The morning after.

Caleb's phone starts to ring waking them up.

Hanna opens her eyes just in time to see Caleb getting up from the couch and walking toward the bedside table at the other side of the bed where she is lying to grab his phone.

Caleb "Sorry, Han… go back to sleep" he says and answers the call. "Hey, Toby…" he says while going into the bathroom.

Five minutes later, he comes out and finds Hanna still lying on the bed although she's awake.

Hanna "You cheated! You moved to the couch when I was asleep" she smiles at him.

Caleb smiles back. "Yeah…"

Hanna "I told you it was okay"

Caleb "You were drunk"

Hanna "I meant it" she says while taking her phone.

Caleb shrugs and goes sit on the edge of the bed.

Hanna checks her phone looking for a text from Jordan, but all that she has are a couple missed calls from her mom and some texts from Sean which she opens and reads.

Hanna "This guy is needier than I thought" she says with her eyes still on her phone screen.

Caleb "Sean again?" he asks amused.

Hanna "Yeah, I should have made sure that he saw this" she says while raising her hand to point at her ring but when she looks at her hand, there's no ring on her finger. "Fuck! My ring!" she says and jumps off the bed. "Shit! I lost my ring!"

Caleb "Hey, it's okay, you had it last night, it must be somewhere in this room"

Hanna "How would you know?" she asks desperate.

Caleb "I remember seeing it on your finger last night after we got back, chill" of course he remembers that fucking ring, it reminds him of what he can't have every time he sees it.

Caleb stands up from the bed to help her look for it.

Hanna "Gosh! I can't believe this! What am I supposed to tell Jordan?" she says as she kneels down on the floor to look for the tiny object.

Caleb "Hey! Calm down! We are going to find it!"

/

Half an hour later, they have turned the room upside down without any result. And Hanna is getting more nervous as the minutes go by.

Caleb "Look, Han… I gotta go because I'm supposed to meet up with the contractor and Toby at my house in like fifteen minutes… but don't worry, that ring is somewhere in here and we are gonna find it" he approaches her and places his hands on her shoulders, making eye contact with her.

Hanna "Jordan will flip out if I tell him that I lost that ring" she says with teary eyes.

Caleb "I'm sure you are more important to him than a freakin' ring… and again, we are going to find it" he leans in and presses a kiss on her forehead. "Chill out, Han… stay here as long as you want, but don't drive yourself crazy, fine? I'll be back later to help you look for it"

Hanna only nods.

Caleb presses another kiss on her cheek before he takes his hands off her shoulders and walks toward the door. "And please, don't light up any cigarette. That shit is not good for you" he says, knowing that she's still a little nervous.

Hanna nods again.

Caleb "Call me if you need anything" he adds after opening the door.

Hanna "Thank you"

Caleb smiles at her before leaving.

/

Hanna leaves the room shortly after Caleb. She knows she will go crazy if she keeps looking for the ring, so she decides to take a break and go have some breakfast. But when she steps off the elevator, she runs into her mom.

Ashley "Hanna! I've been calling you! I was worried, you never came back home last night. I know you are an adult, but please, let me know if you change your plans, I just-"

Hanna "Sorry, mom" she cuts her off. "I got drunk so I stayed here, I slept with Caleb"

Ashley's eyes go wide open in surprise and that's when Hanna realizes what she just said and how bad it sounded.

Hanna "Oh! God! No! I didn't sleep with Caleb… I mean… I didn't have sex with him, we literally slept, oh, shit" her tongue definitely goes faster than her brain while she explains herself and her altered state caused by all the stress that she's going through for losing the ring is not helping at all.

Ashley "You stayed in his room?" she asks perplexed.

Hanna "Yeah, it's no big deal, mom… we are friends" she says, embarrassed by the unexpected conversation that she is suddenly having with her mother.

Ashley "Hanna, you barely met Caleb a few days ago, and even if he were a lifelong friend of yours, it still wouldn't be right, how would you feel if Jordan stayed the night at some woman's hotel room?"

