2 days after Hanna arrived back in New York from Dallas, she was heading back to the store for the first time in months. She was meeting Spencer there, but beforehand, had to make sure Caleb was alright. It took her a good 20 minutes to stop fussing over him. Hanna kept asking whether he knew his way around. She'd clearly forgotten he had lived here for well over a year with her.

"But you might have forgotten!" Hanna exclaimed as Caleb explained this to her. He raised an eyebrow and she stepped back cowardly. "Sorry. I just want to make sure you'll be okay while I'm at work."

"I'm not a baby, Han. I can take care of myself," the brunette laughed.

Hanna sighed and stuck her bottom lip out. "I'm going to miss you so much today."

Caleb gave her a warming smile and gently brushed his lips against hers. As he pulled back, he replied with, "I'm going to miss you too."

The blonde glanced at the kitchen clock and sighed again, but this time it was more exasperated, although she hadn't even done anything yet. "Right, if I don't leave now, I'm going to be late and Spencer will kill me." Hanna started walking towards the front door, holding Caleb's hand tightly and dragging him behind. As she stopped by the umbrella stand, she gave her boyfriend a long-lasting, passionate kiss. "I love you," she said as she opened the front door. Hanna stepped outside and repeated it again, before reluctantly breaking the grip she had on his hand.

Hanna hurried down the building's stairs — the elevator was broken — and dashed outside to find her car in the lot. It was a black Land Rover, which Hanna wanted to upgrade to a matte black Land Rover, but hadn't yet got around to doing. She hopped into the driver's seat and quickly shoved the keys into the ignition. The car made a rumbling sound before it started rolling onto the road. Hanna had to wait by the exit for what seemed like hours before there was a break in cars and she could slide her own into the traffic. Luckily, the store wasn't too far away and it didn't take her long to pull up outside. She spotted Spencer's Honda SUV in the shop's parking lot, but couldn't be bothered to drive her own around there, so left it outside.

"Hey," Hanna said as she strolled into 'Amour Toujours', the store she co-owned with Spencer. The name translated to 'Love Always', but the two girls thought it sounded posher in french. The brunette was sitting on the couch that was positioned in the front part of the shop. She had a notebook resting on her knee and was tapping a pen against it as she looked up and smiled at the blonde.

"You're actually on time! Is this a new you or something?" Spencer teased. Hanna had previously had a reputation for being late every single day without a doubt. "Caleb's clearly had an impact on you."

Hanna replied by flipping her friend off with the middle finger and then wandered through to the back. Racks and racks of wedding dresses filled the stock room, and Hanna was actually quite proud. She'd designed all of them by herself, no help whatsoever. She then proceeded to give the three large dressing rooms a quick check over and found they were spotlessly clean.

"Spence," Hanna called out.

"Yeah?"

"How long have you been here?" the blonde asked as she walked back through to where her friend was. Spencer looked up, confused as to what her question was referring to. "The dressing rooms are clean. Like OCD clean. Have you been here all morning tidying them?"

Spencer looked away sheepishly and muttered, "Possibly."

"Oh Spence," Hanna breathed. She sat on the couch beside the brunette and rested her hand on Spencer's shoulder. "You can't be coming in early to do things like that. It's not good for you or the baby."

Spencer suddenly perked up and smiled at her friend. "You know me, Hanna. You know how anal I get about these things." She suddenly jumped from the couch and headed to the desk that was centred in the middle of the store's floor. Hanna was confused as to why Spencer had a sudden change in mood, but wrote it off as her hormones playing up.

Not long after arriving, Hanna was already back to work like usual. The two girls' first client turned up at 10:30, in just enough time before Spencer started panicking if she were actually coming. Her name was Olivia Hope, and was at the store for her third and final fitting before her wedding day which was just in 24 hours. Hanna was in the dressing room with her, making sure everything fit perfectly, and was deeply engrossed in a conversation with Olivia.

Currently, she was going on about her husband-to-be, who she was making out to be better than perfect. "The proposal was literally the bets moment of my life. We were walking along the beach in Miami last year, and the scene was perfect. As the sun was setting, he got down on one knee. I couldn't have asked for a more magical moment," Olivia squealed. Hanna smiled in reply, thinking back to her own engagement.

"Babe, come on! We need to leave," Caleb yelled from the living room. Hanna sighed within the couple's bedroom and searched one last time for her left shoe. She finally found it buried beneath piles and piles of dirty washing, which she made a mental note about needing to clean when she got back. The blonde walked down the short hallway and found Caleb impatiently tapping his foot against the ground. He immediately stopped the second his girlfriend walked through. She looked jaw-droppingly stunning. Apparently Caleb's jaw had actually dropped because Hanna simpered over to him and used her index finger to clamp it shut. "You look amazing, Han."

"I'm glad you think so," Hanna smirked. She intertwined her fingers in Caleb's and pulled him towards the door. As they stepped outside into the apartment building's hallway, she asked, "Where are we going again?"

Caleb snapped back into reality and remembered his plans for the night. "It's a surprise," he teased. He subtly felt his pocket to make sure the velvet box was still in there — which, thankfully, it was — and well hidden. Hanna didn't seem to notice, and continued walking towards the elevator. She was totally oblivious to what her boyfriend had spent the past year planning.

