London
"Wow, you actually managed to bring you suitcase downstairs all on your own." Caleb said to Hanna who glared at him.
"Rude much. And lift it." Hanna said.
"I don't want to break my arm before the trip even starts."
"You won't." Ashley said. "It's shocking."
Caleb lifted the suitcase, and it was surprisingly light. Very light. He put the suitcase down, and stared at it for a minute. "Did, did I get stronger, or like, is, is Hanna actually packing light?" He asked.
"I'm packing light. You know what I said to Spencer." Hanna said.
"Oh, you weren't kidding."
"Shut up."
"That is shocking." Caleb said to Ashley.
"Only two pairs of shoes." Ashley said.
"Where the hell did Hanna go, I mean seriously? When we were visiting colleges for one night, you packed two suitcases." Caleb said.
Twenty minutes later, Hanna and Caleb were in the car. Hanna and Ashely had said goodbye, and Ashley hugged Caleb telling him: "Take care of her with your life, and if she buys more than ten pairs of shoes I'll kill you."
"So, what's the plan?" Hanna asked Caleb who was driving to his apartment. "And why are we going to your apartment?"
"Well, mum, Will, Clay and James are there, waiting. And then we're going to the airport, and we're flying to London, first class." Caleb said.
"Holy shit." Hanna said, and Caleb laughed. "Oh my god, holy shit. My dream has come true. I'm gonna like being married to you in the future."
Caleb chuckled. "Married, huh?"
"Oh, you know it baby." Hanna said. "So, we get like the beds and shit."
"Yeah, they're like pods, and basically they're in twos."
"I call window seat." Hanna shouted.
"Damn it." Caleb murmured.
Hanna laughed, and rested her head on his shoulder. "London's gonna be fun."
"Yeah, it is." Caleb replied, and kissed the top of her head.
"Oh, and um, is there a Victoria's secret, in London?"
Caleb swallowed. "Probably."
"Good, because I want to get some underwear, and maybe, you could choose some you like."
"Well, something, that's revealing, and doesn't have a lot to it." Caleb whispered in her ear, and Hanna smiled.
"What if I'm just naked?"
"Ugh, now I'm just imagining you naked. Thank you Hanna." Caleb said, a slight sarcasm in his voice nearing the end.
Hanna giggled. "It's okay."
…
"Ugh, so freaking annoying." Hanna murmured to Caleb who chuckled.
"It's just a queue." Caleb said.
"Yeah, and I hate queues. Especially airport queues. They just stare you down all the time, and it's so nerve-wracking."
"I'm sure they won't arrest you."
"Considering I have been, not funny."
Caleb chuckled. "I'm sure you won't be again."
"Touchwood I won't. My mum will kill you."
"She's already given me one death threat."
"Oh my god, really?" Hanna asked, laughing.
"Yeah, if you buy more than ten shoes, she'll kill you."
"Actually, you'll kill me, I'm living with you, so that means, I'm gonna be taking up all the wardrobe space." Hanna said.
"You already take up half of my wardrobe space with your clothes at my apartment."
"Complaining, are you?"
"Not. At. All."
…
"Are you actually kidding me?" Hanna said, when she walked through the metal detector and it started bleeping. Caleb, who was already through, started laughing, as they checked Hanna over. "I know what bleeped."
"What?" The lady who was patting down asked.
"My bra. My bra bleeped. I'm wearing a bra with metal in it." Hanna said, face palming.
"Oh my god. Wait till I tell Spencer." Caleb said, laughing, once Hanna was walking back to him.
"Shut up. Oh my god. My bra." Hanna said, laughing. "Let me die. That was so embarrassing."
"Barely anyone heard you."
"The people behind me where laughing."
"You're laughing."
"Seriously Clay probably doesn't even know what a bra is." She whispered to him.
"And he doesn't know how to unhook one either."
"You didn't know how to unzip a dress." Hanna teased, referring to prom night, walking away from him and over to Claudia and Will.
"You know the zip was hidden." Caleb said.
