I just kept thinking that it was so unfair. Jesse was amazing, he is amazing. He didn't deserve to have everything ripped away from him like that, not because of Claudia and I. Even though I knew Jesse wasn't blaming us, or at least I hope he wasn't, I still felt like it was my fault. My sister had dragged us into town to get food, that's fine. Well, even if I knew Jesse needed to get home, it didn't seem like that big of a deal. If I hadn't suggested that stupid movie though, if we'd just gone back home... Maybe things would have been different. Or maybe Jesse would have... Maybe Jesse wouldn't be here either. I'd been thinking about that a lot, and it gave me this strange urge to find Jesse and hug him until neither of us could breathe. I had just gotten him, I didn't want to lose him.
After the fire, we had brought Jesse back to our house. Actually, he's been at our house since then. I sort of liked it, and not just because of the obvious reasons that came with having the guy you liked sleeping a door down from you. It was easier to be there for him, at least as much as he wanted me to be. Our parents only returned once, and they didn't say anything. They couldn't even come to the funeral, too busy with whatever else they were doing. It was obvious that that had made me angry, but I didn't bother getting in a fight with them now.
The actual day of the funeral was the worst. Klaus had never had to go to a funeral before, of course his parents had gone to them but... Klaus was never the type of kid that could handle those things. Even now, it was freaking him out. But he wanted to be there for Jesse, and if his sister was going he definitely couldn't stay at home. He even debated faking sick, but Claudia had seen past that. Did that make him a bad person? Lying to get out of a funeral? Probably, he was just glad Jesse didn't know about it. Instead he'd got up that morning and put on the single suit he had, all for Jesse. During the whole entire service, he had kept at his friends side. There wasn't a second that Jesse ever was alone, not unless he wasn't to be. It had become fairly obvious that Klaus wasn't going to be leaving him alone anytime soon, not unless Jesse sent him away.
It was at the candlelight service that Jesse seemed to finally break down. As soon as Klaus noticed him moving, he reached out towards the other boy, going down with him. "You're alright," he whispered, perhaps more to himself then anything, as he pulled the other boy close. His lips found his temple, where he placed a soft kiss while he held the other boy. "We're all here for you. I'm here for you."