Disclaimer: I don't own A Walk To Remember, or Landon and Jamie. I don't
own Shane West even though I wish I did own it. It is my favorite movie,
and he is my favorite actor though.
POV: Landon Carter
A/N: Please remember that Jamie will live in Landon's heart forever as you read this.
Our Summer
Chapter 1
Landon lay on his bed, gazing out the window at the North Carolina sky. Back home after a long 4 years of medical school he had no idea what to do with himself. He was still just as handsome (lol) talented, and sweet, but the town brought back sweet memories. Memories of the girl that changed his life. Jamie Sullivan. To him Jamie was like a ray of sunshine, that faded away and became a thunder cloud. After she had left him, it seemed his life had no meaning. No reality. No point. He closed his eyes, and thought back to the first time he saw her. Truly saw her. Not their first glance, but at the play-when he realized her inner and outer beauty. She was his angel-and always would be. He wiped the tears from his eyes and stood, taking a moment to gaze at the photo taken of them at their wedding. She had been so beautiful that day. Her long white dress, and soft brown hair. He didn't remember her sickness, he remembered her life-her song. He remembered that special summer that they had spent-in each other's arms. He changed his clothes and headed downstairs. "I'm going out Mom," he yelled his tone soft. Ever since Jamie had left him everybody had felt they needed to be gentle around him. Like he was fragile and would break at the smallest touch. He frowned and rubbed his forehead, pausing to grab his coat.
"Landon? Oh my god, Landon Carter! How are you doing?"
Landon turned at the sound of his name. A pretty girl, with short brown hair stood before him, greeting him. He scanned his memory, trying desperately to remember this girl. "Lauren right? How are you?" He remembered her now. She had hung with his crowd. Pretty much a wannabe. In fact, he figured she had been the one to help print out those horrid photos of Jamie.
"I'm great, and I'm…very…sorry."
"It's ok. It's been a long time…I'm still trying to figure out if she's really gone."
A sad look came over Lauren's pretty face, and her smile turned to a depressing frown. "Not only for her death, but for the life I helped destroy. I'm so terribly sorry for the photo, the teasing and taunting, everything me and the others did to make Jamie's life a nightmare."
Landon cringed at the sound of her name. So she had helped. He'd figured. "It's…well I can't say it's ok, it's far from that, but I'll try my best to forget-forget all the pain you caused her," he replied, choking on the last word.
"Oh Landon-I am sorry, and I'll make it up to you-somehow. I promise. Just then a pretty girl with a blonde, Jennifer Ansiton, triangle cut cam up behind Lauren. She ran her fingers through her long blonde locks and chocolate brown highlights. Her large blue eyes twinkled. Landon seemed intrigued for a moment, then shook his head, as if to shake away the attraction. It wasn't right. Not to Jamie-his girl.
"And who is this ball of suga," she asked, a sexy grin appearing on her lips.
"Um, Landon Carter," Lauren replied, blushing. "Landon this is my cousin, Emily Wood."
"Nice to meet you Emily," he smiled.
"You too. Hey, why don't you come out with me tonight? I was looking for a movie escort."
"I don't know-I'm pretty busy."
"Oh pretty please! It'll be fun!"
"Well ok," he added weakly, trying to make himself smile, in spite of his action.
"Great! Meet me at the theater at 6."
Landon watched her and Lauren walk away, his heart dropping. I'm so sorry Jamie, he thought. So, so sorry baby. He frowned and thought again, back to his days with his love.
THREE WEEKS LATER
"Landon? Landon are you even listening to me?" Landon and Emily were sitting on her porch, together, talking about Emily's favorite bands. It had been 3 weeks since that day at the store, and they had been hanging out since then. They were becoming good friends, and his attraction to her was limited.
"Sorry Em, just daydreamming."
She laughed and sat back, satisfied. "Landon, do you like me?"
"Of course I like you, why else would I be here," he laughed.
"No Silly, I mean LIKE me. As in are you attracted to me?"
"N-no Emily not that way."
She gasped, a frown on her lips. Then she smiled and laughed. "You're teasing. Oh Landon," she added playfully hitting him.
"No Emily," he tried to get out, but he couldn't finish. She was already pushing her mouth to his. She pushed him onto the bench, roughly.
He pushed her off, taken aback, an angry frown on his face.
"Landon? Oh you jerk! I thought you liked me Landon! Now I realize your just scum. Pure scum."
She took off and ran inside, anger in her voice.
"Lauren, Oh my god, you hooked me up with such a loser!"
"Huh?"
"Landon! He wouldn't even kiss me, oh my god, is he gay?"
"Huh?"
"He pushed me off, so I called him scum," she laughed. "Aren't ya proud?"
"Oh Emily."
"What?"
"Oh no."
"WHAT girl? You postal on me?"
"Emily Landon's not interested like that. I'm afraid you've made a terrible mistake."
"What did I do," she laughed.
"A few years back in our senior year, Landon fell in love with this girl."
"So? They broke up. Big deal it happens."
"No Emily they didn't break up. She had cancer. She died Emily."
"Uh, oh, I mean…Oh my god…"
"Yes that's right. Why don't you ask the scum about her. Maybe he could teach you a little."
"Lauren I had know way of knowing…"
"Yes? Well you do now." Emily was welcomed by the click of the dial tone.
She walked outside to find Landon still on her porch, his face in his hands.
"Landon," she asked softly.
"What," he asked harshly.
"I'm-I'm sorry. I didn't know. Can-can you tell me about her?"
Landon gazed past her shoulder, tears in his eyes. "Yes, I guess," he replied sighing.
