Disclaimer: I own nothing, except the lawyer. All characters are property
of someone else; they do not belong to me. I am borrowing and I promise to
return them when I've finished
Spoilers: Up til the end of Season Three
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Prologue
~Set 3 Weeks after Claire's Funeral~
Meg walked into the kitchen holding a bundle of mail in her hand.
"The post's arrived girls"
The sentence brought the girls from all over the homestead along with Terry and Alex, who had just got back from the rodeo and was not sure that he wanted to move out, not wanting to relinquish his hold on Claire and Charlotte.
"Bill, bill, summons for Stevie, bill, Jodie one for you from the fire brigade, oh God..." Meg paused while faced with a letter in a large manila envelope. "Its from a solicitor in the city, addressed to 'the Mob' at Drover's Run."
~LETTER ONE-THE SOLICITOR~
Dear All,
I am writing to you concerning the death of Claire McLeod. First, may I express my sincere condolences to you all.
Ms McLeod came to me soon after the death of her father and requested that I write a Last Will and Testament in the case of her untimely death as I also handled the Will of her father.
We have met on numerous occasions, the most recent a few months before her death (A/N not sure how long it actually was), when she was in the city on other business and wished me to include her daughter in the above mentioned Last Will and Testament.
Along with the Will, she entrusted to me a set of letters to be distributed after her death, which she was planning to update every birthday. Ms McLeod requested that the letter in the red envelope be read first.
Please contact me soon to arrange a sitting for the reading of Claire McLeod's Last Will and Testament.
Yours Sincerely, John Green.
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Terry finished reading the letter and emptied the other envelops out of the larger one. There was one for each of them - Stevie, Tess, Charlotte, Meg, Terry, Alex, Nick, Jodi, Becky, even Peter (there was a post-its on the last two asking for them to be forwarded).
There was a period of silence as they all considered what was in front of them-one last link to Claire.
"Ok, we should all really read them at the same time, how about we get dinner ready and get Nick over here." Terry didn't want to put off the opening of his letter anymore than any of the rest of them, but he felt that they owed it to each other to read them separately and simultaneously. Plus they had to feed Bom, and they should all eat as well.
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A/N sorry if I got any facts wrong, I'm a pretty new viewer of McLeod's Daughters.
It's a bit short; i'm not really good at writing big chapters. However, be on the lookout for Chapter One-Tess.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, my lawyer (not the one in the story, although he is mine but in a different way), tells me that I do not own this show or any other one and that I am only borrowing them for the duration of this fanfic.
Spoilers: Up til the end of Season Three
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After they had called Nick and he had arrived they finished the rather rushed dinner and the opening of letters began.
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My dearest sister Tess,
I sit here writing a letter I hope you will never have to read, because if you are reading this I will have lived before I had really lived.
I am sure that since you are there, Bom will be fine. You've been there for her from the beginning, along with Alex. It is my wish that the two of you raise her together. She will need you both and I am sure that you'll need each other for support.
Please kiss her for me and ensure she is never in need of a mother for love, advice or comfort. I am sure you are aware that there are so many things I would never have been able to teach her, like fashion.
I have one request - you marry Nick, if you haven't already. You two belong together, and love makes life so much more. Don't leave it too late and miss your chance but live every moment, as there might be no tomorrow.
You have changed so much from the girl who arrived here close to three years ago with big dreams, and what I thought was a small heart, wanting to sell your half of Drovers, and buy a Coffee shop in the city. You've become a blossoming young countrywoman, who can ride as good as any man, tackle anything she wishes, and loves the country.
Look after Roy, he will work for you if you remember me when you work with him. Through you, he will not forget, nor will you. But remember if he does not work for free, a good scratch behind the ears will keep him happy and eternally loyal.
I love you, and I always will, whether I am around to show it or not. Take care and remember what I said about Nick, God knows you both deserve some happiness,
Love you from now until forever,
Claire
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Tess stood on the veranda, tears streaming down her face, her letter at her feet, itself tearstained.
Nick had arrived just as Tess was reading the bit about him, the bit about them getting married. It had made Tess laugh and he decided to investigate what had made her so happy, and sad at the same time.
"That sister of mine had foresight!" even through her tears Tess could see the humour in the situation, that Claire had known before she herself even had, at least consiously, that the two of them were meant to be together, that the reason Tess had broken a perfectly good man's heart, was for the simple reason that she was in love with 'the boy next door'.
"What do you mean Tess? She couldn't even work out what to call her daughter whom she'd had nine months to think about a name for!"
"Here, read this. How could she have known when we didn't even know? How could she have seen that you and I belonged together, because now I see that we do, that we should grow old together, or at least try. I love you Nick, and nothing will ever change that."
