Hanna spent the whole morning in her bedroom, painting her nails, talking by phone and who knows what else just because she couldn't handle to be so close to Caleb for all that time. Caleb, on the other hand, understood that she was kinda avoiding him, so he just took advantage of the situation to study a little for his imminent tests. The morning went on like that, until Hanna showed up from the stairs by lunch time. The electricity was still gone, so they made just two sandwiches and ate them in an awkward silence.

Caleb didn't like the awkwardness between them, but he knew that there was because they still had feelings for each other. Both of them.

They spoke just the necessary, then Hanna, after lunch, came back to her room and Caleb kept studying downstairs. But around half past two in the afternoon, another violent storm arrived in town, so Hanna rushed down the stairs knowing that the tornado was coming.

"Hey... So you locked all the windows upstairs?" Caleb asked, looking up from his book.

"Yeah... What about here? Is everything locked?" Hanna asked back.

Caleb nodded, then closed his book and looked through the closed window. The storm went worse as the time passed.

"I think we'd better go to the basement, though. There aren't windows down there... You know, just to be extra-careful." he said then, turning to Hanna.

She nodded quickly. She was beyond scared. She feared 'normal' storms, obviously she was freaking out for that storm which was just anticipating the tornado. Yeah, she was glad to have Caleb there, despite the awkwardness and everything.

"Okay." he smiled, heading to the door of the basement.

"Uhm... Wait. Just give me a second." Hanna said, before running up the stairs again.

Caleb smirked and waited for her, then she came back with her laptop.

"Well... There's no electricity, but my laptop's still full-battery, so we could watch a movie or something." she said.

Caleb nodded and flashed her another smile, knowing that it was to avoid awkward silences between them, then they went downstairs. The thunders were louder than before and Caleb knew how Hanna was uncomfortable with that. They sat on the couch one next to the other, and Hanna immediately opened her laptop.

"I don't have so many movies, but... I have a few episodes of Friends... Did you like it, right?" she commented.

Caleb smiled again, happy of the fact that she remembered that.

"Yeah. I still like it. Sounds good to me." he replied, nodding.

"Okay." Hanna said as she started searching in her laptop.

Caleb couldn't help but notice how much she looked beautiful in the wallpaper. It was a picture of her and her friends. Maybe it was of some months ago, anyway she looked totally gorgeous. He felt a little of sadness when he remembered that her wallpaper used to be a picture of her with him, but it was comprehensible that it wasn't like that anymore. Tons of pictures of them together were still basically everywhere in that house, by the way.

However, Hanna found an episode of Friends and pressed the play button. She was very close to Caleb since she had to make sure that he could see the screen of her laptop as well, and their thighs touched each other. The thunders kept echoing outside, and Hanna occasionally jumped slightly. Caleb, noticing that, stretched an arm over his head and then lied it on the back of the couch, right behind Hanna's shoulders. He knew it would have made her feel protected. She noticed it, but it didn't bother her, at all. She felt safe being that close to him as the storm kept going.

Four episodes of Friends later, the tornado had completely arrived to town, and there were very loud noises outside, along with the pouring rain and the thunders.

"Shit." Hanna muttered, squeezing her eyes and istinctively throwing herself against Caleb.

He let out a slight chuckle and wrapped his arms around her shaky body, just like he did the previous night. The noises were really really loud, and the walls were almost trembling due to the violence of the storm. Hanna didn't care if that acting wasn't really 'friend-zone acting', she needed Caleb's protection like the previous night and she was glad he could give her. He gently ran his hand up and down her back, trying to soothe her, as she just hid her face in the crook of his neck, inhaling that cheap cologne of his which she had always loved.

"How long will it last?" she asked, her voice muffled against his skin.

"I don't know. The news said for the whole weekend, but I think it will be definitely less violent than now in the next hours." he replied softly, without stopping his hand.

Hanna didn't reply but remained comfortable in that same position, as Caleb's other hand innocently played with the hem of her shirt.

"I'm glad you're here." Hanna murmured suddenly.

A small smile lighten Caleb's face at her words.

"So am I." he whispered, placing his chin on the top of her head.

She searched for a contact with Caleb's body more than once since then, everytime she heard a thunder too loud or something like that, and Caleb was obviously more than willing to give her his protection. After something like an hour of violent storm, the situation was definitely better, so Hanna shifted herself and got up from the couch, taking the laptop with her.

