So if you weren't aware, I said on my twitter after some mulling over that I couldn't give this baby up. And I can't. I just love them too damn much - they're my perfect little family who are everything I hope for, for Haleb.
But, I don't want this to be some huge epic that goes on forever that you guys get bored with and with Haleb finding each other again on the show, this won't go on for another 40 chapters if you get what I'm saying.
Because I know it won't go on forever, I'm going to try and write some of the requests you guys have - this one has been requested by a few people and so has flashbacks of Hanna being pregnant with Logan so that will be woven in somehow too. If you want something, now is the time to let me know in a review.
Thank you all for the sweetest, kindest, humbling reviews on the last chapter. Sometimes I forget how many of you have been along for this crazy ride and grown attached to these characters just like I have.
Enjoy below...
Owls and Tents and S'mores - Part I
"How the hell did you convince me to do this?" Hanna muttered as she found herself stood next to Emily's fully packed car, on a warm March evening.
"I didn't convince you to do anything," The brunette laughed, checking a flashlight before loading it into the back.
"You're right," Hanna sighed, "I'm just a sucker for my little boy," She pouted.
"And Caleb."
"I'm pretty sure he wasn't the one begging to go camping."
Emily shot her a knowing look, "And I'm pretty sure Caleb would have used all his persuading skills," She said, "Owls?"
"Ew," Hanna scrunched up her face, "Why are you thinking about my sex life?"
"Are you telling me he didn't?"
"Well no, but..."
"But nothing," Emily shook her head, "Stop trying to avoid packing and go home."
"Are you really kicking me out?"
"Hanna!" Emily shrieked, "I'm serious," She pushed her lightly towards her car. "Your husband is at home trying to control three kids whilst making sure you have everything you could ever need for two nights in a tent. You need to go home."
"I know," She sighed in defeat; she really had been putting it off. Camping was going to be fun, but she really really hated the packing that seemed to be coming with it. She could have sworn the last time she stayed in a canvas home for the night all they'd needed was the tent and each other. Granted she was sixteen and Caleb had kept her warm all night but still… why did packing up three kids for two nights feel like emptying out an entire house? "I just… Caleb and Logi wanted to do this whole camping thing… they need to deal with the pain at the start."
Emily shook her head at her best friend, "You'll be more annoyed if they forget something important," She said, leaning on the door to Caleb's new Porsche as Hanna climbed in.
"I know I will," Hanna agreed, throwing her head back. "You're coming to ours first right?"
"Duh," Emily grinned, "Caleb said George won't fit in your car, so he's coming in ours with Bailey."
"And you're the one who knows the way to this camp place, or whatever it's called."
"Campsite, Hanna," Emily rolled her eyes, "It's called a campsite."
"Yeah, one of them," She agreed, starting the engine.
"Bye Hanna," The brunette shook her head at her friend, before shutting the door and watching as she drove off, naturally a little too fast. Hanna took the long route home, revving the engine in the car beyond the point that Caleb would be happy with if he was with her because a) it was a seriously nice car that she was definitely going to be driving again and b) she was procrastinating. She really did hate packing. But when she made her way into her house, dumping the two sleeping bags Caleb had sent her off to buy near the front door before she followed the noise that was emanating from their back yard.
"Hey!" She grinned, grabbing everyone's attention as she made her way over to her little family who were enjoying everything the Rosewood evening sunshine had to offer.
"Mommy!" Two high-pitched voices called before Logan and Mila were sprinting over to her, their game with George forgotten as they raced to shower her with love.
"Hi," She knelt down and embraced them both, kissing their foreheads with a never-ending smile on her face. "I thought you were packing with Daddy?" She asked, letting go of them so that she could make her way over to Caleb who was sat with Everly.
"Evvy wanted to play outside Mommy," Logan explained, racing back over to his youngest sister.
"Did she?"
"Uh huh," He agreed, kneeling down to gently press a kiss against the baby's head. The six-month-old was sat up on a blanket, banging her hands against one of her toys as Caleb laid near her on his side, watching and playing with her.
Hanna hooked her arm around the baby's waist and pressed a noisy kiss on her cheek before she made her way to her husband and sat down, leaning her back against him. "Hello," He murmured in her ear, squeezing her against him, "You get everything?"
"Yep," She smiled, turning and leaning down to connect her mouth with his. "Are we all packed?"
"Logi, tell Mommy we're all packed," Caleb called to the four-year-old who'd been enticed back to play with Mila and George.
"We are Mommy," He ran over and promised, throwing his arms around her neck as she held him close.
