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own Anne, the Collins, and the Kendrys, but Connie. (Connie owns herself) (
Chapter 1: Sudden Plans
"Anne, come here, please." Mrs. Collins beckoned to her daughter.
"Yes Ma"
"I've got some news for you." Her mother said beginning to set the table for breakfast.
"What kind of news?" Anne asked warily as she walked into the kitchen.
"Good and bad. Which would you like to hear first?"
"The good news." She said as she helped her mother finish setting the table.
"You get to stay at the Kendry's house for a while."
"Why?" Anne asked looking at her mother with a confused look on her face.
"That would be the bad news. Your great-uncle Shamus died and your grandparents want your Da to go to Ireland for the funeral, and my Ma is dreadfully ill and my Da needs help taking care of her."
"Why can't I go to Ireland with you?" Anne said as her father walked into the room.
"Because we don't have enough money to take you with us, honey." Her father replied.
"But I've never gone to Ireland." Anne stated.
"I know, but we can't afford to buy another ticket for you dearie." Mrs. Collins said attempting to calm her daughter.
"But .but what am I going to do while you're gone." She said desperately trying to get her parents to take her with them.
"We are going to make arrangements with the Kendrys for you to stay with them till we get back." Mrs. Collins said.
"But . but-"Anne sputtered.
"No but's. We simply cannot afford to take ya with us."
" This is so unfair!" Anne complained.
"Anne, I'll have no more of your arguing." Her father said, his Irish temper flaring. "We will ask the Kendrys, if they cannot take care of you while we are gone, well we will think of something."
Anne sat there knowing that if she kept on arguing with her parents, they would make her stay with her eccentric uncle, instead of her friend. The extremity of the situation hit Anne hard, and ever though she loved the Kendrys, she couldn't help feeling abandoned by her parents. "Why is this happening to me?" She murmured under her breath. Her cheeks were flushed scarlet from the anger and helplessness that welled up inside her. She blinked back the tears that glazed over her large brown eyes and abruptly shot up from her chair towards the door.
"Anne-" Mrs. Collins began to say when she was cut off by the slam of the front door.
Anne's feet could not run fast enough as she flew to Connie's to tell her about her parents' impromptu journey to Ireland. She halted abruptly at the Kendry's door, knocking anxiously. When the door opened she was met with a surprised look on Connie's face.
"Well, what have you been doing to be so out of breath?" Connie said noticing her friend's red cheeks and heavy breathing.
"You wouldn't believe what my parents are going to do to me!" Anne said after catching her breath.
"What are you talking about, Anne?" Connie asked trying to figure out what had made her best friend come to her house in such a huff.
" They're going to Ireland and leaving me here!" Anne wailed as she plopped herself on a couch in the Kendry's living room.
"What?!" Connie exclaimed incredulously while closing the front door behind her.
" My Da had to go to Ireland for his uncle's funeral, and my Ma has to go tend her Ma 'cause she's sick." Anne said in one breath," and they're going to arrange for me to stay with you while they are gone. Its not that I don't want to hang out with you its just that I really want to go to Ireland, and besides I could help my Ma tend my grand-ma."
"Why can't you go with them? I missed that part?"
"Because we can't afford to buy three tickets?" Anne said with a pout.
"I can't believe it!" Connie said with sympathy. "Neither can I." Anne replied defiantly, crossing her arms. "I just wish I had some money to buy myself a ticket."
"Oh, Pet," Connie said using her favorite nickname for Anne, "cheer up! Think of how much fun we'll have while your parents are gone."
"But it's just not fair!" Anne said in almost a whisper.
"I agree, but it doesn't help to whine and complain about it. Hopefully something good will come of your parents going to Ireland and leaving you here. It's not like they're just going to leave you by yourself at home; they're arranging for you to stay with me" Connie said with a smile knowing that once Anne had a new way to think about this predicament she wouldn't be so mad about her parents impromptu trip. " So are you ready to stop moping about this?"
