[[disclaimer: I nothing but Angelica]]
(a/n: HELLO PEOPLE! Another chapter! Hope you like this one! Oh and I'm sorry if you people don't like some of the songs I put on, but I really thing they're nice and you guys should find it!)
[[Chapter 6]]
[[Getting to Know Eachother]]
It was a very long day of classes and work and I needed a break. I put in a CD that was given to me by Jamie before she died. It was by a contemporary rock band called Switchfoot, and I actually really liked them. I put it on a song called 'Home' and it really made me want to be back in North Carolina; back to how it was, back with Jamie.
*It's a long way from Miami to LA
It's a longer way from yesterday, to where I am today
It's a long way from my thoughts to what I say
It's long, long way from paradise to where I am today..
All that's in my head, is in your hands
It's a long way from the moon up to the sun
It's a long road ahead of me, the road that I've begun
Stopped to think of all the time I lost
Start to think of all the bridges that I've burned and must be crossed.
Over, over, over take me over
Cuz I've been poisoned
I've been rained
I've been fooled again
I've seen ashes shine like chrome
Someday I'll see home...
I can see the stars from way down here
But I can't fall asleep behind the wheel
It's a long way from the shadows in my cave
Up to your reality to watch the sunlight taking over..
Cuz I've been poisoned
I've been rained
I've been fooled again
I've seen ashes shine like chrome
Someday I'll see home...*
"Maybe someday I will see home...I'll see my life with Jamie." I laid my head back down on my pillow and looked up at the ceiling. All I kept thinking was 'I want to be with you Jamie..' I really did. I felt as if I didn't want it any other way. I needed to take a walk to clear my mind. I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't care. I turned and saw a bridge and looked as the sun was setting. I quickly ran to it and stood there watching the sun come over me. I closed my eyes and saw her face once again. She was coming so close to me, until everything came into complete darkness. "Jamie.." I whispered softly.
"Landon?" I opened my eyes and realized that it was already night. I looked down and took a deep breath. "Landon, are you okay?" From the voice I knew it was Angelica.
"Uhh..I'm fine. What are you doing here?"
"I was taking a walk, and I always go by here. What are you doing here?"
"Same..taking a walk. I just kind of went where my instincts told me to and it led me here. Beautiful isn't it?"
"Landon, it's nothing but a dark night sky."
"No, earlier their was a sunset. It was really nice."
"I didn't know you liked to watch sunsets and stuff like that. Very masculine!"
"Hey come on now. You know I had a wife. We used to sit in a cemetery and watch the sunset together. We'd even look at Pluto. It comes up just a few minutes before the sun."
"Why would you sit at the cemetery?"
"It was the best place for a good view of the stars. Jamie was an astronomy freak. She even built her own telescope. She wanted to build a bigger one to see a comet named hykataki, but she got too weak, so I built it for her. We put the telescope on her balcony, and she looked as the comet passed by. It was absolutely amazing. That's when I proposed. I know it wasn't a fancy ring, but it was something." I looked down, remembering all of that single moment coming back to me.
"Wow Landon. So that cemetery she's buried at, is that where you guys looked at stars?"
"Yup. I wouldn't have put her anywhere else. That exact spot is where we would sit when we were waiting for the morning sun to arise."
"Don't you ever wish that you could go back, just to live it all again?"
"With every breathing moment I have. How about you? Do you wish that you never left your dad up in North Carolina?"
"Sometimes. Yet, I know this all happened for a reason. I had to get away."
"So what age did you exactly leave? By the way, how old are you anyway?. Also, what's your last name? I've known you for days and I have no idea. It's as if you're a complete mystery to me."
"Finally you asked Landon Carter, age 19." I smiled at the fact that she knew everything about me, and I don't even know the simple details about her. "Well, my full name is Angelica Tanner. I'm 21, and I left North Carolina when I was 16."
"Sixteen? How did you afford to get here in LA? How did you afford to go to school, and even go to UCLA?"
