Disclaimer: Ok, people you know the drill by now. But if you're that bored
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 7 chapters before reading this one.
Author's note: Hey, I just want to say thanks for the reviews! They're so awesome, uplifting and they're great motivators. So, keep reviewing and tell me whether you love it, hate it whatever you want to say! BTW, I got a new email address, so if you want to email me with your thoughts and personal reviews, the new address is at: reina_de_las_rosas@hotmail.com. And don't worry; the real drama is just around the corner! So keep on reading!
Author's Note #2: I'm sooo sorry about waiting so long!!!! It has been a bad time for me lately, with school and college applications and all. So unfortunately, my writing was suffering big time; but I'm back, so I'm working on my punctuality. So, just please don't hate me!!! I promise it'll be worth the wait! (I hope!!)
Author's Note #3: I swear this is the last one!! Anyways, just a few FYIs I need you to know about the story. In the book, they were married mid-April, so I'm following that. They're still in school and it's 3 weeks since the last chapter. Ok? Good!
Living Their Dream
Chapter 8
Jamie walked out of the bathroom, wrapped in her worn white terry-cloth robe. With towel in hand, she wrung all the water out of her hair as she walked across the room to her drawers.
Pulling open the top drawer, she pulled out a pair of purple plaid flannel pajamas. * I should hurry. Landon is going to be back any moment. *
She quickly changed, and once she hung both towel and robe back in the bathroom, Jamie walked over to the little vanity desk where her brush lay. Sitting down at the vanity, she began drawing the brush through the still damp snarls of her hair.
Jamie placed the brush back on the desk and picked up a hair tie. Her fingers deftly twisted her hair into a braid trailing down to the middle of her back. While braiding, she looked up at the collection of pictures carefully tucked into the edges of the mirror. * I can't believe we've been married for almost 3 weeks now. I still can't believe I'm married! I actually got my #1. * Jamie smiled as thought back.
Once their honeymoon was officially over, they had settled into a quaint little daily routine. Every morning, both would get up, get showered and get dressed. Jamie would cook breakfast for them and then; both of them would go to school.
After school, they would either take care of some house chores or sit down and do their homework together. They would cook dinner, which was an event in itself, since Jamie had taken about teaching Landon how to cook, and after dinner, they would go out on their balcony and go stargazing or read.
Jamie pulled off one of the pictures and looked at it with a sweet, remembering gaze. Landon had taken the picture during one of their weekend trips. In the picture, Jamie had been resting back on her elbows, against the towel. She had been staring off camera, into the distance, at the impending sunset. The fading sun's last rays glowed against Jamie, making her positively glow.
They had gone to the beach that day, and Jamie had loved every moment of it. They had gone swimming in the ocean, Jamie had packed a lunch and they enjoyed a lovely picnic on the beach. She and Landon even built a sand castle. Granted, it had come out lopsided and collapsed after the first wave crashed against it, but she loved it. It had been a wonderful day.
As she slipped her feet into her worn out slippers, she heard the door unlock and Landon's voice as he came into the house.
"Jamie, I'm back!"
Jamie turned off the lights upstairs. "Ok, I'll be right down." She closed the bedroom door behind her and began her way down the stairs.
Midway down, Jamie felt her legs lose all feeling and give out on her. She grabbed for the railing and luckily, caught onto it before sliding down the rest of the way. * Ugh..Blast that pain medication. * Since going home from the hospital and beginning her home care, Jamie had lost count as to the number of pains medications that she had been on, each one stronger than the one before, and also the more side effects than before. The one that she was on now was pretty potent, but it left her with periodic headaches, as well as making certain parts of her body numb and causing her muscles to go weak, and fail on her, thus causing the fall.
And the pain medication wouldn't be so bad, after all, she'd been taking all sorts of them since she had been diagnosed, but the worst part was letting Landon see all this.
This was the one part of her life that Jamie had been terrified of opening up and sharing with Landon since he had asked her to marry him. She had been able to keep all the ugly downsides of her leukemia away from the rest of the world, only because she never wanted anyone's pity. Even when she was dating Landon, she never wanted him to feel sorry for her; that's why she had kept it from him for so long. In fact, she had even made it clear that if he was marrying her because she was sick, that he not go through with it. And to her constant surprise, he never went away.
