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Chapter Five- I Ain't Thinkin' Bout Love
She had almost felt like a stalker the way she had zoned in on his room let alone his house in general. It had been a week since she had found his father passed out drunk on the side of the road. That evening she hadn't asked Lucas much but just wanted to help him out of a situation that seemed to be routine to him. Never had she seen his father so messed up, she had almost thought he was the perfect father from what she knew. All week long she had seen Lucas do the regular chores around the house, even some that she had always seen do on the weekends while Lucas's mom she mostly was in and out like she was working late hour shifts or something. Whatever was going on, Hanna knew something was up and she had hoped that Lucas would come to her. Unable to take the wondering from a far, Hanna saw her opportunity when Lucas had come out with the trash and in an instant she found herself racing down the stairway and out of the house. Making sure she didn't seem to desperate as she crossed the street, Hanna groomed herself a bit before Lucas finally looked towards her.
"Hey" Hanna said as he put the trash in the trash can
"Hey" Lucas replied tiredly
"I finished up my part of the project, I figured since we got an extension that I should take the bull by the horns" Hanna laughed nervously
"Thanks. I appreciate that" Lucas thanked her
"How is your dad doing?" Hanna then asked him hoping that it didn't come across as pushy before Lucas let out a sigh
"I knew there was another reason why you decided to grab the bulls by the horn….he's fine, my dad is okay. The other night he just got caught up and had too many" Lucas said
"I figured because your dad isn't like that" Hanna said
"Like what?" Lucas quickly asked defensively
"I just knew that he wouldn't get out of control with his drinking. My mom has been known to go too far with wine so its…" Hanna said just as Kate had made her way over to join them. Looking over at the eager girl, Hanna felt as annoyed that she couldn't escape the girl.
"Hey guys" Kate smiled "I'm sorry to interrupt but Lucas your magazine was accidentally sent over to my house" she said handing over Lucas's favorite magazine subscription "Young Inventors".
"It just magically showed up at your house? That sounds coincidental" Hanna said under her breath as Lucas looked on at the magazine.
"Thanks" Lucas smiled weakly at Kate "I have to finish up our project. I'll let you know when I'm done" he said as he backed away from the girls
"Just e-mail to me" Hanna said before Lucas gave her a nod then turned to head back inside. "Really? Could you be any more pathetic" she said turning her attention to Kate.
"What are you talking about?" Kate asked
"That's the oldest trick in the book, grab a guys mail and pretend it was sent to you" Hanna said as she began to walk back towards her house with Kate following behind her
"Do you hate me? I mean because its getting hard to tell" Kate asked
"I don't hate you. I just don't have time to be your friend nor your family" Hanna said
"Okay so we're not friends or family. So then Lucas is fair game then, since we have no loyalty to each other" Kate said before Hanna quickly turned around to face her
"Look, I'm going to explain this one time and only one time to you. Lucas is not fair game nor will he ever be when it comes to you. At the moment Lucas and I are….I'm not quite sure but that's none of your business. Stay the hell away from my friends and me, then maybe just maybe I might like you" Hanna said before she quickly walked away leaving Kate to stand in confusion
Grabbing his usual cup of coffee down at the café , Alton tiredly put his sugar and cream in before making his way back over to the table to look over stuff that Jake had sent to him through PDF files. Skimming through the pages and pages of useless information, Alton felt a wave of boredom come over him as he rested his head on the table. Coming into the café to pick up her order, Spencer quickly became annoyed to see that Alton was there but even more so at the fact that he was researching what happened so out in the public as if it were a free for all. Glancing up out of sheer curiousness, Alton nearly cursed at himself for making direct eye contact with Spencer. Trying to avoid the fact that they were staring at each other, Spencer did all she could to act normal but it was no use because Alton had gotten under her skin in more ways than one. With much hesitation she made her way over towards him.
