DISCLAIMER: I do not own any part of Tuck Everlasting, even though I really
wouldn't mind that.
FIRST NOTE: This is my first Tuck Everlasting fanfic so you have to be kind to me lol. It's about Jesse's life after Winnie. I mean, since he has forever, he definitely has to have some kind of story, right? And so I decided to think and imagine and write out a story for my enjoyment, and the enjoyment of others. Please, please, please review this!
Jesse Tuck leaned back against his bed, and sighed. He closed his eyes, then opened them suddenly as the image of Winifred Foster came to his mind. She was always on his mind, haunting his thoughts. She had been his first love, even thought he had been much, much older than her (about 87 years older, actually) when they first met.
And now it was the year 2003, and Jesse Tuck was sitting in his room in the house he shared with his parents. Miles lived miles away (and this was not just a pun), in France, which seemed like half the world away from New Zealand, where they were living now. Jesse had wanted to stay in America, but America had begun to disagree with his mother when it began to develop so rapidly, and after losing Winnie, he had no desire to leave his parents again. And so they lived in an old farmhouse in the South Island of New Zealand, away from the big city and too much attention.
It had been so many years, and still Jesse could not forget Winnie. She was the best girl he had ever known, even better than Miles' wife Anna. Anna had left Miles when she learned that he would live forever, accusing him of having dealings with the Devil, but Jesse had been sure that Winnie would never do such a thing to him, and that she would never abandon him.
But, in a way, she had.
There were no words to describe the pain that he felt when he saw the tombstone under that tree. To have read those words, and realising that she had not done as she had promised, that she had even married another man, hurt more than he had ever thought possible. But at the same time, he felt a type of peace. Even though he had seemed to believe so strongly that they could have had everything together and have been happy forever, a little part of him had always known that what his parents said were right: that there was no life without death, and it wasn't a gift to be able to live forever. A little part of him had known and unconsciously admitted that Winnie wouldn't have been very happy living forever with him. She deserved a proper life, living each day to the fullest. He just wished that he could have spent that proper life with her.
He gave another loud sigh and turned over to lie on his stomach. He buried his face in his pillow. "Oh Winnie, if only you know how much I miss you. If only I had returned earlier, then I could see you again", he thought to himself. But there was no answer. Of course not. There never was an answer.
FIRST NOTE: This is my first Tuck Everlasting fanfic so you have to be kind to me lol. It's about Jesse's life after Winnie. I mean, since he has forever, he definitely has to have some kind of story, right? And so I decided to think and imagine and write out a story for my enjoyment, and the enjoyment of others. Please, please, please review this!
Jesse Tuck leaned back against his bed, and sighed. He closed his eyes, then opened them suddenly as the image of Winifred Foster came to his mind. She was always on his mind, haunting his thoughts. She had been his first love, even thought he had been much, much older than her (about 87 years older, actually) when they first met.
And now it was the year 2003, and Jesse Tuck was sitting in his room in the house he shared with his parents. Miles lived miles away (and this was not just a pun), in France, which seemed like half the world away from New Zealand, where they were living now. Jesse had wanted to stay in America, but America had begun to disagree with his mother when it began to develop so rapidly, and after losing Winnie, he had no desire to leave his parents again. And so they lived in an old farmhouse in the South Island of New Zealand, away from the big city and too much attention.
It had been so many years, and still Jesse could not forget Winnie. She was the best girl he had ever known, even better than Miles' wife Anna. Anna had left Miles when she learned that he would live forever, accusing him of having dealings with the Devil, but Jesse had been sure that Winnie would never do such a thing to him, and that she would never abandon him.
But, in a way, she had.
There were no words to describe the pain that he felt when he saw the tombstone under that tree. To have read those words, and realising that she had not done as she had promised, that she had even married another man, hurt more than he had ever thought possible. But at the same time, he felt a type of peace. Even though he had seemed to believe so strongly that they could have had everything together and have been happy forever, a little part of him had always known that what his parents said were right: that there was no life without death, and it wasn't a gift to be able to live forever. A little part of him had known and unconsciously admitted that Winnie wouldn't have been very happy living forever with him. She deserved a proper life, living each day to the fullest. He just wished that he could have spent that proper life with her.
He gave another loud sigh and turned over to lie on his stomach. He buried his face in his pillow. "Oh Winnie, if only you know how much I miss you. If only I had returned earlier, then I could see you again", he thought to himself. But there was no answer. Of course not. There never was an answer.