I got a job as a paramedic/fire fighter. Flake got a job as a
paramedic. We went to work and met a new guy on our shift. He was Russian and he had blue hair and glasses. He was looking for a roommate and Paul had been gone a year and a half. His German was bad. But his name was Heiko. He was my partner. I didn't know what to say. He did well with his job.
After work I took him to my place and to his room. I told him then to come with me after he dropped his stuff off. I took him to meet my friends.
We walked into Till's house and he saw us. Everyone was there. I sat down and so did Heiko.
"Who is this?" asked Till.
"My work partner his name is Heiko. He is Russian. His German is bad. Makes me wish Paul was still here. He spoke Russian. I still wish I could say sorry to him for my fight. I wish I would have listened. Who would have known you guys would find out we were married when he died. I failed him. Heiko, this is Till, Till is also a firefighter. Flake, who works with us. Schneider and Oliver." said Richard.
"We all failed him." everyone said at the same time.
Everyone started to cry except Heiko. He got up and left. I watched as he took off walking.
"I better get going."
We got going and when we got home Heiko unpacked. I found when he was done he was looking at pictures of me and Paul. I didn't understand why he looked so sad. He took off and ran.
I had been visiting Paul's grave every week and I have been finding fresh flowers. I walked into the cemetery and I found someone setting flowers on the grave. I walked over to them and noticed the blue hair.
"Heiko, did you know Paul?"
He turned around and looked at me. He was crying. He took his glasses off. I saw his eyes were dark brown.
"Richard, ya, Ich tut mir leid."
"He died in a Pyrotechnic accident. I loved him and the last words were I hate you"
He cried harder. We got a call and we went to it. It was a really bad fire.