"Aw, exactly what I didn't ask for. To what do I owe this disturbance?" Alton asked
"If I ask would you tell me the truth?" Spencer quickly asked
"I try to be brutally honest, hence the sheer honesty in me" Alton replied
"I need you to stop this. Your only going to open up a can of worms that doesn't need to be opened" Spencer said "So for your sake and for the sake of me not having to deal with you in this wannabe detective mode, drop this" she said
"Then you tell me, why were you there that night? I can stop this if I wasn't so damn worried about you" Alton said "What is your involvement in all of this?" he asked
"Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself" Spencer replied before Alton quickly rose to his feet so that the two of them were mere inches away from each other.
"You see, I've tried. I've tried over and over to not care about you, but I've got this stupid voice in my head saying that your in knee deep worth of crap and you don't know how to get out of it" Alton said
"You must be delusional" Spencer laughed "You think just because we…you know. That you've somehow got insight into all things me" she said
"Stop. Just stop. The cruel to be kind act is old and annoying because no matter what you say about our perverse sexual rendezvous, I'm still going to ask the same questions that will lead me back to you" Alton said "You have until tomorrow to tell me or all bets are off" he said before he grabbed his cup and made his way over to the counter. Enraged with Alton's stubborn behavior Spencer was more than ready to storm off until she saw that his cell phone was vibrating. Glancing over at Alton she saw that he was still angered and preoccupied with their heated exchange, which gave her enough time to glance down at the caller identification along with the handy pictures that came along with the call she began to realize that she remembered seeing Alton with this guy, so before she could even think she had grabbed his phone and quickly highlighted the number and put it in text form to text herself.
Running over to the fountain, Lucas was glad to finally see water once Coach Gilroy had released them from practice. Football didn't rank high on list of important things but for the past couple of days he had found it rewarding to just release frustration out on a teammate rather than keeping it all pint up within himself. Lucas's father had been an up and down rollercoaster since that evening to where one day he would seem like he was finally dealing then the next he'd be so drunk that he would stash his father away in the den and tell his mother that he was so whiped out from doing job applications. Coming up for air, Lucas was caught off guard to see Sean standing behind him.
"Good practice out there" Sean told him before he walked past him to get a sip of water before turning back towards him. "You had a little fight in you" he said
"Yeah, its called the opposing side" Lucas shrugged
"And your still testy. Any chance of us actually being friends seeing as we are teammates?" Sean asked
"You don't like me and I can barely stand you outside of the uniforms, why mesh the two because we play together?" Lucas asked
"Because eventually what makes us different is going to fade away because of the uniforms" Sean said before he glanced over to see a brunette walking towards them "Like a friend would tell you that this girl coming towards us is definitely looking to talk to you" he said before he slowly walked away. Turning to see the girl, Lucas immediately smiled once he realized who it was.
"Winthrop must be sick of you" Lucas laughed as the girl quickly ran in to his arms for a hug "What are you doing here Beth?" he asked as he let go of his embrace on her.
"I've been on break and I'm leaving for Venice next week so I thought I would hang out with Uncle because he knows all things Venice" Beth told him as he began to observes the football attire he was wearing "And I guess what he's mentioned about the football is true" she smiled
"Because he set it up" Lucas replied "It's great to see you" he smiled happily
"So great that you would take a girl out on the town tomorrow night, that is if your not busy being a boyfriend and all?" Beth asked
"You don't have to worry about that because I'm not a boyfriend. Hanna and I broke up" Lucas said "So the advances you love to make are not so forward anymore" he said
"Advances, huh? Who says I was making an advance…your pretty full of yourself these days" Beth laughed
"I know you" Lucas smiled as Beth moved in closer towards him
"You think you do, but yeah…maybe I do want to make an advance at you but it wouldn't be with words" Beth replied "Pick me up at six" she said before she walked away as all Lucas could do was look on at the girl
Pulling up in front of her house, Hanna was glad the day was finally over and that she could relax with her Sex and the City marathon she had waiting for her. Giving Emily a final look of desperation, Hanna gave her friend a quick hug before she stepped out of the car. Watching Emily pull off the realization began to hit Hanna that her social life had slowly but sure drove off just like Emily had, she remembered when Friday night use to be the night to let loose but now it was the night to sleep and recover from a weeks worth of tiredness. On her way towards the door Hanna was caught off guard to hear Lucas's mom groaning in pain on the floor. Quickly running over to check on her, Hanna quickly noticed that she was holding her ankle. Kneeling down beside her Hanna felt as if she was always in rescue mode and needed to be ready at all times.
