When they reach Caleb's apartment, Hanna accompanies him in. Caleb heads right to his bedroom and he takes off his shoes before getting into bed, still wearing his jacket. He lies down on his side, wrapping his body in the covers, and he closes his eyes.

Hanna approaches him "Do you have some ibuprofen here?"

Caleb "Don't know… maybe in the bathroom cabinet"

Hanna "Okay" she says and turns around to go get some ibuprofen for him

/

Hanna gets back some minutes later with a glass of water in her hand "Hey" she says to draw his attention

Caleb looks at her and sits up straight.

Hanna "Take this" she says, handing him the pill and the glass of water

Caleb takes the ibuprofen and then he places the glass on the bedside table.

Hanna "Take off your jacket, Caleb… I know you feel like you are cold, but you have a high fever"

Caleb takes off his jacket. He lies back on his side, wrapping his body in the covers again and he closes his eyes.

Hanna "You shouldn't be alone, can you call Ian or someone to stay with you?"

Caleb "I want you to stay"

Hanna "I can't"

They remain silent some seconds and then Hanna speaks again.

Hanna "Zack, maybe?"

Caleb "I don't want anyone else but you"

Hanna "Suit yourself" she places his phone next to him on the bed "Just in case you regret" she says and then she leaves his bedroom

Hanna opens the front door of his apartment and she is about to leave but she can't. She knows that Caleb won't call any of his friends and he might not get up of that bed not even to have dinner. So, she closes the door again and stays there at his place. She takes some papers from her purse and sits down on the couch to review the scenes that are gonna be shot the next day.

/

Some minutes later, Hanna gets in Caleb's bedroom to check on him. She walks to the other side of the bed and takes the pillow, she props it up against the headboard and sits down on the bed. She gets closer to him and places a hand on his forehead to check his temperature and when she does so, Caleb gets closer to her as well. He rests his head on her lap and wraps an arm around her waist, holding her as he didn't want her to leave, still with his eyes closed. Hanna stares at him as she strokes his hair. Her mind is full of thoughts… there she is, stuck to Caleb once again because she just can't get him out of her mind. A single tear rolls down her cheek but that's enough to bring her back to her senses, she moves Caleb to the side and gets up from the bed. She takes his phone and leaves the bedroom once more. She can't stay with Caleb, but she's not leaving him alone either.

Luckily for her, Caleb's phone is not locked, but in the moment she slides her finger on the screen and she sees that he still has their picture together set as wallpaper, she gets emotional again and some tears escape from her eyes. She searches Ian on the contact list and calls him, but his phone is off, so she tries with Zack, but he doesn't answer his phone.

Hanna gets back to the bedroom, she places Caleb's phone on the bedside table next to him and then she walks to the other side of the bed again. She takes the pillow but this time she places it properly and lies down on Caleb's bed next to him. She lies on her side, facing him as her tears keep rolling down her cheeks.

Caleb opens his eyes some minutes later only to find Hanna weeping there in front of him. Hanna wipes her tears as soon as she sees that Caleb is staring at her.

Caleb "Sorry, I shouldn't have made you stay… you can leave if you feel uncomfortable, I'll be okay, don't worry… I'm sorry"

Hanna "I'm not uncomfortable, if that were the case, I would have just left"

Caleb "So, what is it?" he takes one of her hands

Hanna takes her hand away from his "Are you feeling any better?" she changes the subject

Caleb shakes his head "Not really"

Hanna "Can I get you anything?"

Caleb "I just want to know why you were crying"

Hanna "I think you already know why"

There's an awkward silence before Caleb speaks again

Caleb "Thought you were over me"

Hanna "Where did you get that from?"

Caleb shrugs "Let's just say that Emily is an awful liar"

Hanna "What?" she asks confused

Caleb "I know you met someone after Toby's birthday party"

Hanna "It was nothing" she just says

Caleb remains silent. He still feels like freezing, so he takes his hand back underneath the covers and turns to lie on his stomach trying to keep his warmth, still facing Hanna.

