Finally making the decision to get help, Julia motioned to Lara.
"OK, I guess we should go now."
"You want me to go get help?" Lara confirmed.
"No, I think I can walk if I can lean on you. Let's go to this house. After that, I don't know."
Lara stepped out of the tent and helped Julia out. Julia hobbled using Lara to absorb some weight as she tried not to put much weight on her foot. She did the best as she could through the thick growth of trees and grasses until the girls reached the dry creek bed.
The creek didn't offer any easier walking with its rounded rocks and muddied puddles of water. There were also gnats and flies that pestered them.
"Uhh!" Julia squealed as she hobbled gingerly under Lara's aid.
"It's not that far away" Lara said.
The house finally came into view about 15 minutes later.
"There!" Lara said, pointing her finger.
Julia looked and saw a rather large wooden Victorian style house. The closer they got, the more detail they could see. It was painted white with ornate trimmings and neatly manicured hedges and bushes. Eventually, they came up close enough where could step out of the creek bed and on to a well-trimmed lawn.
"Ahh! That feels so much better" Julia sighed, relishing the cool soft grass under her bare feet.
The two walked around the house towards the front, where they saw several young women wearing what appeared to be school uniforms of white blouses and dark skirts.
"Help!" Lara called out.
One of the women took notice, and stood in disbelief seeing two naked girls walking towards them. In their eyes, they saw them as dirty and disheveled.
Julia stopped and took a seat on an iron bench under a large walnut tree. Lara stopped by her side as several young women walked close to inspect the two.
"Can someone help us?" Lara spoke. "My friend has a broken ankle".
One of the women ran into the house, while the others remained staring at the two naked girls.
"Why are you naked?" One of them asked.
"It's a long story." Lara answered.
Julia looked towards Lara with a questioned look.
"Were you raped?" Another woman asked.
"No!" Lara answered.
An older woman wearing a blue coat jacket and dress came running out of the house towards the two girls. The crowd of onlookers parted to let her in.
"Oh dear Lord! What is this?" The woman asked. "Are your girls OK? Who did this to you?"
"Her ankle is hurt." Lara answered.
"Someone get these girls some blankets!" The woman shouted out, turning her head to the side.
"Let me have a look at that ankle."
Julia winced as the woman began feeling it and moving it.
"Ouch!" she squealed.
"What happened here? How did you lose your clothes?"
Lara looked at Julia, and Julia and looked back at Lara. Lara finally bolstered herself and said, "We're nudists."
The crowd of young women giggled and whispered to each other.
"Hush! I said Hush!!" The woman yelled out. "I want all of you to go back inside and into your rooms. Except for you Dora, I want you to stay here."
The crowd of young women dispersed and went back into the house.
Meanwhile, another girl came running out with a pair of blankets, handing them to the woman.
"Here you go, wrap these around you." She said.
Lara received the blanket but didn't immediately wrap herself in it. Julia, on the other hand, complied and wrapped herself in hers.
"Go on, put that blanket around you", the woman said to Lara.
"No thanks." Lara answered. "I'm OK".
"Dora, take these two to the infirmary right away." The woman instructed. As they all walked towards the house, the woman unfolded Lara's blanket and tried to wrap it around her. Lara shrugged it off.
"No, I don't need it, thank you." She said.
