Chapter 4

It had been an entire hour since the three girls and Caleb had left the hospital in hopes of finding their missing friend. They all headed straight for Hanna's house thinking that it would be the most likely place she would be. To their dismay, Hanna was not at her house and neither was any sign of her being there earlier.

Instead of seeking another location where their friend might be, they all decided to settle themselves in the Marin's living room which to their luck happened to be right next to the front door. Despite their minds being in a constant worry, they all looked at ease in the way they were positioned on the furniture. Caleb lay horizontally across a long, plush couch while Aria, Spencer, and Emily shared a seat on the second couch on the opposite side of the room. They knew that if they didn't hear a word from Hanna in the next ten minutes, they would have to resort to calling the police. They didn't want to considering their past confrontations with the Rosewood PD, but they knew they would have to.

As the five minute mark approached as to when they would have to call the police, Caleb decided to go to the kitchen to get a glass of water. He asked the other girls, but they all said no. As Caleb made his way to the kitchen and then entered the clean room, a ruckus came from the front of the house.

"You can wash your hands in the kitchen. My mom won't be home for another hour." said a missing voice. The door opened and a familiar figure walked through the door followed by another tall figure right behind her.

"Hanna!" exclaimed a newly worried-free Emily.

"Hi! What are you guys doing here?" said Hanna even though she knew the answer the second she asked. She knew that with all the girls constant paranoia that they would all be worried even if she was only twenty minutes late. However, she was not twenty minutes late this time, she was two hours late.

"Us? Hanna, where have you been?"

Hanna widened her eyes for a quick second while saying, "Long story."

"Don't worry, we have time." said Caleb standing outside the kitchen doorframe, just a couple feet away from her.

"Caleb? What the hell are you doing here?" Hanna was beyond angry. Not at him so much, but at the girls for letting him leave the hospital a day after being shot without being fully recovered.

"You let him leave the hospital? What were you thinking?" screamed a furious Hanna.

"Hanna-" But before any of the girls could answer, Caleb interrupted.

"Hanna…" Caleb took a step towards her, closing the gap between them. He gently grabbed the side of her face farthest away from him, turning her towards him. He grabbed the other side of her face soon after. Her heart melted as soon as she looked at him and all of the anger she had at the girls and him a couple of seconds ago went away. They each took slow and shallow breaths while they both embraced each other's presence.

After taking another calm breath Caleb continued, "I'm fine. What happened? Was it…." They both knew where that sentenced was leading to.

"No, no. My, uh, car just broke down a couple miles from the hospital and Wren helped me." Hanna said, trying to reassure him quickly.

Caleb nodded and looked away from Hanna to take a firm look at Wren who was standing almost directly behind Hanna. As Caleb continued to look at him he slowly moved his hands off Hanna's face.

"And you just happened to be there?" Caleb asked Wren in a sharp tone.

"Yes I was, unlike you." Wren retorted. Caleb was taken aback from the harshness of that statement.

"Excuse me? You know, I'm getting real tired of you just showing up." A hint of anger appeared in Caleb's voice as he said what he has wanted to say ever since he saw Hanna at the grill with Wren.

"Caleb…" Hanna said quietly but loud enough for both of the males to hear it.

"You broke up with her, remember? You lost your right to be jealous." As Wren said this, Caleb realized that only a certain amount of people knew that he and Hanna had gotten back together.

Careful not to totally spill the entire secret Caleb responded, "You know I'd watch yourself because at the end of the day, you're the one who's going to get heartbroken."

Without wanting this horrible situation to get worse Hanna was forced to but in by saying, "Wren, you should go."

With that, Wren nodded and left without saying another word. As the door slammed shut, silence struck the entire house.

"Real mature." Hanna said while storming off into the kitchen heading for the sink to wash her stained filled hands.

Following her to the kitchen Caleb retorted, "Hanna, you and I both know why I did that."

"What are you talking about?" Hanna began to wash her hands, rubbing thoroughly to get all of the grease off.

"You know what, I know what. Even they," gesturing to the three girls standing awkwardly in Hanna's living room, "know what. Hanna, this guy…"

Hanna turned around to face Caleb. "Do you not trust me?"

"I do trust you, just not him." She could hear the pain in his voice as he said those words.

"Hey," grabbing his hands she continued, "I love you. Not him. Believe me when I say there is nothing going on."

And she was right. There was nothing going on between her and Wren, no matter how much Wren thought it. Hanna knew she should have never led him on by kissing him that one day in the mental hospital, but it was an accident. It was a fluke which she regretted almost instantly. Even if she was starting to feel something for him that couple of weeks where she was without Caleb, she never unfell for Caleb. In fact, her feelings for him grew stronger in his absence because that was when she realized how much she needed Caleb in her life.

After hearing those endearing words come out of her mouth, Caleb pulled her to him and kissed her while she kissed him back. They pulled back for a quick second to rest their foreheads against each other's just like they did in the hospital earlier in the day.

As they were about to kiss again Hanna began to shout to the girls in the other room, "What was it you needed to tell me." Caleb threw his head back with a smile across his face while Hanna bit her bottom lip. Then the two, while holding each other's hands, headed for the room right next to them to hear some news that would shock both of them.