Anne knew that Connie was right. " I guess." She said with a sigh.
A slight pause mingled between them.
" So when are they leaving?" Connie asked causing both girls to start giggling.
" I don't know. They didn't say, probably as soon as possible." Anne replied between giggles. When they finished laughing, Anne said," I guess I should go home before my parents begin to worry."
"Why would they worry about you? They know you're here. Right?"
"I kind of left without telling them where I was going." Anne replied sheepishly.
"I see!" Connie exclaimed, beginning to giggle again. "Well, see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, see you then." Anne said as she got up to leave.
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" Anne? Is that you?" Mrs. Collins called out when she heard the front door open.
" Yes, Ma." Anne replied as she walked into the kitchen.
"Where did you go?" Anne's mother asked nonchalantly.
"I went to Connie's." Anne said as she bit into one of the cookies her mother had just taken out of the oven.
"Oh,"Mrs. Collins said putting another batch of cookies into the oven. "Your father wanted me to tell you that we were leaving in a week. That's the earliest ship to Ireland."
This last statement caught Anne by surprise; she didn't think her parents would be leaving so soon. "You're leaving so soon?"
"I know it's soon, but we need to get to Ireland as soon as we can." Mrs. Collins answered.
Not wanting to start another argument Anne just nodded and went to her room.
"Dear, lunch will be ready in half an hour." Her mother called out as Anne left the room.
"Ok, Ma." Anne said flatly.
Once in her room Anne tried to reason with herself, but she just couldn't help feeling alone.
For the next couple of days Anne avoided mentioning her parent's impromptu trip, and her parents, in turn, were careful not to speak about it while she was around.
When the day finally came for her parents to leave, Anne couldn't help but feel apprehensive. Her parents were leaving, and she kept getting the feeling that the boat her parents were now boarding would sink, with her parents on it. She quickly pushed the morbid thoughts away trying to sum up a smile to show her parents that she'd be alright with them leaving.
Chapter 1: Sudden Plans
"Anne, come here, please." Mrs. Collins beckoned to her daughter.
"Yes Ma"
"I've got some news for you." Her mother said beginning to set the table for breakfast.
"What kind of news?" Anne asked warily as she walked into the kitchen.
"Good and bad. Which would you like to hear first?"
"The good news." She said as she helped her mother finish setting the table.
"You get to stay at the Kendry's house for a while."
"Why?" Anne asked looking at her mother with a confused look on her face.
"That would be the bad news. Your great-uncle Shamus died and your grandparents want your Da to go to Ireland for the funeral, and my Ma is dreadfully ill and my Da needs help taking care of her."
"Why can't I go to Ireland with you?" Anne said as her father walked into the room.
"Because we don't have enough money to take you with us, honey." Her father replied.
"But I've never gone to Ireland." Anne stated.
"I know, but we can't afford to buy another ticket for you dearie." Mrs. Collins said attempting to calm her daughter.
"But .but what am I going to do while you're gone." She said desperately trying to get her parents to take her with them.
"We are going to make arrangements with the Kendrys for you to stay with them till we get back." Mrs. Collins said.
"But . but-"Anne sputtered.
"No but's. We simply cannot afford to take ya with us."
" This is so unfair!" Anne complained.
"Anne, I'll have no more of your arguing." Her father said, his Irish temper flaring. "We will ask the Kendrys, if they cannot take care of you while we are gone, well we will think of something."
Anne sat there knowing that if she kept on arguing with her parents, they would make her stay with her eccentric uncle, instead of her friend. The extremity of the situation hit Anne hard, and ever though she loved the Kendrys, she couldn't help feeling abandoned by her parents. "Why is this happening to me?" She murmured under her breath. Her cheeks were flushed scarlet from the anger and helplessness that welled up inside her. She blinked back the tears that glazed over her large brown eyes and abruptly shot up from her chair towards the door.
