Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.
The New Girl
Chapter 3
"Who wants breakfast?!" Carl suddenly shouted.
A chorus of "I do's" and the loud clattering of heavy boots broke the silence that had unknowingly settled itself into their conversation.
"Race ya, Rico!" I said while everone was storming past us.
"Sure Diz! On the count of three, o.k? 1..2.."
He started to run for the cafeteria. "Hey, no fair!" I shouted. I laughed as I began to run towards him.
When I got to the door something made me stop and turn around. I don't mean someone, I mean something. Like a voice inside my head just told me something really important, but I couldn't hear it. I was glad I turned around, though. Not at first, but afterwards I was very proud of myself for doing so.
She was standing there, looking all alone and kind of...well, lost, I guess. *She must be really shy* I thought. At first I was kind of disgusted with her for being like that. I had never been a really shy person myself, so I couldn't see why people had to be shy. Except for Bobby. I understood that, somehow. I thought she was putting on an act, you know, for attention. She was a teenager after all, maybe sixteen at the least. I was thinking, come on already! I'm not going to wait here all day for you! Can't you see that's what I'm doing?!
But she couldn't have seen. No way. She was staring at the floor. That was strange.
"Sara," I said softly.
She looked up at me, and I was surprised to see that she had tears in her eyes, and she was barely holding them back. I felt all the air go out of me, and a rush of sympathy for her. She was the youngest trooper I had seen in a while, and there were undoubtedly no other people her age on the ship. Close maybe, but not really. She must have missed her parents. I can still remember the day I left home. My father was so proud of me, he was smiling and tears were in his eyes. My mom was another case entirely. She hated my decision. When I was little she made me take ballet lessons and, if my dad hadn't argued quite sharply in my favor, she would've packed my stuff and shipped me off to one of those finishing schools in Switzerland where you learn how to become a young lady. She wanted me to stay at home and cook and clean like her, not go off and fight in some war. In her opinion, war was meant for men, and that was that. I still couldn't get her to even talk to me, not before she...died. Even so, I still loved her and during my first few weeks in training I missed my family a lot. I knew how she felt.
"Oh Sara," I said quietly and mother-like, "You can cry if you want to, you know."
Suddenly she burst into tears. I held my arms out to her and she ran into them. I stiffened for a moment, not knowing what to do, but then I remembered. It's not like I had any memories to remember, my mom had never held me while I was crying for as far back as I can remember. It's not like she was mean or anything, I just hadn't cried in front of her for a long time. Like never. What to do just came to me, like instinct I guess.
I held her tightly and ran my fingers through her hair slowly, letting her cry as long as she needed to. I whispered in her ear, things like, "It's okay. That's right, just let it all out. It's gonna be o.k."
We sat like that for five minutes maybe, possibly more. Her sobs faded away slowly and her breathing became more and more shallow. I realized suddenly that she was falling asleep.
"Thank you," she said softly, and fell completely asleep.
I sighed and carried her to her new bunk. I turned down the covers and placed her gently under them, then I tucked them under her chin. I sighed once more as I walked through the door.
*Dizzy* I thought to myself with a smirk on my face *You're going soft.*
Sorry I didn't have this chapter up for a while guys, but school's been so hectic, and I had to go away AGAIN this weekend, so this was the earliest I could get it up. Next one will be up soon, I promise. Hope you liked it! (Oh yeah, I know Dizzy was REALLY OOC in this chapter, but I wanted to do something different. And Dizzy, as for a Sara/Higgins romance, you'll just have to wait and see! I do think you'll be happy with the results, though. And has anyone wondered what her mission is? I mentioned that in the last two chapters. Just trying to keep you informed! Adios for now!)
The New Girl
Chapter 3
"Who wants breakfast?!" Carl suddenly shouted.
A chorus of "I do's" and the loud clattering of heavy boots broke the silence that had unknowingly settled itself into their conversation.
"Race ya, Rico!" I said while everone was storming past us.
"Sure Diz! On the count of three, o.k? 1..2.."
He started to run for the cafeteria. "Hey, no fair!" I shouted. I laughed as I began to run towards him.
When I got to the door something made me stop and turn around. I don't mean someone, I mean something. Like a voice inside my head just told me something really important, but I couldn't hear it. I was glad I turned around, though. Not at first, but afterwards I was very proud of myself for doing so.
She was standing there, looking all alone and kind of...well, lost, I guess. *She must be really shy* I thought. At first I was kind of disgusted with her for being like that. I had never been a really shy person myself, so I couldn't see why people had to be shy. Except for Bobby. I understood that, somehow. I thought she was putting on an act, you know, for attention. She was a teenager after all, maybe sixteen at the least. I was thinking, come on already! I'm not going to wait here all day for you! Can't you see that's what I'm doing?!
But she couldn't have seen. No way. She was staring at the floor. That was strange.
"Sara," I said softly.
She looked up at me, and I was surprised to see that she had tears in her eyes, and she was barely holding them back. I felt all the air go out of me, and a rush of sympathy for her. She was the youngest trooper I had seen in a while, and there were undoubtedly no other people her age on the ship. Close maybe, but not really. She must have missed her parents. I can still remember the day I left home. My father was so proud of me, he was smiling and tears were in his eyes. My mom was another case entirely. She hated my decision. When I was little she made me take ballet lessons and, if my dad hadn't argued quite sharply in my favor, she would've packed my stuff and shipped me off to one of those finishing schools in Switzerland where you learn how to become a young lady. She wanted me to stay at home and cook and clean like her, not go off and fight in some war. In her opinion, war was meant for men, and that was that. I still couldn't get her to even talk to me, not before she...died. Even so, I still loved her and during my first few weeks in training I missed my family a lot. I knew how she felt.
"Oh Sara," I said quietly and mother-like, "You can cry if you want to, you know."
Suddenly she burst into tears. I held my arms out to her and she ran into them. I stiffened for a moment, not knowing what to do, but then I remembered. It's not like I had any memories to remember, my mom had never held me while I was crying for as far back as I can remember. It's not like she was mean or anything, I just hadn't cried in front of her for a long time. Like never. What to do just came to me, like instinct I guess.
I held her tightly and ran my fingers through her hair slowly, letting her cry as long as she needed to. I whispered in her ear, things like, "It's okay. That's right, just let it all out. It's gonna be o.k."
We sat like that for five minutes maybe, possibly more. Her sobs faded away slowly and her breathing became more and more shallow. I realized suddenly that she was falling asleep.
"Thank you," she said softly, and fell completely asleep.
I sighed and carried her to her new bunk. I turned down the covers and placed her gently under them, then I tucked them under her chin. I sighed once more as I walked through the door.
*Dizzy* I thought to myself with a smirk on my face *You're going soft.*
Sorry I didn't have this chapter up for a while guys, but school's been so hectic, and I had to go away AGAIN this weekend, so this was the earliest I could get it up. Next one will be up soon, I promise. Hope you liked it! (Oh yeah, I know Dizzy was REALLY OOC in this chapter, but I wanted to do something different. And Dizzy, as for a Sara/Higgins romance, you'll just have to wait and see! I do think you'll be happy with the results, though. And has anyone wondered what her mission is? I mentioned that in the last two chapters. Just trying to keep you informed! Adios for now!)
