aeroblade

new york

2012

"did uncle josh call you yesterday?"

"he did"

"what did you say?"

"i told him you were sleeping"

"did he ask you anything else? "

"no, he just said that if we need something, we should call him"

"good"

"do you think they're still alive?"

"who?"

"mom and dad"

i choked and coughed

"i-im not sure, el. "

"dont you believe they survived?"

"do you? uncle josh hasn't talk about them for months, it's clear that he's also desperate and he doesn't want to talk about them. "

"but dad is a soldier, and they're also mutants. they're way stronger​ than any other soldiers or nurses"

"it's been a year. i know how strong they are, but it's a war. they could have been killed or something "

i really didn't want to talk about them but eliza was still trying to go deep in this conversation.

"do you even care, elsen? i feel like im the only one that actually think positively here"

"of course, i care. but there's so many think about instead of hoping that they're still alive"

"i get it"

she sounded unhappy

"listen, uncle josh will call us if they found them. i love them so dearly too. i do care about them. and i agreed to move here because i care about you too"

she didn't say a word.

i took my coat and put on my boots.

"i will to go to the store, do you want something?"

"nothing"

"okay, i'll back in 20 minutes"

"elsen?" eliza stopped me

"yes?"

"i found a lot of money inside your closet last night, where did you get them? "

"you know im working"

"it's been a year, you didn't tell me anything about your job"

"you dont trust me?"

"i do"

"you know im doing all of this for you"

"i know, thank you. "

i left the house.

i knew she was mad at me, i knew she didn't trust me about the job, and she was disappointed because i sounded careless about our parents.

i would not tell her about how i got the money, she was still young and innocent​. and she would be very disappointed.

i knew there was no hope for our parents, and they would never come here for us.

i got into the store and picked some stuff.

all of the sudden, i heard a loud noise from outside the store, from the sky.

i jumped and looked around me, the store keeper was confused.

he looked outside and freaked out.

"what was it? "

"l-look at that! "