A Break in the Country - Ch 1 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 1
A free holiday? Annie asked Are you sure thats what she said ?
Yes, said Bobbi. Her parents are away, and shes got the house to herself, and whats-his-name is away as well I think
You mean Tom?!
Oh yes! So shes invited us over for a bit!
How long for?
Well, several weeks, as I understand it. Apparently its her 21st sometime soon, and shes got plans for some big party or something for it, once Tommys back.
Now now, said Annie, you know he doesnt like being called that
A Break in the Country - Ch 2 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 2
Annie selected one of the heavy suitcases she had brought to university and began carefully packing clothes into it. She wondered what Ross house would be like. Ros had never really said much about it, other than it was in the countryside and quite large. It sounded like it could be a nice holiday! Annie also wondered how Ros was doing. In the short while they had known her, Annie and Bobbi had realised Ros was one of no, actually the most accident prone person they had ever met. Bobbi had been the first to meet Ros, who on that occasion had injured herself twice in the first week of her skiing holiday with
A Break in the Country - Ch 3 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 3
After the bowling ball had slammed in to her foot, Bobbi let out a piercing yell and snatched her foot off the ground, her hand automatically clamping round her damaged toe.
Are you alright?! asked Annie, the pointless question coming involuntarily from her lips as she rushed down the stairs to help her friend. Bobbi lowered herself to the floor to sit by her case, her teeth gritted against the pain.
Can you bring some ice ? Bobbi managed to say. Annie nodded and turned to go to the kitchen. She spied the bowling ball, still pitching and careering about the floor. A menace to unguarded toes! she thou
A Break in the Country - Ch 4 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 4
The next morning Annie woke feeling tired and drained after a fitful nights sleep. It wasnt so much the pain in her toe that had kept her awake for half the night, although that was a factor. She had also been worrying that her toe might have been broken, and also she had a lot on her mind, what with Bobbi being injured, the invite to see Ros and the rest. Why did injuries and poor Ros seem to go together? She just seemed to naturally (or unnaturally maybe, Annie thought) attract harm in her direction. And often in the direction of those in her immediate vicinity as well! Goodness knows what state she might be in now, for it wasn&
A Break in the Country - Ch 5 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 5
Hello! Hello! Ros said merrily. She was smiling cheerily, but her smile dropped when she saw Bobbi.
Oh, what have you done?! she shrieked.
Broken toe murmured Bobbi, not wishing to dwell on it.
Oh your poor thing! Big toe? Oh, Ive done that several times, hurts doesnt it!? She raised both of her big toes and wiggled them slightly as she said this.
Youre looking er very .well! said Annie to Ros, quite startled by her lack of casts.
Thanks, you too! answered Ros, obviously not grasping the cause of Annies astonishment.
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A Break in the Country - Ch 6 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 6
Ros reluctantly agreed to go to hospital to get her ankle checked over. She kept continually thanking Annie for her offer of a lift in Bobbis car, and offering her apologies to both of them for being such a nuisance. Leaving Bobbi behind to sort things out at the house as best she could, Annie and Ros set off to the nearest hospital. As the area was strange to Annie, she didnt have a clue where the local hospital was, but, unsurprisingly, Ros knew the exact route, and guided Annie there while holding an improvised ice-pack to her swollen ankle. Ros kept constantly apologising for the inconvenience she was causing. For Ross s
A Break in the Country - Ch 7 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 7
On arriving back at Ross house, Ros thanked Annie once again for driving her, and hopped up the stone steps swiftly and easily on her crutches. From behind her, Annie noticed Ros gripped her remaining blue sandal tightly with her toes, obviously not wanting it to slip off as the other one had and cause yet another accident! It was the first time she had seen Ross left foot closely, she realised. While at a glance it appeared attractively pale, small, sleek and slender, with well manicured toes, Annies closer inspection revealed a faint but visible scar running along the outside edge of her foot, while another ran across the
A Break in the Country - Ch 8 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 8
After they had eaten, Annie had offered to wash up the lunch things. She thought it looked better to offer before being asked, as she was the only one who could really carry them.
Typical she thought. Now Im going to have to act like the servant for the rest of the holiday. I wish I could break a bone! She had instantly rebuked herself; No, what am I saying?! She sincerely hoped she hadnt jinxed herself, and in case she had, she thought feverishly of her desire to remain as unbroken as possible for the rest of the day!
Ross showed the girls around the rest of her house that afternoon. It
A Break in the Country - Ch 9 by GoneToEarth24, literature
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A Break in the Country - Ch 9
Broken toes? said Bobbi. Youd better have a cast for that! Annie stared, horror-struck, as Bobbi began applying a white plaster cast to her lower leg. Annie struggled to get away, but somehow couldnt.
Ros appeared, hopping closer without her crutches, holding more rolls of plaster-of-paris bandage. I knew youd like it! she grinned. Now youve got one too ! Suddenly Ros began to wrap Annies other leg in the warm, wet bandages. Annie tried to tell Bobbi and Ros she didnt want a cast, but she couldnt speak even. Bobbi had now started wrapping Annie