Hanna "Fuck, mom, please, don't judge me, it's no big deal" she repeats again. "Besides, I need your help with something"

Ashley "Okay, but watch your tongue"

Hanna rolls her eyes.

Ashley "What can I help you with?"

Hanna sighs. After the conversation that she just had with her mom, she's no longer sure about telling her about the ring, but she really needs her help.

Hanna "I lost my engagement ring in Caleb's room and I really need to find it" she says quietly.

Ashley's mouth drops open. "Hanna!... Did you take off your engagement ring for something in particular?"

Hanna "Mom, please! Believe me, nothing is going on between Caleb and I. I'm being honest, we did nothing but sleep. That the ring went missing is just a coincidence…"

Ashley nods. She believes her daughter. She can tell when she's lying, and she knows for sure that she's being honest now.

Ashley "Okay, I'll just cancel the cleaning service for his room for now so you can look for it… are you sure you lost the ring inside the room?"

Hanna nods. If Caleb is so sure that she lost it in there, then so she is.

Ashley "I have a lot of things to do right now, but I'll help you look for it later"

Hanna "It's okay, mom. Just cancel the cleaning service. I'm gonna have breakfast and then I'll call one of the girls to help me with that"

Ashley "Are you sure you want to tell them about this issue with your ring and Caleb's hotel room?"

Hanna "They are my friends, mom. I can trust them. Besides, they know that Caleb and I are just friends"

Ashley nods. "Okay, see you later, sweetie. Please, let me know when you find the ring"

Hanna "I will. Bye, mom"

/

Hanna enters Caleb's room followed by Alison.

Alison "Okay, whose room is this and what are we doing here? Will you just tell me what's going on?"

Alison is the one Hanna asked for help. From all her friends, she's the best at keeping secrets and after Ashley's reaction, she thinks there is no need for all of her friends to know about her last night stay in Caleb's hotel room after all.

Hanna "It's Caleb's room. And I need you to help me find my engagement ring"

Alison turns and gives her a look of surprise, and Hanna gets more convinced that she did right by not telling all her friends about what happened.

Alison "Are you hooking up with Caleb?"

Hanna rolls her eyes. "Why everyone just assumes that?"

Alison "Well, we are looking for your engagement ring in the guy's freaking hotel room. What am I supposed to think? That you came here to play cards?"

Hanna "I just crashed on the couch because we had some drinks and I couldn't drive my car. That's all"

Alison "Well… so it should be over the couch then… I guess" she says and takes a cushion from the couch to take a look.

Twenty minutes later, they haven't found the ring yet and Hanna starts to desperate again.

Hanna "Oh my god, Jordan is gonna go crazy" she says and sits down on the edge of the bed. She places her elbows on her knees and rests her face on her palms.

Alison goes sit down next to her. "Are you sure you lost it in this room?" she says and places a hand on Hanna's shoulder.

Hanna "Caleb said that I had the ring when we came back here" she says with her face still hidden in her hands.

Alison hears Hanna start to sob. "Hey, it's okay. We will keep looking until we find it" But Hanna doesn't answer so she keeps going. "And if we don't, then we will just get you a fake ring, Jordan won't even notice it"

Hanna "He will… Shit! I'm such a fuck up… I lost my engagement ring in another man's hotel room" she realizes now how bad it all sounds. She felt so good around Caleb the night before that she never considered that she could be doing something wrong, but now reality blows up in her face. She stands up from the bed. "I need to take a pee" she says before getting in the bathroom.

Alison stands up as well to keep looking for the ring. They have looked for it over the entire room. Except for one place. She takes the covers off the bed and shakes them around without any result. Then she grabs one of the pillows and does the same, getting nothing again. But when she grabs the other one, before she can even shake it, she finds the ring hooked to a thread from the pillowcase.

Alison smiles happily and takes it. "Han! I've got it, I found it"

Hanna rushes out the bathroom. "Really?"

Alison hands the ring to Hanna.

Hanna "Oh my gosh!" she smiles. "Thank you so much, Ali! Really! You saved me!"

Alison smiles back. "You can thank me by telling me the truth about last night" she sits back on the edge of the bed.

