I do not own or have any rights over "A Walk to Remember", I'm just a fan.
I have tried to stay as true to the story line of the movie as possible in the beginning. This starts off in the allyway as Jamie is telling Landon she is sick. This is my first fan fic. so go easy on me please!
He had thought it was a nice night for a walk. That was all. He just wanted to spend time with the most amazing girl in the world, Jamie, the girl he loved. He had no way of knowing that one simple walk was going to change everything.
She said it so calmly, telling him she was sick. Of course he misunderstood her, the flu had been going around, was all he could think, she'd feel better in the morning.
"No, Landon" She said, impatience seeping into her voice, "It's not the flu, it's my heart."
All of a sudden everything went quiet, the noise of the cars driving by seemed to make no sound, the laughter coming down the street from the diner was no longer audible to his ears. There was nothing but Jamie.
He swallowed hard, gripping her hand tighter in his own. "What do you mean, it's your heart?" He asked in a whisper.
Jamie looked away for a minute, as if trying to gain control over her emotions. Returning her gaze to him, she gave his hand a small squeeze before she began to speak.
"I was born with a heart defect. The Doctors say it was because I was born too early but really no one knows for sure. It might have been that way from the start." She shrugged. "You never noticed how I never took gym class with the rest of the kids, Landon? How I never road a bicycle or did any of kind of strenuous activities?"
Landon shook his head slowly. He was ashamed to admit that he had never really paid much attention to Jamie Sullivan, other then a snide comment here and there. That had all changed of course but he still had really not noticed anything out of the ordinary.
"What does this mean though, Jamie?" He needed to know exactly what she was telling him, knowing already, deep down in his stomach what the answer would be.
"It means" she paused for a moment and smiled sadly "that I'm dying."