Hallo All! This chapter's a little shorter than the others but I've got Writer's Block and wanted to get what I had up so y'all weren't waiting forever for a chapter. Because of that, I probably won't be updating for awhile.
Sadly, I... do not own... *Sniff*
I wanna believe
I wanna believe in love again
I wanna believe
I wanna believe in love again
Tired of living this way
Tired of everyday
So will you help me
I wanna break through
I wanna believe in you
Believe~~ Britt Nicole
Tooth frowned at the scorch marks on the next page, wondering what had happened, based on the way the page was written, the damage had obviously been done after the entry was written.
August 20, 1715
Today was utterly exhausting. All day I was here, there, left, right, backwards, forwards… and everything in between. I don't even remember half of what I did; it happened so fast. A lot of families are preparing for the harvest, so that might have had something to do with it. But what part did I play? I don't remember…. Heh, well… I'm going to go to bed. Tomorrow will probably be just as tiring.
Tooth gasped and nearly burst into tears when she turned the page to reveal pages so burned they were unreadable… but even that didn't stop a memory from surfacing.
Leecey stared in horror as the place she was born in burned, deadly orange flames licked the walls of her home. Jamie stood next to her, the flames reflecting in his eyes. Suddenly Leecey gasped, remembering something. "My Journal!"
Her agonized cry and leap forward caused Jamie to grab her arm. "Leecey no! It's too dangerous!" Leecey writhed against Jamie's firm grip.
"You don't understand!" She turned to face Jamie, pain and fear lighting in her eyes. "Jack gave me that journal! I can't lose it! I can't lose him again!"
Jamie stared at the nearly hysteric girl in front of him. He finally dropped his hands from her arms. "Stay here." He ordered and ran into the flames.
"Jamie!" Leecey screamed, tears pouring down her cheeks; she had already lost Jack and her Journal, she couldn't lose Jamie too. (Wow. That's a lot of J's) She nearly followed him into the house but another villager held her back. "JAMIE!"
After what seemed like an eternity— but was actually less than two minutes –Jamie stumbled out of the building. Coughing, burned in several places, and missing his shirt; he was alive. And held protectively in his arms, was the journal. "Jamie!" Leecey's relieved cry was the only warning he had before she hugged him tightly.
Jamie groaned and coughed as she aggravated the burns on his back and torso. "Gently… I'm kind of broken, Lace." Leecey immediately pulled back, uttering a quick apology. Jamie just shook his head and held out the journal to her. She opened the book and froze. "I- I'm sorry… I saved all that- that I could." Leecey continued to stare at the charred remains of nearly a year of entries.
Leecey finally closed the book and looked up at Jamie, who was coughing again. When he stopped, she stepped forward. "I'm just glad you're safe." She whispered before pulling him in and kissing him lightly.
Jamie stared at her as she pulled away, the kiss leaving him breathless, then he leaned in and kissed her back before whispering, "Well, that was… unexpected…" Leecey laughed a little. A few moments later she turned away and asked one of the bystanders who wasn't currently trying to put out the fire for some things to treat Jamie's burns.
Tooth laughed, she had known Leecey was in love with Jamie for a while; and it had been obvious Jamie returned the affection. It was about time they admitted it to each other. "That was a very brave thing Jamie did for her…" But Jamie seems the kind of boy who would do anything for the people he cared about; in that way, he was very much like Jack.
August 5, 1717
When I close my eyes I can sometimes still see my home burning. Mama and I are staying with the Darwin's while we're building a new house. And by that I mean the other men in the town are.
Leecey turned over in the bed, unable to sleep in the unfamiliar room. Jack's bed usually stood on the other side of the room, but Leecey's bed was the only bed in the room.
I can't fall asleep in the bed most nights, Jamie's already figured that out and he's taken to showing up around sundown and dragging me up to the roof. We'll watch the sky for awhile; I guess Jamie carries me down after I fall asleep because I always wake up in my bed.
"D'aww…that's so cute." Tooth cooed, grinning.
I'M BEGGING PEOPLE... please give me any and all ideas for stuff to do... ANYTHING to break this Writer's Block... PLEASE!
I've wanted to write Leecey and Jamie's first kiss for awhile... sorry if it's not like some of you would like. I'm not all that good at writing romance... ehehehe. *Rubs back of head sheepishly*
HAHAHAHAH! SCHOOL'S OUT! I don't have to worry about homework anymore!
Sorry... I'm a little psyched about Summer... if you couldn't tell... eheheh...
-ImagineShine