Chapter 7
after a couple moments of pure silence, Jamie, began to wonder if Landon heard her.
"Landon? Are you ok?" Jamie asked, as they moved through the garden.
Landon, who had been gazing off into space, finally came back into reality, "Did you say something? I'm sorry, just thinking about something."
"If you want to think, go ahead." Jamie told Landon, and became quiet again.
"No, I was just thinking about someone when I was younger." Landon told Jamie with sadness in his voice.
"I see would you like to talk about this person with me?" Jamie asked Landon as they made their way to the hammock out behind the balcony.
"Well, she," Landon began, but was cut off by his mother yelling for Jamie that her father was leaving.
"Ok, I'll be right there!" Jamie yelled back and turned to Landon once more,
"I think it's funny how we keep getting cut off by our parents. And I asked you earlier if you wanted me to help you with your lines." Jamie smiled, and began to walk in the direction of the house.
"Jamie?" Landon called out to her, "If you'd help me, I'd appreciate It."
"No problem Landon." And Jamie walked through the door.
"Well, Jamie, Hegbert, Thank you so much for coming. We should definitely do this again. And we're here if you need us!" Mrs. Carter smiled at the two, and showed them the way to the door.
"Thank you Mrs. Carter, for having us for dinner, it was delicious!" Jamie smiled, and was walking out the door when they all said their goodbyes.
"Did they leave mom?" Landon asked as he walked through the back door, to where his mom was.
"Yeah, they left." Mrs. Carter smiled and went to clean the rest of the kitchen.
When Mrs. Carter left Landon alone, he went up the stairs to his bedroom, plopped down on his bed, and looked out the window that looked on to Jamie's house, and the two properties. Seeing Jamie walking with her father, Landon smiled to himself, and wished his father were around all those years to help him with things.
After a couple minutes of lying on his bed, Landon fell asleep, and the next thing he knew, his mother was awaking him for school.
"Landon, time to wake up for school, come on." Mrs. Carter yelled at him, growing impatient.
"Urgh, I'm getting up, hang on." Landon yelled back at her groggily.
"And Landon?" Mrs. Carter screamed
"Whatttt?" Landon yelled back, as he sat up in his bed.
"Would you mind running Jamie to school? Her father has to go to the church in a couple minutes to meet with the other minister." Mrs. Carter yelled to her son, after she got off the phone with Hegbert, where she asked if that would be alright.
"Uh, sure mom, whatever you say." Landon yelled down the stairs to her, and went to get in the shower.
'Looks like I'm gonna be spending most of my time with Jamie, taking her to and from school, her helping me with my lines.' Landon shrugged.
Landon quickly got dressed and headed for the door.
"Landon, what about breakfast?" Mrs. Carter asked.
"I'm fine momma. I'm not hungry." Landon replied, getting into his camero.
Landon parked in front of the Sullivan's house, when he got out he noticed that Jamie was already ready, sitting on the porch.
Jamie met him half way on the sidewalk.
"You ready?" Landon asked.
"Yes, I am," Jamie replied, as she walked to the car.
Landon got in and cranked up the car.
He began to drive.
Suddenly Jamie began yelling like it was an emergency, "Landon stop!"
He slammed on the brakes, "What Jamie?"
"You forgot your seat belt," Jamie said.
Landon sighed, "Sorry Jamie,"
He put his seat belt on and then once again started to drive again.
'Why do I bend and quiver to her every need? What is so great about Jamie Sullivan that I do everything I'm told to do with by her?' Landon pondered, as he drove, and tried to keep his attention focused on the road.
"We have to pick up Eric his car is in the shop." Landon told Jamie, as he made a right turn down the road where Eric lived.
"Ok, I'll get in the backseat when we get to his house." Jamie spoke as she began looking at her book bag.
"Yeah, ok." Landon told her bluntly.
As Landon pulled into Eric's driveway, Eric was already halfway there, meeting Landon.
"Yo Eric, your actually outta the house this time." Landon said to Eric as he was walking to the car.
"Haha, yeah man. I was waitin' on your ass." Eric yelled back to Landon.
