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So I have a paper due and I'm leaving for a couple weeks next weekend so this will maybe be the last update for now. I'll keep writing when I'm away but I'll probably not have access to a computer but we'll see. If I'm fast with my paper I might be able to finish another chapter before I'm gone. Alright, shutting up and letting you read, hope you like it.

The Beginning of Caleb and Hanna

Chapter 4

"I'm home!" They heard her mother yell as she came through the entrance door. Caleb took that as his clue to hide for the night. She came into the kitchen and saw her daughter washing up glasses.

"Oh Hanna sweetie, you're not wearing glows again."

"Mom, you're home early, I thought you said you'd be late tonight."

"Yeah well, the dinner was over faster than I thought but we won over the new client and he wants us to visit him so we can discuss details and to everything necessary for his request to go through, I'm gonna have to go on a business trip."

"When?"

"I'm leaving on Thursday and I'll probably get back on Saturday night but I'll keep you updated." Today was Monday so her mother would leave in 2 days and then she would be alone with Caleb. She didn't really know if she was looking forward to that or not. Usually she would discuss something like that with Aria, Spencer and Emily but if they wouldn't come around soon, that was out of the question, she wasn't making the first move, and they were in the wrong after all.

"Okay well I'm gonna go to bed." She walked over to her mother and kissed her on the cheek.

"Night mom." She was halfway up the stairs when her mother called her again.

"Oh and Hanna?"

"Yes?"

"Just because I will be gone doesn't mean that boy Caleb can stay over here. Got it." What was sche supposed to say to that?

"Ok mom, good night." She hurried upstairs to avoid being called back again.

A little later she was lying in her bed thinking. Her life was kind of a mess. She was overstrained with a lot of things. Keeping up in school, keeping A happy and not hurting people she cared for in the process, constantly worry about her weight and her look, the family's money problems, the fight with the girls, the fear that her mother would discover Caleb…..it was a lot to take on for a sixteen year old. But thinking about the boy in her basement made her smile. He did make things a little better, she was sure, that if she could tell him the whole story about A he would be able to help. He was very clever and after all, he had found out about the fake architect too but she knew she couldn't or at least not yet. On the other hand he raised new doubts and questions within her. There was one thing though, that she was sure of. She got out of bed and grabbed her bag from her desk. After some searching she found her phone. She had missed countless calls and messages from her friends that she decided to ignore for now. She typed quickly, then went back to bed and fell asleep with a smile on her face.

Even though he had been lying in bed, or rather on the couch, for some time now, he wasn't sleeping. Just like Hanna, he was lost in thoughts. Everybody saw him as the creepy bad boy he would even say some people at school were afraid of him. He kept up the appearance, he really didn't care about other people, let them think whatever they want. In front of Hanna he also kept his cool, or at least he tried. She had shown up in his life pretty unexpectedly. So far he was always by himself, no family or friends who looked out for him, no people he cared about. He could do what he wanted, when he wanted with whom he wanted and where he wanted. He could move from city to city when he felt like it, he was never leaving anybody behind. Now suddenly, there was somebody he thought liked him. Of course there had been girls in his life and he didn't wanna deny that he had been a bad boy. However, there came the point when he decided that he didn't want to lead a crappy life and at least graduate even if nobody would be sitting in the crowd clapping for him. He needed to talk to her; they needed to clarify whatever they were. He had to know what he was dealing with and he really hoped that Hanna had deeper feelings for him and the kiss hadn't just been a spur of the moment thing. He didn't want to lose the first person he cared for since a long time. His thoughts were interrupted by his buzzing phone. Hanna's face was flashing on the screen.

"And yes, you do." He smiled and then he fell asleep too, thinking about the coming day and seeing her again.

The next Morning

The alarm on her cell phone woke her up right on time. It was 7.30; she didn't start school till 9 today. She went to her bathroom, showered, brushed her teeth, washed her face and put on her make-up. Back in her room she picked out an outfit for the day.

Downstairs, everything was calm. Her mother was already at work of course. She was wondering where Caleb was. Usually, he listened for her mom to leave and then came ti the surface, not today however. She went to the basement door, opened it and called for him.

"Caleb, she's gone, you can come up now." She waited but he didn't answer and there was no movement down there. She went down the stairs to check, was he still asleep maybe? The couch was empty and she couldn't see any of his things lying around. Well, of course not, he only had a backpack and some clothes and he always made sure to hide everything really well. Hanna felt tears burning in her eyes. Had he left after all? She sat down on the couch thinking for a bit. He wouldn't have, she was pretty sure. Then suddenly she started laughing at herself. Of course, today was Tuesday, he always started school before her on Tuesdays. How could she have been so stupid? That boy really got to her. Still laughing, she went back up and out the door to leave for school. She would see him there.

The first people she ran into however were her friend. Aria, Spencer and Emily were gathered around her locker, waiting for her. As soon as she came into their viewpoint, they came to meet her.

"Hanna, we're so sorry about yesterday, really"

"You didn't pick up the phone or answered any of our texts, please don't be made anymore."

"Yeah Hanna, really, we were just surprised to hear about you and Caleb, that s all."

"You know, thinking about it now….." Hanna had tried to get a word in but didn't get the chance, so now, she just interrupted Aria.

"Okay, okay, stop it. I get it, you're sorry!" the girls looked at her but when she didn't add anything, Emily spoke up again.

"So are we okay?" It surprised Hanna how fast she was willing to forgive the girls, but she wanted to be able tii talk about her and Caleb to somebody or she would just burst soon.

"Look, honestly, you really disappointed me yesterday. I thought, that after everything that happened we'd learned to look at things and people closer. When you said all these things about him, it just really made me mad." The others nodded at her.

