Disclaimer: I do not own pretty little liars
Hanna was sitting on the couch on her phone waiting for Caleb to get back. She wasn't really listening when he told her where he was going. Something about some part Toby was fixing for him on his motorcycle. All she cared about was when he was getting back. It was only Wednesday and she already spent all the money her mom gave her for the week. And lately she had been on a shopping rampage.
After waiting for a few more minutes, he finally walked through the door. She turned around to see him and motioned for him to come over.
As soon as he sat down next to her she climbed into his lap smiling. "Hey babe, how was your day?" She began playing with his hair.
"Good...?"
"I missed you." She sweetly said.
"I was gone for an hour."
"Yeah. An hour too long." She said before leaving small kisses on his neck.
Normally he wouldn't question this kind of behavior from her but he knew something had to be up. She rarely ever called him babe, only when she either wanted something, or wanted to tell him something.
"Hanna..." He was having a hard time focusing. "Han what's up..."
"What do you mean?" She innocently whispered against his neck.
"I mean I just walked through the door and you're already-" His breathing was getting heavier. "-all over me."
She whispered in his ear, "Do you want me to stop?"
Caleb was trying really hard to stay on track. "No... I want to know what's going on."
She stopped to look at him. "Nothing much, I did sorta, run out of money again though... and..."
"Oh." He said more pleasantly than she expected. Last time he lectured her for wasting it all on shoes.
"So... can I have some? Please."
"Yeah. I though this was about all those rumors going around school today."
Hanna completely dropped the act and her lips slightly parted. "What are you talking about?"
"About how everyone's saying you and Sean are getting back together? And stuff. You didn't hear that?"
"No, who told you that?" This was the first she was hearing of this. And she's wasn't happy that she was apparently the last person to know.
"Like six different people..."
"Why would people believe that? Everyone knows we live together."
"I don't know. I wasn't even going to bring it up to you. I figured you knew and didn't care."
"Of course I care! Ugh he's probably the one who started it!"
"Hanna it doesn't even matter, we both know it isn't true."
"That's not the point. Who does he think he is going around saying stuff like that about me?"
"Do you want me to go talk to him about it?"
Hanna carefully chose her words. "No, please don't." She paused. "Um, I told Aria I would come over after school. So I have to go, maybe she knows about it..."
"Oh. Okay."
She gave him a quick kiss before getting up and leaving.
She was furious. Anyone watching the way she was storming down the hallway and outside to her car could see it. She of course couldn't tell Caleb where she was really going. He would insist on going with her. And she was not in the mood to have to break up a fight between two guys. She had her own battle to fight.
After a short drive she walked up the oh so familiar path to his front door.
She rang the familiar doorbell and waited. When he opened the door Hanna's eyes immediately fell to his shirtless chest for a brief second, then up to his confused eyes.
"Sorry, I just got home from practice and I was changing."
"Sean you need to stop all this. You know how I feel about rumors, why would you do that to me!"
Matching her anger he replied, "I didn't start those Hanna!"
"Then who did?"
"Pshtt, I wish I knew. I would probably thank them."
Hanna glared at him. "You're disgusting."
He glared back. "Thanks, that's just what I want to hear."
"It's true. You need to leave me alone."
"Me?! Why don't you tell that to your jackass of a boyfriend. He's the one who broke my nose. He's lucky it's not football season because then I would be benched and he would be paying big time."
Hanna stared at him trying to understand what he was talking about.
"It's baseball season right now Hanna. Try and keep up."
She crossed her arms. "Ya know what I don't even care. I didn't come here to talk about sports. And I'm not going apologize for your broken nose. And do not call him that. You started that fight and had it coming. Plus it's not like you let Caleb off easy. He's had a black eye for days."
"Oh poor him. You probably ice it for him every night."
Hanna didn't say anything. Her eyes wondered down to their feet. Sean saw that she wasn't as angry, so he took this opportunity.
"Come inside. It feels weird having a conversation in a doorway."
She didn't know why but she slowly followed him inside. His house was just a huge as she remembered it.
"You can sit in there, I'm gonna go get a shirt."
She sat down on the couch, and as soon as he was out of sight her phone vibrated in her purse. She took it out and after reading the message she wanted to cry.
Kiss baseball boy or else this gets sent to mommy and daddy xoxoxo -A
It was a picture of her and Caleb standing in his bathroom looking at the pregnancy tests she took after the rumor of her being pregnant happened. Even though they turned out negative her parents still couldn't know. There was no doubt about it that she would have to go live with her mom in Maine if they knew.
She jumped at the sound of Sean suddenly walking back into the room. She dropped her phone in her bag and looked at him. Or more specifically his lips.
It used to be so easy she thought.
Now it made her feel sick to think about. Maybe if she just tried her best to imagine he was Caleb? As messed up as that sounded what choice did she have. She NEEDED to figure out some way to do it. Her parents finding out how irresponsible they were wasn't an option. Her dad would hate Caleb again. Just when things were finally turning around.
He sat down right next to her.
She shyly asked, "So you really don't know who started the rumor?"
"No. But every time someone asked me about it I told them it wasn't true. But they probably didn't believe me. Everyone's saying we hooked up."
That was new information to Hanna. She dropped her head into her hands.
"How did I get through the entire school day not hearing about any of this?"
Sean chuckled. "Honestly? I think people are probably afraid of you. They probably assumed you would jump at their throats if they mentioned it. Because we were apparently both drunk when it happened."
