A few weeks after the visit to Manchester, Hope was coming along well, she was in the process of making her next album, called Forgotten, she had decided to do the album in tribute to every loved one both friends and family that she had lost, to pay respects as the last promise that she made Davey, Owen and Brian, before they died, and to show her parents that she hadn't given up on her dreams, like they had already figured when Pepper got Tony to design something for her and them got that design put onto a guitar the main instrument that she plays. Hope was currently in her soon, looking at the card that she had received with two certain letters a few weeks before, in Huston, Texas, when she first started the trip with WWE. Hope got her phone out of her bag and dialled the number on the card.
She listerned to the dial tone, and waited patiently for someone on the other end to answer, she was surprised to hear a voice suddenly pick up the phone on the other end.
"Hello, I'm Hope Hart, I was calling for Melanie Pillman" replied Hope to the soft voice that had answered the phone, and hoping she was being too much trouble by phoning. The women on the other side sounded happy that she had called and was asking about a million question, that had been running through her head. "I'm thank you, how are you and your family?" asked Hope answering the last question asked to her and asking and asked the same question in reply. "Err I was calling about saying my final goodbye to Brian, and to help you update that photo, you said was hanging on the wall" said Hope, trying to smile, while watching what Seth was doing, as he was running around like a headless chicken looking for something, the way he was acting was making her laugh. "Thank you and that would be a good time to meet, thank you for talking to me and I will see you then" said Hope, once again listening to the voice on the other end, smiling at Seth at the same time, as he had stopped what he was doing, and looked at her with confusion "Okay bye" said Hope, before hanging up the phone and putting it back in her bag, after that she went over to Seth wondering what he was looking for.
"Sweet heart, have you seen my head phone?, for the gym" asked Seth giving Hope that look, saying I'm curious what you are thinking and up to. Seth and Hope had been dating for just over two months, Pepper was thrilled that she had finally found someone, Tony allowed it as long as he didn't do anything that would break his princesses fragile heart, Seth had asked Bret too, since Hope considered him her older brother. Seth would take Hope everywhere with him, and was happy to be there for her when she needed him. In return Hope agreed to travel with and showed him everything she had written to see what he thinks, they both agreed there would be no secrets, that they would be completely honest with each other.
"They are in the carry on bag we share, where you left them" answered Hope with an innocent smile on her face, Seth went and got his head phones, before walking up to her waiting for her to continue, as he knew she was finished. "Fancy going to Cincinnati, next week?" she finally asked, with a pleading looking her eyes, as she did her best version of puppy dog eyes at him. Seth responded by giggling at her and then kissing her nose.
"That was a daft question, yes I will go with you, after how you were with Davey Boy, I'm not exactly up for being ignored again" said Seth pulling her closer to him and hugging her, "I'm in love with you and I will do anything" added Seth pulling away from the hug, leaning down and kissing her lovingly on the lips, not really want to leave but knowing he had to go to the gym to get ready for that night.
A WEEK LATER
Hope and Seth were on their way to the address that Hope had been given, when they got near they noticed that there was another car, that Melanie hadn't described to them, that would be parked in the drive way. The two looked at each other and walked towards the white front door, knocking a few times, they waited until someone answered the door to them. The women that answered the door had lightly tanned skin, long curly hair, blue eyes and smiled when she seen them.
"Hello, can I help you?" asked the women, at the door with a smile on her face, she also had hope in her eyes that these were the two that she had been expecting for the last few hours. She looked at them both, noticing Seth as one of the current WWE wrestlers that, Stone Cold had pointed out to her, when he came to watch the wrestling with her children. She looked at Hope a little more intensely, feeling like she recognised her from somewhere but couldn't place where she had seen her from.
"Err yes, I'm Seth Rollins and this is my girlfriend Hope Hart, She called about a week ago, about something, we were given this address and date" said Seth, noticing Hope had gone stiff in his arms, like she had turned into a statue, when the door opened. The women at the door smiled widely, she held her hand out to shake, Seth and Hope's as a kind gesture, before stepping aside and letting them into her house, directing them to the living room, still with the same smile on her face.
