Disclaimer: I do not own the A Walk to Remember characters. I just love them very dearly.
A/N- I realized that I made a mistake in the big A/N in the first chapter. Landon wasn't close to his father, who was a congressman but was close his mother. Sorry, now you can un-bite your nails.
Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to another fanfic friend. Her name is psalm57, aka Claire. Yes those who read the first dedication see that I know two Claires, and yes it does get confusing. Claire, you are an amazing person. You have been an inspiration to me. Your faith and your confidence make me want to be a better person. Everyone, this girl is a tremendous writer. You all need to read her fanfic The Musician for Everwood, something I am totally addicted to right now. But Claire, your not only an amazing person and writer, you are a person I know I can turn to when I need you, and for that I say thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Now that all of my corniness is over, let's start the story.
Samantha walked back to her dorm that was right off the campus. She didn't have anyone from her school in there; they were all from the all-girls school across the road. Samantha opened her door and set her books down on the small table she had bought at a local antique shop. She walked slowly over to her couch that was just big enough for two people, but only held one person on most occasions. Samantha hadn't had any male visitors in so long. She would feel weird if one was even in her room to fix the plumbing. Samantha opened a book that she had been reading for the past week and jumped to the place she had left off the day before. As the words flowed through her head she lost herself in a world of fairies and princesses. When she finally looked up from the pages she saw that it was dark outside and hours had passed since she had first picked the book up. She finally tore herself from the book and began to start her homework.
This wasn't how her life had always been. She used to be social, the most popular girl at both her high school and her college. She went out with her friends and actually did things. But one day it just didn't do it for her anymore. It was probably after what her fiancé had done to her. But we won't get into that yet. For now, Samantha sits at her table and does her assigned work until the wee hours of the morning, before finally closing her eyes to rest, just to be woken up again in an hour.
While Samantha was in a battle between a fairy warriors and human soldiers Landon was getting home. He climbed out of the car just in time to be buried in the light colored hair of Elisha.
"Hey baby. How was your day?" Landon said after kissing the little girls cheek.
"It was okay. Granny made me clean my room when I got home from school though," Elisha said looking up at her daddy as they walked up the house she had grown up in.
"Well, you need to have a clean room. So, how was school?" Landon said picking the girl up off of her feet. "Did you learn anything interesting or new?"
"No, we just went over the alphabet again. Daddy, I think I need a new teacher. She doesn't realize that I know what she is teaching already," Elisha said resting her head on Landon's shoulder. Landon opened his screen door and stepped into the living room. He set Elisha down on the couch and then he sat next her as she climbed into his lap.
"Well, the other kids aren't as smart as you are. They need more time to understand things," Landon said resting his head on the little girl's head. Elisha had been blessed with Jamie's intelligence and Landon's...well she had been blessed not to have anything of Landon's, in his opinion.
"I know, but can't she give me extra work or something?" Elisha said in a whiney voice.
"I don't know baby. I'm going to find you Granny and say good-bye. You go do something useful," Landon said sitting up. Elisha ran up the stairs and started to read a chapter book Granny had picked up at the library for her.
Landon walked into the kitchen to find his mother cooking hastily. There were several pots on the stove that smelled like black-eyed peas, corn, and potatoes. He could also smell some magnificent pot roast. Landon couldn't help but smile at the way his momma sang loudly and closed her eyes when it became a dramatic part in the song. She leaned back to over dramatize the song, bounced around, and swayed her head at the chorus.
"Hey, momma!" He said, sneaking up behind her.
Landon's mother jumped into the air. "When did you get home?" she said her cheeks getting steadily pink. She placed her hand on her chest as if trying to steady her heart.
"Not too long ago. Early enough to get a good show though," Landon smiled and hugged his mother around the neck.
"You know I didn't raise you to be a smart a...aleck," she said hugging her son.
"Wow, I can't believe you almost cursed. I think I should record this somewhere. We should call the newspaper, think of it. 'Good ol' Southern Baptist Woman Almost said Ass.' That would really sell," Landon said raising an eyebrow.
The old woman hit Landon with her cooking glove and then went to finish cooking. Landon laughed and sat at the kitchen table and told his mother of his day and things that he had been thinking about. He had found that after he had met Jamie and lost her, he wanted to spend more time with his mother. They had grown closer to each other as Landon slowly recovered from Jamie. After supper was ready she left Landon and Elisha, as she had every day, and went back home to cook a meal for herself. Landon's father was away in Washington D.C. again, so she was alone, but she didn't mind. It was nice to not have to worry about others spying on you or anything like that.
After supper, Landon and Elisha watched a little television, Elisha read to Landon, Landon bathed Elisha, and then they both went to bed.
A/N- Sorry, it was kind of a pointless chapter. I was just trying to show you how they acted on a normal basis, because soon it will change. I am still keeping my promise about not having Samantha and Landon getting together. Some of you might be thinking "Hey, why should I even read this? She gave away the ending." No I didn't. If you read the book, you'd have known that Landon never remarried. He clearly states that he never even took his ring off. But I bet you're curious how I'm going to put Samantha in there huh? I hope you are! Please be! I really appreciated all of the reviews that I got. I am getting really excited! I hope that everyone keeps reviewing. I love you all! Oh, and I will eventually read your stories, but I haven't had any time recently. I am struggling to get all of the chapters up quickly. So now that I'm done mumbling and talking, you might want to review, because that makes me happy. And a happy Bethany makes the story end the way you want it to.