Rose

Chapter 4

"Grandpa", I yelled as soon as I opened the door, "I'm in! I'm part of the Army!"

Grandpa ran out of kitchen and hugged me tightly. "I knew it, Rose. I never doubted in my little solider", he said gently.

I smiled. I'm so happy right now. Everything is just the way I want. I felt like little girl again, happy because I finally can reach lightswich in the kitchen, and grandpa congratulating me on my achievement.

"Did Abigail get in?", grandpa asked, pulling apart from our hug.

"Yes, she did", I grinned at him.

"Great, call her and tell her te be here at 7", grandpa said, smiling at me.

"Why?", I asked, confused.

"Do you really think that this will go without celebration?", he said excidetly to me, "We can atleast have a little dinner with our friends."

I laughed, "I will call her, you can call George and Sofia".

"Of course, sweetie", he said, "Now go rest, you must be tiered".

"Yeah, I really am, call me if you need any help with dinner.", I told him and went upstairs.

I got in the shower and felt myself relaxing. Unlike most people, I like cold showers, it always puts me in better mood. I still couldn't get over the fact that I'm in the Army. And I'm not alone, my best friend is with me. Could this get any better? I got out of the shower and put some comfortable clothes on. I remembered grandpa told me to call Abigail and grabbed my phone and texted her.

To Abigail: My place at seven, grandpa is making dinner
From Abigail: Yaaaaas, I love Michael's cooking

I laughed at Abigail's excitment and put my phone on my bedside table. Tiredness came over me and I fell asleep.

I woke up from a strange dream I've already had before a couple of times. I'm just going through a narrow hallway that I'm pretty sure I've never seen in my life. It's quite strange.

As I slowly opened my eyes I saw Oscar asleep next to me. He likes to sneak in grandpa's or mine room and sleep with us. For a couple of minutes I just laid in my bed, petting Oscar. Then I took my phone and saw that it's already six and I should probbably get ready for the dinner. I put on a simple maroon dress that was thight around my waist and then fell loosley around my hips. I don't wear dresses that much, but I know that grandpa must have been making food for tonight all day, so I can at least look pretty.

I went downstairs and helped grandpa set up the table. When we finished, the table was packed with many different kinds of meat, pies and salads and he even made a dessert.

"Gradpa, you shouldn't have bothered this much", I told him as I came over to kiss him on the cheek, "You must be tiered".

"I'm never tiered for you, sweetie.", he replied gently.

After some time, George and Sofia arrived and they both congratulated me. We waited for Abigail some more, because she was, as always, late.

She arrived with her wide smile on her face. You could see how relived she was that we finally passed the test. In the past week Abigail was trying to look cheerful, but it was obvious she was very nervous, just like me. I'm happy to have my old best friend back, always smiling and joking. She hugged me and we sat down at the table.

"This is so delicious", said Abigail with her mouth full of tasty food grandpa made.

Grandpa chukled and I could see how pleased he was with him self.

"So are we going to hear detalis?", asked George, looking from Abigail to me.

"About the test?", I said.