I'm probably the worst updater ever. What started out as writers block in ending this chapter, quickly turned into personal matters taking over and this story being put on the back burner again. I always feel guilty not updating cause 99% of the time mostly the entire chapter sits in my drafts forever waiting for one part. But here it is, hate how the beginning worked out but the second half is really the main idea and i honestly like how its written. Hope you guys agree!
To say Hanna's phone had dinged a couple times in the past half hour would have been an understatement. It was nearing 10am on the couples last Monday in Hanna's childhood home as they attempted to take advantage of the time they had to sleep in but it was becoming a serious challenge with her prying friends who would stop to no end.
Just as her phone went off for the umpteenth time that morning, Hanna buried her face in Caleb's chest, determined to ignore it just a bit longer.
But obviously Caleb had different ideas as he rubbed circles on girlfriends back, sighing in resignation "Han" he whispered.
Hanna moved her head closer into Caleb, taking in his scent "mhmm" she mumbled, still half asleep. "Just answer them" he responded, continuing to move his hand up and down her back.
"5 more minutes" Hanna whined lazily.
Caleb let out a laugh at how adorable Hanna was currently acting. "Fine 5 more minutes and then you have to fix it because if I hear that stupid ringtone one more time, I swear I will throw your phone out the window" he ranted.
Hanna moved her head, looking up, her hair a complete mess "you talk too much for this hour" she stated, a pout on her face. Caleb moved his face towards Hanna's, placing a delicate kiss on her pout-graced face "make them shut up and I will follow suit" he requested. Hanna rolled her eyes at her frustrated boyfriend but nonetheless reached for her phone on her beside table. "Seriously" she commented noticing 7 missed calls and 10 text messages all from her 3 best friends.
2 calls from Aria, along with 3 text messages;
Saturday 2:12pm
"Hey Han. How are you?"?
Saturday 11:03pm
"Haven't heard from you in a bit, you doing okay?"
Sunday 8:53am
"K where the hell are you!?"
3 calls from Spencer, with 5 text messages;
Sunday 2:18p
Hey, how are you doing? Did everything turn out alright? I'm here if you wanna talk"
Saturday 4:42pm
"Tell me you didn't chicken out again."
Sunday 1:36am
"HANNA. You promised you wouldn't do this again"
Sunday 9:51am
"YOU HAVE EXACTLY ONE HOUR TO ANSWER ME OR I WILL BE ON YOUR DOORSTEP ?
2 calls from Emily, as well as 2 texts;
Saturday 5:43pm
"So apparently your ignoring everyone? you okay?"
Sunday 7:24am
"Ok Spence just showed up at my house looking for you. At least answer her before she kills someone in her search for you"
"I'm am being harassed" Hanna concluded after making it through all the text messages. "And why do you think that?" Caleb questioned.
Hanna locked her phone, tossing it in front of her on the bed before dramatically falling back against her pillow "because I haven't responded in like 12 hours and my friends are going insane" se explained
Caleb couldn't help but roll his eyes again, as he turned himself around, lying on his side with his head propped up by his hand, facing Hanna "well the four of you do have some crazy psychotic connection, makes sense if one goes missing they get concerned" Caleb tried to justify.
Hanna hated to admit it but, he was right, it wasn't often one of them went off the map like she had over the weekend and then again in the past 24 hours. "Yea , I guess your right, I should go call Spencer" she agreed before grabbing her phone and heading out of the room
It only took 2 rings before Spencer answered. "HANNA WHAT THE HELL" Spencer basically screamed on the other end of the line
"Hi, sorry Spence" Hanna began "things got... Intense" she finished, glancing down at her still flat stomach
"So you told him?" Spencer questioned, jumping right to the point
Hanna sighed "yea I told him" she clarified, running her hands through her hair
"And what did he say? Is everything okay?" Spencer continued
"Everything's fine, he was really good about it" Hanna assured
A sigh of relief could be heard on the other side of the phone "Good, I'm glad" she conclude
20 minutes later and Hanna finally re-entered her room "All better?" Caleb questioned, shutting off his own phone and putting it on the side "Spencer has regained her cool and is passing along the message that I'm alive" Hana explained, sitting on the edge of her bed "Good" Caleb responded. "But" Hanna continued as she reached for Caleb's hand
"But what?" He questioned.
