Accidental Loves
"A Walk to Remember" fan fic
by Beth (luckyangel@go.com)
Author's Note: Thanks again for the positive reviews! I really enjoy hearing what you have to say so
please let me know what you think of the story! Thanks!
Story Note: I forgot to mention in the last chapter that Landon's father in this story is the father from the
book, the senator. I figured that he could get Landon out of trouble easier than the father from the
movie, who was a cardiologist.
Disclaimer: Again, I own nothing, please don't sue, yada, yada, yada....
@@! One Week Later !@@
Landon sat up on his hospital bed, his Geometry book in his lap, while several papers were scattered
across his bed. A pencil was clenched in his teeth, while another was stuck behind his ear.
He barely glanced up at the sound of a knock on the door. It was Jamie and she wouldn't stop
knocking before she entered the room. No matter how many times he told her not too, she just
wouldn't stop.
"Come in, Jamie." He called out, crumpling up the paper that he had just written on and throwing it in
the direction of the trash can, which was surrounded by similar crumpled papers.
She entered the room and immediately noticed his frustration. He had asked her a few days ago during
one of her daily visits to help him catch up on his school work. It was math that he was having such a
problem with, but she was beginning to see how to help him with it.
"I know, I know." She said as she took a seat beside the bed before doing her best Landon
impersonation, "'How many times do I have to tell you not to knock, Jamie?'"
"You think you're so funny, but I'm here to tell you that you're not." Landon replied, rolling his eyes,
and stifling a laugh. He found Jamie to be fun to hang around with and that bothered him. None of his
friends knew that Jamie was helping him since he had told them that his physical therapy session was
during the time that Jamie was there. They wouldn't approve of it and Landon desperately sought
the approval of his friends, since his father barely knew he existed.
"Where did we leave off last time?" Jamie asked, opening her textbook and finding the proper page.
"I'm not really in the mood to do this right now, Jamie." He closed his textbook and threw it to the end
of his bed.
"But that's what I'm here for, Landon. To help you with your math." Jamie didn't understand what was
going on. He was usually frustrated but he never stopped the tutoring before it began.
"I know, but I thought, maybe, we could do something else."
"Like what?"
"Like take a walk, or just talk, or something. Anything but similar triangles and their angles." He didn't
know where these ideas were coming from, but he knew that he didn't want to be tutored today.
"Look Landon, I don't mind helping you with your schoolwork." She took a deep breath before
plunging on. "I didn't think that you wanted to be friends with me. I mean, you have your reputation
and I have mine, and they don't mix."
He nodded his agreement with her words, but couldn't help but feel an attraction to her. She had come
to his hospital room everyday since he had woken up. His friends didn't even come everyday. He
thought back to her words when he had asked for her help. She had told him to promise not to fall in
love with her. While he wasn't in love, he felt a weird attraction to her and wanted to be her friend. He
hoped that she would let him.
"Jamie, I do want to be your friend. Maybe, I want to be more than your friend. I don't know. I just
know that I want to do something other than study math with you."
"You don't know what you want, Landon." She told him sternly. She wasn't angry with him, just
irritated at his sudden change of heart. It was too fast for her to comprehend.
"Neither do you. You come here every day and help me with my math or ask me how I'm doing. I'm
the one who caused this Jamie. I'm the one that was racing and was not even on my side of the road.
I'm the one who screws up all the time." By the time he was finished, his voice had risen to a shout.
Jamie merely sat there. Her eyes widened a little at his outburst, but she had no other reaction. She
was beginning to understand Landon and why he was the way that he was.
"I'm sorry," he mumbled, hanging his head in embarrassment and shame. He hadn't meant to yell at
Jamie; it had just happened.
Jamie surprised both Landon and herself by reaching over and grabbing his hand. "Don't be. We all
need to yell sometimes." She was shocked to see tears falling down his face when he raised his head to
meet her gaze.
"I didn't...I didn't mean to yell. I'm just so tired of having to be who everyone expects me to be." As
soon as the words came out of his mouth, he couldn't stop them. "Mom expects me to be the perfect
student. Dad expects me to be the perfect son. My friends expect me to be like them, always in
trouble, always doing things that we're not supposed to. And I always screw things up with my
parents, with my friends."
