When Ashley said first thing she meant first thing. It was eight in the morning when Caleb herd her tapping in the small window. He pulled off the blanket and unlocked the front door.
"Did you sleep on the sofa last night?" She asked as soon as she stepping in the door.
Caleb nodded. The bedroom door didn't lock so he could have easily gone in but there was something clearly wrong with Hanna and he didn't want to upset her anymore.
"So she's not talking yet?" She asked glancing at the door, he could tell how worried she was by her tone.
He shook his head and she dropped her bag on the floor, heading straight for the bedroom door.
"Wait." He said grabbing her arm. He let go and looked down.
"Caleb's what's going on?"
"We haven't told you yet. Well... we only found out last week but-" He started but was cut off.
"Caleb just tell me!" She snapped.
"Hanna's pregnant again." He sighed finally looking up afraid of her reaction.
Disappointment flashed over her face for a second before it quickly went back to concern.
"Yesterday, she was bleeding and we went to the hospital and they said everything was okay but she's barley spoken since and she shut herself in there last night and I don't know what to do." He explained looking up with pleading eyes.
Ashley sighed and pulled him in for a hug. "I'm glad you called." She said patting his back. "I'll see if she'll talk to me."
He pulled away nodding and let her go into their bedroom. He slumped on the sofa and tried to listen to what was going on.
Ashley found Hanna sat up in the bed with the duvet pulled around her and she was chewing on her nails. She softly walked over and sat on the other side of the bed. Hanna's gaze didn't move from the floor so Ashley decided to speak. "Caleb told me about the baby." She said ticking a piece of Hanna's hair behind her ear. "And he told me he's worried about you, that's why he called."
Tears started filling Hanna's eyes.
"Hanna, please tell us what's wrong we can help." She begged.
She didn't say anything but leant into her mothers chest and started to sob. Ashley wrapped her arms around her and pressed a kiss onto her head. She had no idea what was going on with her daughter but was determined to find out what was wrong.
After a few minutes Hanna pulled away. "I can't do it." She whispered, her voice hoarse from crying.
"Can't do what honey?" Ashley asked softly.
"Can't be a mom." She cried.
"Hanna, you are the most amazing mother to Ava and you will be to the new baby." She reassured.
"I'm not. I didn't even want this baby. I wanted an abortion so I could carry on with collage and we could have a normal life. I wanted it to die." She sobbed.
Ashley didn't know what to say. She was shocked that Hanna had considered an abortion when didn't even contemplate it with Ava.
"I didn't want it to be inside of me and then I nearly lost it. It hurt so much and I feel so guilty for hating it." Hanna admitted.
"You didn't have the abortion though, you and Caleb are going to have a beautiful baby and Ava's going to get a little brother or sister. Dont feel guilty." She soothed.
"And I won't be a good mom. I'm too young and I can barely manage Ava."
"Hanna, Ava adores you." Ashley smiled at the though of her granddaughter.
"No. She doesn't listen to me and I can barely control her."
"It's called the terrible two's. You were exactly the same when you were her age. And she's half you and half Caleb, she's not going to act like an angel all the time." Ashley chuckled slightly then looked at Hanna and turned more serious.
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't have any doubts when you were pregnant with Ava but you proved me so wrong, both of you. And Ava loves her mama so much. Your everything to her and you've raised her to be a beautiful, loving little girl. Please don't ever doubt that your a bad mom because I am so proud of you."
"So your not annoyed that I'm pregnant again?" Hanna asked timidly.
"I was surprised when Caleb told me but no." She smiled cupping Hanna's chin in her hand so she was looking directly into her daughters teary eyes. "Like i said your an amazing mother and you will be to the new baby."
"But we're not ready for another one."
"You wern't ready for Ava. You had just finished high school but you still managed to pull yourselves together." Ashley reassured. "Hanna I promise you everything will be okay, you have Caleb and me and Ted here to help you."
Hanna nodded and hugged her mom again. She knew that they would all help and support her.
Ashley pulled away and smiled at Hanna. "Now go out there and give Caleb a hug, he's really worried about you."
Hanna eyes teared over again and she shook her head. "I can't." She whispered.
"Why not?"
"Because I screamed at him yesterday and shut him out of the bedroom." She cried.
"Hanna, that boy out there is crazy in love with you. You can tell by the way he looks at you, the way he has done since you were both sixteen. He's even got your name tattooed onto his back." She said rolling her eyes slightly at the last part. "He adores you Hanna and thinks the sun shines out of your ass. Caleb doesn't care that you shouted at him. He's worried and just wants you to be okay."
She sniffled and wiped her eyes.
"What's this?" Her mother asked picking up the blue stone on Hanna's necklace.
"Caleb got it for me."
"Its beautiful."
Hanna nodded and smiled.
"Go and talk to him." Ashley encouraged smiling.
She walked out of the bedroom and saw Caleb pacing around the living room. He didn't see her until she was right behind him. He instantly turned around and wrapped his arms around her body. He pressed a kiss on top of her head. "I love you so much." He whispered.
