I Lift My Eyes Up - Part Two
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#1: I Lift My Eyes Up - Part Two Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:08 am

Archived for length 25/11/04 Part One ~Vikki~
Okay, I think I've managed to coax Charley out from under the bed for a few days again. We'll see.

Abigail glanced anxiously over the top of her book at the clock on the wall of the living room. Her father was late, but he hand't said he was going to be. She knew that if she'd still been out with her friends she wouldn't have known and therefore wouldn't be worrying. But she'd come home after having had enough of the boys teasing about the Chalet School. It was Wednesday and she hadn't quite reached a decision yet, she was leaning in a definite direction but just needed that final push. She sighed and glanced down at her book again not really seeing the words that swarmed on the page in front of her. Hearing the familiar crunch of tyres on the gravel of the drive she breathed a sigh of relief, laid her copy of Werner of the Alps on the coffee table and got up to go and greet her father, only he wasn't alone. She didn't recognise the dark woman with the slight limp, but something about her appealed to Abigail.

"You're late dad," she reproached laughingly as Robert entered the house.
"And you never are?" he teased giving her a quick peck on the cheek.
"I was worried," she returned. "You hadn't said you were going to be late."
Robert paused. "What are you doing here at this time anyway? I don't usually see you until somebody's mother throws you out."
Abigail flushed. "I had a row with the boys, they wouldn't stop teasing so I decided to come home until they matured and accepted that I might be going to boarding school."
"Talking of that," Robert turned to the woman behind him. "Sorry I've been rude and not introduced you. Abby, this is Naomi Elton, an old friend of your mother's."
"It's lovely to meet you again," said Naomi stepping forward. "I haven't seen you since you were a newborn and were sick on me," she added with a grin.
"Oh it was ]you she was sick on," exclaimed Robert.
"Dad!" wailed Abigail.
"Sorry darling," he sadi ruffling her hair. "Only teasing. I'm going to go and make some phone calls. Why don't you put the kettle on and then you can have a good chat." With that he left the room leaving Abigail and Naomi studying each other curiously.

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#2:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:06 pm

Hurrah Charley is back!! Interesting to see what Naomi will say Thank you Pimistrel!!

 

#3:  Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:43 pm

Ohhh I wonder if Naomi will influence Abi's decision!

 

#4:  Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:46 pm

Oooh!!! Lovely Pim! Good to see Naomi. (just one thing, in the books she's described as fair, so shall we assume she has discovered hair dye? Wink )

 

#5:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:24 pm

Glad this is back - thanks Pim Very Happy

 

#6:  Author: Rachael,  PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:30 pm

Vikki wrote:
(just one thing, in the books she's described as fair, so shall we assume she has discovered hair dye? Wink )
Though in fairness it can get darker as you get older (before it goes grey Rolling Eyes ) - e.g. William Shatner as Captain Kirk, then TJ Hooker? ... which is probably a bad example for those who haven't heard of TJ Hooker!! Laughing Great to see this back Pim - will be interesting to see what Naomi's like now ...

 

#7:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 8:22 pm

Glad to see more of this - thanks Pim. Very Happy

 

#8:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:12 pm

Thanks PimLiz *trying to think of lots of bribes to keep Charley out from under the bed*

 

#9:  Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:47 pm

I'd not thought of Naomi! Nice to see this back again, thanks Pim. Sends lovely fresh lettuce for Charley *I think the last time I sent lettuce it had to be redirected from Manchester, I do hope I've got it right this time.*

 

#10:  Author: Gem, Location: Saltash/Aberystwyth PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 11:15 am

YAY! Thank you Pimette!!

 

#11:  Author: Sarah_K, Location: St Albans/Leicester PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:55 pm

Thank you pim! I wonder what Naomi's going to tell her, about how she and ML became friends?

 

#12:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:03 pm

“Why don’t I… I mean, why don’t you…” stammered Abigail, unsure what to do.
“How about we sort ourselves some drinks,” suggested Naomi putting her own nerves to one side and attempting to hide them. “Is there any water in the kettle?” She turned to Abigail. “Are you okay?”
“Yes, I… I don’t mean to sound rude, but your hair wasn’t that colour at the funeral, was it?” Naomi laughed. “You’re not being rude, and no it wasn’t. I just thought it was time for a change.”
“Oh right,” mumbled Abigail flushing furiously. “Um, there should be some water in the kettle.” She crossed the kitchen to hunt out a mug and glass from the dresser. “Do you want tea or coffee?” she asked opening the fridge to find the milk.
“Coffee is fine, the Chalet School used to serve up the best coffee going,” she said reminiscently as Abigail poured herself a glass of milk. “Have you reached a decision on that front yet?”
“Sorry?” replied Abigail, a note of shock in her voice causing her to spill the milk over the work top. She reached quickly for the tea towel to try and mop it up. “Did dad…?”
“Yes, I’m sorry I brought it up.”
“Don’t be,” muttered Abigail, putting the tea towel away and switching the kettle on. “He didn’t tell me you were coming so I don’t know what he would have told you.”
“Do you mind me being here?”
“No, of course not, it’s always nice to meet more people who knew her. It’s like making a collage, or a jigsaw, or something. And besides I’ve heard so much about you.”
“You have?” asked Naomi, slightly shocked and blushing a vivid shade of red. “I suppose, then, that you’ve heard what an ass I was when I first started at the Chalet School then?”
“I wouldn’t say you were an ass,” replied Abigail reaching for the coffee pot. “From what Auntie Jo’s told me, you had good reason to be one.”

