Hello again my pretty friends, we have come back have we, to a story that will make no sense and all the sense in the world at the same time. At the moment I am writing this, doing my tattoo homework and eating cake icing all at the same time in my locker room, The Dungeons!!! I do love my nonsense, anyway, on with the show.

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Chapter 3: Hide-and-seek.

It had been a while since we had come home, spending most our time in the gardens and library. That was the best thing about living in a huge house; the grounds were huge as well. I loved to be outside, just reading or writing, sometimes just doing nothing, relaxing from all the stress of life. At the moment I was sitting under the great oak tree, reading a book from the library. The sun was beating down, making animals come out and enjoy the sunshine; there was no way you could ever stay inside on a day like this. I burned easily, but in the shade of this tree, there was no way it could burn me, but the heat was at full affect.

I read for quite a while, before hearing someone approaching. I looked up to see Rose coming over; she had been sunbathing over near the lake, one of my favourite places in the whole grounds. She tanned better than I did so we had gone our separates ways for today.

"Hey Lil's, you know what we haven't done yet," she said, coming and sitting under the tree next to me.

"What?" I said, half in the book half out.

"Played Hide-and-seek, you know, we always play it every year, it may be the last time we come here, you know, since the offer, we have to do it one last time," she said, a little lamely.

"That sounded wrong you know," I pointed out, getting up from under the tree, "Ok, for old times' sake, I'll be on first."

Rose ran away like a little excited child while I faced the tree and began to count to a hundred. It really was hot today, maybe we should go for a swim later in the lake.

"9, 10,11..." I counted.

We could also go shopping if we wanted; maybe to Harrogate and get some Jack wills stuff.

"...15, 16, 17..."

We could do anything, but it would only be for this summer, then we might be going to London to work for Mr. Laking. I wished we didn't have to grow up so fast, we could stay young forever, like this age forever. I remembered when me and Rose would play these games and pretend we were in other worlds, and have so much fun here.

"... 100!"

I turned around and began to run to Roses hiding place, she always hid near the white rose bushes, right under the bush, as she had since we were young. I wondered if she could still fit under the bush, but went to look anyway.

"Rose... Rose... I wonder where she could be," I called out in a fake voice as I get to the rose bushes. I glanced under all of them, even though I knew she would be under the 6th on the left.

"Well, I don't think I can see her here," I sighed as I stopped at the 6th bush on the left. I hearda little girlish giggle and slowly crouched down to see Rose hiding under the bush.

"FOUND YOU!" I yelled in her ear.

"I know," she laughed, as we always did when found, "let me get up."

She stood and looked around, before turning and beginning to count. I raced from the rose bushes and to the normal hiding place for me, under the horse chestnut tree, next to the lake. It took quite a while to run there, but was worth it, for I could sit for a good ten minutes while Rose walked over to find me. I ran round the edge of the lake, splashing my feet in the shallows. It was a lovely felling, being back here, it made me feel 6 yrs old again, when Nana was alive and so was Grandpa Joe, but times change.

I ran round behind my giant tree, spinning quickly so I could see where Rose was, even though I already knew she would be nowhere in sight since she was such a slow runner, and she never ran which meant she was an even slower walker.

I stepped back a few steps, hiding completely out of sight behind the tree. I took one more step back and found no ground beneath me, I wobbled a little, my heart in my mouth, then fell.

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