Just A Fan?...Or More (Hayes Grier Fan Fiction)

Chapter 28

Holly's POV

I wake up in a puddle of my own tears. I look at the clock. It says it's 6:22 p.m.

Still Thursday.

I didn't want to eat, I didn't want to get up, or talk. I just wanted my sister. I wanted her next to me, back to life, talking to me. But of course that can't happen.

I felt this emptiness inside me that's just hard to explain.

I hear a knock at my door. Great.

"Honey. Are you awake?" I my mom muffle from behind my door. I don't answer at first debating wether or not I should pretend I'm asleep. I choose not to.
"Yes." I mumble.

I hear the door creek open and my moms face peeks in.

"Do you want to talk." She asks still standing in my doorway. "There's chicken and pasta downstairs if your hungry." She says lightly. That's the crazy thing about my mom. She's always so calm. Even when awful things are happening, she always acts like there's not a problem with the world. It kind of amazes me.
"I'm good."
"Look, this is not how I wanted your birthday to be. Will you just cheer up. Everything's going to be ok." She assured me.
"But how do you know that. How can I just cheer up when I know that my sister is suffering and I can't to do a thing about it?" I raise my eyebrows and purse my lips. My mom walks in my room and sits next to me, wrapping her arms around my shoulders.
"Well, their putting Mary on a new medication that should help. But you know what,you know your sister wouldn't want you to be like this. I'm sure you wouldn't want her to be like this if you were in here position."
"I know but it's hard mom. I miss her and I might not get the chance to see her again." She looks down at me.
"Well your never going to cheer up with that attitude. Your sister is going to be ok. And I hear that Cameron is with her?" Oh I forgot that he was down there.
"Oh, yeah he is." I respond.
"Were they um..." She clears her throat. "Are they together?"
"Not that I know of." She nods once.
"Well, if you get hungry, feel free to escape from your room and eat." She pauses for a moment at my doorway. "And do me one favor. Smile."
I manage to put a smile on my face. "Thank you mom."
"I love you honey." She smiles and leaves the room.

***2 hours later***
I did finally gain back my appetite and did go down to eat.

But now it's already 8:30 and Hayes hasn't come. I'm pretty sure his practices aren't that long.

I'm begging. To think that he's not coming. So I decide to go sit on my window seat. I stare out to the stars and see a crescent moon as bright as ever.

It amazes me, they amaze me. The stars and the moon. No matter what, they come out every night, looking brighter than ever. You always know that when it gets dark, it's their turn to take over the sky.

I wish people could be like that. That they always are there, and always coming out just for your sake. But that's not exactly how this world works. We're all selfish, and don't give a crap about any other human being on the earth.

But Hayes is different. I feel like he is always there. He's always doing things for my sake, and in my eyes he's not selfish.

So why isn't he here now. Where is he. The one night I need him most, I have no idea where he is.

As if on que I hear Thud

A sigh of relief. I open up my window and look out only to see Hayes standing there with a huge stuffed bear at his side.

"Is this your new thing Grier? Throwing tiny rocks at my windows?" I laugh.
"I guess so." He smirks.
"Hold on." I walk away from my window. And head downstairs to the front door.
"Where are you going?" My dad asked.
" Hayes is here." I say and quickly walk out the door. I meet Hayes at the side of the house and see him sitting on the big rock.
"Look I know I'm late, but I wanted to get you the perfect bear." He laughed. "And I like nighttime. It's quieter." I smiled at him. "So, here is your new and improved, super huge stuffed teddy bear. Enjoy. Your welcome." He nodded and bowwed. We laughed and I grabbed the bear.
"You can use that when I can't be with you physically. Just pretend it's me. To comfort you. To show you that I will always be with you, whenever you need me." My heart melted at the thought.
"Thank you so much Hayes." I got up and hugged him tight.
"Anything for you." He said as we pulled apart.
"But I need to tell you something." I hated those words.
"What."
"Look, I know this didn't work last time but there's no reason to keep it in. Because even if I do, it's still true, and it will always be true. There's no point in keeping it from you anymore. Holly, I love you, and I mean it." He looked at me dead in the eyes. In the moonlight, his eyes looked soft, calming.
"Hayes... I love you too."

He leaned in slowly, brushing his lips against mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and kissed back. Passionately.

It wasn't just some dinky kiss. This was what I needed. I could feel my stresses slowly melting away as my lips moved in sync with his.

We pulled apart slowly and I rested my forehead on his. His arms were wrapped tightly around my waist.

"I'm always here for you. Whenever you need me." He whispered, sending shivers down my spine. I moved my head,now resting it on his shoulder as I nodded. I didn't want to move but eventually I decided to go inside and grab a blanket to lay on.

I laid it out on the damp grass and Hayes and I both laid on our backs and looked at the stars.

We sat in a comfortable silence, holding hands and enjoying the sky.
Hayes suddenly looked over at me and I just chose to ignore it.

"Wow." He said.
"What?" I looked over at him. He looked up again.
"I just realized how lucky I am to have such a beautiful girl to call mine."
"Oh, Hayes." I felt the heat travel to my cheeks. "I don't know why you think I'm so beautiful. There's so many girls out there, who are prettier and have better personalities. Why'd you choose me?"
"Your totally right. There are girls that are prettier and have better personalities. . . But that's in someone else's eyes. In my eyes, your the most beautiful girl in the entire world in every single way." I felt tears brimming in my eyes. This boy made me so happy, even in the darkest of times.

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Hey so I really liked this chapter and I hoped you liked it too. Please vote cuz it makes me really happy☺️😂

Oh and by the way, PLEASE READ!!!!!! I went back and made quite a few changes to my story. Reading some of the first chapters made me cringe so I edited them.

The only big change I made was Hayes's step dad Johnnie is in the story instead of Chad. And in the future Hayes will be going to Digi instead of magcon.