Hanna's jaw dropped. "Why would someone make that up? That's sick. And disgusting. And not true."
He shrugged his shoulders. "You asked."
"None of this would be happening if you and Caleb didn't get in that stupid fight. I hope you realize that."
He raised his eyebrows at her. "And who's fault is it that we got in a fight...?"
"Don't even go there. I didn't ask for any of this, my life is already hard enough."
"Oh and like it's a walk in the park for me? Everyone on the team clapped when I walked into the locker room today Hanna. And of course no one believes me that it isn't true. They all keep saying what happens in the car stays in the car."
"Are you serious?" She asked in shock, just above a whisper. She wanted to die.
"Yeah."
"Oh, mygod. What are we supposed to do?" Hanna was panicking. This situation kept getting worse and worse.
"Ignore it all. It'll blow over eventually."
"I can't stop thinking about it. I mean how am I supposed to go to school tomorrow? Everyone thinks I got drunk and cheated on my boyfriend with you, in a, in a car?"
"I'm sorry." Sean didn't know what to do. He felt horrible. Even though it wasn't his fault he still felt bad for her. He wanted to be on her good side again. "If Caleb thinks it's true I'll talk to him for you."
Hanna fiddled with her fingers. "No. He doesn't."
"I really am sorry Hanna. I swear I had nothing to do with this."
"What happened to wanting to thank the person who started it?"
"I don't know. I was mad when I said that."
Hanna felt a pit in the bottom of her stomach remembering what she still needed to do. Sean was still talking to her but her mind was long gone from the conversation. He was taking about baseball again.
She decided it needed to be quick. Just a peck really. -A wasn't specific so she was taking her own route. She decided to count to three in her head, grab his face and just do it. Only because she needed to get it on the first try.
She gulped. One, two, three.
She sat there completely motionless. She couldn't do it.
"Hello? Hanna." He was waving his hand in front of her face.
"Oh sorry what?"
"I said do you need anything else."
"Oh, um, no." She slowly stood up and began walking to the door. He followed behind her.
She felt her palms sweating as she approached the doorway. He opened the door for her and she hesitantly stepped out. But then without thinking she quickly stepped back inside and captured his face in between her hands, closed her eyes, and briefly touched her lips to his. It wasn't even really a kiss. But it still was to anyone who was watching. To -A it was hopefully enough to count.
Sean was completely caught off guard. He didn't even have time to say anything. He just stood there in shock, watching as she ran to her car.
She got about half way to Caleb's apartment and needed to pull over. She put her head on her steering wheel thinking about what just happened. Not only did she kiss another guy, but she was now messing with Sean's feelings and leading him on. Great.
The message never said she couldn't tell Caleb so she knew she needed to get back and explain things before he got a picture message from -A. A picture that he wouldn't be too happy seeing.
So she started driving again. Planning out what to say to Caleb. She assumed it would be best to start with explaining how she lied to him on where she really went.
She walked inside to find him sitting at the counter top eating a bowl of cereal. And as soon as he looked up at her with those caring brown eyes that always made her melt, she lost it.
He immediately jumped up and ran over to her. She met him half way and fell apart even harder once she was in his arms.
Caleb had no clue what was going on. "Did you and Aria get in a fight or something?"
She shook her head no, wishing that was what was wrong. She wiped her tears away on his shoulder and stayed silent.
"Okay, then what is it?"
She sniffled and got out, "I didn't go to Aria's house. I went to talk to Sean."
All Caleb had going through his head was that she went to Sean's house and comes back crying her eyes out.
He tightened his grip around her and whispered, "I'll kill him."
"No. Look." She stepped back from him to get her phone from her purse to show him the message and picture.
He took her phone and looked at it. Then up at her.
"Caleb I had to." She whimpered. "If my parents saw that they would make me move to Maine with my mom."
The room fell silent for a moment too long.
Hanna said, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
"I don't know. I mean, what do you want me to say? It's not like I can be mad at you. Or Sean."
"I'm sorry." She quietly said.
"I know. Come here." He pulled her in for another hug. "I just wish you didn't lie to me. And I would have went with you. And then -A wouldn't have sent that."
"Just please don't say anything to Sean about it. It wasn't his fault."
"Okay. Well what about the other thing?"
Hanna shook her head and looked up at him. "Apparently everyone thinks we got drunk and hooked up in his car."
"I know."
"You do?"
"Yeah." He wished he didn't, but he did.
"And were you ever planning on tell me?"
"I thought you knew. I figured you wouldn't want to talk about it."
Barely above a whisper she asked, "And you just assumed it wasn't true."
"Yeah. I did."
"Why are you being so calm about all this. I'm like over here crying about it and you're acting as if it doesn't even matter."
"Because it doesn't. Hanna people are gonna talk no matter what we do. So let them. Let them have their fun, as long as you me and Sean all know the truth everything is fine."
"But Sean doesn't know the truth. He probably thinks I'm into him. How do I fix that?"
Caleb thought about it. "I really don't know, I wish I could help but I don't know. I mean, maybe you should talk to him and explain that it was a mistake, or, an accident?"
"That sounds like the most painful conversation ever."
"Maybe. But once it's done it's done."
"Will you do it with me?"
"Of course I will." He said giving her teary face a reassuring smile.
"Thank you. I don't know what I would do without you." She said letting her head fall back onto his shoulder.
So I don't really know if I'm going to write that conversation...? If you want me to I would appreciate ideas on how it should play out. If not I would still loveeee to know what you thought of it:) too much drama..?