Hey, quick author note! I was just looking at the other Tuck Everlasting
fan fics and I saw that Sapphira has written one that sounds very similar
to the plot of mine. I'd like to say a few things about this.
I didn't know about hers when I wrote mine, so I'm not copying. I love, love, love some of Sapphira's other fic, so if you like my ideas, you should definitely check out hers, I'm sure its great. I'm not going to read hers, just to make sure my own ideas aren't influenced.
Anyway, on to chapter three! (Side note: I really appreciate your reviews. Thanks!)
Chapter Three- "First Glimpse"
Now, five years later, Lily was here in Tree Gap and doubts filled her mind. She had run away from home to get here. She didn't know any other way to get to Tree Gap. Her parents were extremely overbearing and they never would have allowed her to come alone. And she certainly couldn't have brought them along. She had promised Grandma Winnie that she would never tell the secret.
But what if the Tucks didn't come, and she had run away for nothing? After all, they had been driven from this town. Why would they continue to meet here? She must have been a fool to think this would work.
Her parents would forgive her, of course. They probably wouldn't even get mad; they'd be so relieved to see her. But they would never trust her again. They would never let her out of their sight. Lily couldn't help but shudder at the thought of her closed up life at home becoming even more claustrophobic.
Despite this, Lily was about to go back to her hotel room and call her parents when she heard a gleeful cry of "Jesse!" from outside. She looked up, startled, to see a middle aged woman embrace a teenage boy who had just climbed off a motorcycle.
Lily gulped. There he was. Jesse Tuck. She studied him carefully. He was just as handsome as Grandma Winnie had said he was. He was a lean build, but Lily could see he was muscular underneath his tight t-shirt. His long shaggy hair fell into his eyes, making him look like a poet. Lily watched as Jesse ran to his mother, scooping her up in an enthusiastic hug. Yes, she could see why Grandma Winnie had fallen for this boy.
Lily hadn't had much experience with boys in her fifteen years. And yet now she was supposed to be able to go up to this one? She was sure she couldn't do it. She couldn't even make herself move from the chair she sat in. So despite the fact that Lily had traveled far to find him, she remained seated inside, merely watching Jesse and Mae Tuck reunite.
She wondered where they would go. Had they rebuilt their cabin in the woods in the last ninety years? Lily's mother had always complained of how Grandma Winnie had held on to that patch of woods, not allowing it to be cut down. And her scorn for Winnie's "sentimentality" had only increased when Grandma Winnie asked to be buried in the woods.
As Lily watched Jesse, stuck to her chair as if she had been glued to it, she considered her options. She knew she could try and find the spring herself, but that didn't seem like the best idea. She wasn't really an outdoors person at all. And besides, Grandma Winnie had seemed to want her to find Jesse. Lily had a feeling that Winnie wanted her to give Jesse an explanation for why she hadn't gone to the spring.
Lily watched as Jesse climbed back on his bike and Mae got into a nearby car. Jesse followed Mae down the street. They were definitely heading towards the Foster house, and the woods.
"That's something, at least." Lily thought.
Maybe she could follow them, once she had worked up the courage. It would be horrible if she lost them just because she had wimped out. Cursing herself for being a coward, she rose, paid her bill, and headed back to her hotel room to think.
She would walk towards the Foster house tomorrow and see if she could spot them. And hopefully she would actually speak to them.
I didn't know about hers when I wrote mine, so I'm not copying. I love, love, love some of Sapphira's other fic, so if you like my ideas, you should definitely check out hers, I'm sure its great. I'm not going to read hers, just to make sure my own ideas aren't influenced.
Anyway, on to chapter three! (Side note: I really appreciate your reviews. Thanks!)
Chapter Three- "First Glimpse"
Now, five years later, Lily was here in Tree Gap and doubts filled her mind. She had run away from home to get here. She didn't know any other way to get to Tree Gap. Her parents were extremely overbearing and they never would have allowed her to come alone. And she certainly couldn't have brought them along. She had promised Grandma Winnie that she would never tell the secret.
But what if the Tucks didn't come, and she had run away for nothing? After all, they had been driven from this town. Why would they continue to meet here? She must have been a fool to think this would work.
Her parents would forgive her, of course. They probably wouldn't even get mad; they'd be so relieved to see her. But they would never trust her again. They would never let her out of their sight. Lily couldn't help but shudder at the thought of her closed up life at home becoming even more claustrophobic.
Despite this, Lily was about to go back to her hotel room and call her parents when she heard a gleeful cry of "Jesse!" from outside. She looked up, startled, to see a middle aged woman embrace a teenage boy who had just climbed off a motorcycle.
Lily gulped. There he was. Jesse Tuck. She studied him carefully. He was just as handsome as Grandma Winnie had said he was. He was a lean build, but Lily could see he was muscular underneath his tight t-shirt. His long shaggy hair fell into his eyes, making him look like a poet. Lily watched as Jesse ran to his mother, scooping her up in an enthusiastic hug. Yes, she could see why Grandma Winnie had fallen for this boy.
Lily hadn't had much experience with boys in her fifteen years. And yet now she was supposed to be able to go up to this one? She was sure she couldn't do it. She couldn't even make herself move from the chair she sat in. So despite the fact that Lily had traveled far to find him, she remained seated inside, merely watching Jesse and Mae Tuck reunite.
She wondered where they would go. Had they rebuilt their cabin in the woods in the last ninety years? Lily's mother had always complained of how Grandma Winnie had held on to that patch of woods, not allowing it to be cut down. And her scorn for Winnie's "sentimentality" had only increased when Grandma Winnie asked to be buried in the woods.
As Lily watched Jesse, stuck to her chair as if she had been glued to it, she considered her options. She knew she could try and find the spring herself, but that didn't seem like the best idea. She wasn't really an outdoors person at all. And besides, Grandma Winnie had seemed to want her to find Jesse. Lily had a feeling that Winnie wanted her to give Jesse an explanation for why she hadn't gone to the spring.
Lily watched as Jesse climbed back on his bike and Mae got into a nearby car. Jesse followed Mae down the street. They were definitely heading towards the Foster house, and the woods.
"That's something, at least." Lily thought.
Maybe she could follow them, once she had worked up the courage. It would be horrible if she lost them just because she had wimped out. Cursing herself for being a coward, she rose, paid her bill, and headed back to her hotel room to think.
She would walk towards the Foster house tomorrow and see if she could spot them. And hopefully she would actually speak to them.