Disclaimer: I don't anything recognizable from the movie or book Tuck Everlasting.
A/N: This is an alternate ending to the book and movie Tuck Everlasting. (I absolutely despised the actual ending!) And, I'm not going to take time to write a summary of the story in the beginning of this. Hopefully you've seen the movie or read the book, because I'm pretty much rewriting the last few pages of the book!
Eighty-five years had past since Winnie had met Jesse Tuck in the forest. And Jesse Tuck, now 189 years old, was on his way back to find her. If she was still alive then she would surely have drank the water from the spring. But what really bothered Jesse was that if she didn't drink it, then it would impossible for him to be with someone forever. If what the man at the restaurant had said about the woods being bulldozed was true, then that meant if Jesse were ever to fall in love again, the girl would be unable to become immortal like Jesse.
As Jesse dismounted his motorcycle between the house Winnie had lived in when he was here last and the forest he was surprised to see what he did. There, crouching by a gravestone, was a girl. She turned around, quite startled that Jesse was there, and then she smiled warmly. The girl could be no older than seventeen. She had long, thick, and wavy golden brown hair that swept far past her shoulders. She had dazzling blue eyes, and rough, tanned skin. Once she stood, Jesse discovered that she was also quite short, but quite thin. She couldn't be taller that 5'3".
"Can I help you?" the girl asked him politely.
"Actually, I believe maybe you can," Jesse replied with a grin on his face. "I'm looking for someone by the name of Winifred Foster. You wouldn't have happened to see her, would you?"
"I'm sorry, sir," the girl replied solemnly as she stepped to the side of the gravestone. As Jesse stared at the gravestone, he read what was inscripted on the front. There, in bold lettering read, Winifred Foster Jackson, Dear Wife, Dear Mother, 1899-1999.
"So, just four years ago she died," Jesse said solemnly.
"You act as though that is such a short time," the girl observed humorously, though she was still almost in tears.
"You have no idea," Jesse replied quietly. "How did you know Winnie, if I may ask."
"Well, Winifred is my grandmother," the girl replied sadly. "I have been coming back to this grave once a year to remember my dear grandmother. She died four years ago today. I'm very sorry to disappoint you, sir, but you're welcome to stay the night up at the house."
"You live there, then?" Jesse questioned her.
"Actually no," the girl said. "I just stay there every year when I come back here."
"Well, I would love to take your offer in staying for the night," Jesse replied with a little more happiness. "I have quite a long journey ahead of me."
"Well, you can tell me more about that journey over a glass of lemonade," the girl said cheerily as they made their way up to the house, which appeared almost exactly as it had 85 years ago.
The two were soon settled down in the sun room, sitting side by side on a very comfortable yellow wicker couch.
"I'm sorry, but I didn't quite catch your name," the girl said as soon as they were settled.
'This girl sure is polite,' Jesse thought wonderously. 'I haven't seen that for quite a long time.'
"My name is Jesse," Jesse replied. "Jesse Johnson. And yours would be?"
'Why did I just tell her the wrong last name?' Jesse thought. 'I know Miles says I always should, but I think I can trust this girl.'
"Adele Mae Jesse Foster Jackson" the girl replied. "It's a handful, isn't it? My first two middle names are named after people my mother loved. Mae was a very wonderful woman she would never forget, and Jesse was her first and truest love. And then Foster was my mother's original last name."
"So I suppose Winifred was married then?" Jesse inquired, even though he knew the gravestone said so.
"Yes, she was married to a man named David Jackson," Adele replied. "She met him while traveling. After she met this family called the Tucks she left Treegap with her parents and traveled the world."
"I see," Jesse replied, quite sad that his Winnie had married. "And she had children then?"
"Yes, two boys named Jesse and Miles," Adele replied. Jesse smiled a huge smile. So, Winnie hadn't forgotten him after all. She even had named her two boys after the two Tuck boys.
"And, then you must be one of their daughters?" Jesse inquired.
"Yes," Adele replied cheerfully. "Jesse is my father."
"So, if you don't live here, where do you live?" Jesse asked her.
"I don't live anywhere, really," Adele replied thoughtfully. "I just travel. I want to see the whole world, and I am definitely on my way to accomplishing that feat."
"You are only a teenager, aren't you?" Jesse questioned her. "And you are not in school, but traveling the world?"
Adele replied to Jesse how she did to all of the people she met. "I was home-schooled as a child, and I graduated from high school in 1999, just before my grandmother died."
"Do you not live with your parents?" Jesse asked her.
"Both of my parents are dead," Adele replied sadly. "My mother died about the same time as my grandmother, and my father died in a car accident quite a long time ago."
"I'm sorry," Jesse replied.
"It's okay," Adele replied. "It's better this way."
"So, have you attended college then?" Jesse asked.
"I have a bachelor's degree in business," Adele replied. "And what about you, where do you live? What do you do?"
"I travel everywhere on my own," Jesse replied. "I was also home-schooled, and my schooling is far over. My parents used to live near here, but they moved quite some time ago."
"If they lived near here, then I would most surely know them," Adele replied confidently.
"Mmmm, I don't think so," Jesse replied laughing, and the subject was dropped.
"Oh my, the time really has flown by, hasn't it?" Adele replied, as the sun had set long ago, and the stars were shining brightly in the sky. "I do think that I'll be going to bed now. Would you like me to show you your room?"
"Yes, thank you," Jesse replied. "I really can't thank you enough for letting me stay."
"It's my pleasure," Adele replied. She led him up the stairs, and Jesse discovered that Adele slept in Winnie's old room, and Jesse was given the room right next door.
"Good night, Jesse," Adele said as she walked into her room and closed the door behind her.
Well, that's all for the moment! I'll be updating soon, and you all will be receiving quite a surprise from the story! (Or, I hope it will be a surprise!)
