Written by: Aarav BC - 25001, Grade X
Posted on: 05 July, 2022
The war had finally ended in 1945, September 2nd. Innumerable people were affected by it. Some lost their loved ones, some were on the street begging for food, some were forced to fight for their country but even in the midst of all this people were happy and enjoying their lives. Among those people there lived a family away from all the war and conflicts in Syberia. The Jonas family lived there in between the snowy mountains. Their family had lived there for generations. The Jonas family consisted of 5 members. Father Sam, Mother Lia, Grandma Jess, elder daughter Lily and younger son Alexander.
They were a happy family. Lily had just finished her high school and was searching for a college and young Alexander was in high school. Their family were very renowned shoe makers, it was a family business passed down from generation to generation. Somehow they were running their family. Sam and Lia were a lovely couple, they worked and helped each other in whatever they could. Grandma also helped in the shop with them, so the whole family was involved in the business.
Lily was a very talkative child but she was well behaved. Whereas, Alexander did not talk much and he did not have many friends. He seemed very lonely. His parents were also very worried for him since he did not talk or interact with anyone. One day Sam asked Alexander to deliver a shoe because he was busy with something else. So, Alexander took his bicycle and he went to deliver the shoes to the given address. He reached the address in about 15 mins, since it was not far away. He knocked on the door, but no one seemed to open it. He knocked it again, then there was a voice “Coming!”. The door opened, and there was a boy who seemed new to the place. They also seemed like they were about the same age. Alexander was a little shocked to see him. He had curly hair, his eyes were big and he was cute. Just then it started raining heavily.
“Hello, are you here to deliver the shoes?” he said. Alexander could not say anything, the words just did not come out of his mouth so, he just nodded his head and gave the shoes and turned back. “Hey! Wait, it's raining heavily, why don’t you come inside and sit until the rain stops?” he said, Alexander could not deny him because it actually was raining very heavily. So he walked inside. It seemed that they had just moved there. “By the way, I am Alex,” he said. That fateful night Alexander had made his first friend Alex.
Alexander and Alex started to meet more and more, they were very similar to each other. They started hanging out more and more. After that Alexander seemed very happy every day. His parents were shocked, happy and surprised by this much change, that gloomy boy Alexander now looked very happy everyday. They were together every time. Days passed and one day Alex and Alexander were at a barn near where they lived. They usually went to that barn to hangout. They were watching the sunset and suddenly Alex held Alexander’s hand and he said, “I think I’m in love with you.” Hearing this Alexander’s heart started beating faster, inside his mind he badly wanted to say that he was also in love with him but the words did not come out. His face turned red, he was smiling but didn’t say anything as the sun was setting, Alex suddenly kissed him. After that Alexander ran towards his home, went into his room, locked the door and jumped on the bed covering his face with a pillow and smiled, tears were coming out of his eyes, but they were not the tears of sadness, he was happy. He never had made a friend before and now he is in love with a boy, his best friend. It was the happiest day of his life.
