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[Author's note] : So I thought I'd explain my reasoning behind choosing 'Wonderwall' as the title. Firstly it's a great song, secondly the most common definition of 'Wonderwall' is "Someone you find yourself thinking about all the time, the person you are completely infatuated with", honestly I don't really like this definition. It was actually a post that defined Wonderwall as 'The person of which you have a total infatuation with; a person with an indescribable aura, making them seem so perfect, almost intangible; the person that could be the one to 'save you' from whatever unhappiness or emptiness you feel; the person you feel could complete you; your soulmate" that inspired the title of this Paily Fanfiction.

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"Hey, Han since you mentioned earlier your son's surname is Rivers I'm guessing Caleb's his dad?" Hanna nodded "Are you two... umm still together or..?" Paige questioned hoping she wasn't walking out onto some thin ice.

"Yep, we are. Caleb actually proposed to me the day we brought Jake home from the hospital, he laid out a bunch candles in the nursery spelling out 'Marry me?". Of course I nearly killed him before saying yes, I mean I had spent so much money setting up that nursery, if any of those designer fabrics caught fire, I would have dumped his ass then and there. But since it didn't I guess I had to say yes, we got married that following summer. Jake was born in October 2014, and we got married in August 2015 almost two years after you left. I wanted to send you an invite but I can explain that once we get to the apartment" Hanna explained as the two walk towards the exit of the park.

The three finally reached The Rivers' apartment block, it wasn't too far from central park and the weather was nice so they decided against a cab. The three entered the elevator and Hanna encouraged her son to press the right button, when he look up at her pointing at the buttons.

Paige's jaw flew open when Hanna opened the front door to the River's apartment. "Okay Marin, I was sceptical about the child stealing… but who did you have to kill to get a place like this in New York City." Paige spoke astonished as she walked through the open plan sitting, living and kitchen area to the three large windows that looked out onto Central Park. This place must have cost millions Paige thought, spotting a staircase running along the left side wall telling her the apartment was also two storeys.

"Okay, Paige I'm starting to feel offended… I know you wanted a fresh start when you moved away, but I mean, I at least thought you would do some Facebook stalking or at least a Google search here and there. You really don't know what any of us are doing now, or anything that has happened over the past 5 years? Scotland does have internet, right?" Hanna asked bemused.

"Yes. Scotland has internet. Truthfully, I felt a clean break was easier for me, it was too hard to look any of you guys up. It was much too painful. You guys hold memories I needed to escape from… at least for a little while. So I shut down my Facebook page and changed my email address, phone number and basically started over" Paige replied, a quiet sadness lingering on her words. "Also, I don't know how he did it, but I know Caleb was tracking me via my new Email… but you can explain that one after you explain all this. Did you win the lottery or something?"

"No, Paigey! If you ever typed the words 'Hanna Marin' or 'Hanna Rivers' into Google you'd see that I got a lucky break and am now a pretty well-known fashion designer. You remember when I wasn't accepted into The Fashion Institute, well when I moved to New York I began drawing designs, I got an internship with DVF NY, thankfully, due to some connections I had here. Well then I got pregnant, and truthfully I thought my life was over, I mean I was ready to cut off Caleb's manhood for causing the problem…"

"I think it takes two to tango, no?" Paige interrupted laughing to herself.

"Shut-up, McCullers. Finding out I was pregnant was hard, Caleb and I were fighting the whole time and nothing was going right, but I found comfort in my drawings. After my first scan, it began to feel real. I started to draw baby clothes and one day, one of the head designers caught sight of my drawings and things started to speed-up from then on. A small fashion blog online found out about me, which led to bigger blogs and even a mention in an article in the New York Times which helped get my name out there. My pregnancy only boosted my new brand. I decided to set up my own website called Little MR, and the thing basically went viral, my baby clothes were everywhere. The MR obviously standing for Marin-Rivers, it was actually Aria's idea about the MR being interpreted at 'mister'. So then two years ago with the brand now developed in children's clothing as Little MisteR and Little MissteR, I then decided to branch into men's wear with MisteR for Men. I got voted as best up and coming fashion designer a few months back by Elle magazine and everything's been blowing up since. So now I'm looking at breaking into women's wear with MissteR for Women, but that's taking a little longer… but I'm in no rush. It just means lately I get to spend more time with my beautiful son. Then Caleb also caught a break, he built a security app for all mobile devices, which was bought up by the CIA, so he now works in connection with them. That's why he's not here at the minute he's in Washington DC on business, but you'll get to see him soon, he should back next Friday. So really everything was just luck, Caleb and I kinda overspend on this place though, but it has quite a big roof garden. I mean gardens are hard to come by in the city and we're both situated here, and we wanted a garden or some kind of secure outside space for Jake growing up. So that's how we ended up here" Hanna explained, a range of expressions crossing Paige's face as her friend spoke proudly of her achievements.

