Firstly I'm so sorry for the long wait, I've been really busy recently and thought I posted this weeks ago, completely my fault. Also, I'm writing another story, neighbours, and I'm focusing on that mostly right now because I feel like more people review and like that one, but by no means have I forgotten about this, I'm just trying to find the time to write, hopefully I'll update again in a week or two, don't worry I'm not going to leave anything unfinished, but thank you to the guest who begged for this to be updated because I wouldn't have realised I didn't update this is they hadn't said anything, again I'm sorry but I hope you like this long 4.5K chapter
Thanksgiving and Telling
"Hannaaaa" clay bellowed through the airport bounding towards his sister in law, himself, James, Claudia and even William had made the flight to Philly two days before thanks giving so that they could spend the day with the Rivers and their close friends, Ashley and Claudia had formed a friendship over the years, however Ted and William didn't have too much in common, so they usually endured an awkward silence when it was just the two men in the room, but this holiday that wouldn't be a problem as there was going to be a grand total of seventeen people, including baby Rivers, in one house, the family of four had just gotten off there flight and Hanna and Caleb were there to greet them and drive them back to their house as they would be staying for a total of four days, making the most out of the family holiday, and of course Hanna was still Clay's favourite person in the world, and it had all started when they first met and she agreed to play cars with the five year old, now he was nearing on fourteen and still adored Hanna, not to mention the giant crush both him and his older brother now had for her.
"Hi Clay, come here" she replied holding her arms out for the boy as he ran directly into her stomach, she winced hoping that he had not hurt their baby and shot Caleb a worried look as careful he mouthed back to her and she smiled up at him, of course no one knew about their latest addition and if Clay did he would have taken the necessary precautions, it was just a reminder that they needed to tell people sooner rather than later, and thanksgiving was the perfect opportunity
"Hanna, darling I love your dress!" Claudia exclaimed heading straight for the blonde girl also, making Caleb roll his eyes, he secretly loved how Hanna and his mom got along, they were both obsessed with clothes and fashion
"I see once again, everyone's excited to see Hanna" he let out as William came towards him shaking his hand as he continued on what seemed to be a business call, his eldest son doing the exact same thing, but probably to a girlfriend considering he was now sixteen, the exact age Caleb had met Hanna
"Brother" he approached as he hung up the phone call and made his way over to Caleb, giving him a man hug, just as Clay decided to join them as well, deciding that his mom and Hanna's clothes talk wasn't what he was most interested in listening to
"Was that Amanda" Clay teased his older brother putting on a whiny voice
"Shut up man" James shoved his brother playfully
"Amanda huh?" Caleb added, nudging Hanna to turn around, she would love to hear this, as the group began walking to the car, the four kids trailing behind Claudia and William, who was now off the phone
"James! You are way too young" Hanna cried in shock, she still saw him as the little boy she met the first time she went to California, Clay by now was in hysterics after dumping his brother in a pile of questions
"Hanna, you met me at sixteen" Caleb laughed, they definitely got up to a lot more then kissing at James' age and Hanna shot him a look, telling him to shut up
"Yeah hanna" James replied smugly "I remember hearing Caleb's midnight conversations with you" he teased his sister in law back "and they weren't that innocent"
"Ok that's a complete lie mister" Hanna said trying her hardest to keep a straight face "what does this Amanda look like then, and how did you meet?"
James unlocked his phone and found his girlfriends Instagram, and gave it to Hanna, allowing her to stalk the girl her brother through marriage was dating, she approved, Amanda was very pretty, and she quickly copied her Instagram name and pressed the follow button on her phone "We met in science class, I wasn't understanding the lesson so she offered to help and now-"
"And now I hope you're using protection" Caleb finished, making clay burst out in laughter and Hanna slapped his chest playfully, James face turning bright red in embarrassment
"Caleb" Hanna shouted "his not having sex with her" and the conversation fell quiet for a moment "right James?"
