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interested!
Concerning Walk With Me Again: I'm sure you all have noticed that this fic has been removed. It wasn't my choice, but I had to because it went against the new ff.net rules. Anyway, if any of you are still interested in my fic, I am continuing it. So if you join my AWTR yahoo group, Cry Fever, you can get the new chapters that way. You certainly don't have to. I just wanted to offer. Thanks and God bless!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cryfever_AWTR/
Chapter Nine
The clock ticked at a steady pace as I took my exam. I kept looking at it, seeing it slowly getting closer and closer to 10:30. At 10:25, I handed in my exam, leaving in a rush. Traffic seemed to be extra slow, but I wheeled into the parking lot at 10:47.
"Jamie Carter?" I told the receptionist out of breath. The elevator wasn't fast enough, so I had run up the stairs.don't ask me why.
"Are you Mr. Carter?" The middle aged blonde woman questioned with a smirk.
"Yeah, that'd be me." She laughed, slightly shaking her head. Keep in mind that her hair didn't budge as she was sporting at least a bottle of hair spray. But that really didn't matter to me at the moment.
"Room three."
"Thanks." Jamie smiled when I came busting through the door.
"You made it." She looked at me appreciatively, holding out her hand.
"I told you I'd be here." I took her hand in mine and she smiled again. We found out we were going to have a girl that day, and I couldn't have been happier. Jamie and I had said we wanted to be surprised, but we decided we had to know.
Jamie was so excited that we had to buy pink paint that day for the nursery. "I want it to be angelic." She told me, looking at the different color cards. I shook my head thinking that if the baby herself was anything like Jamie. that would be angelic enough.
********************************************* "So how do you think you did on your exam today?" We were standing in the kitchen after dinner, doing the dishes. Jamie, of course, had to slip it in to the conversation.
"Okay I guess." I said nonchalantly, continuing with my task.
"You guess?"
"I knew most of the answers."
"Then that's better than okay."
"I suppose." Jamie turned off the faucet and faced me.
"When are you gonna start giving yourself more credit?"
"When I stop loving you . . . and we know that'll be never." I stepped closer to her with a smirk.
"Landon, I'm serious."
"So am I." My hands went to her face. "But I am going to try to work on it....for you." She smiled, biting her lower lip, and then wrinkling her nose a moment later. "What is it?"
"She's moving." I immediately dropped my hands to her stomach and we laughed together. Our eyes met again, Jamie's smile fading. "I love you." I closed my eyes, my cheek falling to hers. Her fingers ran through my hair, stopping at the back of my neck, and I rested my hands gently at her waist. I remember standing like that for a long time, and I remember how close I felt to Jamie at that moment.
It must sound crazy, but hearing her small, steady breaths echoing in my ear, knowing what we had found out earlier that day.I realized then that our lives were changing, taking another turn in the long journey ahead. Fear though did not overcome me like it might have in the past. For I had Jamie and I had faith.and that was all I needed. *****************************************************************
Jamie and I lay on the bed together that night, staring at the ceiling. ""The baby shower's on Friday."
"I'm not supposed to be there am I?"
"Uh . . . no." She giggled.
"Good." We laughed, my lips falling to her hair. Jamie snuggled closer to me, her arm tightening across my waist. "So.what's your number one right now Mrs. Carter?"
"That SHE will be happy and healthy." When she emphasized "she", it reminded me that we did indeed know what to refer to the baby as.
"It's kinda strange knowing now."
"Yeah . . . but I'm glad we found out."
"Me too."
"I hope the next three months will pass really quickly. I mean.I never want to wish life away.but I can't wait to see her."
"You know what I hope?" She looked up at me, ready to hear whatever I had to say. I stared at her beautiful face and knew and smiled.
"What?"
"I hope she'll be just like you."
TBC
Concerning Walk With Me Again: I'm sure you all have noticed that this fic has been removed. It wasn't my choice, but I had to because it went against the new ff.net rules. Anyway, if any of you are still interested in my fic, I am continuing it. So if you join my AWTR yahoo group, Cry Fever, you can get the new chapters that way. You certainly don't have to. I just wanted to offer. Thanks and God bless!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cryfever_AWTR/
Chapter Nine
The clock ticked at a steady pace as I took my exam. I kept looking at it, seeing it slowly getting closer and closer to 10:30. At 10:25, I handed in my exam, leaving in a rush. Traffic seemed to be extra slow, but I wheeled into the parking lot at 10:47.
"Jamie Carter?" I told the receptionist out of breath. The elevator wasn't fast enough, so I had run up the stairs.don't ask me why.
"Are you Mr. Carter?" The middle aged blonde woman questioned with a smirk.
"Yeah, that'd be me." She laughed, slightly shaking her head. Keep in mind that her hair didn't budge as she was sporting at least a bottle of hair spray. But that really didn't matter to me at the moment.
"Room three."
"Thanks." Jamie smiled when I came busting through the door.
"You made it." She looked at me appreciatively, holding out her hand.
"I told you I'd be here." I took her hand in mine and she smiled again. We found out we were going to have a girl that day, and I couldn't have been happier. Jamie and I had said we wanted to be surprised, but we decided we had to know.
Jamie was so excited that we had to buy pink paint that day for the nursery. "I want it to be angelic." She told me, looking at the different color cards. I shook my head thinking that if the baby herself was anything like Jamie. that would be angelic enough.
********************************************* "So how do you think you did on your exam today?" We were standing in the kitchen after dinner, doing the dishes. Jamie, of course, had to slip it in to the conversation.
"Okay I guess." I said nonchalantly, continuing with my task.
"You guess?"
"I knew most of the answers."
"Then that's better than okay."
"I suppose." Jamie turned off the faucet and faced me.
"When are you gonna start giving yourself more credit?"
"When I stop loving you . . . and we know that'll be never." I stepped closer to her with a smirk.
"Landon, I'm serious."
"So am I." My hands went to her face. "But I am going to try to work on it....for you." She smiled, biting her lower lip, and then wrinkling her nose a moment later. "What is it?"
"She's moving." I immediately dropped my hands to her stomach and we laughed together. Our eyes met again, Jamie's smile fading. "I love you." I closed my eyes, my cheek falling to hers. Her fingers ran through my hair, stopping at the back of my neck, and I rested my hands gently at her waist. I remember standing like that for a long time, and I remember how close I felt to Jamie at that moment.
It must sound crazy, but hearing her small, steady breaths echoing in my ear, knowing what we had found out earlier that day.I realized then that our lives were changing, taking another turn in the long journey ahead. Fear though did not overcome me like it might have in the past. For I had Jamie and I had faith.and that was all I needed. *****************************************************************
Jamie and I lay on the bed together that night, staring at the ceiling. ""The baby shower's on Friday."
"I'm not supposed to be there am I?"
"Uh . . . no." She giggled.
"Good." We laughed, my lips falling to her hair. Jamie snuggled closer to me, her arm tightening across my waist. "So.what's your number one right now Mrs. Carter?"
"That SHE will be happy and healthy." When she emphasized "she", it reminded me that we did indeed know what to refer to the baby as.
"It's kinda strange knowing now."
"Yeah . . . but I'm glad we found out."
"Me too."
"I hope the next three months will pass really quickly. I mean.I never want to wish life away.but I can't wait to see her."
"You know what I hope?" She looked up at me, ready to hear whatever I had to say. I stared at her beautiful face and knew and smiled.
"What?"
"I hope she'll be just like you."
TBC