Hanna walks the school yard with wonder on her face, just as she sees her boyfriend, Travis, sitting at one of the school benches while her neck-length blonde hair with black streaks blows from the wind. She notices Travis' bald head which oddly attracts her to him. She has never been fond of bald heads until she met him. She's only used to old men having bald heads. As she peps her step towards him, he looks back up with her with confusion on his face.
"Hey," she nervously says before taking a breath.
"Hi," he says with a sigh before looking back at the book in his hand.
"What are you doing for lunch later," Hanna says with a slight smile. "Do you want to eat with me? My treat."
Travis turns back to his book and replies "Uh, can't. I have things to do."
She notes the slight attitude being directed towards her as she turns her head away from him with embarrassment. She quickly recalls that she was supposed to call him back the previous night.
I completely forgot about Travis. It's not my fault, though. So much is going on right now. Alison is back, A is still after us, and Caleb has returned from his spooky vacation in Ravenswood. It's not like I don't want to spend time with Travis.
"Look I'm sorry for not calling you back last night, she quickly says. "It's just…there's been a lot-"
"Going on," he quickly finishes her sentence with a nod. "Right?"
Hanna looks at him with the realization that she has been saying that a lot creeping upon her face.
She says "Yeah, I mean with Ali back-"
"Caleb," he asks before he bites his lip while nodding his head. "Look I saw him this morning at the grill. I figured that's why you've been so distracted."
He looks at her with slight hurt in his eyes as he looks up at her.
Hanna fidgets with her necklace as she struggles to look at her hurt boyfriend.
"That's not the only reason," she says with a slight shrug of her shoulders.
Travis quickly closes his book and grabs his bag before saying "I'll give you one less thing to worry about."
As Hanna watches her boyfriend stand up, a feeling of guilt and loss rushes through her body. She doesn't want to lose him.
He has been there for me so much while Caleb hasn't been around…he helped me with my mother not going to jail, he covered for me with Mrs. D wedding, he's helped me with trying to cope with Alison being back in this crazy town…I don't want to lose him.
As he walks away, she grabs his arm and says "Travis, wait."
He turns around with clear disappointment on his face as he says "I can't keep doing this if you're only in halfway."
Hanna thinks about his words as hurt begins to creep upon her face with the slight hesitation to look up into his equally hurt eyes.
"I like you too much for that," he says with a shake of his head.
Hanna begins to speak, but can't find the words that would get him to stay. As Travis looks at her, waiting for any kind of insistence that she does like him as much, she stares at him, trying to hold back tears.
After moments pass, he looks at her with disappointment and turns away from her. As he walks away, Hanna watches her now ex-boyfriend walk away with her with her struggling to hold back tears.
I can't believe we're done. I feel horrible right now. Like someone has just ripped out my heart. I know that we didn't have a perfect relationship, but we were doing fine before all of this other stuff started up again in my life.
As Hanna turns away from watching Travis walk away, she gazes at a couple holding hands while walking towards the school.
"Hanna," a voice says as she continues to watch the couple. "Hanna!"
Hanna turns her head, as she pushes back the memory she had of Travis and her breaking up. She turns to where the voice is coming from and smiles as she sees her five years older fiancé, Caleb, looking at her with wonder.
"You got lost there for a sec," he says. "You okay?"
Well, I can't tell you that I just thought about my ex-boyfriend so...
"Oh yeah, I'm fine," she says with a wave of her hand. "I just…can't believe we're back here."
Caleb looks at her with a nod of his head and says "Well, we're only back because Alison needed us to be."
"And I have yet to know why exactly she wants us back," she says. "I mean, I love her, but I've stayed away from this town for five years. I really didn't want to mess up my streak."
He smirks at her and says "Look, Emily, Spencer, and Aria say they are all heading this way while no one is at school yet so we should get inside."
Hanna nods her head as she runs a hand through her long, straight blonde hair. The engaged couple begin to walk towards the front doors of the school. As they walk a hallway of the school, she notices that everything still looks the same, despite it being five years since she's walked this hallway.
As Caleb and Hanna continue to walk the hallway, they hear the sound of a cart being moved. The sound of shoes follows soon after.
I know that sound. That's the sound of two-hundred dollar loafers! Whoever that is knows their shoes.
The cart comes from around the corner, causing Caleb and Hanna to quickly stop. As the person who controls the cart steps into view, Hanna looks at them in disbelief.
"Travis?"
I don't know if I was the only one who supported Tranna, but I think those two were cut too soon. But don't think there won't be a lot of Haleb in this fic. This is more about repairing bonds and cutting off toxic elements of the Liars lives. Please leave your reviews, comments, and theories about what will happen later on in this story.