"Yeah, whatever you say, sweetie." Hanna said, patting his cheek.
…
"You okay?" Caleb whispered to Hanna who slipped him her phone. "I'm always watching –A."
Hanna bit her lip. "Who's in London?"
"I don't know."
"Melissa and Wren." Hanna replied. "Or maybe just Wren. Or maybe neither. But you know, Melissa and Wren."
Caleb got out his phone, and started to text Toby.
Caleb: Is Melissa still in London?
Toby: I think so, why?
Caleb: Hanna just got a text
Toby: SHIT
Caleb: Exactly
Toby: Question is now, Wren or Melissa, both A, or neither A
Caleb: I don't even know, but if we know, we're one step closer
Toby: I'll tell the other three and Paige
Caleb: Awesome
"Toby's gonna tell the girls." Caleb whispered into Hanna's ear, and kissed her temple. "You okay?"
"Yeah, but, like, it's probably gonna be a big plane, what if it crashes? I mean, I'm at the front, okay, I'm gonna die." Hanna said.
"Hanna, it won't crash."
"A lot can happen in nine hours."
"I know, but I doubt that the pilot will fall asleep."
"That's what they said about the Titanic."
Caleb chuckled. "The plane wasn't built by Irish men, and I'm sure we will not hit a flying ice berg."
"Well, when you say it like that, it sounds stupid."
"Exactly."
…
"Han." Caleb said.
"Yeah." Hanna replied.
"Don't you want to try and get some sleep?" He asked, a concerning and loving look in his eyes. Along with something else. Hanna sat up, and rested her head on the little screen that was attached to the wall that was separating the beds.
"I can't sleep on planes."
Caleb nodded, and sat up as well, grabbed her hand and started to play with it.
"Tell me." Hanna said.
"What?" Caleb asked.
"Tell me. There's something bothering you. And I knew that the moment you picked me up, I just didn't say anything, because I thought it might just be pre-flying jitters, but it's not, and I know you're not going to break up with me, so tell me."
Caleb sighed.
"Right. Now." Hanna said sternly.
"Fine, just don't shout or anything, okay. We're on a plane."
"Caleb."
"Fine. I got into MIT, but I don't even know what to do."
Hanna was silent for a moment, shutting her eyes. Caleb was hoping she wouldn't cry. "You're going." She said.
"What?" Caleb asked, stunned.
"You're going. MIT is a great school, Caleb. And I know, only the best, could've got in. And you got in, Caleb. And I'm not letting you give up that opportunity."
"What about us?" He asked, moving closer to Hanna.
"What, you think we can't do long distance. And, Parsons is in New York, MIT is in Boston. That's roughly four hours apart. So, we have a car each, we can live together, but we'd be spending four hours in a car, each day."
"I think we can do that." Caleb said smiling.
"I know you wanna go there, and you're going there. When we get to London, we'll search it up. Now, I'm going to watch a movie." Hanna said, and kissed Caleb's lips before putting on her headphones, laying down on the bed, and playing Titanic.
Claudia poked Caleb in the arm, and he turned to her. "Did you tell her?" Claudia asked.
"Yeah." Caleb said.
"And?"
Caleb smiled. "She wants me to go, if anything, she's practically forcing me to go."
"What about you two?"
"We'll probably move to Connecticut. Its in-between Boston and New York. Two hour commute each way."
"That's good."
Caleb nodded. "I know, thought we were going to have a fight on a plane."
"You want to go, I think she can see that." Claudia said. "I think she's a keeper."
Caleb smiled, and nodded. "Yeah, she is."
Caleb leaned over to Hanna's side. "You know that's probably not the best film to watch."
"Why?" Hanna whined.
"Because you'll start sobbing on the plane, and we might hit a flying iceberg."
Hanna shoved him in the shoulder. "Not funny, Caleb."
…
"Not watching it." Hanna muttered to Caleb who laughed.
"You're already crying." Caleb said, wiping away her tears.
"Its so sad, and I know I know what's gonna happen, but its so sad."
