"sorry to bring down the mood, but you do know that we have to fight each other again, tomorrow right?" my German friend Hans said looking up at the sky, I could tell he was sad, I am good at reading emotions,
"ya...just try not to shoot me!" I said letting out a yawn "but it is getting late, we should head back to our trenches" I got up,
"ya you're right, and I will try not to shoot you" Hans said as I helped him up
"if we survive promise me one thing" I said
"what?"
"you will come to find me in the UK?"
"ok, I will, bye Walter"
"thanks, bye Hans" and with that we walked to our respective trenches, I may be wearing his coat but without him by me it felt colder than ever.
"does he know you are a girl or is he just gay?" Pierre asked me as I jumped in,
"W-WHAT?!" I asked as my face turned red,
"it is obvious that you like each other! You are wearing his coat!" my brother said,
"THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!!" I yell my face red
"are you sure? You are blushing~" my brother teases me
"YES, I AM SURE! AND I AM NOT BLUSHING! Let us just sleep, we have to fight tomorrow..." I looked down at that last part, "ya fight...fight people who have been lied to...people who are nice..." tears started forming in my eyes, "people who are like us...new...friends..."
"Helen..." my brother said giving me a hug, "this will all be over soon, we will win, Germany will surrender, Hans will survive"
"this might all be over soon, we might win, Germany might surrender, Hans might survive" I said relacing from the hug and heading to the sleep area. It was the next day, my spirits where still down from yesterday, and I did not dare wear Hans's coat around my allies.
"it is getting cold, are you not going to wear your boyfriends coat?" my brother said to me at mealtime,
"he is not my boyfriend" I said, we sit alone so we can talk about the fact that I am a girl,
"are you sure?" the French brothers said, Pierre and Jean were called that because they are the only French men in this sector,
"you don't have to remind me how scary twins are..." I said in response
"what do you-oh! We get it n-"
"can you stop talking at the same time?!" Jhon and I asked, the French brothers looked at each other and then responded
"no"
"wait, everyone shut up and listen!" my brother said shhing all of us. We all went silent
"umm, what are we li- WAIT A SEC! there are no fires being shot! Wait" I said. I ran to the trench wall and looked over; the truce is being held today to?! Germans where on the surfes talking and there were a few British there too, than I spotted him at the same spot we were talking last night. I got up out of my trench and ran over, "hi!" I hugged him from behind,
"Oh! Hi Walter! I see you are happy" Hans said putting a hand on my arm
"yes, I am!" I let go "the truce! It lasted to today! How are you?"
"I am fine, as good as I can be in the middle of war" I scooted in front of him, god I did not know how hot a German could be, "where is my coat?"
"uh oh! It is..." I did not want to say that it was on my bed because I slept with it, "it is on my bag right next to my bed, do you want me to give it back?" I said, technically I did not lie, it did fall off my bed and, on my bag,
"no, you keep it, I was just wondering"
"oh! Ok" I smiled at him. We sat there talking for a while when my brother came over
"hay bro" he said sitting next to me, "you must be Hans, I am Jhon Walters brother" he put out his hand to Hans for him to shake it,
"yes, nice to meet you Jhon" Hans said shaking Jhon's hand, "I am fighting with my brother to." He let go and turned to his trench, "W. MÜLLER!" he yelled, just then a young man ran from the German trench to where we were sitting, "this is Wilhelm Müller Jr." Hans told us
"hello, you must be Walter!" he said to me exidently, "and you are?" he asked my brother,
"Jhon, Walter's brother" my brother answered putting out his hand for Wilhelm to shake. All four of us talked for a while, we had fun and laughed, I almost forgot that my brother and I where agenst Hans and his brother in the biggest war in history, the great war the war to end all wars, almost.
"hay guys..." I said
"you ok brother?" Jhon asked
"we...we" I started crying, "we have to fight each other, we...we don't even know how long-" I was cut off by Hans hugging me, my face turned bright red.
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Winter In The Trenches
Ficción históricaHelen is a british officer who hid that she was a girl to get into the military. Hans is a german officer who's dad is a sargent. a truce is held on christmas, what will happen with thease two?
