Give me a sign or a rhyme or a reason,
Just something that I can believe in,
I could use a love song
"Han! Hey!" Spencer Hastings called across the hallway to one of her best friends.
The blonde spun around on her newly-purchased Gucci heels to face the girl who came rapidly towards her.
"Please please please tell me you're coming tonight," the girl begged.
Hanna laughed slightly, "Yeah, I just have to finish an essay and then I'll be there but don't tell anyone."
"That you're picking an essay over hours of partying and destroy your credibility? Never," Spencer said with a devilish grin and a giggle as she slung her arm around Hanna's shoulders while they walked down the hall together.
"So, text me when you're on your way and we can meet up?"
"Sounds good," Hanna smiled, waving Spencer off when she disappeared to talk to her biology teacher.
She strolled over to her locker, only to find that someone had moved into the locker next to hers. Great. She tossed her books into the metal box, and checked her lipstick in the mirror, startled by a deep voice next to her.
"So, big party tonight huh," Caleb commenting, leaning one arm against the lockers after pulling his bag from the newly occupied locker next to Hanna.
The blonde rolled her eyes and closed her locker door, coming into eye contact with the boy.
"I assume you'll be there right? After all, you have a reputation around here Miss Queen Bee."
She scoffed, "We'll see. Why? Are you going too? Nothing better to do on a Friday night than hang out with a bunch of drunk, horny teenagers?"
"We'll see," he mimicked, the infamous smirk crawling onto his face as he attempted to hide a smile.
She rolled her eyes and walked away with a small feeling of anticipation lingering in her mind to see the loner boy at an actual social event.
x-x-x
Hanna huffed in annoyance as she threw yet another outfit onto her bed. She stared at her closet for what seemed like hours, coming up with no good ideas.
"Yuck... no... wore you last week..." she mumbled, rummaging through the mess of clothes on her bed until she came across a white lace crop top with a float, navy blue skirt and a woven belt to match a pair of wedges hidden deep in her closet. Smiling in contentment, she smoothed out one last wrinkle on her skirt then headed downstairs.
"I'll be back!" Hanna yelled as she walked through the front door and out to her car where she texted Spencer that she was on her way.
She sat in her car for about a minute debating whether or not the quarter-full tank of gas was worthy enough to drive what would be a ten minute walk, maybe fifteen in those heels. Finally coming to an answer, she gracefully got out of the car and walked to Aria Montgomery's house.
"Hanna! You're here!" A slightly tipsy Aria threw her arms around her best friend.
The blonde girl laughed, "And you've already started the fun without me," she motioned to the red solo cup in the girls hand.
Aria stopped to think about the comment, momentarily confused, before losing her train of thought and grabbing Hanna's hand.
"I want you to meet someone," the brunette dragged Hanna through the massive crowd, "His name is Will and he's in my photography class."
"Aria, I really don't-"
"Hey Will! This is Hanna, my best friend in the whole wide world. Han, that's Will," she smiled widely at the two before someone else caught her eye and she ran off to go chat.
"Hey," the boy in front of her smiled shyly.
She studied his features: tall, lean, dark green eyes to compliment his chestnut hair, and a hint of dimples when he smiled.
"Hi," she said quietly, glancing down at the ground and subconsciously fixing her outfit.
It felt like minutes had passed between the two in awkward silence.
"I'm sorry about Aria, she doesn't usually do this," Hanna laughed a little.
He laughed as well, "It's okay, I'm glad she did. I've seen you around school... I've just been to nervous to talk to you."
She smiled and looked up at him, "Do you want to go get a drink?"
"I'd love to."
Three beers later, Hanna was starting to warm up to the brunette next to her. She had found out that he was the kicker for the football team, was a major photography nerd like Aria, and he lived with his mom, dad, and two younger siblings.
"Wow, a brother and a sister... I only have one step sister and I can hardly stand her," she laughed.
"Yeah," he laughed a little, "They keep me on my feet, but they have also trained me well."
"I can tell, they did a good job."
"Hey, do you wanna dance? I love this song," he stood up and held his hand out for her.
