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Caleb immediately went to Spencer's when he didn't see Hanna. Her phone was off so he also knew she wasn't getting his calls, all fifty of them. Caleb knocks on Spencer's door and enters as the door opens.
"Hi Caleb. Hi Spencer. What brings you here? Oh just stopping by." Spencer says in a fake me out masculine voice as she pretended to be him. Caleb laughs before he sighs.
"Sorry Spence. Have you seen Hanna?" Caleb asks as he looks at Spencer.
"No but I know she's with Toby." Caleb's eyes immediately narrow.
"Why? Why is she with him?" Caleb asks. Spencer looks at him and starts laughing.
"Caleb River's jealous over Toby Cavanaugh spending time with Hanna Marin. Is that the face you give her every time she brings up Jordan?" Spencer says laughing and then her laugh dies as she sees the look in his eyes. "Wow. You really don't like him do you. Dude lighten up." Spencer says as she touches his shoulder.
"I can't Spence and that's the problem. He has been with her, more than once, intimately and I can't deal with her being with him over seas. Him touching her, saying slick shit out of his mouth, them having dinner together . . . it's going to drive me insane Spence." Caleb says as he sits on the couch and grasps the longer strands of hair on the top of his head. Spencer looks at him for a long time before she says anything.
"Caleb how could we have ever been in a relationship without telling her?" Spencer says as she looks at him. Caleb moves his hands and looks at Spencer. Spencer was exceptionally attractive but Hanna . . . Hanna was his everything. He didn't feel anyone's beauty surpassed hers. In his eyes she was it.
"I don't know." Caleb said honestly. "I don't think I really cared Spence until I saw her at Parque. Then suddenly it mattered, especially when she left." Caleb says as he leans back. Spencer sits beside him and Caleb immediately put his arm around her shoulders.
"Do you know how lucky we are that they want us?" Spencer says. She knew Toby didn't have to come back to her. He was an exceptionally decent person with gorgeous eyes and a very hot body. The only person she knew more decent, honest and loving then Toby was Jesus. Granted he didn't fully meet up to Jesus. Spencer smirked as she thought of the last love making session they had earlier. The Devil would probably blush at the intensity and passion in their sex.
"Every day. Hanna was engaged and I could have lost her forever. Then of course I would have been the dumb fuck who probably got his money stolen by Miranda Collins." Caleb says. Spencer looks up at Caleb. She had to ask because she had to know.
"Any regrets?" Spencer asks. Caleb looks down at her and moves her hair out of her face.
"With you? Never." Caleb says as he kisses her forehead. Spencer closes her eyes and smiles before she gets up. She didn't have any regrets either. She hated that they hurt Hanna and Toby but no regrets.
"Let me go change and then I'll take you to where I think they could be." Spencer says as she walks into the bedroom and closes the door behind her.
Toby and Hanna talked, ate and laughed. Hanna got a cup of coffee this time instead of another cup of tea. She went to the bathroom a few minutes ago and she was very thankful it was clean. Toby gets up and goes to the jukebox in the corner. Hanna laughs as she hears the beginning of Bennie and the Jets.
"You can't be serious." Hanna says in between her laughs. Toby puts out his hand for Hanna to take.
"Oh I'm very serious Hanna Marin. Your grandma played this song at the graduation party you and the girls threw together so I know you can move." Toby says as he begins dancing goofily to the music.
"Why the hell not." Hanna says as she puts her hand in his and Toby pulls her up. The waitress' and cook laugh as Hanna starts singing obnoxiously while Toby twirls her and laughs as she dances and sings as though she is Elton John. Toby holds his stomach as Hanna keeps bellowing the lyrics; watching her move her hips, drop low to the ground and shimmying her way back up. Toby has never been with Hanna alone but he had to admit she was hilarious. He knew she could be funny but he always saw Hanna as serious. Maybe it was because she called him Tobias usually but watching her and getting to know her he understood why Caleb couldn't let her go. The song ends and with Hanna's round of applause she bows. The beanie never once leaving her head.
"Encore, Encore" The cook screamed as Hanna smiled brilliantly.
