Hanna gets at the Radley Hotel to meet up with Ashley. After stepping off the elevator, she heads right to her mom's office and lets herself in without bothering to knock at the door while using her phone.

Hanna "Hey, mom" she says but when she raises her look from her phone, she realizes that it's not only Ashley in there, there are two other men that she assumes are employees from the hotel, they are sitting across her mom's desk and they seem to be on a meeting. "Sorry, I should have knocked at the door, I'll wait outside"

Ashley "Excuse me for a minute" she says to the men before following Hanna out of her office.

Hanna "Sorry, mom" she repeats again once they are in the hallway and her mother closes the door behind them.

Ashley "It's okay, sweetie… look, I know we already had our day planned, but I won't be able to take you out for lunch, and I think I won't be free to go shopping with you either. I'm sorry baby, we are having some problems with the security system and I really need to get that resolved today"

Hanna nods. "It's fine, don't worry… I-"

Another man shows up interrupting them. "Hey, Mrs. Marin. I'm afraid that I won't be able to reconnect the security camera system any time soon. I don't know what's wrong, but it won't work no matter what I try. The security company is trying to fix the system from the central, but it'll take long" he says while scratching his head nervously.

Ashley "Do you think they will be able to solve the problem before this evening?"

Man "I'm not sure"

Ashley sighs. "We need to get this resolved somehow, the senator is having this event at six and we can't just tell his security staff that we have no security system to back them up"

The man nods and gets in Ashley's office.

Ashley looks back at Hanna, but before she can say anything, Hanna speaks.

Hanna "Don't worry mom, I'll find something to keep myself entertained" she gives her a smile.

Ashley "Okay, sweetie, see you back at home" she says before getting back into her office.

/

Hanna gets back in her car and before pulling out of the parking lot, she wonders what to do. Her friends are all busy with their jobs just like her mom is, she could go have lunch at some restaurant on her own but it doesn't sound so much fun, so she just drops it and decides to go back home and hang out with Chocolate, which seems the best option to her.

Hanna "Hey, baby" she smiles at the dog that greets her excitedly as always when she comes through the door, although it's only been half an hour since she left. "Let's go for something to eat"

After feeding the dog, Hanna makes a sandwich for herself and sits at the kitchen island. She gets bored while eating in silence so she decides to give Jordan a call, although she knows he is more likely not to answer his phone at that time of the day because he is usually too busy, and she confirms it when she is sent right to his voicemail.

She hasn't forgotten the fact that Caleb asked her to hang out together the night before, and since he was the one who suggested it, she has been waiting for him to get in touch with her, but she changes her mind now seeing that she has nothing else to do, and considering that she had such an amazing time while hanging out with him the day before, she decides to text him. She even smiles while remembering the funny anecdote that he told her about Chocolate when they were at the park.

Hanna "Hey, you, annoying-ass! You asked me to hang out and then disappeared" she texts him.

Only a minute after, she gets a text back. "Hey, Miss Patience, it's not even one in the afternoon. Thought you had plans with your mom"

Hanna "Yeah, but she's busy at work… wanna hang out or not?" she types with an amused smile on her face.

Caleb "Sure… at my own risk… are you treating me like shit all day long or just by texts? :)"

Hanna "I haven't decided it yet. Anyway, I coming to your place this time"

Caleb "You sure? It's kind of a mess here, and I don't even have a couch for you to sit, don't you prefer to go somewhere else?"

Hanna "It's fine, don't worry :) Chocolate needs to go out for a walk anyway, we will be there in a little while"

Caleb is standing just in boxers in the middle of the kitchen when he gets that last text from Hanna. "Shit" he says and rushes to the sink to wash a few cups, dishes and glasses that he has left there hours ago, some of them even from the day before. Once he finishes with that, he goes to the empty living room, where there's only a mattress on the floor, since he has given away all the furniture. He is using the living room as his "temporary bedroom" until he finishes the renovations in the actual bedrooms upstairs. He "makes the bed" as fast as he can and picks up some tools from the floor, then he runs upstairs to the main bathroom in order to take a shower before Hanna gets there.

All his hurry is for nothing because after taking a quick shower and getting dressed in a rush, he spends twenty minutes sitting on his mattress before Hanna rings the doorbell, because he doesn't know it yet, but that girl is probably the most unpunctual person in the town.

Caleb "Hey" he says with a smile on his face as soon as he opens the door for Hanna.

But of course, Chocolate rushes into the house before her.

Hanna chuckles while staring at Chocolate who is jumping all around Caleb and then she looks up at him, and still smiling she greets him back. "Hey, you!" she steps into the house too and takes a look around. "How can you say that this is all a mess when you don't have a single thing in here" she says amused as they walk from the front door to the living room. "Even my voice echoes when I speak" she chuckles.

