A/N: Hey guys! So so so sorry for the lateness of the chapter... I had a test every single day this whole week and no... We don't have mid-winter break. I wish. So since I have a math test tomorrow, I wrote a chapter, it's not long, but please forgive me. I promise I'll try for next chap's to be longer than this one.. it's just this math test is HUGE.
SO THEY KISSED! As soon as their lips locked, I LITERALLY JUMPED UP and did a happy dance. I dunno if that's just me or not... lol
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Chapter Four
"So if anything happens tonight, you know my number," Mrs. Marin said to Hanna as she put on her coat.
"Yes yes, Mom, I know, you've been telling me this for sixteen years," laughed Hanna as she stood next to the door.
"Is anyone coming over?" Mrs. Marin said, leaning into the mirror, fixing her hair.
"I don't know, maybe Caleb might come over," Hanna said.
"Who?"
"Caleb."
"You know how I feel about Caleb, Hanna. I don't think he's a good influence," Mrs. Marin stated, now putting on lipstick.
"Are you really going to tell me who to hang with?" Hanna asked.
Mrs. Marin stopped applying her lipstick and looked at Hanna. "What's with the attitude?"
"No attitude, it's just that you never told me to stop hanging out with Ali or Sean and they're the worst influences. I mean, look what happened to Ali," Hanna said, quietly.
Mrs. Marin leaned in and gave her daughter a hug. Then after a minute of silence, she said, "Okay, fine, Caleb can come over. But next time, I will have to be home."
Hanna smiled, "Sure."
There was a honk outside, "I gotta go, he's here," Mrs. Marin said. "You're gonna be okay?" she asked, opening the door.
"Yes, yes, I'll be fine," Hanna gave her mom a quick peck on the cheek.
"Alright, have fun, be safe!" Mrs. Marin called over her shoulder as she hurried out to the car.
Hanna slowly closed the door, watching her mom drive off. As soon as she closed the door, she knocked onto the basement door and then walked over to the kitchen bar stools and sat down.
The basement door opened and out came Caleb. "She's gone?"
"Yup," she leaned onto the counter and crossed her legs.
"So," Caleb still stood awkwardly in the doorway, "what do you wanna do?"
Hanna shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know, we could order in, watch a movie?"
Caleb walked over and leaned onto the opposite end of the counter. He looked into her blue eyes, "Is this a date, princess?" Caleb grinned.
Hanna smiled, "Is that what you want it to be?" she asked, looking up at him.
"Yeah," he smiled, leaning in and giving her a kiss.
Hanna pulled away mid-kiss. She slid off of the bar stool. "So what do you wanna watch?" she said, walking into the living room which consisted of white couches, loveseats, and sofas and a big flat screen TV.
Caleb followed her into the living room, "Whatever you wanna watch."
Hanna laughed, "Okay, what do you wanna order?"
"Whatever you wanna eat," he shrugged.
Hanna sighed and laughed again, "You're gonna have to choose."
"Fine, you choose what we watch and I'll choose what we eat," he compromised.
"Kay fine," grinned Hanna. "Are you sure you wanna leave me in charge of the movies?"
"Positive, I can handle a chick-flick," grinned Caleb.
"Who says it's gonna be a chick-flick?" Hanna smiled, playfully.
He raised his eyebrow and laughed, "You're really asking me that?"
Hanna bit her lip and then sighed, "Kay fine, I give up," she turned around and rummaged through the DVD case that laid underneath the TV. She picked up a DVD case with a brunette woman holding a teenage girl, with another teenage girl hovered over them. The title read: When Friendship Kills.
Hanna looked down upon the DVD, smiled a sad smile and then looked up at Caleb.
"You okay?" he asked her.
She smiled, "Yeah, perfect. It's just I haven't watched this movie in a while."
"I'm surprised you didn't pick anything cheesy like Titanic or The Notebook," he joked.
She held onto the DVD case, "Nope, I don't really like them that much. This is my favorite," she said. "Do you mind loading it in while I go make popcorn and order the food?" she asked.
"Yeah, sure," he said, taking the movie.
