Hello Lovelies. I know another chapter so soon but don't get used to this. :) I hope you enjoy reading.
Ashley left after helping Hanna hang up all of her clothes. Ashley was not amused with that task and after helping Hanna with the last few garments she left before her daughter could ask her to do anything else. Ashley would be back over the weekend to help with final touches but right now Ashley went home to soak in her tub with her bath salts. Hanna still smirks to herself at giving her mom extra tasks. She knew that would push her to leave. Hanna also knew she had to make up with her friends before this weekend or her mom would start her questions all over again.
Lucas helped Hanna rearrange her living room and dining room for what could be the tenth time since he came back with food and wine. Hanna's bedroom furniture was already set upstairs she just needed to decorate and no one can decorate Hanna's space but Hanna.
"Okay Lucas . . . it's perfect" Hanna says as her hands rest on her hips. Lucas looks at Hanna and shakes his head.
"You said that ten minutes ago Han, are you sure because once I sit down I'm not getting up again." Hanna smirks as she looks at him.
"Positive Lu. I'm done. Do you want me to warm up dinner?" Hanna asks as she walks barefoot into her "kitchen."
"You mean the dinner that we should have eaten before we moved all of your furniture in their designated places? That would be nice Hanna." Lucas says. Hanna calls Lucas a smart ass under her breath as she puts their food in the microwave. Lucas was just thankful Hanna didn't have carpeted floors.
All in all Hanna's loft was a good amount of space. When she redesigned it they made sure they put a walk in closet upstairs. The original design just had the open space but no closet. Hanna Marin needed a closet. Hanna extended the bathroom putting a claw foot tub in the new space. The bathroom already had a shower which Hanna didn't like so she changed the tile, put in a bench, and redid the sliding doors and now she was in love. Downstairs, since upstairs only consisted of her bedroom set, magazine reading nook and closet, was a huge open space that she herself divided into sections based on furniture placings. So she had a dining room set which the distressed white buffet cabinet separated from the living room. Frankly the black and white themed kitchen and dining room, which was well lit, Hanna loved. Hanna's cobblestone faux leather loveseat solidified the dining room separation from the living room.
Hanna passes Lucas his food. Lucas sits on the matching sofa while Hanna sits on the matching chair and begins eating. Hanna looks around the loft mentally placing each picture, landscape portraits, designer plaques, candles, mirrors and clocks in their new spots. Hanna needed new lamps for her side tables in her bedroom and down here. She also needed more bright pillows and a chair for her small office by the window. Bar stools were being delivered tomorrow. Hanna also needed a few jacket stands. There was no true closet down here. There was a linen closet definitely. She needed somewhere to put comforters and towels and sheets. Other than that the only "closet" left wasn't a closet at all. It was the living space for her washer and dryer. Matter of fact those two things were also being delivered tomorrow. Now that Lucas was here Hanna could get the things for her apartment while Lucas got the first set of shipments for the boutique.
Lucas just watched Hanna and smirked as he ate. She had no idea he was just talking to her but he knew that look. Hanna was decorating and styling in her head. Her eyes have moved from wall to wall as she ate for the last twelve minutes.
"Han" Lucas says. Hanna's eyes suddenly regain focus and she smiles.
"What?" Hanna asks.
"Were you mentally decorating again?" Lucas asks amused. Hanna laughs getting up to get two glasses of wine.
"Totally guilty." Hanna says as she gets the wine glasses from the boxes. Hanna washes them.
"Did you finish decorating?" Lucas asks as he gets up and throws away his trash.
"You already know the answer to that Lucas. You wouldn't have been able to break my concentration if I hadn't." Hanna says handing Lucas his wine glass. They walk back into the living room, resuming their original seats. Since Hanna was done mentally decorating they could finally talk.
Question after question Hanna asked about Lucas and his girlfriend, Olivia. Question after question Lucas answered. Hanna now understood how their relationship worked. She was a freelance photographer so like Lucas she was always traveling. A little talk occurred about the boutique and Hanna finally looked at the website which she loved. Lucas really knew what she liked. Topics went back to relationships and Hanna dodged questions about her and brought up Olivia again.
"So when do I meet her and when are you going to propose." Hanna asks as she continues sipping her wine and crosses her legs.
"You're meeting her tomorrow and I don't know when." Lucas says as he looks out Hanna's window which basically was the entire wall.
"Bullshit, the way you talk about her tells me you plan to propose very soon." Hanna says as she narrows her eyes and smirks. Lucas smiles at her and then laughs.
