I'm so sorry I posted the next chapter of my other story on here instead. I don't know how but im going to blame my lack of sleep and revising brain. I hope you weren't too annoyed when you realised it wasn't the next chapter of this story but here's the actual chapter two. I hope you like it. Xxx


Chapter Two

At Monday lunch time Hanna found herself sat at a table in the Brew lost in her thoughts yet again. She was supposed to be getting through the pile of work her boss had given her but Caleb was clouding every single thought she had. The last two nights had been sleepless. She had lay awake tossing, turning and worrying that everything she had done to protect her daughter was going to unravel and Caleb would find out the truth. Now he was back in Rosewood it would be so much easier for him to find out. If he had simply looked at the lock-screen on her phone he would have known and all it took was them meeting at the supermarket again or anywhere in Rosewood and he would know.

Caleb had also had two sleepless nights and couldn't get Hanna out of his head no matter how hard he tried. Every time he closed his eyes her beautiful face looked up at him with her blue eyes gleaming. He had spent most of Saturday night staring at the box in the corner of his apartment but still hadn't been able to open it. He thought he was finally getting over her, it had been six years for god sake but, ever since he had knocked her over she had been in every single thought he had.

At lunch time he finished his shift at Hollis and drove to the Brew to get a sandwich for lunch. He payed the teenager at the counter and started making his way out when he spotted her on the other side of the Brew staring down at her coffee. He glanced back at the door before walking over to her. "You know your supposed to drink that, not just look at it." He said making Hanna jump.

"God Caleb." She gasped placing her hand on her chest and taking a deep breath. He had scared the crap out of her by interrupting her thoughts about him with his actual presence.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He apologised. "Can I sit down?"

Hanna looked at the chair opposite her for a few seconds before reluctantly nodding. She didn't want him to think she was avoiding him even though she was trying to. He pulled the chair out and sat down across from her. Hanna could feel his gaze on her but was determined not to look up into them eyes that once could make her spill her heart out in one glance. "So, how have you been?" Caleb asked, trying to get rid of the awkwardness.

"I've been okay." Hanna replied, letting out a small smile.

"Are you still in New York?"

"Yeah, but my boss is opening a store in Philly so it's easier if I stay at my moms house for now." She answered, taking a sip of her coffee.

"Your still rodey for a bunch of dresses?" He chuckled.

"That's me." Hanna laughed looking up at him for the first time but as soon as their eyes met she stopped and looked down again.

Caleb cleared his throat. "How long are you staying in Rosewood?" He asked.

"The store should open in the new year so a few months." She replied. He couldn't help but smile knowing she would be here until New Year. "What about you? Why are you back in Rosewood?" Hanna asked.

"I still have my old apartment here so I thought I'd come back. It's the only place that ever felt like home." He said looking down at the last part. It wasn't Rosewood that felt like home to him it was Hanna and he had tried to convince himself that the whole reason for his move back here wasn't because there was a chance he would see her again, but clearly his plan had worked.

She looked up at him at that comment and gave him a small smile. "Do you have a job here?"

"Yeah, I work at Hollis."

"Your a teacher?"

"No, I just sort out all the computers when they crash and stuff." He chuckled.

"I was going to say I'd never thought you'd be a teacher since you spent most your life skipping school." She gave him another small smile as all the awkwardness that had been there before slowly disappeared.

"How are all the other girls? Do you still speak to them?" Caleb asked.

She nodded. "We still talk but we're all so spread out so we don't see each other much."

Caleb nodded. "What about Charlotte?"

He could visible see Hanna tense up when he said her name and the small smile on her face dropped. "She got released from hospital a year ago and moved to Australia with Alison."

"Australia?"

She raised her eyes brows and nodded. "I think they both wanted a fresh start away from here and I'm glad that bitch is far away." Hanna muttered.

Caleb let out a small laugh.

"I shouldn't have said that." Hanna gasped bringing her hand up to her mouth.

