AN: Thank you for choosing to read my story. The beginning chapter is pretty short but the other ones will be longer. This is my first fic for this film/book so I hope I do okay 😊

Our Miracle

Chapter 0 – Six Months Earlier

Tonight was going to be good or at least in Landon Carter's mind it was going to be good. He had just entered his junior year of high school and he was going to be a big deal this year. He was going to make sure that he was a big deal. Today he would be initiated into the group with the 'cool kids'. His father didn't have time for him anymore, he knew that but he could at least get social status and that would be enough to sustain him until college.

It was a shame that Eric wasn't eager to be seen as a big dog on campus, the two of them had done nearly everything together. They had been best friends for years and considered each other brothers in anything but blood. Today would be a little lonely but it was worth it.

There was nothing that could give him such a thrill for life.

He grinned as he managed to find Dean and Walker waiting for him. He passed by the church, for some reason it felt a little ominous to be going in this direction. It was as if the higher power that everybody talked about was telling him to consider his decisions a bit more carefully. He shrugged before seeing a girl step in front of him.

This was one-sweater Jamie, a girl who didn't really care about fashion or making herself look good or attractive. Jamie held out a flyer to him.

"It's never too late to take Jesus into your heart," she told him and he looked down to see there was some kind of picnic at the church.

"Yeah?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, "Maybe in your heart, I'd have to knock some people out to make room in my own."

"Being close to God will allow you to give more love actually," Jamie argued and Landon chuckled before shrugging.

"Right," he nodded slowly and Jamie stood firm as she faced him. He turned to look at the other two guys. This was supposed to be a day that cemented him in the school, not some day he wanted to find the Lord with someone so socially awkward. "Good luck with that."

"God wishes you luck even when you don't follow his teachings, he loves us all," Jamie tried to convince him as she heard the three boys laugh at this. She sighed. One day hopefully they would have a place for Jesus in their hearts. It would be a worthy cause if they did.

End of Chapter Zero

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