Here is part II to their Montecito trip for you all. Thank you for all the amazing reviews. Your kind words really do mean a lot.

I've had a few people asking me to write Haleb's wedding. As you all asked so nicely this is absolutely something I will do :) at the moment I'd like to do something special for Chapter 30 which reflects on Haleb growth (pun) from marriage to Everly. Sound good?

I'm glad you all liked the new story ideas. At the moment, I think GGGB has the most votes but being honest with you all, I will probably write all three.

Haleb is endgame, Savannahbowenn ~ It means a lot that this is your favourite fanfic

Guest ~ I won't be posting a new story until Restraints is finished (which sadly isn't too far off). But I've already written the first couple of chapters of GGGB... so not too long to wait for a new story!

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Montecito Madness – Part II

Hanna was feeling a little sick.

And it wasn't from the gentle motion of the boat she was currently sat in. Who'd have thought her daughter would demand to go on 'It's a Small World' three times in a row and still seem to be taking in the ride like she'd never seen it before? If she had to hear that song one more time…

"Mama," Mila pointed at some dolls that were moving around in a circle as she tried to stand up on the ride.

"No, we need to sit," Hanna said, holding onto her princess-dress clad body and encouraging her little butt back onto the plastic. She was grateful when they came to the end of the ride and even more thankful when Caleb offered her a helping hand out of the boat. That was the last time she was going on that ride… ever.

"Gen, Mama, gen," Mila whined, reaching for the boat.

"No, it's boring," Logan pouted, clinging onto Hanna's hand. He was firmly in the same camp as his Mommy about never wanting to go on that ride ever again. He was all about chasing the thrills of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Alice's Spinning Teacups.

"We can't go again, it's time for the parade," Caleb tried, picking Mila up and propping her on his hip. "We need to go see the princesses," He said, stroking her hair back from her face. If there was one thing that might get the toddler's mind off It's A Small World, it was Disney princesses…

"Elsa!" The little girl exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air in glee and almost knocking her snowflake tiara off.

Hanna stifled a laugh and leaned over to kiss her cherubic face. Her daughter was literally in heaven right now – dressed up as her favourite princess and being treated like one by her Daddy, "Pretty girly," She murmured, cupping her precious little cheek and stroking with her thumb, "You're gonna give Elsa a run for her money." Her heart had almost burst that morning when they'd bought Mila an Elsa costume and dressed her up. Despite Caleb balking at the inflated price from buying it in the park, Mila had almost exploded with excitement when Hanna had pulled the dress over her head and in that moment it seemed priceless.

Caleb grinned at the pair of them before pressing a kiss against Mila's forehead. "You gonna go in your stroller 'til we get there?" He asked, feeling grateful when she nodded her head yes, rather than fight him.

Disneyland had been the last place on earth he'd wanted to visit whilst they were in California, but seeing Logan and Mila loving every minute of it, made the pain of big crowds and rip-off food seem worth it. He'd been a little apprehensive about just how much they'd appreciate it, but thanks to her older brothers, Mila had been immersed into the Disney world since she'd known what a movie was and although Frozen and The Little Mermaid were the only films that held her attention for the whole duration, she seemed to be able to giving every character they saw some garbled name like she recognised them.

"Mommy, will Woody be in the parade?" Logan asked, walking with his hand in Hanna's as they headed towards Main Street.

"He might be," She smiled at him, "But if he's not there are lots of other characters you like, okay?"

"Okay," He mumbled, holding on tightly just as he'd been instructed to do at the start of the day. Hanna was not okay with him wandering off in big crowds and she'd made that quite clear before they entered the park.

Caleb parked the stroller and scooped Mila up, carrying her until Hanna stopped once she was happy with the space she'd found and sat down as gracefully as she could on the curb side, her legs loosely folded and crossed at the ankle. Logan plonked himself down on the curb in between her legs and Caleb settled next to them and stood Mila in front of him.

