That evening.

Caleb is already at Toby's, he's in the backyard with him and Ezra when he starts to hear a barking that sounds very familiar to him, so he walks toward the open sliding doors of the kitchen, where he stands at. He gets to see that Chocolate is barking non-stop at a man that he assumes it's Jordan, since Hanna is standing next to him while taking some bottles of wine from a bag that she brought and placing them on the kitchen countertop.

Jordan "I told you so, we should have left him at your house"

Hanna "No, he loves coming here, he will calm down when he-" she stops talking abruptly because she looks up and spots Caleb. "Hey" she says and shoots him a smile. "Chocolate, look who's there"

Caleb "Hey" he only says and the dog who was too focused on monitoring Jordan to notice Caleb's presence, rushes toward him now and starts to greet him excitedly. "Hi, buddy" he greets him back while stroking his fur.

Hanna "I told you he was friendly" she smiles at Jordan. "Oh, babe, this is Caleb" she says, introducing him, then she looks at Caleb. "Caleb, this is Jordan"

Jordan "Nice to meet you, Caleb" he approaches him to shake hands, but Chocolate stands between them and Caleb, not letting Jordan get too close to Caleb, so he backs down.

Caleb grins, he definitely loves that dog. "It's okay" he tells Jordan. "Nice to meet you too"

They all go out to the backyard where Chocolate goes greet Ezra and Toby as excitedly as he greeted Caleb.

Jordan "Seems like he only hates me" he says at seeing Chocolate's excitement.

Hanna "That's not true, he doesn't hate you, he just doesn't know you… allow him some time"

After they greet the guys, Hanna and Jordan go back inside with the girls, and Chocolate stays with Caleb.

/

Jordan pours glasses of wine for all the girls but Spencer, of course, before he pours one for himself and goes sit next to Hanna on the couch.

Jordan "So, how far along are you?" he asks Spencer.

Spencer "Only two months..."

Jordan nods and takes a sip of wine.

Spencer "You and Hanna can still catch up with us, Toby and I are only two months ahead" she adds and almost makes Jordan spit the wine back into the glass.

Jordan "We have to get married first… we want to make things right" he takes Hanna's hand.

Alison "You don't really need to be married to have children"

Jordan "I know, I didn't mean it that way, what I meant to say is that we have a wedding to plan first"

Alison "No, you said that you wanted to make things right"

Emily elbows Alison at the same time as Hanna gives her a death glare.

Jordan "I'm sorry, I guess I didn't choose the right words" he apologizes.

Spencer smiles at him. "It's okay"

Aria "Ezra and I are planning to get married first as well… and take a long trip around the world before we have kids" she says, trying to lighten up the situation.

Jordan's phone starts to ring. "Excuse me, ladies" he says as he stands up and he answers the call on his way to the kitchen.

Hanna "Thank you, Ali" she says with annoyance when her fiancé is gone.

Alison "What? I didn't do anything wrong"

Hanna rolls her eyes.

Spencer "Why don't we better go outside with the guys?"

Aria "Yeah, let's go…"

They pass by the kitchen on their way out, where Jordan is still on the phone, so when Hanna passes by his side, he grabs her arm, stopping her.

Hanna turns to him.

Jordan "Hold on a second, George" he says on the phone. "Han, I need to make a video call… it's something important, where can I go?" he whispers to her.

Hanna "Do you really need to do it right now?" she asks, a little frustrated. "We are with my friends, I thought-"

Jordan cuts her off. "Not now, Hanna"

Hanna sighs. "Go back to the living room, we are going outside anyway"

Jordan nods and leaves the kitchen while talking on his phone.

When Hanna goes out to the backyard, her friends are already sitting and chatting and although there are many seats where she could go sit down, she walks toward Caleb and without thinking, she sits on his lap, catching him off guard. And he instinctively wraps one of his arms around her, without thinking either, just as naturally as Hanna just chose him as seat. Alison notices that, and she gives Emily an amused smile, making her aware of it too. And Spencer and Toby exchange glances too.

Hanna "He calmed down" she says to Caleb while staring at Chocolate who is lying on the ground next to them.

Caleb "Yeah…" he just says and takes a sip of beer.

Hanna "May I?"

Caleb nods and hands her his glass. Hanna takes a long sip of beer and then hands the glass back to him.

