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There was a knock on the door and Mrs. Garrett walked in.

"Hi girls. I saw the light on. What are you guys talking about?" Mrs. Garrett asked.

"We're talking about memories with Blair." Tootie replied.

"They are embarrassing and horrible Mrs. Garrett." Blair whined and Mrs. Garrett sat on the edge of Blair's bed.

"So it wouldn't be a good idea to bring up the flood?" Mrs. Garrett asked with a smile.

"What flood?" Jo questioned. Blair looked at Mrs. Garrett.

"Please no." Blair begged.

"Oh come on Blair. It'll be fun." Mrs. Garrett exclaimed.

"Two years ago we had a really bad storm. It practically flooded all of Eastland, and even Peakskill for that matter. But Tootie and Blair ended up out in the riding stables to get Blair's house Chestnut and Tootie's rabbits—Romeo and Juliet. Well anyhow, Mr. Bradley had to go get them and what a mess that turned out to be. Blair thought she fell for Mr. Bradley." Natalie said.

(flashback)

"Hey, where's Blair and Mr. Bradley?" Mrs. Garrett asked as Tootie walked in wearing a yellow raincoat, rain boots, holding a rabbit cage.

"Blair's lagging behind because of the sprained ankle." Tootie explained.

"Sprained ankle?" Mrs. Garrett asked. "Is she alright?" The door opened and Mr. Bradley was hopping with Blair's help.

"Hi." Mr. Bradley said.

"Mr. Bradley, what happened?" Mrs. Garrett asked and went over to help him.

"I fell crossing the creek." He replied. "I sprained my ankle. Twisted my knee."

"But we're back. Steven was the bravest man I have ever seen." Blair stated. Mrs. Garrett chuckled.

"Steven?" She said after a puzzled moment. They eased him into a chair. "I'm sure he was." There was a knock at the door.

"It's Roger, he made it." Nancy said excitedly. She answered the door to see a horse standing there.

"Hey, you lookin' good Roger." Natalie said.

"Oh no Chestnut. I like the pattern on the rug just the way it is. Out, no." Mrs. Garrett walked over to the horse. "I'm sorry dear. Come on, out, out. Out you go. That's right." She said as she eased the horse outside.

"I'll take him around back and dry him off Mrs. Garrett." Cindy said as she walked towards them.

"Boy do I feel dumb. A lot of help I'm gonna be now." Mr. Bradley said.

"You took care of us. Now let us take care of you." Blair replied.

"Yes, don't you worry about a thing Mr. Bradley. The girls and I will take care of everything." Mrs. Garrett said as she walked from the door to the coffee table. "Now here, let me get your foot up." Mrs. Garrett set his foot on the coffee table. Mrs. Garrett sighed.

"Mrs. Garrett, what are we going to do now? The telephone is dead." Nancy stated.

"Don't worry. Bring the horse back, I'll ride for help." Mr. Bradley said as he tried to get up.

"Relax Paul Revere. Now where does it hurt?" Mrs. Garrett asked pressing down on several parts of his leg.

"Yee-AH." Mr. Bradley said almost falling out of his chair.

"Oh there. Sorry. Well girls, get the picture? We're in charge now." Mrs. Garrett said.

"Mrs. Garrett, you and the girls can't handle it. This is not the senior prom, it's a flood." Mr. Bradley stated.

"Mr. Bradley, you've always said that Eastland builds leadership and self-reliance. Well here's a chance for the girls to prove it." Mrs. Garrett responded.

"Right."

"Right." Sue Ann and Natalie chimed in.

"Because I'm afraid you've got a broken ankle." Mrs. Garrett said.

"Well that's the worst it can be." Mr. Bradley replied. Molly came walking down the stairs.

"Good news, I got a hold of K6YBV and he's sending the National Guard to help us." Molly exclaimed and the girls get all excited.

"Good girl Molly. We could use some help filling sand bags." Mrs. Garrett said.

"No, they can't spare any troops, but they're sending a guy in a four wheel drive truck to get us out of here." Molly explained.

"Well what about this place?" Mrs. Garrett asked. "We could all save it if we all pitched in."

"Without me? Forget it. I want these girls taken to safety." Mr. Bradley said.

"You treat 'em like they're little girls when they're confident young women. Come on, come on. Give 'em a chance!" Mrs. Garrett stated.

"Mrs. Garrett, I'm in charge here. Now everybody upstairs and pack. Take only what's important to you." Mr. Bradley said and the girls don't move. "I mean now!" They head for the stairs.

"Okay Mr. Bradley, you're the boss." Mrs. Garrett walked out of the room.

"I'll stay here with you Steven. Can I massage your knee?" Blair asked.

"No, no, no, it'll be o-"Mr. Bradley paused. "Massage my knee? Blair," Mr. Bradley moved her hand, "better stop calling me Steven."

"We're alone." Blair replied.

"Especially when we're alone. Now we need to have a serious talk." Mr. Bradley combated.

"Yes, it is serious. At first I thought it was just a crush, but it's more than that." Blair said.

"Blair, it's the most natural thing in the world for a student to think she's in love with her headmaster, especially when he's not unattractive." Mr. Bradley stated.

"Oh, but I don't think of you as attractive. No it's deeper than that." Blair responded.

" You're a lovely young girl who should be interested in young men. I'm old enough to be your father." Mr. Bradley pleaded.

"Barely." Blair said.

"That is true." Mr. Bradley replied.

"Anyway, age doesn't mean anything when, when two people are as close as we are." Blair stated and used her hair to fix his hair. Mr. Bradley put her arm down.

"Blair, what you feel for me is not love. It's hero worship." Mr. Bradley said.

"No it isn't." Blair replied.

"Yes it is. Just admit it, you were a terrified little girl and I went down to the stable and saved you." Mr. Bradley stated.

"I was not terrified. Okay, so I was a little scared. I would have pulled myself together." Blair responded.

"Oh be honest, you were confused and panicky. I could see that, that little girl fear in your eyes."

"Stop calling me a little girl! Tootie and I would have gotten out of there if you hadn't of shown up."

"Oh really?"

"Yes really. We would have led Chestnut across the creek by ourselves."

"And you would have found the safe place to cross?"

"Of course. And we wouldn't have twisted our knee or sprained our ankle doing it."

"Well it's easy to say you could've gotten out by yourself. Lucky you didn't have to prove it!"

"I don't have to prove anything. I don't know what I ever saw in your, but whatever it was is over."

(back to present day)

"You feel for an older man? Why doesn't that surprise me?" Jo asked with a smile.

"It only lasted about an hour or so. And I'm certainly glad I came to my senses." Blair responded.

"What ever happened to Mr. Bradley?" Jo asked.

"Yeah, I've always wondered that myself." Natalie responded.

"I'm not sure I should tell you, I know, but." Mrs. Garrett said.

"Oh come on Mrs. Garrett." Tootie replied.

"He was promoted like I was. That's how we got Mr. Parker." Mrs. Garrett said with a smile.

"I don't think Mr. Bradley took advantage of you like Mr. Parker does." Tootie stated.

"Well, you win some, you lose some Tootie." Mrs. Garrett responded.

"Sounds like I've missed a lot of fun Blair Warner moments." Jo said with a laugh.

"Of course." Blair replied letting her hair bounce across her shoulders.