And it wasn't so much a matter of vanity, but more a matter of knowing that Landon couldn't do more than watch and keep her as comfortable as possible. He didn't voice it out loud, but she could see it in his eyes when he was holding her hair back when she was vomiting in the bathroom, or when he carried her up the stairs because she didn't have the strength to. She was scared for the both of them once her time grew shorter and -
"Jamie, where are you? You ok?"
Jamie took a deep breath and hoisted herself back up. * I probably shouldn't tell Landon. He's already worried enough about me. * She continued her walk back down the stairs and into the kitchen, where she found Landon unpacking the white paper carryout boxes from the paper bag, loading them up on a tray. She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head on his strong, solid back.
Landon put down the last of the food and turned around in his wife's arms. She looked amazing, even lounging around in her pajamas made his heart take notice. He lifted his hand to brush a stray curl away from her face, and then pressed his hand against her soft cheek, smiling as he pulled her in for a sweet and loving kiss. After he pulled back, he stroked her face. "And here I thought I was going to end up starting our date by myself. What took you so long?"
"Nothing's wrong. I just got out of the shower. It took me some time to get dressed. Don't worry about it. So, what's for dinner?" She reached around for one of the boxes. "Chinese, again?" She said in a joking tone as she popped a shrimp in her mouth. "Hey, you got to choose last time! It's only fair."
Jamie let out a fake exasperating sigh. "Ok, what movies did you get?"
Landon turned around and handed her the stack of videos. Jamie quickly sorted through them. "Romeo Must Die and You Got Mail! I love You Got Mail!! Oh, thank you, thank you Landon. I know how much you don't like romances." Landon shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, I know. But it's ok, YOU still have to sit through Romeo Must Die."
"Ok, it's a deal." Jamie leaned in to give him a peck on the cheek.
With that, Jamie picked up the videos and started walking towards the living room. "Well, we better be going; can't be late for our date now?" Landon just smiled, picked up the tray and followed her lead.
Last Minute Author's note: I just want to reiterate how truly SORRY I am for keeping you guys waiting.!!!!! I got sidetracked, writer's block and eventually ended up abandoning my writing. I hope this chapter makes up for it and I should have part 9 up by the end of the month!! Thanks and let me know what you think!! Review, Review, Review!!!
Author's note: Hey, I just want to say thanks for the reviews! They're so awesome, uplifting and they're great motivators. So, keep reviewing and tell me whether you love it, hate it whatever you want to say! BTW, I got a new email address, so if you want to email me with your thoughts and personal reviews, the new address is at: reina_de_las_rosas@hotmail.com. And don't worry; the real drama is just around the corner! So keep on reading!
Author's Note #2: I'm sooo sorry about waiting so long!!!! It has been a bad time for me lately, with school and college applications and all. So unfortunately, my writing was suffering big time; but I'm back, so I'm working on my punctuality. So, just please don't hate me!!! I promise it'll be worth the wait! (I hope!!)
Author's Note #3: I swear this is the last one!! Anyways, just a few FYIs I need you to know about the story. In the book, they were married mid-April, so I'm following that. They're still in school and it's 3 weeks since the last chapter. Ok? Good!
Living Their Dream
Chapter 8
Jamie walked out of the bathroom, wrapped in her worn white terry-cloth robe. With towel in hand, she wrung all the water out of her hair as she walked across the room to her drawers.
Pulling open the top drawer, she pulled out a pair of purple plaid flannel pajamas. * I should hurry. Landon is going to be back any moment. *
She quickly changed, and once she hung both towel and robe back in the bathroom, Jamie walked over to the little vanity desk where her brush lay. Sitting down at the vanity, she began drawing the brush through the still damp snarls of her hair.
Jamie placed the brush back on the desk and picked up a hair tie. Her fingers deftly twisted her hair into a braid trailing down to the middle of her back. While braiding, she looked up at the collection of pictures carefully tucked into the edges of the mirror. * I can't believe we've been married for almost 3 weeks now. I still can't believe I'm married! I actually got my #1. * Jamie smiled as thought back.
Once their honeymoon was officially over, they had settled into a quaint little daily routine. Every morning, both would get up, get showered and get dressed. Jamie would cook breakfast for them and then; both of them would go to school.
After school, they would either take care of some house chores or sit down and do their homework together. They would cook dinner, which was an event in itself, since Jamie had taken about teaching Landon how to cook, and after dinner, they would go out on their balcony and go stargazing or read.
