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Is it bad that I've made Jordan a baddie already? I think not...

Four

Hanna was beginning to wonder why she'd insisted on going to San Diego with Aria. Sure, Mike's frat brothers seemed nice enough – despite the fact that they seemed to be staring at her chest most of the time – but did she really leave her hunk in LA to watch cartoons, chug beer down a funnel and eat cereal for dinner? Okay, so the last two points were a little untrue but her brain was consumed with thoughts of the hot sex she could have been having instead of staying in a house where the number one priority was to see how much beer you could drink before you passed out.

Her phone pinged as she waited for Aria and Mike downstairs in the kitchen before they headed out to one of the local bars for dinner and drinks with some of his friends. It was their first night there and although Hanna had been trying really hard to forget about Caleb and the past two days with him, it was proving slightly tricky.

I'm still thinking about you

A huge smile graced her face as she read the message from Caleb. He'd been pretty quiet on the message front all afternoon but she knew he'd been filming and he didn't like to have his phone on set to distract him.

I'm thinking about you too

"Why are you so happy?" A voice interrupted. She looked up from her phone to see Mike Montgomery stood in front of her trying to see what was on the screen of her phone.

"Nothing," She said, quickly locking her phone. "So," She smiled, slinging a casual arm around his neck, "Are you going to show us what you actually get up to at college? And I'm not talking about the version you tell your pare..." She said, her voice tailing off and her eyes diverting back to her phone as another message from Caleb lit up her screen.

Mike was trying to act completely casual, but he had the girl who'd he'd been crushing on since he was 14 flirting with him. He was sure she was flirting with him. The arm around his neck… The fact that she'd actually come to visit him… Tonight, he was sure his teenage fantasies were going to become a reality. He was just about to respond when Aria stalked over to them, "Let's go," She said, "I'm starving. Do they do good taco's around here?"

Mike rolled his eyes as Hanna moved away from him and grabbed her bag. "Yes Aria, they do good tacos."

They headed down to Pacific Beach, Mike taking them to a bar that did, as Aria had so requested, do amazing tacos and dirt-cheap margaritas. By 11pm, Hanna was already feeling pretty light-headed and as Mike disappeared to see some of his friends, she couldn't help but begin to tipsily talk about Caleb. "I mean…" She mumbled, "I feel like I shouldn't even be feeling what I feel," She spluttered, her head resting in her hand as she drank through her straw. If anyone got where she was coming from, it was Aria; for the past two years all Hanna had heard about was Aria worrying over the feelings she knew she shouldn't be feeling for her infamous college lecturer, Ezra Fitz, who had only gone on to screw her over both figuratively and literally.

"That's a lot of feels," Aria replied, also heading from tipsy to drunk.

"I just," Hanna sighed, "I just feel like I want to stay here with him." Mike caught the tail end of what she was saying and loitered in the background, trying to understand whom they were talking about. "What if he doesn't want me?"

Aria began to laugh at her, "You know he wants you." Mike's ears pricked up… he hadn't thought he'd been that obvious, but Aria had probably picked up on the signs.

Hanna dissolved into a fit of giggles, "I wanna…. Wanna… I want him so bad," She managed to get out. Mike chose that moment to reappear, running his arm down Hanna's back as he stood in between the two ladies.

"What are you two laughing about?" He asked.

"Nothing," Hanna answered quickly.

"Hanna's got a cruuuush," Aria sang, shutting up as Hanna shot her a death glare.

"I'm drunk," Hanna pouted, "I want my bed," She mumbled as she stood up, wobbling slightly as the alcohol hit her head.

Mike wrapped an arm around her waist and propped her up, "Let's take you home." Maybe his teenage fantasies weren't about to become a reality tonight, but he would definitely enjoy helping his blonde crush into bed.

Caleb was sitting in Cecconi's in West Hollywood with Spencer, Toby and Emily as they all caught up over lunch. He hadn't seen them since Monday night and even then, Spencer and Toby had disappeared pretty early on and he'd only seen Emily twice before he'd taken Hanna back to her hotel. It had been a bit of a whirlwind week and despite the fact he'd been moping to Toby over text about Hanna heading down to SD, when Spencer texted them all to say she had a free lunch and wanted Italian, Caleb knew it wasn't an opportunity he should pass up - they needed a serious catch up.

