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#1: Juliet's Childhood Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:36 am

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Not much, I'm afraid, but it's a natural break and I'm typing it up at the moment, so here's a wee bitty more...

Juliet gasped, but before she could react in any way her father was there and holding them both firmly by their arms. His face held a similar expression of concentrated fury to the one Juliet’s had recently had, and he strode up the hill to the guesthouse with his wife trotting to keep up and even the long-legged Juliet being forced to hurry. The excited crowd indulged for a few minutes in a noisy discussion of what had been happening, then slowly dispersed, slightly disappointed that the fracas had not been more dramatic

#2: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:39 am

Oh, golly! And I bet Juliet gets the blame! Crying or Very sad

#3: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:13 pm

I'm not too happy about the next bit, so it may be a while before I post it...

Juliet gasped, but before she could react in any way her father was there and holding them both firmly by their arms. His face held a similar expression of concentrated fury to the one Juliet’s had recently had, and he strode up the hill to the guesthouse with his wife trotting to keep up and even the long-legged Juliet being forced to hurry. The excited crowd indulged for a few minutes in a noisy discussion of what had been happening, then slowly dispersed, slightly disappointed that the fracas had not been more dramatic.

It was about a month later when they journeyed to Austria. They made for a place that Captain Carrick had heard about by devious means of his own – a small, out-of-the-way lake called the Tiernsee, the sort of unknown area that the Carricks tended to frequent these days. It had been a long journey, but they halted at Innsbruck for a night first.

The next day they crossed the Tiernsee in the little steamer. Juliet leant her elbows on the rail and gazed dreamily at the breathtaking scenery. She hardly heard her mother’s irritable voice telling her to do something about her hands, they were filthy. The steamer came into Briesau, and as Juliet stepped onto dry land she had no idea that this was where she would be spending the next few years of her life. She noticed with sudden interest a girl watching the passengers leaving the boat. She was a very pretty girl, with long brown curls, and she looked English, Juliet thought. She reminded Juliet a little of Dorothea, one of her best friends at her school in the Hills. She wondered if there was a school up here. Just her luck if there was.

#4: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:49 pm

Ta-da!!!! It's finished:

It was not long before the Carricks had heard a lot about a new school that had just been started at Tiernsee. Apparently it was an English school and had not been running for very long. Lindley and Dorita had been very interested in this news – a very new, very small, school seemed to be just what they would want. The walk on which they set out a little later was for the ostensible purpose of ‘having a look at the place’, as Lindley put it.

Juliet walked a little behind her parents, drinking in the beauty of the lake and the protective circle of mountains round it. She absently noted a little group of people, then she looked again, realising that among them was the English girl she had seen at the ferry. The others were mostly slightly younger girls, but there was a taller one who was very obviously the sister of one of the smaller ones, and a big, pleasant looking man. But Juliet’s main interest at the moment was for the pretty English girl. She was talking animatedly to a very dark girl with a pale, pointed little face. The little group fell silent as the Carricks approached, while Juliet tried to look at them without being rude. As the two parties met, Dorita, with her usual vindictive timing, turned to Juliet and spoke in her sharp voice,

“Juliet! Hold yourself up! Good gracious me, child, you look positively deformed! Put your shoulders back at once!” Juliet ground her teeth viciously and deliberately refrained from altering her posture. She watched the group as they passed, wondering whether they thought her a stupid fool.

When they returned to the Tyroler Hof Lindley went out again. He was out for some time, and when he returned Juliet was curtly informed that he had been to see the Headmistress, and that she would be starting at the Chalet School on Monday

#5: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:16 pm

Abi, this has been perfect! Please get it off to Liss so that she can archive it! It would be awful to lose it!

#6: Author: Guest,

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:26 pm

That was great, Abi. I hope you aren't going to stop writing now. We want more stories from you.

#7: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:33 pm

*giggles* Oh, poor Abi! I'm sure she thought she would be free of demands for a while!

#8: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:35 pm

Well, I'm still writing Augusta. Or doesn't that count as a drabble? Wink

Thank you for nice comments and thanks to nice Mod who posted the links.

#9: Author: Sarah_L, Location: Redcar

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:48 pm

At least we know Juliet's life soon improves. Thanks Abi, this was great.

