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Winnie served fish and rice at the table. Neatly placing the forks and knifes. She hummed along as she did. "Please come and sit down at the table," she said.
The crowd moved to the table. Winnie took her seat next to Jesse. Dinner was quiet, like it normally was for the Tuck's. Then Winnie interrupted the blissful silence, "So where did you come from? Before you came back here that is," She was so curious and it had been bugging her so much.
"We went down to Florida and back. All by wagon too," boasted Miles proudly.
"Oh really! Wow! Must have been wonderful. What did you see?" Winnie excitedly asked.
"Nothing really dear, just hot weather. You've seen that too. Now how have you been? All alone in this cottage, that's ain't such a place for a girl your age. How old are you anyway? " Mae asked wondering if they made this poor girl suffered more.
"Oh, I simply love living here. The pond is so lively and I'm so young. I helped my parents when they were ill and I raised children around town. I'm not too old, only 17," she winked at the 17 part, "Really I am just 80."
The conversation stopped after that. Jesse said immediately after dinner that he was going on a boat ride on the pond, to relax. What he really meant was to think over what just happened.
Mae stayed behind helping Winnie with the dishes. Miles set up the beds with Tuck.
After the dishes were dealt with Mae went up to help Tuck and Miles. Even though they had enough help she thought it was best if Winnie and Jesse had more time to talk since it had been so long.
The lake was the same unchanged. Yet it was still alive. Little changes occurred such as it was a little bit larger, but that happened to everything. It is was growth something Jesse had finally learned it's importance. It was all a part of life. After he had left, Jesse had matured and realized why it was important to grow.
He walked into the rowboat. It tilted a bit. Taking control of the oars he directed it first to the centre of the pond. He saw the creatures of the pond. Moving always alive. The twilight light from the setting sun brought him such a wonderful glow that he found himself deep in though quickly.
"Jesse!" A young women's voice called out to him from a distance.
His trance was broken and Jesse turned to see Winnie all the way over on the edge of the pond. She was waving to him. He decided he would row over and let her join him in the rowboat. But first he stood up and began waving back to her. The boat suddenly tilted from the quick change of weight and Jesse lost his footing on the slippery base of the boat and tripped. He almost fell into the pond. From all the way at the other end he could here Winnie's childish giggling.
I'll try to make the other chapters longer. Sorry, if it took long to upload this one. I have a lot of work -- . Anyways, I hope you like the story so far. It's my first fanfic.