Ross's POV
-Two Days Later-
I had my friend Jenna over to dress Hayley for her funeral tomorrow... I couldn't do it myself, because I wouldn't feel right doing it. I gave her the dress Hayley told me she loved. It was a lighter shade of red that had sweeping ruffles and it would go down to her knees. I sat on the bottom steps of the stairs and was thinking about moving to a different house, maybe even a different city... everything around here just made me thin of Hayley and it's been driving me crazy. Steven had been by a few times in the past few days to check on me and make sure I was holding up my promise to Hayley. Jenna came down and sat down next to me. She put an arm over my shoulders. "Ross, you gonna be okay?" she asked sympathetically. I've known Jenna for about 200 years now, and she's always been here for me. A few years back Rodney killed her husband Oliver who had been another good friend of mine... so she knew what I was going through. "I doesn't matter if I am or not because I promised Hayley that I wouldn't kill myself" I answered blankly.
"Well, if you ever need anyone to talk to, you know where to find me" she offered. She gave me a hug and walked out the door not wanting to risk pushing me to where I started crying or screaming at her, 'cause I've been on a very sensitive nerve the past few days and the slightest things set me off... I haven't slept since that day and I'm hoping that I'll eventually just pass out and not wake up. I'm a wreck without Hayley here with me... she was everything to me and I was an idiot to promise her that I wouldn't kill myself... but I did and I'm not gonna start breaking promises now. I went upstairs to check on Hayley... she may be dead, but it's just a force of habit from the past couple of months with her. She looked so peaceful there on her bed and I couldn't help but smile and kid myself for just a while that she was just sleeping. I walked over and looked at her smiling face. Wow, I thought, even when she's gone she's still the happiest person I know. I brushed her hair off of her forehead and softly kissed it. I felt myself about to cry again so I quickly closed my eyes, turned around, and walked out of the room. I went down into the living room and curled up in a ball on the couch holding a pillow in my arms. My vision started getting a little blurry, and I thought it was because I was crying again... but then I noticed it was more misty than blurry. I immediately sat up and noticed it was moving toward the door. I dropped the pillow and followed it. It lead my up the stairs, down the hall, and to Hayley's room. I hesitated to open the door but then I heard a slight movement in there and I burst through the door to see Hayley slowly sitting up in bed. I stood there, frozen, not believing that this was actually happening. She looked at me. "Ross?" she asked softly. My eyes widened.
"Holy shit, HAYLEY!" I ran at her and tackled her over on her bed. I immediately kissed her and pulled her as close to me as I could manage. She reached up and held my face in her soft hands and I smiled... this was actually happening. Hayley reluctantly pulled back and kept her forehead on mine, her hands not leaving my face as if she was trying to make sure this was real too. "How?" she asked with a smile.
"I don;'t know, and I don;t care... it brought you back Hayley, and i'm not going to argue with the universe... these past two days have felt longer than the time i've been alive and I don't want to feel that ever again... I'm never letting you go Hayley, ever... no more screw ups, no more bad trust, no more anything that's going to tare me away from you... like I said Hayley... I love you... I would rather it be me than you... and I've got to be the happiest person ever that you're back" I said to her, the smile refusing to leave my face. She pulled my face back to hers and kissed me with all the passion she had and I gave it right back... it was a miracle that she was back and I swear, I will never ask for anything again... she's all I've ever needed.
A/N- Just to let you guys know, I'm not done... I'm not letting go of this that easily ;) :)