Both Hanna and Caleb were woken up by Liam's whims. Caleb moaned slightly and stretched himself as she rubbed her eyes tiredly. Then, she distangled from his arms before sitting up and trying to get up, but he stopped her, gently placing his hand on her wrist.

"I'll take care of him. I missed enough daddy days." he whispered.

"But your arm—"

"Hanna, it's okay." he cut her off, smiling softly.

Then, he got up and walked to Liam's room, managing to pick him up from his bed and cuddle him to his chest.

"What's up, little man?" he whispered gently to the kid, rocking him.

Liam just groaned, still crying. It was clear he was still tired and in need of sleep. Caleb adjusted him against his chest, turning him around so that his son could wrap his little arms around his neck and press his little cheek against his shoulder.

"Shhh... It's okay, buddy. It's okay." Caleb whispered again, swinging slightly.

Liam slowly stopped crying, calming down into his daddy's embrace. But then, he mumbled something which surprised Caleb.

"Daddy, I don't want you to go away."

Caleb pulled away slightly and looked at his son, finding him with his eyes closed. He smiled softly and kissed the top of his head.

"Don't worry, little man. I'm never leaving you and mommy again, I promise. Never again, I promise." he whispered in reply, placing his cheek on the side of Liam's face.

A few minutes later, Liam had fallen back asleep, so Caleb gently put him down on his bed and kissed his forehead softly, moving a strand of his hair off his face. He watched him sleep for a minute before sighing and walking out of the room. He returned to the master bedroom but Hanna wasn't in there, so he went downstairs where he found her cooking something at the stoves.

"Hey... I was going to cook for you." he told her, approaching her.

Hanna shrugged in reply, still focused on her pan.

"Did you get some rest earlier, right?" he asked then.

She just nodded, before lifting her gaze to meet his eyes.

"I'm sorry, since you came back, I haven't even asked you how your shoulder is." she mumbled then.

He shook his head quickly and motioned a smile.

"Don't worry. Plus, I guess you heard it, it's on the mend. It doesn't hurt anymore, even if I still feel a little pain in my chest, sometimes. You know, the rib will take a little longer to be completely okay. Anyway, thanks for asking." he replied.

She nodded before looking back at the stoves. Caleb licked his lips.

"Do you need any help?" he asked then.

"No, it's okay."

"Alright." he muttered, taking a seat.

After a minute, Hanna brought to the table some meat for herself and for Caleb.

"I'm finally eating something good." he smiled.

She forced a small smile in reply.

"I know it's probably stupid to ask, but... Are you feeling any better?" he asked then.

At that, Hanna sighed deeply.

"Okay, don't worry. You don't have to answer." he commented comprehensively.

She placed down her fork and decided to reply.

"Well... My mom just died, and... Other than that, my life is pretty messed up at the moment, so... What can I say? Things are not great, that's it."

He bit hard on his lower lip.

"Could I do something to make these things a little bit better?" he asked then.

Hanna suddenly got up from the table, leaning by the kitchen counter and crossing her arms over her chest.

"Look, Caleb, if today I needed you by my side—" she began, but he interrupted her.

"I know, I know. And I'm not asking you to talk about us right now, if you don't feel like doing it. I get it. I totally get it, and we don't need to do that now. But I... I'd just like to do something for you. This is a tough moment, and... Look, whatever happens between us, I will always be here for you if something goes wrong. No matter what. That's all."

"We need to talk, Caleb."

"Of course we do, but again, we don't have to do it right now."

"I want to do it right now. It's right for both of us. We can't just go on not knowing how things between us actually are. And... I definitely need a little order in my life at the moment."

Caleb stayed silent for a moment before nodding.

"Okay. I'm listening." he added quietly.

Hanna took a deep breath before speaking.

"When I was in Spain because of your accident, at the hospital, I talked with one of the actresses of the movie. I think her name was CeCe. Yeah, sure, the girl of the picture... Well... She told me you're a special guy and that you're so in love with me. And... That between the two of you, nothing happened."

"So?" Caleb asked, getting up from his chair as well and approaching her slowly.