He thought she couldn't look anymore adorable in her blue miniature princess dress, the silver Mary Janes Hanna had put her in and the tiny tiara on her head. She loved dressing up anyway and Hanna seemed to send him pictures daily of when Mila had managed to climb into her closet and pull something on, but today was different. She got to be a princess without Mommy or Daddy telling her playtime was over and she had to change.

"What are you looking at?" He asked her as she stood and stared off down Main Street. He pulled her in between his legs and pressed a kiss against her forehead, but she fought against him and moved back further out onto the paved road. "What?" He laughed, as she simply stood there and looked at him before smiling at him with complete and utter glee. "You're happy, huh?"

Some music came over the speakers and she started to move her little legs semi-in time with the beat, holding out her skirt and twirling around. "Mama!" She squealed, jumping up and down.

"Are you dancing?" Hanna smiled at her, helping Logan up as he went to stand, moving over to his sister to jump around with her. "She loves the music," Hanna murmured to Caleb, reaching into her bag for a bottle of water.

Mila shrieked as she held onto Logan's hand and bounced around with him. They both became even more excitable when a machine started to blow bubbles down the street. Hanna grabbed her phone and took a few pictures of them before sending one to all the various message groups she was part of. Her whatsapp group with her Mom, Ted and Caleb in particular never failed to amuse her and knowing both of them, she made sure to send more than one picture.

"Mimi," Caleb held his arms out for his twirling daughter as cast members began to make their way down Main Street telling people to clear the road in anticipation for the parade. "Come here," He said, feeling slightly grateful when Logan took his sister's hand and made her come and sit down with him. When she had her moments of defiance, both Hanna and Caleb felt like the terrible twos were hitting them a little prematurely. That or she was just as headstrong as her Mommy. Caleb was starting to think more and more that it was the latter. Luckily, their spunky toddler idolised her older brother and if there was one person who could get her to change her mind, it was him.

Logan happily sat himself in between Hanna's legs again, leaning back against her as much as he could with her bump. "Are you excited?" She asked him, squeezing his waist and pressing a kiss against his cheek.

He didn't have a chance to respond as Mila began to whimper angrily, trying to escape Caleb's grasp to go and dance again. "Mila," He tried to hush her.

"Hey," Hanna shot her a warning look as she continued to try to twist her body to escape. "We've gotta sit here if we want to see Elsa," She told her.

Mila huffed but sat back against Caleb in resignation. "Daddy," She cried, reaching for the bottle of water that Hanna had put next to her.

"Okay, okay," He soothed her, undoing the lid and helping her bring it to her lips. After that she finally seemed to settle and was content to rest her hands on top of Caleb's arms, giggling away as Caleb tickled her belly lightly and kissed her forehead over and over.

"Mimi," Hanna called, grinning at the pair of them as she held her phone up to take a picture. "Smile bug," She encouraged, fighting a laugh as Mila shot her the biggest, toothiest grin she could. Hanna took another more candid one of the pair of them, as they both looked out down Main Street. She felt her heart clench and quickly set it as her new background before turning her attention back to the parade.

Her phone flashing caught her eye and she quickly glanced down to see a message from Emily.

Can my goddaughter be any more adorable?

Hanna sent her the picture of Mila and Caleb. Erm yep, look at her she replied before taking a picture of her and Lo and sending that too.

"Mommy!" Logan exclaimed, pointing as he saw the first float come into view.

Hanna gasped, "Who is it?" She asked excitedly.

"Mickey!"

And that was the way the next hour of their lives went - Logan and Mila getting excited at seeing their favourite Disney characters. It was sweet and endearing and both Hanna and Caleb tried to imprint the memory on their brain forever. When they made the move to leave after, they both expected Mila to throw a hissy fit but she was absolutely zonked and fell asleep as Caleb carried her back to their car. And by the time they hit the interstate, Logan had joined her in the land of nod, each of them clinging onto a new cuddly toy as they sped back up to Montecito.

"What do you wanna do tomorrow?" Caleb asked quietly as the California evening sun beat down on their car.

"Just relax," She smiled at him tiredly, linking her fingers with his and resting them on the centre console.

