The next few weeks went by quickly. Caleb and Hanna kept going out together, seeing each other everyday, and things seem to go amazing. They tried to keep some kind of distances though, without sleeping together. They wanted to be sure that sex wasn't the only thing that mattered to them. They had kissed multiple times, even pretty hard and even with heavy touching, but they hadn't done anything 'sexual' in those days. Everything seems to go okay though, so they thought it was a positive sign. Caleb was still looking for a job. Times were tough, it wasn't easy. He was still staying at the hotel, but he still had a lot of money to pay for it.

In the meanwhile, Aria's wedding was everyday closer. Hanna was really excited about that and about her friend's pregnancy as well. She had gone with her to her first ultrasound, and she had gotten really emotional. One night Hanna and Caleb had even gone on a double date with Aria and Ezra. It had been a nice night for them all, especially for Caleb, who was finding in Ezra a good friend.

It was a late Friday afternoon, and Hanna was working at the clothing shop with Laura. Caleb knew her shifts, and he and Hanna had planned to go out that night, right after her shift was over. But there was almost nobody at the mall then, so a weird idea came to Hanna's mind.

"Laura, you know what? I think you can go home. The shift ends in half an hour and there's no one here. I can manage here alone, don't worry." she told her coworker.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, no problem. The boss is already gone, so we won't have problems about that. Plus... It's your sister birthday, right? Just go then." she smiled again.

"Yeah. Thank you, Han! I owe you one!" Laura thanked her.

The girl went to change her clothes and then came back to Hanna to say goodbye.

"Anyway, Han, I think you can also close the shop and go home as well. You said it, the boss is gone and there are no customers around. I don't think that twenty minutes will make the difference now." she told Hanna, looking around herself.

Hanna gave her a small nod as answer, then Laura walked away. When she was gone, Hanna pulled her mobile out of her pocket and called Caleb.

"Hey, honey, what's up? I thought you were done in, like, twenty minutes?" he said as picking up.

"Can you just come here? My shift's not over yet, but... Well, just come." Hanna replied.

"Oh... Okay."

"Fine. See you later."

And then, Hanna hung up, with a devious smirk on her face.

Caleb entered Hanna's shop slowly, seeing the 'closed' signboard on the showcase and almost all the lights off.

"Han?" he called, stepping inside.

He couldn't see her.

"Han?" he called again, louder.

He continued walking down the shop, until he noticed the curtain of one of the dressing rooms completely shut. He reached it and slowly opened the curtain, finding Hanna sitting on the stool. He furrowed his eyebrows and smiled, looking at her.

"What is it? Why is it closed? And... Why are you in here?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

Hanna pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows, standing up from the stool.

"Get in and close the curtain." she whispered.

Caleb smirked and then bit his lower lip, following her instructions. Hanna walked to him and then made him turn around.

"Now sit down." she whispered in his ear, nodding towards the stool.

Caleb did what he was told to, then Hanna walked to him and placed her hands on each of his shoulders.

"Do you remember when we were here and you tried a pair of jeans on?" she asked seductively.

"Mhmh..." Caleb murmured, nodding and smirking.

"And there was that little 'accident'...?" Hanna continued, making her hands drop to his chest.

"Mhmh..."

Hanna then, sat on his lap, straddling him. She brought her lips to his earlobe, slightly biting it.

"Well, I wanted to do something then, but... I was a little too shy at the time, and I didn't know you so well, there was a lot of customers, plus it was my first day of work, so... You know..." she whispered in his ear.

"So?" Caleb asked, gripping her ass and pressing her body against his crotch.

Hanna let out a little gasp at the friction gained, and then gave Caleb a lingering kiss on the mouth, but not making it last too long. She slowly slipped from his lap, going on her knees, then she started fumbling with his belt. When it was undone, she unzipped the jeans, shooting him a smile.

"No accidents this time..." she whispered, slipping the jeans down till his midthighs.

