The Longing of the Heart

by otherrealmwriter

Set in the early 1900s, Alfred F Jones is a coworker of Ivan Braginsky in a firm in the New York City area who has just married his little sister Natalya. But how deep is their love and who does everyone really love? AmeBel and slight unrequited RusAme Told as a series of journal entries over the years of 1914-1919

88. Natalya's Journal 21

I do not own Hetalia okay? I don't have much more to say here so enough of this A/N, on with the fic!

November 15th 1918

(from the diary of Natalya Jones nee Arlovskaya)

I'm worried about Fredka. He seemed fine a few days ago but he woke up today complaining of feeling hot and aching all over. I had made some strong coffee this morning for him, thinking that might help and he acted like I did but I know him better and he will hide how sick he really is. I know one time when he had a mild stomach bug that he should have stayed home from but at lunch Vanya brought him back home after he threw up in a trash can at work. But today around 3 o clock this afternoon, his boss brought him home and Matvey took him up to bed. Mr. Seward said he had grown faint and he could tell that there was something wrong with him. Normally he is full of life and energy and he could hardly focus today so that was Mr. Seward's tell that something was wrong. He explained to me that a few of his employees had come down with that Spanish flu and there was a chance Fredka had it too. He wished me well and told me if that he needed me to help, he would be there.

With that news, I sent Matvey to Katyusha's to get her to come over. She is still working with the Red Cross as a nurse and they trained her to recognize the symptoms last spring when this first broke out. She came over and took a look at him and said he doesn't have some of those deadly symptoms but that does not mean he did not have the Spanish flu. It was one that he just needed to be looked after. Although I could read her well when she said that. She wasn't telling me the full truth. I read the papers and while I don't take it for the gospel, I worry as Fredka hardly ever gets sick. If he gets sick it must be bad. Many young people died from this. I had already lost my brother, I don't need to lose my husband too. Nikolai looks worried. He's a smart little man and he can tell that his father is pretty ill at least. Matvey said he'd help look after Fredka and the children and get Katyusha if needed but he thinks that it's just a bad flu and not one that will cause an issue. God I hope he's right

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