Prologue:
Jamie stared up at the starry sky through the telescope Landon had made for her – she still couldn't believe he'd finished it. They sat down, Landon posing on one knee as he looked up at Jamie with love in his eyes.
"Do you love me?" Landon asked.
Jamie was surprised, to say the least. Did he really not know? "Mmm hmm," she mumbled as she nodded.
Landon's grin grew to a full-fledged smile that covered his entire face. He took Jamie's hand in his own as he asked, "Will you do something for me, then?"
She knew she probably couldn't, but Jamie still answered him the way she wanted to. "Anything." She saw Landon take in a gulp of air and exhale slowly before he asked the question he'd been building up to.
"Will you marry me?" Landon breathed a sigh of relief as Jamie smiled the biggest smile he'd ever seen and leaned in to kiss him…deeply.
"So, is that a yes?" Landon asked playfully when they had pulled apart. Jamie jokingly (and gently) smacked him across his face.
"Duh…" She smiled and laced her fingers between his. She looked at him and said, "You know, as thrilled as I am right now, there is one thing I'm scared of."
Landon knew he didn't want to think about Jamie's illness right now…this moment was too special and he didn't want to ruin their memory of it by talking about something that they both knew was inevitable. "Jamie, let's not talk about that…we'll have other times. Just… not now, okay?"
He was misunderstood...and it was obvious. Jamie tried to explain. "Landon, I'm not talking about my leukemia. … I'm scared of telling our parents."
Landon just laughed in relief. "Don't worry, baby. It'll be okay. I'm sure they'll be thrilled."