affelya ringelmann

chapter #3 : young man...

"Wait here, let me call other people to help you ... ."
Affel said with faint and gentle tone, she stands up and start to search a people around here ... . []

- while she was stands beside a wooden tiny house, her eyes were fixed to a young man who sit on a bench while smoking and close his eyes. With no hesitates, affel start to approach him.

"Excuse me, sir ...", affelya smiles at him.

Then he start to open his eyes and look at her with his brown gentle eyes.

"Can i help you ? ..." his voice soft and friendly.

She finally speaks up.

"Well ... i after see an injured man, can you help me to save him ?" Her expression was friendly also hopeful, expecting a positive answer.

The young man eyes widened for a while, but now he was calm but still surprised.

"Sure ... " he answering with his gentle smile.

Affel finally think, he was a friendly young man and ready for help other people, it's little bit different from many people who already she meet. Usually people says they still busy or ignoring her.

She smiles ... "alright, come with me...".

She start to walk, that young man stands up from his bench and start following her.

When they was arrived on the bushes that affel says earlier, she open it.

That young man eyes widened again and immediately approach him also affel, he try to carry his injured body and run to the nearest hospital, affelya immediately ride her bicycle and follows that man.

***

When the night was come, affelya go out from her room and goes to downstair.

She arrived on the kitchen, as usually... her mother, louise cook a dinner,
She looks affel comes to the kitchen.

"Oh hey honey, ... " louise welcomed her with warm smiles.

Affelya nods and sits on the dining chair, waits for dinner is ready.
Her mind was still on the man she meet this afternoon, and she kept thinking... .

When she was in the middle of her thought, she slowly sees her dinner plate place in front of her, affel snaps out and grab a fork.

Today's menu is chicken soup, is her favourite soup after onion soup, the smells feel good and delicious, so it will make you dissatisfied just to smells it.

Her eyes light up and smiles widely, affel slowly eats the soup also louise.

***

Morning sets, affelya start to wake from her sleep and take a shower also don't forget to have a breakfast.

"... i'll go mom !" Affel start to open the door and go outside.

***

She rides her bicycle, slowly she arrived at school ... .

While she walk to her class, she feel somebody tap her shoulder, she surprised and looks at behind, it's nicholas... .

"Ooh... you again.." her face become calm.

Nicholas giggle and walk beside her.

"..i heard, today we go home earlier..." he start a conversation.

Affel stunned and become little bit happy.

"Uuhh... okay, then.. " affel said .

After a few hours, the class start as usually, today is no lunch hour because all student have go home earlier.

***

Finally, the last bell is ringing, it means students can go home now... . All kids and students running happily to the exit door and walk towards their house... .

Affelya take her bicycle and ride it.

She keep riding her bicycle until she arrived at the alternative road like yesterday, but suddenly her bicycle tire hits gravel and makes she lose her balance, she fall to the ground and groaning.

Suddenly the same young mans pull her arms to help her stands up, she take a look at him, affel was surprised beacuse he was the same young man she have meet yesterday.

"Come ..." that young man lead her to his house.

Affel follow him while grabbing her bicycle.

***

They arrived into a small wooden house that affelya meets yesterday, but it's looks good to see.

They sits on a bench, ... .

"So...my name is fritz günter, you can call me fritz !"

Fritz smiled softly at her.

"My name is affelya ringelmann ... nice to meet you !"

She smiled at him too... .

They decide to have a simple conversation for a while... .

Fritz sighs softly and looks at the afternoon skies also white soft clouds, affel also look at the sky... .

"Sky is beautiful isn't it ? ..." said fritz .

Affelya giggles and looks at him in the eyes... .

"... when i was a child, my mother told me that clouds make from cotton, so i was think the cotton from my doll is a cloud ..." she smiles and feel nostalgic.

Fritz smiles... "she was really a good mother..." 

After a seconds of silence, fritz looks at affelya eyes ... he seems very serious, like he was trying read her soul... .

Affelya seems awkward by his stare, but still looks at him also smiles ... .

"... if i can ask ... how old are you affel ?" Fritz ask and glance at her.

"..i was 13 years old, ... you ?" Affelya answer, still look at him.. .

Fritz slowly speaks up and slowly looks down ... "i'm 28... " .

She slightly surprised ... she never expected if that man have a young face but has a little bit old age ... .

Fritz has a kind of blonde hair and turqouise eyes, his sharp facial features also his soft pale skin really said he was have a young faces.

Fritz took out a small photo his pocket.

The picture in the photo explain, there was many german soldier also a young german officer stands between 10 german soldier ... but the german officer seems like ...
Fritz ? ...

Her eyes widened while she looks at the photo and wait for an explanation ... .

Fritz finally speaks up ... " ...then.. i was a german officer.."

Affelya grew more shocked, not from his age, his photo, now she was more shocked by the word of fritz earlier ...

"... Y-you what ? " . []