"I won't tell anyone." He grinned. "Did you see her when she got released?" He asked, becoming serious again.

She shook her head. "No, I didn't want to relive everything again." She muttered, looking down at her hands that were joined on the table.

Caleb could see how much of an effect all of Charlottes tormenting still had on Hanna. He reached forward and placed his hand on top of hers. "I'm here if you want to talk."

Hanna looked up into his eyes. He was still the same old Caleb; funny, caring and protective. She felt her heart clench when the rough skin of his hands touched her delicate ones. "I know."

He ran his thumb over her hand again until he felt something hard and cold touch his skin. He moved his hands away and spotted a huge diamond ring on her finger. "Your married?"

"Engaged." Her voice cracked as she looked down and moved her hands under the table. The hurt in his eyes was so obvious.

Caleb felt betrayed for a second before he remembered that Hanna wasn't his anymore. Just talking to her made him forget that everything else in the world existed and forget about everything that happened six years ago.

He cleared his throat again a stood up. "I should go." He gave her one last nod before walking away and out the door of the Brew. Both of them being back in Rosewood gave him the smallest bit of hope that maybe something would happen between them and sparks would once again fly and they would fall in love all over again in the town they had first fallen for each other.

But she had moved on from their breakup, met someone new and fallen in love again and there was nothing he could do except stand back and let her live her life. Maybe seeing her move on would be what he needed to move on himself, finally.

Hanna glanced back at her ring for a second as she watched Caleb leave. Not letting herself get lost in thought again she collected her things together and paid for her unfinished coffee before heading home. Once she was through the door she threw her bag and coat down and headed straight for the kitchen. Ashley Marin was stood at the kitchen island messing with her hand bag but Hanna ignored her and slumped straight down onto the stool. "Good afternoon to you too." Ashley muttered.

Hanna still didn't reply and Ashley could sense something was wrong by her daughters body language. "Is everything okay?"

Hanna sighed and shook her head. "I thought you were supposed to be at The Radley all day?" She asked.

"I was but I forgot my phone so had to come back. Are you going to tell me what's wrong with you?" She replied sitting on the stool next to her.

She shook her head again and stared at her nails. Ashley was about to give up when Hanna just blurted everything out. "Caleb's back."

Ashley nearly fell off her stool hearing his name again after all these years. "Caleb Rivers?"

Hanna let out another long sigh. "Caleb Rivers." She confirmed.

Ashley sighed again and realised what had been troubling her daughter for the past few days. "When did you see him?"

"Today at the Brew." She replied. "But that's not the first time. I bumped into him in the supermarket on Saturday and then he came here to give me my phone back because I dropped it."

"Why didn't you tell me on Saturday?" Ashley asked. Hanna just shrugged. "You do know what this means don't you?" Ashley asked. "You need to talk to him and tell him he's got a daughter."

"We talked today."

"What did you tell him?"

Hanna looked down again at her engagement ring. "He knows I'm engaged."

Ashley sighed again and shook her head. "Hanna you need to tell him about Scarlett. He deserves to know."

"I can't just go up to him and spring it on him, he has no idea." Hanna snapped.

"He needs to know." Ashley repeated before standing up and taking her hand bag. "Im going back to work. See you tonight." She said walking past and kissing her daughters head.

Hanna breathed out and leant her head in her hands. She knew that Caleb needed to know, it was unfair to keep it from him but it wasn't just Caleb she was thinking about. This would have such a huge effect on her daughter. Scarlett was five years old and ran around without a care in the world and she was scared that it would change Scarlett and she would see the huge mistake her Mommy had made six years ago in New York.


Caleb finished his cigarette and stubbed it out with his foot before he walked into the Rosewood Grille. He spotted Toby sat in the corner with a beer and walked over to join him. "Hey man, how you doing?" He asked patting Toby's back.