After Hanna had made an order into the local Rosewood pizza store, she waited for the popcorn to finish popping. It wasn't that she was afraid of this little date she had with Caleb, she was...nervous. She didn't understand why she was nervous though, Sean always came over. It was no biggie to her.
"Hey," Caleb said behind her.
She turned around, finding him leaned against the doorway.
"Movie's in," he smiled.
The microwave pinged. "Great, popcorn's ready too."
An hour and a half passed, and the credits starting rolling. Hanna was leaning on Caleb's shoulder as the popcorn bowl was empty, sitting on the coffee table.
"So what did you think?" Hanna murmured, still staring at the screen.
"Well, I think that was such a Lifetime movie."
Hanna laughed lightly, "How did you know?"
"I think my foster mother was watching it on one of those mother-daughter marathons," he shrugged.
"Well, did you like it?" Hanna pushed.
"Yeah, I mean, total chick-flick but it was good. Sucks that Lexi had to do that stuff though. And it's sad that Jen got hit by a car in the end."
"Well, better than dying from malnutrition," she said, quietly.
"Why is it your favorite movie, anyway?" Caleb asked.
Hanna leaned back onto the couch and took a deep breath. "It... reminds me a lot of Alison and me. Our friendship. I- I thought she was so cool and when she started talking to me, I thought, 'Wow, the most popular girl in the school is talking to me, Hefty Hanna,'," Hanna stopped, regaining her voice from cracking.
"Alison...Is that the girl who died a year ago?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah... It's been a year and she's still all over the place. I wish she would just go away and leave us all alone. Rest in peace, you know?"
Caleb glanced at her, "I thought she was your best friend," he said.
"No, to come to think of it, Ali's best friend was herself. She put other people down to make herself feel better."
"Is that what she did to you?" Caleb asked, quietly but seriously.
"I'm starving," Aria said, as the girls walked into the cafeteria.
"I wonder what's for lunch today," Spencer thought out loud.
"Doesn't matter, anything you eat wouldn't do a single thing to you, Spence," Hanna said, tugging onto her size L sweatshirt.
"You're not fat, Hans," Emily reassuringly said to Hanna.
"Right, I'm obese," Hanna rolled her eyes. Then as they neared closer to the food, Hanna smelled the smell of delicious hot dogs and burgers and the sweet smell of cupcakes.
Alison walked over to them, her curled long hair shining in the light. She walked as if she was walking the cat-walk, all poised and fabulous.
"Hey girlies," she said, throwing a lock of her hair over her shoulder.
The girls all greeted her with a smile. "We're just getting some lunch," Spencer said."Wanna come?"
"It's okay, I ate already," Alison said, flashing them that winner smile that would make any boy fall head over heels for her.
"Alright, so we'll see you later?" Aria asked.
"Sure," she smiled again.
As they began to walk away, Hanna was yanked from the back of her sweatshirt.
"What?" Hanna turned around, facing Alison.
"What did we say about our deal?" Alison asked her, hushed, her smile turned into a sneer.
"I was just-"
"No, we made a deal, Hanna. You eat what I tell you to eat and then you throw it up," she meanly said.
"But I'm gonna be hungry afterwards," Hanna said, quietly.
"Deal with it," Alison hushed her, "You don't want to be fat forever, right? You WANT Sean to notice you, right?" she said, clenching her teeth.
"No," Hanna said, barely audible.
"Good, because I brought you your lunch," Alison said, straightening her back and lifted her chin and then rummaged through her bag. She pulled out a small zip-lock bag with one cracker in it.
Hanna slumped over. Just one cracker? Yesterday she brought two. Then Alison put her hand on Hanna's arm. "I'm just doing this for your own good. We don't want you to be Hefty Hanna for ever, right, Hans?"
"Han?" Caleb waved his hand in front of her face.
Forced back into reality, Hanna gently shook her head, "Yeah?"
Caleb stood up, stretching, "I said, I still don't understand why Lexi and Jen or any girl would feel the need to purge or not eat, Lexi and Jen were fine," he said.
Hanna looked down onto her hands, "Sometimes you just can't help hating the reflection that's staring you back in the mirror."
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