Good night lovelies! Sorry that this took me so long but I had to get my thoughts together. I hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think. I love reading your reviews.
Hanna arrived at her mother's house before eight. She was impressed but then again not really considering she stopped to do more shopping. Technically she should have arrived two hours ago. Ashley, hearing a car drive up, opens the door to see her daughter trying to pull out her suitcase.
"Not saying I don't want you here baby, because I do, but how long are you staying?" Ashley asks amused. Hanna smirks.
"Monday morning mom. The store opens at eleven." Hanna says.
"And all of this stuff is necessary because?" Ashley asks. Hanna laughs.
"Because I am indecisive and I'm not sure what I'll be wearing so I chose many different ensembles with matching shoes; so hopefully I want to wear at least one of my options."
"Hanna you are going to a Christmas dinner not a concert. Who are you trying to impress?" Ashley asks entertained. Hanna looks at her mother incredulously.
"Mom. Sometimes I wonder if you know me at all! I made fashion statements in high school. Do you really think, as an adult, I am any different?" Hanna says and asks. Ashley smiles as she moves Hanna's hair out of her face.
"No but you will always be my baby girl." Ashley says as she kisses Hanna's cheek and continues helping her daughter with her luggage, shopping bags and the plenty of gifts that filled the entire back seat of her daughter's car.
Hanna walked into her old bedroom and sat on her bed. Ashley didn't change anything. Granted the drawers and closet were empty but everything on Hanna's vanity, chest and side tables remained the same. Including the pictures of Hanna and Caleb. Hanna smiles as she picks up a frame.
"We were so young." Hanna says to herself as she touches the picture with her fingertips.
"Hanna . . . dinner is ready." Ashley yells upstairs. Hanna looks around her room and smiles before she goes downstairs for dinner.
Dinner finished but before Hanna could enjoy her wine with Ashley on the veranda the doorbell rings.
"Are you expecting someone mom?" Hanna asks.
"Yes and no." Ashley says as she walks to the door. Hanna brings her knees to her chest and sips her wine.
"No fucking way." Hanna says. She knew the voice she was hearing.
"Hello Han." Hanna rolls her eyes as she turns to look at her father.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" Hanna asks rudely. He may have helped create her but Hanna was not a fan of her father not after refusing to help her pay for school but paid Kate's entire tuition.
"I'm here on a business trip and your mother invited me over for dinner but since I couldn't make it for dinner we decided on a night cap." Tom says as he looks at Ashley. Hanna rolls her eyes at the silent communication between her parents.
"How's your wife Isabelle and daughter... oops, correction, step daughter." Hanna says as she drinks her wine.
"Hanna, I won't let you disrespect your father in my house." Ashley says as she narrows her eyes at Hanna. Hanna laughs. If Ashley thought Hanna was being disrespectful to her house she had no idea what Tom Marin was capable of.
"So when he was screwing Isabelle in your house, while you were out of town, it didn't matter that he disrespected it. But now, since your daughter is reminding your ex-husband that he is married to the witch, it does?" Hanna says as she stands. She never told anyone that she actually caught her dad. She came home and heard them. When she peaked out of her bedroom she saw Isabelle leave. That wasn't the only time.
"That's enough young lady." Tom says as Hanna glares at him and laughs.
"It's nowhere near enough dad. I think its best that I leave for a few hours. Dad, mom I'll be back later. Have a goodnight." Hanna says as she walks past Ashley and Tom. Hanna hears her mother calling after her but she decides not to answer. Hanna slips on her coat and zips her suede wedge boots before she walks out the front door slamming it closed behind her.
Hanna starts walking, something she hasn't done in Rosewood since she left high school so long ago. Hanna watched couples walk up and down the street going into bars or walking home. Hanna walked to the Brew but changed directions. Hanna decided against getting coffee. She wasn't in the mood for it. Hanna passes the bell tower on the church and thinks of Ted. The man her mother should be drinking with, not Tom Marin. Hanna never asked her mother what happened there but Hanna felt that Ashley believed she didn't deserve someone like Ted. That made Hanna sad since Hanna knew Ashley deserved everything good in the world.
