Hello my lovely readers. This is something really quite different to all the fluff in the rest of this oneshot series. It's set when Hanna is 3 months pregnant with Mila and it's a little dark, but I enjoyed writing it and I hope you enjoy reading it too.

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Also thank you to anyone who has reviewed any of the previous chapters, I never thought I'd be writing something in the PLL fandom that has almost reached 100 reviews.

I'm going on holiday this week but I may try and post something before, if not don't expect anything for a couple of weeks!

Two Punk Kids Up Against the World

Hanna was scared.

She was really scared.

And all she wanted right now was for Caleb to make it all better.

"Caleb," She called out as tears streamed down her cheeks, her vision blurred by them as she tried to make her way out of their bathroom. But he wasn't there; he wasn't coming to save her and stop her mind spinning. And then the cramping started as Hanna reached for her phone, and then she was feeling dizzy as she managed to call him, and then… she passed out.


Beep… beep… beep… beep…

Hanna blinked heavily as her eyes focused on a white room. It was so bright, so unfamiliar and so cold. She felt a hand brushing some of her hair back and then she felt warmth as the familiar sight of Caleb came into focus. She shakily reached for his hand as he moved as physically close to her bed as possible and then she let out a deep breath as she tried to process where she was and why she was there.

"Hanna," Caleb said gently yet firmly, focusing her attention on him. "You're okay," He whispered, stroking her hair. "We're in the hospital. Do you remember what happened?" He coaxed as she blinked up at him.

Suddenly her eyes were full of tears again as the last hour's events came rushing back to her, "Caleb," She cried, burying her head in his neck as he wrapped her up in his arms. "I-I… I went to the toilet," She stuttered, "And when I looked down I was bleeding and I called out for you but you weren't there," She rushed out, the butt of her palm coming to rest wearily against her brow as she cried, "And then I felt cramps and I looked for my phone," She whimpered, unable to get any more words out.

Caleb nodded and stroked her cheek with so much tenderness, "You called me," He continued, "And I rushed home and found you passed out," He said, sniffling slightly himself as he thought about the sight he came home to; his wife unconscious on their bedroom floor, blood on her legs and unresponsive. The first thing he did was call 911.

"The baby," Hanna cried, her face scrunching up as she feared for her unborn child. She wasn't stupid; she knew what bleeding and cramping meant. Caleb tried to hush her, wiping away her tears as best he could, but he was scared too. She was shaking as she moved her hand down to rest on her stomach over the clinical white sheets and she couldn't stop herself from crying when Caleb rested his hand on top of hers.

Hanna lay there in silence, accepting all of Caleb's comfort as he tried to make everything better until there was a knock at the door. Caleb was so grateful to see Dr. Lena Monroe walk into the room – he knew Hanna trusted her immensely after the support she provided during her pregnancy with Logan and she always managed to make him feel like his world was in a safe pair of hands. "Hey guys," She said, walking over to them to sit next to Hanna's bed. "I know you're my favourite patient, but I really don't like seeing you here," She joked, getting Hanna to crack a small smile. "Hanna, you're running a temperature and your blood pressure's a bit high, so we're gonna admit you for the night, okay?" She said, casting her eyes over her notes. Hanna nodded in response and wiped away a few stray tears that had escaped. "But I know we've had some bleeding and we're all concerned about baby Rivers, so I'm going to do an internal scan right now and we can see what's going on," She added, standing to pull on some latex gloves as a nurse wheeled in the necessary equipment.

"It's gonna be okay," Caleb whispered against Hanna's hair before moving himself to sit next to her on the bed. She buried her head against his waist as the nurses folded back the sheets from her legs – she really hated internal scans.

Sensing her distress, Dr. Monroe paused. "Hanna, I know you hate these, but it's going to give us the best view of what's going on, okay?" She reassured, looking up from her position at the end of the bed for some confirmation from Hanna that she was okay.

