Hey all. I haven't forgotten about Hope Springs, I'm just at a massive writer's block. I was watching You've got Mail the other day, and I came up with a somewhat rough BtT version of it, in which Leslie survives, but Jess doesn't know it.
Chapter 1
Meeting Openminded101
It was a clear day in Lark creek as Jess returned home. It had been 3 years since Leslie died, and a part of him still hurt. Whenever he hurt, sometimes he would go to his room and pull out a picture of him and Leslie, and try to remember all the fun times they had together.
That usually made him feel worse.
Other times, he would go out to the castle with PT and cry himself to sleep.
Today he didn't feel so bad. He walked in the house and kicked shoes off while mumbling a greeting to his mom. He trudged upstairs to his room, and turned his computer on. He checked his email, and sighed when he had nothing.
What I wouldn't give to see her face again.
Jess rubbed at his eyes as he logged himself into Messenger.
Oh look...a friend request.
He clicked the icon, and read the details aloud.
"Openminded101 has added you as a friend"
He sighed, and clicked accept.
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A while later, as he was listening to his favorite song (Here Without You) a message box popped open.
Hi jess.
Erm...hi
do i know you?
We went to school together. We both had Miss Edmunds for music.
Ah...
How have you been since i left?
Fine...
Everyone misses you loads tho...
Jess didn't know who he was talking to, but if they knew his name and could provide some solid proof that they went to school together, then saying everyone missed them seemed the right thing to say.
Fulcher too?
Hell no...
I thought not.
So where'd you go when you left?
Boston. It's nice here...a bit too industrialized though...
Boston...That was where Leslie's parents went to...
You wouldn't happen to know the Burkes would you?
Why yes i do. They're very nice to me. they say i remind them of Leslie.
I miss leslie.
I'm sure you do jess.
I'm sure she misses you too.
Openminded101 has gone ofline
Jess sat on his bed and pulled out his artwork. he gazed at Leslie's face, and lay down.
He was asleep in barely 10 minutes.