"I'm Melanie by the way, Brian's widow, and it's good to meet you both" said Melanie leading them to a particular picture on the wall, when they got there she pointed at him, making Hope go red, with embarrassment, as the picture she pointed at was the one with her and Brian together when she was around eight years old, she had braces when the photo was taken. The picture was taken backstage of Raw is War, in the photo Brian is kneeling on one knee next to her, so he is near enough the same hight as her, both them had big smiles on their faces, Brian also had one of his arms around her, like a hug from the side.
"Wow is that really you when you were younger?" asked Seth is a surprised voicem as he hadn't really seen any pictures of Hope before the age of ten, let alone when she was with wrestlers backstage of one of the shows, back when WWE was known as WWF, Hope smiled at him awkwardly before nodding at him to answer the question he had asked, in such as surprised toned, he gently pulled her into a hug after that, knowing she was slightly embarrassed.
"I think we should start with updating the picture, then we will sort the other part out, oh and I'm sure the pair of you recognise Stone Cold Steve Austin, I invited him so you could say your last goodbye to my late husband" suddenly said Melanie, wanting to get a present day picture of Hope before she said goodbye to Brian, so the picture could be one full of happiness, instead of heart break and tears. Stone Cold appeared with a camera, smiling at the pair and at Melanie, as he gave it to her. "Okay the pair of you in the picture would be fitting, and the best light is in by the window, so can you stand of there" added Melanie, smiling at them as Hope pulled Seth with her towards the window and stood where Melanie was pointing to.
"The stood in front of the sliding patio doors that lead out into a garden, Seth was stood to Hope's right with his arm wrapped around her waist, holding her close to him, in a protective way, like he was her shield to all the tears and heart break, and also in a protective and loving way. Hope put her head on Seth's shoulder with her arms wrapped around him, like he was a huge living teddy bear, but like Seth in a loving a caring way, both of them smiling happily at Melanie waiting for the picture to be taken. Melanie was smiling too when she pressed the button on the camera that would take the picture, there was a beeping noise and then a quick flash of light to signal the picture had be taken. Melanie gave the camera to Stone Cold and sent him to nearest photo shop, making it clear she wanted to get four copies of the photo, while Hope and Seth blinked a few times to get the vision back in to focus and not see little spots in their vision.
"Sorry, I wanted four copies, one for the wall, next to the one of Hope and Brian, one for each of you tow and the other for Bret, he asked if he could have a copy of the photo I took" said Melanie explaining why she wanted four copies of the photo, and smiled at the pair of them. About twenty minutes later, Stone Cold returned with five copies of the photo instead of four, he gave four of them to Melanie, and kept the other. Melanie gave one to Hope and another to Seth, then she put another in a ready written envelope to send of the Calgary, Canada, to Bret. She gave Hope a pen with the fourth photo and asking her to write something on the back and sign it , asking Seth to do the same thing, she smiled at the both of them as Hope wrote something on the back and then signed it passing the pen and the photo to Seth, so he could do the same. Then he passed it back to Melanie who smiled and put it in a frame, hanging it on the wall where all the family photo were and put it next to the one of Hope and Brian. After that the small group of four talked about different things, during which Melanie wrote down a place Brian used to like going when he was home or at work, giving to Hope. A few hours late they all parted ways, as Melanie had to be somewhere.
After the couple left the Pillman residents, they headed to the place where Brian used to go, even if it was part of a cemetery. The car ride was quiet, other than asking for directions when the satnav was playing up. When they got there, hope got some rare blue roses from a little shop that was at the entrance, and went to find the particular place in the cemetery where Brian used to visit, when he wasn't with his family or at work. When they found it, Hope placed the roses there along with a picture of them both together when she was younger, much like she did when she visited Davey to say one last goodbye. Seth stood behind her to give her room to breath as she said her final goodbye to Brain.
