The Prisoner and the Paper Airplanes

by XxTheLittleCubexX

The year is 2050, Russia has gained enough power to get revenge on the other countries. Young Alfred has been taken as a prisoner to work at one of Russia's Labor camps. When Alfred meets Ivan's sister, Katyusha, and the two fall in love, how far will they go to keep this love going on? They are bound only by paper airplanes, and both of them are getting weaker by the day.

4. Chapter 4: Letter for a Friend

The Prisoner and the Paper Planes

Chapter 4

((Alfred's POV))

I was impatient the next day as I waited for us to be sent to do our chores. I kept having to do something to keep my mind off of the thought of giving her the letter.

As soon as they sent us off,I was practically flying through my chores. I dashed across the place to the back of the adult's building and I waited for her. I saw her coming and I couldn't help but smile.

She glanced up and smiled back.

"Hey, can you stay there for just a moment?"I said.

She paused, watching me.

I took a step back and help the paper plane tightly in my hand. With one last thought of good luck, I threw the paper plane. I watched, tense as it soared up into the air and practically yelled in joy as it made it over the fence.

The girl giggled and that's when I realized that I was jumping up and down in excitement. She slowly picked the paper plane up.

"You must be really desperate to want to write to me..why can't you just talk to me?"she asked.

"I-I..I-I...um.."I said,trying to find something to say.

She giggled.

"I see now..you're shy.."she replied.

I blushed at her response.

"Well,I'll be back tomorrow!"she said,skipping off.

I sighed happily and finished up my chores.

As I sat in my cell later that night, I kept thinking about how wonderful it would be to just get away from here. To just be free again. I sighed happily at the thought of being with that girl, and the fact that if I were free, we could be with each other as long as we wanted. That was the first night I fell asleep with a smile on my face.

The next day I was surprised that I actually got a response from her. I smiled and promised that I would send one back tomorrow and so I hid the paper plane and went about my day.

I waited oh-so patiently that night. I had stayed up to read the letter and write a response to that girl. It seemed like forever that it took for the guards to finally go away.

As quietly as I could, I leaped from my bed and went to the window to read the letter from the girl. I slowly opened the letter and began to read.

'Dear friend, if it's ok I call you that,

You seem like a really nice guy! But I'm wondering why you're in that place..Someone like you just doesn't fit in there. You know, my brother works there! I don't know if you know him, since you may or may not get time to read the guard's names. Anyway, um...I don't write letters often to people so I have to get used to this, so please don't be mad at me if this is terrible! A-Anyway..um..how about you tell me some things about yourself? I hope to get a reply soon.

-Your Friend'

I chuckled at some parts of the letter. The girl was very nervous about writing to me. But, I would ease her of that soon. Besides, she had no reason to be nervous, all I wanted was a friend. And her brother is a guard here..? I wonder who he could be...Anyway,I started writing a response to her.

And with that, so many more letters came.