"Are you all right?" Hanna asked
"Yeah, I just got careless and missed a step" Lucas's mom winced in pain as Hanna tended to her ankle
"Can you stand on it?" Hanna asked as Lucas's mom just nodded "Let's get you up" she said as she slowly helped the woman get up
"Aw" Lucas's mom groaned in pain
"It's just a sprain, I think. I never really paid attention in health class or whatever class that taught all of the bone stuff" Hanna said making Lucas's mother laugh as they made their way into the house. Placing her down on the sofa, Hanna immediately put her injured foot up so that she could rest it while she made her way into the kitchen to grab some ice. "This should help a little" she said placing the ice on her ankle
"Thank you. I shouldn't have been such a klutz, that's what happens when you have a million things on your mind" Lucas's mom said
"Believe me, I know what your talking about" Hanna said before Lucas's father stumbled into the living room.
"Did you get me what I asked for?" Lucas's father asked in a drunken tone as Lucas's mother tensed up at the site of him
"I hurt my ankle" Lucas's mother said as she sat up on the sofa.
"Uh…hi, " Hanna greeted him like she always had whenever she came over for their family nights.
"Did you get what I asked for?" Lucas's father asked annoyed
"Did you not hear what I said? I hurt my ankle, do you even care?" Lucas's mother asked him
"Don't start with me" Lucas's father said rubbing his head in frustration "Don't fucking start with me" he said immediately beginning to trash the house in a complete rage. Unsure as to what she should do, Hanna quickly covered Lucas's mother so that her injury wouldn't be effected. "I'm so fucking tired of you not doing as I ask. I'm the man in this house and you will do as I say…you think that just because you're the only one bringing in money that you get to make all the decisions" he continued to yell in anger before Lucas quickly ran in.
"Dad?" Lucas said in concern as he saw the damage that his father was causing before he immediately reacted by trying to wrap his father up
"Luke be careful" Hanna said as his mother began to cling to her in fear
"Call the police. Call the police" Lucas's mother cried out to Hanna
"Don't! he's just upset" Lucas yelled out as he struggled with his father
"You'd do that to me bitch! You'd do that to me after everything we've been through" Lucas's father yelled
"Call!" Lucas mother's cried out as Hanna began to become confused as to what she should do.
"Hanna don't call, everything is fine" Lucas told her as he was beginning to wear his father down
"This is my house you ungrateful bitch!" Lucas's father yelled before Lucas finally got a good punch on him that knocked him out coldly on the floor.
"Is he okay?" Hanna asked as she heard an abrupt end to his father's tirade
"He's fine" Lucas said kneeling down to check and see that he was still breathing before coming over towards his mother. "What happened?" he asked his sobbing mother before looking over at Hanna for answers
"She sprained her ankle on the doorstep. It wasn't because of your dad" Hanna said
"I can't do this. I can't do this anymore" Lucas's mother cried "I love him, but I can't live like this" she continued to cry
"Mom you know how he gets. This is not him…it's the alcohol remember" Lucas told his mother as if it were a rehearsed line that they had gotten use to hearing
"But this is the routine. Tomorrow it will be all the same" Lucas's mother cried to him "Call your grandmother and set something up for us, we can't stay here" she said
"No, we're not just going to leave him like this" Lucas refused
"And we're not going to live like this" Lucas's mother replied before a moment of heavy silence came over them. Glancing over at Hanna, Lucas felt more vulnerable than anything now that she knew his secret.
