Oh my word, it felt so good to get this chapter out, I feel like one of 5 weights is now taken off my chest.

Again, I tell you that there is a "Like" page on face book for this story, just search for "Hayley with a Chance" and you should be able to find it

This whole chapter is inspired by the song "Address in the Stars" by Caitlin & Will; it's a breathtakingly beautiful song with an amazing meaning behind it

And if you are wondering, yes the title of the chapter is from the song also

They had played on the playground equipment for a while now they sat as the sky was turning orange because of the closely setting sun in the gazebo at Riverside Park, their backs against the railing. They sat in silence, just breathing in the surroundings.

Sterling glanced over at Hayley, whose head was against the railing her eyes closed, "I can tell that you missed Wichita." He said simply.

She breathed in and opened her eyes and looked at him, "You have no idea." Her voice was soft, and her hair fought against the wind. "I mean, you always get that homesick feeling once you go back to your home town, you think to yourself: 'why did I leave all this behind?' and it's just an overwhelming feeling."

Cori leaned in slowly. "I forgot to ask, do you want to see your mom?"

Hayley smiled, "yeah, you think we can go now? I'd like to let her meet Sterling."

Cori pulled into Maple Grove cemetery, and Sterling figured out quickly what they were talking about earlier.

They drove for a little bit until Hayley grabbed Cori's hand that was on the shifter. Cori let the car come to a stop and Hayley climbed out and walked over to a grave stone and squatted down in front of it.

"Sorry if this seems morbid." Cori said as she and Sterling got out of the car, "She only gets to see her once a year."

"How old was she when her mom passed?" he asked as they made their way over to Hayley.

"she was 10, her mom died in a really bad wreck" She explained shortly as they made it to Hayley, who was talking to the stone.

"I did it mom, I made it to LA, and got a job on a TV show." She said as a small tear rolled down her cheek, "and you see who I brought," she wrapped her arm around Cori, "I told you that's we'd still be friends after all these years." She glance over at Sterling, who smiled back, "That's Sterling, he's my hero." She looked back at the gravestone "You know how I was about my hair? Well when I had to get it cut, he was the one that gave me the pep talk and got me to realize how awesome I look."

They sat there in a small moment of silence; Hayley glanced over at Sterling a few times. He could tell she was holding back tears. He approached her slowly and wrapped his arms around her, only to have her breakdown into sobs, crying into his chest. He held her for a while, until he could hear her crying slow.

She pulled away from him, taking a step back, "Sorry," she sniffled, "I didn't mean to break down like that." She wiped away her tears with her sleeve, "You must think I'm crazy now… talking to a grave stone, making a fool of myself in public."

"I don't think you're crazy, some people just cope differently." He stated, "Besides, I like you no matter if you're crazy or not."

She hugged him once again. "You really are my hero."

After talking for a while and noticing that the sun was barely visible above the horizon, they decided that, after the fun day they had, to go back to Cori's apartment.

On the 15min drive to the apartment, Hayley had fallen asleep on Sterling's shoulder.

As Cori pulled into her designated parking spot, she noticed that there was someone pacing in front of her door. She climbed out of the car, allowing her hand to slip into her purse, to possibly scare them away, thinking she would have mace.

The figure turned to face her, she then realized who it was, she sighed, taking her purse and throwing it over her shoulder. "Jesus Lloyd, why don't you just call?"

"I did, both you and Hales, you two don't seem to answer your phones do you?"

Cori pulled her phone out of her purse, only to see that it had died, "Well, my phone is dead, so that's why you haven't heard from me."

Then Sterling and Hayley climbed out of Cori's car, Hayley quickly climbed on Sterling's back, he carried her up to where they were talking.

"Hey there, Lloyd." Sterling said standing next to the man.

Hayley simply said, "Hey Daddy."

"So what did you all do today?" He said to the three.

Hayley climbed off of Sterling's back, "First we went to the Exploration place, we then ended up at the park, and then we stopped to say hi to mom."

"That's good sweetie," he hugged his daughter, "Well since neither of you know how to answer the phone, I had to stop by and see if anything was wrong."

"Everything is cool, going to head off to bed now… well at least I am." Cori said as she walked to her door and unlocked it, the opened it and the four entered.

"Well, you guys be good, and I'll call." He then looked over at Sterling, "Don't have too much fun."

"I won't sir."

Lloyd waved as he left the apartment, closing the door behind him.

Sterling threw himself onto the pullout couch, "I'm so worn out, and I don't think I'll even change into my pjs, I'll just sleep fully clothed like this."

Hayley smiled, "See you in the morning Ster, sweet dreams."

This chapter flowed out of me faster than I thought; let's hope chapter 18 is like that too. Lol

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