The slightly stunned ensuing silence between them was broken as the kettle clicked to say it was boiled. Brought back to reality Abigail made up Naomi’s coffee and then suggested that they go through and talk in the living room.

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#13:  Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:56 pm

LOL!! Well done Pim! Lovely explanation of the hair colour! Very Happy

 

#14:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:04 pm

Thanks Pim - Naomi seems to be a much nicer, calmer person now - good to see.

 

#15:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:46 pm

Thanks Pim. Glad to see Naomi is completely ok after her op and so on as well - she kind of fades out of the books. Liz

 

#16:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:09 am

Thank you Pimpella, love the explanation of the hair colour and glad Naomi is ok

 

#17:  Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:59 am

Laughing Great explanation for the hair colour Pim!

 

#18:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:21 pm

Thanks Pim Very Happy

 

#19:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:39 pm

New bit!

They settled down in the living room, Abigail curled in the corner of the settee, knees under her chin, Naomi sitting in the rocking chair by the window stirring her coffee thoughtfully.

“What did you think of the Chalet School?” Abigail asked suddenly.
“I think I would have liked it more had I not been such an ass to begin with, I really didn’t make life very easy for myself. But I was so bitter about everything that had happened o me I couldn’t see the error of my ways. Your mother helped me a lot to come to terms with what had happened. She managed to get through to me where no one else ever had before during the half term trip to St Moritz.”
“That was the one with the avalanche wasn’t it?”
“How did you….”
“Auntie Verity.”
“Of course.”
“She never told me much though, dad didn’t like people talking to me about her. It never really bothered me, and then she died and suddenly everyone wanted to talk about her. I’m glad really, but I just wish… I’d had the chance to know her properly, to find out for myself. I don’t mind everybody talking about her, I like it, I suppose it’s the next best thing to knowing her myself.”
“She was… special, your mother. I wish we’d stayed in better contact as time went by, but it just got too difficult. She was never in one place long enough to pin down and I have enough on my plate with my work at the Royal Ballet.”
“You wanted to be a dancer didn’t you? Auntie Jo said.”
“I did, it was all I ever wanted to do until the fire that robbed me of my parents robbed me of my one true dream. After all the surgery and everything, when I felt strong enough to work it was Mary-Lou who pushed me in the direction of working for them. She helped me to learn to dream again, you should never give up on your dreams. I wasted too many years being bitter over not being able to dance, and I shouldn’t have.”
“But you had reason to,” said Abigail thoughtfully. “I honestly don’t know how I would have managed if I’d been in your shoes, badly probably.”
“I was managing badly,” replied Naomi with a smile. “Until I went to the Chalet School and met your mother. It’s a wonderful place to go if you decide to do so.”
“Do you think I should? I’ve only heard such wonderful things about her that I can’t help but think that I’ve got an awful lot to live up to. I know people say we’re alike, but that could be a good or a bad thing. Didn’t she have any bad points?”
Naomi laughed. “Bossy, forever sticking her nose in, a little too full of herself on occasion. But once you got past that, she really was something special.”

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#20:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:44 pm

*g* at Naomi!! Nice summing up of ML. I'm gald she was able to lead the life she wanted post CS Very Happy Thank you Pimerty

 

#21:  Author: Laura, Location: London (ish) PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:19 pm

Thanks for the many new posts Pim! And a lovely description of ML!

 

#22:  Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:39 pm

Thank you, Pim!Interesting career for Naomi ... and loved her descriptions of ML!

 

#23:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 8:06 pm

Echoing the thanks - nice to see more of this! Laughing

 

#24:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:18 pm

Thanks Pim Very Happy Loved Naomi's summing up of ML Liz

 

#25:  Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:39 am

Great description of M-L!

 

#26:  Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:05 pm

Thank you Pimplestiltskin!!!!

 

#27:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:25 am

Thank you Pimmertimtom!

 

#28:  Author: Rachael,  PostPosted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:35 am

Lovely instalments, Pim - so nice to se more of Naomi and love her description of M-L!

 

#29:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:42 am

Nice to see that my evil twin hasn't escaped into here yet...

“I suppose it’s nice to know that she had her faults,” smiled Abigail. “Everybody’s been painting this picture of perfection of her and…” She broke off as the telephone rang. “I’ll be right back,” she said leaping up to go and answer it.

Naomi watched Abigail vanish from the room and sighed to herself. It was easy to see the comparisons between mother and daughter, not only in their physical appearances. She’d noticed Abigail’s way of thinking things over, of digging below the surface, and the way that things sometimes slipped out without quite meaning them to. She heard Abigail giggle on the phone and address the person on the other end as ‘Auntie Vi’. Viola Lucy of course, Naomi thought to herself, Mary-Lou’s best friend at school. There was a silence before she heard Abigail calling to her father to answer the phone.

“Sorry about that,” said Abigail with a grin as she re-entered and settled back on the sofa. “Only Auntie Vi for dad, honestly those two are always on the phone nattering away these days. She seems to be good for him though. Anyway, why don’t you tell me more about the Chalet School?”

They spent an enjoyable hour or so with Naomi recounting some of the exploits from her sole term at the school. Abigail listened enraptured at the half term trip to St Moritz, giggled at the Middles’ lost property trick and felt an empathy as Naomi tried to explain how she’d overcome her deep rooted problems. Neither had noticed the passing of time until Robert poked his head around the door to say that dinner was ready. They shared an enjoyable dinner together. Listening to Naomi’s laughter, Abigail struggled to reconcile her with the girl she had been when she’d arrived at the Chalet School, but every now and again something would flicker across Naomi’s eyes which would point her in the right direction. Abigail excused herself from after dinner conversation around ten to go to bed. At her request Robert followed her up a short while later to say goodnight.

