World War One

Accidents

CHAPTER 5 - ACCIDENTS

Please could someone let me know if they're reading it and enjoying it so I know whether or not to make it a longer story or cut it short x

Once Grace had finished eating, she went to go and wash her plate "what are you doing?" Rose frowned confused at her from the table whilst drinking her coffee "tidying up...?" Grace said confused "me or jack will do that for you, you don't need to do that" she smiled softly at her as she went to get Graces plate "it's okay, I don't mind" "Grace it's fine" "thank you..." Grace gave Rose a weak smile and let go of the plate. Stepping back, she accidentally knocked a glass off of the worktop which smashed. Harry and Poppy jumped, clearly scared by the noise "hey it's okay, it was just a glass falling, you're alright, and so is Grace" Jack said, trying to comfort the twins.

"I am so sorry" Grace said, panic filling her voice "it's okay Grace, it was an accident" Rose said, trying to reassure her and went to get the dustpan out of the cupboard "Grace! Don't do that, you'll cut yourself" Jack said, watching as Grace tried to pick the broken glass up, her eyes filling with tears. Rose turned around to see her clearly upset, but facing away from the twins so they couldn't see her. Rose stood in front of her and spoke quietly, "Grace, go and take some time alone for yourself, I think you need it... I promise you that Jack and I will take great care of the twins" she said rubbing her arm. Grace nodded "thank you..." she tried her best to wipe away her tears before going over to the twins "I'm going upstairs for a little bit alright? So Jack and Rose will look after you, but if you need me come get me, okay?" Poppy nodded and ran to give Grace a hug, Harry did the same, he thought he was speaking quietly when he whispered "are we in trouble?" to Grace, Jack and Rose looked at each other confused, having heard Harry's question "you're not in trouble darling, none of you are... it was an accident" Jack looked at him concerned. Grace gave Harry the faintest smile "see, everything's fine... I'll see you both in a little bit" she said before leaving

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Jack and Rose tried to brush off the way Grace had just reacted to such a small incident and Harry's odd comment. "Right, what would you both like to do?" Rose smiled, but they didn't answer "we can play in the garden with some chalk, bake, or you can carry on colouring...?" Jack said "do you have a football?" Harry asked shyly "I do! Would you like to play football?" Jack smiled at him "yes please!" Harry grinned "I don't want to play football..." Poppy said "that's okay we can do something different, what would you like to do?" Rose smiled to her "could we bake please?" "Of course" Rose nodded "let's get you both dressed and we can have fun, okay?" The twins nodded and ran up the stairs to their room, Jack and Rose following.

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Grace lye on her bed, the bedroom door closed, but she could still hear Harry and Poppy who were laughing non stop. All of s sudden, she realised they must feel the same way she did; safe... however, they sounded happy... and Grace was far from happy.

She wanted to go and see the twins, but she was drained, and it was clear they were okay. She closed her eyes, in hope to be able to get some sleep as she hadn't had much the night before. Thankfully, it didn't take her long to drift off.

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I know a 13 year old is perfectly capable of washing their own plate but I just thought that it would add a bit to it and it will make more sense soon