Hanna Pov
I got my phone from my make up desk, and decided to call the three girls, because I needed to know the details about Spencer's 'hook-up' and I needed to tell them about Caleb. It was like five in the evening so it was the right time to call. He had just left, and I dialed their numbers, and they picked up almost straight away.
"Hey Han." Emily, Spencer and Aria said simultaneously.
"Okay, Hi. And that was freaky as hell." I replied. "So, Spencer tell us."
"Spencer, tell us what?" Aria basically shouted down the phone line.
"Well. Basically at the bar she went to she hooked up with this guy." Spencer cut me off.
"I did not hook up with Toby. I went to his apartment, and he let me crash there for the night, because I said I couldn't go home like this. We kissed, but he said he didn't want to take advantage. I passed out on him, and woke up in his shirt, no idea, I think I put it on. Anyways he was making coffee, and he was shirtless, and boy is he god damn beautiful. Then he asked me on a date, which I'm getting ready for in about an hour, and I can't wait, because I kind of really like him." Spencer said.
"That's great Spence. You need to get back on your feet after Alex." Aria said.
"I know, and I think Toby's just the guy to do it."
"Okay, Hanna tell us about Caleb." Emily urged.
"Who's he?" Aria asked.
"The guy from the bar, turns out he's really nice, and I'm already falling for him, which I shouldn't be, but I am." I replied sheepishly.
"You deserve him after what happened with Tom." Spencer said.
"I know I do, and Caleb seems like a nice guy. I can kind of sense he won't do what Tom did."
"Well, tell us about your date in the coffee shop earlier." Emily said.
"Well, I found out that he's been passed around foster homes, and that Toby is actually Caleb's best mate."
"We should so go on a double date." Spencer screamed.
"I know we should."
"Tell us more." Aria said.
"He turned seventeen last night, and he goes to Walton's in Philly, and I just really like him, and I think he likes me too."
"That's great, I'm happy for both of you. So, Aria. Speaking of boys, anyone new on the block." Emily said, and Aria was silent on the other end. "Aria is there something you're not telling us."
"Fine, I went to Snookers, the college bar for lunch, and there was this really hot guy there. He was reading a book, and then I saw the poster of Ali. We had a conversation, and I ended up straddling him in his car." Aria said, and I could sense she was smiling.
"You're smitten, aren't you." I teased.
"Am not."
"Are so." Emily said.
"Fine. I am."
"Well, Aria. Details." Spencer pressed.
"Okay, basically we just talked about stuff, and then I followed him out to his car, because he forgot his book. I opened the car door, and gave him his book. He asked me if I would like to go out with him. I said yes, and tripped and fell on his lap. Then we kind of just got carried away."
"You can always count on Aria Montgomery to get clumsy over a charming boy." Spencer joked, and we all laughed.
"So how was the kiss?" Emily asked.
"Seriously, Em." Aria said, and giggled.
"Good or bad. Answer it." I said down the phone.
"It was amazing. How was yours?"
"It was amazing as well even though it was in the dingy toilets, what about you Spence?"
"Well, this is kind of embarrassing. I don't exactly know, I forgot. All I remember is that I kissed him, and that we got to second base. But, I gave him a chaste kiss in the morning, and fireworks, exploded."
"That's great, Spence." Emily said.
"So how's Ben." Aria asked.
"Clingy as hell. I've been starting to hang out with this new girl called Maya, because she moved into Ali's house, and Ben has been acting really strange." Emily replied, sighing.
"It will blow over, it's probably just nothing." Spencer reassured her.
"Can I tell you guys something?" Emily's voice sounded weak, but yet happy.
"Sure, you can always tell us anything." Aria said.
"Just please don't get mad."
"Why would we get mad, Em?" Spencer asked.
"Because I think I'm gay." Emily stuttered out, and the line was silent for a few moments.
"Em, we love you. And we don't mind who you love, we'll support you through this." I said, and smiled. I was happy that my friend was finding herself. Emily sighed.
"You don't know how happy I am to here that."
"Why would you think we would get mad?" Aria asked.
"I don't know, it's just I'm really scared of what people will think."
"I will destroy them, Emily." Spencer said.
"Can I help?" I offered the same time as Aria.
"Thanks Guys. You don't know how much this means to me." Emily said, sniffling
"Emily, we'll always be here for you, no matter what you do, oh and details. Just because you might be gay doesn't mean we have to stop talking about your love life." Emily laughed, and I smiled. I was happy for her, I really was.
"What's she like?" Aria asked.
"She's really nice, funny and I think she's really beautiful." Emily whispered, obviously blushing.
"Okay, I take back what I said to Aria, because you're the one who is fully smitten, here." I said.
"She has a boyfriend though, and I don't know if she likes me."
"Hey, Em. You never know." Spencer said.