"I guess Aria wants to go for dinner with everyone before we all leave" Hanna explained, connecting her fingers with his "Yea that sounds fun" Caleb agreed, tightening his grip and pulling Hanna closer to him. "Ok great, so we have to be ready for 6" she confirmed, curling into his side "Wait, tonight?" Caleb questioned, letting go of her hand and now moving his arm around her "Han I can't, I have to pack up my apartment tonight" he explained
Hanna looked up at Caleb with her best pout "Well I already said we could go, can't you do your apartment tomorrow? The girls are coming over to help me pack, maybe the guys can help you" She all but begged
And for the second time that morning, her pout had won him over. "Fine, but your going to have to make this up to me" Caleb requested
Hanna looked up at him, a smile on her face "How bout I make it up to you right now?" She suggested seductively
Caleb raising his eyebrow "Really? Morning sex? That's pretty rare" he questioned rolling over so that he was hovering over her
"Well if you don't want to..." Hanna teased, moving her hands down his chest, stopping at his waist
"Nope" Caleb stated "did not say that" he finished as he continued to kiss Hanna's neck
"Mmm...Ok, then" Hanna mumbled, pulling Caleb closer to her and connecting their lips
Later that night the group of seven where gathered together at the Grille, enjoying their final meal together before everyone went off to college. They had been there about an hour and a half and were now currently discussing their college plans which for Emily and Aria, somewhat contained of the plan to attend as many parties as possible. Of course Spencer wasn't much for partying so it wasn't a surprise that she hadn't been interrogated when denying these motions for herself, but Hanna had barely said a word when the topic of conversation had arisen, Obviously she wouldn't be going to any parties, considering the new piece of information in which she was pregnant with Caleb's child but that information was yet to be announced, and somehow Spencer had caught on to that plan and hadn't said a word. But she was currently nervously waiting for someone to question her.
That was until something else caught her attention. She abruptly interrupted the current conversation, excusing herself to the washroom and pulling Spencer away with her. Spencer glanced back at the table, noticing Caleb looking at her concerned, she quickly shrugged, indicating she was unaware of what was happening before following Hanna to the washroom.
"Han. What's wrong?" Spencer questioned at they entered the washroom.
Hanna looked at her nervously "I have cramps" she explained. She had been experiencing some cramping for the last half hour but blew it off thinking it was nothing, they hadn't been too intense and she felt fine otherwise, but they had suddenly worsened and she was becoming worried.
"Ook" Spencer started, understanding why she was so concerned "is anything else wrong? Do you have any other symptoms" She questioned
Hanna shook her head "no I feel fine" she explained
Spencer weighed up what they should do "well I'm not a doctor, but I would just keep an eye on it and if you notice anything else then go see a doctor" she suggested
"Ok" Hanna agreed "thanks Spence"
Spencer smiled at her friend in response as they headed out of the bathroom. "Are you going to tell them" she questioned "not yet" Hanna quickly responded as they appeared back at the table
"Everything okay?" Caleb questioned at Hanna slid back into the booth, curling into his side, "all good" she agreed, glancing up at him
About an hour later as the group was just about to head out, Hanna excused herself for the second time to use the restroom. "Wow she pees a lot" she heard Aria mutter as she walked away
Over ten minutes later everyone was still waiting on Hanna, who was yet to re-enter the room. "Where is she? It does not take this long to pee" Toby questioned. "Yea your right" Caleb agreed " can someone go check on her please" he suggested
"I'll go" Emily volunteered standing up and making her way to the washroom.
As she opened the door to walk in, her face completely dropped and her heart started beating faster than she had ever felt it before. Lying on the ground, unconscious was one of her best friends "Oh my god! HANNA" she basically screamed, rushing over to her, trying to shake her awake. With no luck, she grabbed her phone and quickly dialed Caleb, not wanting to leave Hanna alone to go get him.
Ass Caleb entered the washroom, he found Emily on the phone with 911. He rushed down to Hanna's side, holding onto her, with hopeless luck, trying to wake her himself.
"Please baby, wake up" Emily heard Caleb whisper to Hanna as she hung up the phone
"They are on their way" she explained. "I will go fill everyone in". Emily concluded before leaving the washroom. Caleb didn't respond, only shaking his head in agreeance as he kept his focus on Hanna
Everyone was sat in the waiting room. An ambulance had come and they had taken Hanna to the hospital, Caleb was able to ride with her but was then directed to wait in the sitting area as they took Hanna for some tests when they arrived
But it had been over an hour and nothing, they hadn't hear a word and the longer Caleb sat there, the more freaked out he became. I mean how could he not? Not only was he scared for his girlfriends life, but he was also scared for his baby's life now too.
