This is my version of AWTR . Many surprises and milestones for this young couple. Told from Landon's POV.
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to A Walk to Remember, but I wish I did!
(Scene opens the day following their wedding; Landon and Jamie are sitting in the doctors office. Landon starts.)
As we sat in the blank room, waiting on the doctor. I reached over and took Jamie's hand. I admired the gold band that now sat on her finger for only a moment before she glanced over at me and smiled. However, the smile couldn't hide the mounting nervousness in her eyes.
"Everything's going to be alright, baby," I whispered to her when I would feel her pulse start to flood through her hand.
"All I need is a miracle, Landon, just one big miracle," She said as she leaned her head onto my shoulder.
It broke my heart to see her so nervous and scared. Just as I was about to tell her that I loved her, the door opened.
Doctor Andrews walked in and smiled at us both, "Hello Jamie, Landon. Congratulations. That was a beautiful ceremony yesterday." Jamie immediately started smiling and looked over at me, then looked back at Dr. Andrews.
"Thank you. We were just so glad you could come," Jamie replied. Living in Beaufort, everyone always comes to everything but Jamie was sincerely grateful to everyone for coming.
"Well, it was beautiful. So, you're here about your most recent blood tests..." Dr. Andrews started. Jamie nodded gracefully.
"All I can say is that your blood test came back clean," Dr. Andrews finished. Jamie looked confused but excited, however I had no idea what was going on.
"What does that mean exactly?" I asked, "what will she be able to do? Is she going to be alright down the road?"
The doctor looked at us both and softly said, "Anything she wants, and yes, Jamie is in remission."
Jamie smiled from ear to ear. She first hugged Dr. Andrews, then turned to me, kissed me and said, "that was my miracle." All I could do was hold her since I was too speechless to talk. Jamie started to cry softly in my arms but I just kept telling her that I loved her over and over again.
Dr. Andrews explained that even though Jamie was in remission, we still had to be careful. She told us that we could start planning for things a few months from now. As we left the doctor's office, I could tell that Jamie had a spring in her step.
When we got to the car, I opened her door, but instead of getting in, she jumped into my arms.
"I forgot to mention, I love you so much, Landon." She whispered as she kissed my cheek.
"I love you too, baby. This has been one of the best days of my life." Jamie looked deep in my eyes and right into my soul. I loved it when she looked at me that way. She smiled softly and kissed me with everything she had.
While we drove back home, Jamie and I talked about everything that we wanted to do now. Jamie burst into tears. I pulled over and turned towards her.
"What's the matter, baby?"
"I never...I never thought that this would happen to me Landon. Never, not once since I found out that I had Leukemia, did I think this would happen..." she breathed heavily, "I mean I've always had the faith but I guess I didn't think I would make it long enough to be married; and now with this remission, its more than I've ever prayed for." She finished, letting out a large sigh.
As I watched her breathe slowly, I felt the faith that Jamie always talked about, for probably the first time in my life. When Jamie told me that she was okay, I started the car and we continued on our way. It wasn't long until we were at Reverend Sullivan's home to tell him the good news.
As Jamie sped from the car to the house, I stayed behind. While shedding a tear, I prayed.
'Thank you God for giving me Jamie and for making her healthy. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't have her anymore. Thank you so much.' I wiped the tear from my eye and walked into the house.
Jamie and her father had just sat down as I walked over to Jamie, sat down and took her hand. I noticed that it had no longer bothered the reverend to see me with Jamie, the way it had before.
"So, what's the news, kids?" the reverend started, breaking the silence.
"Well," Jamie began clenching my hand, "I talked with Dr. Andrews today..." she was cut off by the reverend.
"AND?!" the reverend demanded.
"I'm...I'm in...remission, daddy. I'm going to be okay. Isn't that great?!" Jamie practically screamed. The reverend immediately stood up and began hugging his daughter.
"That's wonderful Jamie! Thank the Lord! Thank the Lord." The reverend said as he walked over to me. "You helped her to this, you know. Landon, I can't thank you enough either." the reverend finished, almost in tears.
"Actually, Sir, it was Jamie that saved me. If it wasn't for her, I don't know where I'd be right now."
"Oh, enough with that 'sir' stuff, Landon. You are my son now after all, call me Bert." the reverend said reassuringly.
