Thanks for all the very kind reviews on the last chapter. I love this little family so much, all I want to do at the moment is write about them.
But honestly, if Caleb doesn't end up at prom I will kill the writers.
Read on for a little insight into baby girl's baby shower with an appearance from all the Liars...
Baby Shower Brooding
"Where was baby Rivers conceived?" Aria Montgomery asked the room full of women, currently divided up into two teams. Both teams huddled round pads of paper and discussed answers whilst Hanna and Aria sat there drinking pink lemonade. "Spence," Aria said, indicating for her team to start.
"Myanmar," Spencer said, flipping her pad over to reveal their answer before smiling smugly across at Emily.
"Em?" Aria probed.
Emily sighed and flipped over her paper, "Her car?"
"Em, seriously?," Hanna started, "How many times did I tell you about the room literally in the jungle," She said deadpanned, placing a hand on her belly as the baby kicked.
"I get confused between that one and when you went to Montecito," Emily tried to explain.
"We weren't even trying in Montecito!"
Spencer shot Hanna a look, "Were you even trying in Myanmar?" She asked.
Hanna's eyes widened in defense, "No, but we weren't not trying," Hanna said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "It was our anniversary, we were gonna have a lot of sex," She added, leaning forward from her chair to grab a pink wafer biscuit. "Besides we haven't even had car sex in like, over a year, and you would know because I tell you about it,"
"I'm pretty sure you had car sex just before you went to Myanmar," Emily argued, "You went to go for cupcakes for Aria's engagement party,"
"Is that why your car was parked outside my house for half an hour before you came in?!" Aria exclaimed, shooting Hanna a look.
Hanna glared at Emily, "You weren't supposed to find out," She murmured.
Aria stood and took the pens and paper off Spencer and Emily. "Seeing as we clearly don't know enough about Hanna's sex life, let's move onto the next game," She said, raising her eyebrows as she handed out pink post-its for everyone to write down their guesses for the baby's weight.
Murmurs broke out as everybody began to discuss the size of Hanna's bump and the implications it had for the baby's size. Hanna checked her phone quickly – she really wanted Caleb to get back already. In fact, she'd wanted him there in the first place but she had a sneaking suspicion the girls had told him to get lost. "Did you tell Caleb to stay out of the house?"
"Han, Caleb will literally be here in 5 minutes," Spencer said to placate her, forcing her to stand.
"Stop avoiding the question," Hanna said as Spencer whipped out a measuring tape from her back pocket and wrapped it around her bump. "Are you measuring me?" She asked, horrified.
Spencer looked up at her from her kneeling position, "What?" She said, "I want to win,"
"How heavy was Logan again?" Emily asked as she whipped out her own tape measure and began to measure Hanna's bump from top to bottom.
"8 lbs 3 oz," Hanna replied, not really listening, as she typed out a quick text message to Caleb.
Hey, it's Spencer. My phone's died, so using Hanna's. We're wrapping things up so feel free to come back whenever.
2 minutes later she heard the front door go, followed by scampering feet before a blur of chestnut hair launched himself at her. "Hi baby," She cooed, scooping Logan up and pressing a big fat kiss against his lips. The little boy erupted in a fit of giggles as Hanna blew a raspberry against his neck. "Go say hi to Aunty Emmy, she needs some lovin'," She added, placing him back on the ground, watching as he ran over to Emily who'd just scribbled down her guess.
"What are you doing here?" Spencer asked Caleb as he walked into the room.
"Erm, following the instructions in your text," He said obviously. "What's wrong with Emily?" He asked, before greeting Hanna with a kiss.
"I didn't send you a text," Spencer said confused.
Hanna grabbed his hand and pulled him closer, answering his second question, "She's getting all prissy cos she got confused between Montecito and Mayanmar," She replied, completely ignoring Spencer as she checked her phone.
Caleb shot Hanna a confused look as Ashley walked over and greeted him with a hug, "The question was where was baby Rivers conceived," She explained, "And it has led to me knowing far too much about my daughter's sex life."
