A/N: Okay, so I'm not sure if you'll like this and what I'm doing with Caleb and stuff, I'm kind of setting up an ending or the prologue of this or whatever, it's deviating from the show a bit and I'm hoping you won't mind!

The trio arrived back at the apartment after a car ride full of Caleb and Mona devising a game plan for how to tackle the photos. As soon as they walked through the door, they headed over to the table. Accessing Spencer's air stream, Caleb immediately set about blowing up the pictures and printing them out so that they could see them better. While he was occupied doing that, Mona brewed a large pot of coffee, figuring they where going to need it and Hanna was in charge of snacks, she wanted to do more but...she wasn't as tech savvy as Caleb and Mona. Snacks was about all she could manage. In no time at all they where all seated around the table, the blown up photos spread across it, and engrossed in studying the images Spencer had taken. After watching Caleb and Mona examining the pages, Hanna decided to see if she could pick out anything useful. She picked a random page up off the table and examined it closely. Clearly I'm not going to be any help. She thought after staring at it for over fifteen minutes and seeing nothing but code. No connections or whatever it was Caleb and Mona where looking for to crack it. She sighed as she placed the image back on the table and picked up another one, she knew it was pointless...she couldn't help with this, but she wanted to try anyway. She wanted to help.

It had been nearly an hour when Caleb broke the silence.

"Where's the rest?" Caleb asked. Hanna wanted to face palm, the entire car ride she hadn't thought to tell him about the Noel thing...he and Mona had been too preoccupied with discussing how to approach decoding the damn things. Then as soon as they'd gotten through the door they where too busy preparing everything and then...well...trying to decode them. She knew Caleb wasn't going to like the Noel thing but Mona spoke up before she could.

"Noel arrived" Mona said promptly, never taking her eyes of the page she was studying.

"What?" Caleb peered over the top of his, eyebrows raised in disbelief.

"We where taking photos of the file, page by page, obviously, and then someone tried to get in. We had to put everything back and hide under the bed and when we got a good look…it was Noel. He had a file...Mary's Radley file and he put it in the box, he obviously stole it for whatever reason" Hanna said, trying to think back to what she'd been told about the file.

"If Noel did steal the file, then there's something in it we didn't see" Caleb said, returning his gaze to the page in his hand.

"Yeah, something worth breaking and entering for" Hanna mumbled. She didn't know...couldn't remember enough about the damn thing to speculate. She'd been kind of preoccupied when she was told about it. She hadn't even thought to ask questions. Some help you are Hanna. She thought.

"I'm more curious about what he was doing there….he had a key card, do we assume Jenna gave it to him?" Mona asked, sifting through the pages of print outs.

"I'm not even going there right now, this code is enough of a problem. Right now...I need to handle one thing at a time." Caleb sighed, brows furrowed in concentration. Hanna felt a smile tugging up the corners of her lips, and she shifted closer to him. He looks adorable when he's concentrating.

"Okay beautiful mind, what's that code mean?" Caleb looked at her and huffed out a laugh, smiling as he turned back to the pages. Before he could say anything Mona interrupted with a coughed "hem hem" Hanna flushed and looked at her.

"Beautiful minds" She corrected, exaggerating the plural. Mona smirked at her and raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know, I'm gonna need some extra caffeine to figure that out" Caleb said, reaching for the coffee pot, slightly annoyed at Mona for interrupting he and Hanna's little moment.

"Well…this is like some sort of test right? For Mary?" Hanna said, gesturing to the page she had in her hand and had been staring at blindly, as she'd looked down at it to avoid Mona's gaze she'd spotted some text in the corner. It was probably the only page she'd even remotely have a chance of working out, but she felt a hint of pride anyway at figuring out something helpful.

"Yeah, it's her DNA" Caleb said with a proud smile as he peered over at the sheet, quickly taking in all the details on it. Mona gave her an encouraging nod. Hanna looked sheepish.

"That's uh…that's all I got. I don't even know why Jenna would have Mary's DNA" she mumbled.

"Don't worry, it's more than what we got" Caleb said. Hanna knew he was trying to make her feel better, and she appreciated it. All she wanted to do was help her friends but she wasn't as smart as Caleb and Mona…she didn't know anything about code or decoding, she couldn't help crack the phone or trace calls or whatever. It was all beyond her. Caleb had tried to show her some of his tech know how but it had completely gone over her head. Caleb and Mona grabbed their respective laptops and opened them up, both immediately starting to type faster than Hanna could follow, she had no idea what they where doing...hacking stuff? Running a programme or something? Hanna sighed quietly and sat back, prepared to be cheerleader and coffee pourer as the two poured over the sheets and started throwing out suggestions to each other. She pulled Lucas's business proposal out of the bag she'd placed at her side. May as well try and get something useful done.