"Stay at home by the pool?" He squeezed her hand.

She nodded, "We need a day of doing nothing," She added, stroking his arm and shoulder with her hands as he unlaced their fingers and moved his hand to tenderly rub her bump.

"Is your back hurting?" It was like he could read her mind. She bit her lip, almost guiltily, and nodded at him. "I'll give you a massage when we get back," He said, "And tomorrow, we can do absolutely nothing."


Caleb's plan of doing absolutely nothing was slightly thwarted when Claudia told Hanna she'd booked them in at the spa. "Have a nice time," He'd murmured as he'd stood in the kitchen, still in his pyjamas and looking far too sleepy for Hanna's liking. She had just been jealous and when he'd tried to kiss her goodbye and she'd very clearly given him her cheek, he had actually shot her a concerned look.

"The club's nice," Hanna found herself saying to Claudia, thinking of the manicured front gardens to the immaculately kept reception area as she lay in a fluffy white robe with some type of seaweed scrub on her skin and cucumber over her eyes.

It was nice, but it also reminded Hanna of Isabelle and Kate and she was pretty sure this was the type of place they'd have loved to spend their time. Just the thought of being surrounded by people like them gave Hanna the shivers and she forced herself to remember how good her skin would feel at the end of it.

"It is," Claudia smiled, "And today is all about relaxing you," She added, lifting one cucumber sliver from her eyelid to make sure Hanna did actually look content. "So how are you feeling about little Everly?"

Hanna sighed but couldn't fight the grin that spread across her face and the warmth that spread through her heart. "It's weird," She shook her head slightly, "Even though we've decided we want to call her that, we never actually call her that. She's just our baby girl."

"But do you think you're going to change your mind?"

"Not unless she comes out with a penis."

Claudia laughed, "Did you want a boy or girl?" She asked, "And be honest."

"Honestly," Hanna started, "I was still processing the fact that I was pregnant when we found out she was a girl."

"And now?" Claudia pushed her.

"And now, I couldn't imagine holding anything but her at the end of it. We've got our boy and we've got our girl and she's just going to… complete it I guess." Hanna trailed off.

Claudia paused, "So you think this is going to be your last one?" She asked. "When I had Clay, I knew my heart was full."

"We haven't really spoken about it," Hanna said quietly. She liked Claudia, she really did, and it was clear she was trying to be supportive and involved in her son's life, but this was a sensitive topic and Hanna really didn't want to talk about it with her.

Caleb hadn't said anything explicitly, but she was pretty sure he thought baby Everly would be their last. And at the moment, she was completely on the same page with him about that. She didn't ever want to feel like she couldn't give each of her kids enough time or attention and she was already worried about what adding number three to the mix would do. But then she looked at Logan and Mila, and she knew that when she held Everly for the first time, her heart would double… triple… quadruple in size and all she'd feel was that another perfect being was in her arms because of her and Caleb's love. And that feeling was completely and utterly addictive.

"Well I can't wait to meet her," Claudia said, "What's your due date? Maybe I'll try and be in Rosewood that week," She suggested. She really did want to be involved in all her grandbabies' lives.

"September 17th," Hanna grinned, glad they were back on a much more comfortable topic. "But I think she'll come early."

"Really?"

"Maybe I'm just nervous," Hanna mumbled again. Oh wait, they were headed straight back into uncomfortable territory. "I guess with Mimi… Anyway," She decided she wanted to change the topic. "How often do you come up here?"

Safer. Much safer.


"Mommy!"

Caleb whipped his head round at Logan's squawk to see Hanna walking towards the pool, sunglasses on with a fresh glow. "Hi Lo," She smiled, waving at her little boy who looked like he was having far too much fun in the pool.

"Mommy watch me," He called as James propped him on the side for him to jump in.

"I'm watching," She said, sitting down on one of the pool loungers and watching him create the biggest splash he could. Logan surfaced and wiped the water from his eyes, swimming back over to the side where he tried to pull himself back out again. "James," Hanna grimaced slightly as Logan fell back into the water, "Can you just help him out?" She asked.