"Tobias! You're the DJ. Pick something good." Hanna says. Her blue eyes sparkling. Toby smiles at his name.
"Anything you wish Ms. Marin." Toby says as Hanna winks at him. The next song chosen was Brickhouse and the hysterics began all over again. Yes, Toby knew he would definitely have to hang out with Hanna. He hadn't laughed this hard in a long time.
Spencer and Caleb pulled up at the diner and watched the smiles and laughter going on inside through the window. Hanna was dancing on Toby who was losing it as Hanna used the utensils as a microphone. Caleb watched Hanna dance away from Toby as she threw her head back, still pretending to sing, and brought it forward as she curled her finger giving Toby the come hither look. The waitress' inside were laughing and clapping to the beat as Hanna grabbed Toby's shoulder and shook him before circling him like a cat, twirling as she went around. Caleb watched Hanna kiss Toby's cheek as she danced away from him. Caleb saw that his beanie never left her head as she continued to dance, this time with the waitress'. Toby was hunched over. His shoulders vibrated and it was obvious he was laughing.
"You know. I think I'm happy those two are exceptionally loyal to us because if they weren't. . ." Spencer said not being able to utter the words that her heart hurt to admit. Spencer wiped her cheek quickly before Caleb could see the tear fall.
"They would actually be happy. They look good together." Caleb says tightly; his knuckles turning white due to how tight he was holding his fists. He knew how Spencer was feeling. He felt the same way as soon as he spotted them. He watched them laugh, he watched them dance and nothing compared to the hurt he felt at actually seeing them have so much fun together. Spencer thought Caleb didn't see her tear fall but he did and he understood. Telling Hanna to get over the relationship between him and Spencer was unfair. She has never even looked at Toby the way she looked at him and just seeing them together was too much to handle.
Spencer looked at her ring and looked at Hanna and Toby as he selected another song and the blue eyes dance-a-thon started again. She has never seen Hanna alone with Toby, never, and if Spencer was honest she hoped she wouldn't again. Spencer has never been jealous of any of her friends but when she thought about it the only friend that was alone with Toby was Emily. She wasn't threatened by Emily because, well, Emily didn't like guys. Right now, Spencer was jealous and threatened when she had no reason to be. Hanna would never do anything to hurt Spencer. Yet, Spencer's heart hurt just at the what if's. What if Toby and Hanna were spiteful and they dated? What if they actually fell in love and spent the rest of their lives happily married together? Could she and Caleb actually hold that against them when they started with the consenting adults bullshit. Which is exactly what that reason was, bullshit.
"I think I finally understand how Hanna feels. I get it. What us being together meant and why she wasn't, or rather isn't, over it." Spencer says not being able to look away from the dancing couple. "Oh God!" Spencer thinks to herself at uttering that word. Couple. Caleb grabs Spencer's hand and she holds onto it tightly.
"Look at me Spence." Caleb says softly. Spencer looks at him feeling sadness of thoughts suddenly envelope her. Caleb brushes her cheek with his thumb. "They aren't us and one thing Hanna would never do is hurt you." Caleb says.
"But I hurt her without caring how she would feel and that wasn't fair." Spencer says.
"No Spence, we did. Now I think we have both reached our Toby and Hanna alone tolerance so let's go inside." Caleb says. Spencer smiles as they release hands, get out of the car and walk into the diner.
Hanna got another round of applause as she bows and begins thanking the academy. The bell on the door dings and Hanna sees Spencer and Caleb. Something wasn't right. Hanna could see it in Spencer's eyes.
"DJ Tobias next song. Spencer Jill Hastings . . . let's dance." Hanna says as she grabs Spencer's hands. "Nancy, Maggie, Joe and Grace this doe eyed beauty is one of my best friends and the blue eyed gents fiancé and we would like to show you how well we move." Hanna screams as Nancy, Maggie, Joe and Grace hoot and holler together as the song begins. Hanna starts dancing and moving around Spencer making Spencer laugh as she sang. Suddenly Spencer felt like all the worries she had in the car were pointless as Hanna danced with her and sang to her making her laugh just as much as Toby was laughing. After a while Spencer started singing with Hanna as Toby whistled in between his laughs while the crew in the diner clapped. When the song was over Hanna grabbed Spencer's hand and they bowed. Spencer hugged Hanna tightly as Hanna laughed and hugged her back.
