On Saturday morning, she opened the bedroom curtains
to discover that snow had returned to the island.
“Were we expecting this?” she asked as Danny joined
her by the window.
“No, it wasn’t supposed to get this far south” he
replied
“Oh well, their loss is our gain” she retorted and
skipped away giggling.
As a result of the snow any thoughts that had been
troubling her evaporated away.
There was a heavy fall of snow on Saturday, and they
were out in it for hours, over the following week there were several lighter
falls, and they spent the week outside enjoying snow and warming up in shared
baths in equal measure.
For the sheep farmers of Beacon, Longlake and Crag
Edge farms the snow bought more challenges than entertainment, but a lot of the
Spaniards Creek residents were out on the hills.
On Sunday morning off duty nurse Cath Burley was one
of them which was when she met Paul White from Longlake Farm who was taking
some time out to enjoy the snow.
She was twenty-five years old while he was
twenty-six, and they met when they crashed into each other while they were
sledding.
“Are you ok?” she giggled
“I think so” he replied and winced
“What’s wrong?”
“I’ve just sprained my wrist I think” he replied
“Let me look” Cath said, and he pulled his arm away
“It’s ok I’m a nurse”
Reluctantly he let her examine his wrist
“Ow!” he exclaimed “Are you sure you’re a nurse?”
“You’ve broken it”
“Are you sure?” Paul asked as she took off her scarf
and used it as a sling and tied it around his neck.
“Yes, we need to get you to Bellevue” she replied
just as Molly and Danny arrived at the scene
“Is he ok?” Molly asked “We saw the crash”
“Broken wrist” Cath replied
They were fairly close to the village as they were
at the foot of the hill, so they walked to Cliff Haven.
“Do you drive?” Danny asked
“Yes” Cath replied “But my little car won’t cope
with this”
“Take your boyfriend in the Landrover” Molly said
and gave her the key
“Oh ok, but he's not my boyfriend” she said taking
the key “Cool”
While Cath got in the driver’s seat Danny helped
Paul get into the passenger side and belted him in.
Cath started the engine and Danny banged on the roof
to signal she could go.
“So, they’re not a couple” Danny reflected
“They will be” Molly predicted
“What makes you think that?” he asked
“You just have to see the way she looks at him”
Molly pointed out
“She's just concerned about him because she
broke his arm” he said
“It’s more than that”
“She’s a nurse, one of the caring professions, she's
trained to care”
“We'll see” Molly mused
“It’s
good of you to do this” he said
“Well,
I did crash into you and break your arm, so I feel responsible” She explained “I’m
Cath by the way”
“Yes,
I remember” he said “I’m Paul”
That was about it, conversation wise, Cath was concentrating on the road and Paul was in pain.
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