"Landon, we all make mistakes. It's part of growing up, of growing older and wiser." Jamie was trying
to comfort him. This was a completely different side of Landon that she had never seen before. It
made her feel for him, but she was not feeling sorry for him. She felt compassion and, though, she
didn't want to admit it, she felt love.
Unexpectantly, Landon leaned over and kissed her deeply and passionately. It wasn't something that
he planned or even thought about before doing it. It was just an instinctual feeling that compelled him to
do it.
"I love you." He whispered as they pulled away from each other. It wasn't a hurried sentiment or a
harmful joke. It was an honest statement.
Jamie was silent and Landon began to fell nervous. He didn't want to hurt their relationship, but he
couldn't help himself. He had never felt like this before, not with Belinda, not with anyone.
"Now would be the time to say something." He prompted her, needing to hear something from her.
Needing to know how she felt about him.
"I told you not to fall in love with me." She stated, staring into his eyes. It was the only thing that she
could think of to say. Her heart told her that this was what she wanted, someone to love and someone
to love her back. But a voice in the back of her mind told her that she couldn't do this now. It was too
late for her to find that someone. It wouldn't be fair to them.
They were interrupted by the door opening, admitting Eric, who stopped dead in his tracks at the sight
of Jamie.
"Ummm...if this is a bad time, I can come back later." Eric said uncomfortably.
Jamie looked from Eric, to Landon, and back to Eric, before hurriedly gathering her things. She literally
ran out of the room, and Landon wished that he could go after her. But he would never be able to
catch up with her on crutches.
Eric watched Landon shake his head and turn to stare out the window. He sensed that this was not a
good time to visit his friend and he quietly slipped out of the room.
Landon heard the door shut and released the tears that had built back up in his eyes. He felt that this
was something that he needed to do. He needed to be with Jamie Sullivan. However, he feared that
he had just damaged their relationship beyond repair.
"A Walk to Remember" fan fic
by Beth (luckyangel@go.com)
Author's Note: Thanks again for the positive reviews! I really enjoy hearing what you have to say so
please let me know what you think of the story! Thanks!
Story Note: I forgot to mention in the last chapter that Landon's father in this story is the father from the
book, the senator. I figured that he could get Landon out of trouble easier than the father from the
movie, who was a cardiologist.
Disclaimer: Again, I own nothing, please don't sue, yada, yada, yada....
@@! One Week Later !@@
Landon sat up on his hospital bed, his Geometry book in his lap, while several papers were scattered
across his bed. A pencil was clenched in his teeth, while another was stuck behind his ear.
He barely glanced up at the sound of a knock on the door. It was Jamie and she wouldn't stop
knocking before she entered the room. No matter how many times he told her not too, she just
wouldn't stop.
"Come in, Jamie." He called out, crumpling up the paper that he had just written on and throwing it in
the direction of the trash can, which was surrounded by similar crumpled papers.
She entered the room and immediately noticed his frustration. He had asked her a few days ago during
one of her daily visits to help him catch up on his school work. It was math that he was having such a
problem with, but she was beginning to see how to help him with it.
"I know, I know." She said as she took a seat beside the bed before doing her best Landon
impersonation, "'How many times do I have to tell you not to knock, Jamie?'"
"You think you're so funny, but I'm here to tell you that you're not." Landon replied, rolling his eyes,
and stifling a laugh. He found Jamie to be fun to hang around with and that bothered him. None of his
friends knew that Jamie was helping him since he had told them that his physical therapy session was
during the time that Jamie was there. They wouldn't approve of it and Landon desperately sought
the approval of his friends, since his father barely knew he existed.
"Where did we leave off last time?" Jamie asked, opening her textbook and finding the proper page.
"I'm not really in the mood to do this right now, Jamie." He closed his textbook and threw it to the end
of his bed.
"But that's what I'm here for, Landon. To help you with your math." Jamie didn't understand what was
going on. He was usually frustrated but he never stopped the tutoring before it began.