"Is it over?" she asked, turning to Caleb.

"I don't think so, but it seems calmer now." he replied, still sitting on the couch.

"I'm gonna check if upstairs is everything okay."

"I'll come with you." Caleb said, getting up from the couch as well.

"I can take care of myself." Hanna replied, raising an eyebrow.

"I know, but... Storms are not exactly your best friends and we both know it." he continued with a small smile.

Hanna rolled her eyes but let him come with her, of course.

They checked if everything in the house was okay, then they started settling some candles since it was getting dark and they still didn't have electricity. The rest of the afternoon they kept watching Friends, as the storm seemed to stay quiet. When it came dinner time, they opted for some salad, and it was rather weird to eat sitting just the two of them at the table with candles. It looked definitely romantic, and Hanna returned to be particularly quiet. Caleb stayed silent too, but his mind smiled at the thought of Hanna all curled up against him because of the thunders and then all embarassed eating a salad with him. It was cute.

After dinner, Caleb sat at the table doing some Math exercises, with just the light of the candles, and Hanna sat accross him with her laptop, playing some stupid game. The storm had returned to be pretty violent by now, so Hanna didn't want to be too far from Caleb. After a while, though, the battery of her laptop went off, so she stayed doing nothing next to him. It was so damn cold and she was shivering, despite her father's old jumper which she had put on to stay warm.

"Hey, I... I think I'm going to bed. It's too cold here, I just want to be under the blankets." she announced after a few minutes.

Caleb looked up at her, biting the top of his pencil as he did so. 'So damn hot' Hanna couldn't help but think.

"You'll be okay upstairs alone?" he asked.

Hanna nodded, even though she wasn't so sure, actually.

"Okay. I have to finish this one and I'll go to bed too. Anyway, if you need something, just come and tell me, fine?" he continued, avoiding to ask if she wanted to sleep with him that night as well.

Hanna nodded again.

"Goodnight." she said with a smile, taking a candle with her.

"Goodnight." Caleb replied, smiling back.

It was about ten minutes that Hanna had gone upstairs, and the storm was back to the violence level of the afternoon. The thunders were even louder, and the walls were trembling again. Caleb couldn't focus enough to study, and the feeling of the walls trembling wasn't exactly relaxing to him. He closed the book and decided to go to sleep, surprised that Hanna hadn't come to 'call help'. But as soon as he got up from the chair, Hanna rushed down the stairs, a frown on her face.

"I'm scared..." she whispered.

She looked so vulnerable, like a kid who had just had a nightmare. Caleb smiled and approached her.

"It's okay. I was coming upstairs, though. Do you want to stay up for a little while maybe?" he asked softly.

Hanna shook her head.

"I just want this to stop." she murmured, before letting out a deep sigh.

Caleb chuckled.

"Well, you have to be a little patient for that. Okay, so... What do you wanna do?" he continued.

"I'd like to sleep, but... I can't..." she murmured.

Caleb knew what was coming next, so he smiled, but Hanna didn't continue, so he was the one who spoke.

"Do you want to sleep in the guest room with me?"

Hanna nodded without hesitation, even if not looking at him.

"Okay. Let's go, then." he said.

The pair made their way upstairs illuminated by the candle which Hanna was carrying, and then reached the guest room. When they arrived, Hanna immediately went under the blankets, placing the candle on the nightstand. Caleb, instead, took off his jeans and shirt and put on a pair of basketball shorts and another shirt which he had in his backpack, one larger and more comfortable. Then he got in the bed next to Hanna and, without she asked anything, he pulled her into a warm hug, both of them lying on their side, facing each other.

"How do you feel now?" he asked in a whisper.

"Better." Hanna whispered back.

Another loud thunder echoed outside and Caleb felt Hanna shiver. He kissed the top of her head and then blew out the candle on the nightstand, so it was totally dark.

"Why did you do it?" Hanna whispered, a little disappointed.

"We don't need it." he whispered back, as his hands rubbed her sides to keep her warm.