“Dad,” she said when he poked his head around her door. “I think I’ve reached a decision.”
Robert crossed the room and perched on her bed as he had done so often “Go ahead then.”
“I’d quite like to go to the Chalet School, you can phone Miss Wilmot and tell her so.” Robert reached out to stroke his daughter’s hair. “Are you sure?” he asked.
“Quite sure dad, it seems I’ve got a lot to live up to, but I want to.”

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#30:  Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:53 am

Glad to see that Abi has reached a decision, hope she doesn't regret it!

 

#31:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:09 am

Thanks for the updates Pim.A hint of a romance for Vi and Robert perhaps?

 

#32:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:26 am

Thanks Pim, it will be interesting to see how Abby copes at the school

 

#33:  Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:06 am

Goody - means there'll be lots and lots more drabble doesn't it PimPom

 

#34:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:10 am

It must do!!! And I'm looking forward to seeing how Abby gets on at the school - and to seeing Nancy in charge!

 

#35:  Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:57 pm

Thank you Pim! Looking forward to hearing about Abby's school experiences!

 

#36:  Author: Rachael,  PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:58 pm

Hurray!!So pleased that Abigail has decided to go to the school ... Very Happy

 

#37:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:03 pm

Glad Abigail has decided - and not felt pressurised to do so.Thanks Pim.

 

#38:  Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:10 pm

Thanks Pimmista, glad she made that decision cos now we get to see her at school (at least I hope we do!)

 

#39:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:12 pm

Charley nearly bit my foot off when I was walking home along the beach this afternoon... lucky for you!

So many days I stood on the beach at the water’s edge willing the gently lapping waves to stop before they reached the toes of my shoes. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t and I would have to run back quickly to avoid getting wet. It was there that I went to find my peace, staring out at that vast, empty sea I knew that there were more powerful forces in life that I could not control, and that I would never be able to control. It was on one of those days that I met Megan, to whom I owe so much. The beach was empty that afternoon, I stood at the water’s edge mulling things over and had been so lost in my thoughts I only noticed her sitting at the top of the beach huddled up in a black hooded sweater and jeans. I was struck for a moment that I shouldn’t interfere, but I couldn’t help myself, I was fifteen years old again and wanting to help. As I approached her the look of sadness on her face told me I was doing the right thing. She was unresponsive at first but I’d never yet allow that kind of thing to bother me. Eventually I realised that I had seen her around the village a few times and knew that she went to the nearby High School. Her mother had died a couple of weeks previously, as soon as she mentioned the name I remembered reading it in the local paper. As I sat listening to Megan my thoughts kept turning to Abigail, the daughter I had left behind so I could continue to follow my dreams. I’d often thought about Abigail but talking to Megan it hit me suddenly that once I was gone Abigail would have no memories of me to share as Megan was doing now. I realised in those few moments everything that I had missed out on, at the time I’d thought I was doing the right thing but now I wasn’t so sure.

Vi laid down Mary-Lou’s papers having read the final words. She wondered about Megan briefly and where she would be now, how she would be coping. But then her thoughts turned back to Abigail. She wasn’t sure how reading this would affect her. Vi left the living room and rang the one number she knew would be able to help her.

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#40:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:24 pm

Thanks Pim and Charley. I am very intrigued about Megan and her relationship with ML.

 

#41:  Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:40 pm

Also intrigued about Megan! Will there be a CS coincidence and her be in the CS with Abi?

 

#42:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 6:01 pm

Thanks Pim. Very Happy

 

#43:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 7:54 pm

More intrigue - thanks Pim.

 

#44:  Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 4:07 pm

Lovely posts, Pim. Thanks. I'm glad Abigail is going to CS (and of her own free will). As Dawn said, it means we get lots more drabble. I loved the ML diary post and can quite imagine that towards the end of her life she might have wondered if people mattered more than her career.
Quote:
...when I was walking home along the beach this afternoon.
I'm as envious of that as you are of Aunties hills! What's that about the grass always being greener? Wink

 

#45:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:12 pm

Also envious of you walking home along the beach! Thank you Pim. It's interesting to see that diary entry of ML, I hope Vi does let Abigail see it.

 

#46:  Author: Georgia, Location: my imagination PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:39 pm

Lovely update Pim...Deaths appear to be rather lacking, however... Twisted Evil

 

#47:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:19 am

GEORGIA! Who on earth let you loose in here?!?! Knows EXACTLY who it was and will not buy protestations of innocence... And PatMac, in as much as the beach is really a rather lovely and splediferous thing, there are just some days when I *really* want my hills Sad

Naomi left the following morning with Robert as he went to work. Abigail stood half asleep in her pyjamas waving them off from the living room window. She glanced at her watch as the car disappeared from sight, it was still only eight o’clock, far too early to be up. Giving a half sigh, she curled up in the corner of the settee and switched the television on, wondering what to do with herself for the rest of the day. Having made the decision the previous evening to go to the Chalet School she wasn’t sure that she wanted to spend the day with the boys, they wouldn’t understand. She gazed at the screen not really seeing anything beyond the flickering movements on it, ordinarily she would be engrossed in the breakfast news but this morning she just couldn’t concentrate on the stories flashing before her eyes. The morning’s paper landed with a thud on the mat and she went to collect it to read over breakfast, but as with the news she found herself gazing meaninglessly at the pages of the Guardian, watching the words swim before her eyes not taking any of it in. Playing with her cornflakes she realised that once term started things would never be the same again.