She pulled away and looked up at him. "I'm sorry." She cried. "For yesterday. I don't know what happened with me."
"Shh, it doesn't matter now." He smiled wiping away her tears.
"I love you too." She smiled. Caleb smiled back and leant down to place a soft kiss on her lips.
Ashley came out of the bedroom and smiled at them both. "I'm going to make some breakfast." She said walking into the kitchen.
"What time is it?" Hanna asked.
Caleb looked at the time on his phone and slipped it back into his pocket. "Half eight."
"Should Ava be up by now?"
"She went to sleep late. It took me ages." Caleb replied.
"I'm sorry."
"Stop apologising." He said softly leading them over to the sofa and sitting down.
"You look tired babe." He said pulling her down next to him.
"I didn't sleep much last night and so do you." She replied curling into his side.
He wrapped his hand around her and slipped his hand down her pyjama pants to run the soft skin on her lower back. "Me too." He yawned.
They started to relax when they herd a cry from Ava's room. Before Caleb could react Hanna was on her feet. "I'll go." She said.
She walked into Ava's room and found her sat up in her bed. "Hi baby." She cooed pulling her close for a tight hug.
"Mama." Ava mumbled leaning her head on Hanna's shoulder as she carried her back out to the living room. She sat back down next to Caleb holding Ava close and nuzzling her soft blonde curls.
Ashley came back out and her face light up when she saw Ava. "Hey Avie." She smiled.
Ava smiled back tiredly and held out her arms for her grandma to take her. She scooped her up and say back in the arm chair. "I missed you."
"Gandad?" The little girl asked.
"He's at the church today so he couldn't come." She smiled and them moved her gaze up to Hanna and Caleb. "So when did you find out you were pregnant?"
"The day of Caleb's court hearing." Hanna replied leaning her head against his shoulder again.
"Am I the first to know?" She asked.
"No, I told the girls when they came two days ago but they weren't very enthusiastic." Hanna muttered.
"They were probably just surprised, Han." Ashley smiled. "Have you been to the doctor yet"
"Yeah." She replied standing up and walking to the shelf where the baby scan was. "I'm about two months."
"It's so tiny." She smiled as Hanna handed it to her. "Have you thought about what your going to do with collage?"
"I'm going to have to take another year out." She muttered. "I don't think I'll ever graduate."
"You will Hanna." Ashley smiled. "It will just take longer than everyone else. Are you going to stay in this apartment?"
"We can't exactly afford to move." Caleb sighed.
"If you need some money-" Ashley began.
"No. We're okay." Hanna cut in.
She just nodded and placed Ava back on Hanna's one before going back into the kitchen to carry on with breakfast. Hanna ran her fingers through Ava's blonde ringlets and pressed a kiss on her temple.
"I'm gonna get a drink." Caleb said standing up.
Hanna smiled and he walked into the kitchen. "Thanks for coming." He said to Ashley.
"You don't need to thank me, Caleb." She smiled at him.
"I do. I didn't know what to do but you did and helped her so thank you."
"She just needed someone to reassure her and tell her everything's going to be okay."
"So you think she'll be okay now?" He asked unsure.
She nodded. "She lost confidence in herself. It happened when her father left. Every now and again she would sped the whole day crying her eyes out and she'd doubt herself and then she'd go back to normal, like nothing happened. Nearly loosing the baby made her feel guilty and her hormones are all over the place. Hanna can get very insecure, I'm sure you know that, and she just needed to talk and let it all out." She explained.
Caleb looked back towards to living room. He didn't know how she could dout herself as a mom. She was amazing with Ava.
"Thank you Caleb." Ashley said taking a step closer to him.
"For what?" He asked.
"For looking after them both and staying with her. Anyone else would of walked away but you didn't."
He smiled back at her and walked into the living room, back to Hanna. He sat down and wrapped his arms around her.
"Your an amazing mom, don't ever think your not." He whispered pressing a kiss to her temple. She smiled and leant her head on his shoulder again as Ava say happily on her knee.
AN: Mama Marin made everything better. I think Hanna just had a crisis of confidence and felt guilty for contemplating an abortion but now everything's all better. The girls will be back in a few chapters and hopefully be more supportive of Hanna.
I also wanted to say (even though its a week late) Happy Birthday to Mar. Despite all the shit she put us through with Spaleb, without her there would be no PLL tv series, no Caleb Rivers and most importantly no Haleb or Tyshley. So Happy Birthday ! (I meant to put this on my last chapter but forgot. Oops.)
Todays question is...
Top 3 season 4 episodes?
3- 4x07 I liked how Caleb and Toby teamed up in this episode and if you think about it they figured out who -A was then
2- 4x13 Liked how they all dressed up and I loved the ending when Alison was revealed to be alive.
1- 4x24 I loved how many answers we got in this episode but how it left some unanswered as well and I loved the ending with -A dragging Mrs D's body.
I loved Haleb all through this season and their breakup made me cry but I loved how Hanna went back to his car after they had argued so they wouldn't leave on bad terms.