"I'm going to put him in the bed, and then I'm going to take you to the hospital to get your leg checked out. What happened tonight was just a one time thing and there is no need for us to overreact" Lucas told her as he walked back over towards his father
"I'm proud that you are trying to be the man of the house but you have to realize that this is not normal" Lucas's mother said
"Every family has their issues, but they work through them" Lucas said as if he were a robot of some sorts trained to do what his instincts had instructed him to do so. Leaning over, Lucas with much strength picked his father up almost effortlessly before he headed up the stairs. Feeling as if she had walked into an unknown world all Hanna could do was stand mesmerized by the drastic changes that had occurred in the household that she once knew it from.
Coming out into the lobby with a smoldering hot cup of coffee in hand, all Lucas wanted to do in the moment was fall into his bed and fall fast asleep so that when he would wake up it would be in a different century if need be. Taking a sip of the coffee, Lucas hated that he didn't proceed with caution before sipping and immediately burned his tongue just as he grabbed a seat beside Hanna. For a moment the two sat together in complete silence as neither one of them wanted to say anything or were unsure as to what to say. Pulling out a granola bar from his inside pocket in his jacket, Lucas handed it over to her because he knew that it had been so late that she probably hadn't eaten anything. A slight smile broke on her face that he would be concern with her at a time like this but she knew not to read too much into because at this point the had much bigger things on his mind that their relationship drama.
"Did they say what was wrong with her foot?" Hanna asked
"It's just a sprain like you said. They're doing x-rays to be sure but they'll most likely wrap her up and just tell her to stay off of it" Lucas sighed "If you want, I can take you home…you don't have to be here" he said
"It's okay. I really don't have anything to do" Hanna replied "You've helped me, the least I can do is be there for you" she said
"Yeah, well, I don't need you to be there for me. Everything is fine" Lucas replied
"Fine. Lucas, your dad was screaming and calling your mom a bitch tonight. That's far from fine" Hanna told him
"He wasn't himself…he was drunk. People say and do things that they don't mean when they're drunk" Lucas said
"Well your mom was pretty freaked out" Hanna said as all Lucas could do was laugh to himself
"So you come into my house for one night and all of sudden your going to tell me what's wrong. What the hell gives you that right?" Lucas asked
"Look I don't know what's really going on with your family but I've been in your house to know that something has drastically changed with your dad. Your parents were like the freaking Cosby's for crying out loud….now its like night and day of what I remember" Hanna said "I'm not trying to project what I believe on you, but I just want to be there for you" she said
"I don't need you to be there! You lost that privilege when you decided to cheat on me so don't act like I'm suppose to lean on you because you finally know the big dark secret" Lucas said angrily
"I regret deeply what happened that night but your still my friend, and I care about you" Hanna said
"Then just do me this, forget what happened tonight and keep this between us. Alton doesn't need to know" Lucas told her
"I wouldn't just go run and tell something like this, I would least hope you gave me that much credit" Hanna told him
"With you I never know what to expect" Lucas said before he got up from his seat and quickly walked away leaving her behind.
Making her way inside the house, Spencer was nothing but a pure mess when it came to Alton. She ran back and forth as to what she should do about his friend Jake, a couple of times throughout the day she tried to work herself up to call his friend and just tell him to cut all contacts with Alton, but she knew that Alton would come after her if he knew that she even snuck and got his phone number without his consent. Coming into Emily's room she was glad that the girls were all there because she was more than ready to spill with the thoughts that were running through her head. Eyeing her strangely, Emily looked at the other girls to see that they were seeing the same thing that she was saying as Spencer just paced the floor trying to figure out how to start off the rampage that was going on in her head. Enough time had passed to where all Hanna could do was laugh at how dramatic Spencer was being and in the midst of her laughter she silently thanked Spencer for helping her take her mind off of everything that was going on with Lucas.
