"Grounded," her mom called as soon as Hanna entered the house.
"But -" she started to protest.
"Save the same old story, Hanna. I wasn't born yesterday. But, seeing as you were kind enough to mow the front lawn, I'll only make it until next weekend. Sound fair?"
"Yeah," Hanna called back, finally finding her mom sitting in the kitchen, "I thought I saw a snake in the yard the other day. Way too wild life for me."
"What happened to your lip?" her mom asked as Hanna took a seat next to her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I must've bit it while I was sleeping. It doesn't hurt though," she lied easily. "How was your work thing?"
"Stuffy. Boring," her mom said with a roll of her eyes. "I just got in a few hours ago, so I still need to shower. While I'm in there, maybe you can think of something for dinner?"
"Yeah, totally," Hanna said.
She sat at the table a few more minutes after her mom walked away, staring into space. How weird had this weekend been? Waking up wrapped around one of the most socially unacceptable guy's in school for all she was worth. And it, however weird it was, not feeling weird.
Hanna shook off her thoughts and stood up, beginning to root around in the cupboards when her phone sounded. She jumped a little, startled at her ringtone. Wiggling it out from her pocket she checked her caller ID and froze.
Lucas.
So, that meant he was awake now. What would she say to him? She had totally left while he was asleep like they had, had some sort of one night stand. God, and he was supposed to be the spaz. She counted the rings, unsure how to talk to him now even though they hadn't done anything.
Eventually the ringing stopped and her voicemail alert chimed. She felt an unpleasant ache of anxiety in her stomach as she held her phone out in front of her, caught in indecision. It was just Lucas, she told herself. This wasn't a big deal. Just listen to the message.
"Hey Hanna's phone, uh, yeah. I guess you're busy. I'm really sorry about last night. I guess we fell asleep. Well, I know you did. I tried to wake you up, but I guess you're kind of a heavy sleeper. But, uh, I'm a little worried here. You were just gone when I woke up. I hope everything is okay? Can you please call me back when you get this? If I did anything, I don't know what, but if I did even if I don't know what I'm really sorry. Okay, yeah, bye."
It wasn't until after the message had played that Hanna had realized she was smiling. Feeling much better about the situation, she redialed his number - it only rang once before he picked up.
"Hanna?"
"Hey, Lucas," she said with a small laugh.
