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and would rather read the disclaimer versus the story, then read Chapter 1.
If you haven't read the previous chapters and thought for some reason that
it would be fun to start in the middle of a story, it would be a good thing
to read the first 4 chapters before reading this one.
Author's note: Hey again, I just want to say thanks for the reviews! They're great and they're great motivators. So, keep reviewing and tell me whether you love it, hate it whatever you want to say! You can also email me with your thoughts and personal reviews at: lnf12@aol.com.
Author's note #2: Sorry for the looooong wait! I'm starting school in two weeks and unfortunately, I have been away from my stories getting ready to go back. (Fortunately, it's my senior year and that only means 9 months of torture by book and test!) Well, without further a due, let the story go on!
Rating: PG-13
Living Their Dream
Chapter 6
As the song started to fade away, Jamie was once again fighting with her tears. As cliché as it sounded, that song was made for her and Landon. It was everything she had felt these past few months, all compressed into those few words. * I don't ever want this moment to end. *
She hugged him closer, squeezing her eyes shut, hoping to stop the flood of tears that was just waiting to break out. But, it was a futile fight to win.
"Landon."
Landon looked down and saw the wet streaks running down those velvety cheeks and her eyes ready to shed another set of tears. "Jamie, what's wrong?" He sat her down on the bed and kneeling in front of her, began running his hands over her face, brushing the running tears away. "Are you ok, is something wro-"
"No, it's ok. Nothing's wrong." Jamie placed her hands atop of his, clasping them closely in between them. "It's just.. gosh, this sounds so cliché but, this has been the happiest day of my life. I can't imagine a more perfect day. And I have you to thank for that." Pausing in hopes of forming a better answer, she quickly gave up. "I'm sorry, I know this sounds -"
"No, don't be sorry, it's ok. I feel the same way. This is the greatest day of my life. I never thought I could be this happy or this lucky." He brought her hands up to his lips, kissing them and holding them to his cheek. "I never really thought about the future before you came into my life. Actually, I thought more about if I was even going to have a future. But right now, life couldn't be more amazing or more wonderful and that's because of you. You saved me and showed me so much about life. I would love you for the rest of my life if I knew nothing else. But I know so much more and I am amazed by everything that you are. If anything, I hope you know that."
Jamie looked into those hazel pools of lights, fixed on her face. She lifted his hands to her lips, caressing his cheek with the tips of her fingers. "You have given me so much. It's funny really. I thought I was happy with my life before you came, that I needed nothing else. Then you came along, and all the stakes were raised. And now I- "
Landon reached up and pressed a finger to her lips, silencing her instantly. "Jamie, everybody has to face reality sometime in their life. Why don't we just put it off for one more day?" She just looked at him and smiled.
"Ok"
She leaned over, pressing her lips to his once more, drinking in all his warmth. Without breaking their lips apart from one another, Jamie leaned back and, wrapping her arms around his neck, slowly brought Landon down with her onto the rose-strewn bed. Soon, their kisses were getting more heated, more intimate, and more passionate by the second. Landon knew he needed to tell her before they crossed the boundary beyond return.
"Hey, don't start something you can't finish." Landon whispered to her lips, while he brushed a lock of hair away from her eye.
Jamie looked back up at him, with curiosity lingering in her eyes. " Who said we won't be able to finish? We're home, all alone... And no one to bother us."
"Jamie, I have to say, as much as I'm loving this new "wild" side of you, I need you to know that nothing has to happen tonight."
Jamie lifted herself off the bed and propped herself on her elbows, forcing Landon to move off to the side, propping his head up on his left arm. "What do you mean? Do you not want anything to happen?"
Landon reached out to her and softly stroked her cheek. "No, that's not it. That's not it at all. It's just..I know that you haven't been feeling well lately, despite what you say. I don't want-"
"Landon, are you a virgin?"