“Okay then, thank you for letting me know, I’ll be in touch,” and with those words Nancy Wilmot laid the receiver back onto its cradle with a clatter.
“Anyone exciting?” asked Kathie Ferrars as she entered Nancy’s study, her arms piled high with text books and correspondence. “The post’s just come.”
Nancy groaned and rolled her eyes. “Wonderful,” she said with a hint of sarcasm.
“So who was on the phone then?”
“Robert Fenchurch.”
“Oh?” asked Kathie raising an eyebrow as she piled everything precariously on to Nancy’s desk.
“Oh Kathie must you,” said Nancy as she reached out to grab hold of the books to prevent them from toppling over.
“Sorry,” muttered Kathie looking guilty. “What did he want anyway?”
“Apparently Abigail’s decided that she’d like to take up her place here,” replied Nancy as she sat down, cautiously eyeing the pile of text books.
“Oh right,” said Kathie as she pulled a chair across to Nancy’s desk.
“Apparently it was all her own decision. She’ll be in the third form with Vi Warrington’s daughter.”
“Livia?”
“Yes, apparently Abigail and Livia have already met and spent some time together this summer.”
“Well at least she’ll know somebody then. Who else is in that form? Is it Anya Martin, Jinny MacDonald and that crowd?”
Nancy reached across her desk and pulled out the sheaf of form lists. “Yes, and going on their end of last term results, I think they’ll all be going into the A division again, even Livia managed to scrape the necessary grades. Obviously I don’t know anything about Abigail’s standard of work, but I’d like to think that if she’s anything like Mary-Lou she’ll easily be able to cope with the A division. That, of course, would be good news for Joanna Williamson since her form position puts her in only just in A, but she’s really not quite up to the standard there. Kathie, are you listening to me?”
Kathie looked up from staring at the floor whilst idly chewing the ends of her hair. “Sorry?” she asked. “No, I wasn’t I’m afraid. I was just thinking.”
“Careful,” warned Nancy with a smile.
Kathie pulled a face. “Hush. It was a serious think.”
Nancy raised her eyebrows. “Care to share?”
“It was just about Abigail, and Mary-Lou of course, and me,” Kathie coloured a little.
“Kathie?”
“Well, it’s just, you know how when I first started teaching here I had a few run ins with Mary-Lou and we didn’t exactly see eye to eye,” Kathie broke off and twisted her fingers nervously. “Well what if…”
“What if you find yourself feeling the same way about Abigail?” finished Nancy.

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#48:  Author: Gem, Location: Saltash/Aberystwyth PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:41 am

Help! Never thought of THAT result... am praying that Kathie's greater experience will stop her from being a ninny this time around... Thank you Pimmy! :angel:

 

#49:  Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:10 pm

Ohhh had forgotten about that! Shocked Ta for the update though!

 

#50:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:52 pm

What Gem said! Thanks Pim Smile

 

#51:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:11 pm

Thanks for the update Pim - can't see a problem - Kathie's far more experienced now,and Abigail is much younger - part of the problem was that ML wasn't that much younger than Kathie in New Mistress

 

#52:  Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:53 pm

Thank you Pim!! Hope Abi will get on okay at school!

 

#53:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:15 pm

Thanks Pim Very Happy Liz

 

#54:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:47 am

Jo Maynard hung up the phone and rejoined her husband at breakfast. She prodded the now somewhat soggy cornflakes thoughtfully before pushing them to one side.

“Who on earth was on the phone at this ungodly hour of the morning?” asked Jack glancing up from his newspaper.
“Hmm? Sorry, what did you say?”
Jack shook his head and gave a despairing half sigh. “I was just wondering who was on the phone.”
“Vi Lucy, Warrington,” replied Jo correcting herself.
“Oh right,” mumbled Jack deciding against asking any further and returning to his newspaper.

Jo took a sip of her now almost cold tea and mulled over the conversation she’d had with Vi, they mysterious Megan arousing her curiosity.

Vi returned to Mary-Lou’s notes a little happier and a little clearer. She’d known what to do really, she’d just been seeking confirmation if she was honest with herself. She read the words through again.

I realised in those few moments everything that I had missed out on, at the time I’d thought I was doing the right thing but now I wasn’t so sure.

Of course Abigail had the right to see those words. It didn’t matter how many times people tried to explain events to Abigail and tried to put her mother’s feelings into words, Vi knew that it would only be in Mary-Lou’s own words that she would truly understand.

Kathie nodded. “I know it’s silly, but…”
Nancy regarded her friend for a moment. “Well, not exactly silly, maybe you do have some justification for it. But in all honesty Kathie, you’re a lot older and wiser now and besides Abigail is much younger than Mary-Lou was when you first met her.”
“I know that, but I can’t help…”
“Kathie,” Nancy interrupted sternly. “Will you stop being such a ninny?”
Kathie stopped and stared at her friend. “I’m sorry,” she mumbled. “I know that things are different now, but I can’t help worrying a little.”
Nancy smiled. “Of course you can’t,” she said comfortingly.
Kathie looked at the precariously balanced text book pile on Nancy’s desk. “I should go and do something with those geography books,” she said standing up and gathering them into her arms. “I’ll see you for lunch.”
“Alright then, see you later,” said Nancy not noticing that the worried look hadn’t quite left her friend’s face.