After a surprised and prolonged silence, in which Nick pondered on what to do, there came a somewhat cheerful response, maybe too cheerful:
"well, you'd better show me what this madwoman had to say about the two of us! And we don't even know whose letter is next on the list to be read!"
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Terry found them both a ten minutes later, Tess crying in Nicks arms, and Nick looking on very protective of the woman in his arms.
"I'm guessing that was an impressive letter, judging by the length of time it took you to read." Terry was always astounded by long letters, whether his or someone else's
"It was amazing what Claire saw, things I never thought anyone would notice, she noticed and analysed." Nick was still amazed by what Tess had been amazed by minutes before.
"What did she have to say?" Meg joined them on the veranda
"All will reveal itself in due course Meg."
"C'mon Tess, don't keep an old woman waiting!"
"you? Old? HA! You're not at the stage to call yourself an old woman! Have some respect for your elders!" Terry found the prospect of Meg calling herself old quite entertaining, even in light of the current circumstances.
"yeah, yeah, come inside you old bag and we'll get on with this" even Meg's joking had a tinge of sadness, she had not yet fully recovered after her the death of one she had raised.
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A/N: hope you like the chapter, it took me a while to do, although this is the longest chapter I have ever written! I had meant to get it to you as a Christmas present, but that didn't eventuate. Think of this as my first installment of my New Years Resolution, to write some each day.
I am sorry for any small details that are not quite right, as I said earlier, I did not start watching this show until halfway through the third season, so my facts might not be 100% correct.
I have been meaning to get the first season on DVD but everywhere seems to have sold out, or not have had it to begin with so the search goes on.
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Ginny Anderson: thanks, I thought it was an interesting idea too
Flynn: thanks! I do aim to continue, but I can't garentee it. I have another idea but I'll finish this one first.
Charmed-angel4: Thanks for the comment about facts, I tried my best. Obviously nothing stood out as being wrong.
Beth Nolan: McLoed's Daughters is an Aussie show about two sisters who inherit a property in South Australia and the drama that goes on there.
Toril10: well I haven't commited a crime against nature yet, but there is always the next chapter! Lol!
Jessie Messy: I'm so glad you are as excited as I was about this.
Tali-Sarah: I have continued, but maybe its not classified as soon!
Spoilers: Up til the end of Season Three
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Prologue
~Set 3 Weeks after Claire's Funeral~
Meg walked into the kitchen holding a bundle of mail in her hand.
"The post's arrived girls"
The sentence brought the girls from all over the homestead along with Terry and Alex, who had just got back from the rodeo and was not sure that he wanted to move out, not wanting to relinquish his hold on Claire and Charlotte.
"Bill, bill, summons for Stevie, bill, Jodie one for you from the fire brigade, oh God..." Meg paused while faced with a letter in a large manila envelope. "Its from a solicitor in the city, addressed to 'the Mob' at Drover's Run."
~LETTER ONE-THE SOLICITOR~
Dear All,
I am writing to you concerning the death of Claire McLeod. First, may I express my sincere condolences to you all.
Ms McLeod came to me soon after the death of her father and requested that I write a Last Will and Testament in the case of her untimely death as I also handled the Will of her father.
We have met on numerous occasions, the most recent a few months before her death (A/N not sure how long it actually was), when she was in the city on other business and wished me to include her daughter in the above mentioned Last Will and Testament.
Along with the Will, she entrusted to me a set of letters to be distributed after her death, which she was planning to update every birthday. Ms McLeod requested that the letter in the red envelope be read first.
Please contact me soon to arrange a sitting for the reading of Claire McLeod's Last Will and Testament.
Yours Sincerely, John Green.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Terry finished reading the letter and emptied the other envelops out of the larger one. There was one for each of them - Stevie, Tess, Charlotte, Meg, Terry, Alex, Nick, Jodi, Becky, even Peter (there was a post-its on the last two asking for them to be forwarded).
There was a period of silence as they all considered what was in front of them-one last link to Claire.
"Ok, we should all really read them at the same time, how about we get dinner ready and get Nick over here." Terry didn't want to put off the opening of his letter anymore than any of the rest of them, but he felt that they owed it to each other to read them separately and simultaneously. Plus they had to feed Bom, and they should all eat as well.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N sorry if I got any facts wrong, I'm a pretty new viewer of McLeod's Daughters.
It's a bit short; i'm not really good at writing big chapters. However, be on the lookout for Chapter One-Tess.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, my lawyer (not the one in the story, although he is mine but in a different way), tells me that I do not own this show or any other one and that I am only borrowing them for the duration of this fanfic.