…
"You took like ten minutes." Caleb said, when they were talking and Hanna went to the bathroom, and came back.
Hanna sat down in her bed. "You try changing a tampon on a plane, in a bathroom where you have nowhere to move."
"Oh my god," Caleb said. "And it wouldn't be that hard."
"No uterus no opinion." Hanna said.
"Ew." Caleb pulled a face. "You're in a surprisingly good mood, because you're horrible when you have your period."
"Number one, I am going to London, number two, the fact you think I'm horrible is lovely."
Caleb chuckled.
"And I'm just saying, I could get used to this." Hanna said, with a straight face. "I really could."
…
"I thought it was summer." Clay said, when they walked out of Gatwick airport in London and it was raining.
"I guess it's spitting." Claudia said.
"God, I can feel my tan oozing out of me." Hanna said. The other five laughed.
"I'm sure it's not going to disappear." Will said, chuckling.
"You can always buy spray tan." Caleb said.
"Shut up, and I will not buy useless things like that."
"So make up?"
"I do not know if that's a compliment or a comment." Hanna said, smiling. "And I'm going to take it as a compliment."
Caleb placed his arm around Hanna's waist, and kissed her temple. "It was a compliment." He said, and Hanna blushed.
…
"Will. Look." Claudia said, signalling to the back of the cab. The six of them were in a private hire taxi going to their hotel which was in Richmond in London. Hanna and Caleb were both asleep, Hanna on Caleb's lap, her head fitted into his neck, and his arms tightly around her, protectively.
Will smiled. "Did he tell her on the plane about MIT?"
Claudia nodded. "She wants him to go. I listened in on the conversation. I like her a lot."
Will nodded. "Me too. She's good for him."
…
"Caleb. Wake up." Claudia said, poking him in the shoulder. Caleb moaned. "Wake up honey."
"No." Caleb said.
"Get up, and you can sleep."
"Can I slap him mum?" Clay asked.
"Sure, why not? Not too hard though." Claudia said, and Clay slapped Caleb and he moaned, his eyes opening.
"Why did you do that?" Caleb groaned.
"Wake up, come on. We're gonna unpack, sleep, and then go out to dinner." Claudia said.
"Okay, let me wake Hanna." Caleb said, and gently shook awake Hanna making her groan.
"Go away." Hanna said.
"Chanel is right outside."
"I'm awake." Hanna said, her eyes opening, and stretching her arms. "How did I get onto your lap?" Hanna said.
"I don't know." Caleb said, and the two got out the taxi, and Hanna shivered. "Do you want my sweatshirt?" He asked, and Hanna shook her head, tired. "Do you want it?"
"Ugh yeah." Hanna replied, and Caleb took off his sweatshirt, and gave it to Hanna who put it on, and smiled, smelling it.
…
"Our own room?" Caleb asked, as Claudia handed him a key.
"Yes, you guys will probably be living together, so you have got to learn each other's living habits. But no funny business. Okay?" Claudia said.
"Okay." Hanna said.
"Good, if I didn't trust you guys, I wouldn't have done this."
…
"Ugh." Hanna said. "What are we doing?"
"I don't know. What are we doing?" Caleb said, flopping onto the bed in his boxers.
"Are we sleeping, or are we seeing if we can live together?"
"Seeing if we can live together." Caleb said, and grabbed his laptop. "So, Connecticut is in-between the two."
Hanna grinned. "Would you mind driving two hours there, and two hours back?"
"No, I wouldn't." Caleb said.
"Good." Hanna moved under the covers of the bed. "Let's sleep. I'm exhausted."
"Me too." Caleb said, and slid under the covers. He wrapped his arm around Hanna's waist, and soon the two were out like a light.
Sorry I haven't updated in a bit, but hope you liked it. The fact Haleb broke up is so frustrating, because we were given all this hope that they would stay together, but DAMN IT. And if anyone could tell me what happened in Ravenswood that would be great, because I don't watch it.
Bye Dolls