It didn't take long for the cab Caleb had ordered to pick the couple up to arrive at Nocello, an Italian restaurant in New York City. He heard a small gasp from Hanna as she looked out of the smeary window of the old cab and saw where she was.

"Caleb," she sputtered. "This place…it's so…expensive."

The brunette opened the car door and hopped out before swerving around the car to help Hanna out. She very gracefully took his hand and stepped one heel out, and then the other. "You're worth all the money in the world," Caleb said, placing a small kiss on the blonde's lips. He then proceeded to take her hand in his and walk through.

The restaurant was dimly lit, making it a very romantic setting. All the waiters were dressed in black ties and it looked very formal. Hanna started to worry: she was only in her first year of college, they couldn't afford this! But Caleb didn't seem phased by the amount of poshness that surrounded them. He muttered a couple of words into a waiter's ear, and that waiter then showed the couple to a table in the corner of the restaurant, just where Caleb wanted it.

After finishing a very delicious meal of pasta, a sudden wave of nervousness washed over Caleb. It suddenly dawned on him what he was about to do: propose. He watched Hanna take her last mouthful of food, swallow it and then take a gulp of her drink. Under the table, the brunette was rubbing his hands together, trying to dry the sweat that seemed to be pouring from them. He was suddenly conscious of the fact his forehead felt rather damp. Could Hanna see the beads of sweat forming? Caleb decided the best thing to do was to just do it. So, without warning, he got onto one knee. Hanna nearly stopped breathing when she saw what her boyfriend was doing.

This can't be happening, she thought to herself. But it definitely was. Before Hanna knew it, Caleb was pulling out a box from his tux's pocket. It was now the blonde's turn to have her jaw drop. As Caleb opened it up, Hanna saw the jewel glisten in the restaurant's lighting. She thought she was about to pass out.

"Hanna," Caleb began. Even in just word one, Hanna could hear the nerves. He seemed to be trembling, and Hanna let out an almost-giggle, although she didn't know what was funny. Caleb was so nervous he had to keep the whole thing short and sweet, otherwise he would have fallen over from shaking so much. "Will you do me the greatest honour in the world and become my wife?"

It took a moment, — well it felt like hours for Caleb — but Hanna's face finally grew into a smile and she started nodding enthusiastically. "Yes. Yes! Oh my God, yes!" Caleb, still on his knee, knelt up higher so he could reach his girlfriend. After he slid the ring onto her left hand, Hanna bent down and gave Caleb a long-lasting kiss. A sudden burst of cheers and claps filled the restaurant as other Nocello customers realised the woman had said yes. Hanna felt her cheeks blush as she looked around and saw everyone staring at her. But it didn't last for long. She soon remembered what had just happened: she was engaged to Caleb!

"He used to live not far from here; about 25 miles away in a place called Rosewood. We're actually moving back there after our honeymoon," Olivia continued. Hanna's ear pricked up at the word Rosewood.

"Rosewood? As in Rosewood in Pennsylvania?"

Olivia, who was staring at herself in the mirror and stroking the dress she had on, nodded. "You've heard of it?"

"I used to live there. In fact, I lived there most of my life until I moved to New York," Hanna replied. She stared at Olivia a little, trying to work out whether she'd ever seen her around the town before.

"Wow! I've never met anyone who's ever heard of it, let alone from there. It's such a small place," the bubbly bride-to-be said. She pushed her ginger loss behind her shoulders and smiled. "This dress is just so perfect!"

"Yeah," Hanna mumbled, not really paying attention. She was still trying to picture Olivia's face in Rosewood, but it just wasn't happening. "Are you from Rosewood yourself?"

Olivia show her head, "Nope. I've only ever been there a couple of times to visit Noel's family."

"Noel's?" Hanna spat out. She nearly choked on her own saliva when she heard the name.

"Yeah, Noel's my fiancee. You know Noel?"

"Uh, yeah," the blonde stammered. "We went to high school together."

Before Olivia had time to answer, Spencer knocked on the door. Hanna knew it was Spencer because of the knock: she always, without a doubt, knocks three times, loudly, with a gap in between each one. Hanna poked her head around the door and faux-smiled.

"What's up?" she asked, straining her neck.

"You've been in here for ages, Han," Spencer hissed. "This appointment should have ended, like, 5 minutes ago! We have another client waiting."

Hanna cringed and nodded, understanding what her friend was implying she was to do. As she shut the door, she said to Olivia, "I'm really sorry but we've run overtime. Was everything okay with your dress?"

"Everything's perfect!" the ginger exclaimed. "Thank you so much!" She suddenly lunged forwards and wrapped her arms around Hanna. "I couldn't have asked for a better dress."

"I'm glad you liked it," Hanna laughed. She removed herself from the dressing room, leaving Olivia to get changed. As she headed through to the front part of the store, she said to Spencer, "You'll never guess who that client is engaged to."

Curious, Spencer arose from her chair behind the desk and met Hanna as she walked by the racks of dresses. "Who?"

"Noel Khan."

Spencer raised her eyebrows and laughed. "No way."

"Yep, she is," Hanna replied, nodding. "But the way she was describing him, you'd never have thought it was the same person."

A/N - yay so i hope you liked the little flashback to haleb's engagement! i know they might be a little young to be engaged considering hanna was only in her first year of college, but oh well.

and btw, the noel khan thing meant literally nothing. he has no relevance to this story; i just wanted to add a few old names in :))

let me know if you liked this chapter!