Hanna "What do you mean?" she asks confused.

Alison "Don't play dumb… I found the ring in the bed"

Hanna sighs and goes sit next to her. "Fine. I did sleep in the bed with him. But nothing happened. I'm being honest. We just slept"

Alison "Not even a kiss?"

Hanna shakes her head. "Caleb and I became really close… and maybe too fast… but we are just friends. I love hanging out with him, he is nice, kind, and so much fun… but that's all"

Alison nods. "Okay" she just says and walks to the door. "I have to go now, Han… see you later"

Hanna "Ali…" she says and Alison turns back to her. "Please, don't tell anyone. I don't want anyone to get it wrong or jump into any conclusions"

Alison smiles at her. "Don't worry. I won't… I believe you that nothing happened, but… do you like Caleb that way?"

Hanna "I'm about to get married, Ali"

Alison "You didn't answer my question"

Hanna rolls her eyes. "Caleb and I are just friends"

Alison "You still didn't answer my question" she repeats again, but she leaves before Hanna can say anything.

/

It's three in the afternoon. Hanna is cuddling with Chocolate on the couch while watching TV. Actually, she's not paying too much attention to the TV. Alison's question has gotten her thinking a lot. But she's Hanna Marin and she's stubborn, so she has only been trying to convince herself of how stupid Alison's question was. Caleb and she are only friends and she is in a very serious relationship with Jordan, they are getting married, for god's sake. And Alison knows nothing, she hasn't been there with them all those times when she and Caleb hanged out together. But on the other hand, she can't ignore the fact that she has spent most of the last days, even nights, with Caleb. So she starts to wonder if she should slow it a little down. What her mother said to her that morning also comes to her mind, and she knows that she was right, it's not okay that she spent the night in Caleb's hotel room, even if nothing happened between them. She would flip out if Jordan did something like that. On top of that, that was the second night in a row she spent with Caleb.

Her phone interrupts her thoughts. It's Caleb. She lets the phone ring a few times while deciding whether to take the call or not. But she ends up answering.

Hanna "Hey…"

Caleb "Han! What's up? Did you find the ring?"

Hanna "Yeah, I did…"

Caleb "Great"

Hanna "Uh huh"

Caleb "You don't sound so excited" he jokes.

Hanna "I just woke up… I was taking a nap" she lies.

Caleb "Oh, did I just wake you? I'm sorry"

Hanna "No, you didn't. It's okay. Anyway, you can go back whenever you want to your room. I left your key at the front desk"

Caleb "Okay. Thank you"

Hanna "Okay. Bye…"

Caleb "Wait"

Hanna "What?"

Caleb "I'm about to finish here and I was wondering… may I go pick Chocolate up?"

Hanna "Yeah, sure"

Caleb "In like twenty minutes?"

Hanna "Uh huh, that's okay"

Caleb "Thanks. See you"

Hanna "See you" she says and ends the call.

/

Later.

The doorbell rings and Hanna knows it's Caleb, so she stands up from the couch and turns to look at Chocolate who is still lying there.

Hanna "Come on, baby… you are going out with Caleb" she calls for him while heading for the front door. She grabs Chocolate's leash on her way.

Caleb "Hey" he smiles at her.

Hanna "Hi… here's the leash" she says coldly.

Caleb "Thanks" he says while staring at her. But Hanna doesn't even look at him.

Chocolate rushes out the house and greets Caleb excitedly as always.

Caleb "Hey, buddy!" he greets him back while stroking his head. "Wanna go for a walk?" he asks him while putting him on the leash. Then he looks at Hanna. "Wanna come with us?"

Hanna "No, thanks… I don't feel like going out right now…"

Caleb "Are you okay?"

Hanna nods. "Yeah… I have a headache, but I guess it's for last night. I'm fine"

Caleb "Okay, then… I'll bring him back in a while"

Hanna "Okay"

Caleb turns around to walk away and Hanna closes the door. She doesn't even make it back to the couch when her phone starts to ring again. Although it wasn't the reason why she didn't take Caleb's invitation to go out with him and Chocolate, she didn't lie about her headache and it gets worse when she sees the name on her phone screen.