Caleb bit his lower lip and titled his head back on the wall when Hanna's delicate hands slipped down his boxers as well and then went to grab his full length, already rock hard and ready for her. He had been turned on from the moment she had started giving him instructions. He liked when she took control of the situation. It just made him horny. A moan escaped from his throat when Hanna's hand traveled it from base to tip, rubbing her small thumb against it.

"Hi, bud... It's been a while..." she whispered playfully.

Then, she lowered her head and placed a soft kiss on the head of his cock, making Caleb's body jump slightly.

"Hanna..." he groaned, gripping her hair.

Hanna didn't need to hear anything else. His frustrated and pleading voice was too sexy. She opened her mouth slightly, taking his cock in and letting her lips adjust to his size, as Caleb's grip through her hair became tighter. She pushed her head down until his whole cock was in her mouth, then she started pumping her head up and down, still slowly. Caleb encouraged her to go faster with his hand through her hair, but she didn't give in. That was her game, and so were the rules. She also pushed her hands hard down on his thighs when he tried to thrust himself up to take a quicker pace into her mouth. His breaths were heavy and his moans and groans had become harsh, and she really hoped that no one could pass too near to her shop. Caleb could be really loud sometimes. And, God, that was one of those times. His narrowed eyes followed the torturingly slow movements of her perfect pink lips around his cock, and he found so damn hot when he could catch also her sight and see that devious fiery spark in her icy eyes. He kept groaning her name like a desperate chant, and soon Hanna's head started increasing the speed. The change of the pace caused Caleb to violently hit his head against the wall, making an echoing noise through the whole shop, and Hanna would have laughed if her mouth hadn't been busy. The quick pace was accompained by Hanna's tongue now gently rubbing the tip of his cock, and Caleb felt like he was right on the edge.

"Han... I-I'm coming..." he murmured in an almost ridicolous voice, half-choked.

He wasn't sure that Hanna was willing to take his load in her mouth, so he warned her, but instead of stopping and finishing the work with just her hand, she kept going that way, even deeper and quicker, until Caleb filled her mouth erupting in an inhuman groan. His whole body shook and the very tight grip through her hair loosened in just a few seconds, as he let go his orgasm. Hanna waited for him to finish, taking everything he had to give, then she released his cock and looked up at him swallowing his cum.

Seeing that, Caleb was sure his cock had become hard again.

It wasn't the first time that Hanna gave him a blowjob, but she had never made him finish into her mouth, nor swallowed his cum. Plus, the fact that they hadn't done it stuff in quite a while, had made everything hotter.

"God, Hanna... You never fail to surprise me..." Caleb murmured, breathing heavily.

Hanna wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and smirked at him, then pulled his boxers and jeans up, zipping them, and buckled his belt as well.

"Wait for me outside. I need to get changed." she said then, standing up.

Caleb raised an eyebrow and looked up at her.

"And I can't help with that?" he asked, smirking.

Hanna smirked back and offered him a hand to help him to stand up, which he accepted, then she placed a chaste kiss on his lips.

"Just make sure tonight's date is gonna be awesome. Then we'll see what happens." she whispered then.

Caleb smiled at her shaking his head, then he walked out of the shop.

That night, obviously, they ended up sleeping together at Hanna's, and they knew that their thing was kind of serious by now.

A few days later, Caleb found a job. He helped Joe, the pizza man of the mall with the deliveries, so he didn't have to be at the mall, otherwise the boss probably wouldn't have been happy to have him back there. Hanna, at first, didn't like the idea of Caleb working for Joe, since that guy had made some kind of comments about her when she and Caleb had had pizza there, but Caleb reassured her saying that Joe knew that he wouldn't have hesitated to punch him as well if he was going to be a dick again. Caleb, then, started being paid again and so he started looking for a place too, so he could have finally left the hotel room. Hanna often went with him to see the places, but nothing really convinced either him or her.

But as the months went by, she started enjoying too much the warmth of his arms around her while sleeping, and she knew that there was a reason why she didn't like the places he was looking at.