Landon was definitely taken for surprise by Jamie's sudden show of candor. * Come on Landon, say something. * Landon wanted desperately to say something, anything..but the words kept dying at his lips.
Jamie began to fidget with her hands nervously and cast her eyes downward, so as to avoid his. "I know it's rather forward.. and we ..never really talked about it before..and now that we're married..I want us to be able to be honest..and I-"
Landon tucked his finger underneath her chin, bringing her face level with her. He leaned in and kissed her with such gentleness and sweetness. Separating from their kiss, but still close enough to feel their breaths mingling together. "No."
Jamie opened her eyes and leaned back, far enough to see her husband's face. "No, you're not a virgin or no, you've never done this before?"
"The second one."
"You mean.. you've never.."
Landon sat up and faced her. "Well, yes and no. When I was dating Belinda, she and I used to, you know, fool around. But we never actually 'did it'. So, yeah, I'm still a virgin." Landon smiled at her, which gifted him a smile of hers in return. "Now can I ask you something?"
Jamie nodded. "Yes."
"If my answer was different, would it have made any difference to you?"
Jamie sat there for a minute and then looked back up at him. "I would like to think that it would not have mattered to me, and for the most part, I don't think it would have. That would have been a part of your past, something you can't change, but something that's also a part of who you are. I guess the only thing I was kind of unsettled about was being compared, having to measure up to someone else. I mean, for all I know, I might be bad at it."
All Landon could do was just look at her and smile this huge grin from ear to ear. "That's not possible."
Landon picked up her hand and gave it a little squeeze. "I still meant what I said earlier. Nothing has to happen tonight if you don't want to."
Jamie draped her free arm around his neck and once more, Jamie brought Landon down on the bed, lying down on top of her and her lips sealed with his in a passionate embrace.
Landon rested on his forearms so he wouldn't crush Jamie with his weight. After Jamie leaned back against the soft downy pillows, he said, " Jamie.."
This time, Jamie silenced him with a finger to his lips. She looked into his eyes and saw the happiness, felt the joy that was coursing through him and saw the love, their love, stare back at her.
"Landon?"
"Yeah."
"Make love to me."
Author's note: Hey again, I just want to say thanks for the reviews! They're great and they're great motivators. So, keep reviewing and tell me whether you love it, hate it whatever you want to say! You can also email me with your thoughts and personal reviews at: lnf12@aol.com.
Author's note #2: Sorry for the looooong wait! I'm starting school in two weeks and unfortunately, I have been away from my stories getting ready to go back. (Fortunately, it's my senior year and that only means 9 months of torture by book and test!) Well, without further a due, let the story go on!
Rating: PG-13
Living Their Dream
Chapter 6
As the song started to fade away, Jamie was once again fighting with her tears. As cliché as it sounded, that song was made for her and Landon. It was everything she had felt these past few months, all compressed into those few words. * I don't ever want this moment to end. *
She hugged him closer, squeezing her eyes shut, hoping to stop the flood of tears that was just waiting to break out. But, it was a futile fight to win.
"Landon."
Landon looked down and saw the wet streaks running down those velvety cheeks and her eyes ready to shed another set of tears. "Jamie, what's wrong?" He sat her down on the bed and kneeling in front of her, began running his hands over her face, brushing the running tears away. "Are you ok, is something wro-"
"No, it's ok. Nothing's wrong." Jamie placed her hands atop of his, clasping them closely in between them. "It's just.. gosh, this sounds so cliché but, this has been the happiest day of my life. I can't imagine a more perfect day. And I have you to thank for that." Pausing in hopes of forming a better answer, she quickly gave up. "I'm sorry, I know this sounds -"
"No, don't be sorry, it's ok. I feel the same way. This is the greatest day of my life. I never thought I could be this happy or this lucky." He brought her hands up to his lips, kissing them and holding them to his cheek. "I never really thought about the future before you came into my life. Actually, I thought more about if I was even going to have a future. But right now, life couldn't be more amazing or more wonderful and that's because of you. You saved me and showed me so much about life. I would love you for the rest of my life if I knew nothing else. But I know so much more and I am amazed by everything that you are. If anything, I hope you know that."