Hanna nodded tearily, feeling happier when Caleb moved to sit in the chair beside the bed and bring his forehead to rest on hers to look her straight in the eye. "Squeeze my hand if you need," He hushed, interlacing their fingers, encouraging her to raise her head off the pillow so he could slide his other arm under her head and stroke the back of her hair. Both Caleb and the doctor looked at Hanna with concern when she gasped in pain as Lena pushed the probe in. "It's hurting?" Caleb asked worriedly as Hanna nodded slightly.

"You're doing great Hanna," She reassured, "We aren't going to be long," She said, focusing on the screen in front of her as she assessed the situation.

"You're doing so good," Caleb whispered, leaning forward to press a kiss against her lips. "So good," He repeated, feeling her squeeze his hand hard and watching her close her eyes tightly.

"Okay, we're almost done," Dr. Monroe added, pressing some buttons on the keyboard before finishing up the exam and encouraging Hanna to lay her legs back down. Caleb fussed and sorted the sheets out as Hanna immediately curled herself into the fetal position, hoping somehow it would protect her baby from any horrible news. They both watched nervously as their doctor pulled off her gloves and scribbled some notes down in Hanna's file before she sat down on her stool and wheeled it round to them. "I'm going to do a normal ultrasound now," She explained, "I am seeing some discharge and the internal scan is struggling to detect a heartbeat,"

Hanna began to cry into her pillow as Caleb tried to comfort her as best he could – it felt like all their nightmares were becoming a reality. "But, Hanna, you need to listen to me," Dr. Monroe instructed, forcing the young woman's attention on her. "Your cervix is still closed, which is a really positive sign. So we're going to do an ultrasound right now to get a different look at baby Rivers, okay?" She tried to reassure her, resting a comforting hand on her leg over the blankets.

Caleb cupped Hanna's cheeks and forced her to look at him as nurses moved around them. "That's good news," He choked out, knowing she was on the verge of hysterics. "They'll do one more exam and then we'll know that everything's okay,"

His thumbs became wet as Hanna cried into his hands, "What if it's not?" She spluttered, the thought of losing her unborn child already too much to bear.

"Then we get stronger and think about our little boy at home who is enough of a handful already," He managed to let out a small laugh, his heart constricting as he watched Hanna smile a little too as they thought about their little boy.

"He's so excited," Hanna whimpered, her mood quickly dampening as she thought about how they were going to tell Logan that he wasn't getting a baby brother or sister anymore. Caleb didn't know how to respond, just continuing to stroke her cheek gently before moving to help her lift up her top as Dr. Monroe wheeled over a different machine.

They watched as she squirted some gel onto Hanna's very small 3-month bump before grabbing the wand and pressing it into Hanna's belly to spread the gel around. She pushed in a little harder around Hanna's pelvis, tapping some more keys on the machine before turning the screen to them and pressing a button that brought tears to both Hanna and Caleb's eyes. The sound of their baby's heartbeat had never felt so precious. "They're okay?" Hanna cried, holding Caleb's hand tightly in her own.

"They're okay," Lena repeated, "Here's baby," She indicated, using her pointer finger to outline their baby on the screen. "Heartbeat is sounding strong, and we're measuring right on track," She added, moving the transducer around to show a slightly different angle.

Hanna finally smiled, wiping at her eyes as Caleb pushed his nose up against her cheek and pressed several kisses against her skin. She turned her head to him and pulled him in for a chaste, emotional kiss. "They're okay," She whispered, shooting him a watery smile.

"So what caused the bleeding?" Caleb asked as he pulled away, watching as Hanna smiled at the monitor.

"You see here," Dr. Monroe pointed out on the screen, "Hanna's placenta's moved around and is lying low over a bit of her cervix. It should right itself, but I want you to have more regular scans to monitor it," She said. "If we get closer to your due date and it still hasn't moved then we'll start to talk about a c-section, but there's plenty of time in between for it to move back and at the moment it's only a partial cover."

"Do I still have to stay in?" Hanna asked hopefully – she just wanted to go home.

Dr. Monroe looked at her knowingly, "Yes," She smiled at the pair of them, handing Hanna some tissue to wipe her belly with.

Caleb laughed as Hanna pouted but relaxed back against the pillows nonetheless. "Am I allowed visitors?" She asked.

