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Chapter Twenty Eight

"So this is what a dance rehearsal is like?" Caleb asked sitting down on a seat next to Hanna.

"Yep," she smiled watching as Scarlett ran through to the dance studio with her pink tutu on. "We just sit here for the next hour and drink over priced coffee." Caleb laughed and wrapped his arm around her shoulder bringing her closer to him. She rested her head on his shoulder and looked trough the glass to where Scarlett was. A few minutes later Hanna could feel eyes on her and turned around the find all the others Moms gathered together, whispering among themselves. She rolled her eyes and turned back to Caleb. "They're talking about us again."

Caleb looked over and rolled his eyes too. He was tempted to give them the middle finger but that probably wasn't a good idea at his daughters dance class. "Ignore them."

"It's kinda hard when they're calling you a slut in your ear." She murmured.

"They're not calling you a slut Han."

"Well they're thinking it. Why can't they just come out and say something instead of staring at us?"

Caleb rolled his eyes and moved his hand down to squeeze her thigh. "Let's give them something to look at then." He smirked and before Hanna could do anything his lips were against hers and his hand gripped her chin as their tongues melted together. Hanna's hand moved to his arm pulling his hand away and then her lips with a small smirk on her face.

"Why'd you stop?" Caleb asked, wiping his lips incase any lipstick had transferred from Hanna's.

"Because our daughters dancing behind the glass and can probably see us." She laughed, wiping the red stain from the corner of his lips. "And she's already seen too much."

"I'm taking you out tonight then." Caleb announced, placing his hand back on her upper thigh.

"Where?"

"I don't know." He shrugged.

"Well I need to know so I'll know what to wear." She huffed.

"You always look hot, babe." He smirked leaning down to press another kiss against her lips.

"Mysterious date night with Mr Rivers," She bit her lip and grinned up at him. "I like the sound of that."

They were interrupted when the door opened and all the kids came running through for their five minute break. Scarlett raced over to them with one of her friends following and scrambled up on to Caleb's knee. "Look, I told you my daddy came." She said to her friend as Caleb wrapped his arms around her waist. "Your my daddy aren't you Caleb?"

He nodded and watched as her friend furrowed her eyebrows. "If he's your daddy then why do you call him Caleb?" She asked.

Scarlett fell silent and looked up at Caleb with big eyes and an uncertain look. He tucked a piece if her hair behind her ear and grinned at her. "You can call me whatever you like."

A smile spread across her face and she turned to look back at her friend but she had ran over to her Mother. Caleb wrapped his arms around her tighter and started to tickle her sides. "Stop Caleb," She giggled leaning over to Hanna to get away from him.

Hanna smiled at them both and settled Scarlett on her knee as she picked up her drink. "Have you watched me dancing Caleb?"

"I have," He smiled. "Your very good."

"I don't want to be a vet when I grow up anymore," She looked up at Hanna. "I want to be a ballerina."

"You can be whatever you want to be." Hanna said, pressing a kiss to her head. "You'd be an amazing ballerina."

"Your five minutes is up." The dance teacher called from the door way as all the children scattered back into the studio.

"Keep watching me dance." Scarlett called as she jumped off Hanna's knee and skipped into the studio. She went straight over to the glass pane and pressed her nose against it, peeking through to see her parents.

"Look at her," Caleb laughed watching his daughters swished up face as she burst out laughing.


"I'm gonna get it!" Scarlett called as loud as she could as she sprinted to the front door in her pyjamas and flung herself into Caleb's arms.

He laughed and wrapped his arm around her as she settled on his hip and he closed the door behind himself. He carried her through to the living room where Hanna was sat. "Hey, your early." She smiled already dressed for their date as she sat up and pecked his lips.

"I wanted to see you before you went to bed." He smiled down at Scarlett as he sat on the sofa and squeezed her side, moving her to his lap.

"Grandma Ash is gonna read me a story coz your taking mommy on a date." She told him. "Where are you taking her?"

"I don't know yet." He shrugged.

Scarlett smiled her cheeky grin and leant up to whisper rather loudly in his ear. "Are you gonna kiss her?"

Caleb pursed his lips and tickled her sides. "Definitely." He replied, smirking over at Hanna.

"I thought I heard giggling." Ashley smiled as she entered the living room to the sight of Caleb and Scarlett laughing together. "How are you Caleb?"