Hanna smiled and nodded, gently took his hand and walked out into the middle of the room. Ed Sheeran's "Autumn Leaves" played in the background as the two slowly started to dance. Hanna rested her head on Will's chest while they moved back and forth ever so carefully. They both smiled, and Hanna couldn't help but feel a pair of eyes on her. She looked behind her to see Caleb leaned up against the wall. He raised his cup at her, an eyebrow quirked up along with it. She rolled her eyes and turned back to Will and let the song drone on. The next few songs were the basic pop songs she heard on the radio every morning on her way to school, but none the less she danced her heart out. She danced until her phone went off, telling her she had to leave now or she would be late for curfew.
"I have to go!" She yelled to Will over the thudding music.
"Okay! Do you need a ride?"
"No! I'll walk!"
"It's too late for that, it's dangerous!"
"I'm okay, it's short!"
"Are you sure?!" He pulled her outside so they could stop yelling to each other.
"I'll be okay," she smiled, "I better go, I'll be late."
"Okay, well I'll call you later. I had a lot of fun tonight," he smiled, shoving his hands into his pocket to allow him some form of warmth in the forty degree weather.
She looked up at him, reached up and pulled him down, finally connecting their lips. His arms went around her waist, pulling her closer and closing any distance between them. Their kiss was delicate, yet messy, and both tasted very much like alcohol.
She stepped back, blushing, "Bye."
"Bye," he smiled.
And with that, they left each other.
"That was quite the party," A figure commented, stepping out beside Hanna.
"Jesus!" She put a hand to her chest, "God, Caleb, you scared me!"
Caleb laughed, "Sorry."
"What are you doing here anyways?"
"I saw you walking and I figured I'd join. It's much too dangerous for you to be alone, she rolled her eyes at that, "Plus I live down here."
"Right, of course you do."
"So... Saw you and Will together."
"And?"
"It's a bit cliche don't you think? The whole popular girl dating the football player."
"Whatever. It was just a party, it doesn't mean anything."
Caleb scoffed, "Alright, whatever you say blondie."
She sped up her walking, her shoes dangling in her hand as she tried to get away from the boy following her. He sped up to, no matter how fast she went he was always right beside her like an annoying fly that wouldn't go away.
"Shit!" She cursed, picking up her left foot and dropping her heels.
"What happened?" Caleb looked over at her, his brows furrowed and eyes locked on her.
"I think I just stepped on a bee," she grumbled, holding her foot.
"Here," he lead her to the bench a few steps in front of them after collecting her shoes up.
Hanna sat down on the bench, watching Caleb who pulled out his phone and turned on the flashlight to look at her foot.
"Yeah, it was a bee, hold on," he gave her his phone to hold as he rummaged around in his jean pocket and pulled out a tiny pair of tweezers.
"Why the hell do you have those?" She asked, half confused and half mockingly as different scenarios played in her head.
"You never know when you're going to need to break something open," he mumbled, taking back his phone and carefully removing the stinger from the ball of her toe.
"Ow!"
"Sorry... it's um, it's out."
"Thanks."
He handed her her shoes to put back on which she reluctantly did. They walked together in silence, Hanna hobbling in pain and Caleb catching her every once and a while when she almost fell over.
"This is me," she said, stopping at the driveway of her house.
"Looks like it," he replied, his eyes showing a hint of sadness that she couldn't see in the darkness.
"I guess I'll, uh, see you tomorrow. Thanks for this." She mumbled and quickly walked inside.
Caleb watched the girl go, standing there to think for a minute, mentally cursing himself. He sighed and continued back to his boring little house, thinking about the blonde and the other brunette she had been with earlier.
Hi guys! So I don't know when I'll be updating this, or any of my other stories honestly. I'm kinda going through a slump and have been for a while and if I force myself to write it won't be as good as you all deserve so I'm trying to motivate myself but I can't earnestly say that I'll update anytime soon. I will complete everything I have started. All of your reviews help me so much, they're the main reason I continue to write, that, haleb cuteness, and people on Twitter give me many ideas, so please please review and I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. Happy New Years :) -K