Caleb parks his car in front of Hanna's house and texts her. Two minutes later, she opens the door of the passenger seat and gets in his car.

Hanna "Hey" she says, smiley, and kisses his cheek.

Caleb "Hey… How are you doing?" he asks a few seconds later, after recovering from that brief kiss on his cheek. Although Hanna has done it several times now, and it seems really natural for her as she keeps doing it, it still means a lot for him, since he is not used to that kind of affection, and every time she gets that close to him, he gets the chance to breath in that rich scent of her.

Hanna "I'm good, you? Did you take pictures of your new floor as I asked you?" she asks excitedly.

Caleb "Yeah… here" he hands her his phone.

Hanna "Great! We need to match the paint color with the floor too… have you thought what kind of furniture you want for the living room?" she says as she goes through the photos.

Caleb turns to look at her. "What do you mean by what kind?" he asks before he turns his gaze back to the road.

Hanna "Like the style? Colors?… I don't know… materials? Everything has to match perfectly"

Caleb chuckles. "I've no idea, Han… I guess I'll need your help with that too"

Hanna "Well… we can just go for a classic color that we can match easily with anything later… we will see…" she smiles.

Caleb "You like these things, don't you?" he asks, noticing how much interested she seems. "Like interior design… decoration…"

Hanna "Yeah… I guess I do… I haven't thought of it… but I guess it is because it's pretty much alike fashion design…" she just says.

Caleb nods.

/

After paying for the paint, Caleb approaches Hanna who is still going through one of the paint colors catalogues. He stands behind her back and sees that she's staring at one page full of different shades of pink.

Caleb "If you are picking a color for another of the rooms in my house, that's not the right page" he jokes.

Hanna laughs and turns around. "I was just taking a look… are you done?"

Caleb nods. "Let's go" he says and they start walking out the store.

Hanna "Mind if we stop by at my place? I want to go get something" she asks as Caleb puts the paint cans into the car trunk.

Caleb "No problem"

/

Some minutes later, Hanna comes out from her house and gets back in the car. She changed the little purse that she was wearing earlier for another one a little bigger.

Caleb "What did you get in there?"

Hanna "My sketchbook"

Caleb "That's where you make your designs?"

Hanna "Yeah…" she simply says.

Caleb "Can I see some?"

Hanna shakes her head.

Caleb "Why not?"

Hanna "They aren't so good… they are old… from like a year ago… I haven't designed anything in a while"

Caleb "Oh, come on, I'm sure they are great" he says as he starts to drive away.

Hanna laughs. "And what would you know about fashion anyway?... I'll tell you what, if something decent comes up, then I'll let you take a look"

Caleb "So you are not helping me to paint?" he asks, focused on the road.

Hanna "No, I'm not painting… I'll just keep you company"

Caleb smiles. "Well, that's good too"

Hanna "Why didn't you ask Toby to help you with that?"

Caleb "Because he would have said yes"

Hanna "That's the point"

Caleb "He has been helping me a lot after work already, and I know he wants to spend more time with Spencer, that's why I didn't even mention to him that I was going to start to paint the inside today, he would have come even if I told him not to"

Hanna "Yeah, he's such a great friend… he's one of the most wonderful people I know"

Caleb smiles. "He said the same about you…"

Hanna chuckles. "Really?"

Caleb "Yeah… when we found out that the crazy girl who yelled at me over her dog was also one of his closest friends… I didn't like you that much back then" he laughs. "But I agree with him now" he adds.

Hanna smiles shyly and looks out the window.

/

3 hours later.

Caleb is about to start to paint the last wall of the living room. He and Hanna have been talking about everything and nothing as he painted the walls and she drew in her sketchbook, and as always, they have been joking and laughing a lot too.

Hanna is lying on her stomach in the center of the room, on the only piece of floor that is uncovered, since Caleb has covered it all around the walls in order to protect his new floor from the paint. She is focused on her design now so she has been silent for the last half hour. She's surrounded by a lot of colorful pencils that she has brought from her house along with her sketchbook.

Caleb "So, you are not even helping me with one single wall?" he says while climbing on the ladder.

Hanna looks up at him and chuckles. "Why? You have done a pretty good job so far… besides, I am helping you… You didn't notice it, but I'm supervising you from here… I'll let you know if you miss some spot"

Caleb "Oh, that's really helpful, thanks" he says with sarcasm. "Well, I'll have to give it another coat of paint later anyway, you can actually help me then if you want, instead of just pretending to be helping me from there" he starts to apply some paint on the wall with his roller.

