Author's Note: So I decided to switch point of views in this chapter, comment in the reviews which type of writing you like better. Omnipresent (previous) or first person view (current) Thanks –A

Tori's POV

It was a beautiful funeral, everything about it was perfect. From the soft piano echoing throughout the small church to Spencer's long talk about her son's life. She talked about everything, she talked about his crooked smile, his determination, his strength, his love, she talked about everything. I tried my best to remain still throughout the service Jess holding tightly to my hand the entire time, refusing to lift her head from my shoulder. I didn't blame her for acting like this, she knew Liam was going to die, we all knew that, the thing we didn't know was he would die from a cold. It turns out Liam caught a cold on the plane to Vegas his inability to fight infections due to the leukemia resulting in the end of his life.

"Jess" I whispered into her ear running my fingers through her light hair pushing it out of her face "Are we going to the cemetery?"

"No" She cried wiping at her puffy eyes her breathing getting caught in her throat as she did her best to find her words "I can't, I can't see him in a grave. I can't see them put him into the ground" She explained tears overtaking her face the dark black mascara streaking across her cheeks

"That's okay, we don't have to go we can go somewhere else if you want" I suggested rising onto my feet pulling her up with me slowly directing her towards her car pausing for a moment in the parking lot as I caught sight of her. She wore her hair in a loose bun her bright blue eyes popping in the early morning sun, a black dress clinging to her body her perfect curves drastically amplified. I hadn't spoken to her since the Vegas catastrophe as if Liam's death wasn't enough I was forced to deal with the repercussions of my idiotic actions. I'm not exactly sure how it happened but it did, I slept with Miranda Rivers a girl who I thought I was finally getting over. I refused to tell anyone about the hookup, not even Jess I made myself a promise when I left that hotel room, a promise that I would forget about the whole thing, a promise that I would forget how I felt in the moment, how I felt when I felt her soft lips on top of mine, a promise I intended to keep. "Jessie" I spoke sweetly opening the passenger side door for her "Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere but here" She said her voice barley audible as she climbed into the front seat of the blue Impala "Anywhere but here"

I wasn't entirely sure where we were going, but as Jess had said anywhere but here was going to be an improvement. All I wanted was for Jess to feel better she deserved to feel better, her life was a constant struggle between the pain of being a teen mother to the death of her true love. She didn't deserve to feel this way, Jess was one of the most compassionate, loving, people you could ever meet and yet she was forced to bare the weight of hundreds. Jess is a sister to me, that's the only way to describe my love for her, she's my sister and all I want is to see my sister smile again, all I want to do is hear her laugh, all I want is to make sure my sister is happy again. "Were here" I stated pulling into the parking lot swiftly jumping from the car moving so fast I had almost forgot to put the car in park.

"Where the hell are we?" She groaned her voice hoarse as a result of waking up from her impromptu nap "Tori where did you take me?"

"It's a crap diner that my mother and I liked" I explained practically skipping into the empty restaurant memories of my mother flooding back to me. I tried my best not to think about her, she was in fact dead and had been dead for almost a year I had to get over it sometime and trust me I was trying. "We came here the day we moved to Rosewood, she sat me down and told me that a new chapter in our life was beginning, my mother and I had been on dozens of adventures in our lives, we lived in Paris, in Sydney, in Orlando, we had hundreds of adventures, she told me that Rosewood was our new adventure" I said sliding into the all too familiar booth tapping my fingertips on the table as I watched Jess slide in on the opposite side refusing to look me in the eyes instead focusing on the menu that sat in front of her "My adventure with my mother is over, just like your adventure with Liam is over, what happens next is our adventure. Jess next week, you're going to graduation, Emma's gonna graduation, Miranda's gonna graduation, Noah's gonna graduate, I'm gonna to graduate" I said counting off on my fingers a tinge of sadness erupting in my heart as I thought about leaving this town behind. The town I had lived in for such a short period of time, the town that I had grown to love amidst all the problems, amidst the drama and the pain, it was the town I first fell in love, the town where I found the best friends I would ever have, the town where I found myself. "Were all going to move on with our life, were going to get the hell out of Rosewood and start our lives"

"How can I start my life when a part of my soul just died?"

"I never said starting your life is easy, I never said moving past this tragedy will be painless honestly this is gonna hurt like a bastard" I grinned desperately trying to defuse the tension which was mounting "Things aren't always going to be this bad I promise you that, things are going to get better"

"Tori.." Her voice cracked as she spoke her tears seemingly frozen in her eyes "I can't….I can't"

"Shut up!" I demanded pounding my fists into the table shaking the newly arrived drinks almost knocking them over "Just shut up! Okay? Jess you are the strongest person I know, you've been through childbirth, you've dealt with your parents' divorce, you've had to piece back together one of your friends after her brother died, you've completely changed from the bitchy person you once were to the amazing, beautiful, caring, loving person you are now! So for just one second believe me when I tell you, you will get over this, you will move forward, you will find love again!"

"She's right you know" A familiar voice interrupted sliding in beside me sending a brief look my way before focusing on the blonde that sat opposite of her "Your strong whether you accept that or not"

"Listen to them" She practically whispered taking the final seat beside Jess resting her hands on the cool restaurant table "If anyone can get through this it's you, you're the epitome of strength"

"I just don't know how to go on….I don't have anyone" She confessed dropping her head into her hands her tears once again falling down her cheeks dripping onto the crowded table

"You have me"

"And me"

"And me" I added reaching for her hand linking my fingers with hers as I felt Emma grab my free hand Miranda copying the action with Jess' hand "No matter what happens you'll always, always have us. I mean hell were all going to the same college, is that a sign from heaven or what" I giggled rubbing Jess' hand with the pad of my thumb "You're stuck with us"

"I guess there are worse people I could be stuck with" Jess chuckled freeing her face of her tears finally meeting my eyes "Thank you, all of you"

"Don't thank us, this is what family does" I grinned practically throwing myself over the table to give the blonde a quick hug

"Family?" Jess questioned her voice quivering slightly "You think of us as family?"

"Are you freaking kidding me?" Emma laughed draping her arm around my neck "Tori and I are cousins, Miranda and I are best friends and you and me" She said pointing between her and Jess "We were friends turned enemies turned friends, I couldn't ask for a better family than that!"

So we weren't the most conventional family, yes we each had difficult pasts, and yes we weren't always the nicest to each other but it didn't matter because we loved each other, and this kind of love the intense love that leaves you breathless, the love that refusing to let you go, the kind of love that makes you pause for a minute to check to see if it's true this was the kind of love we had, this was the kind of love we would always have, this was the kind of love I was never ever going to let go!

Question (answer in reviews): Are you glad to see the girls growing closer? Are you excited for their graduation?