Lucky Thirteen

This Should be Interesting

"How are you even going to get Cece... err ...Charlotte to come here? You don't even have her number," asked Hanna.

"If she is indeed Alison's friend then Alison probably has her number. And you have Alison's number, right, Hanna?" asked Dr. Sullivan.

Hanna nodded. "Then it's settled. We'll call Alison and ask her for Cece's number. Then we'll call Cece and ask her to come down here. Simple as that."

"Alison's probably going to question why you're asking her for Cece's number. And Cece's going to question why she's being asked to come here when she and I aren't even really friends."

"We'll cross that bridge when we get there," replied Dr. Sullivan. "Now, what's Alison's number, Hanna?" she asked as she walked over to the phone on her desk.

Hanna gave her the number as Dr. Sullivan punched in the digits. Hanna and her mom just sat in silence as Dr. Sullivan talked to Ali. After a minute, the doctor hung up the phone and turned to face the mother and daughter.

Hanna was the first to speak. "Well, what did Ali say? Did she ask why you wanted Cece's number?"

"No. Surprisingly, she didn't. She was more concerned with how you were doing, Hanna and when you were coming home," Dr. Sullivan answered with a smile.

Hanna smiled back. "Are you going to call Cece now?" she asked, changing the subject.

Dr. Sullivan nodded. She then turned back to her desk, picked up the sticky note where she wrote down Cece's number and began calling her.

"Hi, Cece Drake?"

"Yes. This is her."

"I'm Dr. Sullivan. I'm Hanna Marin's therapist. I believe you know each other through Alison DiLaurentis?

"Yeah, I know Hanna. I heard what happened to her. Is she okay?"

"She's doing okay. Thank you for asking. As part of Hanna's therapy, I would like her to spend some one-on-one time with as many people in her life as possible before I send her home. With this therapy, it'll make socializing for Hanna easier when she returns to Rosewood. So the reason I'm calling you is to ask if you wouldn't mind coming down to Radley and having a session with her and me."

There was a pause before Cece responded.

"Okay. I'll come down. When's a good time?"

"Today would be, if you can. If not, that's fine. We can schedule for another day and time. Whatever works for you."

"Today works for me. I can be there in like 20 minutes. Is that okay or does she have another session at that time?"

"No. That's perfectly fine. Thank you, Cece, for taking time out of your day to come to visit Hanna, we both greatly appreciate it. So we'll see you in 20 minutes then?"

"Yes."

"Okay. Thank you again, and we'll see you soon. Bye."

"Bye."

Dr. Sullivan hung up the phone and sat back down in her chair.

"So she's coming?" asked a worried Ashley.

"Yes. She is. In about 20 minutes," answered Dr. Sullivan.

"Well, this should be interesting," said Hanna.