This is my first fanfic for A Place To Call Home. I have written for Dr Blake Mysteries up to now. This is set in S1E1. After Sarah has met the Bligh's. Hope you like it. Reviews welcome.
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Sarah
Sarah lay in her bunk unable to sleep, reflecting on her meeting the Bligh family.
Elizabeth, she decided, was the glue holding the family together. She was certainly a force to be reckoned with! She was stubborn, thought Sarah, but it was probably what kept her alive.
Olivia and James...hmm...James was obviously a troubled soul, why else would he try to kill himself? And Olivia, newly married but not particularly happy, thought Sarah.
George, yes...George. She felt drawn to him. He was kind, lonely, something they shared, widowhood.
At first she had felt uncomfortable about joining them for dinner on the last night, but the loan of an evening dress from George's daughter. Anna, meant her refusal would have been churlish.
In spite of her being late, due to a patient emergency, Sarah found she quite enjoyed herself, particularly dancing with George. He had held her surprisingly close during the last dance. It had been a long time since she had been held at all and part of her regretted it wouldn't happen again. Tomorrow she would go to her mother's house in Sydney and George would go with his family to Ash Park, the family estate.
She must have fallen asleep finally, the next thing she heard was her alarm going off.
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George
George said goodnight to his family, his mother took care of James, they had always been close, there was nothing else he could do so he went to bed.
He, like Sarah, could not sleep. He thought of this enigma, Sister Sarah Adams. He found he enjoyed her company; she was strong, dealing with his mother the way she did, yet she was gentle, a little sad he thought. He would have liked to meet her again, but socially, not due to her work; it had been with that thought in his mind that he told her the local hospital were looking for a community nurse. Just in case it didn't go to plan in Sydney.
He drifted off to sleep, still thinking of ways he could see her.
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They disembarked the following day. Norman, the family chauffeur, was there to meet them so George didn't have time to find Sarah and again thank her for her ministrations to his mother. Well, that was his excuse!
Elizabeth was now in charge, there was no officious nurse to tell her to rest! George smiled, he was glad to be home, but he still wondered if he'd see Sarah again. It was so long since his wife's death he thought he'd forgotten he could possibly love again.
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Sarah had only come home because Aunt Peg had written to her to say she was worried about Sarah's mother. They hadn't had contact since Sarah had met and married a Jew in France and had adopted the Jewish faith. But now the war was over, Sarah's husband had perished in the camps and to all intents and purposes Sarah was alone. It seemed like a good reason to come home.
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Sarah took her cases and headed to a nearby hotel. The meeting hadn't gone well. She had only one option, contact Mr Bligh and ask if she could apply for the post at Inverness Hospital. Must be fate.
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Hope you like my first attempt at APTCH fanfic.