"Hey Brian, sorry I haven't come here until now, I could bring my self to do it, Melanie was kind enough to invite me to your funeral but sent a letter saying it was okay if I didn't come, that she had hope I would eventually come to say goodbye. I'm sorry I didn't do this sooner, but I couldn't bring myself to do it, but now I know it doesn't matter about me, but you, it only matters what is best you" said Hope falling to he knees, not being able to stand any longer, she had tears threatening to fall from her glistening eyes, she took a few breaths while looking at the phone she had just placed there remembering it was taken by Owen just after the three had just played a prank on DX, a memory that Hope smiled at, Seth had appeared next her now, knowing she was going to need him more after she broke her heart to say goodbye to Brian.
"Goodbye The Loose Cannon, Flyin, Brian Pillman Senior, thank you for everything that you have done for me and the memories you helped create, and thank you for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime, by asking me to escort you to the ring. Find peace and keep watching those who love you even now. I miss you always and forever. Go now and be with The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, and with your daughter Alexis. We will see each other again Brian, but not yet, sleep well" said Hope putting her head down and letting her tears finally fall, Seth wrapped his arms around her letting her crying into his chest, he also had tears in his eyes after hearing Hope say one last goodbye to Brian, he only wished he could have gone with her to say goodbye to Brian, he also promised himself that he would never let her feel alone again and be there for her when she need it most.
When the two got up to leave, they turned around to go back in the direction they had come from, and they were met with the sigh of Brian, looking as he did during In Your House: Canadian Stampede Pay Per View. He smiled at both of them and to Owen who was stood the other side of Hope. Hope smiled back at him, knowing he was going to find his happy ending after all of these years. Brian walked up the three of them, and shook Owen's hand and did the bro hug thing they used to do, before they went out for each match, then he went to Hope and stood in front of her smiling.
"Sweet little hope, the little girl that was always backstage, supporting The Hart Foundation whether we won or lost a true fan and a great friend. I know deep down you're still that little girl, just grown up, by the way you look weird without your pink streak, and thank you Hope, for everything and find it in your kind heart to let me go, I promise you I will be watching you, even if you can no longer see me. Remember live life as the unique girl I know you are and our paths will cross again. See you soon" said Brian smiling his crazy smile at her, the one that always made her laugh, when she smiled through her tears he walked and stood in front of Seth.
"You're Seth, the boy in love with Hope, I got the silent promise you made to Owen and myself the night she said goodbye to Davey, and I can assure you I will you hold to it, break it, and I will make it my personally mission to break down the wall of reality and haunt you for the rest of your natural life, look after her, she deserves her happy ending and the pair of you happy together, thank you for being there" said Brian looking serious for the first part and changed to a smile for the rest of it, Brian walked away towards a shaded area and faded as he did, saying six finally words to Hope. I miss you too Hope forever.
Seth hugged Hope again, as they started to walk back to the car and head to the hotel they were staying at, on the way back, they stopped at a film store and bought a film and snacks. Seth picked the film, while Hope got the snacks. When picking the film, he was careful not to get one that would upset Hope even more, so he settled for one of her all time favourite animé films, one she had told him about but he had never seen before. Gnomeo and Juliet. Once they were done at the film store the head back, the rest of the night went by quickly with laughter, the last thing that Hope had done was written a song in her book, one that described her and Seth, and one with a long of meaning to it. Pieces.
"Then I see your face, I know I'm finally yours, I find everything I thought I lost before, You call my name, I come to you in pieces, so you can make me whole" read Seth reading the chorus of the song, that she had written, thinking it was true in a way, he was the first person she seen the day after Kemper arena, and that was they date they started dating, she had come to him in complete pieces, he met her like it, and he now realised that she thought of him as her saviour, the one that put her back together again, gave her strength and courage, as well as love, he helped her realise he hasn't lost everything but has and had everything that a girl could ever want. Seth realised he is her Prince Charming, and she is is Princess.