Hey y'all! Okay so it's really late right now, I've been staying up all night typing this and just couldn't stop! I was so happy with the reviews! Wow! After I saw that I had more than 20 I knew I had to get this out ASAP. You guys are the best! What I have written is exactly what I wish would just happen on the show already! Here it is...
Caleb walked with Hanna until they finally reached her house. The walk was pretty awkward, neither of them saying anything. As they were walking Hanna couldn't help but question her choice to tell Caleb about A. She knew what A was capable of and knew she might regret telling him later. She also wasn't sure about how her friends were going to react about Caleb knowing the truth about the new A. Still, she had convinced herself that she was going to tell him, this was for the best. At least that's what she thought right now… As Caleb walked with Hanna he told himself not to get his hopes up. Hanna had told him she was going to tell him about her secret a few days ago, but chickened out. How did he know that Hanna was actually going to tell him now? Maybe she would tell him now because she knew how serious he was about knowing the truth. He had broken things off with her because she wouldn't tell him. He hoped that would be enough to push her to tell him this time.
Hanna unlocked her front door and Caleb followed her into the kitchen. "Do you want something to eat or drink?," Hanna asked while opening the refrigerator. It was obvious she was stalling. "My mom hasn't been to the store in a while, but it looks like we have lots or fruit or – "
"I don't want anything. No more bullshit Hanna. Tell me." He was starting to get pissed again.
"Okay, um… we should sit down." Hanna sat on the couch. Caleb sat down too, and Hanna sighed. It seemed like he couldn't sit farther away from her. It felt like he hated to even look at her right now.
Hanna decided to stop questioning herself about whether telling Caleb was right or wrong. So she finally said it. "A's still here," she barely whispered, not meeting his eyes.
"What?" Caleb hadn't heard what Hanna said, but he did hear the fear in her voice. The look on her face right now scared him. He could tell she was afraid and was about to cry. He moved closer to her on the couch. And lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his eyes.
"A's still here," she whispered again.
He was really confused. This wasn't what he was expecting to hear, well he didn't know what he was expecting to hear actually. "What? I thought Mona was A," he said.
Hanna took a breath. She had finally gotten this off her chest. She tried to think of the best way to explain all this to him. She was going to tell him everything. "Well she is, well she was, but there are more people involved we didn't know about before. Apparently Mona wasn't the only one who knew secrets about me and my friends. We've been getting texts again from A. We don't know if it's one person or more than one…"
She was starting to ramble and talk really quickly. "Wait, slow down," Caleb said. "When did this start again?" He wanted to know everything. Understand everything she had been going through, everything that was torturing her so he could fix it. He took her hands in his own.
"Right around when school started. Okay, so you remember when the police found Ali's grave had been dug up?"
Caleb wondered what Ali's grave had to do with anything, but he tried to stay with her. "Uh yeah. That was the night you and your friends were at Spencer's lake house, right?"
Hanna started to explain everything. She hadn't started to cry yet, but she felt the lump in her throat growing bigger. But she tried her best to keep it together, so she could explain to him everything he needed to hear. "We weren't at Spencer's lake house that night. Well we did go, but not until really late. We were just hanging out and catching up that night and Emily got really drunk. She was pretty much wasted. Anyway, we went to sleep and then an hour or two later Emily was gone. Someone, well A, brought her to Ali's grave. She was completely out of it, doesn't remember anything. So me, Aria, and Spencer found her at the grave, which was already dug up, and got the hell out of there. We knew that the police would think we did it so we tried to come up with an alibi. We went to the lake house and Spencer left a note at her parent's house so it looked like we had been there all night. And I think everyone bought it. But then we find out a few days later that A has pictures of all four of us standing at the grave when we found Emily." Hanna had felt a few tears fall and her voice broke a few times when she was talking, but she had held herself together for the most part.
As Caleb digested this new revelation, it was all starting to make sense to him. How strange Hanna had been acting after that night and how he had felt she was hiding something from him. "So this is why you've been seeing Mona? To try to figure out who's helping her?," he asked.
She nodded. "Yeah. We need to find out who this new A is before something else happens or someone else gets hurt." So the visits with Mona were starting to make sense to Caleb now too.
Caleb felt so much better now that there were no secrets between them. Everything was making sense. He was still a little confused why it had taken Hanna so long to tell him all this, but he was happy she did. Caleb didn't want to picture his life without Hanna anymore. He wanted to be with her forever.
"I'm so glad you told me all this Hanna," he said. "You don't know how much this was killing me… the thought of us being over." She really started crying then. He pulled her closer to him and she let herself cry into his chest. He rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head. Hanna instantly felt guilty for letting Caleb hold her like this. She still hadn't told him about how his mom's accident factored into all this yet and she didn't know if he would forgive her when she told him that A was to blame, that she was to blame.
She sat up to look at him again and wiped some tears off her face. "Wait, stop. There's something else you should know," she told him. This was going to be the hardest part. He looked nervous now, afraid of what she was going to say. After a long pause she told him, just to get it over with. "A was the person who was trying to run your mom off the road. Right before you came over that night, A sent me this." She pulled up the message on her phone and showed it to him.
Caleb was stunned. He had never really believed that someone was intentionally trying to hurt his mom. What kind of sick freak would do that! He began to feel the weight of how dangerous A was. How serious this whole thing had been. He felt awful that Hanna had to constantly live with this threat in her life. And now it was his life too.
Hanna was so afraid of what Caleb's reaction would be. Obviously she knew he'd be upset. But how upset would he be with her. It was all her fault and she had been keeping this from him. "I'm so sorry Caleb," she said. "This is all my fault. And I want you to know if this, if this changes things between us," she paused, "Then I can accept that." She sucked in some air. The truth was that she didn't know if she could ever accept Caleb not being a part of her life.
