Jill's POV
"Don't ask me that." I say.
"Why not?"
"Because you know the answer." I say.
"W-Would you?" Hayes says to me.
By now, we were in a room away from the people from the party. I had my back against the wall with my arms crossed. Hayes was sitting on my bed staring down at the ground every now and then. Only looking up to make contact with my eyes.
"Hayes, I would swim the fucking ocean for you." I say.
It went silent for a second.
"You would?" Hayes asks, whispering.
"Yes, I would do it for the people I love."
"You love me?" Hayes asks me.
"I never stopped." I say.
It went silent again.
"I love you, Jill Watts." Hayes says.
I ignore what he just said as I talk.
"Would you?" I ask him.
"I would swim the ocean for you. I would walk the desert for you. Anything just for you and as long as I'm with you." Hayes says.
"You're sorry?" I ask.
He nods.
"I don't understand where you got the idea that it's okay to treat me how you do. Further more, I don't understand how you even have the audacity to carry out that idea. You treat me like trash, tossing me out whenever you find someone better. Then, when you realize that person isn't who they thought they were, you bring me back in. You say sorry and do whatever you can to get me hooked again. No one deserves to be treated like that. No one deserves to be given false hope after disappoint over and over. No one deserves to be lied to, be placed as a sideline rebound, be forgotten by someone they thought actually cared. But what's more confusing to me is why I let myself get hooked again and again, knowing I'm just gonna get hurt in the end." I say.
"I fucking love you." Hayes says, getting up.
"You do? Show me."
Hayes makes his way towards me and grabs the back of my head as he pulls me closer to him.
"You want me to show you?" Hayes asks me.
I was confused. But then his lips made contact with mine and I didn't feel the urge to let go. I put both of my hands on his face and brought him closer.
His body was pressed against mine, but somehow I wanted him closer. Like he was far away, but he was right by me at the exact same time.
Hayes lets go and puts his forehead on mine.
"I will forever and always love you, Jill." Hayes says.
"And I love you." I say.
"So you forgive me? Because I really want to ask you a question I've been meaning to ask you for a very long time." Hayes says.
I thought about it. I can't live without Hayes. I know I live with him, but if we don't talk to each other than I would die. When we didn't talk, he felt lost and I did too. We need each other. I need him.
"Yes, I forgive you. What's the question?" I ask.
He fiddles with his fingers and bites his lip.
"W-Will you be my girlfriend?" He asks me.
I smile and hug him. He wraps his arms around my petite body as I wrap my arms around his neck.
