Caleb woke up in Hanna's bed. He was holding her from her back. Her hair was all around his face, and her scent was intoxicating him. Hanna was still asleep, but her fingers were interwined with Caleb's. He gently kissed the back of her neck and she shivered at the contact, then she turned around and smiled at him.

"Hey..." she mumbled, yawning.

"Good morning, beautiful." Caleb smiled.

Hanna came closer and hugged him, resting her forehead against his bare chest as he returned the hug and kissed the top of her head. Their legs touched each other's, and Hanna smiled at the slight tickle caused by the fuzz of his ones against her totally smooth ones.

"Slept good?" he asked, stroking her hair.

"Divinely."

Caleb glanced at the alarm on the nightstand and sighed.

"I have to go to work. I've an early morning shift." he said.

"Can you stay a little longer?"

Caleb chuckled.

"Only five minutes." he whispered.

Hanna smiled and kissed his chest, as he ran a hand up and down her bare back.

"You know... I would have never thought that I would have slept in your bed... You wanted to run away when you were in mine..." he whispered, smiling at the thought of their first time together.

"Believe me, I wouldn't either. But... I like sleeping with you..."

"Just sleeping?"

Hanna laughed and looked up at him.

"I like... All the things we do together." she precised then.

"Oh... Me too..."

And with that, Caleb crashed his lips on hers, immediately searching for her butt under the blankets. Hanna roamed her hands through his hair as she kissed back, and then she jumped on top of him, straddling him. Caleb groaned and halfheartedly pulled away from their kiss.

"We'd better stop before it's too late... I have to go to work." he sighed, biting his lip.

Hanna sighed as well and rolled over, climbing on the mattress next to him.

"I'll make you forgive me soon." he said with a wink, before leaving a chaste kiss on her lips and getting out of bed.

Hanna smiled and watched him getting dressed. He was too sexy for words. His body was muscular but not too much, just the right amount. And when he was disheveled, he was even hotter. When he was done, he kissed Hanna goodbye and told her he would have called her later, then he ran downstairs and the doorbell rang. He opened the door like it was the most normal thing to do, like he was in his own house. Aria stood in the doorway and she didn't even look too surprised to find him here.

"Hi, Aria. Sorry, I have to go. Hanna's still in bed, but she's awake." he said, stepping outside.

"Okay. Goodbye, Caleb." she replied, entering the house.

Caleb waved at her and then went to his car. Aria closed the door and immediately ran to Hanna's bedroom.

"So? Are you two together?" she squealed, sitting on the bed.

"Jesus, Aria... You'll give me an heart-attack..." Hanna muttered, still under the blankets.

"Caleb spent the night here?"

"Yeah... But we're not together. Or at least we don't have anything official."

"You want to try?"

Hanna sighed and sat up.

"I really want this to work. But I don't know if it will. I talked to him and I told him that I want to give us a chance, even if he had already told me that he doesn't know if he's actually ready for something serious. So, I guess that for now we'll just keep our 'thing' up and... We'll see." she shrugged.

"Do you still fear that he'll walk away?"

"Honestly, yes. Because I really enjoy spending some time with him. And as the time passes, I'm more attached to him. I don't know how I'd feel if he suddenly told me that he wants this to stop. But... On the other hand, I know that if I don't try I will regret it. I think that he's worth it, so here I am."

"That's exactly what I think. If you don't try, you will never know. Plus, this guy can make you smile like you haven't done in a while. He's definitely worth the risk if you're that happy as you've been showing lately." Aria smiled.

Hanna returned the smile and nodded.

Caleb arrived at the mall in perfect time. He put on his work uniform and walked to the pay desk to start the shift. That's when he found out that he had to work with Noel that day. And when he saw him, he immediately remembered what Hanna had told him the previous day. He walked to him and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Hey, Caleb." Noel greeted him.

"Noel... If I'll ever see you around Hanna again, I swear I'll kill you. Are we clear?" he told him without compliments.

Noel raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Seriously? She's not even your girlfriend! Or am I wrong?" he replied.

Caleb shook his head in disbelief and smiled sarcastically.

"That's none of your business. You just have to stay away from her. She's not interested in your coffee, got it?" Caleb continued.

Noel chuckled.

"Are you sure she doesn't want to try it? Something tells me that she's the kind of girl who likes tasting a lot of different coffees..." he grinned mischievously.

Caleb couldn't contain himself any longer. He moved a step closer to him and grabbed the collar of his shirt.

"Shut your hole, Noel Kahn." he murmured, at less than an inch from his face.

"What is it, Caleb? I just wanna have fun like you already did with her... Maybe are you afraid that I can make her scream my name louder than she screams yours?"

Then, Caleb couldn't hold himself back anymore. He punched Noel right in his face and he almost fell, hitting his back on the pay desk, as a few customers just entered watched the scene shocked. Another coworker immediately came up to part the two, otherwise they would have probably kept their animated fight.

