A Walk to Remember 精彩片段：
Chapter 8
The night of the play was cool and crisp, the sky absolutely clear without a hint of clouds. We had to arrive an hour early, and Id been feeling pretty bad all day about the way Id talked to Jamie the night before. Shed never been anything but nice to me, and I knew that Id been a jerk. I saw her in the hallways between classes, and I wanted to go up to apologize to her for what Id said, but shed sort of slip back into the crowd before I got the chance.
She was already at the Playhouse by the time I finally arrived, and I saw her talking to Miss Garber and Hegbert, off to one side, over by the curtains.
Everyone was in motion, working off nervous energy, but she seemed strangely lethargic. She hadnt put on her costume yet-she was supposed to wear a white, flowing dress to give that angelic appearance-and she was still wearing the same sweater shed worn at school. Despite my trepidation at how she might react, I walked up to the three of them.
"Hey, Jamie," I said. "Hello, Reverend . . . Miss Garber.”
Jamie turned to me.
"Hello, Landon," she said quietly. I could tell shed been thinking about the night before, too, because she didnt smile at me like she always did when she saw me. I asked if I could talk to her alone, and the two of us excused ourselves. I could see Hegbert and Miss Garber watching us as we took a few steps off to the side, out of hearing distance.
I glanced around the stage nervously.
"Im sorry about those things I said last night," I began. "I know they probably hurt your feelings, and I was wrong to have said them.”
She looked at me, as if wondering whether to believe me.
"Did you mean those things you said?" she finally asked.
"I was just in a bad mood, thats all. I get sort of wound up sometimes." I knew I hadnt really answered her question.
"I see," she said. She said it as she had the night before, then turned toward the empty seats in the audience. Again she had that sad look in her eyes.
"Look," I said, reaching for her hand, "I promise to make it up to you." Dont ask me why I said it-it just seemed like the right thing to do at that moment.
For the first time that night, she began to smile.