Life Between Two People

 Hi.

I am sad to say this but war has begun. I really dislike it and the worst part is, that Father is in it, but he in not the only one in my family that is in the war. My brother, Atohi, is in the war with them. They left yesterday and Father said that if they weren’t back in a few days that we should move with out him. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. I’m moving.

 Father has been saying that war will ruin the land. If war does begin, we have no other choice but to move. War has begun, so that means we are moving. I have not talked to Adeline yet but I really need to because I have to know if she is moving to, and if her family is safe.

Before Father and Atohi left for war, Mother packed them food, clothes and a couple blankets for when they sleep, that is if they get to sleep. Mother told me that war could go on for days, weeks, months and even years. People do all sorts of crazy things. They plan attacks at night, they come and shoot people unexpectedly and they torture people. I almost puked at the thought of Father and Atohi being beaten and tortured. It made me really sick. I decided to go lay down in my bed.

Mother said that if I am a good girl, while we still live here, I might be able to write Father and Atohi letters. I asked if I could write Adeline a letter but Mother’s face got all red and she started yelling at me about the French should not be my friends and I should not make any connection to them. I almost cried. I am about to leave and I won’t even get to say bye? I am sure she wouldn’t be too happy if her mother said she couldn’t say goodbye to her friend. Adults don’t understand us kids.

Last night, I walked past Mother’s bedroom and all I could hear was her sobs of pain. I decided that I should go comfort her. When I walked in, she sat up and asked what I was doing. I didn’t say anything; I just walked over to her and hugged her. I slept with her last night and it feels that we have a better relationship.
Moving. It seems so awful, but what will it be like? I have been living in Quebec for my whole life. We don’t even know where we are going to move. All we know is that if Father and Atohi aren’t home in a few days, we are leaving without them. I wonder how they will find us. Maybe we will leave them a not so if they come back after we leave, they know where we are going. I hope Adeline can go on the computer and read this. If she doesn’t then she might not know that I am moving. That would be terrible.

Mother went to the grocery store and she said she would be back in half an hour. It’s been 28 minutes since she said that so I should go. If she catches me on the writing in my diary (she doesn’t think it is good for me), which might ruin the relationship that we just built yesterday. I wouldn’t want that to happen because Mother said that we would need each other a lot through this time. She said it would be hard if Father and Atohi don’t come back, but we will have to survive. I hope that we can survive, because Father and Atohi always get the meat and things to trade. If we have nothing to trade then we will be poor and we will die fast. But yes, I must go. Bye.

Yours Truly, Nayeli.  

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