Jamie, the reverend and I talked for a couple of hours following that. We told the reverend about our plans to travel and what Dr. Andrews had told us. As we were leaving, the reverend hugged Jamie and whispered, "I love you so much, Jamie." I was always drawn to this because growing up, I could never imagine Hegbert capable of loving anything or anyone. But he truly with all his heart loved his daughter, sometimes I thought more than God.
Jamie and I got into the car and drove to my mother's house. Jamie and I lived temporarily in the loft above the garage, until we could find a place of our own. As I pulled the car up to the garage, Jamie started to speak softly.
"Landon..." Jamie started.
"Yea, baby?"
"Have you ever thought about having a family?" Jamie said almost in a whisper.
Honestly, I had never thought about having a family. But it was the innocent way she said it that made me say, "Yes of course I want a family."
"Well, I guess I just started thinking about my life and the new direction it's taken and I guess I just would like to start a family," Jamie confessed to me.
While we were walking up to the loft, I followed slower behind just to watch her. I started thinking about Jamie as a mother and I started seeing her nestling a little baby while singing to it while sitting in a rocking chair. I could just see the smile on her face and how beautiful she looked. I began to realize that I wanted to have a family just as much as she did. I called to her as she opened the door.
"Were you serious about the family?"
"Of course I was, Landon. I want to have a family. Even more, I want to be a mother," Jamie said sincerely.
"I want to be a father, Jamie. I want a little piece of us that we can share."
Jamie's face lit up and she wrapped her arms around me. That night as we laid in each other's arms, I started to wonder what this wonderful person was doing with a guy like me; but as I watched the moonlight dance across her face, I fell in love with her even more.
The next week, I had to start my job. I worked as the assistant manager for Mel's Fish and Fry in Gainsport, not far from Beaufort. I liked the job, good money, good benefits and right on the ocean, and at sunset, there is no other place to be but on the ocean. Jamie worked with her father at the church with a program that she started for young children. Her job didn't pay much, but working as a disciple for the Lord was all the payment she needed.
We both worked steadily and before we knew it, it was late August and time for a visit to Dr. Andrews. Jamie's appointment was scheduled for a late Tuesday afternoon, and I'm sure your wondering why I remembered that so fondly. Well, that was the day that our lives changed. Again.
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to A Walk to Remember, but I wish I did!
(Scene opens the day following their wedding; Landon and Jamie are sitting in the doctors office. Landon starts.)
As we sat in the blank room, waiting on the doctor. I reached over and took Jamie's hand. I admired the gold band that now sat on her finger for only a moment before she glanced over at me and smiled. However, the smile couldn't hide the mounting nervousness in her eyes.
"Everything's going to be alright, baby," I whispered to her when I would feel her pulse start to flood through her hand.
"All I need is a miracle, Landon, just one big miracle," She said as she leaned her head onto my shoulder.
It broke my heart to see her so nervous and scared. Just as I was about to tell her that I loved her, the door opened.
Doctor Andrews walked in and smiled at us both, "Hello Jamie, Landon. Congratulations. That was a beautiful ceremony yesterday." Jamie immediately started smiling and looked over at me, then looked back at Dr. Andrews.
"Thank you. We were just so glad you could come," Jamie replied. Living in Beaufort, everyone always comes to everything but Jamie was sincerely grateful to everyone for coming.
"Well, it was beautiful. So, you're here about your most recent blood tests..." Dr. Andrews started. Jamie nodded gracefully.
"All I can say is that your blood test came back clean," Dr. Andrews finished. Jamie looked confused but excited, however I had no idea what was going on.
"What does that mean exactly?" I asked, "what will she be able to do? Is she going to be alright down the road?"
The doctor looked at us both and softly said, "Anything she wants, and yes, Jamie is in remission."
Jamie smiled from ear to ear. She first hugged Dr. Andrews, then turned to me, kissed me and said, "that was my miracle." All I could do was hold her since I was too speechless to talk. Jamie started to cry softly in my arms but I just kept telling her that I loved her over and over again.
Dr. Andrews explained that even though Jamie was in remission, we still had to be careful. She told us that we could start planning for things a few months from now. As we left the doctor's office, I could tell that Jamie had a spring in her step.
When we got to the car, I opened her door, but instead of getting in, she jumped into my arms.
"I forgot to mention, I love you so much, Landon." She whispered as she kissed my cheek.