Hanna walks to the park and sits on the swing. Hanna smiles as her mind goes to Caleb.
Caleb looks at Hanna and for a minute he didn't believe what he was seeing. No, he knew that dimpled smile anywhere. That dimpled smile only belonged to Hanna Marin.
"What are you thinking about?" Caleb asks Hanna as Hanna looks at him startled.
"You're real right? My mind isn't playing tricks on me?" Hanna asks as Caleb laughs and walks closer. He thought the same thing so he couldn't blame her for double checking.
"I'm real Han." Caleb says as he sits on the swing beside her.
"You would have to be. Dream you never looked like he's been sucker punched in the gut." Hanna says as she looks at him and holds on to the chains of the swing. Caleb smirks at her.
"Yea, well today has been one hell of day for me." Caleb says.
"Can I help?" Hanna asks as Caleb looks at the ground and shakes his head. "Tell me what happened Caleb." Hanna says as Caleb stands. Caleb sticks out his hand for Hanna to take.
"I'll tell you just not here. Do you want me to walk you home?" Caleb says and asks. Hanna takes Caleb's hand and stands.
"No way in hell. Tom Marin is there so I'll pass." Hanna says. Caleb laughs.
"Tom Marin. Is he still an asshole?" Caleb asks remembering when he needed Tom's help to protect Ashley and Hanna when Ashley was arrested for "killing" Wilden. Tom basically refused.
"The greatest one I know." Hanna says as she interlocks their fingers. Caleb laughs again as he runs his fingers through his hair.
"My apartment it is then." Caleb says as they walk in that direction.
Miranda returned to her and Caleb's apartment and realized that everything representing Caleb was gone except for the pictures they had framed, of them, in the living room.
"He moves fast." Miranda says as she picks up the key slipped under the door frame before Miranda plops down on the couch. Miranda looks around.
"This place feels empty now." Miranda says as she looks around. The phone in the apartment rings but Miranda didn't feel like picking up the cordless. The answering machine comes on and she hears her and Caleb's voice.
"Great, more reminders." Miranda says as she doesn't bother to listen to the message but instead gets up and begins packing her suitcase. This would have been the perfect time to stop by Hanna's boutique but Hanna wasn't there. She actually did a drive by and saw that the store was dark with a cute sign in the window letting customers know that the store will be open on Monday.
Miranda's cell phone rings this time and she rolls her eyes before she answers.
"What's the assignment boss?" He laughs.
"You don't need to know the assignment until we get back Miranda. I'll pick you up in an hour." He says.
"Fine" Miranda says.
"Miranda, if I didn't know any better I would say that after all this time you actually developed feelings for Caleb Rivers." He says amused.
"Not at all boss just ready to get my promotion and go back to California." Miranda says. She could hear that she wasn't convincing herself let alone him.
"I'll be there in an hour Miranda." He says as he ends the call.
He looks at the boutique Miranda was talking about earlier and the apartment above it. To get back at Caleb Rivers you need to hit him where it hurts. Caleb helped the government take his money by informing the government about his suppliers in Allentown. So, he would take something from Caleb. He didn't care who Caleb fucked. Miranda was an easy lay but even though he was having sex with her he didn't give a damn about her. What he cared about were those millions he lost because of Caleb's "assistance" to clear his name. Taking his money . . . to him, that was unforgiveable.
Miranda may not know this but he was fully aware who Caleb really loved and who Caleb would do anything to protect. He will have Miranda go through the friend's, excluding Spencer, by cozying up to Jason DiLaurentis. He would go through Hanna by playing with her heart.
"How well do you know her Darren?" He asked. Darren Wilden smiles.
"Well enough boss. Keep in mind that Hanna Marin is not what she seems. She has many resources and many friends. She is not naïve and she's fierce when she needs to protect those she loves. I have the scar to prove it." Wilden says. Rubbing the puncture scar he has thanks to Hanna Marin.
"Then let the games begins." He says as they drive off.
