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Hanna awoke and went for her normal morning run with her mother, promptly followed by coffee. She got ready for school and braced herself for a boring eight hours at school. She just wanted to crawl back in bed and sleep, but she didn't instead she drove to Rosewood High and endured all her classes and had lunch with her friends.
Hanna looked at the clock bored out of her mind in French class. She wrote her notes in perfect handwriting and eagerly awaited the final bell. She heard her cell phone chime and looked down at it.
'Someone's eager for class to get over that's the twentieth time you checked the clock since class started. ~Aria
She laughed silently to herself as the bell rang. She grabbed her books and purse and walked with Aria out to the parking lot. "I was bored, besides I have a date tonight and well I'm kind of excited."
Aria laughed and unlocked her bug. "I also have a hot date with Ezra so I know how you feel. Enjoy your date with Detective Hottie."
Hanna giggled and went home to get ready. She hopped into the shower after laying out her clothes, jewelry, and makeup. She enjoyed the hot water clearing her head and making her relax and not stress out before he arrived.
She dried off a put on her silk robe and curled her long blonde hair. She applied her makeup going with a light brown eye shadow and her mascara that made her eyelashes look super long, she finished her look of with a pink lip. She grabbed a strapless bra and put it on and then slid the dress on over it and smoothed it out down her torso. She grabbed the black cropped blazer and put it over the dress. She pulled up the dress slightly and put on her wedges. She grabbed a hot pink Rebecca Minkoff Mac and placed a pair of black glitter flats in it along with some safety pins, a small bag of makeup, and a wallet.
She adjusted the blazer and dress and went downstairs where her mother was. "Oh, Hanna that dress is perfect on you." Ashley squealed adjusting a curl on her daughter's head.
Hanna smiled and looked at her phone. It was 4:25. "Thank you, so what are your plans for the night?"
"Watching TV and eating Chinese or something. Don't worry about me, go have fun with the hunky detective. Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Ashley said hugging her daughter as the doorbell rang.
Hanna smiled and went to the door heels clicking on the hardwood. "Hey." She said giving him the once over, his hair was spiked up and pushed back. He was dressed in a a dark gray shirt and the sleeves were pushed up his arms he also was in dark wash jeans and a pair of black converse.
"You look..." He said stuttering to get the words out of his mouth. "You look amazing." Gabriel finally got out of his mouth.
Hanna giggled softly. "You don't look so bad yourself." She said finding his nervousness cute. "So where are we going since you've been withholding information?"
"Oh you'll find out soon enough." He said teasing her seeing her look disappointed at not knowing.
Hanna sighed and crossed her arms over her chest. "Pretty please with sugar on top." She whined following him out the door getting a whiff of his cologne. He smelled wonderful.
Gabriel laughed and held open the car door for. "Fine we are going to Philly, and that's all I'm telling you." He said with a smirk.
Hanna smiled and slid into the car. "Such a gentleman, and why scared of the Rosewood people seeing us together?" She asked even though Philly had more options in terms of food, and attractions.
"I am absolutely not ashamed to be seen with you, besides I'm normally stationed in Philly unless I am needed for something super important such as the murder of two cops less than a year apart. Besides Rosewood doesn't even have a cheese steak. I'm not trying to hide from anyone. Gabe complained. "However the donuts aren't half bad here."
"Okay food critic so I am assuming cheese steak is for dinner just where is the question. Sorry that Rosewood dragged you away from glorious cheese steaks to deal with dead cops. I didn't know it was all that important to the Philly Police Department."
"Rosewood seems to think it is important which it is. However doing basic digging you realize both cops have a secret. Enough about work or at least Wilden and Reynolds. This is supposed to be fun and well I don't consider those two much fun." He said besides she wasn't a police officer and some of the information was classified police intel.
Hanna saw the Philly skyline in the distance. "Let's not mention those two names the rest of the night. This is a date not an interrogation. Although who could really resist being interrogated by you."
Gabriel laughed at her words. "I have to say I don't think any guy would have a problem being interrogated by you either. So which cheese steak place is your favorite?"
