"Daddy!" Liam's adorable little voice exclaimed as soon as Caleb walked in the house.
"Little man!" Caleb replied, going on his knees to pick up his son, who had ran to him.
Hanna appeared from the kitchen and smiled at the sight. The light which appeared in Liam's eyes everytime he saw his daddy was priceless.
"You were waiting for me, weren't you?" Caleb asked the kid.
Liam nodded.
"Okay, well... I'm right here now, so I guess it's time for you to go to bed." Caleb continued.
Liam pouted slightly and Caleb chuckled.
"Hey, what about this... I'll tuck you in tonight. I'm gonna read your new Peter Pan's book and then you'll try to get some sleep, 'kay?" he suggested his son.
Liam nodded excitedly. Caleb put him down, placed his briefcase on the coffee table and took his coat off, then walked to Hanna, who wrapped her arms around his waist and smiled up at him.
"Hey... Welcome home." she whispered.
Caleb smiled and leaned in to kiss her gently.
"Thanks." he whispered back against her lips, smirking.
"Daddy! Peter Pan!" Liam called holding his teddy bear, breaking his parents' moment.
Hanna and Caleb chuckled, then Caleb walked to him and picked him up again.
"Right. Say mommy goodnight, c'mon." he told him as Hanna approached them.
"Night night, mommy." Liam said.
"Goodnight, baby. Will you give mommy a kiss?" Hanna sweetly asked him.
Liam leaned in and gave Hanna a sloppy kiss on the cheek. She laughed and kissed him on the forehead.
"Good. Let's go upstairs now, little man." Caleb suggested then, walking to the stairs carrying Liam in his arms.
Half an hour later Liam was asleep in his room, so Caleb ate something for dinner while Hanna waited for him on the couch of the living room. When he was done, he immediately joined her.
"Hey, what are you watching?" he asked, nodding toward the TV.
"The Notebook." Hanna replied, focused on the screen.
Caleb slightly rolled his eyes. Hanna had watched that movie at least eight times. However, he didn't say anything, he just unhooked and took his tie off, followed by his shoes, then lied completely down on the couch and let Hanna adjust in his arms.
"How was your day?" she asked in a whisper, lying her head down on his chest.
"Good." he replied simply, not wanting to talk to her about the work offer.
They both stayed silent watching the movie, comfortable in each other's arms, until Caleb, gotten bored, slipped his hands underneath Hanna's shirt —which was actually one of his shirts— and started rubbing circles on the bare skin of her belly. Hanna giggled, it tickled her.
"Stop." she piped up, twisting in between his arms.
"No." he laughed.
Hanna knew there was just one way to make him stop, so she quickly turned around and straddled him, jumping forward and kissing him passionately. Caleb happily kissed back, automatically resting his hands on her butt. Hanna hastily unbuttoned Caleb's shirt while making out, then she slid it off his shoulders. But as Caleb grabbed the hem of the shirt which Hanna was wearing, Liam started crying from his room. They pulled away flushed and Caleb groaned.
"What a good timing, Liam." he muttered jokingly, searching for his shirt.
Hanna giggled.
"Don't worry. I'll think about him." she smiled, standing up and walking to Liam's room.
Caleb waited for a few minutes, then he got up and walked to Liam's room as well, putting his shirt back on in the meanwhile without buttoning it, then stood in the doorway. He watched as Hanna tried to calm Liam down. It was amazing. She was amazing.
"Little man... You basically didn't sleep at all, huh? Shhh... Mommy's here, everything's okay..." she whispered, rocking him between her arms.
Caleb kept watching the scene, smiling at himself, until Liam fell back asleep and Hanna turned around, finally becoming aware of Caleb's presence.
"What were you doing here?" she whispered while closing the door behind her back.
Caleb shrugged and smiled.
"Nothing. Just watching the loves of my life." he grinned at her.