"Well I got a job when I was fourteen working at a local food market over at Beaufort..."
"Wait..If you worked over there, how come I never saw you?"
"Maybe you did, but you never paid attention to it. I mean, when I worked there, you were like 11."
"Where did you work?"
"Over at this place called 'Heaven's Kitchen'."
"Yah, I always went to that place in North Carolina. Too bad you didn't stick around. "
"Well, I didn't expect on working there forever."
"True..well continue with the story."
"Okay. Well while I worked there I didn't spend a dime within those 2 years, because I knew that I really wanted to leave. So I gathered up about 5,000 dollars within those 2 years. I hurried up and ran away from home, and bought a ticket to here. When I got here I still had lots of money left. I stayed at a motel for a while until I found out that I had relatives here in LA. I guess my dad called them and asked them to look for me. When they found me they took me into their home and gave me the decision to leave or stay. I wanted to stay. They paid for my schooling, and I've always been a hard worker, so I ended up getting the second highest grade in our class. With that, I was accepted into UCLA for a full scholarship."
"Wow..that's pretty cool."
"How about you? How did you get into this school?"
"Well I was a very very big slacker. Then Jamie came into my life and I found myself turning around from laziness to the hardest worker. I ended up getting A's in all my classes, and I was accepted to UCLA, but I didn't get a scholarship. My dad actually paid for everything. He's a great cardiologist, so he had a lot of money in his pocket."
"Well that's great, I wish I had a father like that."
"Well actually, my father left me and my mother when we I was young. I didn't start talking to him until I found out that Jamie had leukemia, and I wanted him to help her. At first, I really thought he wouldn't pull through, but then he did. He got her the best home care in the state of North Carolina. When I found out, that was the first time in so many years that I've cried on my dad's shoulder." I leaned my body against the bridge and I looked around me then looked back at Angelica.
"Well Carter, we've lived quite a life. We're really two lost people aren't we?"
"Hey..look at the bright side. At least we're lost together."
"I guess so Landon..I guess so.."
(song credits: Switchfoot "Home")
(a/n: HELLO PEOPLE! Another chapter! Hope you like this one! Oh and I'm sorry if you people don't like some of the songs I put on, but I really thing they're nice and you guys should find it!)
[[Chapter 6]]
[[Getting to Know Eachother]]
It was a very long day of classes and work and I needed a break. I put in a CD that was given to me by Jamie before she died. It was by a contemporary rock band called Switchfoot, and I actually really liked them. I put it on a song called 'Home' and it really made me want to be back in North Carolina; back to how it was, back with Jamie.
*It's a long way from Miami to LA
It's a longer way from yesterday, to where I am today
It's a long way from my thoughts to what I say
It's long, long way from paradise to where I am today..
All that's in my head, is in your hands
It's a long way from the moon up to the sun
It's a long road ahead of me, the road that I've begun
Stopped to think of all the time I lost
Start to think of all the bridges that I've burned and must be crossed.
Over, over, over take me over
Cuz I've been poisoned
I've been rained
I've been fooled again
I've seen ashes shine like chrome
Someday I'll see home...
I can see the stars from way down here
But I can't fall asleep behind the wheel
It's a long way from the shadows in my cave
Up to your reality to watch the sunlight taking over..
Cuz I've been poisoned
I've been rained
I've been fooled again
I've seen ashes shine like chrome
Someday I'll see home...*
"Maybe someday I will see home...I'll see my life with Jamie." I laid my head back down on my pillow and looked up at the ceiling. All I kept thinking was 'I want to be with you Jamie..' I really did. I felt as if I didn't want it any other way. I needed to take a walk to clear my mind. I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't care. I turned and saw a bridge and looked as the sun was setting. I quickly ran to it and stood there watching the sun come over me. I closed my eyes and saw her face once again. She was coming so close to me, until everything came into complete darkness. "Jamie.." I whispered softly.
"Landon?" I opened my eyes and realized that it was already night. I looked down and took a deep breath. "Landon, are you okay?" From the voice I knew it was Angelica.