"Of course, but let's wait until we've moved you to your private room and got you settled for the night. I definitely want to see my youngest Rivers patient before I clock off." Lena replied, handing Hanna the scans she'd printed. "They'll be in to move you in a minute,"

"Thank you," Caleb said, smiling up at her. Hanna thanked her too before she disappeared off to go and check on her other patients and the nurses came back in to sort Hanna out for the night. Caleb bent down to give her a kiss, pulling away half an inch to smile at her before connecting their lips again. "I'm gonna go call your Mom whilst they move you," He said, her fingers running up and down his arm and squeezing before he disappeared out of the room and she went back to staring at their little baby on the black and white pictures.


Hanna was beginning to wonder where the hell Caleb was. She knew her Mom liked to talk but she'd been in her room now for an hour and the cable TV was really not that entertaining. "Knock knock," Came a voice from the door. Hanna looked up to see Spencer coming through the doorway with one of Hanna's overnight bags on one arm and what she really hoped was a bag of food on the other, "Hanna banana, I come baring clothes and food," She grinned, dumping the bags on a chair before coming over to give Hanna a huge hug.

Hanna squeezed her back tightly before gently pushing herself up to grab a change of clothes, "These hospital gowns do nothing for me," She added, grateful when Spencer began to help her pull on a sweater and pants. Her muscles were beginning to ache as all the adrenalin and emotion from the day faded away.

"How are you feeling?" Spencer asked as she fluffed the pillows when Hanna settled against them.

"Drained," Hanna replied honestly, fiddling with the arm of her sweater. "But relieved."

"Baby Rivers is still in there," Spencer said excitedly, placing a hand on Hanna's stomach before hugging her again.

"Did Caleb call you?" Hanna asked as she grabbed the sonogram pictures from the side and handed them to Spencer for her to have a look at.

Spencer nodded as she looked through them, "Yeah although he didn't make much sense apart from the very clear instruction to bring you flaming hot cheetos,"

Hanna grinned, "Did you see him on your way up?" She asked, adjusting her bra underneath her tank top as it dug in a little. She just wanted him to come back.

"He was on the phone to your Mom," Spencer replied, "I think he was getting her to bring Lo in," She added, grabbing some trashy magazines she'd brought with her and handing them to Hanna along with the sonogram. "Hanna, what exactly happened?" She asked quietly, her tone becoming more solemn as she took in all the wires Hanna was connected to.

Hanna reached for her hand and tried to fight back tears as she thumbed the photo of her baby. "I thought I'd lost the baby," She squeezed her eyes shut as a tear ran down her cheek. "I don't really remember much but Caleb had gone to drop Logi off at my Mom's for a couple of hours because I wasn't feeling well and I went to the toilet and…" More tears fell as she thought about how she felt when she saw the blood. "And I-I… was bleeding,"

Spencer moved onto the bed and pulled her against her chest, "And then Caleb found you," Spencer finished, rubbing her hands up and down her arms.

Hanna nodded as she wiped away her tears, "He said I was passed out in our bedroom so he called an ambulance and then I woke up in the hospital," She finished, resting her hands in her lap and looking down at them. They sat there quietly until the door pushed open again and Caleb appeared with a bunch of flowers in one arm and a pizza menu in the other.

Hanna smiled at the sight of him, all her tears forgotten as he walked over to her bed, "Pretty flowers for a pretty girl," He said, handing her the white and pink bouquet.

"They're beautiful," She replied, bringing them to her nose before placing them on the side.

"Spence, have you been making her cry again?" Caleb joked as he tenderly stroked Hanna's damp cheek.

"Hey, women are emotional," Spencer defended as Hanna laughed. She moved off the bed to grab her phone and text Emily and Aria before Hanna shuffled over, patting the space next to her for Caleb to climb on; she just wanted to be close to him right now.

He brought his legs up to rest on the bed and propped himself up against her pillows. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder as she cuddled into his side and pressed a kiss against her hair, "I thought we could order pizza and have a movie night," He suggested, handing her the menu he'd brought up.

