "You wanna grab the food?" He suggested to her.

"Yeah, we should go in too," Sean smiled, glancing over his shoulder to see his friends had started to head towards the screen.

"What are you seeing?" Caleb impulsively asked.

"Uhh Limitless," Sean checked his ticket stub, "You guys?"

"Justin Bieber," Caleb lied before Hanna had a chance to say anything, "Girls are just obsessed with his hair," He remarked, his jaw stiff as he looked at Hanna's ex-boyfriend.

"Well, enjoy guys," The blonde said before he was up the stairs and into his screen as fast as possible.

"Why'd you lie?" Hanna frowned, turning her body into Caleb's as she looked up at him questioningly. "We're seeing the same film as them."

"There is no way I can sit there and watch a film knowing that your ex-boyfriend and his jock-strap friends are a row away from us."

"Caleb," She tried, "We've already paid for the tickets." She watched as Caleb pulled them out of his jacket pocket and tore them in half, "Caleb!"

"Change of plans," He said before grabbing her hand and leading her straight out of the cinema back towards their car.

"You wanted to see that film," She argued with him, tottering in her heels to keep up with him as he paced down the sidewalk.

"No," He stopped and spun around so quickly that she crashed into his chest, "I wanted to sit in the dark and make out with you under the false pretense that we were watching a movie."

"We can still make out," She tried, stroking his chest soothingly. He was so wound up.

"No," He said again, "Now I'm just thinking of you and him."

Hanna forced her lips onto his and pulled his head down with so much force that they were both slightly taken aback. His hands automatically ran up her back, holding her tightly against his chest as they mouths pushed hard against each other. Her hands were in his hair, tugging slightly as they fought for dominance. The need for air eventually became too much and they separated, both gasping for breath as they stood as close together as possible in the middle of a downtown Rosewood sidewalk. "I never kissed him like that," She whispered, closing her eyes as he held her head against his shoulder.

He hated himself for making her feel like she had to prove he was the only person she wanted to be with, but he'd worked so hard to get her back. He was reminded every time he looked at her that he was punching way out of his league. Add to that, the pain of his childhood made him naturally anxious about people he cared about leaving him at the drop of a hat and you had a guy who was more than a little put out about running into the ex-boyfriend.

"Is your Mom in all night?" He eventually asked, squeezing her fingers before encouraging her to get into the car. He didn't want their date night to be fully ruined but he equally didn't want to go back to hers if her Mom was in and watching their every move.

"Yeah," Hanna bit her lip as she fastened her seatbelt. "But I know somewhere we can go."

"Just turn here," Caleb indicated at Hanna's words and pulled off the main road down a dirt path that headed into the woods surrounding the lake.

"Where are we?" He asked, completely disorientated as the road came to a stop.

"We're near the kissing rock," Hanna said quietly, looking down at her hands. "Ali used to say that when you go there you can feel the ghosts of the other lovers pushing you to do it," She added, "Kinda lame, right?"

Caleb leant over the central console and let his fingers ghost along her jawline, encouraging her to look at him, "I don't need any ghosts to push me," He grinned, tilting his head to connect their lips as he blindly tried to find the button for his seatbelt.

Hanna pulled back and hastily undid hers before she was climbing through the front seats into the back and Caleb was rushing to follow her. He covered her body with his and was all too happy to start kissing her all over again when she braced a hand on his shoulder and stopped him, "I never thought I'd bring someone here," She murmured, avoiding eye contact again.

"We're here now."

"Caleb," She looked him dead in the eye, "I haven't thought of Sean in a really long time."

"I know," He nodded, hovering on his forearms above her as her hair cascaded down the edge of the car seat.

"No," She shook her head, "I mean I don't know when I last thought about him. I mean it was before you, before… us."

"I know that," He repeated, nodding his head as her eyes searched his for confirmation. "I do." Her face softened and her lips formed a smile as her fingers toyed with the hair on his neck, "Now," His tone changed and a smirk graced his face as he edged closer to her, "Are you gonna let me take your kissing rock virginity or not?"

"Take it," She whispered, before she was swept away in waves of soft lips, crashing over hers and dragging her deeper and deeper. She gripped his shoulders as they kissed harder and a frown graced her face momentarily as she thought about her Mom's words. She was falling for Caleb and her short-term amnesia over Sean was the first sign she'd had that told her falling meant she loved him... was in love with him. But one sign wasn't enough and before she plucked up the courage to tell him exactly how she felt, she'd need something else. And she couldn't wait to find out whatever the hell that was.

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