Telling Caleb

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"I can't believe Alison is where we live now. I thought she lived in Canada!" Aria said.

"No kidding! With a baby on the way, I don't think I can handle any Alison stuff right now." Hanna said unlocking the car.
Emily, Mona and Spencer placed all the bags from the five girls' carts while Hanna got into the front seat. Aria got into the passengers seat and buckled herself in. Emily, Mona and Spencer got in the back and the friends began driving back to Hanna's house.
"How come she thinks she can just show up in our lives like that?" Emily asked.
"I have no clue. Our lives have been much easier without that bitch in them. I love her and all but honestly." Aria said.
"I haven't seen her since our graduation at Rosewood High." Mona said.
"I'm just finished with her! I cannot believe she called me Hefty Hanna. I was finally forgetting about that stage in my life." Hanna said as she turned onto a road that was leading to her huge house.
"Hanna, just forget what she said," Aria put her hand on her best friend's shoulder.
"I don't want to be known as Hefty Hanna for the rest of my god damn life!" Hanna stared directly ahead.
"Sweetie, you aren't known as Hefty Hanna. You're known as a beautiful fashion designer. You're known as a beautiful mother and a wife. You're in magazines and everywhere you see clothing designed by Hanna Rivers." Spencer said.
"Alison is still mad that you're better than her. And that you have the life she wanted." Mona said.
"I just hate that name," Hanna punched in the passcode for her gate and the gate opened.
They drove down thw driveway and Hanna parked her hummer in the garage.
Aria, Spencer, Mona and Emily grabbed the bags out of the trunk and brung them inside.
Hanna lead them up the staircase towards her nursery that was not completed yet.
"Okay, just put everything right there." Hanna pointed to the middle of the room.
Along the wall by the windows were boxes. A crib, dresser, wardrobe, a tall dresser, a book shelf, a changing and a rocking chair.
Hanna's four friends placed the bags in the middle of the white room with dark hardwood flooring and white crown moulding.
"Hanna...I can't believe you didn't paint or decorate yet!" Aria said looking at the boxes that had yet to be opened.
"You do realize you're thirty-four weeks along which means you can pretty much have the baby any day, right?" Spencer asked.
"No kidding. You have a lot to do." Emily was staring out of the window.
"What are you naming her, Hanna?" Mona asked as she placed her hand on her friend's bump.
"Yeah. What are you naming her?" Emily asked.
"I was thinking Brittany Mackenna Rivers. We can call her Brit. Like how Brynn's name is Brooklyn Mackenzie Rivers. I wanted to keep the BMR tradition going, ya know." Hanna said.
"I don't get why we call Brooklyn, Brynn and not Brooke." Aria said.
"Yeah. Her nickname should be Brooke." Spencer said.
"I know. But Caleb and I like the name Brynn." Hanna was playing with her wedding ring.
"Should have named her Brynn then." Caleb said from behind the women.
Hanna turned around and smiled. "Baby, when did you get home?"
Caleb kissed Hanna's lips. "Just now. How was shopping?"
"Great." Hanna said.
"Guess who we seen, Caleb?" Emily said.
Caleb kissed Hanna one last time and turned to Emily. "Who?"
"Alison. We ran into Ali." Hanna said.
"Really? What the fuck," Caleb began walking out the door. "Let's talk about this downstairs."
Hanna, Spencer, Emily, Mona and Aria followed Caleb to the family room past the kitchen by the back doors leading out to the back yard.
Hanna and Caleb sat next to each other on the leather sectional and the rest of the girls joined them.
"So tell me from the beginning." Caleb said.
"Okay, here it goes." Aria said.