"Uhh..I'm fine. What are you doing here?"
"I was taking a walk, and I always go by here. What are you doing here?"
"Same..taking a walk. I just kind of went where my instincts told me to and it led me here. Beautiful isn't it?"
"Landon, it's nothing but a dark night sky."
"No, earlier their was a sunset. It was really nice."
"I didn't know you liked to watch sunsets and stuff like that. Very masculine!"
"Hey come on now. You know I had a wife. We used to sit in a cemetery and watch the sunset together. We'd even look at Pluto. It comes up just a few minutes before the sun."
"Why would you sit at the cemetery?"
"It was the best place for a good view of the stars. Jamie was an astronomy freak. She even built her own telescope. She wanted to build a bigger one to see a comet named hykataki, but she got too weak, so I built it for her. We put the telescope on her balcony, and she looked as the comet passed by. It was absolutely amazing. That's when I proposed. I know it wasn't a fancy ring, but it was something." I looked down, remembering all of that single moment coming back to me.
"Wow Landon. So that cemetery she's buried at, is that where you guys looked at stars?"
"Yup. I wouldn't have put her anywhere else. That exact spot is where we would sit when we were waiting for the morning sun to arise."
"Don't you ever wish that you could go back, just to live it all again?"
"With every breathing moment I have. How about you? Do you wish that you never left your dad up in North Carolina?"
"Sometimes. Yet, I know this all happened for a reason. I had to get away."
"So what age did you exactly leave? By the way, how old are you anyway?. Also, what's your last name? I've known you for days and I have no idea. It's as if you're a complete mystery to me."
"Finally you asked Landon Carter, age 19." I smiled at the fact that she knew everything about me, and I don't even know the simple details about her. "Well, my full name is Angelica Tanner. I'm 21, and I left North Carolina when I was 16."
"Sixteen? How did you afford to get here in LA? How did you afford to go to school, and even go to UCLA?"
"Well I got a job when I was fourteen working at a local food market over at Beaufort..."
"Wait..If you worked over there, how come I never saw you?"
"Maybe you did, but you never paid attention to it. I mean, when I worked there, you were like 11."
"Where did you work?"
"Over at this place called 'Heaven's Kitchen'."
"Yah, I always went to that place in North Carolina. Too bad you didn't stick around. "
"Well, I didn't expect on working there forever."
"True..well continue with the story."
"Okay. Well while I worked there I didn't spend a dime within those 2 years, because I knew that I really wanted to leave. So I gathered up about 5,000 dollars within those 2 years. I hurried up and ran away from home, and bought a ticket to here. When I got here I still had lots of money left. I stayed at a motel for a while until I found out that I had relatives here in LA. I guess my dad called them and asked them to look for me. When they found me they took me into their home and gave me the decision to leave or stay. I wanted to stay. They paid for my schooling, and I've always been a hard worker, so I ended up getting the second highest grade in our class. With that, I was accepted into UCLA for a full scholarship."
"Wow..that's pretty cool."
"How about you? How did you get into this school?"
"Well I was a very very big slacker. Then Jamie came into my life and I found myself turning around from laziness to the hardest worker. I ended up getting A's in all my classes, and I was accepted to UCLA, but I didn't get a scholarship. My dad actually paid for everything. He's a great cardiologist, so he had a lot of money in his pocket."
"Well that's great, I wish I had a father like that."
"Well actually, my father left me and my mother when we I was young. I didn't start talking to him until I found out that Jamie had leukemia, and I wanted him to help her. At first, I really thought he wouldn't pull through, but then he did. He got her the best home care in the state of North Carolina. When I found out, that was the first time in so many years that I've cried on my dad's shoulder." I leaned my body against the bridge and I looked around me then looked back at Angelica.
"Well Carter, we've lived quite a life. We're really two lost people aren't we?"
"Hey..look at the bright side. At least we're lost together."
"I guess so Landon..I guess so.."
(song credits: Switchfoot "Home")