As Jamie was opening the car door to get in the back, Eric gave her a funny look, and said, "Nah, you can have the front, its cool." And he got in the back, and gave Landon a "What are you doing with Sullivan look?"
"Eric, this is Jamie, she's my neighbor, and I'm giving her a ride." Landon muttered under his breath, and started backing out of the driveway.
"Well, Hello Jamie." Eric replied in his infamous pimp voice.
"Hello Eric, how are you?" Jamie asked him.
"Just fine." Eric told her, as he sat back in his seat, and put his hands behind his head.
'Oh please Jamie don't say anything about the seatbelts.' Landon wished silently.
"Lando, Landon, Lando, I heard somethin' about you, and please tell me it's not true, or I'm gonna be forced to open a can of whoop ass on you." Eric joked around.
"Well, it depends on what it is, so tell me." Landon asked him, as he looked back at him.
"Well, I heard your gonna be in the school play. The stupid high school play, where only freaks and geeks, and the almighty strange people go." Eric told him, as he tried to get comfortable in the backseat.
Jamie, who heard all this, twisted her neck around, gave Eric a hurt look, and turned around, and looked at her lap.
Landon, who saw the look Jamie gave Eric, and the sadness in her eyes, decided to be neutral, he didn't want his friends to make fun of him, but he didn't want Jamie to get hurt if he said he wasn't going to be in the school play, "Uh, well, my mom made me join, she told me it's good for college applications, and a credit, plus it's a cake class, I'll be able to sleep through it."
Not believing what Landon said, Jamie looked at Landon and gave him the same look she gave Eric. Landon instantly felt guilty.
"Oh, man, your mom is trying to get you tormented or something. You should have come up with some bull shit of yours; we all know that Landon Carter is the 'Jedi master of bull shit.' Eric said as he laughed.
"Haha, yeah, man, I know," Landon said, and focused his attention on the car ride.
The rest of the ride to school was pretty silent, except for the occasional rumble from the air conditioner, or cough from the three inside the car.
When Landon pulled into a parking spot at school, Jamie was out of the car with the door slammed by the time Landon had turned off the car. When Landon and Eric finally stepped out of the car Jamie, being as courteous as possible thanked Landon for the ride, and jetted off for school.
"What's her problem?" Eric asked Landon as the followed slowly behind Jamie.
"She's one of the drama geeks now." Landon answered feeling extremely guilty for calling her that.
"Ohh, I didn't get that." Eric joked to Landon, trying to be stupid. "Hey man, thanks for the ride, but I gotta get going to Peterson's. She'll be made at me if I'm late today." Eric grinned and set off for class.
Landon, who was still outside when Eric left, walked into the school building, and saw Jamie looking at an astronomy club poster.
"Jamie?" Landon began, "Look, I'm really sorry. But I'd get so much crap from Eric, and all them if I told them I was in the play so I just told the partial truth."
Jamie, suddenly looked to the ground, as she was examining her shoe, trying to think of what to say, "Well, Landon Cater, I thought you were different from the guys here. But I was wrong. I thought you'd be the one who didn't care what people thought of you, but again I was wrong. How stupid of me huh?" And with that, Jamie walked down the hall to class.
"Jamie? Jamie?" Landon called her name, until he noticed all the people around him staring at him like he was crazy. After waiting a few minutes, and talking to a few people he hardly knew, Landon began walking off to Mr. Roger's class. After arriving a few minutes early, he found Tracie sitting in the front row, and Dean had not arrived yet.
"Tracie, why are you sitting in the front?" Landon laughed at her as he waited for an answer.
"It's my seat for the year, it sucks." Tracie began complaining as Landon went up to ask where his seat was.
"Mr. Roger's, where do I sit?" Landon asked in a somewhat friendly voice.
"In the back row, the only seat not taken." Mr. Rogers told him as he turned on his computer.
As Landon made it to his seat, he forgot all about the new girl, who happened to be Jamie, would be in his class. After getting to his seat, he sat down, took a deep breath, saw a guy named Alex who usually didn't say to much was in front of him, and a girl he had never seen before with her hair covering her face was sitting next to him.
Hearing nothing from the girl, Landon asked her if she's all right. When the girl looked up at Landon, and looked him in the eye, his face registered in shock at who was sitting next to him.
after a couple moments of pure silence, Jamie, began to wonder if Landon heard her.