It had been a couple of hours since they'd started and Caleb and Mona where starting to get frustrated. Mona had left not too long ago to go and grab them some takeout, eager for a break and a chance to clear her head. Caleb had refused to take a break every time Hanna had asked so far, working on the code with a feverish determination. He hadn't even take a break to pee, and he'd been going through the coffee pretty fast. He must have a bladder the size of a basketball. Hanna was bored out of her mind. She'd finished tweaking...okay completely changing, her business proposal for Lucas. She'd even printed it, and put it in an envelope. Mona said she'd send it while she was grabbing the takeout. She hadn't even needed to ask for help. Okay...so Mona had seen her struggling at one point and pointed out the solution casually...but she still hadn't asked. She was desperately trying not to fall asleep on the table or yawn or let on how bored she was in general. She was supposed to be being supportive.

"Any luck?" Hanna asked, to break the silence and try to lure Caleb in to a conversation. Maybe talking it out would help.

"I recognise a pattern but I'm not familiar with this encryption" Caleb said, frowning at the screen and pressing a few keys.

"Can't you google it?" Hanna asked. Caleb smiled.

"It's not really the kind of thing you Google Hanna" he said gently.

"Oh. Well...she's blind so...she can't have come up with anything too complicated" Caleb stared at her. "She can't see" Hanna said defensively. "How's she supposed to come up with some super hard to break code if she can't even see what she's doing...unless she can see...it wouldn't be the first time she was fake blind and she was staring at Aria pretty hard. But then...maybe she thought she was looking in to space because she really is blind. Or maybe she heard us or Aria and she was like a dog you know...she's gotta have super sensitive hearing, so maybe-"

"Han. Breathe" Caleb said laughing as Hanna's babbling came to an end and she heaved in a breath. "I'm not sure Jenna did come up with this. It could have been Noel or...someone else" Caleb said. Hanna thought. It would make sense. But then...she didn't really know much about Jenna...she didn't know if she was good with numbers and codes and whatever. Hanna shook her head to clear the thoughts that quite frankly, where starting to make her head hurt. She couldn't imagine how Caleb felt.

"Why don't you take a break?" Hanna suggested, "Mona will be here with food soon, and it's not good to keep staring at a computer screen. Is bad for your eyesight or something" Caleb smiled at her.

"Well Mona's slacking off, so why not, and...my eyesights just fine" Caleb said winking at her. Hanna smiled wide enough that her dimples popped out. "I think I'm gonna grab a shower, clear my head, Mona probably had the right idea...but don't tell her I said that" Hanna gave him a mock salute.

Hanna laughed and shook her head, "Sure thing" Caleb smiled back at her for a moment or two and then got up from his seat. Caleb briefly kissed her head as he walked past her chair and headed towards the bathroom. After grabbing some stuff from the bedroom, he disappeared in to the bathroom and it wasn't long before Hanna heard the shower going. It sounded corny but the sound of the shower just then...how close she was becoming with Caleb again...it reminded her of before they'd started dating. When she'd had to jump in to the shower with him. She'd tried her hardest to keep her eyes on his face or not on him at all but when he'd turned around she couldn't help herself from looking down. He still has a cute butt. She thought. Then started. Wow. I didn't think I'd be noticing anyone's cute butt any time soon...not after...she shuddered and pushed the thoughts away.

Hanna settled back in to her seat and stared at the print outs scattered over the table, sifting through them. I haven't been any help at all. I only knew it was a freaking test because of what it said in the corner. All I'm doing is sitting here while Caleb and Mona do the hard work. Dammit. Hanna felt frustrated tears well up. She felt like she'd been more of a burden than a help ever since she'd gotten back and she just wanted to do something…she just wanted to help. Pull her weight. Everyone else was doing so much but she...she couldn't, whether she tried to or not. Something always stopped her. She hadn't been able to go to Ali because when she thought Rollins might be alive..might be there...she'd frozen up and then completely broken down, she wasn't smart enough to crack codes or phones or whatever else Mona was up to. What was her purpose? To be the damaged one? The useless one? The one that got tormented by AD and probably just walked right on in to a trap? She needed to do something. Anything.

"Han?" Caleb called from the bathroom and she wiped her eyes, shaking herself free from her thoughts, but they clung to her like they where cobwebs she'd just walked through. She cleared her throat.

"Yeah?" she called back, proud when her voice didn't waver.

"Can you grab me a shirt from my drawer, I forgot"

"How can you forget your shirt?"

"I was a little distracted"

"By what? Code?"

"No...you" Hanna flushed. After a moment or two of silence his voice sounded again.

"So Hanna...how about that shirt? Kinda can't walk around without one"

"I don't mind" Hanna called back without thinking and then slapped her hand over her mouth, her cheeks flaming even hotter, she was glad he couldn't see her. She heard Caleb laugh.

