𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝...

Chapter Six

I cannot believe that it's been two almost three weeks since the pandemic struck us. That me and my family are the luckiest ones that have a safe place to call our home, and can protect us. I woke up today really early and was thankful for our safety and for those three soldiers that without them I'd be screwed. We are one of the few lucky one, or probably the only lucky ones! That's a scary morning thought.

I was wide awake since five in the morning and I couldn't sleep for no reason. As I was trying to get dressed I heard muffling outside my tent and within seconds a small noisy creature enters my room. "Hii my little princess" I beamed when I saw Ameera walking in with her teddy bear. I went to her and overwhelmed the poor thing with kisses and hugs and went to put her in my bed. "You should really stop sneaking out your room to see me, you're gonna give your mom one hell of a heart attack" I joked as I went over my clothes, "and next time? We can make your hair straight and you'll enter where the boys sleep and give them a scare with your teddy bear, huh? What do you think?" I added and she giggled which made my whole entire day.

Ameera and I picked my outfit together, conveniently she likes black as well. I wore a black sweatshirt with military green cargo pants and put my hair into a ponytail. After I got dressed Ameera was cheering for horses as we went to her family's room, Haya threw us from the window her sister's jacket and cursed us for waking her up. After I put the jacket on her we went to see the horses in their stables in front of the diwaneya.

Cold breezy winter mornings are my favourites, actually every Kuwaiti's perfect weather for the sole purpose that we don't get to enjoy it a lot. It was still dark out but the moon made it easy for Ameera to see the horses, we have two, Thunder and Lawrence. Lawrence is Ameera's favourite because he's so white. She tried to wake him up and so he did, I gave her hay to feed him and she refused because it smells bad so I gave her an apple. When the horse took she started giggling because she felt the horse's lips on her hands. I laughed at her innocence and hugged her tighter to feel warm. Out of the blue, I hear someone behind us, "Isn't too cold?" Alexander grumbled walking from the Diwaneya toward us. He stood next to me and Ameera looking at the horses, "we haven't talked the past two weeks much" he stated, "yeah I know... We had a job to do right?" I remarked, "of course, yeah. I mean we were busy" Alex agreed while feeding Thunder an apple, he looked at me and Ameera and smiled softly, "I don't like that" he mumbled, "don't like what? Feeding horses?" I asked confused, "ugh no. I mean I do not like not talking to you for a while" he explained. I was taken aback by what he said, I mean why? A lot of questions ran through my mind at this moment and I can't leave him hanging with his statement and my very shocked face, I needed to know more.

"What do you mean? You're not much of a talker" I joked holding Ameera next to the horse where she can touch it, "yeah I know but you are... I don't mean it in a bad way I just-... I like being around you and I do not know why. I love making plans with you, I love when you call James 'Jamesy boy' and he gets all mad, and when you get angry at Matt when he wins at some board game" he replied and then looking up to me smiling at him, "I just thought that we became friends and not just for a favour you know? You gave us a safe place and we protect you? I thought we bonded and became friends and I didn't enjoy not talking to you although you are sometimes annoying" he added and my big smile turned into a red mess while I tried hiding my face, "what do you say? Friends?" he put his hand out for me to shake it and so I did, trying to avoid eye contact, "best friends... just don't tell the others deal?" I tried joking about it and it seemed that it had worked, he chuckled.

I was actually dumb enough to think that he might've liked me and he missed ughh our sooo meaning conversations! What am I doing? Do I actually have a crush on the jet-black-haired soldier with ocean-blue eyes that doesn't talk much and is mysterious? Couldn't he be more not my type?