Caleb was sat with his elbows on his legs and his head in his hands, looking down at the ground praying to god that his girlfriend and baby would make it through this, when Spencer approached him, pulling him out of his current - terrified state. "Caleb" she began. He looked up a her confused "can I talk to you for a second?" She continued. Caleb agreed, following her out into the hall.
The second the door closed, Spencer spoke again "I am so sorry Caleb! This is all my fault" she admitted. "What? How is this your fault?" Caleb asked, totally at a loss "she told me she was cramping when we went to the bathroom and I told her not to worry about it" Spencer explained. "Spence this is not your fault, this couldn't be avoided" he assured her. Spencer looked up at him, still not convinced "but Emily said there was blood, I should have known" she responded worriedly. "Did she say she was bleeding earlier?" Caleb asked. Spencer shook her head "no, I asked her if there was any other signs, she said she was fine". Caleb smiled reassuringly at Spencer "then there you go, you did your job, you couldn't have known." Spencer nodded, looking down "I just feel bad" she admitted "well don't, let's just worry about Han right now" Caleb decided
Spencer glanced into the waiting room at their five other friends who looked completely lost at what was happening "do you wanna tell them" she asked, not sure what to even say to everyone in the moment. Caleb glanced into the room as well "I can't deal with that right now" he explained "I have to call Ashley, I will be back in a minute" he continued before walking a bit further down the corridor
Just as Caleb came back in the room and took a seat, a Doctor entered the room.
"Hanna Marin" he announced. Everyone Instantly perked up as Caleb stood "I'm her boyfriend" he explained. "Ok we are just waiting for some test results to come back and we still have to do an ultrasound to check on the baby but she is awake and asking for you" the doctor, who's name was Dr. Reynolds Explained
"An ultrasound for the what?" Aria quickly questioned before Caleb had a chance to respond
"Yea the what" Emily added
Caleb ignored the questioning friends "can you deal with this?" He questioned Spencer as he followed the doctor. Spencer quickly agreed. "Oh and when Ashley comes, tell her to just come to the room, but don't say anything about the baby" he added before leaving
"What baby!?" Aria questioned once again
"And how do you know" Emily asked
Toy and Ezra both looked at each other "I'm so confused" Ezra stared "me too man" Toby agreed.
Just outside, Caleb followed Dr. Reynolds To Hanna's room. "So I guess I spilled the beans" Dr. Reynolds Spoke up "yea but it's fine, they were going to find out anyways" Caleb assured. "First baby I assume." Dr. Reynolds continued. Caleb chuckled "that obvious' he asked. "Just a bit" he explained as they arrived at Hanna's room "here we are, someone will be in within the next couple minutes to do the ultrasound and then I will be in to chat with guys." Caleb shook his head in agreeance "thank you so much" "also" Dr. Reynolds Began "try to keep her as calm as possible, everything is probably fine but these kind of things can be scary" he concluded. "I will" Caleb agreed before opening the door to Hanna's room.
When Caleb walked into the room, Hanna instantly turned her head in his direction at the sound of the door opening. As he took her appearance in, his heart dropped, all color had wiped from her face and her eyes were bloodshot indicating she had clearly been crying. She in no way looked like the Hanna he had seen 2 hours prior, of course he still found her beautiful but it was breaking his heart at how fragile she looked.
"Caleb" Hanna whispered, her voice wobbling and new tears appearing in her eyes as she caught sight of him
Caleb walked over to her bed, wrapping himself around her waiting arms before placing a kiss on her lips. After the events of the night, and the stress of not knowing what was going to happen in the last 2 hours, all he wanted in that moment was to be able to kiss her, neither of them knew what they were in for after that but all that mattered in that second is that he had her and she was awake.