"I don't know if I have a favorite. I don't really like Geno's very much, it's dry and more touristy than anything. So what's your favorite place?" She asked glad that there hadn't been any awkward silence yet.
"I really like Tony Luke's and Dalessario's. Why don't you pick." Gabe suggested curious as to what she would pick.
"We could always try both and have a sampler platter." She suggested wanting to try both place since he seemed to like both.
Gabriel laughed and looked at her it was a pretty good suggestion actually. "Sounds like a great idea we could split and sandwich and between both of them it be a full sandwich. Let me guess you had a salad for lunch?" He teased thinking she ate like a rabbit most of the week and pigged out one day out of the week.
"Nope I like food, I like salads but I don't like live on them. If anything I live on coffee." She teased him, granted she used to be slightly overweight back in the day, but she soon realized moderation was key as was a healthy workout schedule and she managed to get down to a decent size and she felt better about herself and was more confident.
Gabriel looked at her stunned, but then again he was soon starting to realize Hanna was different and full of surprises when it came to things. "Forgive me for thinking that you were like a super healthy nut and counted every single thing you ate." He said driving to Tony Luke's.
Hanna rolled her eyes she used to be exactly like the girl he was describing. "I used to be like that but it wasn't much fun counting everything. Besides I quickly figured out that with a good exercise plan I could eat whatever and still maintain a weight I felt comfortable at. I actually used to be overweight in junior high and everyone used to tease me, so the summer of eight grade and freshman year I made a change lost about ninety pounds changed my wardrobe and haven't looked back."
"I still would have liked you back then. Beauty is only skin deep, and you have a beautiful personality, now let's go clog our a arteries." He teased about the clogged arteries grateful that Hanna was opening up and sharing her past. They ordered a cheese steak to split loaded with onions and chez whiz. They sat down at a picnic table and split the sandwich and fries. "I'm actually a huge nerd. I spent most of high school with my face in a book and avoided parties like a plague."
Hanna took a bits of her sandwich. "This is really good, and tell me more about you being a nerd. Besides if we do clog our arteries I know a med student that could help."
Gabriel took a sip of water. "I grew up in Louisiana and well I always really loved school and I was super good at it. I never really saw the appeal of not doing homework and getting drunk. I graduated at the tender age of sixteen and moved to New York where I went to Columbia. I managed to graduate in three years all why parting super hard. I kind of went a little wild in college and discovered myself so to speak. From college I went directly to the police academy and quickly made my way up the ranks. When I was 22 I was made detective and was transferred to Philly. I would still probably be a rookie if I were normal, but I wouldn't change a thing. So tell me about yourself." He said taking a giant bite of food he was really having a great time with her.
"That's really impressive. Let's see I was born and raised in Rosewood. I used to be slightly overweight, after my parents got divorced and Ali's murder, I kind of lost touch of what really mattered. But freshman year I started to care about school and started to care about what really mattered. I'm pretty boring actually. Oh and I dream of getting into Princeton, UPenn, or NYU. Where I will major in criminology or psychology and hopefully become detective or something."
Gabriel ate his sandwich while she talked pausing every minute to take either a bite of food or a drink. "Your not boring, if anything I'm the boring one. So do you have any pets?"
"No I used to have a Miniature Pincher, but she died last year. I want a new dog though I'm just scared that when I do go off to college I won't have time for it. What about you do you have any pets?" Hanna asked taking another sip of water.
"Trust me you'll have time for a dog in college, especially if you get into one of the colleges you picked since they are very close to commute. I actually have two dogs one is a pure German Shepard, and the other is a corgi/German Shepard mix."
Hanna giggled at the thought of a German Shepard mixed with a corgi. "A German Shepard mixed with a corgi. Interesting. So what's your favorite food?"
"Yes it's kind of interesting a corgi mixed with a German Shepard, but she's sweet and she get's along great with the big dog. I really like donuts." Gabriel said being a smartass. "I pretty much like everything I'm not picky at all."
"So not funny." Hanna complained finishing her sandwich. "I really love Nutella, Chinese, Mexican, and of course coffee, but then I'm also like you and I practically like everything."
Gabriel finished his cheese steak around the same time she did. "So Dalessario's or would you rather so see a movie and stop at Pinkberry for a snack afterward?" He asked getting up from the Picnic table.