Hanna smiled back. She grabbed his hand and the pair made their way back to the living room, where the TV was still on but the movie was over. Hanna grabbed the remote and turned it off, then looked at Caleb.
"It's kind of late... What about we go to bed too?" she suggested.
"Okay." he said smiling.
They were heading to the bedroom while Caled suddenly stopped walking.
"Oh, hey, I was almost forgetting... While you were at work this morning, well, Liam and I played, and then one of his dinosaurs fell into that vase on the table... I know you like that vase so much, that's why I didn't try to take that damn dinosaur out of it... I didn't want to break it. Could you please try?" he asked, nodding toward the vase on the table of the living room.
Hanna furrowed her perfectly plucked eyebrows.
"The dinosaur fell into the vase and you didn't take it because you didn't want to break the vase?" she asked perplexed.
Caleb nodded.
"Yeah." he added, shrugging.
"Well, Liam's sleeping right now... I guess I'll just do it tomorrow."
Hanna restarted walking to the bedroom, but Caleb grabbed her wrist.
"Could you please do it now?" he asked, smiling.
Hanna was seriously confused seeing his behavior.
"Caleb? What the hell are you up to?" she asked then.
Caleb roamed a hand through his hair. He looked...nervous.
"Just do it now, Hanna." he repeated.
Hanna stayed still for a second, looking into Caleb's eyes. It all sounded so weird. She walked to the table and grabbed the vase, slightly shaking it. There was something inside, yeah. She looked into it, but it was too long that she couldn't clearly see the bottom. So, she just turned it upside down, and a little blue velvet box fell on the table. Hanna gulped and turned to Caleb, who was smiling at her.
"Okay, the dinosaur thing was absolutely lame... I have to admit it. I'm not very good at making up stories, yeah, I know." he shrugged.
Hanna was like petrified. Was that what she was thinking it was? Was that really happening or she had just misunderstood?
Caleb slowly walked to her and then grabbed the small box, which was still on the table. With the other hand, he took the vase from Hanna's hands and placed it back on the table. Then, he cleared his throat and finally kneeled down in front of her, slowly opening the velvet box. A wonderful sparkling diamond ring was inside of it. Caleb took a deep breath and finally managed to say something.
"Hanna... I thought a lot about this. You know, a few weeks ago I would have do it to try to make up for my lack of presence home, not because that was what I really wanted. But now it's different. Things have changed, and day by day I've only realized how much I love you and how much you mean to me. I'm... I'm honored that you're the mother of my child, and... God, this is a thousand time harder than I thought it was... Okay, well... At first I thought about doing this in front of your mom, my mom, my sister and our friends, the people who we love, but then I thought that it was better to do it when there's just us, and... I'm sorry if I used all of this time to realize that I totally wanted this, because I know that you realized it a long time ago, but, yeah, I've been probably wanting this for a while too, but now I'm totally sure that I want it, and... And I know that this is probably the worst proposal speech ever, but... But what matters is that I love my life with you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you and our little man, and... When I see you two together, I know that you're my whole world, my whole life. And I have no more doubts about anything. Look... Before I met you I didn't believe in love. I didn't think it existed. But then you came into my life, and... Well, we started seeing each other, and day by day something has grown inside of me, and I realized I was falling for you. And I fell, hard. Then I learned that love existed. I'm so lucky to have you, and I don't even know why you chose such an idiot like me, but I know you did. I love you like I never loved anyone in my whole life. And I love our child and the family we've become all together. So... Yeah... Given all of these things... Hanna, will you marry me?"
Hanna covered her mouth with an hand as her eyes became filled with tears. She let out a slight sob and stared at the diamond. Caleb smiled a little.
"Please say something, I don't know how much longer I can stay on one knee." he said.
Hanna wiped a single tear away and took a deep breath.
"It's wonderful..." she whispered, referring to the ring.
Caleb grinned.
"It's yours. But you should give me an answer..." he teased then.
Hanna smiled and took Caleb's face in between her hands.