"I'll propose after you meet her and tell me what you think." Lucas says as he and Hanna clink glasses.
"Deal and I am so helping you pick the ring." Hanna says as Lucas laughs. One thing about Lucas. He knows his friend very well.
"Don't think I haven't noticed that you keep changing the subject from you to me Han. What's going on and I know it has nothing to do with Travis?" Lucas says as Hanna sighs. Hanna looks at her phone. Lucas is right. It has nothing to do with Travis. She didn't even have the picture they took together when he proposed as a screen saver. Literally after Travis broke the engagement Hanna checked out from her life with him. Sometimes she wished she could do the same with Caleb but no matter how hard she tried he was still there. Wow it's eleven already?
"I saw Caleb last night, found out he dated Spencer the same night then I saw him again today . . . and we kissed." Hanna says trying to hide her face behind the wine glass. Lucas's jaw dropped. He hadn't heard Hanna mention Caleb in years. Lucas didn't know what shocked him more Hanna seeing Caleb or Caleb and Spencer dating. All he knew is that, that little admission explained a lot. Starting with why the girls weren't here and why Hanna looked sad.
"Han . . . just because he dated Spencer doesn't mean his attraction to you was or is any less. It also doesn't mean he always had a thing for Spencer. What he finds attractive in Spencer is not what he finds attractive in you." Lucas says as Hanna just looks at him.
"The problem is I can't be sure about that anymore Lucas. It's like feeling like hefty Hanna all over again. He was in a relationship with her and no one told me." Hanna says. If Hanna had to be honest that's what was affecting her the most right now. It's that nobody told her. Spencer should have told her about them dating earlier. Keeping it a secret made it come across as sneaky.
"Han, Caleb was with you for five years. How long was he in a relationship with Spencer?" Lucas asks putting his empty wine glass on the glass table. Lucas knew it was Hanna's insecurities that was making the Caleb and Spencer thing a bigger deal then it was. Hanna was gorgeous but she never truly saw or sees what everybody else did. If she did she wouldn't be as upset as she was.
"I don't know" Hanna says honestly. She really doesn't know. She hasn't talked to Spence to truly know how long, why she never told her and how she felt dating him. She also never asked Caleb. Maybe she should have asked that question before they nearly had sex on her kitchen island. Hanna knew what those kisses meant. It was Caleb's jealous kiss. Every time Caleb kissed Hanna like that he continued marking his territory with the best toe curling sex imaginable.
"Was he with Spencer last night?" Lucas asks knowing Caleb wasn't. Hanna and Caleb had a draw like magnets. When Hanna was around no other girl mattered. That is also why Lucas never understood how he could have left her. Caleb lived with Lucas in high school. If anyone knew how much Caleb loved Hanna it was Lucas. However they grew up and their friendship died once Caleb moved out senior year.
"I don't know." Hanna said. Lucas just looked at her.
"That's stupid Hanna. You know he wasn't with her. If he was he wouldn't have been making out with you the next day." Lucas says as he looks at Hanna. Hanna rests her chin in her hand as she looks at Lucas.
"I still love him Lu." Hanna says. Lucas got up and kissed the top of Hanna's head.
"And I would have called bullshit if you said you didn't. I'll see you tomorrow." Lucas says.
"Tomorrow Lu. First shipment is supposed to come by 10." Hanna says as Lucas walks into the kitchen to place the wine glass in the sink before he grabs his jacket off the counter and walks to the lift. Lucas lifts the doors, enters and closes them after him. Lucas presses the down button gets off, walks out what is considered the front door and locks it behind him. Lucas designed the security system for the house so he heard the automatic locks activate once the door closed behind him. Lucas looks back at Hanna's loft and sees Hanna in her window. She raises her wine glass while Lucas raises his hand and walks to his car. He needed to get back to Olivia. One thing he loved about her is that she was secure in her position beside him the way Hanna used to be with Caleb. Hanna has lost her security and hopefully she gets it back soon.
Hanna watched Lucas drive off before she turned off the main lights and stripped. She finishes her wine and takes a shower. It's been a long day and what she really needed to do was relax.
After Hanna's shower she combed out her hair and put on her pink silk pajamas. There is nothing like wearing silk on your clean body. Hanna pours herself another glass of wine before the buzzer goes off. Hanna looks at the monitor in the kitchen that shows who is at the "front door". Luckily the door leading up to the loft was literally by the front door of the boutique. Hanna contemplates for a while before buzzing her in. Hanna watches her enter both doors before she presses the button to lock the door. She came with a bag so Hanna knew she was staying. The elevator arrives and the lift opens.