Hanna laughs and stands up. "Fine, I'll help you" she says and takes a roller as well.

Caleb smiles at her, but before she can wet the roller in the tray of paint, he stops her. "Wait"

Hanna "What? Am I doing something wrong already?" she asks confused. "I didn't even touch the paint yet, I told you I didn't know how to paint a wall" she adds amused.

Caleb laughs. "No… it's just that you are going to stain your clothes… I have some t-shirts upstairs, go get one"

Hanna "Oh… no, I don't want to stain one of your t-shirts either"

Caleb "It's fine… my favorite ones are at the hotel anyway, just go take one, second door on the right"

Hanna doubts for a moment.

Caleb "I always end up doing what you want, it's your turn now"

Hanna laughs. "Fine" she says and makes her way upstairs.

Just a couple of minutes later, she comes back wearing one of his t-shirts, she kept her jeans, of course, but Caleb turns to look at her and he smiles seeing how good she looks in his garment. She's cute, and hot, and he can't stop staring at her.

Hanna "Are you going to paint too? Or you will just stare at me as I paint while pretending to be supervising me from there?" she jokes.

Caleb laughs and gets back to paint.

Of course, Caleb paints most of the wall while Hanna takes a lot of time in just a little spot. When the wall is almost finished, Caleb stands by her side and watches her. She's really trying her best. Her face is serious and her lips pressed in a straight line. She seems as focused on her duty as she was before while drawing on her sketchbook.

When she is finally done, she turns to Caleb and gives him a smile.

Hanna "It looks pretty good, doesn't it?" she says and turns back to look at the piece of wall that she just painted.

Caleb "Yeah…" he says and takes the brush that he used moments ago to paint the corners of the wall. "But you missed a spot…"

Hanna "Where?" she looks at him confused.

Caleb "Here" he says and runs the brush down her cheek, leaving a line of paint across the side of her face.

Hanna "Caleb! I'll kill you!" she yells and burst out laughter.

Caleb starts to laugh as well. Hanna tries to get her payback by passing her roller on his face as well but Caleb turns around and covers his face with his hands, and she only gets to roll the roller on his hands, that were already stained with paint anyway. So she climbs on his back, wrapping her free hand around his neck and her legs around his waist and tries again, but she almost falls off in the meanwhile and when Caleb takes one of his hands off his face and wraps his arm around her in order to hold her, Hanna finally gets to put some paint on his face. Caleb stops laughing and lets her down, then he covers his face with his hands.

Hanna stops laughing. "You okay?"

Caleb "I think I got some paint in my eye"

Hanna "Oh, shit! I'm so sorry, Caleb" she says while approaching him, she lays her hands on his hands. "Let me help you, let me see"

Caleb smiles and uncovers his face. "I'm kidding, I'm okay"

Hanna bites her bottom lip. "Fuck you! You really scared me"

Caleb laughs and wraps his arms around her waist. "Don't get mad" he says and rubs his nose against her clean cheek, staining it with the paint that she just got on his face, so now both of her cheeks are full of paint.

Hanna smiles. "You are an idiot" she wraps her arms around his neck. "But I can't get mad at you"

Caleb tightens his grip around her waist, holding her closer, so now her body is pressed against his. Hanna's body goes in shock at that closeness and she wonders if he can feel how bad her heart is pounding against her chest. She pulls a little back and looks at him. She didn't reach his eyes like he tried to make her believe seconds ago, but she did a good job and covered most of his face with paint. She smiles amused and takes her hands to his face. She cups his cheeks and starts to wipe the paint off his lips with her thumbs.

Caleb only stares at her. He wonders if she's doing that, wiping the paint off his lips, to kiss him after… he could die right then if that happened. But then she interrupts his thoughts with a joke.

Hanna "I think I won. You have got more paint on your face than I do" she chuckles and pulls away from the embrace. "You should go wash your face"

Of course she wasn't going to kiss him, "what the fuck was I thinking?", is what Caleb thinks as he turns around and disappears through the hallway.

/

Caleb comes back a few minutes later, his face is free of paint. Hanna has already picked up her belongings from the floor and she's putting her sketchbook back in her purse as well now.