"So I already knew those things. I know you didn't cheat on me, I know you're in love with me and most of all I know you're a special guy!"

At that point, Caleb was staring at her with a puzzled expression on his face.

"What do you need?" he asked then, furrowing his eyebrows.

"I need the truth. I want you to tell me the whole truth. I want to know why you don't have to stay in Spain any longer, why you rented a motorbike that night and got into an accident... I know it didn't happen just because of our fight. I know there's more. Besides, what does it mean that you were told a lie? I need to know everything, Caleb. Everything. Right now."

Caleb sighed and scratched the back of his neck before replying.

"Alright. But promise me that then we're gonna get over all of this."

"Well, we'll see that."

He took a deep breath and finally told her what he needed to.

"Okay, so... I didn't have to stay another month in Spain because, actually, no one has ever thought about any second episode of the movie. It was just a stupid story made up by Alison, who is also in a relationship with Albaruenta, the director. You know, she wanted to hurt you because of your high school past... She knew I was your fiancé and she took advantage of that, making up a lot of stories to make me fight with you, trying to push me away from you. She wanted to damage you. Insane, I know. However... The picture of CeCe and I on that website was part of her plan too. CeCe always accompliced her because they were friends. But then she grew fond on me, and... And she regretted what she had done, so the night of the accident she told me everything. I got mad and I sent her to hell, then I rented the motorbike and I started driving around a place I didn't know at all, by night. That's why I got into that accident, Hanna. I couldn't stand that you and I were fighting because other people never mind their own business and trample on others' happiness trying to get their own, dammit. That's such a disgusting thing. I... I felt like crap far from here and from you, and... And it was just because of a spoiled girl's stupid tantrum. Well, then I also cooperated with my huge talent in making messes, and... And you took your distance from me. That's how it went. I didn't even want to tell you, because I'm tired of always searching for explanations, and I don't want to continuously stress you... Besides, I made a lot of mistakes by myself in all of this, though. Beyond the whole thing that witch of Alison made up, I... I'm always the same freaking idiot."

Hanna listened to him, staying silent and still for a moment before beginning to pace up and down the room.

"I can't believe it..." she murmured then.

"I'd understand if you don't believe all of this absurd story, but I swear I told you the truth now. The whole truth."

"No, I believe you, I know Alison, just... You should have told me at the hospital."

Caleb shook his head.

"No, it would've been the nth whimpering of defences and victim complex. Look... As soon as I saw you there, I didn't think about covering my ass, I... I only thought about how fucking lucky I was to see you were there, by my side, still wearing your engagement ring. That's all I thought. I didn't think about Alison, CeCe, the movie, the lies or the motorbike I had destroyed. I only thought about you, about how happy I was to feel your hand in mine again, about...about how much I loved you." he added.

Hanna was staring at him, but didn't move or say anything. Caleb bit his bottom lip, looking back at her, waiting for her to do or say something, but she didn't. Then, he took a deep breath and walked past her, only to go out on the balcony to smoke a cigarette, guessing she needed a moment for herself to process everything he had just told her. He lit it up and took a long drag, breathing out the smoke in a deep sigh. But it wasn't long before Hanna came up by his side.

"You were so concerned about me smoking, and yet here you are..." she commented.

"Ezra has such a big mouth, huh?" he replied, motioning a smile and put the cigarette out, since he didn't want to smoke near her.

"It was me the one nagging him. I wanted him to tell me what you said every single time the two of you talked on the phone..."

"Then why you didn't want to talk to me?"

"Because I was mad at you."

Caleb sighed and nodded. Of course she was, what a stupid question.

"That girl at the hospital, she... She had fallen for you, right?" she asked then.

He raised his eyebrows at her question before answering.

"Yeah, I think so. But... But then she understood I would never be hers, so she eventually just helped me to stay strong those last days. How did you understand, though? She told you?"

"No, she didn't. But... Well, I know how easy is to fall for you." she shrugged.

He chuckled and shook his head. A few seconds of silence followed that before Caleb restarted.

