A/N: Thanks for all your reviews and I would especially like to thank Isabelle8888 you've helped me a lot with my newer fics...it means the world to me...I don't really think they'd have any juicy details if you didn't help! Here is chapter 2 and thanks again Isabelle!

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Jamie woke up the next morning, Friday. She went to the bathroom and looked at her reflection in the mirror and groaned. She had circles under her eyes, and looked pale from lack of sleep.

Taking care of Jacob had been so hard on her but she had no one else to turn to. Jamie's old aunt Clair said to turn him to a foster home but Jamie couldn't even dream of doing that! Jacob was her brother no matter how cruel he was to her, and she loved him.

"Jamie!" Jacob called from downstairs.

Jamie jumped she didn't know that he was still home he usually left early. "Just a minute!" Jamie called running to the top of the stairs. "What?"

"I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to school with Jack and Shawn today, I won't make it to the coffee house and I didn't want you to worry," Jacob said turning to leave.

"Homework?" She called.

"I got it done last night!" He called closing the door as he left.

Jamie smiled to herself. He had done his homework; it was like the first time in two months. She then looked at her watch and decided she was going to go get her morning coffee at Bill's.

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Landon sat across the coffee shop on a bench. He was waiting for Jamie to come back, he looked at his watch and back up and saw her walk in the coffee shop. "Perfect," He whispered walking across the street.

"The usual Bill," Jamie said as she smiled at the cashier.

"Okay Jamie it'll be just a minute," The jolly man said as he turned around.

Landon hung back towards the entrance waiting for her to sit down. As the man she called 'Bill' handed her coffee and refused to let her pay, Landon headed over.

He plopped down across from her and smiled. "Hey," He said smoothly.

"Are you stalking me?" Jamie asked taking a sip of her cappuccino.

"No, I would never," Landon said leaning back in the chair.

"I think you would, I can tell a lot about you by just looking at you," Jamie said looking at him.

"Oh yeah, tell me something about me," Landon challenged. "Should I hand you my hand so you can read my palm?" He added with a snicker.

"Funny...Well you have a dog, a German Sheppard to be exact, you like walking in the park, for work you work part time at a local store, Wall- Mart maybe, you have one close friend you've known all your life, oh and you're deeply attracted to me," She added with a cocky smile.

Landon just looked at her. "Uh.." He said looking for words.

"So, how did I do?" Jamie asked knowing she nailed him.

"W-well..you got me BUT I work at K-Mart, not Wall-Mart," Landon said matter-of-factly.

"Oh who cares they're both 'Marts" Jamie said taking another sip of her coffee.

"How did you know all that anyway?" Jamie smiled.

"You want the truth? Well I saw you walking your dog about a week ago, and I also see you walking in the park often, and I saw you at work," Jamie answered.

"And you said I was stalking," Landon shot to her.

"Don't hold your breath Mr. Carter," She snapped.

"Whoa...am I sensing a little PMS here?" He asked grinning a lopsided grin. That grin made Jamie's insides churn.

"No, your sensing annoyance Mr. Carter, now if you'll excuse me I'm late for work," Jamie said standing up.

"Wait!" Landon said grabbing her arm.

Jamie turned around and looked at him, why was he trying so hard? Why did he make her want to tell him every little thing about her? Why was he doing this to HER, there were plenty of other girls willing to give him what he was after and she knew what that was because his eyes kept glancing down to her breasts every minute or so.

"I want to get to know you, I want to spend time with you, I want to know every little thing about you, your favorite color, your favorite movie, if you bite your nails when you're nervous or if you bite you lip," Landon said looking at her face.

Jamie stared back at him, should she let him get to know her, and should she get to know him? What if he left her, like all the others did, the only other person she had in her life besides Jacob was Renee.

"Okay, I'll get to know you," Jamie said above a whisper.

Landon smiled thankful that she hadn't given into the part of her that wanted to slap his head off. "Will you meet me here at five o' clock??" Landon asked.

"Yeah, I'll meet you here," Jamie answered.

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Jamie arrived at the local newspaper 'station' and looked for Renee. "Hey, sorry I'm late I got held up at the coffee shop." Jamie said taking off her jacket.

"Its fine," Renee replied walking on, she had to get her article off to the computer.

Jamie sat at her desk. She was one of the main reporters for the local news paper. Jamie loved working here, she got to write and was paid for it, and it didn't pay half bad either. It kept her and Jacob off the streets anyway.

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Jamie looked at her watch, it read four thirty. "I gotta go Renee!" She called.

"See ya Jamie!" Renee called back. Jamie walked out of the building and headed for the coffee shop.

Jamie got there about twenty minutes later because she had to walk; Jamie had no money to get a car and didn't want to wait on the bus. As she entered she saw Landon sitting at a table.

"Hey," She said softly.

"Oh hey," He said looking at his watch.

"I'm a bit early," She said sitting down across from him.

"Anxious to see me?" He asked grinning.

"Don't flatter yourself," Jamie replied.

"So, why are you so cut off from people, I don't see you at the clubs, I hardly ever see you any where," Landon said.

"My father died about a year ago, and I have to take care of my brother Jacob, he's sixteen. Second reason is that I don't want to love again, I don't even know what love is..the only person I can love is Jacob, but I scare myself when I when I think about loving him," Jamie said avoiding Landon's eyes.

"Why does it scare you?" Landon asked watching her fidget.

"Because everyone I love dies or leaves me, please Landon promise me you won't make me love you."