"Landon? Are you ok?" Jamie asked, as they moved through the garden.
Landon, who had been gazing off into space, finally came back into reality, "Did you say something? I'm sorry, just thinking about something."
"If you want to think, go ahead." Jamie told Landon, and became quiet again.
"No, I was just thinking about someone when I was younger." Landon told Jamie with sadness in his voice.
"I see would you like to talk about this person with me?" Jamie asked Landon as they made their way to the hammock out behind the balcony.
"Well, she," Landon began, but was cut off by his mother yelling for Jamie that her father was leaving.
"Ok, I'll be right there!" Jamie yelled back and turned to Landon once more,
"I think it's funny how we keep getting cut off by our parents. And I asked you earlier if you wanted me to help you with your lines." Jamie smiled, and began to walk in the direction of the house.
"Jamie?" Landon called out to her, "If you'd help me, I'd appreciate It."
"No problem Landon." And Jamie walked through the door.
"Well, Jamie, Hegbert, Thank you so much for coming. We should definitely do this again. And we're here if you need us!" Mrs. Carter smiled at the two, and showed them the way to the door.
"Thank you Mrs. Carter, for having us for dinner, it was delicious!" Jamie smiled, and was walking out the door when they all said their goodbyes.
"Did they leave mom?" Landon asked as he walked through the back door, to where his mom was.
"Yeah, they left." Mrs. Carter smiled and went to clean the rest of the kitchen.
When Mrs. Carter left Landon alone, he went up the stairs to his bedroom, plopped down on his bed, and looked out the window that looked on to Jamie's house, and the two properties. Seeing Jamie walking with her father, Landon smiled to himself, and wished his father were around all those years to help him with things.
After a couple minutes of lying on his bed, Landon fell asleep, and the next thing he knew, his mother was awaking him for school.
"Landon, time to wake up for school, come on." Mrs. Carter yelled at him, growing impatient.
"Urgh, I'm getting up, hang on." Landon yelled back at her groggily.
"And Landon?" Mrs. Carter screamed
"Whatttt?" Landon yelled back, as he sat up in his bed.
"Would you mind running Jamie to school? Her father has to go to the church in a couple minutes to meet with the other minister." Mrs. Carter yelled to her son, after she got off the phone with Hegbert, where she asked if that would be alright.
"Uh, sure mom, whatever you say." Landon yelled down the stairs to her, and went to get in the shower.
'Looks like I'm gonna be spending most of my time with Jamie, taking her to and from school, her helping me with my lines.' Landon shrugged.
Landon quickly got dressed and headed for the door.
"Landon, what about breakfast?" Mrs. Carter asked.
"I'm fine momma. I'm not hungry." Landon replied, getting into his camero.
Landon parked in front of the Sullivan's house, when he got out he noticed that Jamie was already ready, sitting on the porch.
Jamie met him half way on the sidewalk.
"You ready?" Landon asked.
"Yes, I am," Jamie replied, as she walked to the car.
Landon got in and cranked up the car.
He began to drive.
Suddenly Jamie began yelling like it was an emergency, "Landon stop!"
He slammed on the brakes, "What Jamie?"
"You forgot your seat belt," Jamie said.
Landon sighed, "Sorry Jamie,"
He put his seat belt on and then once again started to drive again.
'Why do I bend and quiver to her every need? What is so great about Jamie Sullivan that I do everything I'm told to do with by her?' Landon pondered, as he drove, and tried to keep his attention focused on the road.
"We have to pick up Eric his car is in the shop." Landon told Jamie, as he made a right turn down the road where Eric lived.
"Ok, I'll get in the backseat when we get to his house." Jamie spoke as she began looking at her book bag.
"Yeah, ok." Landon told her bluntly.
As Landon pulled into Eric's driveway, Eric was already halfway there, meeting Landon.
"Yo Eric, your actually outta the house this time." Landon said to Eric as he was walking to the car.
"Haha, yeah man. I was waitin' on your ass." Eric yelled back to Landon.
As Jamie was opening the car door to get in the back, Eric gave her a funny look, and said, "Nah, you can have the front, its cool." And he got in the back, and gave Landon a "What are you doing with Sullivan look?"
