Later, Hanna and Caleb had finally gotten back to his boat. Charlie had found his comfortable spot outside, on the roof, and now Caleb was coming back inside after checking on him. Hanna had taken a quick shower and was now lying on the bed with a singlet and a pair of sweats, staring at the ceiling. Caleb pulled his shirt over his head because of the early summer heat and tossed it to the floor before climbing next to her, lying on his stomach and looking up at her quizzically.

"Hey... Is everything okay?" he asked softly, stroking her arm.

She sighed, linking her hands on her own belly.

"Yeah, I was just thinking." she breathed out then.

"Bad thoughts? Again?" he raised an eyebrow.

Hanna pursed her lips and looked down at him.

"Caleb, I need to know what happened the night that you and Melissa kissed." she finally blurted out.

He snorted lightly, rolling his eyes.

"Hanna..." he began then, but he cut him off.

"No, Caleb. I wanna know."

"I already told you. She kissed me, I pulled away, stormed off the room, called you and told you. That's all that happened. It didn't mean anything, she just stole it from me."

She sighed, fiddling with her own fingers.

"Sorry." she muttered then.

Caleb sighed, running a finger up and down her bare arm as he replied.

"No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. I just hate the fact that Melissa could put all of these bad thoughts into your mind. It just drives me nuts."

Hanna shrugged slightly, looking back at him.

"I trust you, though. I know she just wanted me to lose it, and I had promised myself I wouldn't have let her, but I let her instead, but... But don't think that I don't trust you. I do. I let her mess with my mind, yeah, but I won't let her take you away from me, again. I don't want to lose you again." she said then.

He smiled, then lifted himself to be closer to her, sitting in front of her and spreading his legs, putting each of them on either side of her. He then cupped her face and stroked her cheeks gently.

"You won't, okay? I promise." he whispered then.

She nodded briefly, then he leaned in and kissed her. And just like basically everyone of their kisses, it started slow and gently but soon became heated and passionate. When his tongue bumped against hers, Hanna couldn't hold back a moan coming right from her throat, and pulled Caleb down to her making a pressure on his shoulders. He lied down on her body, as their tongues kept fighting for the dominance of their kiss, and slipped one hand underneath her singlet, making his way upwards until he reached her breast. He felt a wave of arousal when he found out that she had no bra on, cupping her breast and squeezing lightly just as Hanna pulled her mouth away from his to sigh deeply.

"Caleb..." she exhaled as he moved his head to nibble at her neck.

He pulled himself up, tugging at her singlet and urging her to lift herself slightly as well, and when she did, he easily slid her singlet off her body before finally throwing it away. He then focused back on her body, bending down to reach one of her hard nipples. He brushed the tip of his tongue over it, as she arched her back and tangled her hands through his hair, before he finally took it fully into his mouth and started sucking it. As Hanna let out another moan, he moved one of his hand lower to pull her sweats down, then he ran a finger up and down her underwear before leaving her breast to grin up at her.

"Wet..." he stated, pleased.

Hanna didn't have a chance to say anything because he suddenly put her panties to the side and slipped a finger inside of her.

"Shit..." she groaned, tugging at Caleb's hair.

He kept working on her nipple with his tongue and teeth as he started pumping in and out with his finger. At some point, he added another finger and her muscles started startling, her eyes closed shut and her moans became louder.

"You're so fucking beautiful..." he whispered hoarsely as he left a trail of kisses over her collarbone.

He felt her juices starting to drip down his fingers and knew she was close. So, he brought his thumb to her clit and started rubbing it furiously, as his mouth focused on the pulsepoint near her throat. Soon her walls began clenching around his fingers, she became tighter and tighter and then she finally screamed her orgasm out, suddenly closing her thighs and trickling her pleasure over Caleb's hand. He kept pumping in and out for a few seconds longer before pulling out for good, smirking up at her.

Hanna looked down at him with narrowed eyes, panting. Boy, he did know a way to make her bad images disappear from her mind. She quickly took back the control of her own body, so she brought her hands down to his jeans, quickly undoing his belt buckle and his button before pulling them down. Caleb did the rest, freeing himself from his boxers as he removed her panties for good. She eagerly pulled him down on top of her once again, craving him. She reconnected their lips as he lined himself with her sex, then he put his hands on her thighs to raise her legs of a little bit before finally thrusting into her.

