Chapter 7- Many ways in which I've grown
Adrianna knocked on the door of her grandfather, Alf's house in the caravan park. It felt weird to be back there after seven years, though the house had barely changed since. "Come in." An oh-so familiar voice called from inside and Adrianna walked in. Her grandfather's face lit up. "Struth! Adrianna!" She gave him the biggest hug.
"I missed you grandad!" Adrianna admitted and Alf released her.
He smiled. "We all missed you too. You look great! When did you arrive?" The questions kept on coming.
Adrianna leaned up against the countertop something that seemed so blasé now. "Yesterday afternoon. I was going to come and see you guys but I unexpectedly ended up in the hospital." she explained.
Alf looked concerned. "It's good to see you haven't changed. How did that happen?"
She waved it off. The last thing she wanted was someone else to make a big production of it. "Just had a bit of an accident. It's a clean brake so it'll only take about a month to heal."
"Well as long as you're okay. Have you seen your mother yet?" Her grandfather wondered.
Adrianna shook her head. "Nope. The only people I've seen are Irene, Angelo, Bianca Scott and- yeah let's leave it there." She didn't want him to start asking questions and warning her about the Braxtons aswell. "Oh and Dr. Walker of course." she smiled.
"Well your mother's been on tenderhooks ever since you told us you were coming back to the bay. She wants to make up for lost time I suppose." Alf shrugged.
She nodded. Roo was only a teenager when she had Adrianna so Alf was like her father. "Yeah. You don't by any chance know where she is, do you?" Just as she got the words out of her mouth, Roo hurried in the door. Her eyes were locked immediately on her daughter.
"I just talked to Angelo.. he said you'd be here." said Roo breathlessly. It was obvious she'd been in a hurry to get home. "Adrianna!" she exclaimed and rushed over to embrace her now grown up daughter. The hug nearly squeezed all the breath out of her.
"Hi mom." Adrianna couldn't help but smile and despite the fact that she was nearly being squeezed to death, she didn't want to let go. "I missed you so much." A small bit of moisture was building in her eyes.
Roo finally released her. "I missed you too darling. I'm so glad you're completely done with Uni! It's far too time consuming!" she ranted and then spotted the pink cast on her daughter's leg. "What happened to you?"
"It's nothng mom. Just a bit of an accident with a surf board." Adrianna knew that Roo wouldn't be satisfied with the answer she'd given Alf.
Her mother looked astounded. "Since when do you surf? I've never even seen you in the ocean!"
Adrianna chuckled. "Trust me, I won't attempt it again. Consider the lesson learned. Any way how have you been?" she wondered, trying her best to divert the subject from herself.
"I've been fine. But you're not getting away with it that easily. You've been gone for seven years!" Roo was having none of it.
She scoffed. "I may not have been living here but it's not like we haven't seen eachother at all for seven years! Or talked on the phone!"
Roo rolled her eyes. "I'm your mother, you've been away at college for seven years! Humour me!"
Adrianna sighed. "Fine." Roo swiftly dragged her over to the couch.
Alf chuckled. "I'm going to let you two catch up. Have fun."
"See you later grandad!" Adrianna called after him before Roo had a chance to start bombarding her daughter with questions.