"Hey, ladies." Hanna heard a voice behind her.
"Ali....Alison?" Hanna asked a little
startled.
"Did you miss me?" Alison gave Hanna a gentle hug.
Hanna was still shocked.
"I see you're still Hefty Hanna, huh." Alison said looking at Hanna's baby bump.
"Actually I'm pregnant. With my second daughter." Hanna said in a bitchy tone.
"Call it whatever you want, darling." Alison looked at the girls that were on the other side of the cereal aisle.
"Hey!" Alison yelled down the aisle.
The four women turned to face Alison. Each with a shocked face.
Aria came towards her, Emily and Spencer followed.
"Ali?" Spencer said.
"Hey." Aria said.
"Uh hi." Emily awkwardly waved.
"Hey, my darlings." Alison hugged each of the women.
Mona walked and stood by Hanna.
"What the hell.." She whispered to her blonde friend.
"I know, Mona." Hanna said.
"So how is everyone?" Alison asked. "Married? And kids?"
"I'm married to Ezra. We have two kids. A daughter, Ryder and a son, Luca." Aria said.
"I'm married. My husband and I have two kids, Kaylie and Leo." Emily said.
"Toby and I just got married and we have a newborn son, Ethan."  Spencer said.
"Sounds great. I know Hefty Hanna already has a daughter and another bun in the oven," Alison laughed. The girls glared at her. No one ever called her Hefty Hanna. "I myself, have a son, Brenden," Ali looked at Mona. "You?"
Mona took a breath. "Two actually, daughter and a son. Alexander and Alyssa."
"Cool."
Aria gave Hanna the "Let's go." look.
"Uh, yeah. It was nice seeing you. We have to get back to drop our stuff off at ny house and then pick our kids up from school." Hanna said.
Emily and Spencer pushed the two carts to the front.
Alison waved bye and turned to Hanna and Mona.
"So, I'll see you around, Hanna. We should get together sometime." Alison said.
Mona rolled her eyes.
"Uh, sure," Hanna glanced at her friends on the end of the aisle mouthing for her to hurry up. "I'll see you around."
"Don't be silly, I need your number to contact you." Alison rested her hand on the slightly shorter blonde in front of her.
Hanna glanced at Mona. Mona went to join the other women.
Hanna turned back to Alison. "My number is 555-3131. Um, I better go now," Hanna rested her hand on her stomach and began to walk towards her friends.
"Bye, Hanna!" Ali yelled after her.
Hanna shakily sighed and went back to her friends.
They all quickly paid for their groceries and headed to the car.

"She called you Hefty Hanna?" Caleb asked his wife as he put his arm around her shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm not kidding." Hanna assured her husband.
"What a bitch," Caleb said. "I suggest you don't talk to her. Alison just means trouble."
Hanna laughed sarcastically. "No, Caleb! I was going to invite Alison Dellorentis over for dinner and have her meet Brynn," She stopped laughing. "I'm not a fucking idiot. I gave her the wrong number."
Aria and the girls laughed.
Caleb turned to Hanna. "Whoa, fiesty, huh."
"Sorry, babe." Hanna kissed his lips softly.
"Um, I gotta get going. I gotta pick up Kaylie and Leo from school. The teacher hates when I'm late." Emily exclaimed as she looked at her phone.
Hanna took a quick look at her phone. "Oh, crap! Didn't even notice the time. I gotta pick Brynn up."
"Bye, bye, Hanna. Love you."
"Love you too, Em." Hanna blew the asian a kiss.
Emily turned to say the usual "I love you" and goodbyes to her other friends before slipping out.
Caleb helped his pregnant wife up. "It's cool, Han. I can go pick Brynn up myself. Have a little lady time with your girls."
"Well," Hanna looked at Aria, Spencer and Mona. "I know Ezra has Luke and Ryder taken care of. Spencer has a new baby and husband to get home to and Mona has to pick up Alex and Alyssa."
"Oh, right! I forgot that Jake was out of town. Shoot! Sorry, Hanna. Better go pick them up now." Mona quickly hugged Hanna, Aria and Spencer.
"Well, I better get home too then. Hanna, I need a ride." Spencer said.
"You do?" Hanna raised an eyebrow. She then remembered that she picked Spencer up from her house this morning. "Oh right! Shoot, I forgot," She opened the bedroom door and made her way downstairs with Aria and Spencer trailing behind her.
Aria opened the fridge while Spencer webt to the garage. Hanna stared at Aria. "Boo, aren't you coming?"
"No, I'm gonna stay here." Aria said as she opened a bottle of water.
"Oh. Okay. Try not to break anything while I'm gone again," Hanna signalled to the broken coffee table that was sitting on the dark hardwood floor by the sliding glass patio door.
Aria scrunched her eyebrows. "Sorry! It was in the way when I was vacuuming so I just kind of shoved it last week when I was babysitting Brynn. Sorry."
Hanna raised her eyebrows. "It's fine. It was getting old anyways. Can you make Brynn a snack before she gets home?"
Aria smiled. "Yeah, sure. Of course. Veggies? Fruit?"
Hanna picked her car keys off the island. "Vegtables. I'll be right back," Hanna gave Aria a hug. "Thanks."
Aria smiled and went to watch Spencer and Hanna leave the house from the front door.
Aria closed the heavy black door and walked down the hall to the kitchen.

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