Caleb was sitting in his bedroom starring at Hanna's house as per usual, ever since he met her, that girl could never get off his mind. Starring blindly into space, however began to think about his life, he was finally happy and with a loving biological family member, as a child he would be passed around foster homes over and over again when people became fed up with him, before moving in with his aunt, he had gotten himself involved in a gang, he would hack into the police files so that he could clear people's names on their records, he never got caught but it was a matter of time, and in a town like the one he was in, it was easy to get mixed up in the wrong crowd, and after he left his latest family after the dad got drunk and he decided it was time to make a clean break, he found himself on the street and naive to the gangs antics, until his aunt found him, and insisted he lived with her, he had nothing to leave behind so he left abruptly, to live in a big house which was foreign to him as well as his aunts kindness.
"Caleb honey I've invited the Marin's over to dinner Friday, the daughter, Hanna, said she knows you" Mrs Wright said as she entered her nephews bedroom
"Yeah the ones opposite" he asked, even though he didn't need to, he knew exactly who Hanna was
"Yes that's her, very pretty girl" caleb nodded, she was extremely pretty
"She's Toby's girlfriends friend, she was at a party I was at Saturday" he explained thunking back to that moment when Hanna kissed him, how off guard he was so he wasn't able to appreciate the moment like he would do now
"It's weird thinking of her at parties, I still imagine her running round on that lawn in her underwear as a 4 year old" the older woman laughed pointing to the Marin household "that poor girl was so distraught when her dad left them" she added looking into Caleb's eyes
"Her dad left her" he asked genuinely concerned, and his aunt nodded at him, this would be one of the layers she's trying to hide from, he honestly wanted to just sit with her, while she poured her heart out about everything in her life, he wouldn't become bored or tired of hearing about her, ever.
"Had an affair with his secretary, then married her, I never see him visiting Hanna" caleb looked back out his window toward her house and shook his head he honestly didn't know why anyone would leave a girl like Hanna.
The next day caleb left his house to go to school, and saw Hanna walking slightly ahead of him, she usually took her car, but she didn't today. He decided that now would be the perfect moment to break the ice and text her, considering it was on his mind most hours of the day
'look behind you' he texted and she quickly turned her head around and paused to wait for him, looking slightly confused but that smile still on her face
"How did you get my number" she asked bluntly, very confused at the boy she was now walking with her with a hint of concern in her voice
"Toby" he simply said, thinking to how hanna was acting a lot more like Hanna now, then she did last night, she was being weirdly enthusiastic and he could tell it was a cover as soon as she didn't greet him with her sharp tongue, exactly like she had done today, something was eating her up inside, but he wouldn't push it
"Oh, you spoke about me" she asked and then regretted when she saw that smirk climb onto his face
"just that you're a princess" she said childishly to mock her and she laughed back at him
"ok rude" she said deadpan "I'm a beautiful princess" she corrected him still smiling up at him
"gorgeous actually" he then corrected her correction and she blushed a little looking away from him, he realised this and smirked at yet again
"Aren't they the same thing though, sketchy" she smiled at him and he rolled his eyes at her
"That's like saying hacker and sketchy are the same thing" he stated "being a hacker means your sketchy, being beautiful means your gorgeous" he added looking deeply into Hanna's eyes and she grinned at him, showing him her dimples
"Whatever you say, smart ass" Hanna replied watching caleb shake his head, she didn't know if he had been told about their dinner, so she avoided the subject as they continued to walk to school together, and the conversation followed very well.
"Why have those two always got their tongues in each other's mouths" Hanna grimaced as they approached Spencer and Toby who appeared to be having a make out session in public "gross" she added
"They're in looove Hanna" caleb replied and the smile on Hanna's face dropped, she remembered how she thought she was in love with Sean at one point, but then he hit her last night, that was the person she thought she loved and that covered up all the bad things about him
"loves a stupid thing" Hanna muttered in reply to caleb, who just saw it as another one of her mysteries, a girl as pretty as Hanna not believing in love maybe because of her mom and dad
"But princess needs a Prince Charming" he replied mocking Hanna completely
"As if any boy in this school cares about a girls feelings more than getting in her pants" she replied not in the joking mood
"In that case" he said as he moved his hands down Hanna's waist squeezing it in an attempt to cheer her up
"Caleb don't fucking touch me like that" she screamed and flinched before walking very fast over to Spencer and pulling her off Toby and into school, she knew why she flipped out but she also knew caleb wasn't like Sean, she didn't know why she kept running away from him.
"Woah Han calm down" Spencer said before turning Hanna around and seeing tears which were ready to spill out and Spencer directed them straight to the toilets, where Aria and Emily already were "what's wrong" Spencer asked wiping the tears away from Hanna's cheeks and placing her hair behind her ears and her sobs increased and increased for some minutes until she finally spoke
Hanna stayed silent, not wanting her friends to think she was stupid enough to let Sean do that to her, she knew how loyal and amazing her friends were but what he did caused her confidence to lower and worry about what people thought about her.
