Chapter Twenty Five

Hanna flopped on to the bed next to Caleb and let out a content sigh. They both caught their breath as their sweaty bodies lay tangled together under the duvet that covered Caleb's bed.

Once again he had the delight of waking up to Hanna peeling the warm covers from his body and climbing into the bed beside him which lead to him needing to warm her up.

Without speaking Hanna moved so her head was lay on his shoulder and her hand on his bare chest and Caleb wrapped his arm around her back. "Do you have to go to work today?" She asked.

"Yeah," He sighed, looking over at the time on his phone. "But I'm already an hour late so I might as well stay here with you." He mumbled, placing a kiss on the top of her head. She smiled and watched her hand trace patterns over his chest. "How was Scar this morning?" Caleb asked.

"She was grumpy as hell," Hanna muttered. "She refused to go to school until I told her I was collecting her early to get her cast taken off."

Caleb let out a small chuckle at how much his daughter was like her mother. "She gets it from you."

"What?"

"Being grouchy in the morning, your exactly the same." He replied.

Hanna rolled her eyes and huffed. "I'm not grouchy this morning."

Caleb smirked and nudged his nose against her ear. "You have me to thank for that." His breath was hot against her neck as he reminded her exactly how he had heated her body back up earlier. He ran his hand under the duvet to grope her naked ass as she pressed her lips to the base of his neck and snuggled closer.

"What about you?" She asked as he looked down at her. "Anymore withdrawal symptoms?" She couldn't help but laugh as he rolled his eyes.

"I'm getting there," He murmured. "I put the patch things on."

"I noticed," She smiled reach out to pick at the corner of one of the three nicotine patches on his upper arm. "And I'm pretty sure your only supposed to put one on at a time."

Caleb just shrugged in response and closed his eyes, breathing in her scent. "Can I ask you something?" Hanna looked up and nodded, wondering what it was. "When are we going to tell Scarlett about me?"

Hanna shrugged. "I don't really know. Whenever you feel ready and when Scarlett's totally comfortable with you."

"Well, you know her better than I do," He said with a sad tone to his voice. "When do you think she'll be ready?"

"Honestly, I think she's probably ready now. We see you everyday whether it's here or at my moms and she loves when you play with her and when your not with us she's always asking about you." She told him, grinning at the thought of their baby girl.

Caleb nodded and thought about what Hanna was saying. Maybe Scarlett was ready but was he? He was scared of all the questions Scarlett would ask that he didn't have answers for and more so what her reaction would be. Would she be happy that he was her daddy or would she be upset that he hadn't been involved in her life until a few months ago?

"What is it?" Hanna asked placing her hand on his arm, sensing he was deep in thought.

"I don't think I'm ready for her to know yet." He confessed. "I don't know how to be a good dad. I never had one so I have no idea what to do. What if I mess up and she gets hurt again?"

"Stop," Hanna said gently. "Caleb, your already an amazing daddy. You always play with her and make her laugh and she loves you." She pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Don't worry about not being a good father because your already better than both our dads combined, okay?"

He sighed in response. "But I feel like I've only seen Scar's good side and I want to see it all. I want to be there when she's upset or when she's being grumpy and stuborn."

Hanna smiled wilder and placed another soft kiss to his cheek. That's why she loved him. He wasn't just there for the easy parts that were easy and fun. He would be there through it all.

Being a parent wasn't easy, as Hanna had come to learn over the last few years, sometimes it was damn hard. Sometimes she wanted to crawl into a hole and cry from the responsibility that came with a child. But Caleb telling her he wanted to experience it all; that good and the bad, reassured her that she was right about him being amazing father already.

"We can wait then." She said simply, lying back down in his chest.

"What if she figures it out before we tell her?" Caleb asked. "She saw the pictures from when we were younger and she might guess."

"I don't think so." Hanna shook her head. "She doesn't really understand what it takes for a baby to be made."

"Okay." Caleb sighed simply as Hanna cuddled into him more.

"Our table looks good." She smirked, looking around the apartment to where the table was sat. "But there's not enough room for it where you have it."

"There's no room for it anywhere Han. My apartments too small."

"Don't you dare throw it out." She warned looking at him with stern eyes.

Caleb looked her in the eyes as the tone in her voice changed and laughed. "Never." He pecked her lips.

"Good." She kissed him back but pulled away as his hands started to wonder. "You should go to work," She groaned. "You can't loose your job because of me."

"I don't care about my job," He muttered. "I'm going to quit anyway."

"Why?!"

"Because I've started looking for a better one. One that pays more so I can start looking for somewhere else to live." He shrugged.

"What's wrong with this apartment?" She asked. She loved this apartment, it reminded her of when they were teenagers and would just lounge around in it all day in their underwear.

"I'm twenty six Han, I can't keep living in an apartment payed for by my mom."

"Well I'm twenty six too and I still live with my mom."

Caleb just raised his eyebrows at her. "It's not the same. Besides," He started. "I was thinking of saving up and buying a house."

"A house? Why a house?"

Caleb looked at her for a few seconds to see if she would catch on but the adorable confused expression stayed stuck to her face. "So I can live in it." He said slowly, "With you and Scarlett."

Hanna grinned at his cuteness but then frowned. "Your starting to look now?"

"Yeah, it'll take me a few months to save up for a deposit so now is a perfect time to start looking."

"Oh," Hanna gulped.

"Is that it?" Caleb asked sitting up. He'd thought she'd have been more excited. "Oh?"

