Accidental Loves
"A Walk to Remember" fan fic
by Beth (luckyangel@go.com)
Author's Note: Thanks so much for all the positive reviews. I've decided to go ahead and post this
because of them! I'm still working on the next part, but I hope to get it finished tomorrow. As always,
let me know what you think!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except for the "A Walk to Remember" DVD, which I cherish...The
commentary is so great...Who would have thought that Shane was drinking during that one scene...
Oops, forgot what I was doing, I don't own anything, don't sue me....Please!
@@!!@@
Meanwhile, at the railroad tracks, Landon's friend glanced nervously at each other and then down the
road and then back to each other. They all knew that something had to have happened. Landon and
Eric should have been there long before now.
Finally, they saw Eric's Jeep in the distance. As it drew near, they kept look for Landon's Camaro, but
it was nowhere to be seen. The Jeep didn't stop; it didn't even slow down for the railroad tracks. And
when it passed by, they all knew why. Jamie Sullivan was driving Eric's Jeep.
Jumping into Dean's truck and Belinda's car, the teens headed in opposite direction that Jamie had been
headed. Something had happened, and it wasn't something good. They had to find out what it was.
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Belinda had stood beside the car and sobbed; Dean had comforted his girlfriend, Tracie, and Belinda
since he had discovered that he could not awaken Landon; Walker had stood by the road and waited
for the ambulance to arrive; and Eric had sat in the car with Landon and made sure that he was
breathing and that he had a pulse.
This was how the ambulance crew had found them twenty minutes after the accident had occurred. It
took an hour to extract Landon from the car because the Jaws of Life had to be used to remove the top
of the Camaro in order to safely remove the teen.
@@! Four Days Later !@@
The doctor's prognosis was positive, which was very good news to a recently awakened Landon. He
had been in a coma for four days due to the severe concussion he received, but had come out of it
quickly with no signs of brain damage. His left shoulder had been dislocated in the accident, but it was
only a little sore now. His left knee had been damaged and would have to be kept immobile in a brace
for several weeks. His broken ribs, from impacting the steering wheel with his chest, were healing and
the cut on his forehead was now only a bad bruise. All in all, he had fared pretty well since he had not
been wearing a seatbelt.
Now that he was awake, Landon was bored. He had nothing to do but stare at the ceiling, or the wall,
or even the floor. There was nothing on TV in the middle of day except soap operas, which he refused
to watch. He had finally been able to convince his mother to go home and get some sleep since she
had been at his bedside since he had woken up early that morning. Now, he missed her.
His head shot up at the sound of a knock on the door. No one knocked on his hospital room door.
Nurses and doctors walked right in, as did his mother. He knew that his friends wouldn't knock,
because they didn't even knock at his house.
"Come in," he called out, not knowing what else to do.
The door opened slowly and admitted none-other-than Jamie Sullivan. Landon took a deep breath.
This was not a conversation he was ready to have. He remembered Eric telling him that Jamie Sullivan
had been in the other car. And the accident had been his fault, not hers. He was just not up to facing
Jamie Sullivan yet.
And yet, there she stood at the foot of his hospital bed, her hands clasped in front of her. Her hair
pulled back in the same ponytail as usual, but she was wearing the pink and white attire of a candy
striper. Obviously, she volunteered at the hospital. Jamie volunteered for everything that needed a
volunteer, from tutoring kids to church functions to the school play.
Landon thought about buzzing the nurse and feigning a headache or something, but then Jamie started to
speak and he was too late to do anything about the situation.
"Hi, Landon." Her voice was soft, as it always had been.
"Hi. Ummm...look Jamie, I'm really sorry about the accident." He said this only because this is what he
hoped she wanted to hear, and the sooner she heard it, the sooner she would leave him alone.
She was silent as she contemplated what to say. She decided not to respond to his comment yet. She
was angry that he could have killed them both and angry that her car was wrecked. But she wouldn't
show her anger, because that was not in her nature.
"How are you doing?" She asked, deciding to change the subject. She wasn't ready to completely
forgive Landon.
"Pretty good, I guess." He couldn't help but throw in some of his sarcasm," Better than yesterday."
Jamie merely smiled at him and said, "Well, I just wanted to check on you and make sure that you were
going to be okay." She waited for him to nod his understanding before turning and walking toward the
door.
"Jamie," he called out as she reached for the doorknob. "Are you okay? I mean, in the accident, were
you hurt?"
She was touched by his concern. He had always seemed to be completely self-involved. She knew
that he had a girlfriend. Well, the rumor mill at Beaufort High, was running in overdrive, speculating that
Belinda and Landon were no longer a couple. The news was further fueled by the fact that they had
not been seen holding hands or kissing for several days. Jamie didn't usually keep up with gossip, but
everyone had been talking about it lately.
"No, I wasn't hurt." She replied, turning around and smiling at him to show that there were no hard
feelings about what had happened. Maybe she had forgiven him after all.
Landon smiled back and nodded his understanding. At least she was okay. He didn't want to think
about the repercussions if something had happened to Jamie. He was in enough trouble as it was, and
he realized it. He had been drinking before the accident, and while it wasn't enough to get him in legal
trouble, it wouldn't look good if any charges were pressed against him. As it was, it paid to have a
father for a senator, even if he was never around. Senator Worth Carter would pull some strings and
Landon wouldn't even have to do community service. His mother had informed him of this a few hours
before.
Landon sighed and closed his eyes, hoping to get some sleep before his friends descended on him after
school. His last thought before succumbing to sleep was that Jamie was here and not at school and he
wondered why.
