Running

Untitled Part 3

Soft moans and gentle touches were all that Hanna could hear and feel as she and Caleb moved together. The soft light that was being shed by candles lit up the whole room. As she came Hanna felt as if she had reached the stars above. Finally opening her eyes she saw Caleb's gentle ones focused on her face concentrating on what his touch was doing to her, memorizing it for later.

Hanna smiled as he leaned in and gave her a final kiss before he moved to stand by her side gently scooping her in his arms. As he did so Hanna moved so that her head would lie on his chest before she let sleep effulge her.

The memories about their first time together still plagued Hanna's mind each and single night. Looking back to it she felt so sad to know that there was a time in their lives when they had been so innocent and trusting about each other. Now years later Hanna couldn't for the life of her remember the last time when they had been happy together. So much had happened she just couldn't remember it.

She sighed as she turned her attention to the place where Caleb's hand held hers in a firm tight lock. As she did so she remembered how when the day of their wedding came they had both been so nervous about it they had spent the night before with heir hands locked together and set on the pillows between them. Neither of them had slept much that night both of them just focusing on their hands locked together.

Finally turning her head to face Caleb, Hanna decided that for she wouldn't lose herself, in the storm of feelings he always managed to create inside of her, and that they would discuss things going on between them as adults. Before either of them managed to say a single word Caleb's cell phone rang.

Taking in the caller's id Caleb cussed as he begrudgingly released Hanna's hands to answer the phone.As tempted as she was to walk away from her place Hanna was aware that if she did so he would follow her and the consequences to such an act would be dire for the both of them.

So she waited for him to finish his conversation, all the while allowing herself to go down the memory and remember jut why she was in such a shitty place to begin with.

-"I always wondered when I'd find you what I'd tell you. What I would feel. And yet all I want to do right now is to wring your neck for putting me through this hell. The hell were you thinking, Hanna? How could you just leave like that? Do you have any idea what you put me through? Or your parents?"

As Caleb spoke he made sure to keep his temper in check . Hanna flinched as she waited for him to finish talking. Her mind got distracted however because the powerful electricity that had always been there between them had returned in full swing. Touching her dry lips with her tongue,she felt Caleb's eyes drawn to it. When he made a step forward she made a single one backwards raising her hands between them.

-"I needed space. It felt as if I couldn't breathe any more. You weren't there Caleb. You didn't go through that hell. You didn't have those nightmares for months. You didn't wake uup in the middle of the night crying because all you saw while dreaming was blood and people that you knew for years dying all around you. You weren't withheld as a human shield while one of our freaking classmates shot people you cared about because she wanted to destroy everything important to you. That was all on me."

Hanna grabbed a rock and threw it into the water as she walked on the shore letting the waves wash her feet. She kept her sandals in her hand and she used her other hand to keep Caleb's coat from falling of her shoulders.

-"And I called for you. I needed you to be there for me. And you weren't there Caleb. For better or worse right? Well guess what, hubby? You definitely failed me on the worse part. I don't know why you're here because quite honestly I fail to see what you and I have to discuss anymore".

As she turned her eyes to face him, Caleb was frozen on the spot, for he had never seen her face so emotionless. It felt as if the old Hanna was so deeply covered in pain and scars she was barely alive anymore.

-"I came here to beg you to come home with me. Your mother was diagnosed with leukemia. She needs you there with her. And Spencer and Toby got married last year. The're expecting their first baby and want us both to be the child's godparents. But more importantly I want my wife back and I'm going nowhere with out her".

Hanna's sardonic laughter as he finished talking cut through his heart like thousand bleeding knives. Caleb had spent years hoping to get a second chance at reconnecting with his wife. He meant what he said, he would go home only when she returned with him. But as he did so he was aware of the fact that it would require time. Plenty of it, because even with out all the hurt between them the woman in front of him always had been a strong stubborn one.

Caleb sighed as they reached the front door of Hanna's cabin. As she returned his jacket to him, he stepped in and crushed her in a forceful hug, pressing her against the door while he kissed her senseless.

-"Bottoms up Mrs. Rivers. You won't win this fight. But good luck trying. Good night". As he walked away Caleb headed to the next door cabin which he had made sure to rent just to be closer to Hanna's. It would allow him easier access on keeping an eye on her and also it would annoy her to know that they were suddenly neighbors once again...