Her eyes looked up at him and as he touched her face, her eyes closed for a moment, leaning slightly into it, than her heart thump in her chest, this was not the time for her to feel this way.
Hayley has always been on her own, she was a survivor of her life. She felt mostly unwanted, to be weak was a weakness that she never truly wanted to show anyone, but with Elijah, she did feel safe, she did feel like is family and Hope bound her to the Mikaelson's forever.
However he didn't understand that it was more than the guilt she felt for Jackson death, it was more that she only truly loved a two men in her life, Jackson was one of them.
Jackson was everything Hayley wanted to be in a leader, he made mistakes and bounced back from them. He stood up for what he believed in, even if he was wrong in that belief, because he thought he was doing what was best for the pack, not for himself...he wasn't selfish like Hayley had always been.