"I'm good," He replied as Scarlett riggled on his lap to get away from his tickling.

"Guess what, Grandma?" She called taking hold of Caleb's hands so he couldn't tickle her anymore. "Caleb's my daddy."

"I know he is." Ashley smiled fondly at her granddaughter. "You told me the other day, when your new birth certificate came, remember?"

"Oh yeah," Scarlett nodded as a yawn escaped her lips. "I forgot."

"Bed time." Hanna chimed, noticing Scarlett's yawn.

"What story are we reading?" Scarlett asked, hopping off Caleb's lap and facing Ashley.

A grin appeared on the older woman's lips as she looked over Scarlett's shoulder to where Caleb was sat. "Why doesn't Caleb read you a story tonight? I bet he'd love to."

Scarlett's face instantly lit up and she ran back over to him, taking his hand and pulling him up. "Yeah, you can read me a story!" She cheered.

"Come give me a kiss then." Hanna called pulling her daughter closer and pressing sloppy kisses to her face. "Night, love you."

"Love you too." Scarlett mumbled as she gave Ashley her goodnight kiss too. Then she took Caleb's hand again and didn't let go of it whole way up to her room until she walked over to her book shelf and picked a book out. "Can we read this one?" She asked holding up a glittery pink book with two fairies on the front.

"If you want." Caleb smiled and watched as she climbed into her bed and patted the mattress next to her.

Caleb sat down on the bed, propped his feet up and leant back against the headboard. Scarlett lifted up one of his arms and moved herself onto his knee. Her little body curled into his chest with her teddy by her side and her hand clinging onto his shirt as he started reading.

Half way through Caleb looked down and noticed Scarlett was struggling to keep her eyes open. He set the book down beside the bed and pulled the duvet up, placing his hand on her back soothingly. "Night," He whispered leaning down to press a kiss to her forehead.

"Night night," She whispered back. "Love you."

All of a sudden, Caleb's heart clenched and his eyes glassed over. To most other Fathers those two words would be said everyday and bring a smile to their faces, but for Caleb it meant so much more. Not being involved in his baby girls life until she was five years old broke his heart and he knew it hurt Scarlett too that he had missed her growing up. From the second he knew he had a daughter, before he even knew her name, he loved her unconditionally, with all his heart and to know that Scarlett loved him too made his heart explode.

"Love you too." He blinked away his tears and pressed another kiss to her head as he watched her drift to sleep on his chest with her head tucked under his chin.

After around ten minutes Caleb saw the door to Scarlett's room open and Hanna poked her head around it. A smile spread across her face as she tip-toed over to the bed and sat down. "How long has she been asleep?" Hanna asked stroking some of Scarlett's blonde hair back.

"A while now," He replied gently sitting forward and scooping her body from his chest. He stood up and waited for Hanna to pull back the duvet so he could lie Scarlett down. When she was all tucked up and cosy they turned off the light and headed out if the room.

"You ready to go?" Caleb asked, taking her hand as they made their way down the stairs.

"Yep, I'll just get my bag." He watched as she carried on into the living room dressed in simple black skinny jeans and booties with her winter coat. "We're going now," She called to her mom. "Don't wait up."

"Okay, have fun." Ashley called back as she settled into a night in front of the tv.

Hanna reappeared and took his hand as they left the house. "So, where are you taking me?"

"It's up to you," Caleb shrugged. "We can go to the Grille or there's that new restaurant in Philly?"

Hanna sighed, a little annoyed that he hadn't planned anything until an idea popped into her head and she pulled him past his car. "I know what we can do." She grinned as they started walking into town.

"What?" Caleb asked as their fingers once again linked and she cuddled into his body to keep warm in the bitter breeze.

She looked up at him and smirked. "It's a surprise."


"This is what you want to do instead of going to a restaurant?" Caleb raised his eyebrows. "Sit on a curb with beers like we're seventeen again?"

Hanna nodded and took a swig from the beer they had bought on the way. "This is our curb." She told him encouraging him to sit down next to her. "We came here when we were younger, please tell me you remember?" Caleb didn't reply as he sat down next to her and pulled out his own beer. Hanna rolled her eyes, "We came after we went to Spencer's lake house and you-know'd on her Grandma's couch." Caleb laughed at her choice of words but she carried on. "And we talked about my dad and your family, how did you not remember?"