"Are you excited?" She grinned, kissing his cheek over and over.
He nodded, "Daddy said we can go bear hunting," He whispered, although it was loud enough for Caleb to hear.
"Did he now?" Hanna turned her head and shot Caleb a look. These ideas were all fun in principal until Logan or Mila refused to sleep at night because they were scared they were going to be eaten by some imaginary monster.
"Mila can't come though," He said solemnly, "She's too little and it's for boys only."
"To confirm, I did not say that," Caleb defended himself, rubbing her back gently.
"She can go if she wants, baby," Hanna tried, "She might be sad if she can't go, and we don't want her to be sad do we?"
Logan sighed, "No," He agreed. "Not Evvy though, I don't want her to get hurt."
"No," Hanna agreed, "Evvy's too small," She conceded, letting him go as he wriggled free and went off to play.
"Before you say anything," Caleb stopped her as she opened her mouth and looked at him, "Talking about what we were going to do made packing go quickly."
She propped her elbow on his side and smiled at him coyly, "I'm not annoyed."
"Good." His hand ran along her shoulders and she shuffled her body up so that she could lean down and slowly kiss him, her lips forming a small smile as he pulled back briefly and then dived back straight in for more.
"Mommy!" Mila came charging over, knocking straight into the pair of them with her dress hanging off one arm.
"What's up?" Hanna asked, sitting up and stroking her hair back from the front of her face.
"No cloves," She shook her head, tugging on her dress.
"You wanna take your clothes off?" Hanna asked, helping her tug her dress over her head as she nodded. She folded her dress up and helped her with her panties before watching her run back over to Logan and George; it never failed to amuse her or Caleb how they were raising a mini nudist.
By the time she'd turned around to lay back down on Caleb, he'd pulled Everly close and was snuggling her as she played, nuzzling her neck and kissing her shoulder as she chewed on her Sophie the Giraffe toy. "Mommy's jealous," She murmured quietly, settling back close to them.
"Mamama," Everly mumbled, smiling at Hanna with her toy still in her mouth.
"Is that your pretty Mama?" Caleb stroked the wisps of blonde hair at the back of Everly's head as she cooed away. "We missed her when we were packing, didn't we?" He kissed her face again, his hand holding her waist.
"I love her Daddy smile," Hanna grinned at her, leaning on Caleb's side again as they both watched their baby girl soak up all of Caleb's affection. "Both my girls have their Daddy smile," She added, running a hand through Caleb's hair.
He sat up and kissed the corner of her mouth, "I love your smile," He whispered, his hand running up under her t-shirt to rub her tummy.
Everly frowned at the attention diverting away from her and let out a little bark before falling forward onto her arms to try and move closer to them, "Oh," Hanna pouted, scooping her up and pulling her onto her lap, "Come get kisses from Daddy again," She said, holding her up against her shoulder so that she could look Caleb in the eye.
"You and your sister are gonna kill me with your big eyes one day," Caleb smiled, attacking her face with kisses as she shrieked with glee, "Careful, careful," He hushed her as her little arms flailed, almost hitting Hanna in the face with her giraffe.
"She gets so excited by you," Hanna laughed, kissing the baby's tiny ear.
"Mommy," Logan interrupted them, whining as he ran over with Mila hot on his heels. "I'm hungry."
"Daddy's making dinner tonight," She told him, standing up with Everly still in her arms, "So ask him when we're eating."
"I'm off the hook," He grinned, "Grammy came round with some organic lemon chicken she made."
"She what?" Hanna shot Caleb a confused look.
"She brought it round whilst we were packing," He laughed at her disbelief, "Said we needed to try her new recipe before we went away."
"I'm hungry," Logan whined again, looking up at both his parents.
"I know," Caleb picked up the blanket they'd been laying on, Mila's discarded clothes and the rest of Everly's toys that were scattered around, "Let's go wash up, dinner's almost ready."
"And me," Mila squawked, pushing her little naked butt in-between Logan and Caleb.
"Don't worry," Caleb rolled his eyes, as they started to follow Hanna into the house. "We can never ever forget about you bug," He reassured her, "Now let's go eat, so we're nice and tasty for the bears."
"What?" Logan asked worriedly.
"No!" Mila gasped and whimpered, running to Hanna for comfort.
"Caleb," Hanna growled, doing her best to soothe Mila as they walked inside.
He shot her an apologetic look. It was going to be one long weekend.