He responded right away saying, "Hanna, this isn't your fault. This is all on A not you. I would never blame you for this," he reassured her. "And this doesn't change anything… not how much I love you. I think this makes me love you even more now that you told me all this. But you should have told me sooner."
"I know, I know. I'm sorry." Hanna was so relieved, she felt like she could relax again. She had finally told Caleb everything.
His face turned hard again, angry. He had every right to be. "When I find out who this A person is, I swear I'll kill them! This is just so sick Hanna – all these games they are playing with you. And the thought of them hurting you and my mom… I swear I'll kill them Hanna!"
Hanna had never seen him this angry before and was afraid of what he might to. Or more of what A might do to him actually. "I shouldn't have told you," she whispered, looking away from him.
Frustrated Caleb said, "Stop it Hanna, I needed to know."
The tears started to stream down her face once again. She was so afraid of A and she wasn't sure if she had made the right decision by telling him. "A has told me so many times not to tell you, given me all kinds of threats. It's going to get really bad, now that I've told you. I don't know what A will do."
He pulled her close to him again. "Hanna, nothing's going to happen to you or me." He wanted to soothe her, comfort her so that she would never be afraid again. He was going to protect her from A or anyone that tried to hurt her.
Hanna was getting annoyed, angry even. She didn't think that Caleb grasped the gravity A. He couldn't promise nothing was going to happen. He didn't understand how dangerous A was and she felt like she needed to make him understand. She pushed him away from her. "Caleb you don't know what you're talking about! A is dangerous! Lethal even! Just look at what happened to your mom," she cried.
Caleb honestly didn't know what to do about A. He didn't have any idea how to handle this situation. "Okay then, we'll tell the police." That was the only logical thing he could think to do at the moment.
That was the wrong answer because Hanna snapped at him. "No! Are you crazy? I could go to jail and so could my friends. The police have considered us suspects in Ali's murder investigation before and they definitely will when A shows them the pictures of us at Ali's grave. And plus, A knows my mom stole money from the bank too. Caleb, promise you won't say anything," she pleaded.
He knew she was right. He couldn't risk Hanna or any other people she loved going to jail so he gave in. "Okay I promise."
"Thank you," she said giving him a shy smile.
"But I have to do something to help. Will you give me your phone so I can try to figure out who's sending the texts?"
"Yeah of course," she said handing him her phone. Maybe Caleb could really help her figure out who A was, but she was having serious doubts at the moment. A was always one step ahead of her.
Caleb tried to think of other ways to help. And he brought up the one thing he never thought he would. "Maybe we can both try to talk to Mona again. Do you think that would help?"
"I don't know. She hasn't really told me anything useful yet, but it's worth a try I guess," Hanna offered lamely. She knew it was going to be hard to get something out of Mona. It was really sweet of him to offer though given their history.
Caleb looked at Hanna with loving eyes, trying to convince her that he could make everything right. "Hanna, we'll figure out who A is, okay?"
She shook her head as if she didn't believe him. "You don't know that," she mumbled.
"Yes we will. You don't have to do this alone. I'll help you. It will all be okay." Caleb tried to speak with more conviction, trying to get Hanna to believe him. He desperately wanted to comfort her.
"Okay," she said, letting herself believe him for that moment, actually letting herself believe Caleb could fix this.
Before Hanna could even think about this anymore – about whether she had made the right or wrong choice – Caleb crashed his lips on to hers. It took Hanna off guard, but she kissed him back. The kiss was slow, yet urgent – full of need. Hanna's arms locked around his neck and Caleb was running his hands all over her body. Hanna finally let it sink in that Caleb was still hers, he wasn't going anywhere. Neither of them was thinking about A, they were totally wrapped up in their feelings for each other.
Minutes later Caleb had lost his shirt and the couple was involved in a heated make out session on the couch – And that's when Ashley Marin walked through the front door.
"Hanna," she called, "I'm home."
Hanna pushed Caleb off her as soon as she heard her mother's voice. But it was obvious they had been caught.
Ashley cleared her throat when she saw what the couple had obviously been up to. "Well I guess you two worked things out?"
"Yeah," Hanna said, blushing furiously as Caleb put on his shirt.
Caleb wasn't sure what to say to Mrs. Marin right now. This was pretty awkward. "Mrs. Marin I – "
"Save it Caleb," she said.
Caleb started to get up to leave. He thought that would be best given the situation. He didn't want to sit down and have dinner with the two after what just happened. That would probably be more awkward and he could tell Hanna was embarrassed. "Uh, bye Mrs. Marin," he said.
"Have a nice night", Ashley said.
Hanna walked him to the door. "Promise you'll be careful going home." She was worried about A coming after him and didn't like that he was leaving right now.
"Yeah I promise," he told her. "I'll stop by later tonight to check in and give you back your phone. I'll see what I can find out in the meantime."
"Okay. I love you," she said.
He smiled and gave her a quick peck on the lips. "Love you too." It felt good for both of them to say and hear.
Caleb left with Hanna's phone, determined to figure out who was sending her the threatening texts. A minute after he left her house and headed home, he saw a new message on Hanna's phone.
Hope the make-up sex is worth it Hanna. Or am I talking to Caleb now? -A
Okay, so I'm not sure if I'm going to continue with this story or not. Right now I am having a hard time coming up with something that would happen next in this story. I'm open to any suggestions from you guys! I am going to try to brainstorm and think of something, but don't know how soon the next chapter will be out. Thanks for reading and I always appreciate your reviews!