On Saturday night, Caleb decided to take his family to the movies, since Liam wanted so badly to see some cartoon at the cinema. The kid ended up asleep halfway through the movie, though, all curled up against Hanna's chest. Caleb took him from her and they all left the cinema earlier. They made their way home walking since the cinema wasn't so distant from their house and the weather was nice. Caleb carried an asleep Liam, holding Hanna's hand with his free hand.

"I can take him if you're tired, seriously." she told him at some point.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." he smiled over at her, tightening his grasp around Liam's tiny body.

His little arms were linked behind his daddy's neck, and his little cheek was smashed against his daddy's strong shoulder. Caleb had his arm wrapped behind the kid's back, holding him on his hip.

"You know, maybe we should take him to the movies more often. I mean, if he falls asleep so quickly, it could be an easy solution to make him sleep at night." Caleb joked then.

Hanna chuckled and shook her head.

"I thought you weren't against having another little one." she said then.

"I'm not indeed, but this doesn't mean that I miss some quiet sleep." he grinned.

"Well, when we're gonna have another baby, at least for the first period sleeping will definitely be a problem."

Caleb stopped walking and glanced over at Hanna, who stopped walking as well.

"Hanna... Are you trying to tell me something?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

Hanna pursed her lips and shook her head.

"I'm not pregnant." she murmured.

Caleb saw her a little disappointed saying that.

"Hey, don't worry. We have plenty of time to make babies, right?" he smiled gently at her.

Hanna nodded and gave him a small smile back.

"Right." she echoed.

"Han, look at me. What's wrong?" he asked, knowing there was something she wasn't telling him.

Hanna sighed.

"It's just that... I don't want to find out that I'm expecting while you're miles and miles far away. I don't want to tell you by phone." she blurted out.

Caleb sighed as well and squeezed her hand tightly.

"We still haven't decided about that offer. But you should know that either way, whether I accept or not, I won't leave you alone. Not even for a single step. I will never leave you alone. Not for a pregnancy, not for anything else." he replied softly.

"I know. That's why I think you should say yes to Albaruenta."

That totally surprised Caleb. He furrowed his eyebrows and stayed silent for a moment.

"What? Seriously?" he asked then.

Hanna took a deep breath and shrugged slightly.

"You asked me to think about it, and I did. But... Can we just go home before talking about this?" she said.

Caleb nodded slowly.

"Sure." he whispered.

Hanna gave him a small smile and the couple restarted walking toward their house, Liam still sound asleep between Caleb's arms.


When they got home, Caleb gently took off Liam's clothes and put him his dinosaurs pajama on. Liam barely noticed that. He basically didn't wake up at all. Then, Caleb tucked him in and kissed his forehead. Hanna kissed his forehead as well before they both got outside of the kid's room. They took a seat on the couch before turning the TV on. Hanna turned the volume down a little before saying something.

"So... I thought about the offer. And I realized that I was absolutely against it just because I don't want you to leave. But that's awfully selfish of me. Caleb, I... I shouldn't have been so hard with you. I trust you, and I love you, and I know that if you want that money it's just because you want to spend it for me and Liam. For our family. For a new house, for our wedding, for Liam and our future kids... Besides, I know that you truly would like to try this new kind of job. I mean, you love technology, and being the main designer of your family company's website is not really the best part of it. Yeah, it's still nice, but a movie would be so much more exciting than that, I get it. You're a young man, and you're really good at your job. This is a great opportunity for you. And I can't tell you not to take it just because I'm gonna miss you. You're not choosing between your family and your career, you're just taking an opportunity. They're almost two months, it's a very long time apart for us, but... But we can handle it, I know that. When we had that little crisis a few weeks ago, I realized that you're the man of my life, and I know that we're stronger than then now. Our love is strong, and Liam and I don't have to be a block for you. So... That's okay, we can do this. You deserve this experience and I can just give you my complete support because I'm your woman, and... And because I love you, Caleb."

Caleb could hear the hesitation in her voice. She also had her eyes a little watery. He knew she was making a huge effort to say those things, but he also knew she was being honest, with him but most of all with herself. He grabbed her hand and smiled softly at her.

"You would do this for me?" he asked.

She smiled back and nodded.

"Sure. Like you would have been ready not to go if I had asked you to stay. You would have done it for me." she replied then.

He nodded and placed a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"But don't think that you never did anything for us, Caleb. That's not true. This wouldn't be the first." she added.