Hanna gasped, breaking the kiss to bite down on his shoulder, burying her fingernails into his ass as he started moving slowly, rhytmically yet intensely into her. She felt so nice around him, so tight and hot that it was a challenge for him not to just fuck her hard and violently. He just groaned, brushing the thought off his mind, then squeezed her thighs as he went every thrust a little deeper, kissing her wherever he could.

And he made it all last as long as possible, despite his istincts.

"Was that enough to shake the bad thoughts off?" Caleb asked, reaching out to stroke Hanna's cheek.

They were both naked under the blankets, lying on their stomach, their heads turned to be able to look at each other. Hanna smiled at him and closed her eyes as she got relaxed under his touch, now actually free from all the bad images Melissa had put into her mind.

"Uhm... I guess so." she mumbled.

Caleb chuckled slightly, putting a strand of her hair behind her ear. Their moment was broken when Hanna's phone started ringing from into her purse, somewhere around the boat.

"Fuck..." she muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes.

"Don't take that." he suggested, but she was already getting up.

He watched as she quickly slipped into her underwear and jogged toward her purse, picking her phone from inside.

"Spence?" she answered, walking back to the bed.

"Hey, Han. How are you doing?"

"Well... I'd say good. You would actually need a catch up." she smiled as she settled back into bed, resting her back on Caleb's chest as he sat up to wrap his arms around her middle.

"You and Caleb?" Spencer teased.

"Maybe..." Hanna murmured as he kissed her bare shoulder.

Spencer squealed from the other line and Hanna laughed.

"Well, that's good news, since tonight I'm throwing Toby a party because tomorrow is his birthday, so we'll wait midnight all together. Obviously, you need to be there, and so does your guy. Toby has to meet him." Spencer continued.

"Party? Where?"

"At the usual club where we go for drinks, silly. Around ten. I'll see you and the doctor there. Bye!"

And then, Spencer just hung up. Hanna shook her head, sighing.

"Were you just invited to a party tonight? Are they trying to steal you from me?" Caleb whispered, slightly tickling her sides.

Hanna laughed and struggled against him until he stopped, then she replied.

"Actually, no one is trying to do that. You've been invited too."

He furrowed an eyebrow toward her.

"It's Spencer. I mean, it's her boyfriend's birthday and she set all of this thing up for him." she added then.

"Well... Do you really need to be there?"

Hanna shrugged slightly.

"Caleb, Spencer is my friend. And so is Toby. I kind of want to be there, honestly." she confessed then, looking at him.

"Right."

"And I would really like if you came with me."

Caleb sighed lightly, slowly rubbing his hands up and down Hanna's bare arms.

"It's just that I was picturing our first public date a little...different." he mumbled then.

Hanna sat up and turned he body so that she could face him.

"What is that supposed to mean? You're too classy to show up to a simple birthday party in a club or what?" she asked, slightly disappointed.

"No, baby, I just... I guess I just wanted something better for us. You know, maybe I would choose a dinner in a nice restaurant to make us...official, but it's fine, we'll just go with your friends. It's fine, really."

She sighed, shaking her head slightly.

"Well, I get it, you don't want to come. It'd be the first time that we show up together in public as a couple, and clearly you don't seem to be too keen about this simple party. Whatever, Caleb. You don't need to come." she muttered then.

"No, sorry, it's fine. Those are your friends, and I want to get to know them better, all of them. I want to get into your world. Just... Sorry about that."

Hanna sighed, fiddling with the blankets.

"Caleb, I don't really care if we go out on a date in a fancy restaurant or if we just eat a pizza sitting on an old couch. I'm just happy if I'm with you, no matter where we are or what we do. I just need to know if you feel the same or not." she breathed out then, looking into his eyes.

"I do." he nodded.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

"And are you sure you want to come to the party tonight? Be honest."

"Yeah, I'm sure, I promise."

He the reached out and pulled her body back to him, closing it into his arms.

"I'm not with you because you're rich and shit. I'm not like her." she mumbled then.