"Hanna, what the hell" James laughed back "I'm not telling you either way"
It was now late in the evening, the family had just shared a dinner cooked by Hanna and now her and Claudia were sat on the decking in the garden, Claudia having some wine while Hanna used the excuse of doing a clean November after an eventful Halloween night, which hadn't actually happened, Hanna and Caleb didn't go out this past Halloween, they sat up eating snacks and watching films waiting for trick or treaters. The boys were all in Caleb's home office, messing around with all Caleb's software and computers, all four of them really had a knack for technology and it seemed that James had also inherited Caleb's talent as he played around with the firewalls.
"James had a girl round a few times, I don't like it one of my babies is growing up" Claudia whined, while Hanna was finding it hard not to snap at her, she really hated it when Claudia called James and Clay her babies, because Caleb was her baby once too, but she just abandoned him, and Hanna, knowing Caleb so well, knew that somewhere inside Caleb it stilled played on him
"They even seem to young for me, I can't imagine how you're feeling, it must be weird, James being the age Caleb was when you found him"
"Yeah, I've gotten to know James for the whole sixteen years his been here, but with Caleb, you knew him better than I did" Hanna didn't really like the topic they were talking about, she felt like she was about to say the wrong thing and offend Claudia, especially now Hanna was pregnant herself, she couldn't ever imagine giving up the baby she was madly in love with already, and she hadn't even met them yet
"Well you never know, James could end up marrying this Amanda girl, I've seen her Instagram, they're quite loving" Hanna quickly changed onto after topics, showing Claudia a picture of James and Amanda at what she assumed to be a party considering she was dressed up nicely and he was in jeans and a shirt "they're cute"
"We will soon see, but I always knew with you" Claudia started, handing Hanna her phone back as she turned to face her "that sixteen year old who shyly walked up my drive, the reason I had contact with my first born, I knew you and him were meant to be, and in those pretty heels you were wearing"
Hanna smiled at her mother in laws honesty, she remembered back to that day and how scared she had been, she was usually so open when meeting someone, if she didn't like them, then they would know, but with Claudia she felt the need to be quiet and make a good impression "you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes"
"Really mom, you're talking about shoes" Clay moaned walking out to the decking with tired eyes, all of them had endured a very long and tiring day
"No were talking about James and Amanda but keep it quiet" Hanna laughed bringing Clay sit on the outdoor sofa next to her as she brought her arm around his shoulder so he could lean on her, no matter how old he got Hanna would always see him as a little boy
"Hey baby" Caleb said walking outside with William and James as he lifted her up and sat on the sofa so she could sit on his lap, his hands subtly rubbing up and down her discreet bump she had grown after following strict doctors orders to eat natural foods which promote growth, and she smiled down to him
"Hey" she kissed him lightly on the lips and they both turned there heads to join in the discussion the others were having
"Were gonna head up to bed now, it's been a long day" Claudia suggested standing up and heading inside, as hanna jumped off Caleb and showed the family upstairs to their rooms, one for William and Claudia and one twin room which Hanna had set up especially for James and clay. She walked into her and Caleb's bedroom to find him laying in bed already scrolling through Netflix to find the episode of orange is the new black they were up too, she actually found herself standing in the doorway starring at her husband thinking of how lucky she had gotten, she was just watching him, thinking how hot he was looking, the pregnancy hormones were definitely kicking in, she climbed into bed next to him and curled up against his side feeling the heat from his body
"How's little one doing?" He asked sensing her presence and running his big hand over her discreet bump, you would only notice it if you knew she was pregnant, she was still very small for three and a half months
"She's being good, when I was cooking dinner she was dancing around a bit though"
"She?" He asked confused "did I miss that appointment?"