He continued to look confused, "We weren't even trying in Montecito,"
"Thank you!" Hanna exclaimed, throwing her arms up in adulation.
"But were you technically trying in Myanmar?" Spencer asked, "And seriously, what text?"
"Well no, but we were obviously gonna have a lot of sex," Caleb responded.
"Thank you again!" Hanna cried, feeling content as Caleb wrapped his arms around her bump from behind.
"And seriously, the one you sent me from Hanna's phone," He added, shooting Spencer a look as he finally realised what his wife had done.
"Okay, you two spend way too much time together," Aria said as she brought in a tray of pink cupcakes. "I never want to repeat the exact same sentence as Ezra 10 minutes after him… Ever,"
"I'll take that as a compliment," Hanna smiled, tilting her head to one side slightly as Caleb pressed gentle kisses on her neck. He placed one final kiss on the shell of her ear before guiding her back to her chair, where he promptly sat and pulled her onto his lap.
"That was a naughty text," He whispered in her ear, "I was under strict instructions," He added wrapping his arms around her. Hanna shrugged and tried to act innocent, "Did you have fun anyway?"
She nodded and ran her hand over his shoulder. "But why do baby showers have to be all girls?" She questioned, "I missed you," She pouted, begging him silently to kiss her. He readily obliged and pressed, one, two, three kisses on her lips.
"Oi, bed buddies," Spencer exclaimed, "We don't need a reenactment of how she was conceived,"
Everybody laughed as Hanna finally pulled away. She sighed as she picked up a cupcake, "He wants me, there's nothing I can do about it,"
"It's true," Caleb laughed in agreement as she broke off half her cupcake for him. "Lo, you want some?" He called to their toddler, who looked up from his perch on Emily's lap. Logan nodded, scrambling his way over to his parents. "A little bit, okay?" Caleb said, holding out his half for Logan to take a bite. The little boy chewed before opening his mouth for more.
"Last one," Hanna instructed, cupping the back of his head as he placed his hands on each of their legs.
"We better get out of here, leave you ladies to it," Caleb suggested, encouraging Hanna to stand.
"Nooooo," Hanna whined, "Can't you stay?"
Caleb looked around at the room full of women rather uncomfortably. He wanted to stay, he really did, but Spencer, Aria and Emily had all but threatened him to stay away. "Lo, you wanna go hang with Uncle Toby and have boy time or stay with Momma?"
"Momma," He whined too, holding his arms up, wanting to be picked up.
"Oh for the love of god, will you just sit back down." Spencer said, "I want to win the next game and that can't happen with two out of three Rivers about to cause a flood of tears."
Caleb sat back down on the chair and pulled Hanna back onto his lap, smiling smugly. He placed a hand under Logan's butt to help him climb up onto Hanna's lap, before pressing a kiss against her cheek, "It was never in doubt," He whispered, before Aria began to discuss suggested baby names…
"You know," Caleb began as he lay on their bed later that night, "Some of these names aren't that bad,"
"Like what?" Hanna asked from the other side of the room, where she sat at her vanity in nothing but a white t-shirt, rubbing lotion into her skin.
"Emma?"
"Pretty," She agreed as she tied her hair up. It was still ridiculously hot and she was finding it increasingly hard to sleep at night – Caleb's t-shirts had been absolute lifesavers. "But it's too close to Emily," She said, standing up and moving over to the bed, lying on top of the covers before Caleb pulled her closer.
"Addison?" He suggested, plucking another card out of the jar.
"Why don't we just go right out there and swap that 'd' for an 'l',"
Caleb laughed, "Okay, maybe not," He agreed, placing the jar on his bedside table. Rolling back over, he repositioned himself so that he was at eye-line with Hanna. "What do you like?" He asked seriously, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.
Hanna thought about it for a minute before glancing up at him and sighing heavily, "I don't know,"
"You don't know?"
"I doooon't knoooow," She repeated, dragging out her words as her hands came to rest on his chest.