"No. It- it's great," She shook her head. "It's..."

"What's wrong?" He asked. He knew when she was lying and she definitely was now.

"Nothing. Why?"

"Because you sound like there is." He sighed. "Do you not want us to live together?"

"No, I do." She answered sitting up as well. "But It's a bit soon don't you think?"

"Not really." He shrugged.

"It's been six years Caleb since we were last together. Don't you think were rushing things?"

"I'm not asking you to move in right this second. It will take a while to even buy a house let alone move in."

"I know but-"

"Look," He sighed. "If you don't want to live with me then just say so."

"I do but-"

"But what Hanna?" He snapped.

She just looked down at the sheets and said nothing in response. Caleb let out an exasperated sigh and ran a hand through his hair. One minute she was telling him Scarlett was ready to know he was her father and the next she was shutting down the idea of them all living together. She could be so confusing sometimes. "I'm going for a shower." He mumbled, pulling back the duvet and walking over to his bathroom.

Hanna closed her eyes and flopped back on to the bed. The thought of buying a house together excited her but it also scared her at the same time. They had only been back in a relationship a few weeks and it seemed to a big step. But was it? Her and Caleb had been together for years before they broke up and moving in together would give them a chance to finally be a proper family with Scarlett.

She bit her lip and pulled his duvet up around her chest, deciding to stay in the bed until he came out of the shower so they could talk then. Her eyes once again wondered around his apartment as she herd the shower turning on in the bathroom and stopped beside his bed where a tatty shoe box was tucked halfway under.

She leant down and pulled it out, instantly recognising it as the one she had given him that was full of the pictures she had saved of Scarlett. Opening the lid she found two pictures on the top: one of her with a three month old Scarlett asleep in her arms and another of Scarlett from when she was two with cookie crumbs covering her face.

Hanna laughed at the picture and ran her finger over her baby girls cheek. She hated how Caleb had to live all these memories through static photos instead of being there with her to laugh along with their little girl.

She sighed and put the photos back in the box and glancing over to his bedside table where the wooden necklace Scarlett had made him a christmas was. She couldn't fight her grin at the sigh of it but before she could think about it anymore Caleb came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. They were both silent as he slipped on some clothes and she waited for the right time to speak.

"I'm going to work." Caleb broke the silence pulling on his jacket and looking over at her.

"Okay." She mumbled and watched him leave before she had the chance to speak.

Hanna pulled her coat around herself tighter as she made her way into the Radley to find her mother. It didn't take long when she spotted Ashley stood behind the desk. "Can I borrow your car to take Scarlett to get her cast off?"

"I thought Caleb was taking you?" Ashley asked looking up from her computer. She could read her daughters body language so well and knew instantly something had happened. "Did you have an argument?"

"No," Hanna sighed. "I don't really know what it was but he's at work now."

"What was it about?"

"He wants to start looking for a house." She explained. "For him, me and Scar."

"That's great Han, why did you argue?"

"We didn't argue." She mumbled. "And I don't know, I just think it's a bit soon."

Ashley just sighed and handed Hanna her car keys. "Don't push him away again."

Hanna mumbled a quick thanks and took the keys. Her mom usually gave good advice but this time she was wrong. She wasn't trying to push Caleb away, in fact she was doing the opposite. She was scarred that if the moved in together properly them what happened in New York would happen again and they'd end up with broken hearts all over again.

She was still stuck in her own thoughts as she collected Scarlett and they headed to the hospital. "I thought Caleb was coming?" The five year old asked.

"He's at work baby," Hanna sighed. She hated that their argument- or whatever it was meant that Caleb couldn't be here with their daughter. "Maybe we'll see him later." Scarlett nodded as they took heir seats in the waiting area.

"Mommy," Scarlett patted Hanna's arm, breaking the silence. "Is Caleb your boyfriend?"

"He is." Hanna replied, grinning at her daughters cuteness.

"Is that why you kiss him a lot? And you cuddle naked?" Scarlett asked innocently.

Hanna blushed and tapped her daughters nose. "Don't tell anyone about that."

"Why not?"

Hanna struggled to explain. "Because... it's rude." She finally got out.

"Oh," Scarlett furrowed her eyebrows. "I already told grandma Ash and Caleb's mommy." She confessed, shrugging like it was no big deal. "And James and Clay."

Hanna shook her head, fighting a grin. "Just don't tell anyone else, okay?"

"Okay." Scarlett mumbled and watched as a nurse walked over to them.

"Are you Scarlett Marin?" She asked. "Come with me and we'll get that cast taken off." She smiled before standing up and leading them to a free bed.

Hanna helped Scarlett onto the side and stood beside her. "It's been over six weeks now so everything should be healed." The nurse explained. "Your wrist might still be a little sore and stiff so you'll need to do some stretches everyday but apart from that everything looks good."

"Can I go swimming now?" Scarlett piped up.

The nurse smiled down at her as starts cutting at the cast. "You'll have to be careful and not use your wrist too much but you should be okay to swim."

"Thank you." Hanna smiled once the cast was off and the nurse had showed them the wrist exercises.

Scarlett jumped off the bed and took Hanna's hand as she inspected her left wrist. "What are we doing now?"

Hanna looked up from her phone as another call to Caleb went to voice mail. She sighed and looked down at Scarlett. "We're going to surprise Caleb."

I know, I hate it when they argue too but I promise all will be well again next chap. Xx

And I posted a new story the other day 'If I Stay' so please go take a look. Xx

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