"Your okay"Caleb assured her and he sat on the side of the bed, moving a stray piece of hair out of Hanna's face. But the fear didn't wipe away at his words, she continued to look just as terrified "th-the baby" she questioned. Caleb took a deep breathe, remembering what the doctor had told him "hey, the baby is going to be fine, they are going to do a ultrasound and everything is going to be okay" he tried
But Hanna didn't budge, tears continued to fall out of her eyes. Caleb moved himself beside her, holding onto her as she cried into his chest. "It's okay, baby" he told her once again, but honestly he couldn't blame her for being so freaked out.
A few minutes later a ultrasound technician walked in, pulling a machine in with her. Hanna had calmed down slightly, her head still buried in Caleb's chest as he got her attention "Han, they're here to do the ultrasound" he told her, as she obviously ignored their presence.
Hanna looked up as the nurse moved closer to her. "So Hanna are you ready to see your baby?" She questioned. "Yea" she mumbled as she moved herself around. "Your the father?" The nurse questioned Caleb. "I am" he confirmed. " okay I'm just going to need you to move over to the side of Hanna's bed while we do the ultrasound" she explained. Caleb agreed, unhooking himself from Hanna as she looked at him, totally put out. "I will be right here beside you" he told her, sitting on the chair beside her bed and taking her hand.
"Ok so we are going to have to do an internal ultrasound as you are in the early stages of your pregnancy" the nurse explained. Hanna agreed nervously, glancing up at Caleb once again. He squeezed her hand in reassurance "you will be fine, it will be over before you know it" he reassured her once again, standing up beside the bed and wrapping his free arm back around her.
As the nurse inserted the wand and began pressing a few buttons on the machine, Hanna gripped Calebs hand in anticipation, barely being able to catch her breathe as worry spread across her face until a few moments past before the room was flooded with the sound they had all been waiting for. "And here's your baby" the nurse announced as she turned the screen in the direction of the couple.
You could sense the relief as the sound of the baby's heartbeat surrounded them.
The nurse completed the exam before allowing Hanna to get herself comfortable again and promising the couple she would be back in a moment with prints.
20 minutes later Hanna and Caleb were cuddled up on the bed holding a piece of paper that had the first photo of their baby, both taking in the small image.
"I can't believe that's ours" Hanna stated, staring at the photo.
"I know, all healthy and safe in their mommy's tummy" Caleb agreed, holding her close.
Hanna looked up at Caleb, a tear once again threatening in the corner of her eye "i was really scared we were going to lose them" she confessed
Caleb leaned forward, pressing a kiss against her forehead "so was I" he told her
Hanna looked at him confused "I thought you said everything was going to be fine" she questioned
"It's my job to tell you that" he explained. "I was scared but I also knew you are strong and if this baby is anything like their mommy, they are strong too" he concluded
Hanna smiled, glancing back down at the ultrasound photo "I was really freaked out when I found out I was pregnant but now that I have gone through this, there's nothing I want more for then this baby to be with us" she spoke
Caleb moved his hand over to the photo, his thumb tracing softly over the tiny figure on the paper "me too, we were meant to have this baby, regardless of how old we are" he decided.
Caleb and Hanna continued to study the photo, speaking every once in a while but just taking some time to rest before their friends came in. That was until the door to Hanna's hospital room flew open and a concerned looking Ashley Marin stormed in.
Hanna quickly perked up, sliding the photo in her hand under the blanket, praying to god she didn't see it. She didn't know how in the hell she would get out of this one. "Mom" Hanna spoke as her mom rushed over to the bed wrapping her arms around her daughter. Hanna knew Caleb had called her but hadn't specified what exactly what was going in, only that she needed to come down to the hospital as soon as possible but she figured the chances of her not finding out were slim.
"Oh sweetie. What happened? Are you okay?" She blurted out
Hanna smiled up at her mom, indicating she was alright "I'm fine mom, really" she concluded
But Ashley wasn't giving up that easy "but what happened to you? Caleb just said you were here and to come" she asked confused
Hanna sighed, laying her head back against the pillow "I really don't know, We were at dinner and I went to the bathroom and all the sudden I started to feel light headed and that's all I remember" she explained, half telling the truth. In all honesty, she had went to the washroom and found she was bleeding. And there had also been the fact that she was cramping earlier that evening as well. All signs leading to what she thought was a miscarriage.