The next morning, Hanna felt like her caffeine fix wasn't going to be enough to get her through an hour, let alone the day. Emily and Alison had swung by bright and early, happy as anything and ready for their weekend adventure whilst she blearily broke up a fight between Logan and Mila over who got to hold George's leash and tried not to kill her husband who had packed the car in the most convoluted way possible. She had no idea if they had everything and as they pulled into the campsite Emily had chosen, she could only pray the weekend would live up to everyone's expectations.
"Are we here?" Logan asked excitedly, sitting up in his seat to peer out the window.
"We're here," Hanna turned to grin at him, "You ready to help Daddy set up the tent?"
"I'm really strong Mommy I can do it all," He told her as she reached back to stroke his leg.
"I know you are, but it's really big and I don't want it to fall on you, so we're all going to help."
"Okay," He agreed, itching to jump out as Caleb brought the car to a stop next to Emily and Alison's.
"Guess this is base camp," He murmured, shutting off the engine and opening up the door. "Here?" He asked Emily as she appeared too.
"The perfect distance from the toilets and the lake," She smiled, breathing in the fresh air, "I used to come up here all the time with my Dad. It's perfect."
"Then let's go put up a tent," Caleb agreed, moving to the back door to let Logan out before they headed to the back of the car and started to unpack stuff.
Hanna let them get on with it - they'd packed it a certain way, they could unpack it a certain way – and she certainly wasn't going to fight to get her hands dirty. "Is sissy still sleeping?" She asked Mila, unstrapping her from her car seat and pulling her into her arms.
"Evvy sleep," Mila said, scrambling to be put down. All she saw was a big new space that she wanted to explore, but it was all a little bit intimidating too. She held onto Hanna's jeans as she leant over to check on Everly, taking her hand when she offered it and clinging on tightly as they walked to the back of the car.
"Mommy, we're going to put the tent up for you," Logan said, dragging a bag of... Something towards their pitch.
"Thank you," She smiled at him.
"Tank you," Mila repeated, still clinging onto her fingers.
"Babe," Hanna grabbed Caleb's attention, "I'm gonna take her down to the lake," She nodded at their two-year-old who was looking around at her feet. "I don't want her under your feet."
"Okay," He agreed, walking over to them, "We'll get this set up," He smiled.
"Evvy's still asleep," She told him, "So can you keep an eye on her?"
"Of course," He reached out to pull her chin closer to him so that he could place a kiss on her lips, "Will you tell me if you see any fishies?" He ducked down and kissed Mila too. She grinned and nodded at him, swinging Hanna's hand.
"Let's go," Hanna gasped down at her, before they started to head off in the direction of the big expanse of water at the bottom of the campsite. It was a beautiful park they were in and Hanna tried to take as many pictures as possible as Mila ran through the long grass without a care in the world and squealed with delight when a butterfly appeared near her. This, she thought as her little girl exuded pure glee, was why she agreed to two nights without her usual home comforts.
"Mommy!" She exclaimed when they reached the water, turning back to look at Hanna in anticipation before her head whipped back around and she was already trying to scale the small round rocks that littered the pebbled shoreline.
"Careful," Hanna rushed forward and caught her waist as her foot missed a rock and almost fell, "You're going too fast crazy girl," She said, letting her hold onto both of her hands as they traversed their way down to the water, "Hold up," She laughed as Mila squirmed and tried to go in. She yanked her tiny high top converse off, and then her pink socks, leaving them on the side with her own sandals before she was scooping Mila up to plonk her in the shallows.
"Swimmin!" Mila squealed, splashing her feet up and down as she clung onto Hanna's hands above her, before she tried to venture deeper.
"Not now, baby," Hanna guided her back in, "You can go swimming later with everyone else."
Hanna let her play for a little while longer, until she was convinced that enough time had passed to allow a fully-fledged tent to be in operation by the time they got back. Mila reached for her hand again as they walked back; it warmed Hanna's heart - their little girl was so precocious and adventurous that usually she'd be running off ahead by herself wanting to explore rather than hang back and hold hands with her Mommy.
"Look," Mila pointed ahead as she spotted Emily ahead of them.
"I bet I can beat you," Hanna started to run, slow enough that Mila could run past and ahead of her. "I'm gonna get you," She said, laughing as Mila squealed and glanced over her shoulder at her, trying to run as fast as she could. "I'm gonna catch you!"
"No Mommy," She shrieked, throwing her head back in laughter, as they got closer to their base camp. "Aunty Emmy!" She yelled, running straight for the first person she saw, "Hewp me!"
"I got you," Emily grinned, opening up her arms and scooping her up as Mila finally reached her.