"Eric, this is Jamie, she's my neighbor, and I'm giving her a ride." Landon muttered under his breath, and started backing out of the driveway.
"Well, Hello Jamie." Eric replied in his infamous pimp voice.
"Hello Eric, how are you?" Jamie asked him.
"Just fine." Eric told her, as he sat back in his seat, and put his hands behind his head.
'Oh please Jamie don't say anything about the seatbelts.' Landon wished silently.
"Lando, Landon, Lando, I heard somethin' about you, and please tell me it's not true, or I'm gonna be forced to open a can of whoop ass on you." Eric joked around.
"Well, it depends on what it is, so tell me." Landon asked him, as he looked back at him.
"Well, I heard your gonna be in the school play. The stupid high school play, where only freaks and geeks, and the almighty strange people go." Eric told him, as he tried to get comfortable in the backseat.
Jamie, who heard all this, twisted her neck around, gave Eric a hurt look, and turned around, and looked at her lap.
Landon, who saw the look Jamie gave Eric, and the sadness in her eyes, decided to be neutral, he didn't want his friends to make fun of him, but he didn't want Jamie to get hurt if he said he wasn't going to be in the school play, "Uh, well, my mom made me join, she told me it's good for college applications, and a credit, plus it's a cake class, I'll be able to sleep through it."
Not believing what Landon said, Jamie looked at Landon and gave him the same look she gave Eric. Landon instantly felt guilty.
"Oh, man, your mom is trying to get you tormented or something. You should have come up with some bull shit of yours; we all know that Landon Carter is the 'Jedi master of bull shit.' Eric said as he laughed.
"Haha, yeah, man, I know," Landon said, and focused his attention on the car ride.
The rest of the ride to school was pretty silent, except for the occasional rumble from the air conditioner, or cough from the three inside the car.
When Landon pulled into a parking spot at school, Jamie was out of the car with the door slammed by the time Landon had turned off the car. When Landon and Eric finally stepped out of the car Jamie, being as courteous as possible thanked Landon for the ride, and jetted off for school.
"What's her problem?" Eric asked Landon as the followed slowly behind Jamie.
"She's one of the drama geeks now." Landon answered feeling extremely guilty for calling her that.
"Ohh, I didn't get that." Eric joked to Landon, trying to be stupid. "Hey man, thanks for the ride, but I gotta get going to Peterson's. She'll be made at me if I'm late today." Eric grinned and set off for class.
Landon, who was still outside when Eric left, walked into the school building, and saw Jamie looking at an astronomy club poster.
"Jamie?" Landon began, "Look, I'm really sorry. But I'd get so much crap from Eric, and all them if I told them I was in the play so I just told the partial truth."
Jamie, suddenly looked to the ground, as she was examining her shoe, trying to think of what to say, "Well, Landon Cater, I thought you were different from the guys here. But I was wrong. I thought you'd be the one who didn't care what people thought of you, but again I was wrong. How stupid of me huh?" And with that, Jamie walked down the hall to class.
"Jamie? Jamie?" Landon called her name, until he noticed all the people around him staring at him like he was crazy. After waiting a few minutes, and talking to a few people he hardly knew, Landon began walking off to Mr. Roger's class. After arriving a few minutes early, he found Tracie sitting in the front row, and Dean had not arrived yet.
"Tracie, why are you sitting in the front?" Landon laughed at her as he waited for an answer.
"It's my seat for the year, it sucks." Tracie began complaining as Landon went up to ask where his seat was.
"Mr. Roger's, where do I sit?" Landon asked in a somewhat friendly voice.
"In the back row, the only seat not taken." Mr. Rogers told him as he turned on his computer.
As Landon made it to his seat, he forgot all about the new girl, who happened to be Jamie, would be in his class. After getting to his seat, he sat down, took a deep breath, saw a guy named Alex who usually didn't say to much was in front of him, and a girl he had never seen before with her hair covering her face was sitting next to him.
Hearing nothing from the girl, Landon asked her if she's all right. When the girl looked up at Landon, and looked him in the eye, his face registered in shock at who was sitting next to him.