"I don't care whatever you want to do is fine, besides what's even on at the movies?" Hanna asked tossing away the wrappers in the trash can.
"I think Pitch Perfect is playing, but I'm not certain." He said pulling out his iPhone. "Pitch Perfect, some horror movie, some comedy, some sappy chick flick." He teased showing the phone to Hanna.
"Aria said Pitch Perfect was hilarious. So I guess we could see a movie and grab a snack afterward." Hanna honestly didn't care what the did or where they went. She was just happy to be spending time with Gabriel.
Gabriel laughed and grabbed Hanna's hand. "Pitch Perfect and fro-yo it is." He said heading to the car. "So you and Spencer seem really close more so than the other to and you seem to like Emily the least out of you four, why?" He asked not trying to be nosy or get any information he was just curious as to why they acted like they acted.
"I'm close to both Aria and Spencer. Emily well she's always been bitter since Ali had died, with Emily it's either you worship swimming or Ali there is no happy medium. I'm close with Emily just not super close like I am with Spencer. I don't think Emily likes you very much. She seems to think this date is a way for you to get information out of me."
Gabriel grabbed her hand listening to what she had to say about Emily's thoughts of there relationship. "Hanna I would never play you like that. Besides your not a suspect in anything you don't have an arrest record, even if you did I would still like you. Hanna your perfect and maybe Emily's just jealous maybe she's feels neglected. I just don't want to see you loose a close friend over a relationship. But I would never ever play you. I do love my job, but I care more about people then I do my job."
Hanna smiled listening to him tell her that he cared about her and would never hurt her or betray her trust. "I'd never hurt you either. Enough with the heavy tell me about your friends."
"Most of them are cop friends, but I guess I am pretty close to two of them. I am really close with Linda she's like everyone's second mother at the station. She can be a bit brash and quiet sometimes but when she gets to know someone it's like an instant bond. She took me under her wing the moment I was made detective. Most of the tricks I know she taught me. I am also pretty close with Cody he's kind of a rookie detective and always excited over everything, but he knows his stuff and he makes a great drinking buddy."
Hanna laughed and her phone vibrate. "Oh Spencer." She sighed at Spencer's text message to her asking how the date was going. "Linda seems really sweet and she seems really protective over you."
"What's so funny?" He asked parking in the movie theatre parking lot. "Yes Linda is really sweet for a detective. However she can be a hard ass if you piss her off."
"Spencer's curious how the date is going. Go figure that she hates not knowing." Hanna said grabbing her purse and getting out of the car. "What about you do you have a bad side if someone pisses you off?"
"It's nice that you friends care so much about you." Gabriel said Opening the door to the movie theatre for her which smelled deeply of popcorn. "Two tickets for Pitch Perfect, please." He said handing over his debit card. "I think everyone has the bad side that no one wants to see."
Hanna tried reaching into her purse to get her card. "I could have got it." She pouted.
"If you do that then it wouldn't be a date, come on let's go get drinks and some cookie dough."
"Cookie dough?." She questioned walking over to the concession counter.
"I can't really see a movie without it." Gabriel teased. "So what do you want to drink?"
"A diet Mountain Dew is fine." Hanna said watching him get the cookie dough and the soda's. "Let's hope Aria's right and this is a good movie."
"I'm sure it is, Anna Kendrick is pretty funny as is Elizabeth Banks." He said handing Hanna her soda. "So any preference to where we sit?"
"Nope I'm not picky." She popped a cookie dough ball into her mouth. "Besides it doesn't seem like many people are here."
"No it doesn't but then again the movie came out a couple weeks ago."
Hanna sat in a seat in the middle of the theatre and took a sip of her drink as she silenced her cell phone. She snuggled into her blazer since the theatre was super cold. She grabbed another handful of cookie dough as the trailers for upcoming movies appeared.
"You were just teasing me over my love of cookie dough and your eating it too." He teased seeing her snuggle into her blazer. "Cold?" He asked placing his leather jacket over her.
"I also like cookie dough, besides your fun to tease, and yes it's kind of cold in here." She said discreetly putting her head on his shoulder as the movie started.
