Chapter 24
It was many weeks after Eric's surgery and Eric was doing excellent. He was
recovering better than usual patients do. Today he finally got to come home.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs.---please call us John and Rebecca," Eric's
parents
interrupted.
"Hello John and Rebecca," Landon said smiling.
"Who is this marvelous young lady?" Rebecca asked looking at Jamie.
"Oh how rude of me, I'm Jamie, Jamie Sullivan," Jamie replied with a smile.
Landon and Jamie decided to leave Eric and his parents alone so they could
have some time alone. They decided to walk in the park.
"Landon, do you know what?" Jamie said as she walked beside him.
"What?" Landon said looking at her.
~*~In your arms I can still feel the way you
want me when you hold me
I can still hear the words you whispered
when you told me
I can stay right here forever in your arms~*~
"I love you with all my heart and more," Jamie said with a smile.
As she said that Landon remembered what Eric had said before, "You guys are
meant to be together." Landon then couldn't imagine life without his
precious Jamie.
"I love you too," He said kissing her.
Landon then had a brilliant idea. "Jamie I gotta go run a few errands I'll
meet you back here at 6 o' clock." Landon said giving her a quick kiss good
bye.
~*~And there ain't no way -
I'm letting you go now -
And there ain't no way -
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day..…~*~
'I wonder what that was about?' Jamie thought with a smile. Jamie went home
and was looking at a book of poems by her favorite poet Elizabeth Barrett
Browning. When she came across a poem that she thought expressed her love to
Landon.
~*~'Cause I'm keeping you
forever and for always
We will be together for all our days
Wanna wake up every
morning to your sweet face - always~*~
She tore out the page and folded it. "I cant wait to see Landon tonight,"
Jamie said as she drifted to sleep.
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When Jamie woke up it was 5:30pm. 'Oh great I'm going to be late if I don't
hurry' Jamie thought running out of the house. It took her a good twenty
minutes to run down to the park where her and Landon had to meet.
Jamie saw Landon and ran faster. "Landon…..I'm sorry…..I fell asleep," Jamie
said panting.
Landon let out a chuckle, she looked so cute trying to apologize and catch
her breath at the same time. "It's okay Jamie really," He said laughing
again.
"What's so funny?" Jamie asked still panting.
"You are," He said with a smile.
~*~ Mmmm, baby
In your heart - I can still hear
a beat for every time you kiss me
And when we're apart,
I know how much you miss me
I can feel your love for me in your heart~*~
"I'm not trying to be, I ran all the way down here ya know," Jamie said
matter-of-factly.
"Yes I know," Landon said trying not to laugh.
"I found a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and I really think it
expresses how I feel about you," Jamie said taking out the folded piece of
paper.
Landon took the poem and read it aloud.
"~*~How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old grief's, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.~*~"
Landon looked down at the paper as tears surfaced his eyes. Jamie, his Jamie
felt this for him, bad ass Landon Carter who's longest relationship was
three weeks.
~*~ And there ain't no way -
I'm letting you go now -
And there ain't no way -
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day…~*~
"Jamie, this…." He didn't even have words for what it meant to him.
"You don't have to say anything, I just want you to know I feel this for
you," Jamie said kissing his cheek.
"That reminds me," Landon said digging in his pocket. He then took out a
little velvet case and handed it to Jamie.
~*~ 'Cause I'm keeping you
forever and for always
We will be together for all our days
Wanna wake up every
morning to your sweet face - always~*~
"What is this," Jamie asked taking it from him.
"Open it," Landon said with a soft smile.
Jamie opened it and tears came out of her eyes. She saw a little ring with a
diamond in the middle and two crosses engraved on either side of the ring.
"Landon what is this?" Jamie asked looking up at him.
"It's a promise ring. . .it promises that we'll always be together, Jamie, I
thought about what Eric said a lot, and I just can't imagine my life without
you," Landon said quickly wiping away the tears that fell from his eyes.
~*~ (I wanna wake up every morning)
In your eyes - (I can still see
the look of the one) I can still see
the look of the one who really loves me
(I can still feel the way, that you want)
The one who wouldn't put anything
else in the world above me
(I can still see love for me) I can
still see love for me in your eyes
(I still see the love~*~
"Oh Landon," Jamie whispered. "I don't think I can live without you, you're
my world, my soul, my angel, my everything," Jamie said hugging him.
Landon then pulled away from the hug and took the ring out of its box he
placed it on her finger. "Jamie Elizabeth Sullivan, I love you and I always
will," He said looking deep into her eyes.
~*~And there ain't no way -
I'm letting you go now-
And there ain't no way -
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day…~*~
"I love you too Landon Rollins Carter," Jamie said as she kissed him
lovingly.
~*~ I'm keeping you forever and for always
I'm in your arms~*~
Jamie and Landon believed that they would stay together forever. People all
around said they'd never do it, at times they believed what other people
said. But let me tell you something my friends, they beat all odds.
Song= Shania Twain-- Forever and for always
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A/N: There it is guys, the final chapter of Coming Back. Now I know I
totally took the story to a different level than the other author ever
planned on doing, I may have even made it a bit mushy at times and I
apologize, but hey every fic needs SOME romance am I right? Of course I am.
Well I hope you all enjoyed it and thanks so much for your support. Have any
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