Hanna didn't have to work that day. Before lunch, she decided to call Caleb, to see if he was done with work and if they could go eating together somewhere. But he didn't pick up. So, she decided to go to the mall to find him.

She entered the store hoping there wasn't Noel, and luckily he wasn't there. Behind the pay desk there was a woman worker, around fourty. Hanna came up to her and smiled.

"Good morning. Is Caleb Rivers here, please?" she asked then.

"Well, actually he was supposed to be here... But he's not." the woman replied.

"What does that mean?" Hanna asked confused.

"Let's say that this morning there was a little 'accident'. I think he's still in the director's office with Noel Kahn right now. I don't know when he's done, I'm sorry."

"Excuse me, but... What happened? Is he okay?"

The woman looked around herself and then, taken a deep breath, replied.

"They had a fight about some girl. Noel got punched by Caleb, but I think they're both fine. I don't know what this means for their job here, though..."

Hanna remained speechless. She knew that Caleb had a fight with Noel for her. He was now risking to lose his job for her.

"Do you think they'll get fired?" Hanna asked, biting her lip.

"I'm sorry if I'm rude, but... Who are you, exactly?"

"I'm that girl, I guess."

"Oh." the woman said, pretty surprised.

"Do you think they can lose the job?" Hanna asked again.

"They could. The director doesn't like those kind of accidents." the woman said with a slight shrug.

Hanna sighed and roamed a hand through her hair.

"So... You're dating both Noel and Caleb?" the woman asked with a smirk.

Hanna couldn't believe it. She was just a stupid redshank.

"I'm dating Caleb. The other one is just a creepy perv." Hanna snapped at her before turning her heels and walking away.

'I'm dating Caleb'. It just came out of her mouth.

She waited for Caleb outside his store for a while, but he didn't come. So she just texted him.

I know you had a fight with Noel. Call me as soon as you can, pls.

And then, she came back home, a little concerned. She didn't want Caleb to lose his job, obviously. She felt a bit guilty for having told him about Noel. She could have just kept for herself. It was nothing bad, after all. Now, Caleb had had a fight about that and he was risking to lose his job.

It was all because of her.

Caleb had officially lost his job. Along with Noel. The director was a really tough type, and he hadn't hesitated to fire both of them when he had learnt about their fight. Caleb was angry, but only with himself. He read Hanna's text but didn't do anything but come home, without calling her. He wasn't mad at her, he just didn't want to talk to anyone. In fact, when Jess asked where he had spent the night and why he looked so upset, he just went to the bedroom and didn't say a word.

After something like two hours, he got out of the room and walked to the balcony, with a cigarette between his lips.

"So? Do you and Hanna have problems?" Jess asked quietly, stealing another cigarette from Caleb's pocket.

He sighed and just shook his head.

"What happened then?" Jess insisted.

"I lost my job."

"What?"

Caleb nodded and took a long drag.

"Care to explain?" Jess asked again.

"I punched Noel Kahn... Pretty hard."

"Why?"

"He bothered Hanna. And said some things... He's just a jerk." he mumbled, shaking his head.

"Caleb... You're not like that. You don't just punch people because they tell a girl some kind of things."

"Hanna is not 'a girl', okay? She's not one of the many girls I slept with. I've already told you that!" he replied, raising his voice.

"And she's worth your job?"

Caleb sighed deeply and took another drag of the cigarette, as Jess did the same.

"Look, Caleb... I think you should come with me to San Diego. You have nothing here now. You could work with me there and forget about Hanna and your young, wild and free LA life. You're almost thirty now, you should start building something serious in your life and not just fooling around with girls and punching your coworkers. It's time to grow up, Caleb. We can sell the apartment and move together to San Diego. Maybe it's time, brother... If your thing with Hanna is not love, well... You should seriously think about it." Jess told him then, as she tossed her cigarette.

Jess came back inside and Caleb remained speechless on the balcony. Maybe his sister was right? Maybe he should have stopped being a guy who just wanted to have fun? Maybe it was time to change?

He should have grown up, maybe Jess was right. He had tossed away too many things throughout his last years. He had a job in a mall, yeah, but his life was just fooling around with random girls and drinking. Nothing else. It wasn't so good for a guy who was almost thirty.

San Diego could have been the perfect solution. After all, he and Hanna weren't a thing, right? Caleb had just tried, but he had made clear that he wasn't sure that they could have become serious. He thought he was falling for her, but what if he was wrong? Well, now he didn't have a job, nor a real friend in LA.

He just had Hanna.

But he wasn't sure that she was a really good reason to continue his life in a place which didn't belong to him anymore.

It was time to grow up and say goodbye to his wild lifestyle.

A/N: Sorry for the late but as you may imagine, college restarted and I don't have much spare time anymore... Anyway... Uh-oh! Caleb lost the job! And Jess is trying to make him come with her to SD... Will he walk away from Hanna? What do you think? I'd like to know your thoughts and guesses :) Thank you so much for reading and for all of your kind reviews :) Keep it up ;) Love you guys! P.s. I'll try to update soon ;) xx -Atramea.