Chapter Eight
"Landon, I told the doctors, my father, and your mom, to pretend I had died. You, and your friends, and my friends all thought I died, but I didn't die. I think they did a really good job, your mother said you started to cry right away, and you wouldn't stop for a very long time. Is that true?" Jamie told him.
"Yes. It is. Why the hell would you want to fake your death? Are you crazy?!"
"Landon."
"Sorry. Why though?"
"Landon, I had a very good reason to do that. I was very unhealthy and very tired all the time. Everyone was always visiting me and staying around me, especially you. How was I supposed to get better when everyone was always there? I needed my rest, just like everyone else, but I needed it more. So I just decided I would be dead until I got better, and I am better."
Landon was amazed. He had so many questions. "So, you never died? My mom knew about this? You didn't want to see me? Who else knew?"
"Whoa Landon. One question at a time." She kissed him on the cheek.
"Aight. You never died?"
"No I didn't. I was pretending to be dead for these past 10 months."
"Okay. And my mom knew all along?"
"Yes she did. And my father. No one else knew."
"Why didn't you want me to know?"
"Landon, you know you would be all over me. You'd always be at my house. That's the whole reason why I wanted people to think I was dead in the first place."
"Okay I guess I understand that. Why couldn't you just tell people not to visit?"
"Because they still would."
"How are you healthy again? Do you still have Leukemia?"
"Why the sudden questions?"
"I love hearing about you."
"Landon, I just slowly but surely got better. I took a lot of medicine and slept over 18 hours a day. The leukemia is not completely gone, but the doctors say I will live a normal life, and I will die of old age like most people. The only difference between me and the 'normal world' is that I will need a little bit more sleep. That's all."
"Aight. I'll stop asking questions. That's great Jamie. That is awesome. I love you." They passionately kissed for what seemed like hours, but had only been minutes with a few breaths in between. This continued for about 10 or more minutes. Landon felt like crying. He knew it wasn't manly to cry, so he held it back. He didn't want to cry because he was sad. He wanted to cry because of how much he loved Jamie, how happy he was to have her back. He fulfilled his life with everything it needed. Landon felt the tears well up in his eyes when they were done kissing.
"Landon? Are you alright?" Jamie asked. Landon didn't answer. He just looked away from her in fear.
"What's the matter Landon?" She put her hand on the back of his neck. "Please talk to me." She looked like she had hurt in her eyes. She didn't like that Landon would keep things from her.
He turned back around and looked her in the eyes. There were tears dripping down his cheeks and onto his shirt. He wasn't crying really hard, but hard enough that she knew he was crying. "Oh Landon." She gave him a warm hug. "Please. What's wrong?"
"Jamie." He looked at her very sincerely. "I love you."
Jamie looked very puzzled. "That's a bad thing?" If he were to say yes Jamie would have ran off crying right then and there.
"No. That's a great thing. So great it makes me cry tears of happiness. Jamie I don't want to lose you again."
You could see tears well up in Jamie's eyes. They both reached for a hug. They cried on each other's shoulders for a very long time, almost an hour. They love being in each other's warm embrace. It makes them feel that all is right in the world.
They both got up from the picnic table (now that they were done hugging and crying), and started off to their cars. As they were leaving, Landon stopped Jamie.
"Jamie, I have something to ask you. Well, more like something to tell you. Next time we see each other, do you think we could talk about it tomorrow? Or whenever you're free."
"Sure Landon! I'm free tomorrow. Anything for my husband. I'll come to your house tomorrow, okay?"
Landon smiled. "Okay, Jamie," He kissed her gently. "See you tomorrow."
They both got into their cars and drove home.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Do you like this chapter? I hope so, it took a lot of thinking to decide how this whole thing would turn out. Can you believe it? While I was writing my OWN story, I was crying. For some reason anything that has Landon and Jamie in it touches my heart so much and I just start crying. They are the best match ever. Please r&r I want at least 2 or 3 reviews before I write the next chapter. I think this is gonna be a 20 chapter fic..what do you think?