"You know, before leaving I stopped by your mom's. I wanted to see her. I told her about our argument, about how bad I felt about it, and then I promised her I would fight for you, no matter what. She just hugged me and told me everything would be fine, that I would become your husband and that we would be happy. She gave me a lot of hope that day... She was truly one of the best people I've ever met in my whole life."

Hanna smiled sadly.

"I didn't know you went to her." she murmured then.

"I told her not to tell you." he shrugged.

She sighed and looked at the view from their balcony, as Caleb did the same.

"I'm sorry she won't be at our wedding." she whispered suddenly.

He slowly turned to her.

"So... So you...still want to marry me?" he mumbled then.

She turned to him as well, and he noticed that her eyes were filled with tears. He furrowed an eyebrow and cupped her cheek, running his thumb over the side of her face.

"Hey, no, no, no, no... Don't cry. Please. You kill me when you cry..." he whispered gently.

She shook her head quickly, squeezing her eyes trying to fight the tears.

"Sorry, just... These days are being too emotional to me." she mumbled then, placing her hand over his, still placed on her cheek.

"Don't apologize... I get it." he told her softly.

She looked down for a moment before crossing his gaze again. Their faces were so close.

"You know... You can be the biggest idiot of the world sometimes... But I love you so much." she blurted out.

He smiled softly at her.

"Yeah, I know. So... Will you marry me, Hanna Marin?" he asked then.

She finally made a small smile. A part of herself wondered how many women heard the same man popping out the question twice...and answered him the same way.

"Yes, I will." she whispered then, leaning in so that the tip of their noses were pressed against each other.

He smiled softly and finally made their lips meet, and that was his real return home. He kissed her very delicately, almost as he was scared to hurt her, someway. It was probably the gentlest kiss they had ever shared. But it was enough to make both of them feel something twist into their stomaches because of the emotion. When they pulled away, Hanna kept his face in between her hands and looked into his eyes. He motioned a smile and rubbed the tip of his nose against hers.

"God, how much I missed you..." he whispered then.

She pecked her lips again before replying.

"I missed you too. I couldn't wait for you to come back home. It's such a...very bad time, I'm so glad you're here... But I want you to know that I'm not doing this because it's a tough moment and I just need some comfort, I—"

"Shhh... I know, babe. I know. I love you." he cut her off, gently moving a few strands of her hair behind her ears.

She smiled slightly at him, and he felt so happy to see her smile that he could swear his heart was growing bigger.

"I love you too. But now let's get back inside because it's freaking cold and you have just a shirt on..." she replied.

"I like when you're concerned about me." he smiled.

"Just get inside." she smiled back, shaking her head and grabbing his hand.

After finishing their lunch, Hanna and Caleb cuddled on their couch. He did his best not to make her think about her mom, talking about Aria's pregnancy, Liam and a lot of other things. After a little while, Liam woke up, and all the three, as usual by then, watched together Finding Nemo. Caleb, with his son on his lap and his fiancé cuddled up against his side, realized how lucky he was and how important was to be always honest with the people he loved.

There was definitely no place like home...because it truly was where his heart was.

A/N: Hi, lovely people! :) Before anything, sorry for the long wait, I'm back to college so I'm not so free like this summer :'( Anyway, I'm still here and I will always be ;) So... Finally Haleb made up! How was it? I hope not too cheesy, but cute enough :D And I hope you enjoyed the little Caleb/Liam's moment at the beginning as well :) I'm also very happy you liked last chapter even though it was pretty sad... For the guest who asked me about Hanna's relationship with her dad in this story, well, actually I wanted to make it similar to the show, because Hanna's dad is not very present in her life in this fic either, but I just assumed that in a moment like that he would be there for her, after all :) And thank you guys so so so much both for your reviews and your congratulations on my exam :) So, I hope this chapter was as good as you thought it would be —or maybe better :P—, and I also promise you a good next chapter too, maybe with also a surprise(?) at the end ;) Who knows? :P I can't wait to read what you thought of this chapter, so let me know ;) Have a nice weekend everyone! Love you all! xx -Atramea.