Amelia Earhart Jones was putting on her helmet with a smile. She was going to fly over the Atlantic ocean to Africa. This was the day and she wouldn't be gone long. Just a week at most.
Still, there was one thing she was going to miss while she was away from the country: her family. Her husband, Alfred Jones, the most.
Just as she was beginning to hoist herself up aboard her airplane, Alfred walked up to wish her good luck. And he wasn't alone. Their two children Abraham and Amelia were with him.
Abraham was only three and he was holding his father's pants and sucking his thumb. Amelia was a year old and cradled in Alfred's arms.
Alfred kissed his wife goodbye and Earhart kissed her two children on the foreheads. Then she climbed aboard her airplane and waved goodbye to her family. Her smile was confident and Alfred knew that she would return.
It was midnight that same day when Alfred was woken up by the phone. He lifted his head from the pillow and yawned as he reached for the phone.
"Hello?" he asked, still trying to wake up. But what he heard from the other line was news he didn't want to hear. He shot up in bed.
"I'm on my way!" he said before hanging up. He was starting to panic as he rushed around the room getting dressed. Just as he was beginning to walk out the house, his mind shifted to the children. He couldn't just leave them here by themselves, could he? Yet, he didn't want to wake them. He wouldn't be gone long, he just had to check up on his wife.
When Alfred arrived at the airport, he was given the same news he didn't want to hear.
"I'm not sure what happened, but we've lost sight of Amelia Earhart. Her signal had disappeared," a man told him. Alfred walked up to the computer and sure enough the signal from Amelia's plane was gone. He reached for the radio.
"Amelia, this is Alfred. Do you copy?" he waited a moment for a replay, but no answer came. But Alfred tried again.
"Amelia, it's Alfred. What are your coordinates? Amelia! Please respond!" still no answer would come. Alfred could only stand there, frozen. He stared at the computer screen, hoping he would catch a glimpse of her plane. But nothing appeared.
The radio microphone slipped out of his hands and feel to the floor. His wife...she was gone. But many questions lingered in his mind. Where was she? Did she get lost? Did she crash?
"How long have you been trying?" he asked the man.
"Almost an hour," he told him. Alfred sighed and turned to leave, but the man put a hand on his shoulder.
"Wait, maybe we should give her more time?" he suggested. Alfred shook his head.
"No, she's gone. Don't waste your time, it's useless."
Alfred sat on the bed, his hands gripping his hair and he was crying.
"Why?" he asked himself, "Why did you let her go? Why didn't you stop her?" But he already knew the answer: because she wanted to go.
"Daddy?" came a voice from the door that creaked open. Alfred didn't look up at his son that walked in. Abraham walked up to him, he was rubbing his eyes.
"Daddy? Why are you crying?" he asked as he noticed America's depressed face. Alfred didn't answer him, but pulled him into a hug. It was all up to him now, he would have to be both father and mother to his children.
"Listen to me, Abraham. I need you to be a good boy and help me take care of your sister. Mommy...she's going to be gone a while, but I promise that I'll find her and bring her back," he said, looking his son in the eye. Abraham was confused though.
"But where is Mommy?"
Alfred didn't know how to tell him.
"Just be a good boy for her. I'm sure she'll be back soon." Yet, he wasn't sure if she would be back, he just didn't want Abraham to worry.
"Okay," Abraham said with a nod, "I'll be good."
"I know you will," Alfred smiled and rubbed his head. He didn't care how long it was going to take, he was going to find Amelia Earhart again!
{So, I'm updating this chapter and hopefully, it will come out better. I have some exciting news: I have published my Hetalia: Next Countries in a contest on Inkitt! Wish me luck, please! Oh, and one last thing! The Children have a facebook page! Please take a look! Hetalia-The-Children-1507845166179761/}
