A/N Ok here you go, chapter 4. ~*~ That means a memory. I didn't get that many reviews for chapter 3, are u guys still interested? Well anyway, without further ado…
Of Past Regret and Future Fear
Ch. 4- Of Past Regret and Future Fear
Caitie signed, putting her pen down. This was ridiculous, Jamie was in a coma, she had to kept her mind on that. She had to keep her mind on helping Elizabeth and Nathaniel . And Marguerite. It was what Jamie would have wanted. There was no need to think about the future, right now, she had to deal with the present- and the past- first.
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"You're going to Boston?" Jamie asked, holding Caitie's hand. "What about us?" he asked questioning the look in her eyes.
"You only have one more year left, then you can join me." Caitie stated. "I have to go, you and I both know Boston is where I need to be. I have to go to college, Jamie."
"So, you want to break up?" he asked. Caitie tried to avoid his eyes. They were young, she was a senior soon to be graduating, he a junior. she wanted to try new things, be free of the old. Including Jamie.
"We're going in different directions." she said, it was lame she knew ,but she couldn't tell him the truth. She didn't want to be tried down, she wanted to do other things, go other places, things that Jamie could not do. Caitie wanted to experience life, before she settled with just one guy. "I'm sorry." she said walking away from , Jamie a boy she knew she still loved, but also knew she couldn't be with. Days later she tried to re sure herself that she had done the right thing. If they were meant to be together, they would. They would find each other again one day.
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Caitie awoke with as start. She had fallen asleep at her desk. Caitie remembered that day, years ago, she realized now that she had been stupid to leave, her one regret but the day that they would find each other again was now, Caitie knew it.
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A week flew by, and Jamie had still not awoken. She knew that she should be getting back to Boston, back to work. But, she couldn't go until Jamie was awake. So, she spent her time writing, glad that she had finally found the time to do it. She wrote a story about one of the children she had in counted at her work in juvenile law court (A/N As you can tell I like Judging Amy. :-D) . She also took care of Beth and Nat, taking them to museums and parks, even to the beach, although they were in northern California. Caitie talked to Val , Tyler, Hank, Brooke, Alex, Jamie's parents and brother, his friends, giving them status reports so Marguerite wouldn't have to do it. She was buying time, while Jamie slept.
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"She's beautiful don't you think?" Jamie replied holding up a newly born Elizabeth *Caitlin* Waite., to Caitie. They had regained touch after high school., although never again a couple . Caitie had been busy with law school , which had shocked everyone, including Caitie who had never thought she'd end up a lawyer. However, this had left time for Jamie to find Marguerite O'Brien , his new wife of one year.
"She 's wonderful, Jamie." Caitie replied, her first time out to see Jamie since his wedding. "Aren't you a cutie , Bethie?" Caitie replied tickling the dark black haired baby's foot, and using her nickname for Elizabeth, for the first time. She had -
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Caitie stirred as young Nat shoved his "Aunt" awake. "Mommy, wants to talk to you ." he mumbled. Caitie play with the red haired's head, and kissed his forehead.
"Marguerite?" she called into her bedroom, noticing the light on.
"Can you get the kids ready? The hospital just called. They said to come right away." she said trying desperately to put her shoes on., trying to behave calmly.
Caitie rushed as well, putting the sleeping eight and four year olds in the car. What was wrong? Had Jamie awoken? Or worse yet was he dead? Caitie shuddered at that thought. She wanted to patch things up with Jamie, to try again, and most importantly she wanted him to be alive for his kids.
"Mrs. Waite. I have some important news to tell you about your husband…."
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A/N Thanks to Arcadia for beta reading :-D
Of Past Regret and Future Fear
Ch. 4- Of Past Regret and Future Fear
Caitie signed, putting her pen down. This was ridiculous, Jamie was in a coma, she had to kept her mind on that. She had to keep her mind on helping Elizabeth and Nathaniel . And Marguerite. It was what Jamie would have wanted. There was no need to think about the future, right now, she had to deal with the present- and the past- first.
*~*
"You're going to Boston?" Jamie asked, holding Caitie's hand. "What about us?" he asked questioning the look in her eyes.
"You only have one more year left, then you can join me." Caitie stated. "I have to go, you and I both know Boston is where I need to be. I have to go to college, Jamie."
"So, you want to break up?" he asked. Caitie tried to avoid his eyes. They were young, she was a senior soon to be graduating, he a junior. she wanted to try new things, be free of the old. Including Jamie.
"We're going in different directions." she said, it was lame she knew ,but she couldn't tell him the truth. She didn't want to be tried down, she wanted to do other things, go other places, things that Jamie could not do. Caitie wanted to experience life, before she settled with just one guy. "I'm sorry." she said walking away from , Jamie a boy she knew she still loved, but also knew she couldn't be with. Days later she tried to re sure herself that she had done the right thing. If they were meant to be together, they would. They would find each other again one day.
~*~
Caitie awoke with as start. She had fallen asleep at her desk. Caitie remembered that day, years ago, she realized now that she had been stupid to leave, her one regret but the day that they would find each other again was now, Caitie knew it.
* * *
A week flew by, and Jamie had still not awoken. She knew that she should be getting back to Boston, back to work. But, she couldn't go until Jamie was awake. So, she spent her time writing, glad that she had finally found the time to do it. She wrote a story about one of the children she had in counted at her work in juvenile law court (A/N As you can tell I like Judging Amy. :-D) . She also took care of Beth and Nat, taking them to museums and parks, even to the beach, although they were in northern California. Caitie talked to Val , Tyler, Hank, Brooke, Alex, Jamie's parents and brother, his friends, giving them status reports so Marguerite wouldn't have to do it. She was buying time, while Jamie slept.
~* ~
"She's beautiful don't you think?" Jamie replied holding up a newly born Elizabeth *Caitlin* Waite., to Caitie. They had regained touch after high school., although never again a couple . Caitie had been busy with law school , which had shocked everyone, including Caitie who had never thought she'd end up a lawyer. However, this had left time for Jamie to find Marguerite O'Brien , his new wife of one year.
"She 's wonderful, Jamie." Caitie replied, her first time out to see Jamie since his wedding. "Aren't you a cutie , Bethie?" Caitie replied tickling the dark black haired baby's foot, and using her nickname for Elizabeth, for the first time. She had -
~* ~
Caitie stirred as young Nat shoved his "Aunt" awake. "Mommy, wants to talk to you ." he mumbled. Caitie play with the red haired's head, and kissed his forehead.
"Marguerite?" she called into her bedroom, noticing the light on.
"Can you get the kids ready? The hospital just called. They said to come right away." she said trying desperately to put her shoes on., trying to behave calmly.
Caitie rushed as well, putting the sleeping eight and four year olds in the car. What was wrong? Had Jamie awoken? Or worse yet was he dead? Caitie shuddered at that thought. She wanted to patch things up with Jamie, to try again, and most importantly she wanted him to be alive for his kids.
"Mrs. Waite. I have some important news to tell you about your husband…."
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A/N Thanks to Arcadia for beta reading :-D