"Please, Hanna, stop talking and thinking about her. And, just for the record, I do know you're not like her. She doesn't have anything to do with you. Now... We're going out with your friends tonight. What do you think I should wear to make a good impression on them?"

Hanna smiled slightly. He had such an obsession with clothes, but she liked that he always wanted her advice about that.

"Hanna! Doctor!" Spencer squealed when she spotted Hanna and Caleb entering the club.

Hanna had asked Caleb more and more times if he was actually sure he wanted to come, and he had confirmed it, apologizing for the way he had first reacted to her proposal. She didn't want to force him, she clearly wanted to take him with her, but only if he wanted too. She had helped him choose his outfit, afterwards they had stopped by Hanna's house to take her car back to her place, then she had changed into a dress and they had finally gotten to the club for Toby's party.

"Hey!" Hanna grinned, letting go of Caleb's hand to hug her friend tightly.

"I'm so happy you made it!" the brunette girl said to her friend before pulling away and smiling up at Caleb.

"Spencer, please don't call me 'doctor'. Please." he rolled his eyes slightly, as both girls laughed.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Ready to meet my boyfriend?" Spencer replied.

"Sure." Caleb nodded, as Hanna took his hand back in hers.

The three walked into the club until they reached a table full of people. Caleb could recognize Emily and Aria between them, the other two friends of Hanna he had already met.

"Guys! Look who we got here!" Spencer announced half-shouting, gaining everyone's attention.

"Hanna!" a lot of the guys and girls exclaimed, standing up to greet her as many of them eyed Caleb in a suspicious way.

Aria and Emily came up to him noticing his awkwardness, asking him how it was going as the others hug and said hi to Hanna. When she was finally free, she linked an arm around Toby's shoulders and pulled him in front of Caleb.

"Caleb, this is Toby, Spencer's boyfriend. Toby, this is Caleb, my boyfriend. Spencer told me I could bring him." she said, smiling looking from one guy to the other.

"Of course. Doctor Rivers, I finally have the pleasure." Toby grinned, offering his hand to Caleb.

"It's nice to meet you too, Toby. But call me Caleb." the older guy replied, shaking his hand.

All of the guys invited to the party kept looking at him like he was an alien or something, though. They knew doctor Rivers. They knew Hanna was working at his studio. But they didn't know they were a couple, even though they had probably heard people gossip about them by now.

"So you two are together?" Noel Kahn, one of the guys at the table, asked, raising an eyebrow at Hanna.

He was one of Toby's friends who she couldn't stand at all.

"Yeah, we are." Hanna confirmed sassily, as Caleb just stared at him.

"How old are you, doctor?" Noel continued.

"Thirty-two." Caleb replied simply.

Noel grinned deviously before taking a sip from his glass, not commenting any further. An awkward silence —despite the loud music— fell on the table of the around twenty guys, but Toby quickly broke it, inviting Hanna and Caleb to take a seat as he relaxed an arm around Spencer's shoulders. The guys, though, occasionally whispered into each other's ears as they looked over at Hanna and Caleb, and she noticed it but didn't really care. She turned to Caleb, who had his gaze low to check his phone, and squeezed his knee.

"It's okay. Just let them talk." she whispered to him, smiling.

"I know. Don't worry, I'm fine." he whispered back, putting his hand over hers.

"They're not all my friends, you know. Some of them are real idiots." she muttered, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, I noticed some." he grinned.

She chuckled before hugging his arm and resting her head against his shoulder, listening to Toby talk about random things, as both she and Caleb ignored the idiots who kept staring at them.

One hour and an half later, things had definitely loosened up. Most of the people —including Hanna— were a little tipsy, dancing on the dancefloor while some couples were making out in a corner, and then there were Caleb and Toby, sitting at the counter and drinking two beers while chatting.

"I've known Hanna for years. She's an explosive girl, always full of positivity, always smiley... She's really nice." Toby said, looking over at Hanna and Spencer who were dancing together.

"She is." Caleb grinned, looking over there too.

"Anyway, dude, I have to apologize. Some of the guys weren't really nice to you. You know, unfortunately not everyone is smart enough to go over clichés and stuff."

