All I own is the idea and MONKWRITER inspired it

"Oh Adrian look at this," Trudy said her face lighting up.

"What is it," he asked

"They're starting an annual Christmas Caroling event. It starts tomorrow. Oh we should go," she said excitedly

"Um… Tru," he said gently motioning but she interrupted.

"Come on," she said, "we would be together. It would be so much fun and they stop off at Café Good Eats afterwards"

He could see the excitement in her eyes and he could never say no to her. It was impossible.

"Okay," he told her, "We can go. But we have to be back here by midnight."

"Why, what happens at midnight," she asked, "does the coach turn back into a pumpkin?"

He laughed.

"No but we have to be back here by midnight," he said with practically no conviction.

The snow was falling lightly but it had snowed heavily the day before. That certainly played a role in what happened. What she had to wear was extremely heavy which also played a role in what happened. There was a little embankment nearby one of the houses they walked. It was deep but not dangerously so.

She put her foot down, literally and her ankle twisted. She gasped from the pain having to swallow back tears. Everyone rushed over to her.

"What happened," someone asked.

"I think her ankle's broken," Adrian said, "And that thing she's wearing on it needs to come off damnit… it could cut off her circulation"

"Okay look calm down," one of them said and called for an ambulance. Once the ambulance was sent for Adrian calmed down somewhat. In the hospital they cut off the tracking bracelet she was wearing and set her ankle in a cast. She had to be in the hospital for 3 weeks because it was a very bad break.

If Adrian had only known that was going to happen… he might not have said yes to the caroling. If he didn't say yes to the caroling she wouldn't have broken her ankle. If she hadn't broken her ankle she would have been out doing the stuff she needed to do. If she had been out doing the stuff she needed to do she would have been killed the next day by a car bomb. If only Adrian had known and thank GOD he didn't.