FIVE - ACCIDENT
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Once Grace had finished eating, she went to go and wash her plate "what are you doing?" Rose frowned at her from the table whilst drinking her coffee "tidying up…" Grace said confused "you don't need to do that. Jack or I will do it, we're the adults" she smiled softly at her as she walked over to her, gently trying to take the plate from her "no, it's OK, I don't mind" Grace said, not passing the plate over. "Grace, it's fine" "thank you" Grace gave Rose a weak smile and let go of the plate. Stepping back, she accidentally knocked an empty glass off the worktop which smashed. Harry and Poppy jumped, clearly scared by the noise "hey, it's OK. It was just a glass falling. You're alright, and Grace is OK too" Jack said, trying to comfort the twins.
"I'm so sorry" Grace said, panic filling her voice "that's OK" Rose tried to reassure her and went to get the dustpan out of the cupboard "Grace! Don't do that, you'll cut yourself" Jack said, watching as Grace tried to pick the broken glass up, her eyes filling with tears. Rose turned around to see her upset, but facing away from the twins so they wouldn't see her. Rose stood in front of her and spoke quietly "Grace, go and take sometime to yourself for a while. I think you need it… I promise you we'll take good care of the twins" she said, rubbing her arm. Grace nodded "thank you" she tried her best to wipe her eyes and walked over to the table. "I'm going to go upstairs for a little bit, alright? Jack and Rose will look after you, but if you need me, come and get me, OK?" Poppy nodded and hugged her quickly before Harry did the same, he thought he was speaking quietly when he whispered "are we in trouble?" to Grace. Jack and Rose looked at each other confused, having heard Harry's question "you're not in trouble darling, none of you are… it was an accident" Jack looked at him concerned. Grace gave Harry the faintest smile "see, everything's fine… I'll see you both in a little bit" she said before leaving.
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Jack and Rose tried to brush off the way Grace had just reacted to such a small incident and Harry's odd comment. "Right, what would you both like to do?" Rose smiled, but they didn't answer "we can play in the garden with some chalk, or we can bake, or you can carry on colouring…?" Jack said "do you have a football?" Harry asked shyly "I do! Would you like to play football?" Jack smiled at him "yes please!" Harry grinned "I don't want to play football…" Poppy said "that's OK, we can do something different, what would you like to do?" Rose smiled to her "Could we bake please?" "Of course" Rose nodded "let's get you both dressed and then we'll start, OK?" The twins nodded and ran for the stairs, Jack and Rose following.
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Grace was lay on her bed, the bedroom door closed, but she could still hear Harry and Poppy who were laughing none stop. All of a sudden she realised they must have felt the same way she did; safe… however, they sounded happy… and Grace was far from happy.
She wanted to go and see the twins, but she was drained, and it was clear they were OK. She closed her eyes, in hope she would be able to get some sleep as she hadn't had much the night before. Thankfully it didn't take her long to drift off.