Caleb "You okay?"

Hanna "Yeah" she gives him a slight smile and then turns to look at Toby. "Hey, Tob, how long until dinner is ready? I'm starving" she asks, interrupting the group talk.

Toby laughs. "I just started, Han… it will take like another hour"

Hanna "Oh"

Spencer "Want some snacks?"

Hanna "No, it's okay" she says as she takes her hand to Caleb's nape and starts to play with his short strands of hair, absent-minded.

Ezra "Where's Jordan?"

Hanna "He's in the house, making a video call… he'll be right back"

The group keep chatting, they joke around and laugh as always and everyone has an active participation on the chat, except for Hanna who is too quiet and that's not normal in her at all.

Hanna "Hey, Spence, can I borrow one of your sweaters? I'm getting a little cold" she says at some point.

Spencer "Sure, go take one from my closet"

Caleb "It's okay, take my hoodie, it's right here" he takes his hoodie from the backrest of the chair where they are sitting and hands it to her.

Hanna "Thanks" she gives him a smile and puts his hoodie on.

Caleb "You look really good in my clothes" he says, completely out of the blue, starting a conversation between them, ignoring the group conversation about Aria's and Ezra's next trip that the rest is having.

Hanna grins but doesn't say anything.

Caleb "Why are you so quiet?"

Hanna "I'm not"

Caleb "Yes, you are"

Hanna "Well, there's no reason, I guess I'm just quiet… do you think it's going to rain tonight?" she says while looking up to the sky, changing the subject.

Caleb "Maybe… it's kind of cloudy and not so hot as other nights…"

Hanna "I hope it doesn't break a storm…"

Caleb "Why?"

Hanna "I don't want Chocolate to get scared… it's enough with him not liking Jordan, he's already driving him crazy"

Caleb laughs.

Hanna "It isn't fun"

Caleb "Yeah, it actually is kind of fun"

Hanna rolls her eyes at him, but he places a kiss on her cheek.

Caleb "It's okay, he needs some time to get used to him… and if not, he will just get tired of barking at some point"

Hanna "I hope so"

Caleb "Anyway, don't worry about storms, he doesn't get scared anymore"

Hanna looks at him surprised. "Really?"

Caleb nods. "Uh huh"

Hanna "How did you do that?"

Caleb shrugs. "I did nothing… he was frightened at first, but then it was less and less, and now he just ignores them…"

Hanna "Wow, that's great"

Jordan comes out from the house and approaches them.

Jordan "Han…" he says, bringing her attention to him.

Hanna looks up at him.

Jordan "Can I use your phone? Mine is running out of battery and I need to make another call"

Hanna "Yeah, it's in my purse, I think I left it on the couch…"

Jordan "Can you come with me?"

Hanna nods and stands up from Caleb's lap. She goes back to the living room with Jordan, grabs her phone from her purse and hands it to him.

Jordan "Thanks"

When Hanna turns around to go back outside, Jordan stops her.

Jordan "Wait"

Hanna turns back around to look at him.

Jordan "Sit on a chair this time" he says as he takes Hanna's phone to his ear.

Hanna "What?"

Jordan "And please, give that hoodie back to Caleb" he adds.

Hanna "I won't, I'm cold"

Jordan "Then ask Spencer for a jacket, or stay in the house… shit, why can't I communicate with George? What's wrong with your phone?"

Hanna "Oh… I blocked him" she says, feeling a little guilty.

Jordan "You blocked him?"

Hanna "Yeah… just let me unblock him, it's fine" she says while taking her phone from his hand.

Jordan "You just blocked my friend? You are always driving me nuts about how bad you want me to get along with your friends but you still block my best friend on your phone?"

Hanna "Don't make such a big deal of this. He was driving me crazy the other day, that's why I blocked him… he also cussed me out for not going to that stupid dinner last week, thanks for asking what happened before getting mad, by the way" she says and hands her phone back to him.

Jordan sighs. "He did?"

Hanna nods.

Jordan "Okay, let's talk about this later" he says, slowing down.

Hanna "Whatever"

Jordan "Please, take off that hoodie" he repeats again as she walks away.

/

Hanna gets back to the backyard and approaches Caleb. She takes off his hoodie and hands it to him.