"Okay... If you say so, then I believe you." he smiled.

Hanna shook her head and placed a brief kiss on his lips. Caleb held her close to him after that, looking down at her.

"Hanna, I want you to be sure about this, though. If you don't feel like staying here with Liam alone, please tell me. We still have tomorrow to think about it." he whispered.

"I won't be alone. There are my mom, Aria and Ezra, Laura, your mom, even Jess... They all love Liam and they all would give me some help if I needed that. I know it. Yeah, they're not you, but... But it's just for two months... Yeah, well, for fifty days."

He smiled again and kissed the top of her head.

"I'm gonna call you every single day. And if we have even just a couple of days off, I'm gonna take the first flight and come here, even if I'm gonna be able to stay just for one day. I'm gonna miss you two so much, but when I'm back I'm gonna make you my wife, we're gonna have the best wedding of the century and we're gonna move to the most beautiful house of Los Angeles, and then we're gonna give Liam a lot of wonderful siblings. I promise, Hanna. I promise." he whispered through her hair.

"Yeah. We're gonna do everything." she whispered back, drowning into his arms.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For trusting me, for letting me do this... I know it's hard for you."

"You always tell me that you want the best for me and Liam. Now I'm the one who wants the best for you. You deserve this. And I know it's hard for you too, even if you're acting like the strong one here. But it's the right thing for you to take this opportunity. I'm with you, Caleb, and I'll always be with you. I'm just sorry I took a little to understand that you deserve to have that job. I acted like a stupid childish selfish kid these last days, and I didn't think about what really mattered...you. I'm so sorry."

Caleb pulled away from their weird hug and looked straight into her eyes.

"Don't be sorry, it's okay. You're the best person I've ever met, you're perfect. I love you." he told her sincerely.

Hanna smiled and kissed him once again. When they pulled away, Caleb moved a few strands of her hair off her face and stared at her.

"God, Liam has your eyes." he commented.

"And your sly smirk."

He laughed a little, but then became serious again.

"I need to tell him. I know you'll do great with him while I'm away, but... I don't know how he will react learning that he won't see me for a while..." he murmured.

Hanna sighed.

"Well... I guess he won't be happy. But he's a smart kid, and when he knows that you'll do this for him and his mommy, and that when you're back we will move to the new house that he likes so much, well... You'll see that he'll be fine with that. It's probably gonna be hard at first for him, and he's gonna miss you for sure, and... It's gonna be like that for me too, but... Caleb, we'll be waiting for you to come home. We love you. We can do this." she said then, sniffing a little at the end.

Caleb bit hard on his lower lip and then pulled her into another hug.

"I love you too... You guys are my whole life..." he mumbled, holding her tightly.

Hanna held her tears back as she let him hug her. Then, when she pulled away, she tried to lighten a little up the mood.

"But... Be good over there, Spanish girls are all beautiful and there are plenty of discos. You've been warned, Caleb!" she told him.

"Ooh... Someone's jealous, huh?" he replied, smirking.

"A little bit..."

"You have no reason to. I'm a dependable guy, I'm a dad, and... Guess what? I'm also getting married!" he winked at her.

"Then I'm lucky."

"I'm even luckier."


Later, when Hanna and Caleb had already gone to bed and were sleeping, a soft cry wake both of them up. He rubbed his eyes and gave a small smile at Hanna.

"I'll go." he whispered.

Hanna just smiled back at him as he got out of bed and walked to Liam's room.

An hour later, though, Caleb entered the bedroom again, but carrying a wide awake Liam with him. Hanna woke up again by the light noises, and smiled at her son.

"What's going on, little man?" she asked softly as he and Caleb slipped under the blankets next to her.

"There's a monster under my bed!" the kid whined.

Hanna turned to Caleb, who shrugged.

"Wanna sleep here tonight!" Liam continued.

Hanna stroked Liam's hair slightly and smiled again at him.

"Did you ask daddy, right?" she asked.

Liam nodded, then turned to Caleb, who nodded too and smiled at him to confirm that.

"Well, that's okay then. Where do you wanna sleep?" Hanna asked, even though she already knew the answer.

"Middle! Between mommy and daddy!" he exclaimed happily.

"Of course." Caleb muttered jokingly.

Hanna smiled as Caleb and Liam settled down in bed.

"Now, little man... Under mommy and daddy's bed there are no monsters, so you can sleep without any problem." Caleb whispered to Liam then.

Liam pouted slightly.