"Love you Hanna Banana." Spencer says. Hanna grabs Spencer's neck as their foreheads touch each other's.
"Love you too Spence." Hanna says as she smiles at Spencer brilliantly.
"Hanna, who is that attractive brown eyed devil." Maggie, who was sixty, said as she looked at Caleb appraisingly. Hanna released Spencer, walked to Caleb and jumped up on him. Caleb's arms rested under her butt as she removed his beanie and put it on his head where it belonged.
"This one Maggie . . . this one is mine." Hanna says. Caleb's smile could only rival Toby's as his lips immediately find Hanna's and he claims her lips as his. Hanna breaks their kiss as she jumps down.
"Blue eyes duo, you two can come back any time. You two are a riot." Joe says as Hanna winks at him.
"You can count on that Joe. See you guys later."
"Bye sweeties." Grace says as Toby, Spencer, Caleb and Hanna leave the diner.
Spencer and Hanna sit in the back while Caleb sits in the front and Toby drives. Toby turns on the music while Hanna's eyes close. Hanna rests her head on Spencer's shoulder while Spencer rests her cheek on top of Hanna's head. Spencer was happy Hanna was nothing like her.
Caleb and Hanna leave leaving Spencer and Toby alone.
"Spence . . ." Toby says as he grabs Spencer's shoulders. He hugs her and Spencer holds onto him tightly.
"I didn't know I would be jealous of seeing you and Hanna together. But when I was watching you guys dance, laugh and have fun I thought of how you and Hanna must have felt. I'm sorry Toby." Spencer says. She couldn't understand why she was so emotional but it was getting annoying. Toby pushes Spencer away from him slightly so he could look at her.
"Spence . . . I love you. Your relationship with Caleb doesn't change how much I love you. But, if I'm honest, it is weird seeing you jealous over me hanging with one of your best friends. I'm with Emily all the time." Toby says amused as he kisses Spencer and takes out the Scrabble board. "Now let's play so I can beat your ass at Scrabble like I did last night." Toby says cockily. Spencer's eye brow rises before her eyes narrow.
"You're on carpenter and don't be a sore loser like you were night before last. It's not a good trait to have Mr. Cavanaugh." Spencer says as she sits on the love seat. Toby smiles as they start a new game.
Hanna entered Caleb's apartment after him. Caleb locks the door while Hanna goes in his bedroom and strips. She felt slightly sweaty so she definitely needed a shower, like now. Hanna walks into the bathroom and closes the door behind her. She stepped under the hot spray and closes her eyes as the water pelts at her body. She wasn't not going to Europe but maybe there could be a compromise. Hanna and Toby were talking about this in the diner. What if Toby came with her? That way Caleb wouldn't have to worry about Jordan. Hanna would take Caleb but she knew better. It wasn't time for Jordan and Caleb to meet. However, Toby is another matter. No one disliked Toby and he would be the biggest cock blocker in the world for Jordan. Then, maybe Spencer and Caleb could come the last weekend Hanna was supposed to leave and they could come back to the states together.
Hanna finished her shower routine, including hair and body washing, before she dried off. Hanna came out of the bathroom enveloped by steam as she walks to Caleb's chest of drawers and takes out a t-shirt. She puts it, and underwear, on before walking out of the bedroom and into the living room. Caleb wasn't in the living room. She rubbed her arms as the cold breeze entered the apartment.
"Babe, I think you're trying to make me catch pneumonia." Hanna says. A shirtless Caleb looks at her and smirks.
"Would that make you stay?" Caleb asks as he enters the apartment closing and locking the sliding door behind me.
"No but I would be extremely miserable and blame the entire experience on you." Hanna says as her hands rest on his ribs.
"Would hate for that to happen." Caleb says as he walks away from Hanna.
"Caleb can we seriously stop with the fighting now? You are trying to position me into the opposite side of an argument that I'm too tired to have." Hanna says resting her hands on her hips.