Hanna "The ibuprofen should make effect any minute now, you are gonna feel better" she rests a hand on his back "but I think you should see a doctor tomorrow, Caleb"

Caleb "I'm okay… besides, I have to shoot tomorrow"

Hanna "No, I moved back your scenes, they were only three. So, you have a day off tomorrow and then the day after tomorrow you only have two scenes… but on Friday you are gonna have to shoot nine scenes because I had to reschedule them that day. Try to have rest tomorrow so you can get better to go back to work"

Caleb has his eyes closed by now and Hanna knows that she's gonna have to repeat everything that she just said when he feels better because it's clear that he isn't paying too much attention.

Caleb "Huh" he just says

Hanna "I'm gonna go get you something to eat" she says and she is about to get up from the bed but he stops her

Caleb extends an arm to reach her hand "Stay here a little longer" he says looking at her

Hanna "You have to eat something"

Caleb "I feel like crap, Han… I don't wanna eat anything at the moment"

Hanna nods and lies down back on the bed, facing him. Caleb gets closer to her and he places a hand on her cheek, stroking her with his thumb. They stare at each other for some minutes and then Caleb speaks again.

Caleb "I admire you so much, you did it great today"

Hanna's eyes become watery again.

Caleb "I told you we could work together, you should get back at the shootings"

A couple of tears roll down her cheeks.

Caleb "Please, don't cry" he wipes one of her tears "I want you back with me"

Hanna "I don't get you, Caleb"

Caleb runs his thumb along her bottom lip "I miss you"

Hanna "This is wrong, I should have left" she takes his hand off her face "You say those things now because you have fever and you are emotional but you won't think the same way tomorrow"

Caleb "No, I say these things now because I'm done and I want you back with me"

Hanna "When I finally accept that you made your decision and I can't do anything to keep you if you don't want to be with me, you come out with this… I just can't do this all over again! I finally stopped thinking why, to just accept it, I'm not going back to that… I should leave now… you are gonna feel better, don't worry"

Caleb "Don't leave" he takes her hand again, interlacing their fingers "I told you like a million times that it wasn't like I didn't want to be with you"

Hanna "That's not enough for me" she releases his hand

Caleb "Look, I'm gonna talk to you tomorrow and I'm answering all your questions, it's a promise… but I feel like shit now, I just want to get some sleep"

Hanna "Really?"

Caleb nods.

Hanna "It will be your last chance, Caleb… if you change your mind by tomorrow I-"

Caleb "I won't" he cuts her off and then he places some strands of her hair behind her ear

Hanna "I'm gonna listen to what you have to say, but it doesn't mean anything"

Caleb nods again and closes his eyes.

Hanna stares at him "What happened to your face, Caleb?" she asks some seconds later "Your cheekbone seems swollen"

Caleb "It's nothing" he whispers with his eyes still closed

They fall asleep some minutes later. It wasn't Hanna's intention to fall asleep on Caleb's bed just by his side, but after the long day of work that she has had, she just falls asleep right there.

Hanna wakes up like an hour later because she hasn't eaten anything and she's starving. She opens her eyes and she finds Caleb staring at her.

Hanna "Fuck" she says and gets up from the bed immediately "I fell asleep"

Caleb chuckles "It's okay, you don´t have to jump out of the bed like that"

Hanna rolls her eyes and Caleb smiles at her.

Hanna "How are you feeling?"

Caleb "I'm a little better, though my entire body hurts"

Hanna "Wanna something to eat now?"

Caleb shakes his head "Not really… but you should eat something"

Hanna "Come on, I can make you a soup or something like that"

Caleb "I'm okay, you eat something, help yourself"

Hanna "I'll eat if you eat"

Caleb "But I don't want soup, I want a sandwich"

Hanna chuckles "Fine, I'll bring you a sandwich"

Some minutes later they are eating sandwiches, sitting on the bed while talking.

Caleb "So, how did you feel today replacing Maggie?

Hanna "Well, I was pretty nervous at first, but then everything seemed to go well so I chilled out… and we only ended the shooting five minutes later than planned, that was pretty good for my first day"

Caleb "That's awesome" he smiles at her "Next week's episode is the first one where Emma appears on the show, are you excited?"