Walking along the corridor Kathie tried to reason sternly to herself that things wouldn’t be the same this time around, but somehow she couldn’t quite convince herself. She knew it was silly but she couldn’t help being niggled by her resurfacing feelings.

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#55:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:59 am

Another update - yay!Glad Vi's going to show Mary-Lou's words to Abigail, she needs to see that. And does this mean Joey's going to hunt down Megan?Am thinking Kathie is worrying too much for for there not to be a problem in the offing.....Cheers Pim Very Happy

 

#56:  Author: Gem, Location: Saltash/Aberystwyth PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:49 pm

:DLovely Pim! Thank you Very Happy Am mildly worried as to what will happen between Kathie and Abigail though... Confused

 

#57:  Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:22 pm

Ta very much Pim!Also think there may well be trouble between Abi and Kathie...*Wibbles*

 

#58:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:07 pm

Thank you Pim. Again Lovely....slightly worried about what might be going to happen between Kathie and Abby...

 

#59:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:29 pm

Thanks for the lovely updates Pim Very Happy I'm sure Kathie will be find with Abby (well as long as Georgia doesn't get a say in the matter)

 

#60:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:47 pm

Thank you Pim. Laughing

 

#61:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:42 pm

Thanks Pim Very Happy Liz

 

#62:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:28 am

Thought I should dredge this one up again, since I want to get this part finished before I go home at the weekend and can make a good start on part II over the holidays.

The next few weeks passed Abigail by in a blur as things were organised around her for going to school. She pored over the prospectus trying to fit all the information it gave into her head. She wouldn’t ever admit it to anyone but the thought of surviving in French and German only on certain days of the week terrified her her French was only shaky and she’d never done any German. She did wonder as well where she’d find the time to fit in some of her more non-conventional activities, she didn’t think the school would look too fondly on her wanting to go off and protest about whatever cause caught her attention next. She and Robert spent the weekend with Vi and her daughters a fortnight before term was due to start during which she begged any information she could from Cathlin and Livia. Ruth would occasionally wander into their conversation to add or correct something, before adding with a sigh that there were times she wished she were going back to school and not Cambridge.

“Silly Ruth,” grinned Cathlin on one of those occasions. “Of course you want to go back to Cambridge, you’d look a bit silly being nineteen and still at school when sill you clearly aren’t.”
Ruth pulled a face in return to Cathlin’s comment. “I know I do, but it is okay to be nostalgic you know,” she said aiming a friendly punch at her younger sister.
“Hey,” exclaimed Cathlin taking aim with her cushion.
“Oh you two,” groaned Livia rolling her eyes as Ruth pulled Cathlin of the sofa with a wild shriek. “Come on Abby, let’s leave the children to it.”

Abigail gave a half smile to Ruth and Cathlin who were engaged in what appeared to be a free fight on the living room floor and, not for the first time, found herself with that slight pang of jealousy again. She’d always had friends, but never siblings, something she’d often wanted. Over the course of that weekend she learned to overcome her initial impressions of Livia as a bit of an airhead. Livia herself would be the first to admit that Ruth and Tacy, who would be going into upper sixth that year and applying for Oxford, had got the family brains but it was Cathlin and Livia who had inherited Vi’s artistic skills. Abigail had marvelled at some of the work they’d produced, she herself being more scientifically inclined as she intended to follow in her father’s footsteps.

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#63:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:09 am

Thank you Pim! Hope Abby gets on ok at school can see why she's a little unsure!

 

#64:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:32 pm

Thank you Pim and its good to see some more of Vi's family Very Happy

 

#65:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:46 pm

Thanks Pim! Very Happy

 

#66:  Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:15 pm

Great, Pim. thanks. Looking forward to lots more Wink

 

#67:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:50 pm

Thank you Pim.

 

#68:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:13 am

Jo Maynard had also been having a busy time of late having persuaded Jack that they needed a weekend break, and so they’d come to the tiny village where Mary-Lou had spent her last months. Having dispatched Jack to the nearest golf course she was able to concentrate on her own intentions for coming. She’d spent her Saturday morning in the library reading over back issues of the local paper, scouring the obituary pages for Megan’s mother. It had been a long job since she’d had no idea when Mary-Lou had first met Megan but eventually Jo decided that she’d found the right obituary. Having treated herself to lunch in the village café she went for a walk along the beach to clear her head after her morning’s research. It was one of those perfect days with the sea as flat as a pancake and shimmering in a pale blue colour stretching on forever to the mistily defined horizon with the sky. Standing at the water’s edge Jo felt an irrepressible urge to have a paddle and kicked off her sandals to do so. As the cool water lapped around her ankles she suddenly became aware of somebody standing close to her.


Kathie Ferrars had also talked herself into taking a weekend’s break and had gone back to the house where she had grown up in the Cotswolds. Her aunt and uncle had died a few years ago now and the house had passed down to her. She knew why she was here, there were ghosts from the past to be laid to rest. The diary she’d kept during her first year teaching at the Chalet School had certainly seen better days but it was the content that mattered, not the condition.

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#69:  Author: Rachael,  PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:16 am

Thanks, Pim Kathie's diary sounds very interesting - I hope it helps to lay old ghosts to rest before Abigail gets to the school ...

 

#70:  Author: Robin, Location: London PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:52 pm

*echoes all comments above* And another thank you for nice updates

 

#71:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:02 pm

Thanks Pim. Very Happy

 

#72:  Author: Lyanne, Location: Ipswich, England PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:16 pm

Nell wrote
Quote:
Intrigued by who is standing next to Joey
I suppose it's Megan

 

#73:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:31 pm

Very interested in what is in Kathie's diary. Thank you Pim.

