Chapter 11

Caleb's POV:

I was thinking nothing but Hanna from the time I got home to now, I mean even doing homework tonight was out of the question.

I was laying on my bed relaxing after doing homework and be hounded by my Uncle about getting a job, lucky for me it's been spring now and my lawn mowing job has opened up and I started work today..and I was really tired from it.

I was laying on my bed watching TV, it had started to rain outside so I had to shut the balcony door which was a shame because there was an amazing breeze coming through.

I was really into this movie when I heard a light knock on the door to outside and it made me jump out of those movie/TV trances.

I got up scratched my head and opened the door confused at who it was.

Hanna was standing in the pouring rain with her make-up running down, she could barely stand up straight and had a bag over her shoulder.

"You said if I needed to come no questions asked I should. Can I come in please?" Then she began to sob.

I wanted to take away her pain so badly, who ever did this to her was going to pay.

"Of course get in here." She walked in and sat on my bed, "Do you have a change of clothes?" She nodded, just standing in the middle of my room.

She was looking at the photo's of me and Taryn, I am sure she wanted to smile at them but she just didn't have the heart too.

I understood that. I came up behind her while she was looking at the pictures, "That one was from camping two summer's ago."

I guess my voice scared her because she jumped 2 feet in the air. "Don't do that. Please" she said shaking. I looked at her confused.

I cleared my throat, "there's a bathroom right there, its my own you can go ahead and change in there. Then we'll talk." She just looked down at the floor.

"Do you want me to go in there while you change out here?" She smiled for the first time since she got here and nodded.

I sighed and walked over to my bathroom shutting the door behind me.

10 minutes later I opened the door and found her on my bed sleeping, I smiled and walked over.

I shut off the TV so we were in complete darkness.

Before getting into bed I locked the door so Taryn wouldn't do a surprise attack if she was still here in the morning.

When I got on the bed Hanna's shirt was revealing half of her silky tan skin,

I noticed discoloring, I lifted up the shirt and the moon light from the door showed the bruises-they were red, black and blue, and they were all over her stomach.

I whispered a curse to myself. This was the work of someone who had done this before.

When I looked over at her face her shiner was not getting better and she had a cut of what looked like someone using their hand with a ring on it-which always made a shiner look worse then it really was.

I saw her arms and they had grip marks, but also on one arm it looked like she was cutting herself.

Reality was setting in the more I looked at the peaceful girl laying next to me I almost wanted to cry for her, especially because she wasn't wearing her brace, wherever she lived she walked to the other side of town in the pouring rain with an unbraced leg.

Hanna rolled over and sighed, "You awake?" I asked rubbing her unmarked cheek.

"I'm sorry I came here like this." "Shhh. Please don't start apologizing, what happened to you?"

She took a deep breath and I brushed away a tear trying to escape her eye.

"My mom and her boyfriend beat me." After she said that she moved her hair from the side and she showed me a burn that looked like- "Today he decided to burn me with a cigarette.

And then I mouthed off and he kicked me in the ribs and punched me in the face."

I pulled her into a hug and held her tight, not so tight due to her condition.

"You shouldn't have to put up with something like that."

She pulled back and looked me in the eyes, I took the opportunity-a bold one at that and leaned, our lips brushed and I gently placed mine on top of hers and it was like the rest of the world had melted away, she wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me close to her as if she was holding on for dear life,

I brushed my tongue on her bottom lip and she allowed me in, our tongues danced and she let out a slight moan-that drove me while, but I didn't want to take full advantage of her not like this.

So damn my head instead of my body I pulled back. She sighed. "Caleb do you like me?"

I almost wanted to scream as loud as I could. "Yes. I've told you." "Then what is the problem?"

I smiled at her and brushed some hair out from her face, "The problem is you are not in a place to want to do that right now.

You've had a long drainful day and I think we should do ourselves a favor and get some sleep before we do something we're both going to regret." She looked away then rolled back over to her side.

"Han..will you go out with me tomorrow night?" She nodded silently.

An hour later I was drifting off to sleep finally when a soft voice woke me up. "Caleb."

It was Hanna I knew it. "Hmm" was all I was able to get out I was so tired.

"Can you put your arm around me please? I forgot my bear." I smiled, good thing she couldn't notice why I was smiling. She really just admitted that she still sleeps with a bear at age 17.

As asked I rolled over so her back was facing me and I put my arm around her waste.

She snuggled her back against mine and held on to her waste tighter and put my head into the gap of her neck.

We breathed silently hearing only the rain and the beating of our hearts as we welcomed the much needed sleep.