"Okay, you won," Hanna gave in, catching her breath.
"Were you racing Mommy?" Emily asked, bouncing Mila in her arms.
Mila nodded, "Mommy chase-ed me," She grinned, swinging her legs back and forth.
"Mommy's crazy," Emily whispered, just loud enough for Hanna to hear.
"I'm ignoring you," Hanna said, heading over towards Caleb and Alison who were stood outside one of the tents they'd put up, Everly sitting contently in Caleb's arms, "There is nothing hotter than a man with a baby," She announced, sliding her hands around Caleb's waist in greeting, "Especially you," She murmured, tilting her head up and smiling at her husband before placing a tender kiss on his lips, his chin and finally Everly's cheek.
"And you wonder why people call you teenagers," Alison teased her as Logan popped his head out of the tent.
"If you had this face to look at everyday, you wouldn't say no either," Hanna defended herself, rubbing her hand up and down Caleb's arm.
"Mommy, look," Logan called, "We put the tent up."
"I can see," She separated from Caleb and walked over to him. "Can you show me around?" She asked him, running a hand through his hair. He nodded and took her hand, pointing out everything he and Caleb had set up.
"This is for me and Mila," He pointed inside one pod that had a Princess Aurora and a Cars sleeping bag laid out on an air bed, "This one is for you and Daddy," He moved to the one in the middle; it was separate but there was a zip door in between each pod meaning she could reach the kids if they got scared or needed her in the night. "And this one is for Evvy," He showed her the travel cot they'd put up in the pod on the other side.
"It looks so good, bubba," She rubbed his side tenderly and kissed the side of his face. "What do you want to do this afternoon?" She asked, guiding him back out into the sunshine. Caleb had set up a blanket and Everly and Mila were happily playing on there with their toys.
"Can we go on a bear hunt?" The little boy gasped excitedly.
"I'm up for that," Emily added as Alison nodded slightly reluctantly too.
"You wanna go with Aunty Emmy and Aunty Ali?" Hanna asked, "I can stay here with Evvy and we can cook dinner for when you get back," She suggested, taking a seat on one of the chairs next to Ali as she watched him start to play with George. "Plus it means I can ration the s'mores before they get back," She raised her eyebrows. If Caleb was in charge, their evening sugar intake would not have been controlled.
"Yeah," Logan nodded, "Mimi can come cos George will protect her," He said, handing his baby sister one of his trucks.
"Think I can get away with staying here?" Caleb asked from his place on the blanket.
"Was it not your idea?" Alison asked him, a knowing look on her face, "If I'm being dragged through a forest, then you should be too."
"It's going to be fun," Emily interrupted, "And you won't be dragged through a forest. We'll be sticking to the paths."
"Daddy if you're scared George will be there," Logan looked over at Caleb having been listening to the conversation.
"I'm not scared."
Hanna laughed under her breath - Logan knew exactly what he had to say to get Caleb to do what he wanted. "Daddy can't have his masculinity insulted and not prove you wrong," She said.
"I'm not insulted," Caleb tried, kissing Everly's cheek as she tried to bang the toy truck on the ground.
"Daddy bwave," Mila chipped in, ditching her toy to climb on Caleb instead.
"She speaks the truth," Caleb laughed, holding her on his chest as he fell backwards. Mila giggled, wrapping her tiny arms around his neck as he showered her with affection.
"Daddy, will you come?" Logan asked sweetly, abandoning George to join in on the loving.
Caleb reached out and pulled him close, kissing his hairline as he settled on his stomach. "For you Logi, I'll go anywhere."
Later that evening, Caleb felt almost as much relief as Alison as he spotted Hanna in the near distance. True to his word, he'd gone with Logan and Mila on the imaginary bear hunt but it had taken slightly longer than anticipated; who knew both of them would want to inspect every single type of bug or leaf Emily pointed out to them.
It had kind of killed him to leave Hanna and his youngest baby girl in the first place; knowing it had been two hours longer than necessary didn't alleviate any of that feeling. It wasn't often he got to spend time with just the two of them and although he knew he'd probably get more time this weekend, the bear hunt had presented the perfect opportunity much to his chagrin.
"You think Han's got dinner ready?" Alison asked as Mila swung in between her and Emily, clinging onto their hands as they lifted her into the air occasionally.
"I hope so," Caleb said. He could sense Logan and Mila were both in need of some sustenance as they followed George and Bailey who were most definitely panting hard.
"I'm hungry," Logan whined as he carried a giant stick he'd found all the way back to the tents.