 

#74:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:15 am

Thanks Pim Very Happy Liz

 

#75:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:44 pm

Jo turned as she heard the splash of a pebble skimming across the glass like surface of the water. Her eyes rested on a dark haired girl of around thirteen or so with a faraway expression on her face. She wasn’t sure if this was the girl she’d come looking for or not. Jo stepped out of the water and picked up a relatively flat looking pebble which she attempted to skim, it landed with a solitary splash. She turned and grinned irrepressibly at the girl beside her.

“You’re much better at this than me.” The girl gave a half smile and let go of another stone with enviable ease and Jo watched it skip across the water’s surface. “How about you show me how to do that?” The girl stared at Jo wide eyed. “Seriously.”

The girl shrugged and crossed the few steps difference to Jo and began explaining what to do.

***

“I can’t believe it’s only two weeks until the start of term,” said Vi to Robert that afternoon as they sat in her garden with the day’s papers. Robert nodded and shrugged. “I suppose it’ll be strange for you not having Abby around.”
“It’ll be quieter,” he said with a smile. “But strange, yes. Although, at least I won’t be worrying constantly about where she is and what she’s up to.”
“Oh those worries don’t stop,” replied Vi smiling. “I never stop worrying about what mad scheme will enter my girls’ brains to try out next, especially Cathlin. They don’t tell me themselves of course, it usually comes out in their reports, mind you there have been occasions they’ve cared to share some of their wilder exploits.”
“Did you share that sort of thing with your parents?”
“Most things, besides we knew that if we didn’t tell them then Jo Maynard would, the perils of her being good pals with your parents really.”
Robert chuckled. “Do you get used to not having them around?”
“No, not really, it gets easier as time goes on but you never completely get used to it. These last two years have been the hardest only having Alexis at home, it’ll be harder when she goes next year. I don’t think I’ll quite know what to do with myself. Ruth only has short terms at Cambridge, and Tacy will as well if she gets to Oxford, so that makes it easier having them around and the beginning and end of term and that shortens the time to half term. And of course it was easier when Hugh was alive,” Vi broke off, her eyes met Robert’s and they both smiled. “Listen at me,” she said brushing away the tears that had begun to form. “Five years down the line and still inclined to weep when I mention his name.”

***

It’s been a few days since half term and already it’s blurring into memory. I’d have written about it before but I fell into Matey’s clutches having wrenched my shoulder at Wahlstein. It was all Mary-Lou’s fault, but of course if it hadn’t been for her I wouldn’t be here now. Let’s just say it may be the last time I visit a glacier for a while if they’re going to do that sort of thing to me again! All I remember was Mary-Lou grabbing me by the arm and I flipped at her for having the nerve to do that and when I turned round there was a great big hole where I’d been standing only a moment before. She doesn’t know what possessed her to grab me at that point but I’m so glad that she did, especially since she wrenched her back again doing that. In all honestly I feel a bit of an idiot for having been so off with her all term now I’m sure some of her habits may continue to grate on me but really I have been an utter ninny.

Kathie flung the diary across the room telling herself sternly that this time around it was all going to be so different. Picking up the ill treated book she reminded herself that a lot of water had passed under the bridge since then she’d grown up and had so much more experience, and Abigail was younger than Mary-Lou had been. Kathie knew that she wouldn’t make the same mistake again.

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#76:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:50 pm

Can a lovely mod delete my double post please? The network decided to spurn me from the CBB temporarily Sad Done, and thanks for a lovely post once more...Carolyn.

 

#77:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:07 pm

Thank you for a lovely post Pim. So is it Megan? And I hope things are easier for Kathie this time but she does sound as though there's something particular making her uneasy and likely to make things tricky...

 

#78:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:13 pm

Thank you Pim Very Happy *hugs Vi*, it was good to hear more about her life but sad as well. Kathie's diary is very interesting but I'm sure she'll manage Abby ok.

 

#79:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:27 pm

Thanks Pim - love Kathie's diary.

 

#80:  Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:36 am

Thank you, Pim. Looks forward to next episode -- but what will it be? Abigail at school? Jo and the mystery person? Robert & Vi drawing even closer? And just what is worrying Kathie? questions, questions...

 

#81:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:30 am

In Livia’s room she and Abigail could still hear the wild shrieks of Ruth and Cathlin coming from downstairs so they guessed that the pair hadn’t quite resolved their fight. Livia pulled her photograph album down from the shelf and explained various members of her form to Abigail and retold some of their wilder exploits and madder pranks. Thanks to her mother Livia also knew some of the legends that had passed into school memory and was able to bring those in as well. Abigail sat and listened fascinated by it all, it was so far removed from her own school experience.

***

“I don’t think I’ll ever get the hang of this,” said Jo as another stone plopped straight into the water without skimming.
The girl shrugged. “I wouldn’t worry about it.”
“Thanks for trying to show me anyway, I suppose I shouldn’t be trying to acquire new skills at my time of life.”
“My nan used to be able to do this,” said the girl. “She taught my mum, who taught me.”
Jo bit her lip, knowing that it was now or another. “I know this is going to sound a bit rude and odd,” she said. “But are you Megan Webb?”
The girl stared at Jo for a moment. “Yes I am, but how… why…?”