Caleb "Keep it, it's okay"

Hanna "I'm no longer cold"

Caleb "Yeah, because you were inside, you are gonna get cold again"

Hanna "I'm fine, just take it already" she says firmly this time.

Caleb finally takes the hoodie from her hand and hangs it back on the chair backrest. Hanna goes sit down on a chair next to Alison.

Alison "Is everything okay?"

Hanna "Yeah" she gives her a forced slight smile, but her eyes are glassy and Alison notices it.

Alison "Toby says that dinner will be ready soon" she says, choosing not to push her.

Hanna "Great"

Hanna falls silent while pretending to listen Toby's funny anecdote about a drunk teen that he and another police officer arrested a few nights ago. Some minutes later, Jordan finally comes out from the house and approaches her. He stands behind her chair, leans forward and wraps his arms around her shoulders.

Jordan "I'm sorry" he whispers in her ear and presses a few kisses on her cheek.

And once again, Chocolate stands up from where he's lying next to Caleb and goes bark at Jordan until he releases Hanna and straightens up.

Alison "Someone is very jealous" she says and chuckles. "And he's not the only one" she adds low enough so that only Emily hears it, staring at Caleb whose face has become very serious unlike seconds ago when he was laughing along with the group.

Hanna "Hey, it's okay, Chocolate" she calms him down. "Sit" she orders him and he obeys although he keeps focused on monitoring Jordan's movements carefully.

Jordan takes a chair and places it next to Hanna's, then he sits down. She reaches out and takes his hand, letting him know that she accepted his apology, and since it's Hanna who took his hand, and not the other way around, Chocolate remains calm this time.

Jordan joins the group talk and Hanna's mood rises a little, but Caleb's lowers and he's the one that becomes quiet now. And although all he wants is to leave, he forces himself to stay, he needs to get used to see Hanna with Jordan if he wants to keep being friends with her. She's not his girl.

/

Later.

Hanna and Jordan are in the car on their way back to Hanna's house.

Jordan "Okay, you go take Chocolate inside and pack your stuff, I'll wait for you here, he'll start to bark at me again if I go with you" he says while parking the car on the driveway.

Hanna "What? Where are we going?"

Jordan "To The Radley, babe"

Hanna "Why? I thought you would stay here, they are just a couple of nights, stay here, at my place"

Jordan "It's your mother's house, and she doesn't even know that I am here"

Hanna "It's okay, she's probably already asleep, I'll tell her in the morning, there's no problem, she'll be okay with it, she has invited you to stay here so many times before"

Jordan doesn't answer.

Hanna "Come on, babe…"

Jordan sighs. "Fine, but take Chocolate inside first, I don't want to wake up your mother"

Hanna "Yeah… I'll take him to my room and we can sleep in the guest room…" she says as she gets out of the car.

/

Ten minutes later, Hanna opens the front door and Jordan gets into the house carrying his suitcase. They go upstairs and then to the guest room.

As soon as Hanna closes the door, Jordan traps her against the door and starts to kiss her.

Hanna kisses him back but only for a few seconds before she moves her mouth away from his. "We need to talk first"

Jordan "About what?" he says as he kisses her neck.

Hanna "About what happened tonight"

Jordan releases her from his grip and Hanna goes sit on the bed.

Jordan "Fine… let's talk, tell me what's going on with George" he says as he puts his phone to charge.

Hanna "I already told you, he was an ass to me the other day, and then he tried to call me again. I just blocked him, it's no big deal"

Jordan "Okay, I'll talk to him, but try to understand him, his job is really stressful, he was probably upset and he just took out his anger on you, which is not right, I know it, but try to be patient with him, he's got a bad temper"

Hanna shrugs. "I don't care, I'll just ignore him"

Jordan "Okay, but he's my friend"

Hanna "I know"

Jordan goes sit next to her on the edge of the bed.

Hanna "And I don't like you telling me what to do either"

Jordan "Oh, please, I should be the one mad at you for that. You were sitting on that guy's lap, Hanna, and wearing his clothes… you have known him for how long? Two days?"

Hanna "That guy was Caleb and he's my friend, it doesn't matter for how long, and if you didn't want me to sit on his lap, you could have just told me in a good way"

Jordan "Yes, you are right about that, and I already apologized for that when I went back with you… It's okay if you are friends with him, just don't do those things, they don't seem like just friendship and they make me look like an idiot"

Hanna sighs. "Fine"

Jordan "Don't be upset" he says and starts to kiss her neck again.