"Sure," The teenager said, hoisting his nephew back out of the water again.

"Mommy," Logan grinned, running over to Hanna and throwing his wet arms around her. She reached for a towel that was on the lounger next to her and wrapped it around his shoulders, rubbing his shoulders as she placed her forehead on his and nuzzled her nose against his.

He squealed and wrapped his arms around her neck. "What have you done today?" She asked him, sitting him on her lap.

"We been swimmin'," He grinned, resting his head against her chest.

"I can see that, monkey," She laughed, poking his belly and helping him off her lap as he scrambled to shrug the towel off as he saw Clay diving into the water.

"Clay!" He yelled running over to James who was recording the whole thing from the side of the pool.

"Lo, don't give me a heart attack baby," Hanna said, "Walk near the pool, okay?"

"Okay Mommy," He replied, but he was already holding onto James' hand and a few seconds later they were back in the water.

"We got our other little water bug who wants to see Mommy," The sound of Caleb's voice caught Hanna's attention and she turned her head to see him walking towards her with Mila running in front of him straight towards her.

"Hi," Hanna gasped, opening her arms up for her livewire daughter who held onto her tightly. "Kiss," She pouted, letting Mila kiss her before kissing her all over her face, making her laugh and shriek.

"Hey babe," Caleb said, leaning down to give his wife a kiss before handing her Mila's cute little hooded towel. "Did you have a good time?"

"It was great," Claudia answered as she appeared with a tray of drinks for everyone with some snacks. "The club is just perfect. We are super relaxed," She added before disappearing back inside.

Caleb looked at Hanna with a raised eyebrow, "Yeah," She nodded, "It was great," She repeated, although she was far less convincing than Claudia.

She held the towel open for Mila but she wandered off to another chair that had a stack of things on the seat to entertain her. "Mama," She said, picking up a book and heading back over to Hanna, happy to let her wrap her up and pull the hood over her wet curls, "Book," She added, holding up the book for Hanna to take.

Hanna smiled at her and scooped her up, holding her tightly on her lap, "Do you want to read with Mommy?" She asked, lying back slightly and tucking Mila into her side, her arm cradling her body as she got them comfy.

"Weed," Mila nodded, reaching her fingers out to hold onto each side of the book.

Hanna pressed her lips against her forehead, inhaling her precious scent before turning her attention to the book. "Maisy goes shopping," She read aloud, letting Mila turn the page. "Maisy is visiting Charley today. Hello, Charley."

"Hewwo Maysee!" Mila recited the next words off by heart, pointing at the picture of Maisy the mouse on the opposite page.

"It's almost time for lunch, but Charley's fridge is empty," Hanna continued reading, letting Mila reach for the page. "What are they going to do?" She asked, tugging Mila's towel a little tighter around her. "They've got no food in their fridge and they're hungry," She pouted as Mila tilted her head to look up at her. "Let's go…"

"Shawpin!"

"It scares me that she knows that word," Caleb said, sitting down on the same lounger right where Mila's little toes stopped. He pulled her towel over the toddler's exposed feet before resting his hand on Hanna's side and rubbing gently.

"She knows what's important," Hanna grinned at him, placing her hand over his.

"Mama," Mila whined, waving the book around.

"Okay, okay," She shushed her, "Let's read," She said, bringing the book back down to their eye line. "Maisy chooses apples and bananas."

"Nana," Mila pointed at the picture of the yellow fruit.

"That's right, that's a banana and these are apples," Hanna pointed at the bag of apples.

"Pels," The toddler tried to get out.

"Apples," Caleb rubbed her feet and sounded it out again, "Maisy's buying ap-ples."

"Nana!"

Hanna and Caleb both chuckled, "Or we can go back to banana if you want," He grinned, both of them shuffling slightly as Mila decided she was bored with the book and wanted to go back in the pool, tugging her towel off and wrestling until she was back on the ground.

"Caleb is she okay with your brothers?" Hanna asked, sitting up as Mila called out for the attention of the boys in the pool.