"Yes." she whispered.
"Yes?" Caleb repeated, standing up.
"Yes!" Hanna screamed, throwing herself into his arms.
Caleb laughed and hugged her tightly.
"I love you so much." Hanna said into his ear, still crying for the happiness.
"I love you too, babe."
Then, they pulled away just enough to be able to kiss, passionately, strongly, like it was the last kiss they could have ever shared. After a while, Caleb let go of her lips and lifted her left hand.
"Here..." he whispered, sliding the ring over her finger.
Hanna looked at her left ring finger totally amused, then Caleb kissed her hand. She smiled at him and held his hand in hers.
"I wasn't expecting this at all." she commented then.
Caleb just shrugged, still grinning.
"I just hope you like the ring, I chose it all by myself, eventually." he chuckled.
"I love it... And I love you." she replied with decision.
Caleb smiled again and restarted kissing her, over and over, as they stumbled into their bedroom and shattered their clothes all around the floor.
Hanna pulled Caleb down on the bed, lying on top of him and kissing his lips. He pulled her closer against his chest and kissed back. His tongue got in her small mouth and found hers, which tangled with his one. Hanna pulled away, smiled down at him and kissed his lips again, this time slowly and gently, then she bit his lower lip. He moaned and rolled her over, letting his body be on top. His face came down on her neck, alternating chaste wet kisses with bites and hickeys, as she scratched every inch of his skin her hands could reach.
"You know I'm gonna go haywire if you keep going this way..." Caleb told her, almost moaning under her touch.
"That's what I want..." Hanna whispered in his ear, biting its lobe.
He smiled and let his head travel down her naked body, which smelt like a mixture between strawberry and lavender, as her hand gripped and then let go of his hair. He stopped at her bellybutton, kissing it and playing with it with his fingers. It was one of her turn-ons and he knew it. So, he slowly touched that strip of her skin, then planted his tongue into it, as his hands came back up to tease her breasts. He caught sight of her pleased look, as she smiled and shivered under his touch.
"God, Caleb... I'm the one who's going haywire..." she sighed.
He continued his game, as she kept caressing his head, and then he went lower. He put his hands on each of her smooth thighs and let his mouth enjoy her core.
"Fuck..." she mumbled between starts.
His face came back to the surface, satisfied, and it went in front of hers. She smiled and kissed him again, then she overturned the situation and went on top. She massaged his chest and made sure to make their waists correspond. Then, she made them one without hesitating more. She started riding him, rather quickly, and he almost lost it immediately. His hands tried to make her already flowing movements easier, pinching her hips. Then, she slowed down, and the sudden change of pace made Caleb feel he was exploding. He gritted his teeth and let out an exhausted moan, as a part of him gushed all of itself out. Hanna then bent down on him, pressing her forehead against his, and let out a shaky cry too, squeezing her eyes shut as her inner walls clenched themselves around him.
"We both went haywire here..." he chuckled after a few seconds, breathing heavily, still buried inside of her.
"Oh, you can say that..." she replied before leaving a small kiss on his slightly bearded chin.
"I love you so much, you know that?"
"I know. I love you too."
Hanna then rolled off him, lying back on the mattress. Caleb sat up in bed and pulled the blankets all over them before lying back on the mattress as well. She rested her head on his chest and lazily sprawled an arm over his abdomen, while he wrapped his arm around her side and rested his hand comfortably on the curve between her hip and her ass under the blankets. They stayed silent for a while, just enjoying each other's presence.
"When did you decide to propose?" Hanna asked suddenly.
"I don't really know the exact moment, actually. But... These last weeks made me realize that I want this... I want to tell the world that you're mine and that I'm yours and that's gonna be like this forever."
Hanna smiled up at him and pecked his lips quicky.
"It wasn't that bad as a proposal speech, by the way." she chuckled then.
"Shut up. I probably looked like an idiot."
"You were too cute, I can't even tell."