Gabriel noticed her discreetly put her head on his shoulder but didn't say anything instead he wrapped an arm around her as he ate another handful of cookie dough
The movie ended and Gabriel reclaimed his arm. "I liked it. What did you think?" He asked grabbing his trash.
Hanna grabbed her empty fountain drink and stretched. "It was hilarious." She tossed her trash in the nearby bin. "So where to next?"
"What sounds better, ice cream or frozen yogurt?"
"Frozen yogurt." Hanna said getting into the car.
Gabriel smiled. "Pinkberry and a walk through Longwood Gardens." He suggested the date was going awesome so far. Hanna was one of the sweetest girls he'd met in a long time.
"Sounds great." She said amazed at how well the date was going. It honestly didn't feel like a first date, it lacked the usual awkwardness. Gabriel and Caleb were just so different when it came to dates. Gabriel was so romantic and gentle. While Caleb was still a teenager and had teenager urges and his idea of a great date was Hanna in lingerie and a bed involved.
They drove to the Pinkberry right next to Longwood Gardens and Hanna ordered her usual the chocolate hazelnut yogurt with chocolate syrup and strawberries. While Gabriel ordered the banana split while he paid after Hanna tried again to pay.
Gabriel grabbed his yogurt. "Stop trying to pay, this is a date and they guy almost always pays." He lectured taking a bite of the frozen yogurt while holding the door open for Hanna.
Hanna sighed and grabbed her chocolaty goodness. "I guess your right but still it's unfair." She pouted while taking a bite of her treat.
"Mind if I steal a bite of your desert? Fine you can get the next date if you feel the need." He said seeing her pouty face.
"Sure go right ahead that is if I can also have a bite of your's. So there will be a second date." She said not that she was complaining.
"Of course there will be a second date, that is if you want a second date." Gabriel feed Hanna a bite of the treat.
"Sure I have no objections to a second date." Hanna ate the bite of fro-yo. "That's a good banana split."
Gabriel smirked and took a bite of Hanna's fro-yo. "I think your's might be better."
Hanna laughed. "Nutella's good no matter what you stick it on." She said looking at the scenery in Longwood Gardens. "The trees are so pretty this time of year."
"I agree Nutella is good no matter what you spread it on." He took another bite of frozen yogurt.
"Oh the fountain water is different colors." Hanna commented noticing a fountain spewing colored water, she tossed her container in the trash.
Gabriel laughed and finished the rest of his frozen yogurt. "So what's your favorite movie?" He asked taking her hand as the walked through the garden.
"I don't know if I have a favorite movie."
"I don't think I have a favorite movie either. Do you have a favorite book?"
"I really love James Patterson novels, the Hunger Games were pretty good too. What about your favorite novel? Hanna asked admiring the pretty flower garden to her left.
"James Patterson novels are pretty good. I don't think I have a favorite novel as long as its interesting I'll give it a chance and doesn't bore me to sleep."
"There are some novels that put me out either way." Hanna said looking at another colored fountain.
Gabriel laughed at Hanna choice of words. "Yeah I was reading one novel the other night and three hours later I woke up and it was on Rex."
"Poor Rex, so tell me more about your dogs."
"Rex was a police dog who got shot when he was still rather young and they didn't want him in the field and they wanted to take him to a shelter but I decided to adopt him and he's been happy ever since. Avery showed up one day and just refused to leave."
"Aww poor Rex." Hanna said looking at the trees. "So a dog showed up and refused to leave are you sure you didn't want it to leave?"
"Yeah but he's good dog. He would rather be snuggled up in his pet bed then go outside. He's super lazy. Fine I didn't want Avery to leave."
"I'd rather be in bed then get up for school most days." Hanna admitted.
"I have those days too. I think every person has those days. It's even worse when you have a sleeping dog laying on you." Gabriel admitted. "It's getting late I should probably get you home."
"It's like ten on a Friday are you really that old that you have to be in bed by midnight?"
"No I don't have to be in bed by midnight, but I normally have to wake up really early most mornings. However I don't have to work tomorrow. So is there anything else that you want to do?" He asked feeling old with his midnight bedtime.