"A Walk to Remember" fan fic
by Beth (luckyangel@go.com)
Author's Note: Thanks so much for all the positive reviews. I've decided to go ahead and post this
because of them! I'm still working on the next part, but I hope to get it finished tomorrow. As always,
let me know what you think!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except for the "A Walk to Remember" DVD, which I cherish...The
commentary is so great...Who would have thought that Shane was drinking during that one scene...
Oops, forgot what I was doing, I don't own anything, don't sue me....Please!
@@!!@@
Meanwhile, at the railroad tracks, Landon's friend glanced nervously at each other and then down the
road and then back to each other. They all knew that something had to have happened. Landon and
Eric should have been there long before now.
Finally, they saw Eric's Jeep in the distance. As it drew near, they kept look for Landon's Camaro, but
it was nowhere to be seen. The Jeep didn't stop; it didn't even slow down for the railroad tracks. And
when it passed by, they all knew why. Jamie Sullivan was driving Eric's Jeep.
Jumping into Dean's truck and Belinda's car, the teens headed in opposite direction that Jamie had been
headed. Something had happened, and it wasn't something good. They had to find out what it was.
@@!!@@
Belinda had stood beside the car and sobbed; Dean had comforted his girlfriend, Tracie, and Belinda
since he had discovered that he could not awaken Landon; Walker had stood by the road and waited
for the ambulance to arrive; and Eric had sat in the car with Landon and made sure that he was
breathing and that he had a pulse.
This was how the ambulance crew had found them twenty minutes after the accident had occurred. It
took an hour to extract Landon from the car because the Jaws of Life had to be used to remove the top
of the Camaro in order to safely remove the teen.
@@! Four Days Later !@@
The doctor's prognosis was positive, which was very good news to a recently awakened Landon. He
had been in a coma for four days due to the severe concussion he received, but had come out of it
quickly with no signs of brain damage. His left shoulder had been dislocated in the accident, but it was
only a little sore now. His left knee had been damaged and would have to be kept immobile in a brace
for several weeks. His broken ribs, from impacting the steering wheel with his chest, were healing and
the cut on his forehead was now only a bad bruise. All in all, he had fared pretty well since he had not
been wearing a seatbelt.
Now that he was awake, Landon was bored. He had nothing to do but stare at the ceiling, or the wall,
or even the floor. There was nothing on TV in the middle of day except soap operas, which he refused
to watch. He had finally been able to convince his mother to go home and get some sleep since she
had been at his bedside since he had woken up early that morning. Now, he missed her.
His head shot up at the sound of a knock on the door. No one knocked on his hospital room door.
Nurses and doctors walked right in, as did his mother. He knew that his friends wouldn't knock,
because they didn't even knock at his house.
"Come in," he called out, not knowing what else to do.
The door opened slowly and admitted none-other-than Jamie Sullivan. Landon took a deep breath.
This was not a conversation he was ready to have. He remembered Eric telling him that Jamie Sullivan
had been in the other car. And the accident had been his fault, not hers. He was just not up to facing
Jamie Sullivan yet.
And yet, there she stood at the foot of his hospital bed, her hands clasped in front of her. Her hair
pulled back in the same ponytail as usual, but she was wearing the pink and white attire of a candy
striper. Obviously, she volunteered at the hospital. Jamie volunteered for everything that needed a
volunteer, from tutoring kids to church functions to the school play.
Landon thought about buzzing the nurse and feigning a headache or something, but then Jamie started to
speak and he was too late to do anything about the situation.
"Hi, Landon." Her voice was soft, as it always had been.
"Hi. Ummm...look Jamie, I'm really sorry about the accident." He said this only because this is what he
hoped she wanted to hear, and the sooner she heard it, the sooner she would leave him alone.
She was silent as she contemplated what to say. She decided not to respond to his comment yet. She
was angry that he could have killed them both and angry that her car was wrecked. But she wouldn't
show her anger, because that was not in her nature.
"How are you doing?" She asked, deciding to change the subject. She wasn't ready to completely
forgive Landon.
"Pretty good, I guess." He couldn't help but throw in some of his sarcasm," Better than yesterday."
Jamie merely smiled at him and said, "Well, I just wanted to check on you and make sure that you were
going to be okay." She waited for him to nod his understanding before turning and walking toward the
door.
"Jamie," he called out as she reached for the doorknob. "Are you okay? I mean, in the accident, were
you hurt?"
She was touched by his concern. He had always seemed to be completely self-involved. She knew
that he had a girlfriend. Well, the rumor mill at Beaufort High, was running in overdrive, speculating that
Belinda and Landon were no longer a couple. The news was further fueled by the fact that they had
not been seen holding hands or kissing for several days. Jamie didn't usually keep up with gossip, but
everyone had been talking about it lately.
"No, I wasn't hurt." She replied, turning around and smiling at him to show that there were no hard
feelings about what had happened. Maybe she had forgiven him after all.
Landon smiled back and nodded his understanding. At least she was okay. He didn't want to think
about the repercussions if something had happened to Jamie. He was in enough trouble as it was, and
he realized it. He had been drinking before the accident, and while it wasn't enough to get him in legal
trouble, it wouldn't look good if any charges were pressed against him. As it was, it paid to have a
father for a senator, even if he was never around. Senator Worth Carter would pull some strings and
Landon wouldn't even have to do community service. His mother had informed him of this a few hours
before.
Landon sighed and closed his eyes, hoping to get some sleep before his friends descended on him after
school. His last thought before succumbing to sleep was that Jamie was here and not at school and he
wondered why.