Dangerous feelings

Chapter 19

"Merry Christmas Bitches..." Hanna sang out loudly as she walked through the front door after letting herself in to the house. Caleb shuffled in behind her a breeze of cold air following the two of them inside before the door was shut behind them and they kicked off their shoes.

They were both dressed in Christmas jumpers at the request of Emily who wanted to make the day as Christmassy as possible. Hanna was wearing a light grey jumper with Minnie Mouse in a santa outfit on it, Caleb was wearing a black jumper with a giant reindeer face on it and several snowflakes surrounding it. Alison was glad they had listened to Emilys request as she didn't want to be one of the only ones wearing a jumper, hers was gold with the words 'Merry Xmas' surrounded by small pictures of mistletoe and holly. Emily stood beside Alison with one arm wrapped around the blondes waist but still not looking or feeling a hundred percent as they welcomed the two friends into their house.

Hanna was surprisingly chirpy considering she had managed to keep up with Emily drink for drink the previous evening. She smirked at her brunette best friend knowing full well her hangover was getting the better of her, she could see behind the forced smile that Emily had put on as she greeted them. Emily caught Hanna's eye and gave her a look that said we need to talk, she needed someone to recap what exactly had happened last night as she still couldn't fully remember. However seeing the bouncy blonde had brought a few more memories back to her, mainly of them drunkenly dancing together in a rather provocative way. She also remembers the flash of a camera go off and knows one of her other friends had caught that moment and probably many others on their phone.

Caleb was struggling to carry all the presents that they had brought round and yet Hanna was unsurprisingly empty handed. She picked Noah up who had run over from the living room as soon as he heard Hanna's voice and she swung him around in a circle almost knocking the presents from Caleb's hands with the young boys feet. Emily moved towards Caleb and took some of the bags of gifts out of his hands before leading him into the living room.

Alison excused herself and headed back into the kitchen where she had now spent the best part of the morning preparing and cooking all of the food ready for lunch. Pam was flirting between helping Alison and enjoying time with her grandson. Noah was left in the hallway with Hanna not that he minded in the slightest, she was definitely his favourite aunt not hat he would admit that in case he offended Spencer and Aria. He had been dressed in a mini elf costume that Alison had picked out for him on one of her trips to the mall on her way home from the office. The young boy looked absolutely adorable, he was even wearing an elf hat that his brown hair was only just showing out from underneath.

"...and Merry Christmas Noah my favourite person ever!!" Hanna said as she hugged the young boy tightly as he smiled up at her before she placed him back gently on the ground.

Noah extended his small hand to Hanna and as soon as she took it he dragged her into the front room to see all of his new presents that he had received. His face was filled with pride as he sat beside the ever growing pile and Hanna took her place next to him and paid him the attention he desired. Pam who was wearing a red jumper with a Christmas pudding on it was sat on one of the arm chairs and had been waiting for everyone to return to the room and she raised an eyebrow at the bubbly blonde who had just entered.

"Oh shit. Sorry Pam I didn't realise you were here. Merry Christmas to you as well" Hanna said with a wave before poking through the pile of presents that lay beneath the tree beside Noah on the floor.

"And for a moment I thought I was included in the "bitches" part of your speech" Pam replied with a slight chuckle which caused Hanna to blush slightly and shake her head at the suggestion.

Caleb had managed to place everything he had been left carrying down beside the Christmas tree without dropping anything and was pretty impressed with himself. He had greeted Mrs Fields and straightened out his jumper before taking a seat on one of the sofas and engaging in conversation with her. As the newcomer of the group he fit in surprisingly well and always managed to impress the groups parents with his manners and impressive wealth of knowledge on many subjects.