When You Least Expect It

by Haley Cass

It’s easier to wake up on the days she knows she’s going to see Hannah

But mostly, she wishes that Hannah could look in the mirror every day and see that she shines as bright as the moon and has twice the gravitational pull.

Hannah is so very much like a sunset – with all of the layers that make her who she is, every single one of them different and absolutely beautiful, but sometimes concealing what else is in the sky

Like in this moment, she understands why everything in the world – wars and songs and all of the literature – comes back to this.

The words are so flippant when they leave her mouth, Abbie doesn’t seem to have any doubts or questions about it, and Caroline already knew that Hannah has been a fantastic parent. But she is so incredibly relieved and proud, in a weird way, that Abbie gets all of this goodness from Hannah and none of the ugliness that Caroline had experienced with Michael.

100000000 points for hannah

“Caroline may have been my best, though. Definitely up there in my top three.”

i knew it

On the negative side, Shawn is over two hundred pounds of pure muscle and it’s in that moment, as Caroline leans forward to reach into her briefcase, he literally flips the mahogany table. Chaos erupts in the room, and she doesn’t have time to scramble back from the impact, only able to raise her arm up to protect her face in the seconds she does have. It’s not nearly enough, and her face feels like it’s exploding as she blinks up at the ceiling in a daze, the shouting in the room muffled to her ears. It’s all she remembers before she’s at the hospital.

oh my god what sue him

Before she can say anything else, Hannah’s mouth is on hers.

happy birthday!!!!!!!

I’ve always found women to be… aesthetically pleasing.”

hannah honey that is a sign

“Well, it all started when I was twelve and Buffy the Vampire Slayer started airing. Sarah Michelle Gellar really did things to me.”

lmao

“For the record, I’m wearing the Suffolk law shirt you forgot here once. And my underwear. Goodnight.”

i love this woman

she abhorred eating desserts,

red flag

Abbie squeals, the sound of excited triumph. “I did it!”

this is adorable