She sat back, not knowing she was in for the saddest tale of her life.
POV: Landon Carter
A/N: Please remember that Jamie will live in Landon's heart forever as you read this.
Our Summer
Chapter 1
Landon lay on his bed, gazing out the window at the North Carolina sky. Back home after a long 4 years of medical school he had no idea what to do with himself. He was still just as handsome (lol) talented, and sweet, but the town brought back sweet memories. Memories of the girl that changed his life. Jamie Sullivan. To him Jamie was like a ray of sunshine, that faded away and became a thunder cloud. After she had left him, it seemed his life had no meaning. No reality. No point. He closed his eyes, and thought back to the first time he saw her. Truly saw her. Not their first glance, but at the play-when he realized her inner and outer beauty. She was his angel-and always would be. He wiped the tears from his eyes and stood, taking a moment to gaze at the photo taken of them at their wedding. She had been so beautiful that day. Her long white dress, and soft brown hair. He didn't remember her sickness, he remembered her life-her song. He remembered that special summer that they had spent-in each other's arms. He changed his clothes and headed downstairs. "I'm going out Mom," he yelled his tone soft. Ever since Jamie had left him everybody had felt they needed to be gentle around him. Like he was fragile and would break at the smallest touch. He frowned and rubbed his forehead, pausing to grab his coat.
"Landon? Oh my god, Landon Carter! How are you doing?"
Landon turned at the sound of his name. A pretty girl, with short brown hair stood before him, greeting him. He scanned his memory, trying desperately to remember this girl. "Lauren right? How are you?" He remembered her now. She had hung with his crowd. Pretty much a wannabe. In fact, he figured she had been the one to help print out those horrid photos of Jamie.
"I'm great, and I'm…very…sorry."
"It's ok. It's been a long time…I'm still trying to figure out if she's really gone."
A sad look came over Lauren's pretty face, and her smile turned to a depressing frown. "Not only for her death, but for the life I helped destroy. I'm so terribly sorry for the photo, the teasing and taunting, everything me and the others did to make Jamie's life a nightmare."
Landon cringed at the sound of her name. So she had helped. He'd figured. "It's…well I can't say it's ok, it's far from that, but I'll try my best to forget-forget all the pain you caused her," he replied, choking on the last word.
"Oh Landon-I am sorry, and I'll make it up to you-somehow. I promise. Just then a pretty girl with a blonde, Jennifer Ansiton, triangle cut cam up behind Lauren. She ran her fingers through her long blonde locks and chocolate brown highlights. Her large blue eyes twinkled. Landon seemed intrigued for a moment, then shook his head, as if to shake away the attraction. It wasn't right. Not to Jamie-his girl.
"And who is this ball of suga," she asked, a sexy grin appearing on her lips.
"Um, Landon Carter," Lauren replied, blushing. "Landon this is my cousin, Emily Wood."
"Nice to meet you Emily," he smiled.
"You too. Hey, why don't you come out with me tonight? I was looking for a movie escort."
"I don't know-I'm pretty busy."
"Oh pretty please! It'll be fun!"
"Well ok," he added weakly, trying to make himself smile, in spite of his action.
"Great! Meet me at the theater at 6."
Landon watched her and Lauren walk away, his heart dropping. I'm so sorry Jamie, he thought. So, so sorry baby. He frowned and thought again, back to his days with his love.
THREE WEEKS LATER
"Landon? Landon are you even listening to me?" Landon and Emily were sitting on her porch, together, talking about Emily's favorite bands. It had been 3 weeks since that day at the store, and they had been hanging out since then. They were becoming good friends, and his attraction to her was limited.
"Sorry Em, just daydreamming."
She laughed and sat back, satisfied. "Landon, do you like me?"
"Of course I like you, why else would I be here," he laughed.
"No Silly, I mean LIKE me. As in are you attracted to me?"
"N-no Emily not that way."
She gasped, a frown on her lips. Then she smiled and laughed. "You're teasing. Oh Landon," she added playfully hitting him.
"No Emily," he tried to get out, but he couldn't finish. She was already pushing her mouth to his. She pushed him onto the bench, roughly.
He pushed her off, taken aback, an angry frown on his face.
"Landon? Oh you jerk! I thought you liked me Landon! Now I realize your just scum. Pure scum."
She took off and ran inside, anger in her voice.
"Lauren, Oh my god, you hooked me up with such a loser!"
"Huh?"
"Landon! He wouldn't even kiss me, oh my god, is he gay?"
"Huh?"
"He pushed me off, so I called him scum," she laughed. "Aren't ya proud?"
"Oh Emily."
"What?"
"Oh no."
"WHAT girl? You postal on me?"
"Emily Landon's not interested like that. I'm afraid you've made a terrible mistake."
"What did I do," she laughed.
"A few years back in our senior year, Landon fell in love with this girl."
"So? They broke up. Big deal it happens."
"No Emily they didn't break up. She had cancer. She died Emily."
"Uh, oh, I mean…Oh my god…"
"Yes that's right. Why don't you ask the scum about her. Maybe he could teach you a little."
"Lauren I had know way of knowing…"
"Yes? Well you do now." Emily was welcomed by the click of the dial tone.
She walked outside to find Landon still on her porch, his face in his hands.
"Landon," she asked softly.
"What," he asked harshly.
"I'm-I'm sorry. I didn't know. Can-can you tell me about her?"
Landon gazed past her shoulder, tears in his eyes. "Yes, I guess," he replied sighing.
She sat back, not knowing she was in for the saddest tale of her life.