"Oh honey" Ashley spoke, holding on tight to her daughters hand as she sat on the edge of the bed
"I am really okay, The doctor will be in as soon as my results are back but they said I'm doing a lot better." Hanna assured her mother
"Okay" Ashley agreed "and What about the baby? Is the baby okay?" She asked, completing uncaring of the fact that this topic was coming up how it was
Both Hanna and Caleb were completely stunned. How had she found out. "The..what" Hanna tried playing it off as she quickly looked up at Caleb for some explanation but he looked just as confused
Ashley moved her lips together, a small smile appearing on her face "Hanna I know your pregnant" she explained "and I also know that they had to have checked the baby by now and that's what you hid under your blanket when I walked in"
Hanna looked at her mom unsure of what to say, this hadn't been how she Imagined her mother finding out. She turned her head to Caleb who took the hint. Caleb weight his options of how he could handle this before deciding to just be honest. He reached over Hanna , lifting her blankets and retrieving the paper that was placed on her lap, and then sitting down on the chair looking at the image one more time before speaking up. "The baby is fine" he explained as he looked up at Ashley, then handing her the photo.
Ashley took the photo and studied it for a moment herself. "Good... That's good" she agreed looking up at the couple
"So how are you feeling sweetie?" She changed the subject, handing the photo back to Caleb
Hanna paused, at a loss once again "wait. That's it? No lecture or questions or anything?" She asked
Ashley sighed, placing her hand on the bed and leaning to the side "we will talk about it, but not tonight. You need to rest.
Hanna shook her head "okay" she agreed, too tired and truthfully not wanting to discuss anything right now.
Just as Ashley was about to speak, Dr. Reynolds walked in. "So we have your results" he began. "Is everything okay?" Ashley quickly asked, concerned
Dr. Reynolds took a step closer to the bed, facing Hanna "Everything is fine. It looks like the loss of conciseness, otherwise known as fainting, was due to dehydration and low blood pressure, which can sometimes happen during pregnancy, it's more common in the second trimester but it can happen in the early stages as well." He explained
"Ok, so this is normal, she is alright?" Ashley questioned
"From what I see, she will be fine." Dr. Reynolds explained to Ashley before turning his attention back over to Hanna "but I'm mostly concerned about is the bleeding and cramping you were experiencing" he continued. Ashley instantly turned her attention to Hanna, unaware of what her daughter had been through that evening, but Hanna kept her focus on the Doctor, ignoring her mothers stare. "You said the bleeding has stopped, correct?" confirmed "yea, I don't know how long it lasted but when I went to the washroom before the ultrasound it had stopped. She explained "ok and have you experienced anymore cramping since earlier" he questioned "no. Why is something wrong my baby" Hanna worriedly asked "I don't see anything wrong, and that's why I'm asking, It was unusual that these two types of occurrences happened at the same time, often in these scenarios, it ends up being a miscarriage, but we have checked and your baby is completely healthy" Dr. Reynolds assured.
Caleb grabbed Hanna's hand once again, squeezing it "your both fine" he told her as she looked at him, her eyes once again filling with tears. Hanna shook her head before looking back at the Doctor
"He's right, your both going to be fine, sometimes things just happen and there's no explanation, you were very lucky. We are going to keep you over night to monitor you and the baby and set you up on an IV to get you hydrated. Sound good?" He concluded
Hanna wiped her eyes "yes thank you" she agreed.
"Someone will be in soon to transfer you to a room" Dr, Reynolds added before Leaving.
As soon as the door closed, Ashley perked up "honey why didn't you tell me what happened" she asked
"Because I didn't think you knew about me being pregnant when you asked" Hanna explained, as if it was obvious
Ashley sighed "you should of told m anyways, I'm so sorry you had to go through that"
Hanna glanced over at Caleb, "we're fine", before looking back at her mother, one of her hands still connected with Caleb's while the other rested on her stomach, smiling "we are all fine"
Yep, that's how I'm leaving it... part of me wanted to keep going to include the liars and guys but every time I went to do that I felt like it was dragging so that's going to have to wait. I'm hopeful to get some inspo to write the next chapter because technically I have nothing put together yet, could be 3 days, could be 3 months...I know, im terrible but im determined to finish this eventually. On another note, PLL is back for its last 10 episodes, im personally heartbroken but excited to see whats in store. still melting over those haleb scenes specially the bed one and maybe I will do a 7B oneshot.. any requests? send them in!. ALSO would love to hear your thoughts on this chapter and any requests here, any comment always makes me smile. Ohh and thank you if your still sticking with me for this story, your amazing.