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A/N: This is an alternate ending to the book and movie Tuck Everlasting. (I absolutely despised the actual ending!) And, I'm not going to take time to write a summary of the story in the beginning of this. Hopefully you've seen the movie or read the book, because I'm pretty much rewriting the last few pages of the book!
Eighty-five years had past since Winnie had met Jesse Tuck in the forest. And Jesse Tuck, now 189 years old, was on his way back to find her. If she was still alive then she would surely have drank the water from the spring. But what really bothered Jesse was that if she didn't drink it, then it would impossible for him to be with someone forever. If what the man at the restaurant had said about the woods being bulldozed was true, then that meant if Jesse were ever to fall in love again, the girl would be unable to become immortal like Jesse.
As Jesse dismounted his motorcycle between the house Winnie had lived in when he was here last and the forest he was surprised to see what he did. There, crouching by a gravestone, was a girl. She turned around, quite startled that Jesse was there, and then she smiled warmly. The girl could be no older than seventeen. She had long, thick, and wavy golden brown hair that swept far past her shoulders. She had dazzling blue eyes, and rough, tanned skin. Once she stood, Jesse discovered that she was also quite short, but quite thin. She couldn't be taller that 5'3".
"Can I help you?" the girl asked him politely.
"Actually, I believe maybe you can," Jesse replied with a grin on his face. "I'm looking for someone by the name of Winifred Foster. You wouldn't have happened to see her, would you?"
"I'm sorry, sir," the girl replied solemnly as she stepped to the side of the gravestone. As Jesse stared at the gravestone, he read what was inscripted on the front. There, in bold lettering read, Winifred Foster Jackson, Dear Wife, Dear Mother, 1899-1999.
"So, just four years ago she died," Jesse said solemnly.
"You act as though that is such a short time," the girl observed humorously, though she was still almost in tears.
"You have no idea," Jesse replied quietly. "How did you know Winnie, if I may ask."
"Well, Winifred is my grandmother," the girl replied sadly. "I have been coming back to this grave once a year to remember my dear grandmother. She died four years ago today. I'm very sorry to disappoint you, sir, but you're welcome to stay the night up at the house."
"You live there, then?" Jesse questioned her.
"Actually no," the girl said. "I just stay there every year when I come back here."
"Well, I would love to take your offer in staying for the night," Jesse replied with a little more happiness. "I have quite a long journey ahead of me."
"Well, you can tell me more about that journey over a glass of lemonade," the girl said cheerily as they made their way up to the house, which appeared almost exactly as it had 85 years ago.
The two were soon settled down in the sun room, sitting side by side on a very comfortable yellow wicker couch.
"I'm sorry, but I didn't quite catch your name," the girl said as soon as they were settled.
'This girl sure is polite,' Jesse thought wonderously. 'I haven't seen that for quite a long time.'
"My name is Jesse," Jesse replied. "Jesse Johnson. And yours would be?"
'Why did I just tell her the wrong last name?' Jesse thought. 'I know Miles says I always should, but I think I can trust this girl.'
"Adele Mae Jesse Foster Jackson" the girl replied. "It's a handful, isn't it? My first two middle names are named after people my mother loved. Mae was a very wonderful woman she would never forget, and Jesse was her first and truest love. And then Foster was my mother's original last name."
"So I suppose Winifred was married then?" Jesse inquired, even though he knew the gravestone said so.
"Yes, she was married to a man named David Jackson," Adele replied. "She met him while traveling. After she met this family called the Tucks she left Treegap with her parents and traveled the world."
"I see," Jesse replied, quite sad that his Winnie had married. "And she had children then?"
"Yes, two boys named Jesse and Miles," Adele replied. Jesse smiled a huge smile. So, Winnie hadn't forgotten him after all. She even had named her two boys after the two Tuck boys.
"And, then you must be one of their daughters?" Jesse inquired.
"Yes," Adele replied cheerfully. "Jesse is my father."
"So, if you don't live here, where do you live?" Jesse asked her.
"I don't live anywhere, really," Adele replied thoughtfully. "I just travel. I want to see the whole world, and I am definitely on my way to accomplishing that feat."
"You are only a teenager, aren't you?" Jesse questioned her. "And you are not in school, but traveling the world?"
Adele replied to Jesse how she did to all of the people she met. "I was home-schooled as a child, and I graduated from high school in 1999, just before my grandmother died."
"Do you not live with your parents?" Jesse asked her.
"Both of my parents are dead," Adele replied sadly. "My mother died about the same time as my grandmother, and my father died in a car accident quite a long time ago."
"I'm sorry," Jesse replied.
"It's okay," Adele replied. "It's better this way."
"So, have you attended college then?" Jesse asked.
"I have a bachelor's degree in business," Adele replied. "And what about you, where do you live? What do you do?"
"I travel everywhere on my own," Jesse replied. "I was also home-schooled, and my schooling is far over. My parents used to live near here, but they moved quite some time ago."
"If they lived near here, then I would most surely know them," Adele replied confidently.
"Mmmm, I don't think so," Jesse replied laughing, and the subject was dropped.
"Oh my, the time really has flown by, hasn't it?" Adele replied, as the sun had set long ago, and the stars were shining brightly in the sky. "I do think that I'll be going to bed now. Would you like me to show you your room?"
"Yes, thank you," Jesse replied. "I really can't thank you enough for letting me stay."
"It's my pleasure," Adele replied. She led him up the stairs, and Jesse discovered that Adele slept in Winnie's old room, and Jesse was given the room right next door.
"Good night, Jesse," Adele said as she walked into her room and closed the door behind her.
Well, that's all for the moment! I'll be updating soon, and you all will be receiving quite a surprise from the story! (Or, I hope it will be a surprise!)
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(It makes my day!)