"Yeah well, Mona definitely will, and I don't think she'd appreciate me parading about in front of her"

"Uh...yeah...sure...I'll uh...I'll go get it...now" Hanna called back, forcing back another comment that would only make it worse. Hanna got up and headed to the bedroom quickly, making a beeline for the drawer she knew Caleb kept his shirts in. She pulled it open and started to root around looking for a suitable shirt, it looked like most of them he'd worn and then stuffed back in. She rolled her eyes. Boys. As she moved a horrendously patterned shirt that she couldn't believe he owned, and he wouldn't be for much longer if she hadn't anything to do with it...Hanna spotted something. Something familiar. That shirt….I…I got him that shirt….I can't believe he kept it…..I thought...I thought he would have...thrown everything away. Everything to do with...us. Hanna smiled softly when she saw it. Memories flashing through her head...her giving it to him as a present...him wearing it practically all the time just because 'she'd given it to him'.

Hanna couldn't stop herself from reaching for it, her hand closed around it and she closed her eyes briefly as her eyes welled up. Once she thought it was safe to open them again her gaze fixed on the shirt and she started to pull it out of the drawer. It had been bundled up just like the rest. It was wrinkled but...Don't be stupid Hanna you can't give him this shirt...what kind of message is that going to send to him. She thought, then argued with herself. It's just a stupid shirt. No not to him it isn't. He kept it. He actually kept it and he practically lived in it after you gave it to him. Just give him the damn shirt...he already knows how you feel. You just don't want to take things further because you don't want him to have a target on his back...don't want him to get hurt but...it is a little late for that. He's been there for you this entire time, he said he'd wait. You're getting better every day...just give him the damn shirt. It's not a marriage proposal. It. Is. A. Shirt. Hanna shook her head and pulled the shirt the rest of the way out of the drawer.

As the shirt came free of the drawer, something dropped from it and fell to the floor with a light thunk. What the hell was that? Was he..was he hiding something in there? I'd be surprised if he could find it again in that mess. She frowned down at the ground and bent down to pick up whatever it was and return it to the drawer. As she spotted it, it took a moment for it to register. It was a box. A small box. A small square box. A small, square, jewellery box. Hanna stared at it. Her mind going blank and then she inhaled sharply. That...that can't be what I think it is...

Hanna knew she shouldn't but she couldn't help herself, it was like she was in a trance. She reached out her hand and picked up the box, holding it in her hand as she straightened back up. She quieted the voice that told her she shouldn't do this and she slowly opened the lid. She gasped. Inside, nestled in a silk bed...was the perfect ring. It was so...her. And it was so obviously an engagement ring...the kind of engagement ring she would have picked for herself. It was completely perfect. She couldn't tear her eyes away from it and the way it sparkled in the light. A myriad of thoughts rushed through her head as she studied it.

Her first thought was that...maybe he'd bought the ring for Spencer. Maybe things had been more serious than she'd realised. But she quickly dismissed that thought. Caleb would never have bought an engagement ring for Spencer, and then broken up with her for Hanna just like that. Caleb wasn't that kind of guy and he'd explained everything. He'd liked Spencer. But he hadn't loved her. He'd felt awful for hurting her but...he loved Hanna. He loved her. He always had. She knew he loved her, knew how much after everything he'd done for her since she'd been kidnapped. No, the ring wasn't for Spencer. Which meant...

Hanna swallowed. Memories started to rush to the surface. Caleb earlier that day...

"I needed the money, I blew most of my savings not too long ago"

She hadn't questioned him. Hadn't asked him what it could be. She assumed he'd been talking about back before...everything. She hadn't even been able to imagine what he would have bought that had taken most of his savings...Caleb saved so much it was insane. Hanna figured it was probably to do with everything he went through with foster parents, scraping by. Figured he wanted to make sure he was set up for life. She didn't know. She did know how much he'd saved up before he'd...he'd left New York. Let her. She could estimate a rough guess of what that figure was now.

Hanna remembered when he'd been back late and she'd...she'd panicked and freaked out. He'd said he got caught up with 'something' and he'd started to say something to her about seeing something and a store...but he'd never finished the sentence. He'd cut himself off, and quickly. He'd been vague with her...and he was never vague with her, not anymore. He was always honest, always told her what he was doing and where he was going to ease her mind. But he'd been hiding something from her and she'd been too messed up at the time to realise. She knew he'd never hide anything from her...not anymore. Not unless...not unless it was supposed to be a surprise or...or...she looked back down at the ring.

This is it. This has to be it. This is what he was getting that made him late back. This is what he spent all of his savings on. This...he bought me a ring. An engagement ring. He knew...he knows me so well so of course he knew what I'd like...knew exactly what rind I'd want...what I'd pick. Hanna tried to remain calm but she was definitely close to freaking out.

Oh my God. He bought an engagement ring for me. He wants...he wants to marry me. He's going to…he's going to propose. He's going to propose to me...ask me to marry him and he's got to be planning on doing it soon because he has the damn ring. But we haven't even….we aren't even back together yet..not really and….we're…we're-I'm not ready…he...I...I...I can't...not yet….Caleb…I can't. It would make him more of a target and…and…and what if I'm always going to be this messed up, what if…what if I'll never be normal again, I'll be...I'll be a burden. I won't be me...he...he deserves better and...and...oh God.. I can't…I can't….I'm sorry Caleb...oh God.