Hanna takes off her boots before she sits on the bar stool in Caleb's apartment.
"So it was all a lie?" Hanna asks.
"In regard to me yes. In regard to you, I don't know." Caleb says as he drinks some more of his beer.
"I'm so sorry Caleb." Hanna says. Caleb looks at her and smiles softly.
"Don't be Hanna. If I truly loved her I wouldn't have slept with you. I'm just pissed at myself for not being careful. I should have known better." Caleb says.
"What do you mean?" Hanna asks. Caleb finishes his beer before he gets up and puts it in his recycle bin. Hanna turns on the stool to face Caleb in the kitchen. Caleb's eyes look into Hanna's.
"I dated her to get over you and it worked until I saw you that night at the club. After that night you were all I could think about. If I'm honest you were always all I could think about." Caleb says. Hanna's eyes search Caleb's.
"Why did you leave me?" Hanna asks as she feels moisture come to her eyes. "Do you know how far we could have come if you would have stayed with me. We could be married by now Caleb, having our own family, living our happily ever after but you left me. How could I ever trust that you wouldn't leave me again?" Hanna says as she wipes away the few tears that fell. Caleb turns Hanna's stool and stands in front of her. He holds her face his fingers resting on her pulse as his thumb moves the tears Hanna couldn't reach off her cheeks.
"I felt trapped in your world and when I feel trapped I run. It wasn't fair to either of us but that's what I did. When we were in Rosewood it was us against the world but when we moved to New York we became separate. We weren't a unit anymore. All I wanted Han was time alone with you; to just be with you." Caleb says as his hands move from Hanna's neck to her shoulders.
"Do you regret leaving?" Hanna was always curious about that. She wished he hadn't left but at the same time who she is now is because he left her. She didn't realize, truly, how strong she was without Caleb if it wasn't for that year.
"Yes and no. I regret leaving you but what if I stayed and our relationship took a turn for the worse? We had to grow separately before we could grow together Hanna. Look at all you were able to accomplish without me." Caleb says as his hands move down her arms.
"Will you ever leave me again?" Hanna asks as Caleb grasps her neck.
"Never." Caleb says.
"What do you want Caleb?" Hanna asks as she looks into his eyes.
"For you to have faith in us again so we can finally have our happy ever after." Caleb says. Hanna didn't know what decision to make. Was she his rebound? Did he truly love her? Was he still hurting over Miranda? All question's left Hanna's mind as Caleb's lips pressed against hers.
Hanna breathed him in and held his neck as Caleb's arms hugged Hanna's body. Hanna's legs wrapped around Caleb's waist as he straightened himself and walked to his bed never letting Hanna drop or separating their bodies from each other. Hanna's phone vibrates between them. Hanna moves her lips from Caleb's, turning her face and moving her hand between them to get her phone. Hanna's lip goes between her teeth as her finger tips touch her phone. Hanna moans and arches into Caleb as his hand goes between her legs under her pants. Hanna's phone vibrates again but whoever was calling was easily forgotten as Caleb's fingers worked their magic. Caleb's lips find Hanna's again before they both hear a knock on the door. Caleb looks into Hanna's eyes.
"They'll go away." Caleb says but before he could kiss Hanna again another knock on the door sounded.
"Phone calls and knocks aren't coincidences Caleb. You're wanted." Hanna says but Caleb has no intention of letting her leave.
"They can wait. This, between us, isn't going anywhere and you haven't given me an answer yet princess." Caleb says. Hanna smirks as her eyes narrowed.
"I hated when you called me that. You called me princess because you thought I was the entitled rich girl not because you knew me." Hanna says as she kisses him again.
"I knew you hated it but that was before I knew you. Once I knew you I knew better." Another knock on the door but Caleb still refuses to move. "Han, what do you want?" Caleb asks.
Hanna's hands move from Caleb's shoulders down his chest. One of Hanna's hands rest over Caleb's heart. Hanna doesn't look at Caleb as she goes over everything in her head.
"Am I your rebound Caleb?"
"Someone you are in love with can never be your rebound." Caleb says as Hanna looks up at him and smiles.
