AN: Thanks for the reviews here's the next chapter.

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The next two days were hell. Jamie avoided Landon, he tried to talk to her but she pulled away. She hopes if she stays mad at him, it won't hurt when he leaves.

Today is Saturday and they don't have to be at work for a couple of hours. Nothing to do but stay home, Jamie hasn't left her room.

" Hey." Landon said from her doorway. She didn't say anything, she just keeps her head down, looking through a magazine.

" You don't have to say anything, just listen. We can't end it like this. I can't leave you pissed, I love you too much." Landon explained, wishing she'd just look up, just say something.

" I…" Jamie started as her eyes fill with tears. " I can't say what you want. This hurts so much and… you became my everything, my family, my friend, your all I have and your leaving. I'm all alone." Jamie said in between sobs with her head down.

" What are we going to do?" Landon asked.

" Your going to leave in a couple of days and I'm gonna have to say goodbye. Then you'll go and finally have a family and I'll stay here and take extra shifts to pay rent. And go to school alone and come home to an empty place. That's what we go now." Jamie explained.

" You said. 'Finally go and have a family.' Jamie, you'll always be my family, I'll always love you." Landon said before he left.

" I love you too." Jamie whispered as she buries her face in her pillow and just cry's. she begins to think of their time together, when they first met, moved in together, everything.

Landon went to his room and sat on the edge of his bed, with his hands covering his face as his elbows rest on his thighs. " I didn't want it to happen like this. I never meant to hurt you, but that's all I seem to be doing. I wish you could come with me. I don't want to leave you." Landon whispered.

The next couple of hours till Jamie had to go to work, she stayed in her room, doing nothing but staring at the ceiling with tear staid cheeks.

She works as a bartender at a local, well known bar called Trent's owned by Mike Trent, her boss. He looked past the fact she isn't old enough to serve liquor and gave her the job 6 months ago, not because he felt sorry for her, because he wants to get into her pants.

Landon works as a sales clerk at a music shop since he's 16. It's a job he loves, since it's all about music and instruments , his passion.

Landon can play ever instrument you can think of. Music is to him what painting is to Jamie, their passions.

Jamie finally got off her bed and got dressed for work. She put on a long black bell skirt that touches the floor with a black tank top and black boots. Then she combed her hair, nothing fancy, just left it lose, it clung to her face.

Then went downstairs, where Landon is sitting on the sofa.

" So I guess your working today." Landon said.

" Yeah." Jamie said as she opens the front door. " Bye." she said before she left.

" Bye." Landon said after she closed the door.

Jamie walked into the bar, there isn't many people, big crowds don't come till 11pm.

" Hey." Jamie said to the other bartender, Jen.

" Hey. Mike wants to talk to you, he's in the back." Jen explained as she passes a beer to a customer.

" Alright." Jamie said before she walks away.

" Jen said you wanted to talk to me." Jamie said as she walks into the office.

" Yeah have a seat. I need a huge favor." Mike said as she sits down.

" What's up?"

" Ana called out. You know tonight's a busy night and the crowd wants live music. Her band can do a lot of the songs without her, that's fine but they don't come till 11:30pm, I need you to sing." Mike explained.

" Are you serious? I can't." Jamie said, she's never sung in front of a crowd before.

" It's an extra 100 bucks." Mike added.

Jamie thought it over, she needs the money.


"Ok fine I'll do it." Jamie said before she left the office.

20 minutes after Jamie left, Landon went to work.

" Hey man." Landon said as he walks into the store.

" You look like someone ran over you with a car." Eric, the store manager said.

" I wish."

"You alright?" Eric asked seeing the seriousness across Landon's face.

" I'm cool."

" You know what. I can handle this alone. Why don't you go home, you look like you need it." Eric said an hour later.

" I guess your right. Thanks man." Landon said as he left. He didn't feel like going home so her went to Trent's.

He walks into the bar and takes a seat in the back.

" It's almost time. Do you know what your going to do?" Mike asked Jamie.

" Yeah. Is there a piano here?" Jamie asked.

" Keyboard."

" That'll work." Jamie said. After a few minutes she went on stage and sat behind the keyboard.

She is the only one on stage. She decided to sing Evanescence's My immortal. It's the only song she can really play on the keyboard and on such short notice. It also fits her emotions right now.

Landon watched her go on stage he knew what she was doing, he feels happy for her.

Jamie began to play the intro to the song , she searches the crowd, her eyes met Landon's, she didn't let the stop her, she just continues with the song.

"I'm so tired of being her. Suppressed by all my childish fears. And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave. Because your presence still lingers here, and it won't leave me alone." Jamie sang with her eyes locked with Landon's, the song is for him.

"These wounds won't seem to heal. This pain is just to real. There's just too much that time cannot erase.

"When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of you fears. And I've held you hand through all of these years. But you still have all of me." Jamie sang with her heart breaking with the emotion of the song and she continues to play the keyboard. Each word rang true, she held his hand through all these years as he did for her.

"You used to captivate me, by your resonating light. But now I'm bound by the life you left behind. You face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams. Your voice, it chased away all the sanity in me.

" These wounds won't seem to heal. This pain is just too real. There's just too much that time cannot erase." Jamie sang as she closes her eyes, there is just to much pain. Landon listened to every word like he's never listened to a song before, he sees the pain on her face and in her voice. If she only knew how much it's hurting him to leave her.

" When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears. And I've held your hand through all of these years. But you still have all of me." Jamie sang. Each word meant so much, Landon just listened, her voice just took over the whole bar.

" I've tried so hard to tell myself that your gone. And through your still with me. I've been alone all along." Jamie sang as she plays a keyboard solo. Landon's eyes never left her. He was amazed, he's never seen her play or sing, except a little to the radio.

" When you cried I'd wipe away all of you tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of you fears. And I've held your hand through all of these years. But you still have all of me." Jamie sang as she plays the last notes of the song.

" Thank you." Jamie said before she left the stage.

She went to the back and cried like someone just stabbed her, her heart is racing, her hands are shaking. Part because she's so nervous and part because Landon was there.

AN: Review and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Isabelle