"Okay at this point I feel like this is a game and one of us is supposed to throw something at you because your like this moving target" Aria laughed
"What?" Spencer asked confused
"No. That would be too easy. We should see how many head shots you could get on her within a minute span" Hanna laughed
"Or we could just see if she could actually put a hole in the floor with all that pacing. I've been learning a lot in my carpeting class so I'm pretty sure I could fix the floor" Emily laughed
"This is serious" Spencer snapped
"As is everything in Spencerland. Tell me is it….school problems?" Hanna asked
"It's more like Alton problems" Spencer replied
"Alton? What'd he do?" Hanna asked immediately becoming concern
"He's given me until tonight to tell him what's going on or else" Spencer said
"Or else what?" Aria asked
"That's the part I'm not sure about" Spencer said
"What specifically does he even know?" Emily asked "What if we're worrying about nothing?" she asked
"Well he knows something because he's got some hacker helping him" Spencer said as the girls sighed in disappointment
"It's really becoming harder and harder to conceal this secret. I almost feel like it'd be better if it were to come out because then we would stop having the raised hairs whenever anything Ali comes up" Hanna said
"Yeah, and then we'd be the town freaks" Emily said "I already get enough whispers, I don't need them looking at me for what happened to Jenna" she said
"I'm being serious here I mean what happened to Jenna sucked but the only thing we're guilty of is not stepping in to do anything" Hanna said "What if we're imprisoning ourselves into thinking this is bigger than what it really is" she sighed
"Okay, I'm going to chalk that whole diatribe up to pure insanity because I didn't subject myself to sex with the most infuriating human being for no reason" Spencer replied
"No you did that all on free will" Aria laughed
"It was an overwhelming amount of bad decisions that's what it was" Spencer replied
"Let's put the on going saga of Alison to the side and address the issue at hand. What the hell lead you to sex up Alton?" Emily asked
"We're not discussing this" Spencer said
"At some point we need to because frankly I don't know if this infuriating reaction to Alton is because he's truly bugging you with the whole looking into the past or is it because you actually like him and he's not the type you thought you'd be with?" Hanna asked
"Oh, please. Alton and I are far from Lucas and you" Spencer scoffed
"Yeah because look how well that turned out" Hanna replied sadly as all the girls could do was look on at each other with their own sadness for their friend
"I meant it as that Lucas and you actually had feelings for each other…" Spencer said trying to explain herself
"No, its fine…I mean we've all had to endure the wrath. I guess the biggest thing right now is getting him to even talk to me" Hanna said
"Well maybe your next conversation can be to have him convince Alton to drop the look into the past" Spencer joked
"I think our conversations will be few and far in between" Hanna smiled weakly
"We're here for you. Don't forget that" Emily told her friend
"Can you guys cuddle? because I really miss cuddling with him" Hanna asked with a slight sound of hope in his voice
"I'm pretty sure we can arrange that" Aria laughed
"What about…" Hanna said before Aria cut her off
"We will not be having sex" Aria quickly replied as the girls burst into laughter
Laying in his bed, staring up at the ceiling all Lucas could do was tend to his aching body after a rough day at practice. Silently he thanked the heavens that they had a week off from games before going back to game time work outs, looking over at the clock he realized there was no way that he could even dream of leaving this bed let alone take Beth out for the evening. His father's behavior the other night had him more cautious than anything because he couldn't take the chance of him having another episode while he was away, his mother was all ready pressing him to think that they couldn't live like this anymore. Slowly getting up from the bed he grabbed his cell phone and began to dial Beth's number and within a matter of minutes worth of apologizing and future promises, Lucas was able to get out of his plans with her. Just before he made his way back to his bed, he quickly glanced over at a picture of his parents when they were younger with a taped picture of Lucas and Hanna on the outside of the frame in the same exact pose his parents were in. For a moment he couldn't help but stare and think back to what it felt like to be in that moment with her thinking that his parents were perfection.
