NYLON ~ CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE ~ YOU'RE NOT BORING
Hanna dropped her shopping bags on the couch and turned her attention back to her laptop where half of a chapter had been hastily typed out. She read it through and then closed the computer. She couldn't focus on writing any more. Hanna picked up the bags and headed into her room to put away her new clothes. She was in the middle of tidying up the house when her phone rang.
"Hello?" she said rushing to pick it up.
"Hanna," Caleb's voice sounded desperate. "JT fell at the office. He just needed some stitches but we're at the hospital. I thought you should know."
"I'll be right there!" she said grabbing her purse.
"Hanna no," he protested but she'd already hung up. Minutes later she was getting directions to JT's room where Caleb was holding him still while a doctor finished up the stitches.
"Hey," Spencer said grabbing Hanna's arm.
"Hi," Hanna gave her a hug. "What are you doing here?"
"Caleb made a quick run at the office," Spencer explained, "to grab some files. JT was walking and he hit his head on a desk. He's fine. He just needs some stitches."
"Oh my," Hanna pressed her hand to her chest.
"Don't worry," Spencer squeezed her arm. "He's in good hands."
"Alright JT," Hanna recognized the doctor's voice as he turned around. It was Wren. She hardly had time to speculate as to how he'd ended up at a hospital in New York but it didn't even matter to her anymore. Wren finished up and turned to JT. "You're all set."
"Thank you doctor," Caleb said, his voice dripping with disdain.
"Thanks Wren," Hanna smiled before running to hold JT.
"I'll need you to fill out some forms with the front desk before you go," Wren handed Caleb a file.
"I can take care of this," Spencer said grabbing the file and following Wren out of the office. "I'll let you two..."
"Baby," Hanna kissed JT's forehead and held him close to her chest.
"I'm sorry," Caleb told her. "I should have been paying better attention."
"It's okay," Hanna smiled weakly. "I'm just glad he's safe now."
"Can I take you two home?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah," Hanna replied. "That'd be nice."
When Hanna had put JT down for bed and safely tucked him in so he wouldn't touch his stitches, she stepped back into the living room where Caleb was sprawled out on the couch.
"Hey," she smiled at him. "Are you hungry at all?"
"Starved," he told her. "It's been a long day."
"I was going to order in from the Italian place…"
"Vito's?" Caleb's eye lit up. "I'm in."
Hanna put in the order and headed back to the couch where Caleb had the basketball game turned on.
"Can we talk for a second?" she asked him.
"Yeah," Caleb replied.
"I just want to say I'm sorry," she told him. "You were right about me taking you for granted."
"It's not all your fault," he told her. "We rushed into things because you were pregnant. I guess I thought after you had JT we'd go back to how it was before."
"I knew motherhood would change me," she laughed, "but I didn't really anticipate becoming such a bore."
"You're not boring," Caleb told her, "you're just different."
"Thanks," she smiled. Then she turned to him. "Would you consider trying to start over?"
"Isn't that how all of this happened in the first place?" he retorted. "We gave it another try but I think we're just different people now."
"So this is it?" she asked. "I'm just worried it's not good for JT if we're not together."
"Isn't it better for us to have our own space," he explained, "than be miserable and fighting all the time?"
"Were you miserable?" she asked.
"No," he said kindly. "I love you and JT but I can't justify living the rest of my life unhappy."
"Were you really unhappy?" she asked defeated.
"I loved being able to see JT every day," he told her, "and I loved when we were together as a family after I came home from work. But you and me…let's face it, there was nothing there anymore. You clearly weren't interested in marrying me, you just wanted to be married for the sake of having a perfect family. There was no romance left between us."
"I love you," she said as a single tear rolled down her left eye, "and I always will, but I love JT more and I can't hold you back from finding someone else."
"Hanna," he pulled her in for a hug. "Please don't cry."
"I'm sorry," she choked out, "I just—"
"It's okay," he said rubbing her back.
"Caleb," she wiped her tears and looked at him. "I'm glad you found Olivia. You deserve someone in your life who makes you happy."
"Thanks," he smiled. "You do too!"
"I already have someone," she replied. "JT. And I have you to thank for him."
She grabbed Caleb's hand and interlaced their fingers while they sat in silence in the empty living room.
Again, thanks for all the reviews. I hope you guys are enjoying it. I know the relationship with Haleb is a little weird right now but I promise it's for a reason. Wren is back for a bit but he won't be messing with Haleb, at least not directly, but he will be stirring up some shit so stay tuned. To the reviewer who thinks Caleb's moved on too quickly, I didn't make it clear but it's been about a month since they broke up, I just didn't want to bore you with the details of their fighting but he did move a little quick. Don't worry though, Hanna will find love in the next chapter which I promise will be much longer.
Also, I'm thinking of starting a little experiment. This story is all about Hanna so I've only been including scenes from her perspective but I'm considering writing some oneshots from the perspectives of other characters to kind of fill in the gaps. Leave me a review if you want to read those and if I get FIVE, I'll post the first one tonight :)