Spoilers: Up til the end of Season Three
~*~*~*~*~*~
After they had called Nick and he had arrived they finished the rather rushed dinner and the opening of letters began.
~*~*~*~*~*~
My dearest sister Tess,
I sit here writing a letter I hope you will never have to read, because if you are reading this I will have lived before I had really lived.
I am sure that since you are there, Bom will be fine. You've been there for her from the beginning, along with Alex. It is my wish that the two of you raise her together. She will need you both and I am sure that you'll need each other for support.
Please kiss her for me and ensure she is never in need of a mother for love, advice or comfort. I am sure you are aware that there are so many things I would never have been able to teach her, like fashion.
I have one request - you marry Nick, if you haven't already. You two belong together, and love makes life so much more. Don't leave it too late and miss your chance but live every moment, as there might be no tomorrow.
You have changed so much from the girl who arrived here close to three years ago with big dreams, and what I thought was a small heart, wanting to sell your half of Drovers, and buy a Coffee shop in the city. You've become a blossoming young countrywoman, who can ride as good as any man, tackle anything she wishes, and loves the country.
Look after Roy, he will work for you if you remember me when you work with him. Through you, he will not forget, nor will you. But remember if he does not work for free, a good scratch behind the ears will keep him happy and eternally loyal.
I love you, and I always will, whether I am around to show it or not. Take care and remember what I said about Nick, God knows you both deserve some happiness,
Love you from now until forever,
Claire
~*~*~*~*~*~
Tess stood on the veranda, tears streaming down her face, her letter at her feet, itself tearstained.
Nick had arrived just as Tess was reading the bit about him, the bit about them getting married. It had made Tess laugh and he decided to investigate what had made her so happy, and sad at the same time.
"That sister of mine had foresight!" even through her tears Tess could see the humour in the situation, that Claire had known before she herself even had, at least consiously, that the two of them were meant to be together, that the reason Tess had broken a perfectly good man's heart, was for the simple reason that she was in love with 'the boy next door'.
"What do you mean Tess? She couldn't even work out what to call her daughter whom she'd had nine months to think about a name for!"
"Here, read this. How could she have known when we didn't even know? How could she have seen that you and I belonged together, because now I see that we do, that we should grow old together, or at least try. I love you Nick, and nothing will ever change that."
After a surprised and prolonged silence, in which Nick pondered on what to do, there came a somewhat cheerful response, maybe too cheerful:
"well, you'd better show me what this madwoman had to say about the two of us! And we don't even know whose letter is next on the list to be read!"
~*~*~*~*~*
Terry found them both a ten minutes later, Tess crying in Nicks arms, and Nick looking on very protective of the woman in his arms.
"I'm guessing that was an impressive letter, judging by the length of time it took you to read." Terry was always astounded by long letters, whether his or someone else's
"It was amazing what Claire saw, things I never thought anyone would notice, she noticed and analysed." Nick was still amazed by what Tess had been amazed by minutes before.
"What did she have to say?" Meg joined them on the veranda
"All will reveal itself in due course Meg."
"C'mon Tess, don't keep an old woman waiting!"
"you? Old? HA! You're not at the stage to call yourself an old woman! Have some respect for your elders!" Terry found the prospect of Meg calling herself old quite entertaining, even in light of the current circumstances.
"yeah, yeah, come inside you old bag and we'll get on with this" even Meg's joking had a tinge of sadness, she had not yet fully recovered after her the death of one she had raised.
~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: hope you like the chapter, it took me a while to do, although this is the longest chapter I have ever written! I had meant to get it to you as a Christmas present, but that didn't eventuate. Think of this as my first installment of my New Years Resolution, to write some each day.
I am sorry for any small details that are not quite right, as I said earlier, I did not start watching this show until halfway through the third season, so my facts might not be 100% correct.
I have been meaning to get the first season on DVD but everywhere seems to have sold out, or not have had it to begin with so the search goes on.
~*~*~*~*~*
Ginny Anderson: thanks, I thought it was an interesting idea too
Flynn: thanks! I do aim to continue, but I can't garentee it. I have another idea but I'll finish this one first.
Charmed-angel4: Thanks for the comment about facts, I tried my best. Obviously nothing stood out as being wrong.
Beth Nolan: McLoed's Daughters is an Aussie show about two sisters who inherit a property in South Australia and the drama that goes on there.
Toril10: well I haven't commited a crime against nature yet, but there is always the next chapter! Lol!
Jessie Messy: I'm so glad you are as excited as I was about this.
Tali-Sarah: I have continued, but maybe its not classified as soon!