[Flashback]
It was the moments after love making that she enjoyed the most because it was where she felt more at peace with him. As usual he would lightly caress the outline of her arm as if he were tracing it in his mind to remember forever. Snuggling up closer towards him, Hanna herself had her own usual routine of taking in his scent like it was Christmas morning to her, I mean it was something she found that she needed to do. The other day in class when she got really bored all she kept thinking about was capturing his scent in a bottle so even when he wasn't with her she'd find a way to have him near as if he were sitting right in front of her. They were love struck and they knew it. Getting up slightly in the bed, Hanna couldn't help but notice the picture of his parents on his desk. Noticing his loves attention turn towards the picture he couldn't help but wonder what her mind was drifting off to.
"Anything I should know about?" Lucas laughed as he leaned in to kiss her temple.
"I was just looking at the picture of your parents" Hanna smiled as she felt his touch "They look so happy, hell they are so happy" she stated
"That picture was taken when they first got married. My grandparents freaked when they first told them they were getting married because they were afraid that they were throwing their future away so in their own rebellious way they took pictures and sent them out to anyone who ever doubted them" Lucas laughed "It's kind of funny" he said as Hanna rolled over to look at him
"That's a clever idea… I mean they were that confident in their love and didn't care what people thought, so they just said screw the world" Hanna replied "That seems like something your parents would do" she said
"I just don't see the purpose of having to prove people wrong. If the two people in the relationship love each other and believe that it will work than who cares what others think" Lucas said "And then it kind of showed that they cared what others think because they went and printed up pictures to pass out to show they cared" he pointed out
"Your over thinking it" Hanna replied as the two just laughed at their mini debate they had going on "We should just agree that we like the thought behind it but disagree on the action afterwards" she said "If that even came out right" she then said
"I don't think you did" Lucas laughed before Hanna quickly hit him with the pillow causing him to kiss his way out the hits as his kissed proved to be her kryptonite
"Sometimes I forget how smart you are" Hanna said as he wrapped her up in his arms "And how you drive me crazy with all your smartness" she laughed
"It is true, I am smart" Lucas laughed "But I think your smarter than you give yourself credit for" he said as he pushed away a single strand of hair away from her face
"I wish my parents were that resilient. I wish that they loved each other like that" Hanna said almost in somber tone
"What was it like when your parents were splitting up? I mean after meeting your dad I can see why you'd be upset with him" Lucas asked her
"It was just a lot of silence. We'd be at the dinner table and it was just nothing but silence, they used to laugh and talk but it just went away out of nowhere. My dad just shut himself off and eventually from me as well" Hanna told him "I remember my big plan of getting them back on track was to do something stupid or do something so drastic that they'd have to bond together to fix the problem that was me" she said
"Was your bulimia one of those things?" Lucas asked cautiously hoping that he wouldn't upset her
"When a girl questions her fathers love she questions everything concerning love in general. Do my parents truly love me? Do my friend love me like they say they do? Do I have self love? and if so then why do I feel like I'm never good enough. It was a lot of things that lead to my bulimia" Hanna replied
"And now? Do you question the love?" Lucas asked
"Now things are completely different because I know I love me some me" Hanna laughed hysterically to the point of almost falling off the bed.
"You took the possible romantic man moment and just annihilated it" Lucas laughed as Hanna tried to climb her way back into the bed
"I had to take it, it was too easy" Hanna said trying to contain her laughter "But in all seriousness…I know I'm loved by my mom, my friends, and you. Hell even Alton loves me" she said
"Let's hope he loves you as a friend" Lucas said with a smirk "So what about all the so called haters?" he asked
"To the haters, I'm glad I've rubbed off on you with the lingo" Hanna grinned before she leaned over towards his bedside to grab her cell phone "And to our so called haters" she said before she took a picture of the two of them together with her conveniently placing a kiss on his cheek "A picture to say screw them all" she said
"Screw them all" Lucas laughed before he rolled on top of her as he pulled her into a heated kiss.