"You're gonna have to put your stick down if you want to eat dinner."
"It's for Evvy, Daddy," Logan huffed, "I can't put it down til I give it to her."
"I know it is," Caleb reassured him, "Let's go give it to her now and then Mommy will have dinner ready," He placed a hand on the back of his neck and encouraged him to walk a little quicker over to their base camp.
"Hey," Hanna smiled when she spotted them. She was all bundled up in a chair near the fire with Everly cradled in her arms in her blanket, sucking on her binky. "We were wondering where you all were," She said, shifting Everly to one arm as Mila ran over and tried to climb up onto her. "Did you have a good time?" She asked, helping Mila to settle on her lap as everyone else collapsed in the chairs around the fire.
"How do they have so much energy?" Alison sighed tiredly, "I thought it was never going to end."
"We had fun," Emily grinned, "Lo almost saw a bear," She looked at Hanna knowingly; imagination had definitely taken over.
"Did you really?" Hanna gasped at her little boy.
"Uh huh," He nodded, pure delight in his eyes, "But it ran really quick so nobody saw it. It was big so we couldn't follow it."
"Wow," Hanna smiled at his creativity; his brain could go anywhere and take her with it.
"I was and I got this for Evvy so she didn't miss out," He held up the stick he'd insisted on carrying. "Do you like it, Evvy?" He grinned, leaning his face forward to press a kiss against her face.
"She loves it," Hanna said, "Let's put it over here whilst we have dinner," She indicated next to the seat, encouraging Mila down as she stood with Everly still in her arms. "Come sit at the table," She told both of them, guiding them over to the little plastic table she'd set up with two pint-sized chairs for them.
"Babe, let me take her," Caleb held his arms out for his youngest daughter, cuddling her close when Hanna handed her over. She served up the chilli and rice she'd made, sitting near Logan and Mila and watching over them as they ate their dinner.
"Do they just inhale food?" Alison asked as Mila scrambled down, done with dinner and now far more interested in what was going on near the fire.
"Pretty much," Hanna smiled, grabbing her toddler and attempting to clean her face. "But they're eating pretty late. Was that good?" She asked her, kissing Mila's hair as she nodded and settled on her knee.
"This one's out," Caleb looked down as he stroked Everly's cheek tenderly.
"Go give Evvy a kiss goodnight," Hanna encouraged Logan and Mila, "Daddy's going to put her to bed and then we can have marshmallows," She whispered excitedly, sitting back and watching them run over to say goodnight to their baby sister.
"They're so sweet," Emily held her heart as she heard them whisper 'I love you'. "This is when I start to cry."
"They love their sissy," Hanna said gently, standing up herself to press a kiss against her daughter's head before Caleb disappeared off into the tent with her.
"It's like another world seeing them for the whole day," Alison remarked as Hanna resettled Mila on her knee, "It's tiring."
"It is," Hanna agreed, setting two marshmallows up on the roasting sticks she'd bought, "But seeing them grow and learn and enjoy their day is worth it all," She murmured with a smile on her face, handing one stick to Mila and one to Logan. "Are you ready to roast them?" She asked as Caleb reappeared, pulling his chair closer so that he could keep a protective arm around Logan whilst he heated up his sweet treat.
"Like this, Momma?" Logan asked, sticking his marshmallow straight into the fire.
"Almost," Caleb pulled his hand back slightly so that the sugar didn't just go straight up in flames. "There you go," He said, pulling the marshmallow out as it turned a perfect golden brown. "Open," He encouraged Logan, blowing on the marshmallow before he let him take a bite.
"Mm," Logan shrieked, trying to eat as much of it as he could, jumping up and down on the spot excitedly, "It's so nommy."
"Mila, do you like it?" Emily asked with a grin on her face as Mila chewed on a gooey marshmallow Hanna had roasted.
"Mo!"
"You want more?" Hanna laughed, "Aunty Emmy will make you more," She stood up and led her carefully round the fire to Emily. "Two more max, Em," She said quietly, handing her the bag of marshmallows.
"We're almost on our third," Caleb grinned at his wife, helping Logan chow down on another gooey treat.
"Only two more, seriously babe," She looked at him with concern, "I don't want them hyped up all night."
"Okay," He agreed, squeezing Logan tight as he got the hang of roasting, "Can you make me one?" He whispered in his ear, rubbing his side as the little boy nodded.
"You have this one Daddy," He said, pulling the latest one out of the fire.