"Really because you looked to be having fun to me in that diner with Toby." Caleb says. Hanna sighs and shakes her head.
"Speaking of Toby, we came up with a plan. What if Toby came to Europe with me? He told me he could take some of his vacation days he has accumulated from the force. Then you wouldn't have to worry about Jordan. I doubt Jordan would try anything with another guy there." Hanna says looking at Caleb but Caleb didn't know what to say.
"How does Spencer feel about this?" Caleb asks.
"I didn't get a chance to talk to her about it. Maybe I should text her and run it by her. Spence is usually busy and I know she just took on a big case so maybe she won't mind." Hanna says as she texts Spencer and then put her phone down. "Have you eaten?" Hanna asks. Caleb shakes his head before answering her.
"No" Caleb says. Hanna nods.
"Ok, I'll cook you something." Hanna says disappearing into the bedroom and returning with some of her hair in a ponytail before walking into the kitchen. Before, Caleb would have jumped at the opportunity of Toby going with Hanna . . . until tonight.
Spencer looks at her phone and then at Toby.
"Hanna just asked me if you could go to Europe with her." Spencer says as Toby looks at the board in concentration before looking up at Spencer.
"Yea, we talked about it earlier over dinner. If I'm there, Caleb wouldn't have to worry about Jordan trying to have sex with Hanna. Then you and Caleb could come the last weekend we are there and we can return to the states together." Toby says looking back at the Scrabble board before smiling, making a word, writing down his points and then saying he won.
"Why didn't she think about me or the others?" Spencer asks Toby as he puts the Scrabble pieces in the bag and shakes it so a new game could begin.
"She did. Emily and Aria can't come because they are swamped with work and Hanna knew you just took on that big case about the teenager who was arrested for killing her parents so you wouldn't be able to come until probably the end of the trip. So then I told her I could go and take some of those weeks from those three months I have worth of vacation." Toby says. "Babe time to pick and what happened to that ass whooping you promised me after xenophobia." Toby says.
"Are you going to go?" Spencer asks trying to sound as normal as she could.
"Most likely. I just need to clear it with the boss and buy my ticket. Lucky for me and Hanna we could pass for cousins because of our eye color." Toby says. "Babe, I'll be right back I have to urinate." Toby says as Spencer snorts at the word urinate. Toby looks at her and laughs.
"You can be such a kid sometimes." Toby says amused closing the door slightly behind him as he walks into the bathroom. Spencer sits on the couch and closes her eyes. Any time before now Spencer wouldn't have cared about Hanna and Toby but after tonight . . . no. Spencer knew she was being exceptionally unreasonable and she knew she definitely needed to get over it. However, Spencer knew Caleb wasn't going to be happier with Toby alone with Hanna then he would be with Jordan.
Hanna was smiling and humming as she cooked. Caleb watched her in silence. He felt his phone vibrate in his pocket before taking it out.
If his boss clears it. He is going to go with her. How do you feel about that?
-Spencer
Caleb reread the message a few times before replying.
I don't like it. I don't want her alone with anyone other than me. I think I'm going crazy.
-Caleb
Caleb started to smell the glorious aromas of a meal that was about to be complete. His phone vibrates again.
Then we'll be crazy together. Sleep good.
-Spencer
Caleb smirks as he puts his cell on the side table before resuming what he was doing before. Watching Hanna. Hanna puts Caleb's meal by one of the bar stools along with some juice.
"Caleb eat. I'm going to change my nail polish on my toes." Hanna says washing up what she used to cook with before walking into Caleb's bedroom. Caleb hears the music turn on before he begins smelling acetone. Caleb eats in silence thinking about everything he and Hanna talked about before her time alone with Toby. Caleb's eyes close quickly and he opens them just as quickly as his imagination becomes too much.
"What the fuck is wrong with me?" Caleb asks himself before taking another bite of the chicken breast. "Oh yea. Now I remember. I saw my girlfriend have more fun with Toby fucking Cavanaugh then she does with me." Caleb says to himself.
"Is that really what you think?" Hanna says softly. The incredulity radiating in her voice. Caleb sighs and continues to eat. He can't answer her. Not yet anyway.