Hanna placed it on her lap and looked up at him, "You're staying here right?" She said quietly, resting her hand on his t-shirt clad chest.

He sighed and tilted her chin with his hand to press a gentle kiss against her lips, "I need to stay with Lo; your Mom's got a work dinner she can't get out of so she can't look after him tonight." Hanna frowned at him – she understood why he needed to be with Logan but a huge part of her was feeling massively selfish and emotional and she really really wanted him with her. "Han, I wanna be here with you but your Mom can't cancel and he can't stay here tonight,"

"We can take him," Spencer piped up having heard the tail end of their conversation. "Shouldn't godparents get first priority anyway?" She said, smiling encouragingly at the pair of them. "He can sleep in our spare room and Toby's off work tomorrow," She almost pleaded, sensing Caleb's hesitation.

Caleb weighed up the situation and finally nodded, "Okay," He agreed, rolling his eyes slightly as Hanna grinned up at him happily; she always got her way. Hanna lightly smacked his chest, pushing herself up to look down at him as he lay back against her pillows, "Don't look at me like that," He laughed, grabbing her hand and bringing it to his shoulder before he pulled her closer and pressed a hard kiss against her lips. She tried to pull away but he cupped the back of her head and pulled her back to kiss her pretty little pout away.

"Me looking after your child is not a reason for you to get freaky in a hospital bed," Spencer remarked sarcastically as Hanna settled back against Caleb again.

"That will not be happening," He remarked, his lips forming a tight smile as he looked at Spencer.

"And what does that mean?" Hanna all but spat as she pushed herself off him again and shot him a glare.

"It means I was sat there comforting you as you cried when the doctor pushed some freaking plastic probe into you to see if our baby was alive," He said, a little too harshly as he got riled up, the emotions he'd experienced earlier rushing back to him.

"I'm sorry I don't get turned on by plastic going up my vagina to check for a freaking heartbeat," She spat back, her shoulders tensing as Spencer watched the pair of them argue.

"Guys!" Spencer exclaimed.

"Stay out of this Spence," Hanna shot at her.

"Hanna," Caleb sighed, rubbing his hand tiredly over his eyes, "I'm sorry, I don't want to argue with you," He said, reaching out for her forearms that she'd jammed and crossed against her chest. She fought him as he tried to pull her onto his chest, but she gave in as she decided she really didn't have the strength to fight him. He pulled one of her legs over his and rolled his eyes at Spencer as Hanna began to cry against his neck – his wife was over-tired and emotional and he knew her hormones were all over the place; she just needed sleep to get herself back in check. "Why are you crying?" He asked her gently, kissing her jaw and running his hand across her shoulders as she hooked her arm around his neck. "Can you take a breath please," He said as air began to get caught in her throat and her chest began to heave up and down. "Hanna," He said firmly, "Breathe," She took a shaky breath but managed to stop her tears as he stroked her hair gently. "I love you," He whispered against the shell of her ear, her breathing becoming far less erratic as she calmed down.

"I love you too," She replied quietly, pressing her lips against his neck as her head lay on his shoulder.

"We agreed no more tears today," Caleb added, his hands running up and down her back as Hanna closed her eyes, the day's turbulence finally tiring her out. Once Caleb was sure she was asleep he looked at Spencer who'd decided to occupy herself with the magazines. "Sorry Spence, we're kind of all over the place today," He apologized, resting his hands on the small of Hanna's back as she literally slept on him.

Spencer shook her head at him with a frown, "It's fine, I can't even imagine where her brain's been," She said quietly. "We really are fine to take Logan tonight and I think Aria and Emily might stay over too,"

"Thanks, we really appreciate it. I don't think she's in any fit state for me to leave her alone tonight," He replied, unable to help himself and press kisses against Hanna's hairline. "I've never been so scared in my life," He began, "Even after I got her back from the dollhouse I knew she was gonna make it; I knew she was strong, but when I found her on the floor…" His eyes closed as he relived the afternoon, "When I saw the blood I didn't know… I just didn't know," He muttered the last part as Hanna shifted slightly in her sleep.

