NYLON ~ CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE ~ I'M NOT WAITING

Hanna bounced a two-month-old JT on her hip while Caleb stood at the stove making French toast. It was Sunday and she had her laptop open while she cut together her latest vlog: a tutorial on doing makeup in five minutes, a tip that comes in handy while she's on JT's schedule.

"What are you doing?" Caleb asked her placing another slice of bread on the frying pan.

"Finishing this video," she explained.

"You're not talking about me in those, are you?" he asked.

"It's a makeup tutorial," Hanna raised her eyebrow at him.

"Typical," he laughed. Hanna hit a few more keys and then sent it off into the interwebs.

"Done!" she said slamming her laptop closed.

"Can we eat now?" Caleb asked placing a plate of food in front of her.

"Yes," Hanna replied placing JT in his basinet before she sat down to eat with Caleb. She swallowed hard and cleared her throat. "So, should we talk about setting a date?"

"Do we want to talk about that now?" he asked. "Can we at least wait until after breakfast?"

"Why can't we just decide now?" she persisted.

"I have to check my work schedule," he explained. "Do we want to plan a honeymoon afterward? Who's going to watch JT? Do we take him with us? There are a lot of things to consider Hanna."

"Okay, I get it," she sighed. "Can we at least discuss this today? I'd like to have a date set so we can book the arrangements."

"Yes," Caleb told her. "We can discuss it when JT goes down for his nap. Does that work?"

"Yeah, let's do that," she smiled. She took another bite just as her phone rang. Hanna got up to grab it and Caleb glared at her. She gave him a sideways look. "What?"

"We're having breakfast," he told her. "Can it wait?"

"Yeah," she said sitting back down. "If it's important they'll leave a message."

"You know you would be mad if I was answering my phone right now," he reminded her.

"I know," Hanna said. "You're right. I'm sorry. Thanks for making breakfast, babe."

"You're welcome," he said. "We should do stuff like this more often."

"Yeah," Hanna smiled.

The two finished breakfast and then Caleb did the dishes while Hanna fed JT. When JT had been fed he fell asleep and Hanna put him down for his nap before checking her messages. She had a voicemail from an unknown number which she listened to immediately.

"Hi Hanna, this is Andrew Campbell from Atlantic Media & Publicity. We've come across your blog and would like to discuss some marketing strategies with you. If you could please call me back at the office…"

Hanna zoned out and put the phone down. Why was Andrew Campbell calling her about her blog, on a Sunday of all days? She took a moment to digest everything and then picked up the phone to dial him back.

"This is Andrew," came his quick reply.

"Hi Andrew," she said. "This is Hanna Marin. I'm just returning your phone call."

"Oh hi," his tone was warm and welcoming. "I don't know if you remember but we went to Rosewood High together."

"Yes, of course," she said. "You and Spencer were on the decathlon together."

"Yes," he continued. "I came across your blog and realized we knew each from back in the day. I'm working at a multi-media marketing firm right now and we're looking for new clients and I thought your blog was the perfect jumping off point. Would you consider taking a meeting to talk about some publicity option? There's no pressure to commit. Just hear me out."

"Um…yeah," Hanna finally answered him. "Sure. I'd love to just chat about it."

They made plans to meet up and then she hung up. Hanna approached Caleb's study and tapped lightly on the door.

"Come in," he called out.

"Hey," Hanna said sitting on the sofa. "There's something I need to talk to you about."

"I know," he sighed. "I checked my schedule, and if we want to have a honeymoon, the only day I can do this year is October fourth."

"Oh," Hanna paused, "that's not even what I was going to tell you. I actually just got a weird phone call."

"What about?" Caleb asked.

"Andrew Campbell, from Rosewood, called me," she explained. "He works at this marketing firm and he wants to do some multi-media thing with my blog. Before I meet with him, I wanted to know if you object at all."

"I don't see anything wrong with it," Caleb explained. "I mean, you already have the blog, may as well take the next step since you have the opportunity but obviously he'll give you more specifics when you meet and you can go from there."

"Thanks," Hanna told him, "for being supportive about this. Can we talk about setting a date now?"

"We could," he said closing his laptop and moving to sit next to her, "or we can take advantage of JT being asleep."

"What are you doing?" she asked as Caleb's hands slipped underneath her top.

"Come on," he pleaded, "it's been months since we've…you know."

"I'm not ready yet," she told him. "I just had a baby and it just feels weird with JT asleep in the other room."

"When will you be ready?" he scoffed. "When JT's in college?"

"Well, I was thinking," Hanna said. "What if we waited until we got married. That way it will be special on our honeymoon."

"In that case I'm not waiting until October," Caleb laughed.

"I'm being serious," Hanna told him. "It's important to me."

"Okay," he smiled. "If you want to, we can wait until we're married, but you really need to focus on planning this wedding. We don't want to be getting married when JT's graduating college."

"Thanks," Hanna kissed his cheek. "I love you."

So, Andrew is making an appearance and we'll definitely see more of him in the future. Also, some drama is on the horizon so stay tuned. Thanks for the reviews! You guys are the best!