"Just a feeling, a little daddy's girl in there, tomorrow it might be a mummy's boy, who knows" she moved her hand to rest on top of his as it rested over their unborn child, Caleb's smile growing and growing "who's gonna get a big treat tomorrow when I stuff my face with turkey" she cooed and Caleb and her both started to laugh at her immaturity "I've liked them being our little secret for so long, I'm gonna miss it, when we tell people, it's not just me and you anymore"
"It's not been just me and you for a few months now Han, I've loved it too and I wish it could be this intimate forever, but you're gonna have a big bump soon, and if you miss it being our secret so much, I'll just have to knock you up with another Rivers kid after" he joked and Hanna smiled back at him, feeling much more confident about the subject now "but what would you want to call our daddy's little girl?" Caleb whispered to his wife after a few moments of comfortable silence, Hanna tilted her chin up so that her and Caleb were both looking into each other's eyes
"At the minute my list is mostly boys" Hanna laughed "Harley is at the top, that could be for a boy or girl, but I've always liked the name River for a girl, but I guess that ones out the window considering I am not calling any one of our kids River Rivers, that's even worse than Caleb Jr."
"Guess that's my fault then" he laughed kissing his wife's lips "I did make a list at work, and one girl name stuck out to me" Caleb admitted as Hanna let out a big smile, she found it adorable that Caleb was so in love with their baby already
"Tell me then"
Hanna laughed as caleb told her the baby name he had been thinking of, although he hadn't found a middle name yet "Bella"
Hanna smiled as she heard the name and it repeated seeing if she liked it "it's adorable Caleb, I would have never thought of it" she whispered, bringing her lips to her husbands and climbing onto him, knocking the laptop onto the floor as she moved to straddle him, leaning down to kiss him lips once again, he grabbed her head from behind, keeping her lips in place as he entered his tongue into her mouth and moved his other hand to her bare ass cheek, squeezing it so she rolled against him "Caleb you're mom and brothers are probably awake still" Hanna whispered, momentarily stopping their kiss, Caleb quickly brought his lips back to hers
"They know we have sex Han" he said as he flipped them over and she reached down to the waist band of his boxers, overtaken by her hormones as the thought having to be quiet because of all the people around them turned her on even more and pulled them down as far as she could reach and he took them the rest of the way down, as he fiddled with her thong, making her more and more ready for him, before he pushed it down her legs and out the way "you're beautiful" he said as he leant up from her and admired his wife, his eyes focusing on her baby bump as he rubbed it softly, before entering her slowly and passionately, over and over again.
Today was thanksgiving, hosted at the Rivers house, and Hanna was stressed, stressed beyond stressed.
Caleb had been upstairs, supposedly cleaning the house ready for their guests for an hour, but when she had just gone into check on them after preparing all the food she would need, she found her twenty four year old husband gossiping and making snide remarks while playing Xbox with his two brothers in their games room, it was not helping her stress levels at all and the fact he hasn't tidied an inch of the house really really got on her nerves. So when William decided to take the boys on a thanksgiving morning run Hanna was ecstatic as it left Hanna and Claudia with extra boy free time to get ready for the day, both choosing attire that went with holiday season but still looking stylish as ever, it was now 10am and everyone would arrive at about midday so that everyone could catch up before the dinner was served and Hanna and Caleb told everyone about their new family member.