"Wow, Hanna! That's great, if anyone deserves to be successful in that way it's you and Caleb. I can't believe I didn't know any of this, wow that makes me wonder where everyone else is" Paige spoke truly astonished but extremely proud of two of her best friends, after everything they went through in high school they deserved it.

"But before we get into that, care to explain why Caleb was tracking my email address. I told you all before I left, that I wanted a clean break… no contact! I knew it would be way too hard to leave and settle in the UK if I was still in contact with everyone back in Rosewood." Paige explained a tinge of annoyance lingering on her lips.

"Paige, I'm sorry okay… plus you should be happy it was only you're email because if I got my way it would have meant tracking your every move since the day you left" Hanna returned.

"So about being surprised about running into me in Central Park, was that all a cover-up? Did you know I was coming back to America?"

"Actually no. Caleb said you and him made a promise. He would look out for all us here, and you made him promise not to come looking for you, unless something major happened back here, that would be the only reason to get in contact with you. But Paige we all knew what kind of place you were in when you left, it was hard, painful, you had no support system so we (Spencer, Aria and I) asked Caleb to track down your email address. He only agreed to it on a certain condition, that he only tracked it once a month it was usually like the 5th of every month, he ran it through a filter along with checking you're activity to make sure you were alive but as well as that that you were in good health, and happy. He never went into detail on the emails, we just needed to make sure that you were safe, Paige. We all had each other here, but you had no one and you were probably the one person who needed a friend most. So I'm sorry if you feel like we violated your privacy, but you were one of us, Paige. You are still one of my best friends, Paige, and that means going above and beyond to make sure that you're in a good place too." Hanna continued, a light glistening washing over her eyes, mirroring Paige's.

"Okay… thank you for caring. It's still kind of weird to me having such a loyal and caring group of friends, so I guess I can't be too mad at you all" Paige smiled at the blonde.

"Yeah, we're a bit like the Mafia in that way. Once you're a part of the group you're stuck with us. But a lovable Mafia at that, one that gives hugs… so Paigey, I'm going to hug you now, just a heads up" Hanna walked over to the chestnut haired girl, Paige just laughed opening her arms to return Hanna's gesture.

"I've missed you, Paige"
"I think I missed you too, Marin… I may yet regret coming back though"

"Hey, way to ruin it, we were having a moment 'Cullers" Hanna playfully hit Paige's arm.

"So since this is your first night back in New York, I'm thinking some pizza… I'll just go order it now. Oh yeah and not to scare you or anything but Spencer will be here soon, like 10 minutes or so. She always comes over after work on Mondays" Hanna spoke non-chalantly, Paige's eye widened on hearing the news, Spencer would more than likely start interrogating her in true Hastings fashion as soon as she came in.

"Oh and Paige can you ask Jake if he'll have some Mac n Cheese, please?" Hanna questioned, to which Paige nodded and headed towards the couch, where Jacob was sitting watching a film, curled up under a blanket with a little shark teddy.

"Hey buddy… what you watching?" Paige sat down beside the young boy.

"Nemo"

"Oh… I love Finding Nemo, it's one of my favourites, and you even have a shark teddy. Is he a good shark or a bad shark?"

"Good one"

"Yeah, I like Sharks too. When I went to school with your Mommy and Daddy, I was on a swim team called The Sharks… with Emily, you know who Emily is, right?" Paige inquired, reading the little boys expression.

"Ummhmm," the little boy smiled, his face almost the image of Hanna's when doing so as two dimples punctured his sallow skinned cheeks, his eyes quickly flashing back to screen as he watched a tense scene unfold.

