This is a one-shot story based off the 1970s Book and 2007 Movie of Bridge to Terabithia.

I own none of the characters, names, locations or places.

I will be focusing mostly on Leslie's POV or Point Of View, starting from the time Jess last sees her before the accident.

Although this is a one-shot, I hope that many of you will review it anyway.

Chapter 1

Leslie's POV -

I walked on ahead with P.T, looking back at Jesse Aarons. The mud harshly squished under my boots as I walked on towards my house. "See you!" I yelled.

I giggled slightly as P.T ran beside me, enjoying his company.

The front door of my house opened with Judy waving at me. "Come on in honey!"

Cool droplets of rain slowly slid down my blonde hair and onto my face and neck. This previously had startled me but now it was satisfying compaired to the recent warm spring air that I was use to.

My stomach growled encouraging me to walk faster. I stepped up onto the small sized wooden porch and into the house.

I found myself walking to the dinner table and sitting down for a freshly prepaired meal. Bill handed me a napkin as Judy scooped large amounts of lasagna onto my plate. It almost felt like being a queen outside of Terabithia.

But nothing was ever so close as the magical world that could only be reached by a swing of the rope.

"Especially with Jess." I thought.

Jess...Jess...Jess. Hes got the gift to become a great artist and yet he doesn't have much confidence in himself.

I fear to express interest any further than what I have already done. Although it would boost his moral and allow him to feel much more secure.

Nevertheless, it was still nice to think about all the possibilities. Thats what I told Jess sometimes when he didn't grasp my ideas.

Anyways, I know for a fact that an open mind is better than a closed one. Although I do wonder what Jess would think of me now. I mean its alright to be curious. Right?

Slowly I dug my fork into the lasagna and scooped it up into my mouth. Its tomatoey and slightly wheat flavor of the pasta usually made me take larger servings per spoonful.

I suddenly realized that my stomach was rumbling for a different reason that I had previously thought.

The time I had spent with Jess today in Terabithia popped into my mind without notice. I wondered what my next actions would be as my dad asked me if I liked the lasagna.

"Its fine." "I'm just not hungry dad." I said with a smile. I dropped my fork back onto the plate and closed my eyes alittle to simulate fatigueness.

"If your not hungry, you can go back out with Jess as soon as the rain stops." He said with a bit of encouragement. But I could tell he was disappointed that I wouldn't be able to finish the dish he had so carefully cooked.

"I'll just go up to my room." As soon as my dad nodded in agreement, I pushed back my chair from the table and stood firmly up. My legs felt alittle weary after running home when it started to rain.

I made my way to the staircase after spending a few minutes in the gold room, watching the rain trickle down on the window. From what I saw the rain wasn't going to stop for quite awhile.

As I turned the door knob and opened the door, I sat on my bed and listened to some music on my Ipod. I couldn't help and think of Jess. His brown frisked hair and his handsome freckled face that I appear to be attracted to was one of the repeating thoughts in my mind.

Just to think that alittle less than a year ago, I had no friends, best friends, or even anything to look forward to other than the constant bullying that my body had to endure.

I heard Bill tap on the door with the knuckles on the back of his hand.

"Come in." I anwsered not sure of who was there.

Bill trudged next to the bed and plonked himself down on the footside of the bed.

"Is anything wrong dear?" He asked me.

"No, I''m..." "Do you want to hear the truth?"

He placed a hand on my shoulder and softly patted it.

My face smiled awkwardly, as I looked down at the patterned carpet, about a yard from where my feet lightly touched the floor.

After a moment of pause, I had finally built up enough courage to look back at my dad face to face.

"Well dad...when I was with Jess today, I felt happier than I have ever felt in my whole life. It wasn't like anything I've ever experienced. I bit my lip in distress as his face didn't express much emotion.

I shined my bluish green eyes at him for an attempt to gain any anwser I could get. My dad smiled and took hold of one of my hands.

"Hes a good boy isn't he?"

"The best." I replied with a smirk.

"Dad..." I said unsure if I should say anything more.

"What honey?"

"I'm...I'm...I'm..." I paused and rephrased my sentence. "I love Jess."

"Thats a big word for a little girl." Bill pointed out.

"I know but I do dad!" "I just know it!" "Theres no other reason for the way I feel now." I felt my heartbeat race as I spoke. "Its a weird feeling, like..."

"Butterflies?"

"Kinda." I smiled. Deep down in my chest, I knew I wanted to tell Jess. But there would be no way other than asking him to see how he reacted.

Bill patted on my pillow for me to rest my head on. I pulled the covers over myself and allowed him to tuck me in.

"You can tell him first thing tomorrow morning." Bill explained. "It would be a good idea to sleep on that thought honey." "And if your sure, you will know it."

"Thanks dad."

He kissed my head and turned out the lamp on my nightstand.

"Goodnight." I said before he shut the door.

"Goodnight Leslie."

The door shut and the roon fell quiet, except of course for the constant pitter-patter of the rain hitting the roof and dripping down my bedroom's window.

I kept thinking of the exact words I was going to tell Jess but nothing sounded right.

One thought went like this:

"Hi Jess, Lets go to Terabithia today, I have something importened to tell you!"

"What?"

"i'll tell you when we get there." I smiled as I ran ahead of him and took the lead.

We both arrived at the creek. Jess was out of breath when he pulled up next to me.

"I love you." I blurted.

His jaw dropped down and he gave me a crazed look. The rest of the thought was rather ackward.

I slapped myself for thinking that and imagined something more to my liking.

"Hi Jess!" I said as I rapped my arms around him.

"You know what I love more than anything else in the world?"

"What..." He replied as he teased me with his eyes peering at my lips.

"You." "My king."

"I love you too Leslie." Jess whispered. He cupped my chin and kissed me.

I could only imagine what it would be like to kiss Jess. The thought drove me so crazy, that I stayed up for another hour thinking about it.

I looked at my clock and read the numbers 10:59 PM.

My whole soul wanted to call him right then, but I would take Bill's advice and wait till morning.

I relaxed my head on my pillow and slowly drifted off to sleep.