CALEB'S POV.
She was standing in front of me. The girl that gave me a reason to breathe. She was actually standing in front of me. I lost all words after I uttered her name. Hearing her whisper my name in response shook me to my core. It was really her. I could hear fear and apprehensiveness in just that tiny whisper although at the same time i could hear joy and closure. We must've stood there for a good whole 5 minutes without saying a word. I totally forgot that Amelia stood like a statue just observing the intense interaction. I needed more, after all the questions in mind settled and afraid of scaring her off, I gently touched her shoulder that broke both of trances.
" Hanna, please look at me?"
HANNA'S POV.
Hearing him say my name with such clarity, scared me. This wasn't how i wanted him to find out at all. I just needed time to get myself together, to come to terms with everything. I knew that if i so much as moved that everything would come crashing down. I couldn't handle the disappointment and anger that would be aimed at me, and justifiably so. I was not ready to face my demons, but here behind me stood the person who was second to God that would make me face judgement day. The love of life stood there looking for answers that I didn't think I could even put into words. I was stuck. I could no longer run away. This was it, time to face him and hurt the man I promised myself I would never hurt. After 5 minutes of standing stuck in time I felt the sparks of his touch.
" Hanna, please look at me?"
How could I deny him that, how could I not look him in the eye and just face the music. I was not going to hurt him any longer. My time of running had come an end. So I did the only thing that he asked me I turned around, forgetting that I held in my hands the one thing that tethered our lives together.
CALEB'S POV.
Seeing her face shook me. She was still the most beautiful woman I have ever set my eyes on. She was my world and she was standing right in front of me. After the shock wore off, I saw the tears running down her cheeks. I hated the sight and was totally confused to why they were there until I heard a gurgle coming from her arms. It was then that I saw the prettiest little baby ever. Why did Hanna have a baby with her? I was so engrossed looking into that baby's warm brown eyes. There was something so familiar to her eyes, her face, her hair... I then looked between Hanna and her and realized the reason Hanna fled. She was standing in front of me holding the reason I have been lost for the last year. At the realization the hurt and sadness settled in. It was apparently noticeable because Hanna began to really cry then and the sight really bothered me but I just couldn't find it in me to console her, I was too lost in my own despair to even begin to be able to help her.
I don't know how long i stood frozen before the most heart warming thing happened. The baby stretched her arms out to me. She was smiling and waiting to be held... by me. After having both me and her mother frozen in our spots and not getting what she wanted immediately, something I know she inherited from Hanna, she started to fuss and then actually wail. Hanna didn't even attempt to stop her tears, she just handed her to me and before I knew it I was holding her to my chest. At this point she stopped crying and smiled while looking at me. She was beautiful, I couldn't stop myself from smiling right back at her.
I helped make her, I didn't need Hanna to tell me that I was this little miracles father, I could feel it.