Hanna "Not really… I don't know… I kind of regret playing Emma, it was funny yeah, but I don't want my name to appear on the episode, I talked to Sarah a few days ago and I asked her not to put my name on the credits, just in case someone could relate me to my mom… I don't feel like people learning about that, I'm okay being just Hanna… I should have thought carefully about that before doing it"

Caleb "I understand"

Hanna's phone lights up, so she takes it and answers when she sees that it's a call from her mom "Hey, mom… Yeah, I'm at home, I didn't mean to worry you" she lies "Sorry, I didn't even see your missed calls, my phone was in silent mode since the shootings and I fell asleep… it was great, we wrapped only five minutes later than planned… yeah, I'm happy… No, mom! I didn't get any ticket to New York because I haven't taken any decision yet… I don't know, I'll call you tomorrow, fine? I'm kind of tired… I love you too, bye" she ends the call

Caleb "Are you going to New York?" he asks after taking a sip of water

Hanna "I don't know if I'll go… My mom wants me to go spend some time there"

Caleb "And how are you gonna do with your job? Are you taking some days off?"

Hanna shakes her head "I quitted… working in an office wasn't for me, these days at the shootings are my last"

Caleb "Why don't you come back to the shootings? Today was the proof that we can work together again"

Hanna "No, one thing is getting back just for two days and another thing would be to be there all the time… besides, Ethan has my place now, I couldn't get back even if I wanted which is not the case"

Caleb "Come on, we could kick out that jerk, besides he is not even half as good as you are"

Hanna "Hey! He's a good guy, and he is good at his job too"

Caleb "I'm not so sure he's a good guy"

Hanna "Yes, he is"

Caleb "How do you know? You just met him today" he asks, trying to find out if it's true what he heard Ethan saying to Paul

Hanna shakes her head slightly "I have known him for years"

Caleb "You had something with him?"

Hanna "Yeah… it wasn't exactly something… I met him at the TV school where I studied, and we used to see each other occasionally, you know what I mean"

Caleb nods.

Hanna "Anyway, I don't even know why I'm talking about this with you, I don't have to explain anything to you"

Caleb "You are right"

Hanna gets up from the bed and takes her empty plate and her glass "I'm gonna go wash this, finish your sandwich" she says, seeing that there's still more than the half of his sandwich on his plate

Caleb "I'm not hungry"

Hanna "Okay" she says and takes his plate as well

Caleb "You don't have to do the wash, I'll do it myself tomorrow, just leave that all in the sink"

Hanna "It's okay, it will take just a minute" she says and leaves the bedroom

Hanna gets back a few minutes later and approaches him.

Hanna "How are you feeling?"

Caleb "I'm better"

Hanna "I'm gonna go, Caleb… I'll leave you some ibuprofen and water on your bedside table just in case your fever gets high again"

Caleb "No, stay please"

Hanna "No"

Caleb "Come on, it's pretty late, you can't leave now"

Hanna "Yes, I can… I have my car parked outside"

Caleb sits up straight "Please, Stay… I promise I won't ask you any more questions, we will talk tomorrow, okay?"

Caleb can see the doubt in Hanna's face, so he keeps talking her into spending the night at his place.

Caleb "I won't take it as an approach... I'm willing to get back at the friend zone just for tonight"

Hanna "Fine… but that I stay doesn't mean anything, okay?"

Caleb "Your toothbrush is still in the bathroom" he says smiling

Hanna bites her bottom lip trying to hold back a smile and then she gets in the bathroom. Caleb uses the bathroom as well after Hanna, and when he gets out of there, he finds Hanna lying on his couch, covered by a blanket.

Caleb approaches the couch "What are you doing there?"

Hanna "I'm sleeping on the couch"

Caleb "No way, come to the bed"

Hanna "I'm not sleeping with you, Caleb"

Caleb "And I'm not letting you sleep on the couch… Come on, the bed is quite large, I promise I won't take advantage of you while you sleep" he jokes

Hanna rolls her eyes.

Caleb "Please, I told you that I wouldn't take this as an approach. I know that I don't even deserve all that you have done for me today. Just come to the bed, I want you to sleep comfortable" he offers his hand to help her up

Hanna "Fine" she takes his hand and stands up

They go back to the bedroom and Caleb gets into the bed. Hanna lies down on the bed as well but she doesn't get underneath the sheets, she wraps herself in the blanket that she was using on the couch.