[End of Flashback]
Holding the picture in his hand all he could think back to was how perfect each of these couples were with each other compared to how things are now. Just like that things had changed for each of them, Hanna was no longer the girl of his dreams but more of the girl who had smashed his heart and his parents were slowly but surely killing their love. He didn't know what to think about love, love had screwed him over big time and he wasn't about believe that that's what would bring people together when he himself couldn't fathom loving the person who had hurt him ever again. Caught up in all his thoughts, Lucas quickly took the frame and stowed it away in his desk hoping to never see the picture again by choice. Returning to his bed, the last thing he wanted to think about was love because in his mind it was gone and so was she.
It had been like a scene out of a movie for the young man as he was living out his steamiest sexual encounter feeling as if he could nearly divulge her. Giving him one final lingering kiss, she looked on at him and how he sincerely enjoyed the joining of their lips and for a moment she felt guilty. Rolling over to lay on her back as all she could focus on was catching her breath, Spencer looked over with a smile of delight coming across her face knowing that it was just as good as it was before for her as it was for him. Doing his best to control his breathing, Alton couldn't help but laugh at the oddities between the two of them, not letting a single moment escape them, Spencer quickly pulled Alton into another intoxicating kiss.
"Who'd ever thought the second time would be the charm" Spencer said in between kisses.
"Who'd ever thought there would be a second time" Alton laughed before he quickly rolled on top of her to pin her down so that he had the upper hand "What inspired this sudden sexual explosion?" he asked in between kisses
"Nothing. Just an itch that needed to be scratched" Spencer replied breaking the kiss
"An itch?" Alton asked suspiciously
"What you want me to say that I realized how I can't be without you?" Spencer asked
"It'd help a guys ego" Alton laughed before Spencer rolled on top of him in what felt like a back and forth battle between them. "But seriously, this passed my own wildest fantasies" he said as he leaned forward to kiss her neck. Wrapping her hands around his neck, Spencer couldn't allow herself to get lost in the moment because she had to realize the importance.
"So would this be enough to drop your little investigation?" Spencer whispered into his ear before Alton quickly stopped dead in his kissing tracks to grab onto her but cheeks to roll back on top of her
"I can't believe you!" Alton said after a moment of staring deep into her eyes before he rolled over to get out of the bed making sure to cover his lower body.
"Don't act like you didn't want this?" Spencer said as she sat up in the bed
"Yeah, I want you but not in that manner. I don't want to have sex with you because I want something" Alton replied as he put his boxers on
"If you care for me then you'd drop this" Spencer replied quickly
"Why? What's so damn important that you feel you have to solicit sex?" Alton asked
"Your only digging up old wounds by doing this and I have to protect Alison" Spencer said
"So this is about Alison? Alison played a part that night?" Alton asked quickly jump on what she had said
"What? No. Look a lot of people got a misconception about Alison because of that night and it was something that nearly destroyed her from then on. Do we make decisions in the past that are some times questionable, yes, but we don't deserve to have our past define who we are" Spencer said before Alton busted into laughter causing Spencer to fume with anger, reaching the nearest object Spencer threw it at him.
"I don't buy it. I don't buy it because for the great Spencer Hastings to reduce herself to hot, steamy…" Alton said before Spencer cut him off
"The sex wasn't all that" Spencer shrugged
"Oh, please. You were crying out for God so many times that I thought you had a direct line to him" Alton replied finding her statement to be a load of crap "Your better than this, and the fact that you think you have to do this then I know there's more than what your telling me" he grinned
"If you continue with this so called investigation then don't expect this to happen again" Spencer replied
"I think I have a burning image of you nearly clawing at my back, it will last me because sooner or later you will cave" Alton smiled as he put his shirt back on
"I wouldn't touch you again if my life depended on it" Spencer said as she stood up in the bed
"Well luckily for you, I can get the job done myself with or without your help" Alton laughed
"You make me sick" Spencer said in disgust before Alton quickly pulled her legs out from under her before sliding her towards him. With their faces nearly inches a part, Alton could feel her heart racing at a hundred miles per hour "When you walk out that door all bets are off" she said trying to fight the strong attraction between them that made her want to kiss him.