"Good. Sorry I had to cancel on Saturday my girlfriend's parents decided to pay a visit." Toby said, rolling his eyes as Caleb sat down across from him.

"Don't worry about it." Caleb smiled. "So long time no see."

"I know man, where have you been for the past six years?" Toby asked.

"Everywhere." Caleb muttered ordering a beer from a waitress that passed them.

"Everywhere but here." Toby corrected him.

"What about you? Who's this new girlfriend?" Caleb asked moving the subject away from himself.

"Her names Yvonne." Toby said.

"And..."

"And?"

"Is that all you know about her? Her name?" Caleb chuckled taking a sip of his beer.

"She works in politics." He said. "And I'm building us a house."

"A house. Wow, you must be serious."

"Yeah, we are." Toby smiled.

Caleb took another sip of his beer. Toby was another person who had moved on from his teenage love and let go of the past.

"What about you? Anyone special?" Toby asked him. He shook his head. "So you've not been with anyone for five years?" Toby asked.

"Not more than one night." He replied. "Which is long enough." Toby nodded, wondering if Caleb was still caught up on a certain blonde. "Anyway, tell me everything that's happened in this place since I left." Caleb said shifting the conversation again.

"Honestly, not much. Once all the girls left everything quietened down." Toby shrugged. "Ezra comes back every so often, he still owns the Brew."

"Do you still talk to him?" Caleb asked

"Sometimes, he always seems to be drunk though or at least with a beer in his hand." He replied.

"I know how that feels." Caleb muttered quietly looking down at the beer in his hand.

"And I see you have started smoking." Toby commented. "I can smell it off you from here." Caleb picked up the corner of his t-shirt and smelt it. Toby was right, all his clothes probably stank of cigarettes but he didn't help himself by smoking inside his apartment. Toby shook his head and chuckled. "You don't don't give two shits that your ruining your lungs, do you?"

Caleb shook his head and leant back into the chair, rolling his eyes. "You sound like my mother." toby laughed too and took a sip of his beer. "What about the girls?" Caleb asked then. "Where are they now?"

"Well Spencer and me still talk sometimes and she's in Washington. And Aria, I think is in Boston and Emily is in California. And Alison-" He started but was cut off.

"Is in Australia." Caleb finished.

"How do you know?"

"Hanna told me."

"Hanna?!"

"Yeah, I bumped into her a couple of days ago and we talked this morning in the Brew." Caleb explained. "She's staying at her moms for a bit."

"I know, I've talked to her a few times." Toby said slowly trying to tell if Caleb knew anything. He didn't look like a man who had just found out he had a child. "What did you talk about?"

Caleb picked up on his change in attitude. "I know she's engaged Toby." He said thinking that was what Toby wanted him to know.

Toby just nodded. Caleb was clearly oblivious to the little girl running around this town that he had fathered. "Did she tell you anything else?"

"No. Why should she?" Caleb asked extremely confused now.

"No…its-No." He had to stop himself. It wasn't his place to tell Caleb, it was Hanna's.

Caleb just looked at him for a few seconds trying to figure out what else Hanna needed to tell him. It couldn't be that important or she would have said something when he talked to her this morning. Toby could tell Caleb was trying to work out what he was hiding and panicked, not wanting the whole situation worse so stood up. "Another beer?"


Please tell me what you think and I need some ideas of how Caleb finds out about Scarlett. Do you like the name Scarlett? I took me ages to decide and I'm not completely sure but I guess I cant change I now.

Pll. - I can promise you now that there is going to be no Spaleb whatsoever in this story so you don't need to worry. Spencer isn't even going to be in it and she didn't meet up with Caleb in Spain or anywhere else. And as for Jordan, this chapter kind of answered that one. And the song title is from Home. As you can probably tell I'm crap at making up titles for stories and I really loved this song and though it for the kiss perfectly so I stole one of the lyrics.

I just wanted to thank everyone who reviewed. I wasn't expecting so many so thank you. Xxx