The Wammy House Memories

Random Days

Chapter 17!

Weeks Later

Christmas had come and gone, the whole seasonal period had been a blur to Elizabeth. Her Aunt had returned home a few days before Christmas day, her mood had lightened for some strange reason. She seemed to enjoy Christmas day more than she normally did in the past. They had a fun New Year too, her Aunt threw a massive party at her cottage. She invited some of her old friends from the local village to come and see in the New Year with them. She actually got up and danced with Elizabeth, they had spent most of the night dancing around the lounge like fools. But life carries on, her Aunt had days when she was too sick to get out of bed.

Elizabeth sat with her Aunt sometimes while she was having her afternoon tea in bed, she enjoyed read her school books to her Aunt. Her Aunt always said she needed to improve her reading skills because she got stuck on some long words. Elizabeth just nodded her head and carry on reading, she had learnt over the years to never disagree with her Aunt because you would never win the argument.

Today Elizabeth's Aunt was having a bad day, she was in her bedroom right now on her ventilator machine. A nurse called Alison had visited her earlier to check up on her, she seems to be stable and her lung function was fine. Elizabeth was happy knowing her Aunt doing okay for now, but sometimes she thought about the future without her. She cried sometimes in the shower without her Aunt or Rose knowing, she was scared about what the future held for her since she had no other family left in the world.

Elizabeth snapped out of her thoughts when she heard a knock at the front door, she wasn't expecting any visitors. Rose had left the cottage about ten minutes ago to do the weekly food shop, she had no idea who was at the door. She closed her magazine and stuffed the rest of my cream cake into her mouth before she hurried out of the kitchen, she then unlocked the front door. The chain was still on the door, she opened it and peeped through the gap in the doorway. But no one was there, she was about to close the door until she heard a familiar voice.

" Hey!" Someone said. " Am I invisible to you or something? I know I've not seen you for five months, but that's just rude!"

" I'm sorry A, I didn't see you through the gap." Elizabeth replied with a giggle. " I'll be one moment, I need to take the chain off the door."

Elizabeth smiled to herself while she removed the chain from the door, she then opened the door wide, she was greeted by A. Nonie was with him, she was placing her bicycle down on the front lawn. She watched Nonie hurrying towards the old tree in the middle of the lawn, she knocked over one of her Aunt's stone fairy statues and quickly climbed up the tree. She sat down on the highest branch of the tree and looked down at the statue near the tree's trunk before she took a lollipop from her pocket.

" Sorry!" Nonie yelled.

" It doesn't look broken from where I'm standing, I'll replace it if it's damaged." A said with a sigh. " So, do you want to come out for bike ride with us? You'll have to get changed though, I can imagine it being quite tricky riding a bike in a dress. Not that I hate dresses, I just think jeans are way better when cycling in the countryside."

" What are you doing here?" Elizabeth asked before she turned her attention towards him." I thought you weren't allowed to leave The Wammy House by yourself anymore."

" Rude much, we're here to visit you!" A replied with a slight frown. " Hey! I'm allowed to go out by myself sometimes, I'll be thirteen in October. Also I'm not alone. I'm with Nonie, we're allowed to go out if we're in pairs!"

" Okay, don't get your knickers in a twist." Elizabeth smiled.

" Oh you're so funny! I just popped a stitch because you're a right little comedian!" A smirked and gently bumped his bicycle's wheel against the doorstep. " Do you what to come for a bike ride or not? We're going to the woods behind your cottage, we plan to hangout there for an hour and throw some stones over the bridge. You should come with us, you look terrible."