/

Meanwhile.

Caleb is still at Toby's. Everyone has already taken off a while ago and Spencer just went to bed since she couldn't keep herself awake. He's helping Toby to clean the mess after the get-together.

Caleb is in the kitchen finishing loading the dishwasher when Toby comes in from the backyard carrying some empty bottles.

Toby "What's going on between Hanna and you?" he asks just like that, recalling the conversation he had with Spencer that day, while throwing the bottles in the trash can.

Caleb "We are friends"

Toby "Come on, man, what are we? Girls? Just tell me, it's me"

Caleb looks at him now. "Nothing is going on, man. That's the truth… I can't take her out of my mind, that's true too, who wouldn't like her? But we are friends, that's it… nothing but friendship will ever happen between us"

Toby "And why's that?"

Caleb "Because she's about to get married, maybe?"

Toby "Oh, please, you just met Jordan, he's not for Hanna"

Caleb "Well, she doesn't think the same"

Toby "Okay, forget about Jordan's existence for a second… Would you try something with Hanna?"

Caleb "Of course I would… we always find an excuse to hang out together, it's not just me, I think she likes spending time with me too, we have spent days together, even nights… but that's all…"

Toby "Wow" he says, realizing how right Spencer was about what she told him. "Then fuck Jordan, dude! Make a move on her already"

Caleb "No, what I need to do right now is just the opposite, I need to slow it down before it gets out of my control"

Toby "Oh, come on, what can you lose?"

Caleb "Hanna"

Toby laughs. "You can't lose what you don't have"

Caleb "She's my friend at least… besides, I have nothing to give her… I haven't had one single normal relationship, I suck at it… I can't ask her for anything because I have nothing to give her. It would be way different if she wasn't in such a serious relationship, even if the guy is an idiot, she chose him. What if I make her ruin that because of me and then we don't work either? On top of that, she never gave me one single sign that she wanted something other than a friendship with me"

Toby "Don't be such a pussy, worst case scenario you get your face slapped"

Caleb "Yeah, I wish it were that simple, I wouldn't mind getting a slap… I just don't want to lose her… or Chocolate"

Toby laughs. "Even Chocolate doesn't like Jordan for Hanna"

Caleb laughs too this time. "Yeah"

Toby "I hope he's cockblocking the guy right now"

Caleb stops laughing. "Hey! Thanks for bringing that thought to my mind"

Toby laughs again and goes back to the backyard. And Caleb can't stop thinking what Hanna could be doing in that moment. He surely knows what he would be doing himself if he were in Jordan's shoes.

/

Meanwhile. (Back at Hanna's)

Jordan is on top of Hanna. "Han, I'm coming" he says, out of breath, while thrusting into her.

Hanna "Okay, just let me go on top and-" she starts to say but right then, she feels Jordan throb inside of her as he speeds up his pace… and that's when she just gives up and does her best to fake an orgasm.

He moves away from her and collapses next to her on the mattress. After catching his breath, he gets closer to her and places a peck on her lips. Hanna gives him a smile.

Hanna "What are we going to do?" she suddenly asks.

Jordan "About what?"

Hanna "About us… our lives" she says a little concerned.

Jordan smiles. "We should focus on this weekend together for now… what do you want to do tomorrow?"

Hanna "I don't know, are you working tomorrow too? Just like you did tonight?"

Jordan "Are we seriously doing this all over again?"

Hanna "I don't want to fight, I just think it is something we should discuss"

Jordan "Han… you met me like this, I already worked this much when we started dating, this is who I am… why are you so demanding now? You asked me to come here, and here I am…"

Hanna "Yeah, but you are not fully here… I just want to have you all for me one day, is it too much to ask?"

Jordan "Okay, I'm not using my phone tomorrow"

Hanna smiles widely. "Really?"

Jordan nods.

Hanna gets on top of him and starts to kiss him again… but when she lowers her hand and moves it to his crotch, he stops her.

Jordan "Babe… we should go to sleep, I'm tired"

Hanna "Okay…" she says shyly and lies down back next to him.

Jordan "Good night, Han" he places a soft kiss on her lips.

Hanna "Night" she says and turns off the bedside lamp.