***

“I’m sorry,” said Vi suddenly pulling away from the comforting arm Robert had slipped around her shoulder and dabbing furiously at her eyes. “I didn’t mean to go off weeping like that on you. It’s the last thing you need really.”
“Oh come on Vi, you’ve done the same for me of late, only without the weeping, but you’ve been there when I’ve needed you.”
“That’s what friends are for,” said Vi pointedly.

Although neither of them realised it at the time, something in their relationship changed there.

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#82:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:55 am

Thank you Pim. It's all so lovely, but I think the thing I like best is that Jo wasn't an expert in skimming pebbles. Liz

 

#83:  Author: Rachael,  PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:50 am

*g* Actually, Liz, she's a pebble-skimming champion, renowned for up to 10 bounces at a time - she just chose to pretend she couldn't to gain Megan's confidence Wink Seriously though - lovely posts, Pim Nice to see Vi and Robert's relationship developing and Kathie's diary is illuminating ... Wonder what Megan will make of Jo ...

 

#84:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:13 am

Thank you Pim!

 

#85:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:22 pm

Thanks Pim - that was lovely.

 

#86:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:45 am

Bit long this bit, some of my characters appear to have taken on minds of their own and wont be quiet...

“Just a lucky guess in the first instance, but I have been looking for you” replied Jo in response to Megan’s question. Megan took a cautious step back and eyed Jo warily.
“Why…?”
“Oh dear,” said Jo. “It does all sound really rather strange.”
“Who are you?” asked Megan.
“Me? Oh goodness, I hadn’t realised I’d not introduced myself. My name’s Jo Maynard, I was a friend of Mary-Lou Trelawney’s, I believe you knew her.”
“I did, yes, she… she was very good to me. But I still don’t understand why you’re here and what this is all about.”
Jo glanced at her watch, she still had a couple of hours to spare before Jack would finish his game of golf. “How about we talk about it over tea and cakes?”

Megan led Jo to the village tearooms as Jo tried to explain Mary-Lou’s notes that Robert and Vi had found and were working on to try and come up with something for Abigail.

“That’s a nice idea,” said Megan.
“I can’t imagine what it would have been like if I’d not had mum, I mean nan’s great and all that, but it’s not the same.”
“What about your father?” Megan paled a little and bit her lip, but something in Jo’s face made her want to talk. “I haven’t really seen him since I was six,” she said with a shrug. “He left mum for somebody else, and didn’t want to know after that, even when she died,” Megan broke off there. “I’m sorry, she said, it’s not something I like to talk about.”
“I’m sorry for asking,” said Jo. “I didn’t realise.”
“It’s not your fault.”
They sat in silence for a few moments before Jo decided to break it. “Megan, would you like to help us in putting together a picture of Mary-Lou for Abby? Helping with Vi’s project I mean.”
“Yes, I would.”

***

Kathie picked up the wine bottle to refill her glass only to find it empty. She’d been so lost in her thoughts that she hadn’t noticed how much she’d had to drink. With a sigh she stood up and took the empty bottle and glass through to the kitchen, a quick glance at the clock told her it was too early to have consumed so much. The words she’d written so long ago continued to haunt her.

I can’t believe that ass Mary-Lou, she really does have no idea what’s so awful about her and is blinkered to her faults. The things she gets away with are unbelievable and everyone just laughs it off and says ‘it’s only Mary-Lou’.

A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts as she went to answer it.

“Nancy,” she said, half with relief, half worried, seeing her friend on the doorstep. “What are you doing here?”
“I was worried about you,” replied Nancy as she entered the house. “You just took off without letting me know where you were going, I only realised a few hours ago.”
“How did you know I was here?”
“Where else would you go Kathie?” Kathie said nothing in reply, only hung her head. “What’s eating you?” Her friend’s silence spoke volumes. “Mary-Lou still?” Kathie nodded slowly and sat down on the stairs. “Oh Kathie,” said Nancy softly sitting beside her friend and slipping a comforting arm around her shoulder. “Why didn’t you say something before?”
“It… it just seems so silly. I’ve reasoned with myself ‘til I can’t take it anymore, but there’s still something that won’t stop niggling. I just don’t want it to happen all over again.”
“Kathie,” Nancy backed away slightly on smelling her friend’s breath. “It won’t happen again, and you know why, because you’ve got me this time. You’re not the shy new mistress who didn’t feel she could turn to anyone now, if you don’t feel you can come to me about this then there’s something very wrong in this friendship.”
Kathie blinked back the tears that were forming and buried her head in her hands. ”Thank you,” she whispered from between her fingers. “I just needed to know I wasn’t on my own.”
“Just one more question Kathie, how much have you had to drink?” asked Nancy with a smile. Kathie scrubbed her eyes furiously and flushed.
“Just a bottle of wine.”
“I thought as much, I should have known there’d be a good excuse for you weeping like this.”

Kathie replied with a friendly punch and then proposed that they move somewhere more comfortable. Spotting her much abused diary on the side in the kitchen she took the executive decision to drop it into the bin. There was absolutely no reason for the past repeating itself and she knew that if it did there was someone she could turn to.

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#87:  Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:01 am

*Satisfied sigh* Lots of lovely posts, Pim. Thank you.

 

#88:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:31 am

Lovely! Thank you Pim. Good for Nancy and for Megan!

 

#89:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:33 am

That was sooooooo lovely Pim, thank you. I'm really intrigued about Megan and yay for Nancy Very Happy

 

#90:  Author: Katie, Location: London, but my heart belongs to Harrogate PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:41 am

Thank you Pim, this is great!