Hanna "Hi, Jordan" she says on the phone while flopping down on the couch. The last thing she needs right now is having a fight with Jordan again.

Jordan "Hi, beautiful. I miss you"

Hanna gets surprised by his warm greet, even more considering that their last talk was like two days ago and they only fought.

Hanna "Why didn't you call me before? I was waiting for your call… or a text at least"

Jordan "I know I should have called earlier, but I didn't know what to say"

Hanna "And you do know now?"

Jordan "I've been thinking a lot…"

Hanna "About what?"

Jordan "About what you told me… I know I haven't been paying too much attention to you lately, but I want to do things right. This is taking longer than I thought, and I'll be here in Washington for another month. But I promise, I really promise you that I'll go see you soon, I don't know exactly when, but very soon. And I also have thought about what you said about our apartment… that you don't feel it like your home, and it kills me, Han. We are looking for a new place, a dog-friendly place and we are looking for it together as soon as we are back in New York, is that okay?"

Hanna is speechless. She wasn't expecting that at all.

Jordan "Han?"

Hanna "Yeah, that's okay" she smiles.

Jordan "Great… what are you doing?" he asks, trying to make some conversation.

Hanna "Just lying on the couch… you?"

Jordan "With Chocolate?"

Hanna "No, he is gone for a walk… Caleb picked him up a while ago"

Jordan "Who's Caleb?"

Hanna "Oh, I never told you? Caleb is the guy who found him. He's really nice, he has been hanging out with me and the guys, and he loves Chocolate, so I'm letting him see him every day"

Jordan "That's good… maybe he can take care of the dog for a weekend so you can come to see me too"

Hanna "Maybe" she smiles. "But you have to come to Rosewood first"

Jordan "Hey, I already promised that. I will"

Hanna "When?"

Jordan "I don't know, babe… soon"

Hanna "Okay"

Jordan "I have to go now, Han. Let's talk tomorrow, fine?"

Hanna "Okay, but you call me when you have time to talk to me, I'll go crazy if I get to your voicemail again"

Jordan laughs. "Fine, I'll call you. Bye, Han. I love you"

Hanna "I love you too"

/

Caleb rings the doorbell at Hanna's for the second time in the day. But this time, she opens the door with a smile.

Hanna "Hey, baby, you are back" she says to the dog, obviously.

Caleb takes the leash off Chocolate and the dog gets into the house.

Caleb "Feeling better?" he asks, still standing at the door.

Hanna "Yeah" she gives him a slight smile.

Caleb "Good" he says and hands her a chocolate bar. "I got you this"

Hanna takes the chocolate. "Thanks, but… why is this for?"

Caleb shrugs. "You looked upset before… and I just thought that it was going to be better if you had a chocolate instead of a cigarette"

Hanna "Thank you" she says again, but then she narrows her eyes. "Hey! I told you I didn't smoke that much, you are making me see like a freaking addicted to nicotine" she says amused.

Caleb laughs. "I know, I was just joking… you just told me the other night how much you liked chocolate, and I only wanted to make you feel better, that's all"

Hanna's heart melts at Caleb's sweetness. And she regrets having treated him so coldly before. It wasn't his fault that she was feeling guilty about having spent the night with him again. He even moved to the couch when she fell asleep, and on top of that, she was the one who got in his bed, twice. He didn't do anything wrong.

Caleb "Well, I'll leave you alone… see you" he says and he is about to turn away but Hanna grabs his arm.

Hanna "Wait, wanna come inside?"

Caleb "It's okay, I don't want to bother"

Hanna "Come on… I'm alone… and my mom is not coming back for dinner, she texted me she would go out with Ted… we can order something for dinner"

Caleb "You sure?"

Hanna nods and moves to the side, making some room for him to go inside. Caleb is her friend, she won't turn her back to him just because of what other people could think. Much less after the talk they had the night before. He trusted her a lot of things about his life, things that he never told anyone else. And she did the same. She feels really good around him, and she won't push him away.