"No worries. Hanna and I were prepared. The thing is that people just keep seeing me as the married dentist of the town, and they'll probably keep doing that for a long time, you know. But they'll eventually get over that, sooner or later... I don't really care about them, to be honest, though. I just care about me and Hanna."

"So, if you don't mind me ask... How was it? Love at first sight or what?" Toby smiled, before taking a sip of his beer.

"Well... My wife and I had broken up since several months when I first saw Hanna, but she was with Sean back then. You know him, right?"

Toby rolled his eyes.

"That scumbag. He's a real idiot, seriously. I never liked him." he muttered then.

Caleb chuckled, taking a sip of his beer as well before continuing.

"Anyway, I kind of have to be thankful for the fact that Hanna was with him, because it was his father who made us meet. She was looking for a job to pay for college, so Sean told her that his father knew another dentist who was looking for a secretary. Well, that was me."

"Crazy." Toby shook his head.

"Yeah. And, well, I remember when John, Sean's father, came in my studio with her..."

Another Monday. Same old, same old.

Caleb had been feeling very stressful lately. Work wasn't really taking his mind off his failure of marriage.

Eight months earlier, Melissa Rivers had left the house in which they were living together as husband and wife with no explanation, taking away his last name and a lot of money with her. He really couldn't figure out where he had gone wrong, he just knew that she was gone.

At first, he had thought that having a lot of work to do would have been helpful to distract himself, but he was wrong. It only stressed him more, that's why he was waiting for John Ackard, one of his dentist friends, who had kindly found him someone who could help him to set his appointments and deal with the economic stuff of the studio.

Yeah, a secretary was probably what he needed.

It was an hour before he had to open the studio, but it was the only time John had said he could come, so Caleb hadn't had a problem. It meant that he would have more time to talk with his new secretary.

Finally, a knock came on his door. He cleared his throat and stood up from the desk chair he was sitting on.

"Come in." he said then.

John entered first, smiling widely at his collegue. A petite blonde girl followed behind him, but then Caleb saw with the corner of his eye that she was turning around, probably to close the door, so as he held out his hand to John, he said something to her.

"Don't worry, miss. Leave it open."

"Morning, Caleb." John grinned as the two men shook each other's hand.

But Caleb was still looking at the girl, who had now turned back to him. She had those wonderful pair of blue eyes, which were curiously studying her —most likely— future boss.

"Morning, John." he finally replied, moving his attention back to John.

"So... She's Hanna Marin, my son's girlfriend. She's in college, so she would really use a job to save some money." John continued, placing a hand on Hanna's shoulder.

"Good morning, doctor Rivers." the young girl smiled shyly.

"Good morning, Hanna. It's nice to meet you." Caleb said as he held out his hand to her.

"Likewise." Hanna mumbled as she shook Caleb's hand.

Caleb immediately thought that the girl in front of him was absolutely cute. He liked how shy she looked, how tight her smile was, probably to hide her worry about the chance to get a job. But her eyes were something absolutely beautiful. She had the most beautiful eyes, Caleb thought. Her hand felt soft, although it was a little cold. He held her hand for a second longer before releasing it, smiling at her.

"Caleb, I promise, she's a good girl. You won't have a problem with her. However, I'm sorry but I really need to go. I hope you don't mind, I received a call... It's about work, of course." John interrupted his thoughts.

"No problem, John. Hanna, can you stay a little longer though, so I can explain you the...situation here?" Caleb replied, eventually turning to Hanna.

She nodded quickly, so Caleb said goodbye to John, then he sat back on his chair.

"Have a seat, please." he smiled at Hanna, who plopped in the chair across his desk.

Hanna knew him, of course. Who didn't know doctor Caleb Rivers in town? But she had never talked to him, nor seen him from that close. He was really good-looking, he looked younger than his age, and she found out he had also a good taste in colognes.

"So... I'm a little messed up. I waste a lot of time to set the next appointments with each patient after they come here, and also when they have to pay, meaning that I have to count how much they need to give me. I thought you could help me to organize my agenda, so that when a patient finishes their examination at my studio, they can come here, in this office, where you'd be here to take care of that kind of stuff. It shouldn't be anything too hectic, although there are days really full here... Like, twenty-ish patients a day." Caleb sighed, playing with a pen between his fingers.

