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Hanna wiped her tears and held onto the picture looking at Caleb's blissful face. Had she really made him happy these two years? Before she could start wondering again she heard footsteps and Spencer walked inside her bedroom.
''Hey are you here? Bought you Thai food.'' she said as she settled in Hanna's bed and noticed her puffy eyes and the photo frame in her shaky hands. She looked at her worried. ''Hanna, you have to eat. You can't keep beating yourself over what happened with Caleb. He left, you stayed. That is the point. And now my little godchild is on the way and that is all that matters now.''
''I eat Spencer.I am just not in the mood for anything right now. I am broken over Caleb, but i'm not going to risk my baby's life because he abandoned me.'' She was starting to cry once again.
''Don't .'' she said and wiped her eyes. Hanna smiled weakly and opened to eat.
''You know something?'' she said. ''Want to go to The Brew? Everyone else is there. Aria, Em, Ezra, Toby. Plus it will be fun to be all together just like old times.'' She looked at her and smiled weakly.
She took Hanna's hand and lifted her off of the bed. That task was so simple to her before and now she needed help to stand up from her own she was 8 months pregnant after all.
The drive to the Brew was short and Spencer drove because Hanna was too unconfortable behind the steering wheel now with her large they walked in she spotted their friends all sitting in their usual spot by the large bay they saw her, their faces lit up. Aria hugged her tight and Emily squealed from excitement like every time she saw her baby bump, ever since the day she found out. Ezra kept it together, telling her that pregnancy made her look her best and asking about the gender. Toby was the most excited of them all. He sat next to her and rubbed her stomach asking her about how many weeks she was and if she thought about names. Spencer observed them, smiling widely noticing Toby's interest in kids.
''So Ezra, how is your new book coming along? Have you set a publishing day yet?'' she asked genuinely interested in Ezra's brand new book. ''Well Aria is dealing with most of these stuff and we have set the publishing date in one month from now so you better not give birth that day or you will miss the whole party.'' She laughed sipping her tea and smiling at him.
They continued the small talk for a little more and she was starting to feel genuinely happy. And she hadn't felt like this in a while. Happy and blissful, even for a moment or two. ''How did the interview for Pepperdine go?'' asked Aria as she putted sugar in her coffee. Emily rose up and smiled. ''I think it went really nice.I am pretty optimistic.'' She was happy for Emily. Really. She and the others were doing all the things that she couldn't. She was stuck in time. On a loop. Doomed to stay still in Rosewood as everyone moved forward.
''Guys, we have to go.'' said Aria. ''Me and Ezra have to run to the publisher. ''Can you give me a ride home?'' asked Emily. ''Sure Em.'' said Ezra as he grabbed Aria's hand after greeting all of them. Emily and Aria hugged her and said ''Goodbye'' before whispering farewell to their future godchild.
''Spence, i'm going to go too. I have to head back to work.'' He kissed her goodbye and said bye to Hanna rubbing her stomach too.
''Okay, why does everyone love to rub my stomach? What is their problem?'' She placed her hand on top of her stomach sitting next to Spencer.
''So what are you thinking of doing for college?'' she asked. ''First i want my little girl out and then i will apply.'' Spencer face lit up and smiled with that usual excitement face of her. ''It's a girl?'' She smiled at her. ''Yeah..I found out last week.'' Spencer wanted to say something but her mouth left hanging open. ''What? What happened? Spencer?'' She didn't understand what was happening, but the moment Hanna turned, she understood why Spencer was left speechless.
Right in front of her standed Caleb. And he was looking right at her stomach. The sight of him standing meters away from her, shocked her to the core. He was still the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life. But this time...He looked different. His usually longer hair were now in a short haircut, he had facial hair now and his clothes were much more different now. Darker. But these were not the things that took Hanna's attention. It was the look on Caleb's face. His face was a mask of complete anger and hurt as he looked at her large stomach. She standed up and walked over to him.
''Caleb?'' she asked bewildered.
''What are you doing here?''
Before Caleb could answer to her one of the frat boys which sat to a table close by yelled: ''Damn blondie, i would still fuck you. Even pregnant.''
In that moment Caleb turned to face the frat boy and snapped at him. ''Could you shut it before i do it for you, Biff? This is a coffee shop, not a locker room.'' The frat guy was getting upset as he standed up to face him.
''You lookin' for a fight, man?'' She would swear that Caleb was about to say yes, but she quickly pulled him back a bit from his forearm and looked at the boy
''No, no he is just a little bit irritable. He hasn't had his coffee yet.'' Caleb ignored them and turned his attention immediately back to Hanna.
''Caleb, when did you get back? Why didn't you call me?'' His mouth opened to speak but his eyes fell on Hanna's baby bump as if he knew that his unborn daughter was in a frenzy over him being in the same place with her for the first time.
''Congratulations Hanna. To you and the father.''
At that moment Hanna heard Spencer call her name and she turned to see her motioning for them to leave. Clearly the shock of seeing Caleb again had made her forget about her gynecologist appointement to check on the baby's health. And she knew that the moment she turned back that Caleb would be gone.
And Hanna wasn't wrong.
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