"I love you too, baby. This has been one of the best days of my life." Jamie looked deep in my eyes and right into my soul. I loved it when she looked at me that way. She smiled softly and kissed me with everything she had.
While we drove back home, Jamie and I talked about everything that we wanted to do now. Jamie burst into tears. I pulled over and turned towards her.
"What's the matter, baby?"
"I never...I never thought that this would happen to me Landon. Never, not once since I found out that I had Leukemia, did I think this would happen..." she breathed heavily, "I mean I've always had the faith but I guess I didn't think I would make it long enough to be married; and now with this remission, its more than I've ever prayed for." She finished, letting out a large sigh.
As I watched her breathe slowly, I felt the faith that Jamie always talked about, for probably the first time in my life. When Jamie told me that she was okay, I started the car and we continued on our way. It wasn't long until we were at Reverend Sullivan's home to tell him the good news.
As Jamie sped from the car to the house, I stayed behind. While shedding a tear, I prayed.
'Thank you God for giving me Jamie and for making her healthy. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't have her anymore. Thank you so much.' I wiped the tear from my eye and walked into the house.
Jamie and her father had just sat down as I walked over to Jamie, sat down and took her hand. I noticed that it had no longer bothered the reverend to see me with Jamie, the way it had before.
"So, what's the news, kids?" the reverend started, breaking the silence.
"Well," Jamie began clenching my hand, "I talked with Dr. Andrews today..." she was cut off by the reverend.
"AND?!" the reverend demanded.
"I'm...I'm in...remission, daddy. I'm going to be okay. Isn't that great?!" Jamie practically screamed. The reverend immediately stood up and began hugging his daughter.
"That's wonderful Jamie! Thank the Lord! Thank the Lord." The reverend said as he walked over to me. "You helped her to this, you know. Landon, I can't thank you enough either." the reverend finished, almost in tears.
"Actually, Sir, it was Jamie that saved me. If it wasn't for her, I don't know where I'd be right now."
"Oh, enough with that 'sir' stuff, Landon. You are my son now after all, call me Bert." the reverend said reassuringly.
Jamie, the reverend and I talked for a couple of hours following that. We told the reverend about our plans to travel and what Dr. Andrews had told us. As we were leaving, the reverend hugged Jamie and whispered, "I love you so much, Jamie." I was always drawn to this because growing up, I could never imagine Hegbert capable of loving anything or anyone. But he truly with all his heart loved his daughter, sometimes I thought more than God.
Jamie and I got into the car and drove to my mother's house. Jamie and I lived temporarily in the loft above the garage, until we could find a place of our own. As I pulled the car up to the garage, Jamie started to speak softly.
"Landon..." Jamie started.
"Yea, baby?"
"Have you ever thought about having a family?" Jamie said almost in a whisper.
Honestly, I had never thought about having a family. But it was the innocent way she said it that made me say, "Yes of course I want a family."
"Well, I guess I just started thinking about my life and the new direction it's taken and I guess I just would like to start a family," Jamie confessed to me.
While we were walking up to the loft, I followed slower behind just to watch her. I started thinking about Jamie as a mother and I started seeing her nestling a little baby while singing to it while sitting in a rocking chair. I could just see the smile on her face and how beautiful she looked. I began to realize that I wanted to have a family just as much as she did. I called to her as she opened the door.
"Were you serious about the family?"
"Of course I was, Landon. I want to have a family. Even more, I want to be a mother," Jamie said sincerely.
"I want to be a father, Jamie. I want a little piece of us that we can share."
Jamie's face lit up and she wrapped her arms around me. That night as we laid in each other's arms, I started to wonder what this wonderful person was doing with a guy like me; but as I watched the moonlight dance across her face, I fell in love with her even more.
The next week, I had to start my job. I worked as the assistant manager for Mel's Fish and Fry in Gainsport, not far from Beaufort. I liked the job, good money, good benefits and right on the ocean, and at sunset, there is no other place to be but on the ocean. Jamie worked with her father at the church with a program that she started for young children. Her job didn't pay much, but working as a disciple for the Lord was all the payment she needed.
We both worked steadily and before we knew it, it was late August and time for a visit to Dr. Andrews. Jamie's appointment was scheduled for a late Tuesday afternoon, and I'm sure your wondering why I remembered that so fondly. Well, that was the day that our lives changed. Again.