"Anne-" Mrs. Collins began to say when she was cut off by the slam of the front door.
Anne's feet could not run fast enough as she flew to Connie's to tell her about her parents' impromptu journey to Ireland. She halted abruptly at the Kendry's door, knocking anxiously. When the door opened she was met with a surprised look on Connie's face.
"Well, what have you been doing to be so out of breath?" Connie said noticing her friend's red cheeks and heavy breathing.
"You wouldn't believe what my parents are going to do to me!" Anne said after catching her breath.
"What are you talking about, Anne?" Connie asked trying to figure out what had made her best friend come to her house in such a huff.
" They're going to Ireland and leaving me here!" Anne wailed as she plopped herself on a couch in the Kendry's living room.
"What?!" Connie exclaimed incredulously while closing the front door behind her.
" My Da had to go to Ireland for his uncle's funeral, and my Ma has to go tend her Ma 'cause she's sick." Anne said in one breath," and they're going to arrange for me to stay with you while they are gone. Its not that I don't want to hang out with you its just that I really want to go to Ireland, and besides I could help my Ma tend my grand-ma."
"Why can't you go with them? I missed that part?"
"Because we can't afford to buy three tickets?" Anne said with a pout.
"I can't believe it!" Connie said with sympathy. "Neither can I." Anne replied defiantly, crossing her arms. "I just wish I had some money to buy myself a ticket."
"Oh, Pet," Connie said using her favorite nickname for Anne, "cheer up! Think of how much fun we'll have while your parents are gone."
"But it's just not fair!" Anne said in almost a whisper.
"I agree, but it doesn't help to whine and complain about it. Hopefully something good will come of your parents going to Ireland and leaving you here. It's not like they're just going to leave you by yourself at home; they're arranging for you to stay with me" Connie said with a smile knowing that once Anne had a new way to think about this predicament she wouldn't be so mad about her parents impromptu trip. " So are you ready to stop moping about this?"
Anne knew that Connie was right. " I guess." She said with a sigh.
A slight pause mingled between them.
" So when are they leaving?" Connie asked causing both girls to start giggling.
" I don't know. They didn't say, probably as soon as possible." Anne replied between giggles. When they finished laughing, Anne said," I guess I should go home before my parents begin to worry."
"Why would they worry about you? They know you're here. Right?"
"I kind of left without telling them where I was going." Anne replied sheepishly.
"I see!" Connie exclaimed, beginning to giggle again. "Well, see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, see you then." Anne said as she got up to leave.
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" Anne? Is that you?" Mrs. Collins called out when she heard the front door open.
" Yes, Ma." Anne replied as she walked into the kitchen.
"Where did you go?" Anne's mother asked nonchalantly.
"I went to Connie's." Anne said as she bit into one of the cookies her mother had just taken out of the oven.
"Oh,"Mrs. Collins said putting another batch of cookies into the oven. "Your father wanted me to tell you that we were leaving in a week. That's the earliest ship to Ireland."
This last statement caught Anne by surprise; she didn't think her parents would be leaving so soon. "You're leaving so soon?"
"I know it's soon, but we need to get to Ireland as soon as we can." Mrs. Collins answered.
Not wanting to start another argument Anne just nodded and went to her room.
"Dear, lunch will be ready in half an hour." Her mother called out as Anne left the room.
"Ok, Ma." Anne said flatly.
Once in her room Anne tried to reason with herself, but she just couldn't help feeling alone.
For the next couple of days Anne avoided mentioning her parent's impromptu trip, and her parents, in turn, were careful not to speak about it while she was around.
When the day finally came for her parents to leave, Anne couldn't help but feel apprehensive. Her parents were leaving, and she kept getting the feeling that the boat her parents were now boarding would sink, with her parents on it. She quickly pushed the morbid thoughts away trying to sum up a smile to show her parents that she'd be alright with them leaving.