I've decided that this will be updated with a new pairing every year on 9/11. Each pairing or family will have 2 to 4 chapters. This is the PruHun chapter 1.
I also have the next chapter of the ACE family chapter but that was before I decided to have different pairings. Anyone want me to post it?
Gilbert woke up to see Elizaveta shuffling through her closet with only her underwear on.
"Lizzyyyyyy," Gil flailed around in bed. "What are you doing? It's morning."
"I have a job interview at the Trade Center today remember?" she replied, buttoning a dress shirt up and pulling on a pencil skirt. "Don't get up too late." She kissed Gil on the cheek while scraping her hair into a bun.
"I won't. I have classes at the community college later."
"'Kay, I made sandwiches for you. They're on the counter."
"Thanks babe," Gil said.
"Bye, Gil."
"Bye. See you later."
XXX
Gilbert turned on the TV in their small apartment and flipped through the channels, looking for some cartoons or something. He was absolutely starving! He turned to get the sandwiches Lizzy left on the counter. Suddenly, a Breaking News banner and screen appeared.
"The hell..." Gil muttered. "Ruining my TV watching..."
Gilbert tuned all of it out until it said, "A plane crashed into the first World Trade Center tower... Oh my... oh my God, another plane crashed into the second tower!"
The World Trade Center... why was that important? Why? Wait, it was because...
"Mein Gott, Elizaveta!" Gilbert sprang up and grabbed a jacket and pulled it over his t-shirt and threw on his sneakers.
He ran outside and ran towards where billows of smoke were coming from. Gilbert pressed Liz's speed dial on his phone and desperately pressed it to his ear. "C'mon, please, please!" he muttered.
"G-G-Gilbert...?" her voice came after many beeps.
"Liz! Oh, Elizaveta! Are you alright?"
"Oh Gilbert! Gil! I'm scared, I'm so fucking scared. Oh shit, shit, I-" Someone screamed in the background. "Gil! I-I'll call you in a bit..." Another scream. "I have to go!"
"No, no, no Liz, don't hang up, don't fucking hang up!" Gil yelled, but it was too late.
XXX
Gilbert got downtown and shoved his way through the crowds until he got to where the police and firemen were lined up.
"I'm sorry mister, you can't go past here."
"I have to! Move your fucking ass!"
"I'm sorry, but-"
"Bruder!"
Gil turned around, it was Ludwig.
"Lud, Lud! Liz is inside. She's inside, I have to-"
"I know bruder. Feli is inside too." Ludwig said solemnly.
"Oh... Lud..."
"It's fine. Don't do anything stupid, bruder. She'll come out."
"But-" Gil's phone rang. "Liz!"
"Gil, the fire's reached us... I don't know what to do Gil. Oh God, I'm scared Gil, and if I don't make it out, I love you, 'kay? I know we've had our differences and disagreements, but I love you Gilbert."
"Oh, Liz. I love you... But you're gonna make it out, Liz. You will!"
"Gil, I-" Elizaveta started screaming.
"LIZ!"
The tower was collapsing.
"NO!" Gilbert broke through the line of policemen and ran toward the falling building.
"BRUDER!" Ludwig yelled.
"No, mister!" a policeman shouted while the others evacuated the people.
"Gilbert!" Ludwig came running after Gilbert.
A huge cloud of dust, ashes and debris came over them. Gilbert couldn't see or hear anything. Was this what Liz was experiencing? Was she hurt? Or was she already dead?
"ELIZAVETA!"
READ:
Today in history we watched the CNN live footage from 9/11 and it was so depressing. The live footage really made everything come to life because I was very young when it happened. There was one woman who said she found a resume of a former student who was applying for a job in the World Trade Center, so that is where this story comes from.
I didn't know about the other plane that was hijacked, but the passengers voted to take back control. Instead of crashing into the capitol, it crashed into a small town in PA (ohmigosh, I forgot the name! So sorry). All of the passengers died (the plane parts were all scattered and some parts 15 feet in the ground) but instead of dying and killing people in the Capitol, they chose to die of their own accord. I think that that is so courageous.
If you haven't seen the movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, you should watch it. It's related to 9/11 and it's really touching and very good.
Even though I'm not religious, my prayers, wishes and hopes go out to those who were affected by this tragedy.
(BTW, my cousin's birthday was on actual 9/11/2001... so... yeah. Happy birthday Sean!)