Caleb "Hey, you said you would let me see that"

Hanna smiles slightly. "It isn't finished yet" she says and zips her purse. "I think I should go wash the paint off my face too"

Caleb nods and Hanna is the one that disappears through the hallway now. He starts to close the cans of paint when Hanna's phone starts to ring on the floor next to her purse. He grabs it and although he doesn't like the name that is on its screen, he takes the phone to her. The bathroom door is wide open so he stands there.

Hanna finishes drying her face with a towel and turns to him to grab her phone from his hand. "Thank you"

As soon as she has her phone, Caleb walks away, leaving her alone.

Hanna "Jordan?"

Jordan "Han! Where are you?"

Hanna "I'm out, why?" she answers, a little confused by his question.

Jordan "Because I'm at your mother's and no one is answering the door"

Hanna "You are what?" she asks smiling.

Jordan laughs. "I'm here, babe… I just wanted to surprise you"

Hanna chuckles. "Really? You are here in Rosewood?"

Jordan "Uh huh… where are you? I want to see you"

Hanna "Hold on, I'll be there in no time" she says and ends the call.

Hanna goes back to the living room but Caleb is no there, so she goes to the kitchen and finds him washing the brushes and rollers that they used to paint.

Caleb turns to her as soon as he hears her walking into the room. "Hey… I was thinking we could take a break and go out for lunch"

Hanna "I'm sorry, I gotta go… Jordan just called me, he's here in Rosewood"

Caleb "Oh" he only says and forces a smile, then he turns the tap off and dries his hands. "Where's he? I'll take you there"

Only when Caleb offers to take her to Jordan, Hanna remembers that she's not in her car since Caleb picked her up that morning.

Caleb "Or I can take you home and you can get your car" he offers when Hanna doesn't answer.

Hanna "Jordan is at my house… you don't mind taking me there?"

Caleb "Of course not"

Hanna gives him a light smile. "OK… I should go change back into my clothes before we go" she leaves the kitchen.

/

Only a few minutes later, Caleb parks in front of Hanna's house. Jordan's car is parked on the driveway.

Hanna "Thank you for taking me here" she says while grabbing her purse.

Caleb "It was the least I could do after you came help me with the paint"

Hanna gives him a smile and opens the door, but before she can even turn around to climb out, something comes to her mind. "Oh, you can pick Chocolate up later, if you want… I would let you take him with you now, but I want Jordan to meet him and…"

Caleb "Hey, it's okay, don't worry. Let's talk later. Just go, I don't want to keep you"

Hanna gives him another slight smile before she gets out of the car. And although Caleb always waits for her to get into the house when he takes her home, this time he drives away as soon as she closes the car door.

Jordan comes out from his car when he sees Hanna approaching, so they meet before she can reach the front door.

Jordan "Hi, beautiful" he says smiling and opens his arms for her.

Hanna smiles back and goes hug him. "Hey…"

Jordan wraps his arms around her.

Hanna "What are you doing here? Friday at noon?"

Jordan "I told you I would come see you very soon"

Hanna smiles again and pulls a little away from the hug. She takes her hands to his face and starts to kiss him, but Jordan only kisses her back for a couple of seconds before he pulls away.

Jordan "We are in the middle of the street, Han"

Hanna has always hated how Jordan is so cold towards her when they are in public, but they are back together after several days of being away from each other, so instead of rolling her eyes at him, she just smiles slightly "It was just a kiss" she says as she opens the front door.

As soon as they get into the house, Chocolate shows up and starts to bark at Jordan, who backs down, shocked by the dog's huge size, and stands behind Hanna.

Hanna "Hey, calm down, Chocolate… it's okay, baby" she says to the dog, then she takes Jordan's hand and looks at him. His scared-to-death face causes her to laugh a little. "It's fine, babe, he just needs to meet you… don't worry, he won't attack you or anything"

Jordan "He's bigger than I thought"

Hanna laughs again. "Come with me… let's go to the couch, he just needs to see that everything is fine, that's all… he will be friendly, I promise"

Jordan follows Hanna to the living room, he's still pretty unsure about the dog, but at least, Chocolate has stopped barking now. They sit on the couch and Chocolate sits on the floor in front of Hanna, his eyes laid on Jordan the whole time, watching him carefully.

Hanna chuckles. "It's okay, Chocolate… chill" she presses a kiss on the dog's head, then she looks at Jordan. "So… how many days are you staying?"

Jordan "Till Sunday" he only says, staring at Chocolate as well. He doesn't want to lose sight of him.