Caleb "Yeah well, I cleaned up a little" he scratches his nape.

Hanna "Well, he is happy to have some room to run around in here" she says while staring at Chocolate who is running around excited. "Here, baby" she says and throws him his red ball. Then she turns back to Caleb "Do you have something to drink? I'm thirsty, it's fucking burning outside"

Caleb "Sure" he says and heads to the kitchen.

Hanna follows him.

Caleb "What would you like?" he asks while looking into the fridge. "Water or… water?"

Hanna laughs. "Water is fine"

Caleb "Sorry, I have nothing else… I should probably go to the store later" he says while handing her a glass of water.

Hanna "Thanks"

Caleb "So, why aren't you shopping with mommy?" he asks playfully as Hanna drinks her water.

Hanna "She's stuck at work… they had some issue with the security system and they were all freaking out because some senator has some kind of event there at the hotel, and well…"

Caleb "What kind of problem do they have with the system? Do you know?"

Hanna "They said something about the cameras" she shrugs and takes another sip of water.

Caleb "With the connection?"

Hanna "I guess… I honestly don't know much about all that stuff"

Caleb gives her a smile. "Maybe I can help… I don't know if you remember when you called me a nerd, but I do computer security and that's pretty much alike"

Hanna "It would be great If you could give them a hand with that, my mom was stressing out"

Caleb "Okay, give her a call and if they still need some help, I'll go"

Hanna "Thanks" she says and takes her phone from her purse. When she is with the phone on her ear, waiting for Ashley to answer, she gives Caleb a smile. "I'm sorry for calling you a nerd, I wasn't in a good mood the other night"

Caleb "Yeah, I noticed that" he smiles amused while filling a bowl of water for Chocolate. "It's fine"

/

Hanna "Well, my mom says she would love it if you could stop by and give that thing a look, it's still broken" she says while getting in the living room where Caleb is standing.

Caleb nods.

Hanna looks at Chocolate who is drinking the water that Caleb gave him. "Would you mind if he stays here while we go to the hotel? I can't take him there"

Caleb "Han, I know he is yours, but he has been my dog for a whole year, and I still feel him that way, like my dog, so, yes, it's okay, you don't even need to ask…" he forces a smile.

Hanna nods. "Okay, thank you" she says awkwardly without making eye contact with him.

Caleb takes his car keys "Let's go" he says, cutting off the awkward moment.

/

As soon as Hanna and Caleb get in the lobby of the hotel, Ashley approaches them before they can even see her coming. After Hanna briefly introduces Caleb to Ashley, she practically drags Caleb into the security office of the hotel desperate for a solution and full of hope that maybe he can help them with the security system. And Hanna decides to stay in the lounge and wait for them there. She tries calling Jordan again but once more, she gets no answer, so she orders a coffee and keeps herself occupied with her phone during almost two hours.

Finally, Ashley gets back there and sits next to Hanna.

Ashley "He's such a life-saver!" she says excited and Hanna looks up at her. "He fixed the system with just a couple of computers and some other stuff that I don't even know what the hell are, but we have the cameras working again thanks to him"

Hanna "Awesome" she smiles happily and puts her phone down.

Ashley "He's a genius"

Hanna "I'm glad he could help"

Ashley "How comes that you never mentioned him before? I didn't know you had other friends than the guys"

Hanna "He's not my friend, I just met him a couple days ago… he was the idiot who had Chocolate"

Ashley looks surprised. "He had Chocolate all this time and we never saw him?"

Hanna shakes her head. "He wasn't in Rosewood, he just moved in the house next to Toby's the other day… and he happened to be in the town a year ago the night Chocolate went missing" she explains briefly.

Ashley "Oh, what a coincidence! Anyway, he doesn't seem an idiot at all" she says smiling.

Hanna "Yeah, he's nice… but he's still an idiot for taking Chocolate out of the town"

Ashley "Well, the important thing is that you have your dog back with you now and I just found the only man in the town that seems to be capable of keeping my security system working… do you know if he has a job? I could really use someone like him here"

Hanna shrugs. "I don't know… but I don't think he has a job here, I don't know if he is interested in getting one at all… he doesn't know if he will stay in Rosewood yet, but you should ask him anyway"

Ashley "I surely will, he is great"

Caleb shows up over there too and stands before them. "Well, seems like I'm done here, everything is working well so far, but I think you should consider upgrading that system, it's such a shitty system what you have right now" he says and as soon as he finishes that phrase, he regrets his choice of words and corrects himself. "I mean, it could be better" he says a little flushed.