"You're being quiet," Spencer said bluntly as she sipped on her wine.

Emily shoved Caleb's shoulder, "He's thinking about Hannaaaaa," She teased him.

"Where is she?" Toby asked as their food was brought over and placed down in front of them.

Caleb couldn't help but grin as he thought about her, "She's down in SD until Sunday," He said before tucking into his agnolotti.

Spencer gasped, "We should go see her!" She suggested.

Toby laughed as Caleb looked confused, "You haven't even met her," He said.

Spencer looked at him like he was stupid, "Why do you think we should go see her?" She began, "If you're as whipped as he says you are," She said, pointing at Toby, "Then I need to meet her."

"Have you met her?" Emily asked, pointing at Toby.

"No," He laughed and shook his head. "But I'm sick of seeing his pining face."

Spencer sat there and opened her mouth, looking at them like she'd just had the best idea in the world. "What?" Caleb asked as he grabbed some bread.

"I wanted to go to the La Jolla Playhouse to see Up Here. This is the perfect opportunity!" She exclaimed with excitement before quickly grabbing her phone, "I bet my manager can get us tickets," She said, furiously typing out a text and hitting send before anybody had a chance to say anything.

"And there is this awesome club called Parq that we have to take her to," Emily gushed as Toby shot Caleb a helpless look.

"Yes!" Toby exclaimed, "I am so up for Parq," He agreed, before shutting up when Caleb shot him a look.

Spencer and Emily both looked at him pleadingly, "Come on Cay, we need to meet her properly and this can be a little road trip to SD. Don't you want to show her you're serious about wanting her to stay?" Emily said.

"Okay," He slowly agreed – he really did want to see her, "Let me at least call her and make sure she's free," He said, pulling his phone out of his pocket.

"Call her now," Emily demanded.

He held his phone close to his chest and scrolled through to her number, before calling her. "Hey babe," He answered when she picked up, "You okay?" He asked.

Down in San Diego, Hanna was still lying on a mattress on Mike's floor. "I'm on a mattress on the floor in a frat house. I'm not okay," She moaned, her hand over her eyes as she tried to block out the light.

He fought back a grin; she literally sounded too adorable and he could just picture her lying there with her face covered, preferably totally naked. A glare from Spencer hurried him back onto topic, "What are you doing tomorrow night?" He asked, looking out the window as Spencer began to mutter something to Emily.

Hanna twirled a piece of hair around her finger, "Why?" She smiled, her voice lighting up at the thought of seeing him. They'd only been apart two days, but for some reason it felt like weeks and she couldn't wait to see him again. "You know it's not been three days yet."

"I know," He agreed, "If I come down to SD what would you think?"

She paused and bit her arm to stop herself squealing. Composing herself, she replied "I think that would be good," She whispered, rolling onto her front as her hangover began to disappear.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Yeah," She agreed coyly, fiddling with the pillow in front of her.

"Okay, well I'm gonna bring some friends down so don't make any plans, okay?"

She sighed and grinned, "Okay," She said, "I'll see you tomorrow," She added before hanging up and burying her face into her pillow and smiling madly. She sat up suddenly as a thought struck her – she needed a new outfit and her favourite lipstick had just run out – but first… "I need to shower."

Back in West Hollywood, Spencer and Emily looked at Caleb expectantly. "She's up for it," He said trying to act completely casual.

Emily literally squealed in his ear, clapping her hands together, "This is going to be so much fun!"

"Can you guys please be nice to her," He asked them.

"We will, I promise," Spencer agreed. "God, can filming wrap this week already."

Caleb looked at her pointedly, "You're filming a commercial for your new Dior campaign. Some of us are slogging away at it on set."

She flipped her hair over her shoulder, trying to deflect his comment, "Yeah well, I still want it to be over." She began, "The sooner I can meet Han-na the better, we're going to be best friends," She emphasised.