"Hey" Hanna rolls her eyes.
"Spence let's just get this out of the way. How long were you with Caleb?" Hanna asks as she sips her wine.
"Two months" Spencer says as she takes off her coat and puts it on the counter. Hanna had to admit that Spencer looked horrible. She almost looked how she did when she used to take those drugs to stay awake in high school. Hanna knew Spencer would never go down that road again. She almost did in college but it happened to be a weekend Hanna was visiting. Hanna recognized the signs from the time Spencer lost it on Hanna in high school. Hanna decided she wasn't going to let Spencer fuck up her life so she changed the pills giving her a sleeping pill instead. Spencer was pissed but Hanna didn't care. Once Spencer passed her exam that day, being the highest scorer in the class, Hanna made Spencer promise she would never take those pills again. Hanna knows Spencer's word means everything to her.
"Why did you guys break up?" Hanna asks sitting on the couch. Spencer sits beside her having poured herself a glass of wine.
"I guess it got out of our systems. In Spain our connection was strong and feelings started to develop but I would never initiate contact Han. I would never do that to you. A year after you guys broke up he was in D.C working with a company to keep their system un-hackable. I needed his help on one of my cases and we had dinner in my office. Han it just happened." Spencer says as she looks at Hanna. Hanna waits a while before saying anything. She finished her glass and put the empty glass on the table.
"But after that initial time it happened again." Hanna says, already knowing the answer.
"Yes, the next day so we decided to give a relationship a shot. I told him that I was thinking about moving here and he told me I should. That's when I realized we weren't going anywhere but where we were." Spencer says as she downed her glass.
"What do you mean?" Hanna asks as Spencer gets up and takes Hanna's glass with her. She pours them another glass. What is this my fourth glass, Hanna says to herself as Spencer hands her, her glass.
"I mean he didn't want to come with me and if I'm honest I can even say I didn't really want him to. Our little relationship ran its course. If it would have gone past that Caleb and I would have been bored. We both knew that. We did meet up maybe a month after that. We flirted I even went in for a kiss but he wasn't interested. My feelings were a little hurt but I got over it. With how quickly I got over it I realized I wasn't truly invested." Spencer says. Hanna can't really find words that would express how she was feeling. She knew it wasn't a long relationship so her anger was dissipating. Hanna puts her wine glass down beside Spencer's empty one.
"Why didn't you tell me Spencer?" Hanna asks.
"Because I didn't want to lose you too Han. I wasn't with Toby anymore and I didn't want to lose you due to Caleb and I being curious. I wanted to tell you so many times but I kept chickening out. Please tell me I haven't lost you." Spencer says as she looks at Hanna. Hanna looks at Spencer and grabs her hand.
"I've told you this before Spence. You'll never lose me. Just don't keep something big like that away from me again or it will be a lot longer than a day I don't talk to you," Hanna says. Spencer hugs Hanna tightly as Hanna hugs her back.
"I won't Hanna not after last night no more chickening out." Spencer says. Hanna smirks as she releases Spencer.
"I didn't take you for a chicken Spence." Hanna says as she gets up.
"You'll be surprised Han. I am sorry for not telling you." Spencer says. Hanna hugs Spencer's waist as they walk towards the stairs.
"It's ok Spence . . . really. By the way I'm guessing you're spending the night." Hanna asks.
"What gave it away Hanna? Was it me following you upstairs or the fact that I came over here in pajamas?" Spencer asks. Hanna looks at Spencer as they reach her bedroom.
"Spencer Hastings drove over here in pajamas. I feel honored Spence." Hanna says. Spencer flicks her off as they begin to blow up the air mattress. Hanna gives Spencer two pillows and a sheet and comforter. Hanna grabs a comforter for herself as well. Hanna finds the remote that controls the lights in the loft and shuts them off. Shit! Hanna remembered she needed to ask Spencer for Caleb's number.
"Spence" Hanna says.
"Hmm" Spencer says half asleep.
"I'm going to need Caleb's number. He left his hat at the New York apartment." Hanna says.
"'k. I'll give it to you in the morning." Spencer says as she turns over. Hanna closes her eyes, puts Caleb on the back burner and thinks about all the work she has to spend the rest of the week and weekend completing. To run my own business is worth it, Hanna says to herself as she falls asleep with a smile on her face.