He smiled, stroking her cheek, "Okay, well how about a middle name?" He could tell she was holding something back from him as she avoided eye contact. She didn't say anything, so he continued, "I was thinking…" He started, "What about Ashley?"
"After my Mom?"
"Well… yeah," He said, lacing their fingers, before bringing them up to his lips. "I mean, she's done a lot for us, and she's crazy about Lo,"
Hanna grinned at him, "I love it," She said, pressing a kiss to his lips. "I wanted to suggest it but…"
"But what?" Caleb laughed, "Why didn't you?"
"We completely avoided parent names with Logi and I didn't want to bring up anything uncomfortable,"
Caleb rolled onto his back and pulled her closer to rest her head on his chest. "No offense babe, but neither of us have the most amazing fathers," He said, wrapping his arm around her shoulders as she hooked one of her legs over his. "And I love your Mom, and she's always supported us."
"Not always," Hanna said, grinning up at him.
Caleb grinned back at her, tilting her head so he could place a kiss on her lips. "If your Mom hadn't have thrown me out," He began, kissing her again, "We wouldn't have had –"
"– the most incredible night," Hanna finished, grinning so big at him, he felt his heart would burst.
Caleb cupped her cheek and pressed his lips against hers, nudging her nose with his as his kisses probed deeper. He pulled away and ran his hand down her side, "You better sleep, your Mom wants to go for breakfast tomorrow,"
"But what if I don't wanna sleep?" She smiled, her fingers dancing up his chest to his lips.
"Tough luck, our baby needs a well rested Momma," He said as she tried to hide a yawn. He leant over and turned off the bedside light, "Love you," He added.
"Love you too,"
It was almost 10am when Hanna woke up. The coolness of the sheets told her that Caleb had been up for a while, probably sorting out Logan. Having tossed and turned for most of the night she was glad Caleb had let her sleep for as long as she wanted once she finally drifted off – he was right, their baby did need a well rested Momma and Hanna appreciated all the sleep she could get at the moment. She pushed herself out of bed and went to grab a shower, picking out a black maxi skirt and grey blouse for their breakfast date with her Mom. Whilst she was starting to feel pretty big, she could at least still look good.
"Daddy da monster," She heard Logan say as she descended down the stairs, finally ready for the day. She looked over at the couch and smiled at her two boys who were engrossed in the cartoons on the TV. Caleb was flat on his back, Logan draped over his chest with his sippy cup hanging down from one hand, dripping the occasional droplet of water onto Caleb's top.
"Hi," She greeted, bending over the sofa to place a hand on Logan's back.
"Hi Momma," Logan said, his eyes fixed on the screen.
"Hey gorgeous," Caleb replied, sitting up and taking Logan's sippy. "You sleep okay?"
"Uh huh," She said, accepting his kiss. "Thanks for letting me sleep in. What time are we meeting my Mom?"
"I pushed it back to 11.30. I wasn't sure what time you'd be up,"
"Great," Hanna replied. "Hey goober, you gonna give me a proper greeting?" She said, ruffling Logan's hair as he finally tore his eyes away from the TV.
"Hi Momma," He said again, standing up on Caleb's lap, and reaching his arms over the back of the sofa for Hanna who scooped him up. "I'm hungwee," He whined as Hanna carried him over to the counter top and sat him down on the edge.
"Good job we're going for food with Grammy," She said, grinning at him as Caleb walked over to them.
"You want pancakes?" Caleb asked tenderly, leaning down to rest his elbows on the counter top, his chin resting on his hands, so he could look directly at his little boy. Logan's face went into shock, his mouth forming an 'o' before he nodded eagerly. Both Hanna and Caleb laughed at him, "You ready to go?" Caleb asked Hanna, placing a hand on the small of her back as Logan reached over and wrapped his little arms around Caleb's neck.
"Let's go."