The day of Aria and Ezra's wedding finally came. Aria's baby bump had become pretty obvious, but she was definitely a gorgeous bride. Hanna was obviously one of the bridesmaids, and Caleb went to the wedding as her boyfriend. When they were celebrating after the wedding, in the huge and wonderful Fitzgeralds residence, Caleb pulled Hanna with him to dance a slow song, and she accepted, wrapping her arms around his neck and moving along with the music.

"I have to tell you something." Caleb whispered in her ear while dancing.

"What?" Hanna whispered back.

"I spoke with my dad at the phone. He and Jess talked a lot about something, and... Well, they took a decision."

Hanna pulled away from him and looked into his eyes, worried. She was scared he was gonna tell her that he had to leave...Again. But Caleb was smiling and that kinda reassured her.

"I can work with them. But... Staying here. I will have to go to San Diego like once or twice a month, just to bring them some documents and put a couple of signatures, but... I can stay here basically for the whole time, I'll just work on the computer. At least it won't be just boring business stuff, I'll work online, I'll be the one encharged to run the website of the company, so... I think it's kind of my thing. And, I'm gonna earn so much more than now, obviously." he continued.

Hanna smiled brightly at him and hugged him again.

"It's wonderful! So... Your family is no longer pissed off at you?" she asked.

"Seems not. Great, right? Also... When I'll have to go there, I want you to come with me. They need to meet the person who changed my shitty life."

Hanna pulled away again just to look into his eyes and smile at him, and then gave him a gentle kiss on the lips.

"I love you." Caleb whispered when he pulled away.

It was the first time ever that he told her that. But he felt like doing it, because he felt like he really was in love with her, in love with someone for the first time in his whole life. Hanna widened her eyes, but a huge smile appeared on her lips. She knew how much his 'I love you' meant.

"What?" she asked incredulous.

"I love you." he repeated, smiling back.

Hanna kissed him again, longer. The music was still playing, but they had stopped dancing and they were just standing through the dancing crowd kissing and smiling at each other like teenagers. Aria saw them with the corner of her eye and smiled at that sight. She had always known they were gonna end up that way.

"Move in with me." she told him after the kiss, with a surprising decision.

Caleb raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect her to be ready to do a big step like that.

"Are you sure?" he asked quietly, placing a strand of her hair behind her ear.

Hanna nodded. She believed that if they had come at that point, it was worth to try to live together as well. They were not kids anymore, and they needed to find out if their relationship had really that strength or not. After all, Caleb was sleeping over almost everynight...It would have had more sense if they were gonna try the 'official' thing by now.

"Yes, I am. That's what we both want. I... I love you too." she replied, giving him another soft smile.

Caleb smiled back and kissed her once again. It was the first time ever that she told him that, too.

They both were happy of the decision taken until then. They were together now, despite everything that they had been through. And they were in love. A feeling that they hadn't felt in forever but that they had now found in each other.

A/N: Hey guys! Here I am :) I hope I haven't made you wait too long ;) Honestly, I'm pretty proud about this chapter. It came up right like I had in mind. There was a Haleb sexy time (I wanted to re-write the dressing room scene so badly :P), but also the emotional side of their relationship, so... Well, I just hope you guys enjoyed it in every part of it as well. I really hope you let me know! :):) ..Your reviews are simply a-m-a-z-i-n-g! I'm so glad you liked the previous chapter (and the slap) :D Also, I think that Jess now, with this talk with her dad, is completely forgiven for her bitchiness, right? ;) haha :D Well, now there's just the epilogue left, and I have already in mind what's gonna happen. I PROMISE you all won't be disappointed. Just give me some days and you'll be pleased :) So guys, I hope you all will have a wonderful Christmas with a lot of love :) (and maybe with a Caleb in Santa boxers under the tree? :D) Hope to hear from you :) Again, Merry Christmas, guys! Lots of love! xx -Atramea.