"Hey Jake, I promise I'll stop talking in a minute but your Mom wants to know if you would like some mac n' cheese for dinner?" the little boy nodded up at her again, as she got up to return to the kitchen area.

"He said he would have some mac n' cheese, Han. Also I dunno if I'll ever get use to calling you someone's Mom… it's weird" Hanna just laughed as she got to heating up some dinner for her son. "Also, does anyone else in the posse have kids before I go and put my foot in it"

"Nope, just Caleb and I for the minute. I'm sure Aria and Ezra will be soon to follow, they got engaged just last Christmas and are planning a summer wedding for next year. They're currently travelling around the world. Aria's now an established author, after her young teen series took off, she and Ezra live up in New Haven, NY, where Ezra teaches english at a local high school. I think Aria wants to continue her education in Yale once she returns so they may still be putting off having kids. Spencer and Toby are together, they had been on and off for about three years after you left. It was tough on the two of them, but Spencer was going through a rough time with her parents and college applications. I'm sure she can tell you more about that later, even Andrew was back in the picture for a while but that didn't last, so as of the last year Spence and Toby have been going strong. He's working as an architect under a company based here and Philadelphia so he goes between here and Rosewood quite a bit, they share a small apartment together in lower Manhattan."

Just as Hanna stopped speaking she heard the buzzer going, it was more than likely Spencer, coming up. Paige immediately panicking "Hanna maybe I should just go, we can catch up another time"

"Paige, you're not afraid of Spencer are you?" Hanna laughed.

"Umm no… well… it's been like 5 years" Paige returned pacing back and forth behind the breakfast bar. Hanna only laughing watching Paige pacing around the kitchen. "Go keep Jake company again, I'll explain to Spencer that you're here."

Paige walked back over to Jacob who was now seen cuddling with a small white dog that Paige didn't know was even in the house.

Jacob introduces Paige to Princess Tiki Mini Apple, the Rivers' dog. She should be surprised about the dog's name but this dog was belonging to Hanna Marin, and not much surprised her when it came to the blonde anymore.

The chest-nut hair girl spotted some toys across the room standing up to get some as she called the little dog over, not noticing Spencer and Hanna re-entering the room.

"Here Princess Tiki Mini Apple… come here girl" Paige whistled, her calls quickly interrupted by bemused faces and loud laughter.

"Hey Paige you might want to look at 'Princess Pineapple's' or whatever you just called her, tag… You do know this is the son of one Hanna Marin, right?" Spencer eventually spoke.

Paige's eyes reading the word 'Marley' nicely inscribed on the collar, "Really?" Paige laughed now too, her eyes flitting between the three faces looking back at her.

"I've taught him well" Hanna remarked before gesturing for a high five off her son, which he return almost instantly. She followed the high five with a kiss to his cheek.

"Thanks for making my day a little better, Jakey" Spencer smiled at the brunette boy, before giving him a hug to say hello, his small arms wrapping around her neck squeezing tightly.

"Bad day?" Hanna inquired

"Yep, I hope you have my glass of wine ready and waiting. Actually you know what just give me the bottle of red with a straw" Spencer returned, the fact that Paige is actually back in the states only now really hitting her as she walked over to the girl pulling her into a hug,which quickly ended when Spencer pulled back hitting her on the shoulder, "What's with the lack of contact for 5 years McCullers… you weren't just Emily's girlfriend, but our friend too. I understand the difficulty but seriously you didn't have to cut us out completely" Paige cringes at the mention of Emily's name, Hanna and her had managed to avoid the topic.

"Shit sorry, still a touchy subject?" Paige nods a little in response, surprised at how the pain of hearing her first love's name for the first time out loud in five years crept up on her. Yeah she thought of Emily, quite a bit actually, but mainly in her first two years abroad. It became that little bit easier to deal with everything that went on since then.

"I'm really sorry Paige, I didn't mean too…"

"No, it's okay. I'm kind of surprised Hanna has managed to avoid talking about 'Voldemort' for this long.' Paige replied trying her best to ward off any notion of sadness on her words.

[Author's note] : I know this is a Paily Fan fiction and there hasn't been much mention of Emily, that part of the storyline will be explained- hopefully, within the next few chapters, so please hold tight. Let me know what you think in the reviews and thank you for reading. -KTF