"Hello wife" Caleb greeted Hanna, out of breath and sweaty as him his brothers and his step dad walked in the patio doors at the back of the house, he leant in for a kiss but Hanna pulled away immediately
"Go shower, then kiss me" Hanna said bluntly and Caleb smirked up at her, he always knew how to wind her up even more when she was annoyed, to the point where even she found it funny "you're oldest son is a big annoying kid" Hanna moaned to Claudia who was busy chopping carrots
"I can see that" she laughed carrying the chopped carrots to the other cut vegetables "I think the boys bring it out in him though, good luck when you have one" Claudia laughed, and Hanna tried to act as natural as possible, which by the looks of it, Claudia did not buy, given the look she was shooting her way
"Hanny!" A voice called from the hallway, and Hanna straight away knew who it was, only one person stilled called her that nickname, her grandmother
"Hold on Claudia that's my grandma, she's very..well, you'll see" Hanna stuttered as she ran out into the hall to greet her mom, Ted and Regina "grandma" Hanna squealed running into her grandmas arms
"Wheres that boy toy of yours baby" Regina asked looking around for Caleb, as Hanna moved on to welcome her mom and Ted
"His taking a shower I think, he just got back from a run with his stepdad and brothers, I'll go find him, his mom, Claudia is in there, mom will introduce you"
"Hanny, I have to empty myself first, where's the toilet in this big house of yours?" Regina asked as Hanna guided her to the downstairs toilet, then running up the stairs to find her husband
"Hey, things are getting a bit crazy down there" Hanna laughed walking into her bedroom to see Caleb in his towel "babe, what's wrong?" She asked him, sensing that something was up with him, she could always do that
"I'm just thinking" he replied as he sat down at the bottom of the bed, Hanna automatically moved to sit next to him, moving a hand to his thigh, encouraging him to go on "you know how many of these days I spent alone, waiting for someone to come and save me, waiting for my mom to come find me?" He asked referring to thanksgiving "I honestly thought days like today were worthless, because what's to celebrate when you have no one that loves you or even cares about you to celebrate with and now, I'm here with you, my wife and the person I love most in the world, and a little baby inside of you, I have a family Han, it's so surreal, I just needed to take a breather, some times it's overwhelming" he said, as a tear escaped his eye, Hanna always knew he was still a bit broken from his childhood, and that would never really fully go away, it will always be a part of him "but I keep blinking, thinking that I'm gonna wake up and be back in the foster house, alone"
Hanna moved her hand round to her husbands face and wiped away his tears, like he did to her every time she cried "it's ok to feel these things Caleb" she said hoping to cheer him up "but you should know that, you're not dreaming, I'm real, and baby is real, Caleb your family is real and they love you so much, it wouldn't be a family without you, you probably already know this but you're our rock" she finished moving his hand down to rub her stomach "we love you" Hanna's hands were now cupping Caleb's face, as he he moved his to cup hers and brought her in for a kiss, it deepened as her hands went to his nape and began pulling at the roots of his hair as he bit her lip and slid his tongue into her mouth, she doing the exact same as their tongues began a battle for a timeless period, until Hanna finally pulled away, stroking Caleb's face "come on, I know someone who wants to see you" she said referring to her grandmother, who loved to embarrass Caleb by telling him how good looking he was.
It was now around one in the afternoon, and there was herds of people in the Rivers house, Hanna, Spencer, Claudia and Ashley were taking care of the food situation, while Caleb, Ezra, Toby and Caleb's dad Jamie were drinking beer and watching the holiday tv with James and Clay sitting on the sofa, every so often Caleb would give them a swig of his drink without William or Claudia seeing while he Caleb held a four month old wriggling Jacques showing Hanna his natural fatherly instincts as she subtly checked him out once in a while, Regina was deep in conversation with few amused Alison, Emily and aria, which left Ted and William to bond over a subject they had in common, which they had just found out was golf, and they had planned a get away for a weekend of golfing at one point in time, honestly the place was crazy, Hanna couldn't even count the number of faces around her, and moments like this reminded Caleb of why he brought a house with a dining room with enough room to seat twenty, but they would never be doing this again, baby number two will be announced through the post most likely.
"Caleb" Hanna shouted out over all the voices, and a few seconds later, Caleb and a smiling Jacques appeared "hi baby, are you having fun with uncle Caleb, yes you are" Hanna laughed cooing at the baby in her husbands arms as he showed her a big grin and a tiny baby laugh "let me have him" she whined taking the baby from Caleb, but he continued to stroke his cheek with his index finger, and they stood in silence for a while completely relaxed watching the baby
"Han, you wanted something?" Caleb asked, both their minds went blank after seeing baby Jacques
"Oh yeah, could you go set up the dining room please, go with my mom and your mom and carry all the stuff through" she asked pointing subtly down to her bump as to why she couldn't lift any of the plates, some were not and she didn't want to risk anything, Caleb nodded kissing her on the forehead quickly and saying bye to Jaques as Hanna and Spencer strolled over to the other girls
"I had thirteen, thirteen stitches" Regina admitted as Emily slightly turned up her nose, and so did Spencer and Hanna as they realised what Hanna's grandma was talking about
"Shall we go.."