"I want to say yes but ask me again tomorrow. If you still want to be with me tomorrow I'm yours. Tomorrow will give you some more time to really think about this." Hanna says as Caleb kisses her lips again.
"I'm not going to change my mind Hanna." Caleb says. Hanna grabs Caleb's face.
"Humor me Caleb. Now move so you can answer your door." Hanna says giving Caleb a dimpled smile.
"I rather be inside you making you moan my name and telling me yes over and over again then answer that door." Caleb says as Hanna's smile drops at the promise.
"That was hot and God the thought of the promise alone makes me horny but I'm not going back on my stupid request." Hanna says as Caleb laughs, kisses Hanna and moves off of her. Hanna doesn't move she just continues to lay there as Caleb opens the door.
"Caleb we need to talk." Hanna's eyes open at the voice. "What the, Hanna? What are you doing here?" Miranda asks. Hanna sits up.
"I came here to escape my house." Hanna says. Miranda looks at her finally connecting dots that she never would have expected. She was pissed at her stupidity. It was nothing Hanna did that gave away her being intimate with Caleb. It was Caleb. He changed the moment he saw Hanna at her boutique. That's when he started paying attention. Miranda felt like an idiot and all that did was fuel her anger as she lashed out at Caleb.
"You son of a bitch! She's your ex-girlfriend. All this time you've been hiding the fact that you dated Hanna. You even lied to me telling me her type so I would never see a connection between you two." Miranda says as her fists hit Caleb's chest. Caleb looks at Miranda while Hanna looks at Caleb.
"My type?" Hanna asks as she stands. Miranda walks forward.
"He told me you went for the jocks." Miranda says as she walks away from Caleb and right to Hanna. "You are such a fucking bitch! You never said you dated Caleb. You made me believe . . ."
"I made you believe that you had nothing to worry about because you didn't. I told you that he never proposed to any of his other girlfriend's which was accurate. So how did I make you believe anything that wasn't true?" Hanna says. Miranda looks at Hanna for a minute. For once they were the same height which made it easier to look into Hanna's eyes.
"You never said anything." Miranda says.
"Why would I sabotage your relationship by making you feel I was a threat to your relationship when I wasn't." Hanna says. Miranda didn't have anything to say to that. Hanna was being a friend by not making her feel threatened. However, now, Miranda felt threatened and jealous. Miranda's eyes narrowed as she looked at Hanna.
"I need to talk to my fiancé alone." Miranda says. Hanna nods and walks around her.
"As you wish Miranda." Hanna says as she puts on her boots.
"Hanna you need to stay." Caleb says as he grabs Hanna's arm. Hanna looks at him.
"Your fiancé wants to talk to you Caleb. I'm going home. I'll see you around." Hanna says as she moves her arm from Caleb's grasp, puts on her coat and walks out. Caleb slams the door behind her as he glares at Miranda.
"What was that shit?" Caleb says as he glares at Miranda. "You left earlier and made it clear that you were tired of faking our relationship and then you pretend we are still engaged?" Caleb says angrily.
"We are still engaged Caleb. As long as I'm wearing this you are mine and I am yours." Miranda says. There was no way she was going to let Hanna have him. Miranda liked Hanna but now . . . no, she wanted Caleb more than she ever has before.
Caleb looks at Miranda utterly flabbergasted. With her bullshit Miranda pretty much ran Hanna out of there and now . . . now she was acting like he broke their engagement. Caleb says to himself as he looks at her. Hanna was giving Caleb a day but Caleb knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he didn't want Miranda. He wanted and has always wanted Hanna. Caleb walks to the door and opens it.
"No Miranda. Whatever the fuck was between us was over earlier today. Now I need you to leave and never contact me or come near me again." Caleb says as Miranda walks towards him.
"Baby I was just protecting myself earlier. We can work this out. I love you." Miranda says even finding tears deep in her eye ducts. Caleb looks at her and watches the tears leave her eyes.