 

#91:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:47 am

Also intrigued about Megan. Thanks Pim

 

#92:  Author: Robin, Location: London PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 12:38 pm

thanks pim glad kathie should now see sense about Abby and hope Megan can help too (is her father going to turn out to be someone we know?!?) and also looking forward to more of Vi and Robert...

 

#93:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:06 pm

Lovely post, Pim. Thank you.

 

#94:  Author: Sarah_K, Location: St Albans/Leicester PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:28 pm

Thanks pim, I'm so glad Kathie has Nancy. And I'm glad Joey found Megan too, very glad.

 

#95:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:35 am

Bonus points if anyone can name the song I've blatantly stolen...

Abigail lay back on her bed listening to the music filling her room and reflecting that this time tomorrow everything would be so different. It was the last night she would spend in her own room until Christmas. I’ve got nothing on my mind, nothing to remember, nothing to forget, I’ve got nothing to regret. She was sure that she’d made the right decision about going to school, but, at the same time, the change was so huge she couldn’t help but be a little wary. But I’m all tied up on the inside, no one knows quite what I’ve got. And I know that on the outside, what I used to be I’m not anymore. Thinking back over the last few months she couldn’t believe how much her life had changed, how much the others around her had changed, and more importantly, how much she herself had changed. You know I’ve heard about people like me but I never made the connection, they walk one road to set them free and find they’ve gone the wrong direction. This time twelve months ago she’d been back at her state school wondering which cause to take up the fight for next. She’d known only the bare essentials of a mother who had left her as a baby, but now she’d been told so much she felt as though she really knew her. But there’s no need for turning back ‘cos all roads lead to where I stand and I believe I’ll walk them all no matter what I may have planned. She might never fully understand her mother’s reasoning to do the things she had, but she no longer blamed her, any negative feelings she’d built up over the years were fading. Can you remember who I was? Can you still feel it? Can you find my pain? Can you heal it? Then lay your hands upon me now and cast this darkness from my soul. At the time of her mother’s death she hadn’t known how she was supposed to feel, she still wasn’t. It hurt for so many reasons, the more she was told about her mother, the more painful it became to know that she would never get to know her properly. You alone can light my way, you alone can make me whole once again. Everything in Abigail’s existence had changed so rapidly, the boundaries had all changed and things were no longer so clear and safe as they once had been. We’ve walked both sides of every street through all kinds of windy weather but that was never our defeat as long as we could walk together. Robert put his head around Abigail’s door, after a few seconds she became aware of him there and they grinned at each other. She may never have had her mother, but she had always had her father, and there was nothing that they couldn't face together. So there’s no need for turning back ‘cos all roads lead to where we stand and I believe we’ll walk them all no matter what we may have planned.

~ End of I lift my eyes up~

The sequel, Abby Challenges the Chalet School coming in the New Year when I get back to uni.

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#96:  Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:41 am

That was lovely Pim - such realistic thoughts and doubts - and I've no idea of the song lyrics! Looking forward tio the second part in the new Year. Thank you.

 

#97:  Author: Lyanne, Location: Ipswich, England PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:11 am

Quote:
At the time of her mother’s death she hadn’t known how she was supposed to feel, she still wasn’t. It hurt for so many reasons, the more she was told about her mother, the more painful it became to know that she would never get to know her properly.
Poor little Abby. That's the thing about death, you realise how much you didn't know about that person. And that you've lost the chance to find out.

 

#98:  Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:07 pm

That has been great from start to finish, Pim. I was so disappointed when I saw 'The End' but I'm really looking forward to the sequel - I can imagine Abigail challenging a lot of things Razz

 

#99:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 1:32 pm

Thank you Pim for a wonderous story and a lovely, fitting ending. I'm looking forward to the sequal, and love the title!! Very Happy

 

#100:  Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 3:07 pm

Thanks, Pim! I'm glad it's not really over. Yay for sequels!

 

#101:  Author: Josie, Location: London PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:54 pm

Thanks Pim. Have a lovely Christmas. Look forward to the sequel in the New Year. Very Happy

 

#102:  Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 7:40 pm

Thank you Pim!!! Loads of lovely posts there! Can't wait for the sequel!!!

 

#103:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:00 pm

Thanks Pim. When do you return to uni? Laughing Liz

 

#104:  Author: Georgia, Location: my imagination PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:23 pm

Call that an ending *grumps*Where is the death and destruction??? A little painful cliff would have been nice!!! Twisted Evil

 

#105:  Author: Gem, Location: Saltash/Aberystwyth PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:31 pm

Thank you Pim *sniffles*I've loved this fic - so glad there will be a sequel! Don't know the lyrics but please tell us - I want to get the song! Very Happy

 

#106:  Author: Kim, Location: Tipperary, Ireland PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:57 pm

great story - looking forward to the sequel and imagine the title means there'll be issues with Kathie Enjoy the break from uni

 

#107:  Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:30 pm

Thanks Pim. Look forward to the sequel. Very Happy

 

#108:  Author: Ann, Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:24 am

Have just caught up with this - thank you, Pim, I hope the upbeat ending bodes well for the sequel.

 

#109:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:39 am

Lovely, thank you Pim. I'm looking forward to the sequel in the New Year!

 

#110:  Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach) PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:40 pm

In all honesty I don't think I expected anyone to know the name of the song, but it was Crossroads by Don McLean from the American Pie, um, LP... shows how longmy parents have had it!

 

#111:  Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:51 am

Lovely place to end it Pim. Hope we see more of Megan. Looking forward to the sequel.

 

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