Twenty minutes later, Caleb stood outside the Rosewood Grille, trying to comfort a bawling toddler who refused to go inside. When they'd come to the Grille the previous week, Logan had thrown a small tantrum, but they'd put it down to him being tired, especially after he'd fallen asleep soon after. Now though, Caleb was beginning to think Logan had a big fat stinkin' problem with one of their favourite restaurants.
"What's wrong, bubba?" He soothed, cupping the back of his head against his neck. He could tell Hanna was looking at him with concern through the window as spoke to her Mom and ordered for all of them. She moved to stand up, but Caleb shook his head at her as Logan finally began to calm down. "You want pancakes?" He asked quietly. "Why don't we go sit down with Momma and Grammy?"
"Kay," Logan agreed with shaky breaths, "No chair," He spluttered out, big crocodile tears running down his cheeks.
"You don't wanna sit in your high chair?" Caleb hushed him as Logan shook his head. "That's fine," He whispered, "Let's go see Momma," He encouraged, finally able to walk through the door without a screaming two-year-old.
"Everything okay?" Hanna asked, concerned, as Caleb sat down opposite her with Logan cuddled against his chest.
"Yeah, it's fine," Caleb reassured her. He glanced at the high chair and shook his head, mouthing 'no chair' at Hanna.
Hanna quickly caught on and grabbed a waiter's attention. "Hi, sorry, can you take the chair away? We don't need it anymore." She instructed, before the waiter did as requested.
"Logan, we ordered pancakes," Ashley cooed trying to bring him round.
"Nana cakes?" Logan asked, his bottom lip still wobbling as Caleb turned him around on his lap so he faced Hanna and Ashley.
Hanna smiled at him, leaning over the table to wipe away the last few stray tears. "Yep, Momma ordered banana pancakes for you, is that good?" Logan nodded, picking up a crayon that had been left on the table for him, before starting to colour.
As soon as he became immersed, Ashley shot both adults a questioning look. "What was that all about?" She asked, sipping her coffee.
Caleb sighed, running a hand through Logan's hair. "Lo had this thing last year where he freaked out every time he had to go in his high chair," He said, holding his hand out as Logan handed him a yellow crayon.
"He grew out of it and was fine if we all sat down at the same time," Hanna explained, as their food arrived. "But he's clearly freaking out about something now,"
"You know," Ashley began as she cut up her French toast, "You were exactly the same Han,"
"Probably because you didn't bring me my food quick enough," Hanna said, deadpanned, watching as Logan, with the help of Caleb, shoved a forkful of pancake into his mouth. She wished she felt that hungry, but for most of this pregnancy she'd struggled to feel hungry enough to get the right amount of food and nutrients. She'd ordered a bowl of granola and fruit, and a smoothie but right now, she couldn't even think about touching the food. Her body had probably gone into shock from the amount of food she'd consumed at her baby shower. "Anyway," She said, forcing a sip of the smoothie down, "We do actually have something to tell you,"
Ashley looked at both her and Caleb inquisitively, "Go on," She urged.
Caleb cut up another bit of pancake for Logan before starting, "So, we haven't really decided on any first names for baby girl, but, we have decided on a middle name,"
"Ashley," Hanna said, getting straight to the point, "After you."
There was a short silence as Ashley processed what they said. Logan, sensing the change in atmosphere, paused from shoveling food in and looked up. "Mommy?" He asked, reaching his hand out for her.
"It's okay Logi," Ashley said, "Grammy was just shocked, that's all. Shocked and completely honoured," She added, sending a watery smile Hanna and Caleb's way.
"It's what we both want," Caleb replied softly, a reassuring hand resting on Logan's belly as he shifted on his lap.
"You mean a lot to us, Mom," Hanna added, forcing down some more smoothie.
"Well this means more than you can ever imagine." Ashley laughed, her eyes watering.
"Gwammy, are you sad?"
Ashley shook her head, and took a bite of her French toast, "No baby, I'm really happy,"
Caleb craned his neck to press a kiss against Logan's forehead. Stealing a bit of his pancake, he said, "Everybody's happy, Lo," and he meant it.
I hope you enjoyed it, can Logi get any cuter? Please review!
