Rooted to my spot of ripped up ground I stare blankly at the scene ahead in disbelief , deft to the noise surrounding me unsure of what is to come. Just a few days ago everything was normal , and now normal will never be the same.
I'm not really paying any mind to the class, instead I stare out the window at the sight of spring ; Summer’s just one and a half months away and I couldn't wait . Anna and I were finally going to take a trip to see our friend overseas . “ silvers ?,” my attention turns to the sound of my name. Which with the look on our teachers face must have been said more then once . *Bzz bzz* feeling the vibration of my pocket I take out my phone with a quick look it read ,” you're soooo in trouble * smiley face*.” As if on cue the teacher gives me detention and took my phone for the rest
Of the day. ‘ thanks anna’.
The day went on pretty normal , or as normal as it has been since everything .
Walking home ,military trucks drive by along with school busses full of soldiers and supplies, only so many buses were left for students to use .
They weren't American soldiers and they weren’t the kindest either . The quartering of there troops in homes without any permission took its toll on families . Walking up to the red door of my light blue house I hear my mother humming in the kitchen , “ Mother i'm back .” I yelled well I walk to the living room. Tossing my bag on the sticky black leather couch ,I turn as footsteps came towards me from the kitchen, assuming it would be my mother. And unless my mother grew a foot and a half, cut her hair and dyed it grey , then it in fact was not my mother .
“ H..hello “ I stammer ,clearly a soldier stood in front of me, but why? “ Who..uh who are you?” His wrinkled ,soft looking face lifted up when he smiled at me ; a friendly smile but with hard defying eyes making it unsettling .
“ I am Ruslan … Ruslan malikov,” “ I stay with you awhile.” His thick Russian accent and bochy english make it difficult to understand him .
This new stranger sits next to my bag playing with one of its strings ;waiting to search it when i leave , and i do. I frequently visit with anna so a soldier following me around and going through our things won't be too new . Entering the beige kitchen with its dark wood cabinets and marble counters my mother was currently sat by. She must of heard me enter as she turned and smiled at me it was a bright orange-pink smile which went well with her green eyes and colorful offite.
“ hi sarah “ , she wiped her hands on her pink apron , hair tied in a bun she must be baking .
“ whatcha making “ normal everything we do the way we act is the same as always , even with soldiers patrolling all off norman.
“Well use your nose and tell me , its banana bread and chak-chak.”
Chak-chak for those who are lucky enough not to know is a russian tatar treat .
A lot of Russian foods and culture has been ingrated into our own.
As my mother came around with some food she slid her hand down my back to the pockets of my torn up blue jeans . This has became a common thing as she slide letters from my father in various places making sure no one notices. Now a letter wouldn't be a problem if my father didn't work for the united army as the lead military scientist.
“ thanks mom ill be at Anna's”. I walked to Annabelles ignoring some fights that broke out between soldiers and civilians. As I open the door Anna and the solider of the house walked by me.Anna looked down while playing with her skirt,
“ hey bells ready to do some homework. “ My friends head perk right up and her bubbly smiley replaced the blank stare that she held.
“ Of course !“, grabbing my hand the blond girl twirled towards the direction of her room, the direction she just came from. We entered the girls room her bed unkempt and pillows on the floor, along with a bag n few clothes. Other then that she's pretty organized and clean.
“ Sooooo” Anna laid against me , homework spread across the bed, blue eyes looking up at me. “ What?”, I already know it's something very very dumb, “ sooo Leon Russell's friend said Kyle thought you were cute and Beth totally thinks your a hussy. “
My green eyes must of rolled too hard as my friend had let out a small Huff, And as I let my irises and pupils center again I could see her cheeks puff out. “ * giggle* bells you know I don't care about that stuff we won't see much of them after high school. “ I continue thinking of what life might be like when things are normal, well Anna reaches for the letter in my pocket.
“ From your dad Oooo let's read it “, so we do.
To my little Beta
As I'm sure you already know Russian troops have gotten further into the country. I hope you, your mother and sister are doing well. I miss you I even miss your loud friend. Id like to say were making progress but there two steps ahead of us. We need to find the upper hand. I hope to come home soon if I don't. I love you all of you.
Xoxoxo alpha
YOU ARE READING
in the ash
General Fictiona girl in the midst of war is determined to bring it to an end and reunite with her father. ( short story I wrote for school but came from another idea of wanted to do)