#10: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:39 pm

Well done Abi - really interesting insight into Juliet's background. Glad you finished it.

Is this the first completed work of the new board?

Rachel the Quidditch

#11: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 6:35 pm

Abi, that's wonderful!!
Well done, and thank you!!!!! Kiss

#12: Author: Chelsea, Location: Your Imagination

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:00 pm

What a Bitch Dorita is!!

*testing out the censor.

ETA - Apparently one can get away with it. What about spoons?

#13: Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:34 pm

Abi - that was excellent - such a believable background for Juliet - and it explains so much of why she acted as she did. So glad hers was a happy ending.

Thank you!

#14: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:35 pm

Thank you Abi.

You could always go onto the end of this term when her parents die??

It was a wonderful story, and I'm glad yoiu have made it all the way through. Now you know you can do it have a break and then come and give us something new. Very Happy

#15: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:37 pm

Chelsea wrote:

What a Bitch Dorita is!!

*testing out the censor.

ETA - Apparently one can get away with it. What about spoons?

Hooray! No censor! Spoons, spoons, spoons, spoons, spoons!

#16: Author: PatMac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:57 pm

I'm sure we all had vague ideas from the original book of Juliet's background but I never really thought about it or wondered about the detail. that was most enjoyable and I'd certainly like to read more by you, Abi.

#17: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:00 am

*threatens Abi with a spoon to persuade her to start a new drabble!*

#18: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:20 am

*hopes Vikki's threats work*

#19: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:51 am

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments!! I'm so glad you liked this - I was quite scared about writing it.

I've sort of got an idea for another drabble but it's quite weird and I need a Hb copy of Highland Twins for it really so that's on hold for a bit.

#20: Author: keren as guest,

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:39 am

Abi wrote:

No problem at all.
I can mail you a transcript of that, so you can start work straight away Laughing

#21: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:55 am

oooooooooh, can you really??? Thank you Kiss

#22: Author: Tassie_Ellen, Location: Tasmania, Australia

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:16 pm

Thank you, Abi, I've really enjoyed this. Sometimes wondered about the background to Juliet, now this has filled in the hole very nicely Very Happy

Looking forward to seeing your next story Rolling Eyes

Ellen *wishes her imagination functioned this well*

#23: Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:49 pm

Thank you Abi, that was a wonderful insight into Juliet's life before the CS, but thank goodness it all ended happily for her.
The best thing her parents ever did for her was getting themselves killed.
Looking forward to your next drabble.

#24: Author: Chloë, Location: London: when away from home planet!

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:05 pm

*applauds*

Thank you Abi Very Happy

#25: Author: Sarah_L, Location: Redcar

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:39 pm

Ellie wrote:

The best thing her parents ever did for her was getting themselves killed.
Looking forward to your next drabble.

Harsh Ellie, but pretty fair I suppose.

#26: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:16 am

You took the words right out of my mouth, Sarah!

#27: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:08 am

*looking forward to Abi's next drabble....*

#28: Author: Chelsea, Location: Your Imagination

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:12 am

*starts a 'til Ali's new thread countdown.

#29: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:51 am

*wonders how long Chelsea will be waiting* Wink

#30: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:07 pm

*thinks it could be a while*

#31: Author: Sarah_L, Location: Redcar

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:40 pm

*hopes Abi is just teasing*

#32: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:01 pm

Well it could be - I'm still writing Augusta and I am supposed to be working at Uni!!!

#33: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:02 pm

If you are writing more and more of Augusta we will let you off. popper

#34: Author: Sarah_L, Location: Redcar

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:55 pm

And I suppose uni work is a pretty good excuse.

#35: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:57 am

Thank you Abi that was a wonderful fill-in. Really enjoyed it.

#36: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:06 am

*supposes that will have to do then*

#37: Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:00 pm

Just read this in full! It was so good! Can't wait to read your next drabble!

#38: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:08 pm

Cazx, check out the two Augusta threads Abi has on here. They are different to this, but excellent.

#39: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:49 pm

Thanks Cazx Embarassed

Do you think Liss would put this up on the site if I sent it to her? I've been editing it a bit to make it a more continuous story, but I don't know if it's suitable.

#40: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:06 pm

I'm sure Liss would!

#41: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 8:54 pm

Thanks for the story abi, its great to have some background on Juliet.

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