"Thank you," Caleb replied, popping it into his mouth. He swallowed and loaded up Logan's roasting stick again, "One more, okay?" He said, knowing Hanna would appreciate it, "We want to be able to have them tomorrow as well."
"Okay," He agreed, focusing all his effort on roasting the perfect final marshmallow. Caleb kept one eye on him and one on Mila who was lounging back against Emily, half asleep as they made Alison do all the hard work. "Han," He muttered, grabbing her attention, "Look at her."
"Mila," Hanna called softly, a growing smile on her face. "Are you sleepy?" She asked her, standing up again to move round to the girls.
"No," The toddler tried defiantly, shaking her head sleepily as she blinked heavily.
"She's a slave driver," Alison remarked, smiling as she handed Emily the marshmallow.
"Come on baby," Hanna leant over the top of her, holding her hair back as she kissed her tired face, "Time to say night night," She encouraged her.
"No," Mila whimpered again, squirming on Emily's lap as she fought gallantly to stay awake.
"Shh," Hanna picked her up, despite her protests, cradling her against her shoulder as she started to cry.
"This is what I can't handle," Alison remarked, looking more than a little helpless as Emily ate the marshmallow she'd cooked.
"She's not that bad," Emily said, reaching up to rub Mila's leg comfortingly as she clung to Hanna.
"She's just over tired," Hanna agreed, rubbing her little girl's back, "And when she's over tired, the worst thing in the world is bed time."
"Mama," Mila whimpered, reaching up to grab onto the one bit of hair she always tugged on for comfort.
"I know, I know," She pouted and kissed her hair, "Can you say night night?"
"Night night," Mila blubbered, lifting her head just long enough to wave at Emily and Alison before Hanna carried her off to the tent to get her into her pyjamas.
"Logi, go give Aunty Emmy and Aunty Ali a kiss goodnight," Caleb encouraged him, stealing one more marshmallow from the bag as Logan did what he was told. He placed a guiding hand on his shoulder and followed him into the tent, helping him into his pyjamas that Hanna had already laid out. "She ok?" He asked Hanna as he handed Logan his ready made up toothbrush to start on his teeth with.
"Yep," Hanna sighed, "But the binks is back," She added. Caleb peered into the pod, unable to fight the grin that graced his face as he took in the pretty picture of Hanna lying on her side, Mila tucked up in her sleeping bag and curled against her chest with her binky in her mouth and her teddy under her arm.
He waited for Logan to finish his teeth before he handed him a bottle of water to rinse his mouth out with. "This," He said quietly, following Logan into the pod and helping him climb into his sleeping bag, "Is why I wanted to go camping," He murmured, lying down himself and cuddling up to both of his kids.
"You're so soppy," Hanna teased him, burying her nose in Mila's hair to take in her scent.
"You wait til I get you alone in that pod," He teased her, reaching his arm across Logan and Mila to squeeze her waist.
"You are so lucky they don't understand what that means," She shook her head at him, reaching towards the top of the inflatable mattress to grab a book. "Shall we make Daddy read, tonight?"
"He does the voices," Logan nodded, "Mila likes it too," He added, opening his arm up as Mila shuffled over and cuddled into his side so that she could see the pages.
Hanna felt her heart explode as she watched them and she couldn't help but lean down to press kisses against both of their foreheads before she reached for Caleb's lips with her own, "You're right," She murmured quietly, capturing his mouth with hers one final time, "This is why we came camping."
He grinned and shook his head at her knowingly, sitting up as he started to read the first page of the book. She watched him unabashedly as Logan and Mila hung onto his every word; their little boy reaching up to tiredly turn the page when he could as their tired two-year-old battled to keep her eyes open to listen to her Daddy.
Gone were the tears, mellowed were the sugar highs, embraced was the familial love.
As he finished up the final page to two little bodies who had already drifted away to the land of nod, she could only think one thing. He was their king who made everything fun, everything okay again, everything magical; the one person who could prove to her that staying in a tent under the moonlight without any of her home comforts was going to be worth every single second away from Rosewood.
He kissed Logan and Mila goodnight before he took her hand and guided her back out to the fire, sitting her on his lap as they cuddled up and started a conversation with Alison and Emily about their activities for the next day. She stopped listening halfway through, stroking his chest and resting her head on his shoulder as he enveloped her mind and body.
She thought back to their first night in a tent. Owls. She'd be his prey and in that moment, she really couldn't wait.
Sooooo I had to split it because it was getting epically long but there will obviously be a part 2 because lets face it, we all want to see Hanna as Caleb's prey in a sleeping bag in a tent.
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