"Each time I broke up with Hanna she would cry. The one thing I know and have experienced Miranda is true emotion. Hanna's love for me was in her eyes. All I see in your eyes is the loss of control over me. Now please get the fuck out and leave me alone." Caleb says as Miranda wipes her face.
"This isn't over Caleb." Miranda says.
"You sure about that sweetie since I'm pretty sure we left you a key earlier today." Spencer says as she and Toby enter Caleb's apartment. Caleb and Toby make a fist between them and pat each other on the back as they hug. Spencer just crosses her arms in front of her chest and glares at Miranda.
"Stay out of our business Spencer." Miranda says hatefully.
"There is no more our between you two. That ended earlier. Now I think you should leave before Officer Cavanaugh escorts you out." Spencer says as Toby looks at Miranda. Miranda glares at Toby and slams the door closed behind her. Miranda knew this wasn't over and if she had to play on Hanna's emotions until she got Caleb back she would. She wasn't losing Caleb to anyone. She didn't realize until she was in that apartment alone that she loved him and she sure as hell wasn't going to back down to any challenge. One thing that Miranda knew and firmly believed was that if she couldn't have Caleb no one could no matter who they were.
Miranda gets in the limo as she looks at her boss.
"Did you know?" Miranda asks. He smiles at her.
"That Hanna Marin was Caleb's ex-girlfriend? Of course I did Miranda. I was just seeing how long it would take you to learn that information. I also saw that Caleb wasn't forthcoming about her to you." He says as his smile gets bigger.
"How did you find out?" Miranda asks him.
"I have insider knowledge so to speak." He says as he laughs and the limo drives off. Wilden looks in the rearview mirror at the petite girl who demanded to come to Rosewood. The boss was happy to oblige her but like Miranda Wilden was curious about his boss's information. The information his boss knew about Hanna Marin would only be known if he was intimate with her. Wilden figured it out. His boss knew Hanna intimately which pissed Darren off. If anyone deserved to know Hanna in every capacity it was him. He may have enjoyed sex with Ashley but it was Hanna's defiance that left Wilden with a hard on. Wilden drives out of Rosewood and spots Hanna walking. Emily Field's meets Hanna and they interlock arms as they walk in the direction of Alison DiLaurentis's house. Hanna was even more beautiful than she was before and Wilden couldn't wait to take what he felt he deserved.
"Dude we hope you have a key for this." Toby asks as he brings up Caleb's last box with the small metal briefcase on top. Caleb takes the necklace off his neck and unlocks the box with the key on his necklace. The box opens and Toby and Spencer look at each other.
Other than the picture of Caleb and Hanna there was money in that box. Lots of it as well as USB drives, fake id's and a gun.
"Are you in some other form of business that we weren't aware of Caleb?" Spencer asks as she looks in the box.
"No, the gun is the same one I took with me when we were trying to catch Paige as A. The money is the first honest money I received when I started my hacking business. The drives contain the information I gave to the government to clear my name as well as some other things to, not only protect my company, but, the other business' I help if my system was ever truly corrupted."
"Preventive measures." Spencer says as Caleb smirks at her.
"Precisely. Thanks for helping me with this." Caleb says as he looks at the boxes, suitcase and pictures they brought to him.
"Anytime man. Are we expecting you for dinner tomorrow night" Toby asks.
"I'll be there" Caleb says as Toby walks to the door waiting on Spencer. "Spence" Spencer looks at Caleb as she hears her name. "Thanks for having my back." Caleb says as Spencer smiles.
"Always. Next time pick someone I like." Spencer says as Caleb smiles at her and the door closes behind them.
"Ready to take me home Mr. Cavanaugh." Toby smiles as his arms hug Spencer's waist.
"And make love to you in the master bedroom I built for us? Absolutely the future Mrs. Cavanaugh." Toby says as he kisses Spencer again. Spencer bites her bottom lip and looks into Toby's eyes.
"Then let's go pretty eyes." Spencer says as Toby smiles before kissing her again.
"As you wish Spence." Toby says as he grabs her hand and walks down the stairs. The only thought in Toby's mind at this moment was taking Spence home so she could see the house he built for them.