"Yeah" Spencer answered certain, there was no way Hanna was listening to retinas birthing stories
"Any updates on the wedding?" Hanna asked her best friend hoping she would have at least set the date
"Well, we've decided this may, either the 12th or 24th" Spencer admitted with the biggest smile plastered on her face "in Italy" she added and Hanna squealed like a little girl
"Italy Spencer, that is so not fair, you lucky bitch" Hanna gushed, undoubtably wishing she had gone for Italy, but she wouldn't change her day for the world
"Yes italy, and I know you're going to be massive or even have a mini you by then but you'll still coming right" Spencer was still the only person who knew about Hanna's pregnancy, apart from Caleb, and sometimes she even forgot that Spencer knew "how have they been recently?"
"Moving a lot more, and I finally feel like Im getting a bump, so perfect time to tell people so I don't have to attempt hiding it, I'm lucky I've gotten away with it this long" Hanna said pulling up her top to show Spencer her bloated looking stomach
"Oh my gosh, you've grown so much even since last week"
"I'm gonna be mistaken for Shamoo soon, do you remember Aria, God I don't ever want to be that miserable" Hanna laughed pulling her top down and rubbing her belly "but I guess there's now going back once you have a few potential names and are about to spill to everyone"
"You have to tell me now!" Spencer squealed at Hanna
"No we don't even know if they're a boy or girl yet, so no, and we don't have a middle name, but Caleb actually found the name for a girl, and have you seen him with Jacques, it's melting my heart how sweet he is being" Hanna said walking into the dining room to see how Caleb and their moms were doing with the setting up "just look at him" Hanna whispered to Spencer as she watched Caleb, the way his muscles twitched when he laid something out and the way he smiled at something one of the women said, he lifted his head to see Hanna standing in the door way and walked over to her
"We're ready for people now babe" he said pointing to the finished table "you did a brilliant job with the food" he added, knowing how stressed out she had been as he brought his hand to her lower back and rubbing it "just a few more minutes until it's out" he added and Hanna smiled to him
"Can we wait till after dinner, I want it to be about us, not a million baby questions while I'm trying to devour the turkey I slaved away cooking for five hours" Caleb laughed at his wife and nodded
"Anything for you bambam" he got a smack in the chest after referring to her as a cave woman
Everyone was now sat around the table and beginning to finish off their meals, Hanna and Caleb watched like Hawks as they tried to find the perfect moment to begin, Caleb, spotting that aria had just had the last bite of her dinner, took Hanna's hand in his and stood up at his place at the end of the table, with Hanna shortly following him to the left "we both hope you all enjoyed your thanksgiving meal, but we aren't crazy and there is a reason we asked all of you here today, because funnily enough Hanna doesn't enjoy slaving over food for six hours" Caleb laughed and stroked Hanna's hand that was in his
"We asked you all here, and my dad but he had other better plans, because we need to tell you something" Hanna said "we're four months pregnant" they both smiled as congratulations went all around the table and Hanna peeled off her baggy top, so she could show off her tiny bump she was very proud of and at all costs Caleb avoided Regina Marin, not wanting to here an anecdote of her labour experience, he watched as he leant up against the cabinet, Hanna engaging in conversation with her friends and family about the baby, Ashley Marin wasn't too happy that her daughter had hidden this from her for a long four months but her bump clearly in show and Caleb could only think about how lucky he had become, and how his bad childhood was completely forgotten when he looked at his amazing wife, whom he loved the most in the world.
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