Everybody now paid attention to Larry except his parents; they already knew this part of the story, so they got up and walked into the kitchen
Everybody now paid attention to Larry except his parents; they already knew this part of the story, so they got up and walked into the kitchen. Stefan and Jessica listened closely; they were curious and wanted to hear what he had to say.
"I came into existence when my mother gave birth to me on December 15th, 1972 in Hoffnung, Belka. My babyhood was like anyone else's: I had toys to play with, caring parents, and the works. My dad would take me to wonderful places around the world. One that I especially remember is being in northern Yutobania, where I learned to speak Russian over the summer vacation. Another great trip was with the whole family of my parents and myself when we went to the Futuro Canal on the Sapin side. My dad worked construction on it and we would often go with him while he worked. When I was six, mom and dad sent me off to a private school called the Belkan School of the Study of Society, or BSSS for short. Once I had turned thirteen, I decided to go to the Belkan Public School System, which back then in '85, it was almost a joke."
"So then why did you go?" Stefan asked, "Why would you go to a bad school system if you already had a good education in private school?"
"Stefan, all because it's a private school doesn't mean it's a good school. BSSS was of that case. It taught social skills in my early years and as I grew up, they started talking about economics and society. A lot of things in there I agreed with, but they said that anyone that was below the upper-class was inferior. I hated that because I believed everyone to be equal. Back in the '80s, Belka was undergoing economic troubles and passed the Federal Law Review. BSSS didn't support the FLR because it allowed the Belkan territories to vote on their independence, which they did and became the countries of Ustio, Ratio, and etc. They said that they shouldn't be allowed to do such a thing and they wanted the colonies to stay under Belkan control so we could exploit the people and the lands there. After that, I lost all faith in that school and by then I also wanted to be around normal people, not the stuck-up kids at the private school." Larry got up from the chair to get a coke from the kitchen and then came back to sit down again. He lifted the tab to open the drink and took a sip before return to the story.
"When I came to high school, I learned a lot about what it meant to be middle-class and all the like. They were nothing like what the BSSS described them as, so I stayed. I made a lot of new friends in my freshman year, most notably Jessica." Larry paused to look up at her and continued talking, "To tell the truth, I had a crush on her since I met her and only later did I have the courage to as her out. She was a true flechazo." Flechazo – Love at first sight.
Jessica blushed and gave out a cute 'aww…'
"So what made you want to become a pilot?" Stefan asked, eager to know.
"When I was ten, my dad took me to the annual Belkan National Air Show hosted in a small town called Stokstad, which was near a major air force base. The first plane I ever saw was a Belkan Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound. The sleek black and red jet screamed power and control from its two massive engines. Later did I find out that the MiG I saw belonged to Dominic 'Vulture' Zubov, the leader of the famous Schwarze Squadron. I was hooked from that point on."