"You really do like him hmm?" Spencer asked.

"Oh yeah, I really, really do like him." Hanna couldn't keep the smile from her face of her face from blushing. The others laughed.

"Wow Hanna, you're blushing" they teased her.

"Can we talk about this later? We have to get to class or we'll be late" They all had physics together now so they headed to the classroom together and sat in their usual seats. Hanna hated physics, she just hoped it would be over soon.

After class, she said bye to the girls after having agreed on a meeting point for lunch. She was on her way to her locker to get ride of the heavy science book in her bag. However, she didn't make it there. From the corner of her eye she caught a movement. She didn't really know what happened after that, the only thing she did know right now was, that Caleb's lips were in hers and that it was dark. She didn't hesitate to kiss him back. She felt his tongue on her bottom lip, asking for entrance which she happily granted immediately. She couldn't hold back a moan when his tongue touched hers. He certainly knew what he was doing. They broke the kiss only because they needed air. They stood there, breathing louder than normal, foreheads pressed together, eyes closed. Caleb broke the silence.

"God I've been waiting to do this since yesterday night." He admitted. Hanna smiled then hugged him for a bit. It was nice to just be there together, just enjoying each other's company.

"Ahm Caleb, where are we?" He released her from their embrace. Her eyes had gotten used to the darkness and she looked around. She recognized shelves along the walls of the tiny room but couldn't make out what was on them. Looking back at Caleb, he was smirking at her and then put on the light.

"Welcome to the caretakers secret supply closet"

"How did you know it was here?" she asked, looking around her again. On the shelves she saw brooms and cleaning products, towels etc everywhere.

"Did you forget I basically lived here before you rescued me princess? I had time to explore"

"Don't call me princess please" she said that in a serious tone, but not angry or mad, it was more like pleading. He was surprised to hear her say that but recognized the seriousness of her statement.

"Why?" he asked gently.

"You know…" she looked at the floor not him while talking.

"I realized that I was a total bitch who only cared about herself after the whole Allison thing, Before Aria came back and I started hanging out with the girls again, all I wanted was to be Queen Bee and I didn't really care what it took to get me there. I don't wanna be like this anymore. I don't wanna be the princess who only cares about herself" he only understood half of what she was saying. He hadn't been in Rosewood long enough to get everything she had just said. He had heard about the dead girl Allison, he didn't know Aria had lived somewhere else and he was surprised to hear that the girls hadn't hung out together for some time, they seemed so close to each other. He would know someday and even if the details weren't clear to him, he had totally gotten Hanna's point. He searched her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't want to make you feel bad." He was relieved to see a smile cross her lips.

"And for what it's worth, I don't think you are selfish and only care about yourself, after all, you let me into your basement" the mood was light again.

"That I did, and I'm glad" He swung an arm over her shoulders, turned off the light and reached to open the door.

"Come on, we have to get to class." He opened the door a crack to peek out. Apparently the air was clear. Hanna was back in the corridor and now turned around to check where they had come from. Now she saw a door she had never realized was there before. It had the exact same color as the wall and even though it was in plain sight, it was hidden pretty well somehow. Caleb let go of her.

"I'll see you later okay?" she nodded and he was gone. She happily wandered to her next class.

"Hanna" the blond turned around to see who had been calling her.

"Oh hey Bridget" the party girl was sitting on the desk behind her.

"Look, I just wanted to thank you." Thank her? Hanna didn't quite understand and apparently, it showed cause Bridget started to explain further.

"You know, for introducing me to Caleb, he really is awesome and he looks sooooooo great, I mean really, he's a hottie." What on earth was she talking about? She had not introduced them. But then she remembered. She had pointed out Bridget to Caleb when he was looking for new customers. But why did Bridget sound like she was describing her latest boyfriend? Before she got to ask further questions, the bell rang and Bridget was off to lunch. Hanna got up slowly and made her way to the cafeteria where she would meet the girls. She was still perplexed. What did Bridget mean? Had she hung out with Caleb? Or worse, had she been on a date with him? Was he just being nice to her so he wouldn't kick him out of the basement?

"Hanna! We're over here." She heard Spencer call as soon as she had entered the room. She sat down and knew her friends would start asking questions about Caleb and her but after the Bridget incident, she didn't feel like talking anymore. Her mind was too occupied with different scenarios about the boy she had fallen in love with and Bridget.

"So Hanna, what's the story with you and Caleb?"

"Look Aria, if you don't mind, can we talk about this another time? I think we need to figure out exactly what it is ourselves first."

"Did something happen?"

"No" she lied.

"Just not right now okay. So Emily, have you heard from Maya at all lately?" she changed the topic and it worked. Immediately, the conversation turned to Emily's complicated love life. Hanna could go back to her thoughts and to pushing around food on her plate. Then suddenly, she spotted Caleb coming through the door, he hadn't seen her though. Before he could move into the room further, Bridget was at his side and engaged him into a conversation. He smiled at her and she giggled like a five year old playfully slapping his shoulder or arm from time to time. Hanna was disgusted.

"I don't feel so good, I think I'm going home for the day." The girls stopped their chattering and looked at her with worried eyes.

"Are you sure?" Spencer asked and Hanna nodded.

"Are you gonna be okay? Do you want company?"

"No", she managed a smile, it was cute how they all cared for each other and she felt bad about lying but right now she just wanted to leave.

"I have a headache, I'm gonna go to sleep anyway but thanks for offering."

"Alright, but call if you need anything okay?"

"Will do, thanks girls."

"Feel better"

"Thanks" Hanna left the cafeteria through the second door; she really did not want to run into Caleb right now.

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