Caleb looks at her "You are so stubborn" he shakes his head while smiling

He gets up from the bed and walks toward the closet. He gets an extra blanket and he extends it over Hanna's body, covering her. Then he gets back into the bed, he lies down on his back and turns off the bedside lamp.

Hanna is lying on her side, giving her back to him "Wake me up if you need anything"

Caleb "Why are you doing this for me?"

Hanna "You were right, you don't stop caring about someone just because you are no longer together… I guess I was too angry to see that then" she says, still giving her back to him

Caleb "And now… you are not angry with me anymore?"

Hanna "If you are feeling good enough to talk about if I'm still angry with you or not, then you are feeling good enough to tell me why you broke up with me in the first place too"

Caleb "I would like to talk about that tomorrow, it's complicated and it's long and-"

Hanna "Fine" she cuts him off "Then shut up and try to sleep because this doesn't seem just a friends talk and you promised to stop asking me questions… the only reason why I'm still here is because your friends didn't answer my calls"

Caleb "Sorry" he just says and then he remains silent.

They fall asleep. At some point, between tossing and turning, Hanna ends up stuck to Caleb and some hours later, she wakes up feeling really hot. Hanna opens her eyes just to find out that she is spooning Caleb and that the extreme heat comes from his body.

Hanna sits up straight and places her hand on Caleb's forehead to monitor his temperature, and in fact, he is running a high fever again.

Hanna "Caleb" she says as she strokes his hair "Hey, wake up"

Caleb "Huh?"

Hanna "You are burning up with fever" she gets up from the bed and walks toward the other side of it. She turns on the bedside lamp and takes the ibuprofen that she has placed on the bedside table earlier "Open your mouth" she says and when he does so, she gives him the pill. Then she opens the bottle of water and approaches it to his mouth, helping him to take some sips "Hold on, I'll be right back" she says and leaves the bedroom.

Hanna gets back some minutes later with a bowl of cold water and a towel. She sits on the side of the bed where she was sleeping some minutes before.

Hanna "Lie on your back Caleb"

Caleb turns and lies on his back, with his eyes still closed. Hanna wets the towel in the water and then she places it on Caleb's forehead. He shivers when he feels the cold.

Hanna "Sorry, I know you feel cold, but this will help to lower the fever" she says softly and he nods slightly.

Hanna is glad that she hasn't left him alone because he really looks terrible. She keeps applying the cold towel on his forehead over and over again. Like half an hour later, Caleb opens his eyes.

Caleb "Please" he says and takes the towel off his forehead "I'm freezing"

Hanna takes the towel from his hand "Okay" she places the bowl and the towel on the bedside table "Wanna some water?"

Caleb "I just want to sleep"

Hanna "Okay" she turns off the lamp, lies back on the bed, but she doesn't get underneath the sheets this time either, she covers her body with the blankets again "Just tell me if you need anything"

Caleb gets closer to her. He rests his head on her chest and rests an arm across her belly. Hanna has second thoughts for a minute about what to do, she knows that she might regret that the next day, but she decides to do what she feels like doing at that moment, so she rests one of her hands on his head and strokes his hair and she places her other hand on his cheek, then she closes her eyes as well.

One hour later. Hanna wakes up when she feels that Caleb moves away from her chest. She opens her eyes and looks at him, he is lying on his side, facing her, so she lies on her side as well. They can barely see their faces in the darkness.

Hanna "Are you feeling better?" she places her hand on his cheek and strokes him with her thumb

Caleb "A little" he places his hand on top of her hand and he moves it to his mouth to place a tender kiss on it "Thank you, Han" he says and then he moves their joined hands and rests them on the mattress between them

Hanna doesn't release his hand "It's okay… what happened to your face, though? Don't say nothing because it's getting worse and this morning you were fine"

Caleb "I don't know, I must have bumped into something… or something like that"

Hanna "Don't play dumb, you can't don't know what happened, it's in your face"

Caleb sighs "Fine, it was a punch… you would have found out tomorrow anyway when you see Paul"

Hanna "What? Did you have a fight with Paul?" she takes her hand away from his

Caleb "It wasn't a fight… just a pair of punches"

Hanna "What the hell, Caleb! What's with you? I told you so many times to stop it with Paul. Can't you just leave it? And why you had to choose today to have a fight with him? I was in charge of the shooting. God, I can't believe you"

Caleb "Believe me, he deserved that punch and I'm sure his face is worse than mine in this moment"

Hanna "Shit, Caleb! You have to stop with your jealousy, seriously"

Caleb "Haven't you thought that maybe I'm not the problem? That maybe it wasn't my fault? You don't even know what the fuck happened but you still just assume that it was about my jealousy" he says and turns around, giving his back to her "I'm not in the mood to fight and I'm feeling like crap… good night"

Hanna sighs "Sorry, you are right" she places a hand on his shoulder "Wanna tell me what happened?"

