Jamie came out dressed and looking very pretty. "You look really nice,"
said Landon. "Thanks," said Jamie, smiling. They walked downstairs and went
outside to get a cab to go to dinner.
In the cab, Landon and Jamie were both quiet. Luckily, the man at the desk in the hotel said the ride to the restaurant they were going too was not too far from the hotel, and he gave them directions.
Landon paid the driver for the cab and helped Jamie out. Taking her hand, they walked inside, and the hostess showed them to their table. The waiter handed them menus, and they ordered their drinks. "Sweet tea please," said Jamie. "Make that two sweet teas, please," said Landon. "Right away," said the waiter. Looking up from his menu, Landon looked at Jamie. She saw him looking at her and looked up. "What?" she asked. She could tell from the way he was being so quiet that he had something to tell her. Before he could answer, the waiter was back with their tea. "Are you ready to order?" he asked. "Yes," said Landon, looking at Jamie. They ordered their food and the waiter left after placing bread and butter in the center of the table.
"What is it Landon? I know that you have something to tell me," said Jamie, a little more firm than usual. "I have something to tell you," he said. Jamie smiled. "I have something to tell you too." "You go first," said Jamie. "Okay," said Landon, sipping his tea and getting a slice of bread from the basket. He reached into his pocket and pulled something out of it, setting it on the table. It was a small, gold key. "What's that for?" asked Jamie, looking at the key. "It's a key to our new house back home," said Landon. Jamie was ecstatic. 'I can't believe it! Our own house!" she exclaimed, "I can't wait to see it!" she said. Her expression of excitement soon turned to sadness as Landon put the key back in his pocket and said, "What were you going to tell me?" Jamie took a deep breath. "The cancer has spread, and I need a new kidney," said Jamie softly. Landon took a breath as he heard the news. "Okay, we'll get you one, we'll do whatever." he said, but Jamie cut him off. "You don't understand, Landon, the waiting list is 2 years long, and I can't wait that long." Landon was about to cry. How could it be that yesterday they were so happy, and now she was telling him that she needed a new kidney? But he knew that something like this was going to happen sooner or later.
Landon took another sip of his tea. He saw the waiter coming, and waited until he set their food down before he continued. "Then I'll give you one of mine," said Landon. Jamie looked at him, bewildered. "No Landon, I can't let you do that," she said. "Yes. I love and I want to be with you and I am going to do whatever I have to do to get you better," he said. "I'll call the airport and we can leave tomorrow. Then we'll go to the hospital and sign up so that we can do it as soon as possible," he said. Jamie had to agree, although she was having a lot of fun in Hawaii.
Jamie didn't want to talk about the transplant anymore, so she changed the subject quickly. But all through the rest of dinner, she kept thinking about it and what would happen.
In the cab, Landon and Jamie were both quiet. Luckily, the man at the desk in the hotel said the ride to the restaurant they were going too was not too far from the hotel, and he gave them directions.
Landon paid the driver for the cab and helped Jamie out. Taking her hand, they walked inside, and the hostess showed them to their table. The waiter handed them menus, and they ordered their drinks. "Sweet tea please," said Jamie. "Make that two sweet teas, please," said Landon. "Right away," said the waiter. Looking up from his menu, Landon looked at Jamie. She saw him looking at her and looked up. "What?" she asked. She could tell from the way he was being so quiet that he had something to tell her. Before he could answer, the waiter was back with their tea. "Are you ready to order?" he asked. "Yes," said Landon, looking at Jamie. They ordered their food and the waiter left after placing bread and butter in the center of the table.
"What is it Landon? I know that you have something to tell me," said Jamie, a little more firm than usual. "I have something to tell you," he said. Jamie smiled. "I have something to tell you too." "You go first," said Jamie. "Okay," said Landon, sipping his tea and getting a slice of bread from the basket. He reached into his pocket and pulled something out of it, setting it on the table. It was a small, gold key. "What's that for?" asked Jamie, looking at the key. "It's a key to our new house back home," said Landon. Jamie was ecstatic. 'I can't believe it! Our own house!" she exclaimed, "I can't wait to see it!" she said. Her expression of excitement soon turned to sadness as Landon put the key back in his pocket and said, "What were you going to tell me?" Jamie took a deep breath. "The cancer has spread, and I need a new kidney," said Jamie softly. Landon took a breath as he heard the news. "Okay, we'll get you one, we'll do whatever." he said, but Jamie cut him off. "You don't understand, Landon, the waiting list is 2 years long, and I can't wait that long." Landon was about to cry. How could it be that yesterday they were so happy, and now she was telling him that she needed a new kidney? But he knew that something like this was going to happen sooner or later.
Landon took another sip of his tea. He saw the waiter coming, and waited until he set their food down before he continued. "Then I'll give you one of mine," said Landon. Jamie looked at him, bewildered. "No Landon, I can't let you do that," she said. "Yes. I love and I want to be with you and I am going to do whatever I have to do to get you better," he said. "I'll call the airport and we can leave tomorrow. Then we'll go to the hospital and sign up so that we can do it as soon as possible," he said. Jamie had to agree, although she was having a lot of fun in Hawaii.
Jamie didn't want to talk about the transplant anymore, so she changed the subject quickly. But all through the rest of dinner, she kept thinking about it and what would happen.