Hanna notices that. "He's good, I promise… he's just a little protective of me and he doesn't know you, that's all"

Jordan nods.

Hanna "I can take him out to the backyard if you want, but… he will need to meet you anyway at some point, so it would be-"

Jordan "No, it's fine" he cuts her off.

Hanna "Okay… so… tell me, how are you doing there in Washington? What have you been up to?"

Hanna and Jordan chat for a while before she gets bored and without realizing, she stops paying attention to what he's telling her. Her mind takes her back to what happened at Caleb's, the strange sensations that she felt in her entire body while hugging him, just like it happened the night before at Alison's. She's absent-minded when Jordan places his hand on her knee.

Jordan "Han?" he says and brings her back to reality.

Hanna pushes her thoughts back and gives him a smile.

Jordan smiles back. "Am I boring you?"

Hanna shakes her head and moves onto his lap, she straddles him.

Hanna "Let's no talk" she says and starts to kiss him desperately.

Jordan kisses her back the same way and in no time, they both are breathing heavily. He stands up from the couch, carrying Hanna along with him, but as soon as he stands on his feet, Chocolate stands up as well and starts to bark at him again.

Jordan breaks the kiss, tilts his head back and sighs in frustration.

Hanna "Just let me take him to the backyard" she says while getting back on her feet.

Jordan "It's okay, we should go out for lunch anyway"

Hanna "But I need you…"

Jordan gives her a smile. "We have plenty of time to do that later… you don't want to go out all sweaty"

Hanna shrugs and wraps her arms back around his neck, "I don't really care" she says, but Chocolate starts to bark again when Jordan places his hands on Hanna's waist and resumes the kiss.

Hanna "Okay, fine." She says and pulls away from Jordan. "We better get going, I was starving anyway"

/

Later.

Toby is sitting on the couch watching some TV when Spencer shows up in the living room and sits down next to him.

Toby "Hey, you woke up" he wraps an arm around her shoulders and places a kiss on her cheek.

Spencer yawns. "I can't believe I took a nap after having woken up half past eleven this morning"

Toby chuckles. "You are pregnant, you can sleep as much as you want"

Spencer rests her head on his shoulder. "Hanna texted me… Jordan is in Rosewood, she wants all of us to meet up tonight and go out for dinner"

Toby doesn't answer.

Spencer "I know it's not the best plan for a Friday night, but-"

Toby cuts her off. "Not the best plan? Last time we went out with Jordan, I wasted two hours of my life listening to his lame-ass stories, sitting at a table of that ridiculously expensive restaurant where he made that reservation and we ended up paying like five hundred bucks for a hideous wine"

Spencer chuckles. "Let's do it for Han, please"

Toby "I'll tell you what, tell them to come over here, I'm making a barbecue… I can endure Jordan's boring-ass stories better with a beer in hand and at my own place… and I'm inviting Caleb to come as well"

Spencer sits up straight and looks at him. "You sure?"

Toby "Yeah, why not? He has been coming over every time we get together with the guys lately, they like him"

Spencer "Yeah, I know, I like him too… but…"

Toby "What?"

Spencer "Never mind, I'll text Han"

Toby "No, now tell me"

Spencer "It's nothing… it's just that… have you noticed how much time Hanna has been spending with Caleb since they met? They practically hang out all day long… and I think Caleb is into her, well, I'm sure she likes him as well, but it's different, she won't ruin what she has with Jordan for him…" she says while texting Hanna.

Toby "You sure?"

Spencer rolls her eyes. "It's obvious… what's wrong with you men that never notice these things? Are you blind or what? The other day, when they brought us some presents for the baby and stayed for dinner, it was really obvious, I'm not sure of what's going on, but there's something, and I think it's more than just sexual tension… from Caleb, at least, the way he looks at her…"

Toby laughs. "Well, I didn't notice any of that" he shrugs. "But if he wants something with Hanna, I'll be more than okay with that, I can't stand Jordan"

Spencer "You are definitely blind… just last night, at Ali's, they were all over each other the whole time… I think it will be weird for Caleb to come tonight"

Toby "Well, I don't care, I'm inviting him anyway… he can't stay in that hotel room on a Friday night"

Well, I'm just going to say that you don't have to worry about Jordan being around, it's just to make Hanna make up her mind... and... and... and... we are only a couple of chapters away from the first kiss :)

Thank you so much for your nice reviews guys! I hope I'm not teasing you too much haha.