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Two weeks later...
"Wait, you and Caleb haven't spoken since?" Emily tried understanding.
"No, I haven't and its killing me" Hanna said burying her face in her hands.
"I don't understand, if its killing you to not see him then why can't you just-"
"Because Eric said I had to chose" Hanna cut her off.
"And you chose Eric? Why?"
"Cause he's my boyfriend and-"
"But Caleb's your best friend. You and Caleb know everything about each other but you and Eric have only been going out for what? Three months? If you were to tell Eric about A, you know in your heart that he would leave you, but if you were to tell Caleb about A, you know that he would be by your side."
Hanna was silent thinking about what Emily was saying. She was right. Caleb always has been and is always there for her.
"If Eric told you to chose between him or me, what would you do?" Emily asked.
"You know I would chose you"
"Then why didn't you chose Caleb?"
"Em, thats completely different"
"Different how?"
Hanna couldn't answer that. She's just so head-over-heels for Eric that she forgot how much Caleb means to her.
Aria and Spencer were doing some shopping when they spotted Eric with three other guys down an alley way.
"Is that Eric?" Aria asked Spencer.
"It is, but whats he doing?"
"I don't know"
They moved to the side and peered behind the wall so they couldn't be seen.
"Oh My God!" Aria whisper-yelled as they both saw Eric take a knife out of his pocket and held it to one of the guys throats.
"Shh!" Spencer said as she tried to hear what Eric and the other two men were yelling in this guys face.
They couldn't quite hear what they were saying but when Aria bumped into a trash can behind her and all the men turned round.
"We gotta go" Spencer said as they ran away from the alley way.
When they stopped running, they got into Spencer's car.
"Where are we going?" Aria asked.
"To Hanna's, we need to warn her about Eric" Spencer replied.
Spencer and Aria had driven to Hanna's but little did they know that Hanna was already at Eric's house waiting for him to come home with their takeaway food. Spencer and Aria were too late.
Hanna was watching TV when she heard the post man slip some letters through Eric's letter box. She picked them up but was confused when it said 'Keith Ryan' on all of the letters.
She looked up who Keith Ryan was to see if this was his old house or something but on Daily Mail it had pictures of Eric saying 'WANTED'.
"What?" She muttered under her breath. Maybe Eric was lying, maybe he was troubled, maybe he did do all those things that Hanna just thought were rumors.
Was he dangerous after all?
Hanna grabbed all her things including the letters and practically ran out the door but as she opened it, Eric was standing there, waiting for her.
"I see you found my mail" He said.
"W-who are you?" She said, petrified.
He grabbed her wrists and backed her into the wall, holding a knife to her throat just like he had done to someone else earlier that day.
"I thought I wasn't gonna have to kill you but you found out who I am, so now I have to"
"Why are you on the run?" She asked shakily.
"I'm a serial killer Hanna, you were just my next victim. I was waiting for the right time but you fell for me and your too hot to die. I was gonna bang you then kill you but now I have to kill you since you know who I am...Unless you want one last fling before you die..."
"Your an asshole!" She shouted with tears running down her face.
He laughed before answering. "Your so cute. I'll let you die the easy way" He said before chucking the knife somewhere on the ground and throwing his fist against her face, causing her to fall to the ground.
Hanna may not have been school smart but she was damn good at reading people. He was going to knock her out and stab her. The punch he threw was hard but it wasn't hard enough to knock her out, but she pretended it had so she could get away.
He thought she was knocked out and turned around to look for the knife he had thrown somewhere on the ground and as soon as he had his back to her, Hanna grabbed her purse, ran out the door and sprinted down the stairs.
'Knock Knock Knock'
Caleb heard three soft knocks on his door. He recognized those knocks anywhere, they were Hanna's, but that couldn't be possible considering she won't talk to him.
He opened it not looking who it was, to see Hanna standing there in tears, with blood all over her nose.
He didn't say anything, he simply held out his arms and held her trembling body while she cried even more.
"What happened baby?" He whispered while stroking her hair. He always did that when she was upset about her friends, her dad or if she had just had a break-up, but she was never this upset.
She just looked up at him and didn't speak, she was too upset and most of all scared- but she felt safer in his arms.
"Did someone hurt you?, your nose is bleeding" He whispered.
"It was...It was Eric..." She managed to get out with the tears.
"He hit you? Why?"
"He wanted to k-kill me"
There was so much running through Caleb's mind at that moment but as soon as she said that, he froze.
"He's not who he says he is Caleb, he's a murderer. I was just one of the many names on his list" She continued.
Caleb was speechless. Someone tried to hurt Hanna. His Hanna. She was the sweetest person he had ever met, a lot of people try to be in her life but not all of them are lucky enough, so why would this guy mess up his chance?
They stood there for a few seconds until Caleb broke the silence. "Let me clean your nose, its still bleeding"
She gave him a small smile and followed him into the kitchen.
He lifted her onto the counter and stood between her legs, while starting to gently clean her nose with a tissue.
"Should we call the police?" He asked.
"No" She immediately replied.
"Why?, we need to, he's dangerous"
"Because he's been working with people, remember. If I rat him out then his 'friends' will come after me"
He understood but if he couldn't get this guy locked up, he defiantly wasn't letting him go that easy.
There faces were inches apart and they were looking into each others eyes for a good few minutes.
"Thank you" She said.
"Its okay, I've had a few bloody noses after fights myself" He said still dabbing the tissue on her nose.
"No, I mean thank you for letting me in and taking care of me. I thought you would have kicked me on the streets after what I did to you"
"Hanna you know I would never kick you on the streets. I care about you so much, I'm not gonna let some scumbag come between us and ruin that."
"But I chose him over you, I let him make me think that you were trying to break us up. I don't deserve you"
"What? More like I don't deserve you. When I was living on the streets with no one, you took me in. You helped me in so many ways. Hanna, you are the greatest person in my life and I have never met anyone more sweet, caring and beautiful, with the cutest laugh and the ability to light up any room just by smiling"
She giggled at what he said. "Beautiful huh?" She joked with a huge smile on her face.
"Absolutely beautiful" He confirmed with a wide grin.
They both laughed and then Caleb was taken off guard when she leaned in and kissed his cheek.
"Your the best" She whispered.
Later that night, Hanna and Caleb were lying in bed watching TV but Hanna was practically asleep.
When Caleb noticed she was out, he turned off the TV, drew the curtains and tucked her in the blankets.
He snuggled down next to her and she cuddled into him.
"Caleb?" She whispered.
"Yeah?"
"...I'm scared" She said, so quiet that he barely heard her.
"Of what babe?" He said being concerned.
"When I found out who Eric really was, he said he had to kill me. Whats stopping him from trying again?"
"Han, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you, okay? After your mum leaves to go to Dubai tomorrow with Ted, you can stay with me"
"Caleb, you've done enough, you don't have to do that and her and Ted are going away for two weeks and-"
"I'm not letting you home alone with a murderer on the loose for two whole weeks"
She couldn't help but smile at how protective he is. "Thank you"
Hope you enjoyed it, there will be more to come. Can you guys guess what might happen next?
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