Miracles Can Happen: Chapter #2
I was still in shock from the night before, I mean, I'd actually told Landon. It was morning now, around 10:00. I decided that I had to see Landon, so I called him and asked him to meet me at the cemetery where we had then night I told him my number 1.
When I got there, Landon was already there and waiting anxiously. When he heard me approaching he turned around and walked over to me.
"Did you want to talk to me about something?" he asked.
I couldn't help myself, I just moved closer to him and kissed him. At first it wasn't a very passionate kiss, but as we kept on kissing, it turned into one. I didn't care if we were moving to fast, I just knew that we were meant to be together for always and that I couldn't, no, I wouldn't stop for anything in the world. Our lips still locked, we wrapped our arms around each other. Then he leaned me against a tree and begun to kiss me even deeper. Suddenly, and without warning, he stopped and moved a few feet away. I couldn't say anything for a little while because I had to catch my breath, and I think he did too. I was the one to break the silence.
"Why did you stop?" I asked.
"We can't do that," he said, "Sometime we might go to far. I can't let that happen, especially in your condition."
"My condition," I said, "doesn't matter to me. The only thing that matters is that you're here and so am I. The only thing that I want in the world is to be able to spend the rest of my life with you. To have your children, to have you come home from work every day and for us to sit down together and I'll ask how your day went. That's all I want."
"Jamie, that's all I want too, and you know that. I love you more than anything in this world, and I promise, I won't let you die."
"Landon, you can't prevent…"
"I can and I will! You aren't meant to die this young. I swear you won't die. I don't care if I kill myself in the process but I won't let you die!"
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. He loved m so much that he would give hi own life for me. No…no, he can't…
"No!" I cried. "You can't die for me! I couldn't live with myself if anything ever, ever, ever…" I couldn't finish. I was too upset to finish.
"Jamie, I swear, if I can help it, neither of us will die," he said.
"How do you plan on stopping my death? You can't prevent death when it's so close, Landon."
"I'll do everything that I can, I swear it."
*~*~*
I swore to Jamie that I wouldn't let her die, and I was going to live up to what I said. Later that night, I dropped her back off at her house so I could get straight to work. The first place I figured I should go was my fathers.
"Landon? What on earth are you doing here at this time of night?"
"My girlfriend, Jamie, she's got cancer, and I'm going to help cure her. I just need a little help myself."
"Landon, you can't just make this go away. People have tried for years to cure cancer and they haven't found a suitable treatment yet. You can't just snap you're fingers and find the right medicine."
"Then what do you suggest I do? Let her die?"
"I suggest that you pray. Pray for a miracle. Miracles can happen, you know. Maybe you are just the person to cure Jamie, but not with medicine. With love and prayer and support."
After leaving my fathers I realized that he was right. I should pray, and be there for Jamie whenever she needed me, or even when she didn't. With that said and done, I went to the church…
"God, please don't let Jamie die, please. She's such a good person. She deserves life. I will do anything to save her. I love her."
Suddenly, a bright light appeared to me, and I heard a voice.
"You say you will do anything," the voice said, "but are you sure of that? You must prove your love."
"God?" I asked. "Lord, I will do anything. I would…I would even trade my life to save hers. I swear that I would, in a heartbeat I would take my own life to spare hers."
"Are you sure of this?" the voice asked. "You would go that far? This is truly the test of love, my son. The choice may not be easy, but I may spare her. This was truly a test, Landon. Have you learned? Are you wiling to make a sacrifice as my child, Jesus, did for the world and all the beings in it?"
"I am."
"Then let it be."
As miraculously as the light had come, it vanished. Then I finally realized…I was the one that was to die. Jamie would live, but I would die. I had to tell her. But the question was…1. Will she believe me? and 2. Will she understand?
I was still in shock from the night before, I mean, I'd actually told Landon. It was morning now, around 10:00. I decided that I had to see Landon, so I called him and asked him to meet me at the cemetery where we had then night I told him my number 1.
When I got there, Landon was already there and waiting anxiously. When he heard me approaching he turned around and walked over to me.
"Did you want to talk to me about something?" he asked.
I couldn't help myself, I just moved closer to him and kissed him. At first it wasn't a very passionate kiss, but as we kept on kissing, it turned into one. I didn't care if we were moving to fast, I just knew that we were meant to be together for always and that I couldn't, no, I wouldn't stop for anything in the world. Our lips still locked, we wrapped our arms around each other. Then he leaned me against a tree and begun to kiss me even deeper. Suddenly, and without warning, he stopped and moved a few feet away. I couldn't say anything for a little while because I had to catch my breath, and I think he did too. I was the one to break the silence.
"Why did you stop?" I asked.
"We can't do that," he said, "Sometime we might go to far. I can't let that happen, especially in your condition."
"My condition," I said, "doesn't matter to me. The only thing that matters is that you're here and so am I. The only thing that I want in the world is to be able to spend the rest of my life with you. To have your children, to have you come home from work every day and for us to sit down together and I'll ask how your day went. That's all I want."
"Jamie, that's all I want too, and you know that. I love you more than anything in this world, and I promise, I won't let you die."
"Landon, you can't prevent…"
"I can and I will! You aren't meant to die this young. I swear you won't die. I don't care if I kill myself in the process but I won't let you die!"
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. He loved m so much that he would give hi own life for me. No…no, he can't…
"No!" I cried. "You can't die for me! I couldn't live with myself if anything ever, ever, ever…" I couldn't finish. I was too upset to finish.
"Jamie, I swear, if I can help it, neither of us will die," he said.
"How do you plan on stopping my death? You can't prevent death when it's so close, Landon."
"I'll do everything that I can, I swear it."
*~*~*
I swore to Jamie that I wouldn't let her die, and I was going to live up to what I said. Later that night, I dropped her back off at her house so I could get straight to work. The first place I figured I should go was my fathers.
"Landon? What on earth are you doing here at this time of night?"
"My girlfriend, Jamie, she's got cancer, and I'm going to help cure her. I just need a little help myself."
"Landon, you can't just make this go away. People have tried for years to cure cancer and they haven't found a suitable treatment yet. You can't just snap you're fingers and find the right medicine."
"Then what do you suggest I do? Let her die?"
"I suggest that you pray. Pray for a miracle. Miracles can happen, you know. Maybe you are just the person to cure Jamie, but not with medicine. With love and prayer and support."
After leaving my fathers I realized that he was right. I should pray, and be there for Jamie whenever she needed me, or even when she didn't. With that said and done, I went to the church…
"God, please don't let Jamie die, please. She's such a good person. She deserves life. I will do anything to save her. I love her."
Suddenly, a bright light appeared to me, and I heard a voice.
"You say you will do anything," the voice said, "but are you sure of that? You must prove your love."
"God?" I asked. "Lord, I will do anything. I would…I would even trade my life to save hers. I swear that I would, in a heartbeat I would take my own life to spare hers."
"Are you sure of this?" the voice asked. "You would go that far? This is truly the test of love, my son. The choice may not be easy, but I may spare her. This was truly a test, Landon. Have you learned? Are you wiling to make a sacrifice as my child, Jesus, did for the world and all the beings in it?"
"I am."
"Then let it be."
As miraculously as the light had come, it vanished. Then I finally realized…I was the one that was to die. Jamie would live, but I would die. I had to tell her. But the question was…1. Will she believe me? and 2. Will she understand?