Ashley laughs. "It's okay, Caleb, it's a shitty system, I know, but I haven't found anything better in this town… that's what I was telling Han… and I was wondering if you might be interested in getting a job, I would love it if you could take care of our-"

Caleb cuts her off. "Thank you, Mrs. Marin… I'm flattered" he says politely despite having interrupted her. "but I don't know how long I'll be in Rosewood, I mean, I haven't decided yet if I'll stay"

Ashley nods. "I understand… but still, think about it at least"

Caleb gives her a smile. "I will"

One of the men from the hotel security team approaches Caleb asking him some question about the system that he has just put back to work, so Caleb takes some steps away from where Hanna and Ashley are sitting as he talks to the man.

Ashley checks the time on her wrist watch and then looks at Hanna. "We still have time to go out together and do some shopping after all" she smiles.

Hanna looks at her mom. "I…" she starts to say and turns her gaze to Caleb, then back to her mom. "Caleb and I… I left Chocolate back at his place and I should-"

Ashley cuts her off. "It's okay, you have plans already, I get it, I'll see you back at home. I'll just go thank Caleb once more, he literally saved us today" she says and stands up from the couch.

Hanna watches as her mom approaches Caleb and thanks him again before saying goodbye, but when Ashley walks away and Caleb starts walking back toward her, she takes her phone and pretends to be focused on it.

Caleb "Well, I'll go back home so you and your mom can go shopping now that she doesn't have to worry about the security system anymore… well, at least for today, that system is literally shit" he jokes.

Hanna "She can't leave yet, she still has to deal with some other stuff" she says with her eyes still on her phone screen. "I'm going with you" she adds casually and puts her phone into her purse, because there's no way she will admit to him that she canceled on her mom to hang out with him. "If you don't mind, of course" she gets up from the couch where she is sitting.

Caleb "Of course not. Let's go" he gives her a smile.

Hanna smiles back. "Thanks for helping my mom, really. It was really kind of you… you didn't have to" she says as they walk to the elevator.

Caleb "Can't believe you are actually saying something nice to me"

Hanna rolls her eyes. "Don't make me regret it" she says playfully while they step into the elevator.

Caleb chuckles and without thinking, he presses a kiss on her cheek, and right away he mentally curses himself.

Hanna "Hey!" she wipes his kiss off by rubbing her palm on her cheek but she is not pissed at all, in fact, she is smiling widely. "I'm not telling you anything nice again" she adds amused.

Caleb is grateful that she took it in a playful way and chuckles. "I feel sorry for whoever the hell that Jordan guy is" he says now, going on with the joking mood.

Hanna laughs out loud. "You are such an idiot"

/

They go back to Caleb's house.

They take Chocolate out to the backyard and play with him for a while, chasing him, throwing him his favorite ball and Hanna even laughs her ass out when Caleb tries to teach Chocolate a trick and the dog does anything but what he is trying to make him do.

Before they know it, it's dinner time and they order some Chinese food and later, after finishing dinner, they end up watching a movie on Caleb's laptop, sitting on his mattress, resting their backs on some pillows against the wall, and with Chocolate lying down between them. The computer placed on the top of a box in front of them, since Caleb has no furniture in the house at the moment.

At some point Hanna loses her interest in the movie and without realizing, she ends up staring at Caleb's hand as he pets Chocolate's head while focused on the screen.

Hanna "How did you find him?" she suddenly asks after a few minutes.

Caleb "What?" he looks at her confused, not having a clue of what she's talking about.

Hanna "Chocolate, how did you end up with him?"

Caleb "Oh" he says and reaches out to lower the movie volume so they can talk. "I was sitting outside, there on the porch, and he just showed up… he was scared as fuck, and well, I let him in"

Hanna nods and falls silent.

Caleb "How did he end up in the middle of the storm anyway? It's not like you seem a negligent owner who would let him outside, you are more likely to treat him like a baby" he says amused.

Hanna "Yeah, well, but it was my fault that he went missing" her voice is barely audible.

Caleb "I don't believe that"

Hanna "You weren't there. It was my fault"

Caleb "How's that?"

Hanna "I took him out for a walk knowing how bad he hates storms, it was before it started, but still, it was pretty obvious that the storm would break anytime and I still took him out"

Caleb "Oh, come on, it doesn't make you guilty of anything"

Hanna "Yeah, it does, because I took him out to get him tired… he had woken me up early that morning and I didn't want him to do the same the next morning… I was an idiot, my mom even told me not to take him out and I didn't listen to her. I just assumed we would make it back home before the storm started, but we didn't and I couldn't control him when he got frightened"

Caleb "I still don't believe it was your fault, you just took him for a walk, it was an accident, those things happen"

Hanna "Yeah, you say it because now we know what happened, he was safe and sound with you, but I thought I would never see him again… I've felt so guilty this last year… Not knowing where he was, I even got to think that he was dead sometimes… I would have given anything just to be woken up by him one more time" her voice cracks and her eyes become glassy.