"I know, but I thought, maybe, we could do something else."
"Like what?"
"Like take a walk, or just talk, or something. Anything but similar triangles and their angles." He didn't
know where these ideas were coming from, but he knew that he didn't want to be tutored today.
"Look Landon, I don't mind helping you with your schoolwork." She took a deep breath before
plunging on. "I didn't think that you wanted to be friends with me. I mean, you have your reputation
and I have mine, and they don't mix."
He nodded his agreement with her words, but couldn't help but feel an attraction to her. She had come
to his hospital room everyday since he had woken up. His friends didn't even come everyday. He
thought back to her words when he had asked for her help. She had told him to promise not to fall in
love with her. While he wasn't in love, he felt a weird attraction to her and wanted to be her friend. He
hoped that she would let him.
"Jamie, I do want to be your friend. Maybe, I want to be more than your friend. I don't know. I just
know that I want to do something other than study math with you."
"You don't know what you want, Landon." She told him sternly. She wasn't angry with him, just
irritated at his sudden change of heart. It was too fast for her to comprehend.
"Neither do you. You come here every day and help me with my math or ask me how I'm doing. I'm
the one who caused this Jamie. I'm the one that was racing and was not even on my side of the road.
I'm the one who screws up all the time." By the time he was finished, his voice had risen to a shout.
Jamie merely sat there. Her eyes widened a little at his outburst, but she had no other reaction. She
was beginning to understand Landon and why he was the way that he was.
"I'm sorry," he mumbled, hanging his head in embarrassment and shame. He hadn't meant to yell at
Jamie; it had just happened.
Jamie surprised both Landon and herself by reaching over and grabbing his hand. "Don't be. We all
need to yell sometimes." She was shocked to see tears falling down his face when he raised his head to
meet her gaze.
"I didn't...I didn't mean to yell. I'm just so tired of having to be who everyone expects me to be." As
soon as the words came out of his mouth, he couldn't stop them. "Mom expects me to be the perfect
student. Dad expects me to be the perfect son. My friends expect me to be like them, always in
trouble, always doing things that we're not supposed to. And I always screw things up with my
parents, with my friends."
"Landon, we all make mistakes. It's part of growing up, of growing older and wiser." Jamie was trying
to comfort him. This was a completely different side of Landon that she had never seen before. It
made her feel for him, but she was not feeling sorry for him. She felt compassion and, though, she
didn't want to admit it, she felt love.
Unexpectantly, Landon leaned over and kissed her deeply and passionately. It wasn't something that
he planned or even thought about before doing it. It was just an instinctual feeling that compelled him to
do it.
"I love you." He whispered as they pulled away from each other. It wasn't a hurried sentiment or a
harmful joke. It was an honest statement.
Jamie was silent and Landon began to fell nervous. He didn't want to hurt their relationship, but he
couldn't help himself. He had never felt like this before, not with Belinda, not with anyone.
"Now would be the time to say something." He prompted her, needing to hear something from her.
Needing to know how she felt about him.
"I told you not to fall in love with me." She stated, staring into his eyes. It was the only thing that she
could think of to say. Her heart told her that this was what she wanted, someone to love and someone
to love her back. But a voice in the back of her mind told her that she couldn't do this now. It was too
late for her to find that someone. It wouldn't be fair to them.
They were interrupted by the door opening, admitting Eric, who stopped dead in his tracks at the sight
of Jamie.
"Ummm...if this is a bad time, I can come back later." Eric said uncomfortably.
Jamie looked from Eric, to Landon, and back to Eric, before hurriedly gathering her things. She literally
ran out of the room, and Landon wished that he could go after her. But he would never be able to
catch up with her on crutches.
Eric watched Landon shake his head and turn to stare out the window. He sensed that this was not a
good time to visit his friend and he quietly slipped out of the room.
Landon heard the door shut and released the tears that had built back up in his eyes. He felt that this
was something that he needed to do. He needed to be with Jamie Sullivan. However, he feared that
he had just damaged their relationship beyond repair.