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It had been a few days since their night on the beach, but Landon and Jamie were enjoying all of their time alone. This was by-far a super honeymoon for them. Although they would be leaving the Bahamas in a few days, they were still anxious to get back home to see their families. Today would start Jamie and Landon's third surfing lesson. They had both mastered standing on the board and could actually ride a wave for a few seconds.
Jamie woke up to the suns' rays penetrating her back. Obviously, Landon was up already and had opened their French doors, allowing the warm light to enter their suite. Jamie lie in bed, lingering, not wanting to start the day. She was really exhausted from the past few days. Never the less, Jamie woke herself up, ready to take on whatever the day may bring. She knew as long as Landon was by her side, she could accomplish anything. She walked into the bathroom, expecting to see Landon there. But he wasn't. Jamie walked into the kitchen area, where she was greeted by smoke and an awful burning smell. Soon, the smoke alarm sounded.
"What happened??, Jamie asked in a concerned voice. She could see Landon's figure a-mist the smoke. He opened a window and started to fan the air.
"Oh gosh Jamie, everything was going to be perfect... I was just trying to make you breakfast. Landon walked over to the table and put his head in his hands.
"Landon..." Jamie said while walking over to where Landon was sitting.
"Jamie, it was going to be perfect. And the sad thing is it was only eggs and toast... Oh gosh, I would have impressed you." Landon said now smirking, as though silently laughing at what just happened.
"Landon, I am impressed. Really!" Jamie quickly inserted as to make him believe her. "It was very thoughtful of you, and I appreciate the kind thought" Jamie continued, meaning every word she said. She grabbed Landon and pulled him into a heart-warming hug, ending it with giving him a kiss on his cheek.
"So I guess your making breakfast, again." Landon made sure to emphasize the 'again' part. He was really upset about this.
"I have a better idea, why don't we both make breakfast, together." Jamie replied in a playish voice, emphasizing on the 'together' part, just like Landon.
After breakfast was made, eaten, and cleaned-up, Landon and Jamie both got ready to meet their surfing instructor for a their lesson.
"Jamie, you ready yet, we have to leave in 5 minutes?" Landon called to Jamie through the bathroom door.
"I don't know, I think I'm ready" Jamie answered opening the closed bathroom door, so that it was wide open. "Do I look ok, I really want to impress our instructor; he's so cute!!" Jamie continued, in one of her bubble-ly voices. Jamie stood next to the door in her bra and a pair of her shorter- shorts.
"What??" Landon answered, shocked at what he saw, and at what Jamie was saying.
"Well... how do I look??" Jamie asked, trying not to let on to Landon that she was just fooling with him, while whirling in a circle to let Landon see all of her.
"You can't be serious" Landon answered in complete and utter confusion. On one hand, Jamie looked incredible and on the other hand, she was trying to impress another man looking that way.
"Oh... Landon I'm very serious... you're just going to have to learn how to be jealous," Jamie said calmly, trying not to let her laughter get the best of her. Jamie loved playing jokes on Landon. He was always so gullible.
"That's it, he's going to hell!" Landon said whipping back around and heading for his keys.
"Uh... Landon where are you going??" Jamie called out, following after Landon.
"He is going to learn never to mess with Landon Carter's wife ever again." Landon said to himself, but loud enough for Jamie to hear.
"Oh gosh, no Landon... I was just... just..."
"Just what Jamie??" Landon turned to face Jamie dead on. Jamie could see the hate and anger through his eyes and facial expressions.
"I was... jus..t fool....ing ...around," Jamie answered through her giggles. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She was starting to get a belly-ache from laughing so much.
"Landon, I wasn't serious, did you think I was actually serious" Jamie questioned, already knowing the answer. "Gosh Landon, I love messing with you, your just so cute when you get mad."
"Hmm... I wonder where I've heard that before." Landon said starting to lighten up. He was becoming amused by Jamie's laughing spasm. She couldn't stop laughing.
"Ok, now hurry up and go get ready"
"But I am" Jamie said with a serious face.
Landon gave her one of those looks that said 'Move it, young lady'.
"Ok, Ok..." Jamie said walking back to her closet to get her clothes.
The ride to the beach had its usual silence. Both rarely talked while they were in the car together. It was always just a ride filled with love, happiness, and peace. Gentle touches were normally shared between them, but never any conversations. It was a place where they could be alone, and they knew each other so well, that they didn't need to talk to one another. They knew each other's thoughts and feelings... most of the time. But today was different. Landon had something on his mind, and Jamie knew it.
Landon started to pull over to a shoulder on the road. Jamie didn't know why, so she thought she'd ask.
"Landon??" She questioned.
He turned the car off, fidgeted with his hands for a while, and then turned to Jamie.
"We have to talk."
Jamie knew what was coming next. The only time that Landon was 'that' serious was when he wanted to talk about her cancer. She also knew that she hadn't said anything else about it since that candlelight dinner they had together, and that was some time ago.
"Ok Landon, what do you want to talk about?" Even though she already knew what was bothering him, she wanted to see where he was going to take it.
"Jamie, this whole vacation I've been thinking about one thing. And it's something I know I shouldn't be thinking about." Landon paused to take in a deep breath and to prepare himself for the next thing he was going to say.
"Jamie, I can stop thinking about your... your... your..."
"My cancer, Landon..."
"Yes!" Landon said gulping down hard. It was still a matter he hated discussing.
"Look, I know we haven't talked about it since the time you brought it up at dinner. But Jamie, I just have to ask you one thing! Were you serious?? About the cure!!"
"Yes, Landon I was" Jamie said letting out a sigh.