Hanna melted under his touch. The fact that she could hear his voice and feel his touch but couldn't see him was weird but someway she liked it. She could feel his presence, and that was the only thing which really mattered. She istinctively snuggled against his chest as Caleb continued caressing her, touching her, keeping her warm. She couldn't hear thunders anymore, just like the previous night. Caleb kissed the top of her head, then her forehead, then her temple. He couldn't see if she was blushing, if she was sleeping, if she was making faces or anything. But he needed to kiss her, like everywhere. He hadn't done it for too long. Hanna, actually, loved the feeling of his lips against her skin, something she had definitely missed, like hell. He kept kissing her here and there, then he went down and placed another soft kiss on the tip of her nose, and then on her cheek. Hanna shyly put an arm under his back, rubbing it as well. She didn't know why she had done it, but maybe it was just her unconscious way of telling him that his cuddling was really appreciated. At that, Caleb suddenly stopped. Hanna feared she had done something wrong, but she could still feel Caleb's hands on her sides, so maybe he had just fallen asleep.

But then, in the dark, she felt his breath right on her mouth. And then his hands moved from her sides to her cheeks, gently rubbing them with the thumbs. He was awake. And he was so damn close to her lips. His other fingers briefly touched her neck causing her a slight tickle. He then brushed one of his foot against one of her ankles. That was staring to kill Hanna. She just couldn't do anything. She was waiting for Caleb to go on.

"You're beautiful..." he suddenly whispered in the dark, and Hanna could feel his hot breath right against her lips.

"Yeah, well... It's all dark..." Hanna replied, chuckling slightly.

"I don't need to see. I know you are beautiful... Outside and inside." he whispered again.

Hanna was sure she was blushing. Caleb, then, moved one of his hands to her mouth. In the darkness, he traced the lines of her perfect fleshed lips with his index finger, and Hanna instinctively slightly parted them. Once again, he restarted kissing her everywhere on her face except for her lips. All of that was really driving Hanna crazy. Who cared about the tornado outside when she had a whole tornado right inside of her in that moment?

"Caleb..." she whispered in the total dark, frustrated.

Caleb replaced himself so that their mouths were basically touching and his hands were cupping her face gently.

"Hanna..." he replied softly, as if her name was the answer to everything.

Hanna swallowed as Caleb started rubbing his lips against hers, making them touch, but without kissing. He teased her like that for something that seemed an eternity to Hanna, but she neither asked him to stop, nor kissed him. She had to resist. And, well, she actually wanted it was him to kiss her and not the other way around, even if she was making a huge effort not to do it. But Caleb, then, suddenly stopped that torture and slightly rubbed the tip of his nose against hers. And then, finally, he placed a soft and chaste kiss on her lips. He pulled away immediately after, but he remained still close. Hanna loved the feeling of their lips together after all that time, even if it was brief and short. Then, she moved her hand from his back to his nape, scratching it slowly.

She wanted more.

Caleb knew it, and a stupid grin appeared on his face, even though Hanna couldn't see it because of the darkness. She didn't know if there were still thunders. Caleb was an excellent distraction of everything that surrounded her.

He kissed her lips quickly once again, and Hanna shivered. Caleb chuckled and hugged her tight, placing another small kiss on her neck. Hanna just let him hug her, glad that the darkness could hide her large smile. She didn't know what the hell they were doing between those sheets, she just knew that she liked it, a lot, whatever it was. When he dissolved the hug, he came back right in front of her face and kissed her again, this time for a few seconds longer than before. And when he pulled away, she decided to speak.

"Caleb, I–"

But he cut her off.

"Shhh..."

And then, another quick kiss, and then another one, and then another one, until they finally really kissed there, in the bed, slowly, in the total darkness, with the loud noises of the storm which had now become just nothing. Caleb slightly lifted himself in the bed and gently pushed his tongue between Hanna's lips, and they finally tasted each other after so long. Their tongues tangled together, as Hanna's hand pushed Caleb's head by his nape onto the kiss, and his hands gently cupped her face. They continued to kiss that way in the dark, they didn't even know for how long. They kept playing with their lips, kissing each other to sleep, until both of them ended up sleeping, all cuddled up, their lips still touching.

A/N: Hello beautiful people! Hope y'all are doing well :) I'm really sorry I can't update as often as I used to, but I have some absurd time schedules in college which are driving me crazy :( Anyway, here's your chapter... I hope it was worth the wait ;) Thank you to everyone who left a review, you guys make me happy... That's why I hope you'll leave another one to this chapter :D I'm curious to know what you think of this Haleb sweet moment ;) Let me know! And for who's waiting for the update to "Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen", I'm currently working on it (and also on the next chapter of "The Mall"), no worriesss ;) ..Love you guys! And, happy late Haleb-versary ;) #1105 -Atramea.