Caleb shook his head at her and fought a smile, "Seriously, why am I friends with you?"

M: I can't believe he's coming down to see you! Where's he taking you? I bet it's sooooo romantic

H: I don't even know when he's getting here or who he's bringing

M: He's bringing people? Like famous people

H: Haha they're just normal

M: Caleb Rivers is not just normal

Hanna looked up from her texting with Mona to find Mike staring down at her. She couldn't put her finger on it, but something had been different about him this trip. Maybe he was finally getting over his crush on her… "Hey," She smiled up at him. "Looking forward to tonight?" She wiggled her eyebrows, "A little sibling bonding." Once Aria had found out that Caleb was coming to town, she'd demanded that her and Mike had a night of brother and sister bonding whilst Hanna was busy for the night.

"Not really," He shrugged, sitting down beside her on the couch.

"Why not?" She asked him, tucking her feet up underneath her and looking away as her phone pinged.

Pack a bag, I'm picking you up at 5

She fought the smile on her face and looked up only to find Mike's face right there in front of her, his eyes staring at her as he grabbed her cheek and tried to shove his lips on hers. "What are you doing?!" She exclaimed, pushing him off and standing up. "Mike?" She asked again as her phone began to ring.

"I-I heard you and Aria on our first night," He stuttered as she continued to look at him questioningly. "You were talking about some guy that you wanna stay with."

Hanna held her hand to her mouth, still in shock, "Mike," She began gently, not really sure where to begin, "I wasn't talking about you," She explained, shaking her head slightly. "You're Aria's brother and yeah we kissed one time when you were 14, which by the way makes me a total cougar, but I…" She saw his crestfallen face and stopped in her tracks. "There's somebody else, okay?"

He nodded silently, standing up and pulling her into a hug. "Is that him?" He mumbled as her phone began to ring again.

Hanna pulled away and reached for her phone, "No," She sighed, "It's Mona." She declined the call and turned back to Mike, "You know, she's always had a crush on you."

"Mona?" He asked, his mind already beginning to run. Hanna watched his faced, amused that he could flit onto the next girl so soon.

"Let me call her back," She began, "I can tooootally put in a good word."

Hanna found herself dressed only in her underwear in front of Aria, completely freaking out. "I'm running out of sexy underwear," She exclaimed, pulling on her hair, "He's going to be here in five minutes and I'm running out of sexy underwear." Despite Mike's earlier indiscretion, for the sake of everyone she'd chosen to keep it to herself - although she'd decided Caleb could really teach him a thing or two about how to come onto a woman. Grabbing was not attractive. And neither was malting... which was exactly what Hanna found herself doing as she stressed about a serious lack of sexy underwear.

Aria watched her and smirked from her position on the mattress they'd been sharing, "It's not like it's going to be on very long," She sniggered, shrieking when Hanna jumped on top of her and began to attack her with a cushion.

"I never knew girls actually did this," A familiar voice said from the doorway. Hanna began to scream as she realised Caleb was right there. She didn't know whether to run at him or hide herself under the covers. "Come here," He demanded, pulling her close when she finally moved over to him.

"How did you get in?" She asked, biting her lip as she smiled up at him, completely uncaring of the fact she was only in her underwear.

"Some drunk kid downstairs let me in." He replied, leaning down to press a meaningful kiss against her lips as she gripped onto his biceps. "You know, he might have been high too," He added offhandedly, releasing her to go and pull some clothes on.

"I really hope it wasn't my brother," Aria said wryly, sitting up as Caleb moved further into the room and sat himself down on Mike's bed.

Caleb laughed, "He was some blonde punk who had no idea there were girls in the house."

Aria raised her eyebrows, "Yeah," She agreed, "Not my brother." She said, "So where are you going tonight?"

Caleb watched as Hanna reappeared from the bathroom in black jeans and a grey V-neck t-shirt that clung to her in all the right places. "You wanna know?" He asked her, patting her butt when she glided past him.

"I'm dying over here," Aria acted out dramatically.

Hanna snorted as she tied her hair back in a short low pony. "That's a yes."