"But, daddy, what if the monster comes here and eats me?" he asked scared.

Hanna and Caleb exchanged an amused look, then Caleb replied.

"Well, in that case... Daddy's gonna make him leave. He won't eat you, I promise. You don't have to worry about that."

Liam smiled up at him.

"Thank you, daddy." he told him.

Caleb kissed his forehead and smiled back at him. And Hanna smiled as well watching the small exchange between dad and son, rubbing Liam's cheek.

"But now try to sleep, baby. It's really late." she whispered.

"Okay, mommy. Night night." Liam whispered back.

"Goodnight, buddy." Caleb replied.

"Goodnight, little man." Hanna replied as well, kissing his forehead and then fixing the blankets around her son's little body.

"Goodnight to you too, big boy." she added softly, leaning in toward Caleb.

He smirked and gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.

"Goodnight, babe." he whispered back before throwing his head on the pillow.


Hours later, Liam woke up once again, but luckily he didn't start to cry. Caleb was already awake, he hadn't been able to fall back asleep yet. He saw Liam open his eyes, and stroked his cheek lightly.

"Hey, little man... Go back to sleep, it's still night." he whispered to his son.

"Why you don't sleep, daddy?"

Caleb smiled.

"Well... I have to protect you and mommy from the monster." he replied then, still whispering not to wake Hanna up.

"Daddy protects us." Liam repeated.

Caleb smiled again, then took a deep breath before saying something else.

"That's right. But... I need to ask you something, little man. Can I?"

Liam nodded and looked at his daddy. Caleb took another deep breath and continued.

"Okay, listen up... Daddy will have to stay away from home for a while."

"Why, daddy?"

Caleb sighed.

"Because if I go where they told me to, when I'm back we will be able to buy the new house... The one near the park, do you remember that?" he continued.

Liam nodded, a little more enthusiastic now. Then, Caleb went on.

"And not only we will move to the new house, but we will do a lot of other things. Mommy and I will get married, for example. Maybe you don't know what it means, but... Well, we will do this big party and we will wear all beautiful clothes, you know? Anyway... I'll be back with a lot of presents for you and mommy, and I'll bring you new toys and dinosaurs and whatever else. But... I really need you to promise me something."

"What, daddy?"

"Liam... Daddy knows he can count on you. You have to protect mommy while I'm away, got it? I'll be far, and I won't be able to look after her, so... I want you to do it for me. And don't make her angry, alright? Listen to everything she tells you. Also... Mommy probably won't be really happy when I'm away. That's why you won't have to cry and whim. You will have to smile and make mommy smile, yeah? I know you can do these things. You just... You need to be a good little man, and I know you will. You promise to daddy, little man? Will you do this for me?"

Liam listened attentively to his dad, then he gave him a determined nod.

"Okay, daddy. I protect mommy and I be good. But then you come back?" the kid whispered.

Caleb smiled at his son's cuteness and nodded as well, stroking his hair slowly.

"Of course. Daddy will be back soon. But we have a pact between men now, right?" he asked him then.

"Right."

"Good. I love you, Liam."

"I love you too, daddy."

Caleb hugged his son and kissed his cheek.

"Now go back to sleep. I'll keep an eye open for the monster, don't worry, okay?" he whispered into his ear.

Liam nodded slightly and closed his eyes. Caleb looked at him and bit his lip as a single tear streamed down one of his cheeks.

He couldn't know that Hanna, who was lying with her back at the pair, was awake as well and had heard all of his dialogue with Liam. And he couldn't know that a tear had escaped from her eyes as well in that same moment, either.


A/N: Hi people :) So, first of all everyone needs to thank Ed Sheeran because his song "Photograph" really inspired me to write this chapter and a lot of the following ones... It's such a beautiful lovely song that you guys should listen paying attention to its words :) I just love Ed, ugh :3 Then, a big big big thank you for your amazing support, that you all keep giving me reviewing and everything :) It really makes me happy to know you're into the story :D So... What do you think of this chapter? Honestly, it's one of my favorites because it's so cute and sweet...but also a little sad :( Anyway, I think you all got that Hanna is ready to let him go because she loves him and he wants to go because he loves her and Liam... It's all about love, right? ;) Did you enjoy the Caleb/Liam deep talk? Do you agree with Hanna's opinion? Review and let me know ;) Also... Get ready for the next chapter because it's gonna be pretty intense! Have a nice day and don't forget to smile :) Love! xx -Atramea.