Caleb rolled his eyes, laughing slightly.
"Hey, when do you have to work tomorrow?" she asked then.
"In the morning. I'll be done around two in the afternoon... What about you?"
"I have the day off tomorrow." she smiled.
"Awesome. We can spend the afternoon together, just the three of us... What do you think?"
"I'd love to. I need some family time."
"Yeah, tell me about it... We're gonna take Liam to the park, yeah?"
"Perfect."
Hanna nuzzled her face into Caleb's neck as he held her close. After a few minutes though, Hanna felt the urge to say something.
"Caleb?"
"Yeah?"
"I... Uh... I was wondering... You know... Well, I need to ask you something." she stuttered.
Caleb pulled back a little as Hanna helped herself up with her elbows. She looked at Caleb and bit her bottom lip.
"What is it?" he asked, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Look, I don't want to sound hasty or anything, but... Yeah, I mean, you just asked me to marry you and I've already started thinking things, and maybe—"
"Hanna... Tell me." he interrupted her gently, grabbing her hand.
"Okay, well... I was thinking about stopping to have the pill. But, of course, I was never going to do it without telling you first, and yeah, maybe we should just wait until we get married, that was probably stupid for me to ask you now."
Caleb smiled widely.
"You want another baby?" he asked then, rubbing circles on the back of her hand.
Hanna looked down, hiding an embarassed smile.
"Yeah, I... I think I do." she murmured.
Caleb laughed slightly.
"Well, my mom would be really happy to hear you right now." he added.
"What about you? Are you happy?"
Caleb smiled.
"Look, Han... Actually, I don't think it would be hasty. I mean, a few weeks ago we had a little tough period, that's true, but I think that every couple has its own tough periods. But... We got out of it. And, yeah, things between us are great lately. I proposed and you said yes, so... I think they're more than great, right? And... Well... I don't see why we should wait until the wedding... We already have Liam, and we had him when we were just a boyfriend and a girlfriend trying to build a stable relationship living under the same roof, without even just thinking about a wedding or a baby, so why are we supposed to wait for another little one now? Look... You know what? We are not gonna try. We're just gonna stop trying to avoid it, okay? When it happens, it happens. If it happens after the wedding, that will be okay, but if it happens before then, well, that'll be okay too." he said.
Hanna grinned.
"Is that a yes?" she asked.
Caleb grinned and rolled her over, so that he was on top of her.
"Yes... But... This time we should go for a little girl..." he whispered in her ear, kissing down her neck.
Hanna giggled and placed her hands on his back, pulling him closer to her.
"Oh, yeah?" she teased, as he kept going lower and lower.
Caleb lifted his head and grinned.
"Yeah." he added before disappearing underneath the blankets.
And Hanna smiled again. That was one of the happiest days of her life.
A/N: Yay, I'm backkkk :) And I think this was such a big chapter to get back with ;) last chapter didn't have enough Haleb scenes, I know, but I hope this one could make up for it :) haha, I know that the ring in the vase was kind of obvious, anyway you guys guessed correctly. I hope you can understand Caleb changing his mind about the wedding... I mean, men have their own timing for everything, don't them? :P Now, don't forget about the job offered to Caleb... He hasn't told Hanna yet, but he will. So just keep it in mind when you read the following chapters ;) Anyway, thank you all for your reviews! You guys are absolutely amazing :D:D I'm so happy you're enjoying this fic, and I repeat you once again...the drama's just starting :P I can't wait for you to find out what's happening next ;) That's why I'll try to update soon, but I even wanted to tell you all that I'm also going to start a new Haleb AU rated M soon, a multichapter as well. It's gonna be...intriguing, at least I hope ;) So stay tuned :) Aaaand, before you go, please let me know what you guys think about this chapter! I hope you liked Caleb's proposal, even though it was a little clumsy, yeah, haha :D Thanks for reading and thanks in advance if you leave a review! Have a nice day, love you all! xx -Atramea.