Caleb reaches out and takes her hand "Hey! It wasn't your fault, and it wouldn't have been your fault if something had happened to him either… everything happens for a reason…" he says while rubbing her palm with his thumb "I told you I was sorry for taking your dog with me, out the town, but the truth is that I am not fully sorry, I mean, I am sorry, but I'm glad he came into my life, he found me in the right moment and I loved having him for a year, I was having a hard time and he made it so much easier for me to go through a lot of shit… anyway, I'm glad I had him for a year, even if saying goodbye to him hurts so much now, I still think it was worth it and I wouldn't change anything… well, I wish I hadn't caused so much pain to you by taking him for a year, that's the only part for which I feel sorry about…"

Hanna stares at him the whole time, she's silent and her eyes are still glassy.

Caleb "So, if it is someone's fault, it's mine, I should have stayed here and look for you… I just didn't have the strength… but still, I'm glad I had a year with him, I love him, he was my dog, so… I'm just sorry for causing you so much pain, it wasn't my intention…"

Hanna "Thank you for taking care of him and for loving him, I'm glad that he ended up with you… and you don't have to say goodbye to him… I mean, I'm still taking him to New York with me, but I'll keep my promise, you are seeing him every day until we leave and you can also come to New York to visit him whenever you want, and I will let you know every time we come back here to Rosewood to visit my mom and the guys"

Caleb nods. Of course it won't be the same than having his dog with him every day as he is used to, but again, Chocolate is not his dog and he has to be grateful that Hanna will allow him to see him every so often.

Hanna "I'm sorry, that's all I can do…"

Caleb "I know, it's okay, he's your dog" he forces a smile.

Hanna "I feel so bad every time I talk about taking him to New York when I'm with you…" she says really honestly.

Caleb "Just as bad as I feel every time I hear how bad it was your year without him, I feel like a selfish jerk"

Hanna takes her hand off his and sits up straight. "Well, let's make a pact then… none of us can feel guilty again for these things from the past that we can't change… well, me taking Chocolate to New York is not necessarily the past, but still, I already moved there a few months ago and-"

Caleb smiles slightly. "It's fine, I got the point"

Hanna smiles slightly too. "Well, so none of us can feel guilty again for shit from the past. Let's move on, let's stop worrying about what we say, the way we say it, about our choice of words while talking about Chocolate and what happened a year ago. I'm done with the awkwardness between us when we talk about these things. I know you didn't do it on purpose, and I'm sorry for calling you names and all. I no longer want to get mad at you because of this. Anyway, you know I'm taking him with me, but you also need to know that I'm aware of the fact that you love him, and that he loves you too, I got to see that the other day when you showed up at my door with his stuff… he didn't stop looking for you when you left, and I… I went looking for you"

Caleb "You did?" he asks surprised.

Hanna nods. "Yeah, but this dog sucks at tracking people down or orienting himself in the town, so we went back home after a while and it was a coincidence when I found you later"

Caleb smiles.

Hanna "Anyway, going back to my point, let's get over all these, let's just start over and… be friends? I had a great time today with you, and yesterday too, and we will keep seeing each other because of Chocolate, so…"

Caleb "I think it's a great idea" he grins.

Hanna smiles back.

Caleb turns his gaze to his laptop. "Seems like it ran out of battery" he says, seeing that it's off.

Hanna chuckles. "I'm sorry that I interrupted your movie… I just-"

Caleb chuckles too. "It's fine, it wasn't that good, right?"

Hanna wrinkles her nose. "not really… it sucked"

Caleb laughs. "Want some coffee?" he asks while standing up from the mattress.

Hanna "Yeah... do you have coffee, though? Or I will end up having another glass of water?" she teases him.

Caleb laughs. "Yeah. I'll be right back"

But when Caleb comes back a few minutes later, he finds Hanna fast asleep. She is still half sitting, but her torso is leaning to the side, on Chocolate's back who is lying down next to her, her cheek smashed against the dog's fur and her arm wrapped around him.

Caleb smiles and goes sit down next to Chocolate. "You are the luckiest guy in the entire freaking world right in this moment, you know?" he whispers to him amused.

Chocolate only looks at him and then closes his eyes again, enjoying cuddling with Hanna, something that he surely missed too during that year away from her.

Caleb takes a blanket and pulls it over Hanna. Then he drinks his coffee in silence, leaving Hanna's cup aside. He can't help but stare at her as she sleeps. What could happen if she hadn't that ring on her finger crosses his mind several times, but he pushes those thoughts away.