The Book Thief | Don't Leave Me

Train Ride

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DOUBLE UPDATE!!! Make sure you read the previous part!

Death's POV

On the train the four of them, five if you include me, sat alone in the end carriage. They had made it in Australia, arriving in Darwin the previous day on a ship, now taking the train through Queensland and past New South Wales to make it to Victoria. Max sat on the left row of seats next to Alex - in the far back, spying on Rudy and Liesel that sat four rows ahead on the right. Rudy was holding Liesel's hands, and he was murmuring words to her, to quiet for Max to hear.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Max whispered to Alex. "I've said this many times, leave them alone!" He yell-whispered, smiling. Max returned the smile, leaning over his seat to hear them.

All to be heard in the carriage, you could hear nothing but Rudy and Liesel's quiet laughter and the bumps along the journey of the train. "Stop having fun!" He called to them.

Liesel turned, "Get lost!" She joked. Max got up and sat in between the two to play along with the joke.

"No holding hands, no kissing. In fact, don't touch each other at all!" He looked either side of his to see their faces for a reply, and notice they were staring at each other. "No eye-contact with each other!" Max turned back to look at Alex, "And this old man will be my bodyguard. Liesel sit with Alex and Rudy can sit with me."

*A Bit Later*

Liesel and Rudy were sat together again with Max and Alex behind them. "Look at it, it's beautiful." Liesel gasped, taking in the sight of the Sydney Opera House in the sunset. The bridge too looked amazing in the horizon with the lights of the cars flying past. Rudy wanted to kiss her, but still hadn't yet got all of his confidence.

By now it was night time and they were due to settle in Melbourne, Victoria the next morning. Liesel was sat on the end; her body laid half on Rudy who was using the wall of the train and a jacket for a head-rest. The two were asleep, leaving Max, Alex and I to watch them.

"The only thing worse than a boy you hate is a boy you like." Max said to Alex. "She used to come home and say 'Rudy is a pain in the neck', and now look at them. Alex had to laugh at that.

Soon it was only me left to watch, as Max and Alex had found themselves in a deep sleep too. I watched the soft moonlight that made its way inside the train and I waited for the morning to come.

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