"There's no problem, doctor." Hanna nodded.

"Have you ever done anything like that?"

"No. Is... Is that a problem?" Hanna stuttered with a worried look into her eyes.

Caleb couldn't help but grin. Damn, she was definitely cute.

"No. No, it's not. Don't worry, it's okay." he reassured her, smiling.

"Oh, okay." she nodded again.

Caleb noticed the tension in the room, so he tried to make her feel comfortable.

"So you're in college... What do you study?" he asked, leaning back into his chair.

"Commerce."

"Nice. How is it going?"

"Well...good, I guess. I'm liking it so far."

"Good. How old are you?"

"Twenty-three."

He nodded slowly, taking in all her features. She was more than just cute, actually.

"Alright, well... How about you come here from Monday to Friday at three pm? I usually finish around seven thirty, eight if the situation is a little worse, so it'd be the same for you. But if you need to come later because you have classes, there's no problem, we can—" Caleb started before she interrupted him.

"It's perfect, doctor."

Caleb chuckled, and Hanna blushed furiously.

"Oh, my God, I'm... I'm so sorry, doctor, I didn't mean to interrupt you." she mumbled then, looking mortified.

He shook his head, smiling at her.

"It's okay, Hanna. Don't worry." he said then.

She bit her lip as Caleb poured two glasses of water, pushing one over the desk, toward her.

"Thank you." she murmured, taking a sip as he did the same.

"When would you like to start?" he asked then.

"So I'm hired?" Hanna asked surprised.

And Caleb smiled again.

"Of course." he added then.

"Thank you so much, doctor. I promise I'll do my best."

Caleb laughed slightly.

"I don't doubt about that. So... When would you like to start?" he asked again.

"Whenever you want, it's fine."

"Okay, so... What about next Monday? This way, you have time to organize yourself and see if you'd be comfortable with everything... And if you think you have a problem, you tell me and we try to figure something out together." Caleb shrugged.

"Perfect." Hanna smiled.

"Well... Let me show you around, then." he said then, standing up from his chair.

Hanna stood up as well and nodded, following him around the studio. He walked down the short hallway which connected the office to the studio, opening a door for her to see it inside.

"This is my studio, of course. The patients come here to be examinated by me, so afterwards they will come to the office to you. Whenever you need something, I'll be here. Just knock, though, because some patients don't like to be surprised while I'm shoving my hands into their mouths." Caleb chuckled.

Hanna chuckled as well as he closed the door again, then they got back to the studio, where he showed her his agenda and explained her how to organize the appointments. After that, Caleb smiled and told her she was free to go, but he also said something else.

"Just make sure you have a ride to come home when we finish and it's dark outside. Unfortunately, this neighborhood is most likely the worst of the whole town. Bad people are always around here, we're in the outskirts. So, I know you're big enough and everything, but I'd feel better if you don't have to wait outside."

Hanna nodded with decision.

"I have my car, anyway my boyfriend can come to pick me up too. It won't be a problem. Thanks, doctor Rivers." she replied then.

"Good."

They stared at each other for a moment, silent. Caleb was totally caught from her eyes. At some point, though, Hanna cleared her throat, awkwardly.

"Well, then I guess I'll see you next Monday." she mumbled, standing up and smoothing her flowered dress.

Caleb smiled and nodded, standing up as well. Why was he staring at her like an idiot?

"I'll walk you." he announced, starting to walk down the hallway with Hanna following behind.

When they reached the entrance, he stopped and looked at her, still smiling.

"It's been a pleasure, Hanna. Oh, and... Call me for anything." he said then, taking a business card from the pocket of his white coat and handing it to her.

Hanna took it and smiled back at him.

"Thank you again, doctor. It was nice to meet you." she replied.

Caleb held out his hand to Hanna again, and she shook it before turning on her heels and exiting the studio. Caleb couldn't stop his eyes from falling down to her perfect little ass, perfectly hugged into that dress of hers. He bit his lip, also noticing how long and smooth were her legs, and when she disappeared from his view, he almost felt pissed.

