A/N: Heelloooo! How've we all been in this week long break? I had a fantastic week, with two very busy days getting to do what I love most and it was totally awesome! I know this is a little later than I usually upload but I was super busy today so forgive me for not editing this because if I did that this would be even later! Hope you enjoy, and I'm hoping this Spaleb bollocks will be over this episode yaaaaay!

FYI I've started to post my re-write of 7x01 :)

Caleb lay in bed the next morning waiting for Hanna to wake up. Normally he'd get up and get started on breakfast but he wanted to be there when she woke up. So she wouldn't think he'd left again. He watched her, he couldn't help himself, even though he knew it was insanely creepy. She looked peaceful when she was asleep. He brushed some of the hair off her face, and she stirred under his touch.

"Morning" he smiled at her. She smiled sleepily back.

"Hey. How long have you been awake?"

"Not long" Caleb shrugged.

"Is Mona up yet?"

"I don't know Hanna, I haven't developed X-ray vision" Caleb grinned playfully. Hanna rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. We should get up and help her do…whatever it is she does"

"Honestly Hanna, even I don't think I can help Mona. I think it's best if we just sit back and let her do her thing"

"But I want to help her"

"And you can…you can be her intern. Make her…tea or whatever" Hanna nodded but went quiet. "What is it?"

"I've been thinking about….about work" she started tentatively.

"Look, Han, if you want to go back, don't let me stop you. It won't be like before. But…I still think you should consider Lucas's offer. He's not the only one who believes in you, you know?" Caleb smiled. Hanna narrowed her eyes.

"Well if you stopped interrupting me, I'd be able to tell you my decision" She snapped. Caleb held his hands up in surrender.

"Sorry, just trying to be supportive" Hanna just looked at him. "Shutting up now" he said, making a 'continue' motion.

"Like I was trying to say. I….I don't want to go back to work. I want…I want to take Lucas up on his offer. I don't have much control over anything thanks to A or A D or whoever. But….what Lucas is offering me….it's my chance. My chance to do what I want and to…to take back some control in some area of my life"

"Good for you Han" Caleb hugged her.

"I'm gonna sign the papers this morning"

"Lucas is gonna be so stoked. Hey!" Caleb exclaimed, turning to Hanna, "You can do your business plan while Mona's….Mona-ing. Lucas is gonna need one. I can help you" Caleb said encouragingly.

Hanna thought for a few moments.

"Alright. But I still want to help Mona" Caleb didn't want to outright say that she would be more of a hinderance to Mona than a help so he just smiled.

"I'm sure she'll appreciate it. But try to focus on the business plan okay?" Hanna just nodded and Caleb hugged her again before getting out of bed to get dressed. Once he was ready for the day, he left Hanna to get ready and headed out in to the main living space. Mona was sat at the table, tapping at a computer, the burner phone hooked up to something.

"Morning" Caleb greeted her. Mona nodded in acknowledgement, engrossed in her task. "Hanna's awake you know….and determined to help you"

"I figured. Sorry for not rushing on in there as soon as I heard you talking but…there are some things I don't need to see. Especially this early in the morning" Mona said distractedly.

"Hey. Nothing happened alright? Nothing like…that is going on right now. She knows I love her and I know she loves me but for now…she just needs time to heal" Mona just waved a hand at him, having probably not heard a word he said and he sighed. Whatever. What he'd said had been the truth, whether Mona had heard it or not…believed it or not. Hanna needed him to be there for her and if that meant just holding her while she slept…then he'd do it. He'd do anything. He wasn't going to rush her, he knew she loved him and that was enough for right now. "Be nice when Hanna offers to help okay?" Mona spared him a brief 'duh' look, before returning to her task. "Have you eaten breakfast?" Caleb continued his one sided conversation. Mona nodded and gestured to a half empty coffee cup and an empty banana skin. Caleb just rolled his eyes. Well. I tried. That's the hospitality taken care of. He helped himself to a bowl of cereal and watched Mona work. She was furiously typing, he briefly wondered if he should offer to help but figured he'd just get his head bitten off. Hanna joined the pair not long after.

"Mona, you started without me!" Hanna cried. Mona actually looked up from her screen to make eye contact with Hanna. Caleb rolled his eyes.

"Sorry Han, I was up early and I wanted to get started….what's that?" Mona gestured to the papers in Hanna's hand. Hanna looked down.

"Oh….Lucas's contract. I….I signed it. Just now." Mona beamed.

"That's great Han! Just like you've always dreamed about!" Mona's computer made a beeping noise and she turned back to it.

"Proud of you" Caleb murmured to her, kissing her on the side of the head. Mona made a noise of disapproval. Oh. So she was listening. She just chose to ignore me. Typical. Hanna smiled up at him and he returned it, ignoring Mona right back.

"So. How can I help?" Hanna asked Mona eagerly. Caleb glanced at Mona.

"Honestly Han, I think I got it covered, but if you could keep me supplied with caffeine….that'd be perfect" Mona said gently. Hanna nodded.

"I'll…I'll get started on this business plan thingy then" Hanna stated, "But if you need me to look anything up…addresses or anything…just…I want to help Mona"

"I know you do Han. You'll be my go to girl" Mona smiled at her, and Hanna returned it before settling down at the table with a notebook and pen. This is gonna be a long day. Caleb thought to himself as he sipped a cup of coffee.