"We're going out for dinner then Spence has got us tickets to a play she wants to see, and then Jason hooked us up with a table at Parq."

"Jason's here?" Aria perked up.

Caleb stood as Hanna zipped up her suitcase, his hands in his hoodie pockets. "No," He grinned, "His Dad summoned him home, apparently his sister's flying in from New York for a visit." He explained, holding the front of his hoodie open as Hanna wrapped her arms around his waist, wanting to be close to him after a couple of days apart. "I didn't even know he had a sister," He laughed, pulling his hands out of his pockets to hook both his arms around Hanna's neck.

She began to giggle against his neck as he started to press teasing kisses against the side of her head, laughing even harder when he stretched his hoodie around her and cocooned her against him. He began to laugh too, kissing her hard as she squeezed his waist. "Despite how cute you are, you guys make me wanna vom," Aria muttered, pretending to barf in her mouth.

"Then for your own health, we should probably get out of here," Caleb said sarcastically, grabbing Hanna's suitcase and disappearing out of the room.

Aria stood and yanked Hanna into a hug, bouncing slightly on the mattress as for once she was taller than her friend, "He really likes you," She bit her lip, her eyes growing as she nodded excitedly at Hanna.

Hanna shoved her phone in her pocket, "Ugh," She moaned, "I just wanna strip and let him take me."

Aria grabbed her arms and led her out of the room, "Go now," She demanded, "You might have time for a little somethin' somethin'," She laughed, raising her eyebrows at her best friend.

Hanna squealed as she raced down the stairs, "I'll see you tomorrow," She called over her shoulder before disappearing out the front door of Mike's frat house, heading straight for an evening that would begin to show her exactly who her true friends were.

Caleb watched as Spencer and Hanna walked back from the bathroom arm in arm. Purely for the fact that he didn't want Spencer to be acting like a smug bitch for the rest of the trip, he wished they weren't getting on so well, but really, the fact that Emily and Spencer were hogging Hanna was only a good thing. They were his closest friends and it mattered to him that they liked each other – Spencer especially. He spent so much of his life filming with her, doing press tours with her that if a girl he was seeing didn't like her, he'd seriously be questioning whether they were right for each other.

"…And this one time, we're filming in this graveyard and Caleb's getting all freaked out…" He heard Spencer start as she sat back down.

"No no no," He interrupted them, wrapping a casual arm around Hanna's shoulders, "You are not telling this story."

"Why?" Hanna pouted up at him, "I wanna hear it," She said, rubbing his chest.

Spencer looked at him, waiting for his eventual nod before she carried on, "Anyway, so he's freaking out about it being all spooky and then he comes across this gravestone that has his name on it…"

"And his birthday," Emily chimed in.

"And he literally just starts screaming," Spencer said as Hanna began to crack up with laughter.

"Yeah yeah, laugh it up," Caleb rolled his eyes, "That thing was freaky. I didn't know if it meant I was going to die," He explained.

"Dude, I would have been freaked out too," Toby backed him up, although there were huge hints of sarcasm in his words. "I mean those graveyards are scary."

Caleb flipped him off as his hands ran up to Hanna's neck, rubbing slightly as she rested her elbows on the table. "You're cute," She said, turning her head to look at Caleb and smiling at him, leaning over to meet him halfway as he ducked his head to give her a gentle kiss.

"Awwww," Spencer and Emily cooed.

"He's turning into a man," Emily mocked him, "Our boy's growin' up," She added, wiping away a fake tear.

Toby looked at her confused, "Are you sure you're not an actor?" He asked, prompting everyone to laugh. "That was literally Oscar worthy."

Hanna sat back and reflected on how at ease she felt with Caleb's friends. Sure, she'd freaked out a little when Spencer Hastings, the new face of Dior had greeted her with the warmest hug and then complimented her on her black booties, but her and Emily were just like any normal girls who worried and moaned about boys and make up and skin and hair… She'd spent 15 minutes in the bathroom with Spencer telling her how obvious it was that Toby was literally in love with her as she worried about it. They made her laugh and they showed her another side of Caleb; a guy who was so caring about his friends but who was also hilarious and could bring energy and life to any conversation.