"Han talk to us" Aria soothed Hanna bringing her in for a close hug and stroking her shoulders
"we can't help if you don't tell us, Hanna you know you can trust us" Emily added as she saw the pure hurt in her friends eyes
"And nothing could make us think lower of you" Spencer chimed comfort her friend in need
"Sean came over last night" she chocked out as Emily moved her arm that was around her shoulders to around her waist, right where she had hit it on the desk when she fell over "shit" Hanna muttered as she flinched away from Emily.
"Hanna what did he do" Aria asked her worriedly as she saw the way Hanna flinched away in pain
"And start from the beginning" Spencer added as her three best friends looked at her with so much concern in their eyes
"well he had been texting me, kinda threats, I didn't think they were serious, you know, that's why I hadn't told you, until yesterday at school, that's when I realised he could follow though on it, with a little help from Noel" and Hanna continued to tell the girls about what had happened the night before when he had come round and now all four girls were in tears cradling Hanna as she reached the point where Caleb came and asked her what was wrong.
"And then this morning, I was joking with caleb and then he said about you and Toby being in love" she nodded toward Spencer "and it had brought it all back up and I said something about all boys only wanting sex and then he did that stupid smirk and grabbed by waist and was like in that case just as a joke obviously, it's Caleb, and I completely flipped out on him, because of everything Sean has done the night before and now he probably thinks I'm a sociopath" Hanna finished as all the girls sadly laughed at her
"Han he isn't going to think that" aria laughed at the girl
"Hanna you're amazing you know that" Emily chirped as she wiped up some of Hanna's mascara stains "none of us are going to let that bastard near you again ok" Hanna nodded and brought them all in for a hug "I love you guys"
It was now lunch, and yet again Hanna was dreading seeing caleb, but she knew as soon as he was there, his smile would calm her down, she got into the cafeteria to see everyone was already sat down, she had been to the toilet so she arrived later, and she saw her spot right next to caleb saved as per usual. She strolled over their lunch in hand an approached caleb and the others "hey, sorry I was so long" she made herself known as she took her seat next to caleb
"Big shit was it Han" Toby asked and she glared at him
"Yeah the biggest" she sarcastically went along with it
"No man, girls like Hanna can't poo in public, god" caleb added smirking at Hanna
"and we're talking about Hanna's toilet habits because.." Aria asked feeling very grossed out about the topic
"Caleb fantasises about it" Toby added as caleb threw a large piece of cake at directly at his face
"Why am I not surprised" Emily added in as now it was Caleb's turn to turn very very red
"She looks hot in them though" he joked along as he looked at Hanna
"ok perv" Hanna rolled up her nose in disgust "can we stop talking about my crap please" Hanna enquired as she thought of a new topic to discuss.
Spencer looked at Hanna and grinned at her, happy that Hanna could put a smile on her face just like that, and she knew it because caleb was just inches from her. Hanna tore her eyes from Caleb's and looked in front toward Spencer who was smiling at her and Hanna went to smile back but caught sight of Noel and Sean walking in the room, her facial expression went blank and she didn't know what to do, she completely zoned out, and Spencer realised what must have been happening "Han, we need to go see Fitz about English homework remember" she said as she grabbed Hanna from her seat and they said bye to the group.
Spencer pulled the girl out of the cafeteria and around the corner so they couldn't be seen by the others "are you ok" she asked her genuinely concerned
"yeah I'm just gonna have to get used to seeing them around" Hanna let out as a tear crept out of her eye
"come here, don't cry Han, his not worth it" Spencer said, once again wrapping her in her arms as the two boys walked past Hanna and winked at her, she felt disgusted
"how am I going to do it Spence" Hanna asked her voice muffled "just think about caleb, you're special to him already, you know, even if you're just getting to know each other now" she said as Hanna looked up to her
"you're right I shouldn't cry" she said as she plastered a fake smile on her face and the pair walked back into their friends.
"All princess'd up" caleb asked as Hanna came back to sit next to him
"what else" she replied looking at him and grabbing one of his nachos to eat
"you're welcome" he replied as he watched her shove the nacho into her mouth getting salsa all around her mouth "ladylike Han really ladylike" he said watching her
"I'm hungry, and they're really good" she replied as his hand reached up so his thumb could wipe all the salsa off her face
"you're much more than a princess" he said as his hand went back down "you're a messy princess" he corrected looking into her eyes, neither of them could deny the connection as he watched her lips curl up into a laugh
"just wait till you have to watch me eat dinner at your house" she stated as he thought of the mess she could potentially get herself into
"so spag bowl isn't on the cards then" he said looking at her, and she realised, with everything she was worrying about, when she was with him, the problems slipped her mind completely and she could genuinely laugh for the first time since her dad left and then more problems arrived, with no efforts, he made her happy, friendship or relationship.
"Precisely" she laughed back at the boy next to her
I would have updated sooner but I had prom last night and was very busy. Hope you like this anyway & continue to leave reviews x