Hanna giggled softly. "It's okay midnight is plenty late for a six am wake up time. I guess I should be getting home I am pretty sure Spencer is going to drag me shopping tomorrow to get her answers as to how our date went."
"Drag you shopping sounds like such torture." Gabriel teased opening the car door for her.
"Oh trust me it is torture." She complained getting into the car.
"Doesn't sound like torture however I imagine if you dragged me along it would be torture for me."
Hanna smirked at him. "Maybe I should drag you along with me for that comment." She said getting the evil look in her eye.
"I'm only kidding you can't be that bad when it comes to shopping."
"Oh but I am that bad when it comes to shopping. I practically live in either the mall or the bookstore."
"What about school? Considering you just said you live in the mall."
"Dude I sleep in practically all my classes and still make A's I made the fourth highest SAT score at Rosewood High. I don't think we have to worry about my grades." Hanna said with a wink. Granted she did study and really cared about her school work.
"Sleeping in classes can't say I ever did that."
"What no boring math classes that you just couldn't stand and sleep or texting was the only way to manage 45 minutes of pure boringness."
Gabriel laughed at the joke. "Fine I did fall asleep in a math class in college but only because my roommate was throwing a giant party and it's kind of hard to sleep through that."
Hanna giggled. "I knew you were hiding something, but wait didn't you say earlier that you were wild in college?"
"Nice detective work, and yes I did go wild for like a year and the other two years were spent in a book. I didn't get out much."
"You sound like Spencer before Wren came along. She was like must study, large test and now she's still uptight just not as uptight."
"I'm not uptight I just always knew what I wanted and I still had fun. I played basketball my two years of high school. I was fun I wasn't a socially-awkward nerd. So who's Wren?"
"Spencer's med school boyfriend, who's British. He's actually really sweet and she loves him. He makes her relax and see that not everything is about grades. Which is funny because he's in med school and that's what Spencer dreams about."
"A med student that knows the meaning of the word relax. I didn't think there was such a thing." Gabriel said being honest it was a big reason why he decided not to major in medicine, same went for law school.
Hanna giggled softly to herself. "Let me guess that's why you decided against med school." She said seeing the Welcome to Rosewood sign.
"One of the reasons I decided against med school, but could you see me a a doctor?"
"No not really but then again I think it's your personality what I can tell is although your smart you like to have your fun and you tend to not take anything but your job seriously." Hanna said being honest.
Gabriel pulled into Hanna's driveway. "You're right about my personality but I was so wrong about you."
"Why were you wrong about me?"
"First time I saw you I thought all four of you were queen bees who didn't care about anything but the mall and well themselves. You are the exact opposite, your incredibly kind, loyal, intelligent." Gabriel said helping her out of the car and walking her to the front steps and placing a kiss on her pink lips.
Hanna wrapped her arms around his neck. "Glad that you thought I was a stereotype." She whispered looking into his deep brown eyes.
"I'm sorry about that but obviously I was wrong." Gabriel said pulling away from her. "I should be getting home."
Hanna giggled softly watching him walk away. "I had a lot of fun tonight." She said going into the house and removing her wedges from her feet. "Mom I'm home."
"So how was the date?" Ashley asked getting up from the living room couch and turning off the TV.
Hanna scurried up the steps and stuck the shoes in her closet and placed the purse on her make-up vanity. She flopped onto her bed a giant smile on her face. "I had such a great time. We had cheese steak, went and seen Pitch Perfect, then we got frozen yogurt and had a nice walk through Longwood Gardens. Then he dropped me off and kissed me and I felt sparks." Hanna rambled.
"Sounds like a great date. So tell me about Gabriel?" Ashley said sitting down on her daughter's bed.
"He's really sweet." Hanna yawned and looked at her mother. "Why don't I tell you everything tomorrow I'm super tired."
Ashley hugged her daughter. "I'm happy for you. He really does seem like a great guy" She gushed leaving the room.
Hanna smiled and removed her maxi dress and changed into a pair of shorts and tee shirt and then crawled into her giant bed.
So Hanna and Gabriel went on a date, next chapter A does something very bad to three little liars.
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