John's son was one lucky guy, he thought.

Quickly shaking his head for such thoughts, he made his way back into the studio, but for some reason, he realized that the blonde girl with those magnetic blue eyes had been able to lighten up his mood, at least of a little bit.

She had probably been the best thing that had happened to him in the last eight months.

And he still didn't know how much she would mean to him.

"Caleb!" Hanna laughed as she basically collapsed on his body, clearly a little more than tipsy by now.

"Baby... How much did you drink?" he asked, gently settling her on his lap, as he noticed that a drunk Spencer had come up to Toby as well.

Hanna made herself comfortable on one of Caleb's legs, wrapping her arm around his shoulders as he brushed some of her hair off her face. She then placed a lingering kiss on his temple before resting her forehead against the side of his head and closing her eyes.

"A bit." she mumbled then, before kissing Caleb's head once again.

He chuckled at her drunken affection, rubbing her back, left exposed by her dress.

"Are you enjoying the party?" he asked.

She just nodded, before opening her eyes and looking down at him.

"Come dance with me." she smirked then, lightly brushing her fingernails over his stubble.

He chuckled and shook his head.

"That's not happening." he stated then, and she whined.

"Please, doctor!" she cried.

"No, Han. You know, actually I think it's time for you to get into a warm bed and get some sleep." he tried to reason with her.

"Ugh, that's not happening either." she muttered as she escaped from his grasp, walking over to Spencer and hooking an arm around her neck.

"Let's dance!" she shouted, as Spencer yelled something as well, clearly agreeing with her.

The two disappeared through the crowd as Toby turned to Caleb and shook his head, chuckling.

"I swear, they drink this much only when they're together and having fun." he said.

Caleb smiled at him and nodded.

Hanna was twenty-three, of course she liked drinking and dancing with her friends into a club. He knew it and he had to respect that, which was pretty much the reason he had eventually decided to come with her to the party that night. True, discos and loud music weren't really his thing, at all, but they probably were Hanna's. And he accepted it.

In the meanwhile, Hanna and Spencer were jumping and shaking their hips on the dancefloor as if there would be no tomorrow, out of their guys' sight. They had stopped drinking by then, but of course they weren't sober anymore.

Hanna closed her eyes and threw her arms in the air, shaking her head at the rhythm of Avicii's 'Levels', then she accidentally bumped into a body and suddenly opened her eyes.

"Sorry." she apologized before she realized who was the person in front of her.

"Hanna?"

"Sean?"

A/N: Okay, sorry for the little cliffhanger :P Also sorry for the long wait, anyways I hope this 5k+ words chapter could make it up for that :) So, a guest asked in a review if it was possible to see when Hanna and Caleb first met, that's why I decided to make that little flashback... I hope you all liked it :) And AnnaPL suggested to make Sean return, anyway it was already part of my plans, to be honest :P Anyway, he's back in the story and I hope you're excited about that ;) What will happen now? FrenchBenzo, I do want to make an epilogue of this story, but I really don't know how many chapters are left :/ I know where I'm going with this and how I want to end it, but I don't know, everyday new ideas for this story come up to my mind and it makes me want to write more than I had planned xD Laura, I totally love long reviews so don't apologize for that :) I'm so glad you enjoyed the last couple of chapters and I hope you're gonna appreciate this as well. And you were right, Caleb had to do something else to take Hanna's mind away from Melissa, and looks like he did, haha :P So, guys, I didn't forget about Wren and all that storyline —soon we're gonna see some developments about it ;)—, I just thought to give another twist at the story making Caleb officially enter Hanna's world and Sean return. I hope you're gonna be intrigued by all of that :D So... What do you think about the chapter? How will Sean act with Hanna? How Caleb will react when he sees him? Let me know your thoughts :) Thank you for all the reviews, PMs and everything, it really means a lot :) We're close to 400 reviews... Totally crazy! You're awesome, guys! :D I wish you all an amazing Christmas, surround yourself by the people you love and put aside the bad things at least for one day :) And I also wish you a happy New Year :) I hope to hear from you all soon, happy holidays! Love you! xx -Atramea.