"I'VE GOT SOMETHING!" Mona screeched a few hours later, making Caleb jump a foot in the air and Hanna who'd been attempting to do her business plan with help from Caleb, let out a shriek of surprise.

"Mona don't do that, please" Hanna said faintly. Mona looked sheepish.

"Sorry Han, but I've got something. Call whoever you need to call…this is big" Mona said staring avidly at her screen. Hanna looked at Caleb.

"Aria?" Caleb nodded, pulling out his phone. The three sat in tense silence, Mona tapping away at her keyboard, until there was a knock at the door. Hanna tried really hard not to start at it. Caleb jumped up from his seat and rushed to open the door, coming back moments later with Aria in tow.

"Hey guys! Han, you doing okay?" Aria asked her with a smile. Hanna nodded.

"Mona's got something, but she wouldn't tell us what until you got here" Hanna narrowed her eyes at an oblivious Mona.

"Well I got something too" Aria said slowly, grabbing Mona's attention. She looked around at the three of them. "After you called I tried to get hold of Emily and Spencer. Emily didn't answer she has that exam, but Spencer did. She couldn't make it, something about Jenna…. but she did tell me that she saw some cops in The Brew this morning" Hanna stiffened, Caleb and Mona exchanged looks.

"They found the car?" Mona asked. Aria nodded.

"There's also this" Aria held up a newspaper page, an article on Rollins visible. Hanna shuddered and Caleb squeezed her shoulder. "Spencer said the cops are withholding information, which means they think he's still alive and on the run. According to her..they're doing exactly what we want" Aria said, but it didn't relieve the nervous tension that sprung up in the room.

"It's gonna be okay Han" Mona said reassuringly. Hanna didn't look convinced but she didn't argue either. A text alert sounded throughout the room, everyone stiffened, then dug their phones out. Caleb waved his.

"It's me. From Lucas. I told him you signed the papers and he's pretty eager for that business plan…wants it by tomorrow" Caleb told Hanna. Hanna nodded.

"You signed? Congrats Han!" Aria said excitedly. Hanna thanked her and then turned to Mona.

"So. What did you find?" Mona cracked her knuckles and returned her gaze to her screen.

"There's a location besides his car where he used this phone a lot, I'm still trying to pin point it but it's looking promising. It shouldn't take much longer."

"That's it?" Caleb asked, arching an eyebrow.

"No. I figured I'd start with the good news first. There's a lot of potential with that…it could be full of information that we need" Mona defended.

"Okay, so….until then what else did you get?" Aria interrupted her.

"I recovered his deleted texts and I found something…odd." Mona scrolled through the burner phone then turned the screen to show the three of them clustered around the table.

555-0171

Alison didn't kill Charlotte.

They stared.

"So…he knew she didn't kill Charlotte?" Aria said, brows creased in confusion. Mona paused and glanced at Hanna.

"What?"

"Han…I'm not sure you want to hear the next part" Mona said, worried.

"I want to know. Whatever it is…I want to know" Mona glanced at Caleb who nodded, and then continued.

"He sent that the night he took Alison out of Welby…"

"…which means he wasn't taking her somewhere to kill her" Aria finished. Caleb saw Hanna stiffen.

"Han. It doesn't matter. We don't know that for sure, after what he did to her, whether she killed Charlotte or not, I don't think he had good intentions either way. Besides…look at everything else he did. Okay? You don't need to feel guilty about this" Caleb paused then amended what he said, "You don't need to feel even more guilty" Hanna looked down.

"Han…you don't need to feel guilty. He was a….a…" Aria struggled to find words.

"I know, okay. I know. I just…I can't help it. He was alive one minute….living his life…"

"Torturing people….making them think they where crazy…running people down through the woods…."

"Not helping Mona" Caleb snapped.

"I….I killed him and….I shouldn't care but part of me does because he's someone's…someone's son…brother….whatever else. I killed someone." Caleb put a comforting arm around Hanna's shoulders.

"Han. You care because you're a kind and caring person and it's…it's amazing that what he put you through didn't take that away from you" Aria said. Caleb and Mona nodded at her words.

"Sometimes I wish I didn't care" Hanna mumbled.

"But then you wouldn't be you" Caleb murmured, "And I love you, the you that you are" Caleb said. Hanna frowned.

"That made no sense"

"Well it did to me" Caleb replied, chuckling. The pair turned back to Mona and Aria.

"So…who's number is it?" Caleb asked.

"I have no idea. There's no names in the contact list, my best guess? The number belongs to another burner phone" Mona finished grimly.

"Can you trace it?" Aria asked. Mona shook her head. Silence reigned in the apartment for a few moments.

"How the hell did he know Alison didn't kill Charlotte?" Caleb finally broke the silence.

"I've been trying to see if his phone gave me any clues…but so far nothing and it's not looking optimistic" Mona said.

"And if I hadn't killed him…we could have just asked him" Hanna said, shaking her head.

"As if he'd give us a straight answer. Who knows what would have happened in those woods if you hadn't…" Aria trailed off. "Either way there's no point dwelling on it" she finished. Caleb was well aware that Hanna felt guilty that Ali had been handed over to safe her…and knowing for sure she was innocent? That probably wasn't helping with the guilt either. He couldn't believe that after everything…the Dollhouse….the Barn…Hanna had still managed to keep the essence of her. She was still kind, caring….she still had the ability to feel bad for killing someone who'd done terrible things to her. She really is an amazing person. He thought to himself.