"Ugh the War...If one more person brings it up to me today, I may just scream!" you say, cutting a rose from one of the many bushes in your garden. A pair of strong arms grab you from behind and pulls you close. You feel a gentle kiss against the back of your head. "Jasper!" you giggle. "Let go of me! Someone will see." You wiggle playfully from his grasp, but he grabs your hand and pulls you closer. "Why, I just can't help it miss Wilkes...you just look so beautiful this evening, I have to steal a kiss or two." He spins you around before bringing you close to his chest again. "Jasper, please!" You laugh. "You know this isn't proper..."
His playful expression turns serious as he tucks a piece of hair behind your ear.
"You know if Texas fights, I go with her. There's no stopping that." He plants another gentle kiss upon your forehead.
"Please don't talk that way...I can't bare to hear it."
"Well you'll have to hear it, Nolana...because the war is coming. That means you and I will have to be making some very important decisions."
"Decisions?...what kind?" You ask, following him to the weathered old fence that sat beneath the shade of a large tree.he grabs you by the waist and hoists you up, sitting you on the top post of the fence. "Well, Ma'm...I've decided that I can't live not one more second without having you-" he kneels down on one knee and pulls a small box from his jacket pocket. "-without having you, Miss Nolana Mae Wilkes...as my wife."
Without thinking, you cover your mouth with both hands. Tears began streaming down your face as you struggled to find the breath to speak. "Jasper...oh Yes!! I will! I will!!" You bounce from the fence and leap into his arms. He spins you around in circles Kissing your neck feverishly with each spin. "Oh Wait!" You squeal. "Quickly! You must go and ask daddy right away!"
He looks down at you with his sparking blue eyes and gives you that signature crooked smile of his. That dashing smile you fell in love with the first moment you saw him.
"I already did, Mrs. Whitlock" he says, pulling out the beautiful diamond ring from the box and slipping it on to your delicate finger.
"It was my grandmothers..." he whispers, pressing your hand against his lips.
"I love you, Jasper.." you whisper
"I'll carry those words with me into battle, and die a happy man. Knowing a woman like you could ever love a poor man like me."Not long after the wedding, the War everyone had been anticipating had finally been declared. You and Jasper had only been living together as husband and wife for two weeks.
"Jasper, please!" You pleaded.
"I told you, Nolana. I have to go." He says, buttoning up his uniform. If the south has any chance at all, we need all the able bodied men we can spare."
With tears rolling down your face, you quietly walk up to him, and straighten up his jacket. "We could run you know...please don't leave me here." You plead.
He leans in and kisses your forehead. You wrap your arms around his neck and feverishly lock your lips with his. He breaks away and kisses your nose. You look up into his deep blue eyes as he holds your face in his hands.
His gaze goes from soft to stern as he wipes your tears away with his thumbs.
"You be brave, now. Ya hear?" He says
You nod and pull a white handkerchief from your breast, with a small "N. W." Embroidered in the bottom left corner.
He smiles that beautiful crooked smile as he takes it in his hand, looking at it thoughtfully. "Nolana Wilkes?" He chuckles.
"Nolana Whitlock..." you correct him.
His smile widens as he places it in the breast pocket of his jacket, along with a faded old picture of you that you gave him when you first began courting.
You grab his hat from the bed and hold it close to you. Hesitant, because once he places it on his head, his uniform will be complete, and your beloved husband will fully belong to the confederacy. You take a deep breath, and place it in his hands.
He looks so handsome, no longer like the boy you met, but like the man you'd always hoped you'd marry. He presses his lips to yours one last time. "I'll write you every chance I get, my darling. I love you." He pulls you close to him, you begin to fall apart at the thought of this being the last time you ever find comfort in his arms. "I love you so much, Jasper." You say, pressing your face against his chest, trying to take in as much of this moment as possible. He pulls away, and quickly makes his way out the door, fearing that if he'd stall any longer he wouldn't be able to leave. You watch helplessly from the window, clutching your chest for fear it may collapse in on itself.
"Come back to me!" You sob, watching him mount his chestnut brown horse. He tips his hat to you as he steadies himself, and before you knew it, he was gone.
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All of my memories(Jasper Hale+You)
FanfictionCOMPLETED!!! Your name is Nolana Mae Whitlock, a woman scorned by the love of your life. Haunted by the sins of your husband, you will stop and nothing to avenge the loss of your unborn child. Can you find a way to heal the scars of your past? Or w...