*Sorry this is extremely late. It's my Spring Break, and I've been sick and have had a migraine the past two days. So I've had a wonderful spring break so far...
*A thanks is deserved to the people who reviewed, and made this chapter possible: sapphirenight12, Margie22, 4-eva-bookworm, Scribbles of an Obsessive, Demons Unleashed, and L'Opera Ghost. Love ya.
*Oh yeah, this is in Ian's POV, Sorry it's not a letter :P
*Also if you haven't read the Percy Jackson books, I suggest that you should, they're better then I expected. I read all five in 4 days.
I look across the desert, and I suddenly find my sense of calm. I had found her. All the anger, fear and despair I had been feeling disappeared. My Wanda was sitting on the base of the rocks with a faraway look on her face. She had such a peaceful look, I restrained myself from approaching her. I stepped into the shadows and lowered myself, sitting at the entrance of the caves. I sat where I could still see her, but she couldn't see me.
The sun disappeared behind the horizon, leaving an empty darkness. The stars suddenly appeared, all twinkling and giving me a false sense of hope. I was still looking at my beautiful Wanda. Her eyes were closed and a smile played on her lips. Her eyes suddenly opened and shifted to the sky. They were full of unasked questions, begging for an answer.
She stared at the sky for a long time, trying to seek the answers to her questions. Giving up, she started to gather her things to leave. I also got up, my joints popping from sitting in one position for too long. I debated for a minute whether I should help her gather her things, then decided against it. If she wanted my help she would have asked me to come with her outside. I navigated my way through the cave system effortlessly. I came to our room, Wanda's and I's. It had been our's ever since the rains ended.
I push the door aside, and entered the room. I left the door cracked, just enough room for Wanda to slide in. She had always commented on how weak she was, she didn't complain, for that wasn't like her. She didn't like it, but she accepted it. Quickly got ready for bed, and laid down. Not ten minutes later I heard Wanda shuffling in. She prepared for bed and crawled into bed, laying next to me.
She moved closer to me, and I put my arms around her and drew her closer. She snuggled into me and hid her face before asking me, "You didn't wait for me?" Her small voice asked me.
"Shhh... Of corse I did." I mutter to her. She just hid her face in my shirt again, although this time tears dotted my shirt. I drew her face up, so she would look at me, "What's wrong, Love?" I whisper.
"Will you still love me even though I can't remember you?" She whispers back. Her question was direct and I didn't hesitate to answer.
"I will love you till heaven takes you, my beautiful angel, away from me. Even then I will love you." She started crying harder at that. "Did I say something wrong?" I ask
She shook her head against my chest, "I love you." She whispered.
"I love you more then you could imagine." I whispered. "Go to bed Love, it's been a long day." She fell asleep in my arms, and I shortly followed.
The sun had just begun to rise. I looked down in my arms to find my beautiful Wanda still asleep. She looked happy and at total peace, it bought a tear of happiness to my eye. The tears jolted something in my memories, a song.
And even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with ya honey,
And everything will bring a chain of love.
And in the morning when I rise, you bring a tear of joy to my eyes,
And tell me everything is gonna be alright.
My singing had awoken Wanda, and I immediately stopped singing.
Wanda looked up at me, "Why did you stop?"I just shrugged. She snuggled closer to me and asked, "What was that song?"
"I don't know." I whisper back, "It was my mom's favorite song, said it was her and my Dad's life together, in song form."
Wanda smiled with tears in her eyes, "They must've loved each other."
"More then life itself." A comfortable silence settled on us, and I looked around the room and I saw something that had not been there the day before. It was a simple envelope with one word to distinguish it; Ian.
I gently moved Wanda out of my arms and got up. I studied the envelope. I looked to Wanda, asking for permission to open it. She nodded once in approval. My heart quickened at the first words. 'My Dearest Ian,' I looked down at the beautiful woman who wrote this. A small smile had formed on her face. I grabbed the letter and sat back down on the bed, pulling her to sit on my lap.
I read the letter once to myself. Tears streamed down my face. How could I not love Wanda, my Wanda. The love of my life, the center of my universe, my world. I reread the letter, but this time I whispered it to her. Kissing her forehead and telling her how much I loved her.
I began narrating my own letter. "My Dearest Wanda," I whispered.
"You were always to good for me. You are so kind, loving, forgiving, gentle, and beautiful. You can always find the best in people. Take me for example, I tried to kill you the first night I met you, and now look at us, we're madly in love. Just like my parents. I love you more then life, Wanda, have since that day."
"You were everything to me, you didn't know it yet, but I knew. You didn't know till you almost left me. Doc saved you though, and the words rang true then, and they still do; you're beautiful Wanderer. You, not the body."
She was still silently crying, but they were tears of joy. I wanted to add more, but didn't know what to say. How could I put all the love I feel for into words? The love for her, her words, her wisdom, her kindness. I could go on with the list, but she seemed to know what I was thinking. "I love you too, Ian. I will always love you. You are my only love."
"And you're mine." I whisper in her ear as she fell asleep again.
Ok, I don't know how good this is considering that I am sick, but I tried. Please, if you took the time to read this, will you please review, it'll only take a minute. I would really love it, so please!! Thanks for reading.
*OH, the song is Danny's Song by Kenny Loggins. It's my mom's favorite song for the reason I said it was Ian's mom's. You should listen to it, it's a truly beautiful song.