CALEB'S POV
Since Hanna up and left town, I tried to stay and get her mother to tell me where she went. Ashley wouldn't budge though. I could see the pain and need to tell me where the girl I loved went to but had promised her daughter to never let me know. All she would tell me was that Hanna was safe and sorry that she hurt me, that she had very good intentions and had a good reason to leave also that she would be back eventually but not anytime soon.
I stayed for a few more months before I felt that if Hanna was not here what else was keeping me in Rosewood. I then decided to move to California to be closer to my Mom and brothers. To say I was unhappy was an understatement. I hated life without Hanna. I would catch myself thinking about her at random times during the course of the day or even waking up from my dreams about her. I trusted that whatever had happened with or to Hanna and what she was thought was best to keep me in the dark about was worth it. I eventually had to move o and close that chapter of my life. That didn't mean that I never thought of her or wanted things to go back to the way it was, it just meant that I needed to keep living.
Being in California was refreshing but as usual, I still didn't fit in. I was still the outcast. I preferred being by myself and just getting through senior years and then moving on to college r better yet straight to the working field in New York, like i planned to do with Hanna. Before she left I had already planned a job in New York that was close to Hanna's choice of school and paid enough to have us living in a comfortable loft where she could fulfill her dreams.
There had been a few girls that showed some interest in me while i was in California. I was close to one in particular that made living without Hanna a little bit easier. She wasn't a girlfriend but more of a best friend that just so happened to be a girl. She was okay with being my distraction for a while but then we decided that friends would be best for us. She always said that she knew my heart belonged to someone else and always would.
Now that school was over and everyone was back to college I thought that it was best to make a trip back to Rosewood to clear out my apartment. I didn't think it would be necessary to do so until i realised that i would not hear from Ashley. So i packed for a few days and got into my car ready to take on the journey to come. As i was about to leave the house i stepped outside onto the porch only to find Amelia there with a duffle bag of her own waiting for me by my Jeep.
"What are you doing here?" i asked her curiously stepping down the steps towards the car.
"You didn't think that I would miss out on a opportunity to take a roadtrip with my favorite boy, now would you?"
"Of course not" I replied chuckling to myself, typical Amelia.
"Come on, get your ass into gear, we don't have all day" She rushed me rolling her eyes in the process.