Jamie looked into those hazel pools of lights, fixed on her face. She lifted his hands to her lips, caressing his cheek with the tips of her fingers. "You have given me so much. It's funny really. I thought I was happy with my life before you came, that I needed nothing else. Then you came along, and all the stakes were raised. And now I- "
Landon reached up and pressed a finger to her lips, silencing her instantly. "Jamie, everybody has to face reality sometime in their life. Why don't we just put it off for one more day?" She just looked at him and smiled.
"Ok"
She leaned over, pressing her lips to his once more, drinking in all his warmth. Without breaking their lips apart from one another, Jamie leaned back and, wrapping her arms around his neck, slowly brought Landon down with her onto the rose-strewn bed. Soon, their kisses were getting more heated, more intimate, and more passionate by the second. Landon knew he needed to tell her before they crossed the boundary beyond return.
"Hey, don't start something you can't finish." Landon whispered to her lips, while he brushed a lock of hair away from her eye.
Jamie looked back up at him, with curiosity lingering in her eyes. " Who said we won't be able to finish? We're home, all alone... And no one to bother us."
"Jamie, I have to say, as much as I'm loving this new "wild" side of you, I need you to know that nothing has to happen tonight."
Jamie lifted herself off the bed and propped herself on her elbows, forcing Landon to move off to the side, propping his head up on his left arm. "What do you mean? Do you not want anything to happen?"
Landon reached out to her and softly stroked her cheek. "No, that's not it. That's not it at all. It's just..I know that you haven't been feeling well lately, despite what you say. I don't want-"
"Landon, are you a virgin?"
Landon was definitely taken for surprise by Jamie's sudden show of candor. * Come on Landon, say something. * Landon wanted desperately to say something, anything..but the words kept dying at his lips.
Jamie began to fidget with her hands nervously and cast her eyes downward, so as to avoid his. "I know it's rather forward.. and we ..never really talked about it before..and now that we're married..I want us to be able to be honest..and I-"
Landon tucked his finger underneath her chin, bringing her face level with her. He leaned in and kissed her with such gentleness and sweetness. Separating from their kiss, but still close enough to feel their breaths mingling together. "No."
Jamie opened her eyes and leaned back, far enough to see her husband's face. "No, you're not a virgin or no, you've never done this before?"
"The second one."
"You mean.. you've never.."
Landon sat up and faced her. "Well, yes and no. When I was dating Belinda, she and I used to, you know, fool around. But we never actually 'did it'. So, yeah, I'm still a virgin." Landon smiled at her, which gifted him a smile of hers in return. "Now can I ask you something?"
Jamie nodded. "Yes."
"If my answer was different, would it have made any difference to you?"
Jamie sat there for a minute and then looked back up at him. "I would like to think that it would not have mattered to me, and for the most part, I don't think it would have. That would have been a part of your past, something you can't change, but something that's also a part of who you are. I guess the only thing I was kind of unsettled about was being compared, having to measure up to someone else. I mean, for all I know, I might be bad at it."
All Landon could do was just look at her and smile this huge grin from ear to ear. "That's not possible."
Landon picked up her hand and gave it a little squeeze. "I still meant what I said earlier. Nothing has to happen tonight if you don't want to."
Jamie draped her free arm around his neck and once more, Jamie brought Landon down on the bed, lying down on top of her and her lips sealed with his in a passionate embrace.
Landon rested on his forearms so he wouldn't crush Jamie with his weight. After Jamie leaned back against the soft downy pillows, he said, " Jamie.."
This time, Jamie silenced him with a finger to his lips. She looked into his eyes and saw the happiness, felt the joy that was coursing through him and saw the love, their love, stare back at her.
"Landon?"
"Yeah."
"Make love to me."