"Have you kissed her yet?" I asked.
"Yes." Emily's voice turned quiet and frail. I squealed.
"Well, then. If she doesn't like you, she wouldn't kiss you. So I think she's smitten about you too." Aria said.
"Well, I have got to go, and get ready with my date with Toby." Spencer said, and disconnected from the call.
"Oh my god, I totally forgot. Ezra's picking me up in like half an hour." Aria squealed, and disconnected as well.
"Han." Emily said.
"Yeah." I replied.
"Thanks."
"For what."
"For supporting me with this."
"Anytime." My doorbell rang. "Ugh, I've got to go, someone's at the door."
"Is that person a special someone."
"Annoyingly, he left like an hour ago."
"Okay, Bye Han."
"Bye Em." I hung up, and put my phone in my pocket, as I walked down the stairs. I flung the door open, and it was my Dad.
Caleb Pov
The next day I was taking Hanna out to breakfast, and when I walked up to her house, it seemed like no one was in. I knocked on the door, and Hanna's voice, which was usually angelic, but was now croaky shouted through the door.
"Come in." I came in, and found her sitting on the stairs, with a pint of ice cream, and a tear-stained face. I kneeled in front of her, and wiped away her tears with my thumb. I kissed her on the forehead, and sat down next to her on the step. I pulled her closer to me, as she took another spoonful of ice cream.
"What's wrong?" I asked her, as she sat there silently. She sniffled.
"You probably don't want to hear my problems, so you can just leave if you want." Her voice was emotionless, and it almost broke me to see her so upset. 'No, Caleb. Don't'. 'She is just a bet.' 'But, she's more than a bet'. 'Just a bet, Caleb. Remember that'.
"I want to hear them." I replied, knowing that my voice would be full worry. She shook her head, and ate some more cookie dough. "Tell me." She breathed in.
"You know I told you about how my Dad left me and my Mum when I was younger to two skanks" She dug her spoon forcefully into her ice cream, and shoved it into her mouth. I nodded. "Well, they're moving to Rosewood. And the skank who replaced me, well she's going to my school." She ate another scoop of the nearly melted dessert. "I just can't, Caleb. I just can't."
"Hey, you'll get through this." I whispered in her ear, and she wiped away a stray tear, that was falling down her face. "Well, go get ready, and I'll take you to breakfast." She sniffled again, and ran up the stairs to get ready. I couldn't do the bet. But, I did want $150 dollars. If she doesn't find out, it won't do any harm.
Hanna Pov
I stood in my bedroom, looking at my now expanded stomach, which to me is the most unflattering thing anyone could ever see. Caleb was probably disgusted. I knew what I had to do, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I walked into the bathroom, and pulled my hair into a messy bun. I found the 'hidden' toothbrush, and kneeled in front of the toilet. I shoved the toothbrush down my throat, and as the bile came out of my mouth, I let a tear slip. I hadn't done this in two years, so why am I doing it right now. I tried stopping, but I kept forcing the toothbrush down my throat. I felt a strong pair of arms wrap around me, and drag me up from the toilet. I dropped the toothbrush to the floor, and broke down crying. I knew it was Caleb, and I just couldn't bring myself to look into his eyes. His eyes that were so hypnotizing, and I knew I would just break down even more, and unravel the layers of baggage. Unravel the whole story of me being a gigantic cow, of me bingeing, of the whole Tom incident, and a whole year of wasting my life away somewhere I could have not been. But, it was my choice I ended up there, and it was my choices that drove me there. I then met Tom, and he made it all better. We dated for a year, and he started doing unimaginable things, I never thought he would do. I couldn't tell all of that to Caleb, just yet. He'd leave me. He'd pity me. He'd feel sorry for me, and look at me like a piece of trash. He would leave me standing there in the darkness. Because I kind of knew, that I was already falling in love with him, and I couldn't let him go. I was so caught up in my thoughts, and I didn't notice that he had moved me to my bed, and was rocking me gently back and forth. I quieted my loud, escalating sobs, to small and soft whimpers.
"Why the hell were you doing that?" Caleb whispered.
"Because I'm fat." I whispered back, and it was true. I was turning fat every single time I ate a bit of food. But, I know I can't think like that.
"That's bull, Hanna. And we both know it. You're beautiful." I shook my head, and more tears slid down my face.
"I'm not, you were probably disgusted by me, eating that whole load of ice cream."
"I don't, everyone eats ice cream when they're feeling low. Trust me I eat my whole fridge. And you are no way near fat, because I swear to god you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen." I sniffled.
"I find it very hard to believe you."
"You're beautiful, and I'm not going to stop saying it until you believe me."
"I'm not going to believe you that easily."
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So I know some parts may have been confusing like: Who's Tom, and where did Hanna go for a year, What did Tom do, every question in this chapter will be answered. Bye dolls