"J, are you okay with her?" Caleb asked James, standing up and moving to the edge of the pool as the teenager held his arms up for Mila to jump into.

"Yeah, we got her," He said, grinning as Mila squealed when she landed in the water, his arms securely around her.

"Lo, are you good?" He checked in with his son who was being a very willing participant in the videos Clay was recording on his GoPro.

"I want Mommy," He said, looking over at Hanna who'd stood up and was heading towards him.

"What's wrong?"

"I want Mommy to come in with me," He whined, swimming over to their side and holding his arm up for Hanna.

"Lo, Mommy's tired, she can't come in." Caleb tried, very conscious that his wife hadn't wanted to spend her day away from them in a snooty country club when she was tired from their trip to Disneyland and wanted to chill by the pool.

Hanna placed her hand on Caleb's lower back reassuringly, "No, it's fine. I can come in for a bit," She agreed.

"Sure?" He asked as she tied her hair up.

"Yeah," She agreed, turning around and pulling her top off to reveal her bikini underneath. It was still hot and playing in the water would actually be fun. She pulled off her maxi skirt too and placed it on the lounger with the rest of her stuff, before taking Caleb's outstretched hand and letting him lead her into the water.

She placed her hands on his shoulders as he submerged himself, before he turned around and encouraged her closer and wrapped his arms around her. "Have I told you how much I love this bikini?" He asked, his eyes directly in line with her chest.

"I think you showed me," She pretended to think hard.

He shook his head at her and grinned, pressing a hard kiss against her lips, "I'm sorry about today," He whispered, letting her turn around so that she could rest against his chest and watch Logan and Mila, "I know you just wanted to chill out here."

"It's okay," She murmured as his hands ran over her skin. "It was nice to spend time with your Mom."

"Tomorrow, we can do nothing," He kissed the shell of her ear, "I promise."

"No, it's our last full day," She pouted, grinning as James helped Mila swim over to them, "We should go to the beach," She said, taking Mila into her arms. "Do you like the beach?" She asked her, moving further into the water away from Caleb and floating them around.

"Yes!" Mila squealed, slapping her hands against the water.

"We like the sand," Hanna said, pulling an inflatable over to them, "And we like the ocean, don't we?" She added, placing Mila on the seat in the middle.

"Daddy," Mila called, holding onto the edge of the inflatable as she shakily tried to stand up.

"Clay," Logan said, pointing at his sister, "Do a video with Mimi," He told the teen, swimming over to Hanna and Mila. "Mommy she's gonna jump."

"She better not," Hanna mumbled under her breath as Caleb moved in front of their daredevil daughter who was reaching for him.

"Okay crazy girl," He grinned at her. "Lo, you ready?"

"Yep. Clay, you ready?" Logan repeated, wrapping his arms around Hanna's shoulders from behind.

"Yep," Clay said, pointing his camera at Mila. "Mila, you ready?"

"Hey, what about me?" James asked, moving over to the group.

"Oh I'm sorry," Clay rolled his eyes, "James, you ready?"

"Yep," He said, "Hanna, are you ready?"

"Hell no," She managed to get out, just before Mila squealed and jumped as high as she could off the inflatable and into Caleb's arms and the water.

"Gen!" Mila squealed as Caleb brushed her wet hair back from her face.

"No, not again," Hanna pouted, moving over to the pair of them as Claudia came back outside.

"James, Clay," She called, "Come help with dinner."

Both of them muttered something under their breath, but made their way to the edge of the pool anyway. "Lo, let's go check out these videos," Clay said, reaching down to help pull him out of the pool as he swam over to the side. "I bet they're really cool."

"Pretty sure when Mom says go help, she doesn't mean go and sit on your laptop," Caleb said.

"Gotta play the system bro," He smirked, "She goes all mushy and forgets what she's asked for help with if I show her pictures of her grandchildren."

Caleb rolled his eyes, "Get out of here."