"Caleb, you are two of the strongest people I know," Spencer said with an air of finality in her voice, "And I know you're stronger now than you were this morning." She added with so much conviction that made Caleb think he might actually believe her.


"Wow, there's a small party going on in here," Dr. Monroe remarked as she walked into Hanna's room later that evening. There were a few pizza boxes spread amongst whom she could only assume were Hanna and Caleb's friends whilst Hanna was sat cross-legged on the bed with the littlest Rivers on her lap and Caleb at the side of her bed.

"Oh yeah," Hanna grinned at her, cuddling her baby boy close as he watched the movie on the TV screen.

"Hi Logan," Lena cooed as she moved closer to the bed, "Do you remember me?" She asked as she grabbed the clipboard from the end of Hanna's bed.

"Lo, can you say hi to Dr. Monroe?" Caleb asked, breaking him from his trance, "She's looked after you since you were in Momma's tummy," He told the little boy, taking him from Hanna's lap as Lena moved round to take her blood pressure.

"Hi," Logan said shyly, waving his little hand at her before burying his head against Caleb's arm as she waved back. Caleb laughed and pressed a kiss against the crown of his head before reaching for his blanket that was on the side.

"Okay, we're looking much better," Dr. Monroe said as she wrote down Hanna's blood pressure. "I still want you to stay in tonight, but I'm comfortable with everything. Have you felt anymore abdominal pain since I last came in?" She asked Hanna.

The blonde shook her head, "No," She answered honestly. "And I haven't noticed anymore bleeding,"

"Good," Lena replied, "Well I'll leave you all to your movie night. Hanna, I want you to take it easy over the next week – no heavy lifting and no sex – and I want you to come back in on Friday for another scan and we'll see if your placenta's moved at all." Hanna nodded and took Logan back from Caleb as he stood and followed Dr. Monroe out the room.

"How are you going to cope with no sex for a week?" Aria asked as she looked at Hanna.

Hanna wrapped Logan up in her arms as he lay across her lap in his pyjamas and thumbed his blanket. "I can still do him," Hanna said awkwardly, her eyes shifting around the room.

"Hanna!" Emily laughed, startling Logan as he began to doze off in Hanna's arms.

"What? He gets cuddly after," She added nonchalantly.

"Hanna," Spencer moaned as she stood and reached for her jacket, "We don't need the detail," Her brow furrowed as Caleb walked back into the room. "Toby's just got here," She said to him and Hanna.

"Lo," Caleb said gently, rubbing his arm gently as he lay quietly in Hanna's lap. "Give Momma a kiss bye bye, she has to stay here tonight."

Logan pushed himself up and stood in front of her on the bed, bouncing slightly before leaning forward to give Hanna a goodbye kiss. She pouted at him and pulled him tight against her making him squeal with happiness as she placed kisses all over his face. "Be good for Aunty Spenny," She instructed him, reluctant to let him go. "Love you," She added, pressing one final kiss against his hair before he pulled away from her embrace and held his arms up for Caleb.

"Momma and Daddy will see you tomorrow," Caleb said, pulling down the leg of his pyjamas that had ridden up. Logan nodded and rested his head on Caleb's shoulder before Spencer came and took him into her arms. Caleb followed them all to the doorway, running a final hand through Logan's hair as he waved at Caleb tiredly. "Love you Lo," He added one final time before Spencer, Emily and Aria took away his toddler for what he knew would be a sugar-ridden night.

When he turned back to Hanna she'd shuffled down into her bed on one side, obviously expecting him to come and join her. He changed into a pair of sweats and brushed his teeth before turning off the main light and heading back to his wife. "I can't wait for our baby to get here," Hanna said quietly as she laid her head on his chest. "A part of me and you forever," She added, resting her hand on top of his on her small bump.

"I love you," Caleb pushed his nose into her hair, trying to make this moment last as long as possible.

"I love you too," Hanna replied, pressing a kiss against his chest before they both were content to lay there with each other in silence, infinitely grateful that their baby was okay; that they still had the chance to grow their family with each other; that for now the future they wanted was still within reach.


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