Summer Time Wonders
Jane had just got the news from her parents. She would be spending all summer holiday with her grandmother in England. The same summer she was suppose to spend in California with her older brother. But she wasn't complaining. England, all summer, oh yes she was loving it.
She had visited England before with her family but never alone. She guessed her parents thought she was old enough. In her mind she was. Jane was fourteen and most likely one of the most mature people in her class. But that was beside the point. Jane was going to England, a trip that most people she knew envied.
A few days had past and Jane was comfortably settled in. She loved Grandma Alice's house, it was big and old. When she was younger she would pretend she was the queen of spades "the queen of hearts nice sister" and the house was her card castle.
"Jane dear, can you come up here for one moment love?" called Alice from a room much like a study. Jane made her way in to the room meet buy her grandmothers smiling face.
"Ya gram?" asked Jane. "Oh I wish wouldn't speak like that. It's much too improper." Her grand mother argued. "I have a gift. I quarreled with my self for what seemed like ages about sending it to you for your birthday, yet I fill it's much too precious to risk its damage." Alice said as Jane pulled an aged yet lovely dress from its whimsical wrapping paper.
The dress was a dark blue with an apron tied around its waste. She knew this dress. Her grand mother would speak of it when she told her stories of wonderland but only brought it out once before "only because Jane had begged her". And know it was hers.
"I hope you like it. So many fond memories held deep in side it." She said running her fingers a crossed it. "Lies" was the final word ringing from her lips. Jane could fill a coldness fill the room and it broke her heart to see her grandmother, once such a whimsical character, act so dull and annoyed. Something was wrong, but it could wait till the morning, Jane's eyes were worn and hard to keep open any longer.