Ratigan woke up and shuffled out of his room, bumping into Basil. They were about to say something when they heard the T.V. downstairs. They thought it was odd since it was only eight o'clock and the girls usually slept in in till ten. They went downstairs and saw the girls in the living room in their pajamas, watching the T.V. they cleared their throats, getting the girls attention.
"Oh hey." Isabelle said, patting the cushions, "Sit with us."
They looked at each other and shrugged, sitting next to the girls. They noticed their solemn looks and frowned.
"What is the matter?" Basil asked.
"It's September 11th today." Isabelle said, making them look confused.
"This happened." She said, pointing to the screen. The looked and their eyes widened at the scene when the planes hit the twin towers.
"It feels like yesterday." Lily said with Isabelle nodding.
"You were there?" Basil asked.
"We both were." She said, "I was in the building next door. When the…crash happened, the windows broke and we were thrown from our seats. Everyone was screaming and panicking, it scared the shit out of me. "
"My experience was not like that." Isabelle said, "I was in Junior High School. We felt everything shaking and then the principal said to go to the lunchroom. She sounded scared, that's when we found out what happened to the towers. My sister picked me up and when we got outside, that's when we saw the towers fall."
The group was silent and turned back to the television, watching when the firemen put up the American flag.
"Is it better now?" Ratigan asked, making the girls go deep in thought
"Kinda." Lily said, "I mean, we went through it, but…it's just…"
"We always remember it." Isabelle said, "It never goes away."
The rodents nodded as they watched the TV with the girls, wondering just what humanity were doing to each other.
AN: In my timeline, its September, so I put a September 11th chapter. I just felt it needed t be done.
The girls experiences are actually me and my sister. My sister was in high school and she was thrown from her seat and I was in junior high and we did go to the lunchroom. As you can see, the boys are surprised by this, that humanity is doing this to each other. Don't we all.
Anyway, enjoy and comments are loved! I don't own GMD, just Isabelle and Lily!