Author's Note: I think that I'll do some chapters of just Jamie's POV. I
might even go back and take out what I did of Landon's. cause I just had a
thought: I have no idea what my friend has been thinking so if I'm modeling
Landon after him, I can't write for Landon. You know? So I'm just gonna go
with Jamie.
Chapter 3 Crush
"Jamie, who are you staring at?" Chris asked impatiently.
"What?" I replied suddenly aware that I had been staring. When I figured out who I was staring at, I couldn't bring myself to tell her. "No one. I was just thinking about that book I'm reading."
"Jamie, you aren't reading anything right now. You finished it yesterday." Chris was getting sick of trying to talk to me, I could tell.
"Chris I'll tell you when you come over after school ok?"
"Yeah, fine, whatever." Oh yeah, she wasn't happy.
The truth was, I was staring at Landon. A few months ago I had developed a crush on him, but it was getting ridiculous. The only person who knew was my other friend, Will. And he only knew cause he got it out of me in study hall last year. I don't know why I never told Chris. Probably cause she'd tell me to stay far away from him. Landon's big trouble, she'd say. But what she didn't know was that Landon had always been so nice to me. Ever since first grade.
~*~*~
"Ok Jamie, we're home. Now spill!" Chris had forgotten about being mad at me. Now she was just excited to figure out who I'd been staring at at lunch.
"Landon." I said simply. Chris's face just dropped.
"Jamie, you cannot have a crush on Landon Carter. He's big trouble!" you see, I told you she'd say that.
"Aww Chris, it's not like I'm in love with him! It's just a crush. And besides, he's really nice to me. He's one of the only people there who haven't tried to change me. You know, no one understands me anymore." I replied, suddenly very upset.
The reason no one understands me is that over the last four years I've become very religious. I get picked on for it sometimes at school. Some of Landon's new friends even call me the "Virgin Mary" which is really not right. I'm not even close to as good a person as Mary was, though I look up to her a lot. The funny part is, no one cares why I became so religious. They all just assume that it's because of my dad, but it's not. It's because when I was 10 my baby cousin, Brian, died. And I spent a lot of time with my aunt after that. She's become really religious since Brian and I guess it just wore off on me. I still go there all the time to hang out with my other cousins. Two of them are older than Brian, Kim and Lucy, and two are younger, Matt and Lizzy. So all together that's 5 kids. But no one at school cares about that. They just like to pick on me.
Chris knows all this. So does Will. That's why they never pick on me. Well, Will has on occasion, but nothing mean.
I thought, Maybe Landon will be the one to understand.
Chapter 3 Crush
"Jamie, who are you staring at?" Chris asked impatiently.
"What?" I replied suddenly aware that I had been staring. When I figured out who I was staring at, I couldn't bring myself to tell her. "No one. I was just thinking about that book I'm reading."
"Jamie, you aren't reading anything right now. You finished it yesterday." Chris was getting sick of trying to talk to me, I could tell.
"Chris I'll tell you when you come over after school ok?"
"Yeah, fine, whatever." Oh yeah, she wasn't happy.
The truth was, I was staring at Landon. A few months ago I had developed a crush on him, but it was getting ridiculous. The only person who knew was my other friend, Will. And he only knew cause he got it out of me in study hall last year. I don't know why I never told Chris. Probably cause she'd tell me to stay far away from him. Landon's big trouble, she'd say. But what she didn't know was that Landon had always been so nice to me. Ever since first grade.
~*~*~
"Ok Jamie, we're home. Now spill!" Chris had forgotten about being mad at me. Now she was just excited to figure out who I'd been staring at at lunch.
"Landon." I said simply. Chris's face just dropped.
"Jamie, you cannot have a crush on Landon Carter. He's big trouble!" you see, I told you she'd say that.
"Aww Chris, it's not like I'm in love with him! It's just a crush. And besides, he's really nice to me. He's one of the only people there who haven't tried to change me. You know, no one understands me anymore." I replied, suddenly very upset.
The reason no one understands me is that over the last four years I've become very religious. I get picked on for it sometimes at school. Some of Landon's new friends even call me the "Virgin Mary" which is really not right. I'm not even close to as good a person as Mary was, though I look up to her a lot. The funny part is, no one cares why I became so religious. They all just assume that it's because of my dad, but it's not. It's because when I was 10 my baby cousin, Brian, died. And I spent a lot of time with my aunt after that. She's become really religious since Brian and I guess it just wore off on me. I still go there all the time to hang out with my other cousins. Two of them are older than Brian, Kim and Lucy, and two are younger, Matt and Lizzy. So all together that's 5 kids. But no one at school cares about that. They just like to pick on me.
Chris knows all this. So does Will. That's why they never pick on me. Well, Will has on occasion, but nothing mean.
I thought, Maybe Landon will be the one to understand.