They soon headed to the Playhouse, Hanna spending most of the production thinking about what the hell she was going to do about going back home on the flight her and Aria had booked for Sunday. Spencer was completely captured by the acting and Emily was clearly watching the choreography with interest whilst Toby pretended to be interested for Spencer's sake. Caleb was half ensconced, half aware that Hanna was off in another world as she absentmindedly played with his fingers. When the final bow was taken on stage, Hanna was grateful – she really wanted a drink to help wash away her thoughts and she wanted to go to a club where she had no signal and nobody could contact her.

Mona had not. stopped. all evening, asking her who'd turned up, where they were going, where she was staying. She wanted to throw her phone out of the window. How many times could she say they were going to Parq after watching the play? They headed back to the Fairmont where Caleb had gotten Devon to book a suite for everyone, the girls rushing to change for their night out whilst Caleb and Toby went downstairs to the bar in search of alcohol.

By the time they came back up, by some minor miracle the girls were practically ready. Caleb headed straight to Hanna who'd dressed herself in a deliciously tight white, black and gold patterned mini-dress that seriously made him want to skip the club and just carry her over his shoulder into their bedroom before having his wicked way with her. "Spence and Em said this would be okay," She muttered, pulling at the hem slightly uncomfortably.

Caleb dumped the alcohol on the side, wrapping his hands around her to rest on her butt where he gave her a quick squeeze, "All I wanna do is take this off you," He mumbled in her ear, "It's perfect," He added, tugging on her earlobe with his teeth and enjoying her shiver far too much before realising he needed to regain some self-control. "You wanna drink?" He asked her, moving away to grab some glasses.

"Uh huh," She nodded, turning back to the mirror to check her hair. She was going out with two manicured and Hollywood-groomed beauties – never had she felt more aware of how she'd looked.

Caleb handed her a vodka mixer and moved back over to wrap an arm around her waist from behind, bending down to press a kiss on her collarbone, "You look seriously gorgeous," He reassured her, their eyes connecting in the mirror.

An hour later and Hanna found herself putting her phone on airplane mode to stop the messages from Mona coming through as their cab pulled up to the club. As much as she liked her friends being supportive and wanting to be open about things that were happening in their love lives, she really didn't appreciate being harassed to find out what was going on - and that's exactly how Mona was making her feel; harassed.

"Fuck," Spencer swore as the car she was riding in with Hanna and Emily came to a stop.

"What?" Hanna asked innocently.

"There are paps." She muttered, "Just link arms with me," She instructed Hanna as Emily opened the car door. Hanna did as she was told and looped her arm through Spencer's, keeping her head down as the bright flashes began to blind her eyes.

"Spencer!" They called, "Spencer over here... Hanna! Hanna why did you quit your job with Jordan? Are you using Caleb to get a job?" If the first question hadn't cut like a knife, the second felt like a dagger to Hanna's heart.

"What the fu-," Hanna was cut off from her expletive-ridden response as Spencer yanked her through the black doors to Parq. In the safety of the club, Spencer and Emily turned to Hanna who looked like she was fighting back tears. And all Hanna wanted to do was let those tears flow. There were only two people she'd told about Jordan - one of them was here with her in San Diego and the other... The other had been harassing her all day about her time with Caleb. "She sold me out," Hanna said in disbelief, "The bitch sold me out."

Spencer had no idea who she was talking about, but from personal experience was all too familiar with what Hanna was experiencing. "Yeah," She replied, rubbing her arm gently as Caleb and Toby finally made their way inside, "The bitch sold you out."

Caleb exhaled loudly as he came over to them, "Since when are there photogs in SD?" He asked, becoming worried as he took in Hanna's upset face.

Turning to him, she blinked back tears before saying words she thought would never come out of her mouth, "Since my best friend sold me out. She sold me out Caleb."

So what's Jordan done? Why does Hanna want to stay away from Rosewood? Will she stay with Caleb or fly back home?

I also haven't decided if I want this to be Jaria or Ezria... there's a nice little subplot developing there so we'll see where that takes us.

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