Caleb "No, it's okay… just listen to me when I tell you to be aware of him, that's all"

Hanna "If you want me to be aware of him, don't you think you should tell me what happened today? I need to know"

Caleb turns around to look at her "It was nothing, don't worry… I just heard him talking bullshit, that's all… I guess I just lost it and punched him"

Hanna "With who he was talking?"

Caleb "It doesn't matter, Han. I took care of it"

Hanna "Please, tell me… with who? And what did he say? Did he make something up about me or something like that?"

Caleb doesn't want to tell her the exact words that they used, so he tries to tell her a light version of it "He was just talking shit with Ethan, it doesn't matter, they were just stupid things… I overreacted"

Hanna "It must have been something big or you wouldn't have punched him"

Caleb "It's okay Han, it wasn't big deal and no one besides Luke knows about that little fight"

Hanna "Please, tell me what he said because otherwise I'll keep thinking and thinking, and maybe those things that cross my mind are worse than what just happened… Did Paul say that I slept with him or something like that?"

Caleb "Of course not, Han… it wouldn't have been just a punch if he had said something like that" he sighs "He was just telling Ethan that you were off his limits because you are more likely to date actors, so Ethan told him that he did have something with you, but that now you seemed not to be interested in him anymore" he says, omitting the offensive words that the guys used to refer to Hanna

Hanna "You aren't telling me everything"

Caleb "And I won't"

They remain silent for a while until Hanna speaks again.

Hanna "So, you already knew that I had something with Ethan when you asked me about that earlier?"

Caleb "No… honestly, I thought that Ethan was saying shit too"

Hanna "It was all my fault, I'm so sorry Caleb. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you before asking you what happened. Try to get along with Ethan, believe me that he is a good guy"

Hanna doesn't tell him the real reason why she feels guilty of that fight, that Ethan was the guy that she met after Toby's birthday party and that's probably why he was talking about her.

Caleb "It's okay, Han. Are you kidding? It wasn't your fault in any way… and it wasn't big deal"

He just says, because he doesn't want to tell Hanna that Ethan called her a cockteaser.

Hanna "Just please, don't punch anyone else because of me, not even Paul… I know he is an asshole, but it isn't worth it… and you are not like that... you are not the kind of guy who solves everything by punching"

Caleb gets closer to her, he rests his head on her pillow, his face is really close to hers "I'll try… I guess I just lose it when it comes to you" he kisses her cheek and then he rests his head back on her pillow "Besides, you are worth fighting for"

Hanna "Maybe I wanted you to fight for me in another way" she says softly

Caleb "Maybe that's what I have been doing… that you don't know doesn't mean that I'm not doing anything to get back with you" he places a hand on her cheek

Hanna doesn't answer.

Caleb "God, I'm so dying to kiss you" he says, running her thumb along her lips, caressing them

Hanna "Well, that's not happening, we need to stop… this doesn't seem a friends talk to me" she moves a little further away from him "Sorry, you aren't feeling well and you need to sleep… I shouldn't be making you talk"

Caleb "It's okay, I love talking to you… I missed it"

Hanna turns to her other side, giving her back to Caleb "Wake me up if you need anything"

Caleb smiles "What if I need a kiss?"

Hanna "Well, it's a pity that you don't have a girlfriend… shut up and sleep"

Caleb smiles again, at least he knows that he has still a chance with her.

Hey! I wasn't planning on updating today, but since I have some chapters already written, here I am, just to say happy PLL Day! :) Although the only thing that matters to me is Haleb! I honestly don't give a shit about the rest of the show, I don't care who is A.D or Mary Drake, or whatever haha. I WANT HALEB BACK! And I want it as soon as posible, and not at the end of the season like it happened in season 6B!