"So... Do you mind telling me what all this is about?" Landon asked with gentleness in his voice. His forehead tightened up, as he gave Jamie that 'continue" look. He gave the same face to her when he asked her what her number 1 was, while they were in the cemetery.
"Landon this isn't the place..." But Jamie was interrupted by Landon's sturdy voice.
"Jamie, Please... We need to talk about this, now!!!!"
"Ok... well, do you remember the doctor's appointment I had two days before our wedding?"
"Of course... It was the first appointment that you didn't want me to go to."
"And again, I'm deeply sorry about that, but it plays a role with this discussion. When the doctor called me, he sounded concerned. I knew I could handle just about whatever he was going to tell me. But you, I didn't want you to get emotional before our wedding. I figured if it was anything life- threatening that he wanted to tell me, I'd just tell you when I got home. So please forgive me."
"I do, but... uh... please continue," Landon inserted into Jamie's speech, just to give her some comfort."
"Kay, anyway, when I went to my doctor's, he said that it looked like there were signs that I was improving. He also informed me that there had been a recent discovery of a strong, new medicine that just might send me into remission if I take it correctly. It's a pill that I would have to take 5-days a week, two-times a day. But he warned that the effects on me would be very sickening. I'll become extremely weak, lackadaisical, and will probably become very grumpy. He told me that this pill was only recommended because it's the last resort and because I have shown some improvement."
Landon listened to Jamie ramble on and on, but the only thing that stood out in his head was ' the last resort'. Landon could not believe that Jamie said that. How could she give up hope??!!
"The doctor wants me to tell him my decision when we return from our honeymoon. He suggested I wait to tell you until we arrive here, and then we could discuss it."
"Did you tell your father yet??" Was all Landon could get out of his mouth.
"No, I thought you should be the first to know." Jamie answered with an un- easy grin. She looked like she was sick to her stomach.
"Are you ok baby??" Landon asked with a very fretful voice.
"Yeah, I just feel a little dizzy, I'll be better in a minute." After a few minutes and Jamie's head stopped spinning, she figured she'd get back to the conversation.
"So about my decision, basically I haven't made one yet, I wanted to know how you felt about this first."
"Is there any chance that this medication could harm you in any way??"
Jamie knew what Landon was talking about; her death.
"The doctor said that there is a 10% chance that if my body can't handle this medication, that I could die." Jamie said it so openly that it sent Landon into shock.
"Well Jamie, I have no idea what to tell you, that 10% has really screwed up my mind. Yes, there's a 90% chance that we could spend the rest of our lives together, but then there's a 10% chance that I'll loose you, forever." Landon sat looking at his hands. He didn't know what to say, what to think, what to do. He only knew one thing for sure, and that's what he planned on telling Jamie.
"Look Jamie, if there's one thing I know for sure... it's that I love you with all my heart. I'd give anything to spend the rest of my life with you. I married you because I knew that you were my soul mate and if I did anything right in this world, it was marrying you. You've taught me so much and I could never pay you back for your kindness. You taught me that with hope and faith anything could be accomplished." Landon poured his heart out to Jamie and left it for healing. Tears had already streamed down his face and he could barely see Jamie anymore because of the build up of tears he hadn't cried yet.
"Oh Landon, I love you too. So much!!" Jamie stated as she gathered Landon into an enormous hug. After their hugs were over and emotions had released the grip it had on their hearts, Jamie decided on what her decision was.
"Landon... I'm going to start the medication. I want to be with you forever. Do you remember when I was in the hospital, and I told you that I figured out that God had a bigger plan for me than I had for myself?? Well, this is it!!! This is his big plan for me, to live with the man of my dreams, forever." Jamie whispered the word 'forever' while bringing Landon into another heart- warming hug.
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After all the hugs and kisses were shared, Landon and Jamie where on their way, again, to their lesson. Even though they were an hour and a half late, they knew that their instructor would still be there.
"Well, if it isn't our two newlyweds" said Mick, their instructor, "I knew you two would show!!"
Landon thought he would explain their lateness. "Sorry Mick, we kinda got caught up in something very important." Only Mick could imagine what he was talking about.
"Forgiven, forgotten, so... you mates ready to hit the swell" called out Mick in his Australian accent. He was half way in the ocean already.
After a long day of surfing lesson's, dinner at an Italian restaurant, and their big ' discussion', Landon and Jamie decided to go to bed early. Landon was already in bed and after Jamie was finished brushing her teeth, she joined him.
"We had a very busy day, didn't we??" Jamie asked Landon with one of her Cheshire cat smiles.
"Yes baby, I suppose we did" Landon answered, wrapping his arms around Jamie.
Soon Landon was fast asleep, but Jamie lay awake for a bit longer. She thought about how perfect her life could be with Landon. She wondered about kids and how she wanted so badly to have a family. Just as she drifted off to sleep, Jamie wrote a poem she had created for Landon. She wrote it delicately, meaning ever word. When she was done, she put it by his nightstand, so he could read it when he woke up. This is what it said:
If you're asking if I need you, the answer is: Forever
If you're asking if I'll leave you, the answer is: Never
If you're asking what I value, the answer is: You
If you're asking if I love you, the answer is: I Do
Hey guys, That's the chapter. Tell me what you think!!! Please... I need reviews. Thanx to all fans of this story!!! I want to make one thing clear though- This poem is not mine. A friend of mine wrote it. Her name is Kara, and she also writes stories for fanfiction. You may know her as Karabara. Anyway, if all the reviewers would just leave a nice note for Kara, and I'll sent it to her, then I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanx... and MWAH, MWAH, MWAH... to all who Read and Review!!! I love Ya guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kristin Marie