"Logan, do not drip all over the floor," Hanna called as he moved to go inside. "Go and get your towel and then you can go inside," She added, feeling pleased when he raced over and grabbed his towel before chasing James and Clay inside. "I'm gonna get out," She said to Caleb.

"We all will," He smiled, moving towards the pool steps, "We don't want Mommy to be on her own, do we?" He asked Mila. They grabbed all their stuff and headed inside. Hanna was grateful when Caleb said he'd take Mila upstairs and get her ready for dinner – the baby was pressing on her bladder and she was desperate for the toilet. When she came out, she heard voices coming from the snug and was about to stick her head around the door to see what was going on when her ears pricked up even more.

"Fuck, she is such a milf."

Her eyes narrowed as she tried to work out if it was Clay or James who was talking. And if they were using that language around Logan she felt it was completely acceptable to go off on one at them.

"Caleb is so fucking lucky." The other voice agreed.

Wait. What? They were talking about her?

"You should show him this video," One of them sniggered.

"Why? He gets to see it in full without any bikini coverage, idiot."

She bit back a laugh and shook her head, about to head upstairs when a voice stopped her. "Mommy, are you watching the videos?" Logan asked as he came round the corner, walking slowly with a cup in his hand.

"No baby," She smiled, "You gonna come get ready for dinner?" She asked him. "James and Clay can show us everything they've got after we've eaten."

Logan looked longingly at the room, "But…"

"But nothing," She shook her head. "Come on, Nana's cooking a really nice dinner for us." And right now, the last thing she wanted her four-year-old son exposed to was two horny teenagers who were enjoying staring at her chest in a video of Mila jumping into the water.

God, Montecito was turning into a crazy trip.


"And we thought he was happy at Disneyland," Caleb smiled as he stood next to Hanna in their kitchen and watched Logan embrace George.

"They love each other," Hanna sighed, moving into his arms and resting her head against his chest.

"I think he might love George more than us," He said, pressing a kiss against her hairline as Logan picked the puppy up and let him lick his face.

"Uh huh," She agreed tiredly. She really wanted to go to bed but they'd agreed to give Logan 10 minutes to see George before they all crashed after their cross-country flight. "Lo, bed soon," She tried, shooting him a knowing look when he looked up at her and pouted. "No arguing, George needs to sleep and he'll be here in the morning."

There were borderline tears when Hanna eventually put her foot down and told Logan he had to go to bed. Luckily, Caleb intervened and with a firm word from Daddy, Logan was tucked up and asleep in bed not long after.

"I forgot to tell you," Hanna mumbled sleepily as she waited for Caleb to climb into bed with her.

"What?" He asked, tugging the covers back and settling down, pulling her onto his chest. It must have been pretty important if it couldn't wait until morning.

"I caught your brothers," She paused as she yawned tiredly.

"Caught them doing what?" He frowned, stroking her hair back from her face.

"Perving on me," She grinned.

"What?"

"I think they were watching the video of us in the pool when Mimi was jumping and they were saying I was a milf."

"I'm going to kill them," He shook his head, reaching across for his phone.

"No," She laughed, stopping his hand and suddenly feeling much more awake. "They were saying how lucky you are," She grinned up at him, pushing herself up so that she could look down at him. "And I kind of agree," She smirked.

"Oh really?" He raised his eyebrows, "What else were they saying?" He bit his lip, his hand running under her t-shirt to tease his fingertips over her side.

"That you get the full no-bikini view."

He frowned, "I'm not seeing that right now," He said with a smile gracing his lips. She reached for her t-shirt and pulled it over her head, flinging it onto the other side of the room. "I thought you were tired?" He whispered, pulling her lips down onto his and kissing her deeply.

"Mm," She pulled her mouth away from his and ran her fingers through the sides of his hair, "I found some energy," She murmured quietly, her teeth toying with her bottom lip until he slanted his mouth back over hers and shut her up.

As she let him tug on her pyjama shorts and felt his lips follow his hands down her body, she couldn't help but think that right now, she absolutely loved everything that came with the madness that was, Montecito.


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