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Chapter 17.

Will got out and sank down to his knees in the snow. He looked up and saw alot of snow on the roof and some icicles hanging from the drainpipes. The sun was shining from a clearblue sky and it was clear but cold outside. The air was high and crisp.
Will started to slowly move away from the door and made a small path from the door and down the backporch to the ground. Suddenly he slipped and fell down from the porch. It was not a high fall, about 6 feet or so but it caught him offguard and knocked him out.
Karen saw him disappear from her sight and she panicked. She hurried out on the porch and looked down. He had sunk down in the snow, but he laid awfully still. Karen hurried as fast as she could down the porch and down to Will in the snow. She sat down on her knees in the snow, not caring if she got wet or not.
"Will? Are you alright?" her voice shivered out of panic.
No respond from her husband. He laid perfectly still.
"Will?" now she had grabbed his shoulder and shook him, almost violently.
Finally he moaned slightly and she sighed out of relief. He opened his eyes and looked up at her.
"You jerk, you scared the crap out of me" Karen yelled and smacked him in the chest.
"I'm sorry, I slipped and got knocked out" Will said and held up his hands as to defend himself.
He sat himself up slowly, and felt the world start to spin and his vision blurred. He shook his head to try to clear it. It helped a little. He now felt that his head hurt a little too, as did his foot.
"Karen?" he said.
"Yeah?"
"I think I've broken my foot and my head hurts."
She looked into his eyes.
"I think you've got a concussion" she said. "A mild concussion."
"Oh great" he sighed and tried to get out of the snow, but his foot hurt too much.
Karen saw him and reached out her hand. He took it and she helped him stand up and while he leaned onto her as little as he could, they slowly and carefully made it up the stairs to the porch again and into the cabin. The backpack he had had on his back, was all squashed. Luckily the coffee was in a steelthermos, it had only got a dent. The sandwiches however were just made into one giant one, all squashed together.
Will sat down on the couch in the livingroom. Karen helped him off with his clothes and boots. As she got her own clothes off, she saw him sit in the couch with closed eyes.
"Honey, don't fall asleep" she said out loud. "If you've got a concussion, you can't fall asleep."
He opened his eyes as he heard her voice. He smiled a gentle smile as he saw her worried face.
"How can I sleep and miss this sight?" he asked as he looked into her eyes.
"You big softy" she said and laughed as she sat down next to him. "Here, let me take a look at your foot."
Will twisted his body so he could put his leg and foot in Karen's lap. She gently took his sock off and sure enough it was turning all shades of blue. She gently felt it and slowly and gently bent it in different angles. Will squirmed.
"Ow, that hurts."
"Oh you big queen, you've just twisted your ankle. It's a bad twist, that's all." Karen laughed at his face.
"Are you sure? 'Cause it feels broken." Will made a face, but made no effort to move his foot away from Karen's lap.
"Yes, I'm pretty sure" Karen said, "can you move so I can fetch something cooling for your foot?"
Will lifted his foot cautiously out of Karen's lap as she got out of the couch to fetch an icebag. Will put down the foot in the couch again. It felt good to keep it elevated like this. Karen came back with an icebag and put it gently on Will's ankle and foot. He winced a little when he felt the cold against his warm skin but soon he relaxed and leaned back with a sigh of relief.
"You're such a queen" Karen giggled when she saw Will wincing. She stood next to his legs as she held the icebag against his foot.
"Oh yeah" Will said and grabbed her hand, pulling her down in his lap, not caring that it hurt his foot a bit.
"Will stop it, you're hurt, you should be resting" Karen giggled and squirmed, trying to get out of his grip, but she couldn't and she weakened soon enough.
Will brought his hand to the back of her neck and pulled her to him, pressing his lips against hers. She softened and kissed him back, passionately and hungry, deeper by the second as she grinded Will and sat down in his lap, her arms around his neck as his were around her waist.

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A/N well .. this was all Lucy's doing ... I thank you for that Lucy, coz I liked this version more than the other ..