He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her into his chest just like he had done all them years ago. "Of course I remember."

Hanna smiled as she looked over to Lucky Leon's that was starting to close up as the final customers came in. She remembered how she had watched the families outside, knowing she could never have that with her parents and knowing that Caleb would never have that either. As she remembered the little children that sat outside as thought about their own daughter. "That's us," She whispered, staring ahead of her.

"What's us, Han?" Caleb asked confused looking ahead at the almost empty shop.

"Me, you and Scarlett are that family that sat outside eating cakes and ice cream, that's us now."

Caleb looked down at the beer in her hand. "How much have you had to drink?" He chuckled. "Theres no one sat outside."

"Not now," She rolled her eyes. "When we sat here when we were younger and there was a family sat right there." She pointed ahead as she took another swig of beer.

Caleb did the same and pulled her back against his chest. "I have no idea what your on about." He murmured.

She sat forward so she could look him in the eye. "Growing up both of us didn't have perfect families, you more than me." He looked down slightly and she cupped his cheek bringing his head back up. "I can't really complain about my dad with what you went through in foster care, but what I mean..." She trailed off and could feel the alcohol starting to go to her head. She closed her eyes thinking of what she wanted to say. "What I mean is everything with Scarlett is far from perfect and I wish so bad that you would have been there from the second I found out I was pregnant but, what I mean is at least we both have the family we always wanted."

Caleb smiled at her tipsiness and pressed a kiss to her lips before he wrapped his arms around her shoulder and looked down noticing her change in mood. "What's wrong?"

She sighed and fixed her gaze ahead of her as her eyes welled with tears. "I remember the day I found out Scar was a girl. I was so happy and on the way home from the scan all I could think about was what I would call her and how I would decorate the nursery and all the cute clothes I could buy," She started, holding back tears as she thought about it. "And it was only when I was home everything hit me and I realised that you were going to miss everything and I just cried and cried."

Caleb swallowed a lump in his throat as he tried to control his emotions and Hanna carried on. "I cried for days and every time I closed my eyes all I could see was you holding our baby girl and I knew you'd be an amazing father." Her voice broke and she looked down as tears slipped down her cheeks.

Caleb pressed his lips to her forehead. "Don't cry," He whispered.

She sniffled and looked up at him, the alcohol making them both even more emotional than normal. "I just hate that you missed so much."

"Me too." He closed his eyes and pressed another kiss to her head before he placed his hand on her cheek and made her look at him. "No more tears though," He whispered wiping her cheek dry with his thumb. "There's been enough."

She nodded her head and moved to cuddle into his neck. "No more tears." She repeated.

Caleb lay his head on top of hers and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "And like you said, we're a family now."

Hanna smiled at those four words and sat up. Caleb cupped her cheek again and pulled her lips to his. His tongue slipped between her lips and met her own. They battled for some time with Hanna's hand pulling at his jacket, trying to get as close to him as possible. He pulled away after a while and smirked at her. "What's was that for?" She asked, looking around to make sure no one had seen their public make out session. Thankfully the street was dead.

"Promised Scar I'd kiss you." He shrugged, pecking her lips one more time before he stood up.

"Where are you going?" Hanna asked, picking up her beer again.

"Getting Scar some cupcakes," He replied. "She'll kill us if she finds out we came here without her and didn't get her anything." He started across the road. "I'll be right back."


"Shhh," Hanna whispered as she dragged Caleb through the front door of her Mothers dark house and pushed him back against it, both of them drunk and lucky Scarlett and Ashley were fast asleep.

Her lips pushed against his as her bag dropped from her hand and so did the box of cupcakes. Caleb slipped his tongue between her lips in sloppy, drunk kisses and his hands roamed her back and cupped her ass as their lips melted together. Hanna pulled away, "We should..." She trailed off as Caleb's lips ghosted over her neck and began sucking on her pulse. "We..." Her eyes slammed shut as his hot mouth did amazing things to her neck.

He started trailing his lips up to her jaw line and she pulled back, wrapping her arms around his neck. "We should go upstairs."

He nodded and all of a sudden his hands were under her butt and her legs were around his waist as he stumbled up the stairs. It felt like they were teenagers again, sneaking around the house, ready to spend the night doing anything but sleeping.


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