"I guess its war then" Alton said pressing his forehead against hers
"Your now my enemy" Spencer replied turning her head away so that she wouldn't lock in on his eyes. The electricity could have nearly killed them as they knew what they wanted in that moment but was quickly torn away by his ringing cell phone. Turning his attention towards his cell phone, Alton let go of his embrace on Spencer to retrieve his phone to see that Hanna was calling him.
"It's Hanna. Should I tell her about how I rocked your world?" Alton laughed as Spencer nearly jumped to pull the phone out of his hand in fear that he would make good on his promise "Ah ah ah, only friends are privy to my conversations. You're my enemy and a sexy one at that" he said
"Screw you" Spencer replied
"And you did it so well" Alton laughed before he answered the phone and made a mad dash out of the room trying to avoid the flying object that was most likely coming his way.
Coming into the diner, Hanna couldn't shake Lucas's family issues out of her head even when she tried to. At moments when she felt like she could find some way to help him, she knew that he was right in the long run and had lost her privilege to be that one that could just tell him like it was. So many of her questions had been about him and as to why he came back because the more and more they talked she knew that it wasn't because of their relationship but for something else and that tugged at her more than anything. It had been mind blowing to witness first hand what was the deterioration of his parents relationship, but it made her even more concerned as to what this could do to Lucas because it was clear that he was unable to see the brutality of it all through an honest perspective. His mother's cries for help rang loudly in her ear so much so that she felt like she was ignoring an innocent voice that just wanted to feel safe again, but she couldn't go against his wishes even if deep down she knew it wasn't the best thing. Coming inside the diner, Alton quickly spotted the blonde and made his way over to join her.
"You called at the best time. Remind me to thank you" Alton said as he immediately began to play with the sugar cup "Did you order anything?" he asked
"I'm not that hungry" Hanna replied unable to shake the tone of worry out of her voice
"I'm starved. I worked up an appetite fit for a king" Alton said still poking fun at Spencer in his head "Do you want to split some fries or do you want anything in general?" he asked her
"No, I didn't come to eat" Hanna said
"Then did you come to spend time with your oh, so loveable perv?" Alton joked
"Is Lucas okay?" Hanna asked turning the moment to her purpose
"Lucas is fine. I mean since I saw him last" Alton said
"I know but from your perspective is he okay? You have this creepy insight that is sometimes accurate and you pretty fluent in Lucas" Hanna babbled
"I like to think I am, but Luke is fine. Is this the girlfriend in you that is concerned about your ex-beau?" Alton asked
"Something like that" Hanna said "But all I can be right now is a friend to him, and I'm not sure he wants that" she said
"Because you two aren't friends and as much as you two like to stay in this friend lane sooner or later you need to turn the blinker on and get back to Hanna and Lucas the couple" Alton said
"It's not that easy" Hanna sighed
"Why?" Alton asked
"Because its just not that simple" Hanna said
"Then simplifying it. You ever think Luke might miss you?" Alton asked
"I'm pretty sure that isn't it" Hanna replied
"And how can you be so sure of that" Alton said just as Mr. Smith and Beth walked into the diner together, catching Hanna's eye
"Because of that" Hanna said as she looked on at Beth causing Alton to turn to look himself
"I didn't know she was even here" Alton said turning back to look at Hanna
"It doesn't matter because as he's stated…I've lost that privilege to be upset or to even help" Hanna said
"Hanna, he still cares about you and I know he still loves you" Alton said before Hanna got up from her seat.
"Just look out for him, and pay attention to him because even though he's got it all together doesn't mean something won't fall apart" Hanna said "Promise me that you'll do that?" she asked
"I will" Alton said
"Thank you" Hanna smiled weakly before she leaned down to kiss him on the cheek then made her way out of the diner making sure that Beth wouldn't see her.