Jamie pulled off one of the pictures and looked at it with a sweet, remembering gaze. Landon had taken the picture during one of their weekend trips. In the picture, Jamie had been resting back on her elbows, against the towel. She had been staring off camera, into the distance, at the impending sunset. The fading sun's last rays glowed against Jamie, making her positively glow.
They had gone to the beach that day, and Jamie had loved every moment of it. They had gone swimming in the ocean, Jamie had packed a lunch and they enjoyed a lovely picnic on the beach. She and Landon even built a sand castle. Granted, it had come out lopsided and collapsed after the first wave crashed against it, but she loved it. It had been a wonderful day.
As she slipped her feet into her worn out slippers, she heard the door unlock and Landon's voice as he came into the house.
"Jamie, I'm back!"
Jamie turned off the lights upstairs. "Ok, I'll be right down." She closed the bedroom door behind her and began her way down the stairs.
Midway down, Jamie felt her legs lose all feeling and give out on her. She grabbed for the railing and luckily, caught onto it before sliding down the rest of the way. * Ugh..Blast that pain medication. * Since going home from the hospital and beginning her home care, Jamie had lost count as to the number of pains medications that she had been on, each one stronger than the one before, and also the more side effects than before. The one that she was on now was pretty potent, but it left her with periodic headaches, as well as making certain parts of her body numb and causing her muscles to go weak, and fail on her, thus causing the fall.
And the pain medication wouldn't be so bad, after all, she'd been taking all sorts of them since she had been diagnosed, but the worst part was letting Landon see all this.
This was the one part of her life that Jamie had been terrified of opening up and sharing with Landon since he had asked her to marry him. She had been able to keep all the ugly downsides of her leukemia away from the rest of the world, only because she never wanted anyone's pity. Even when she was dating Landon, she never wanted him to feel sorry for her; that's why she had kept it from him for so long. In fact, she had even made it clear that if he was marrying her because she was sick, that he not go through with it. And to her constant surprise, he never went away.
And it wasn't so much a matter of vanity, but more a matter of knowing that Landon couldn't do more than watch and keep her as comfortable as possible. He didn't voice it out loud, but she could see it in his eyes when he was holding her hair back when she was vomiting in the bathroom, or when he carried her up the stairs because she didn't have the strength to. She was scared for the both of them once her time grew shorter and -
"Jamie, where are you? You ok?"
Jamie took a deep breath and hoisted herself back up. * I probably shouldn't tell Landon. He's already worried enough about me. * She continued her walk back down the stairs and into the kitchen, where she found Landon unpacking the white paper carryout boxes from the paper bag, loading them up on a tray. She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head on his strong, solid back.
Landon put down the last of the food and turned around in his wife's arms. She looked amazing, even lounging around in her pajamas made his heart take notice. He lifted his hand to brush a stray curl away from her face, and then pressed his hand against her soft cheek, smiling as he pulled her in for a sweet and loving kiss. After he pulled back, he stroked her face. "And here I thought I was going to end up starting our date by myself. What took you so long?"
"Nothing's wrong. I just got out of the shower. It took me some time to get dressed. Don't worry about it. So, what's for dinner?" She reached around for one of the boxes. "Chinese, again?" She said in a joking tone as she popped a shrimp in her mouth. "Hey, you got to choose last time! It's only fair."
Jamie let out a fake exasperating sigh. "Ok, what movies did you get?"
Landon turned around and handed her the stack of videos. Jamie quickly sorted through them. "Romeo Must Die and You Got Mail! I love You Got Mail!! Oh, thank you, thank you Landon. I know how much you don't like romances." Landon shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, I know. But it's ok, YOU still have to sit through Romeo Must Die."
"Ok, it's a deal." Jamie leaned in to give him a peck on the cheek.
With that, Jamie picked up the videos and started walking towards the living room. "Well, we better be going; can't be late for our date now?" Landon just smiled, picked up the tray and followed her lead.
Last Minute Author's note: I just want to reiterate how truly SORRY I am for keeping you guys waiting.!!!!! I got sidetracked, writer's block and eventually ended up abandoning my writing. I hope this chapter makes up for it and I should have part 9 up by the end of the month!! Thanks and let me know what you think!! Review, Review, Review!!!