The Craze..4..

Heather hummed to herself to block out the silence, the empty feeling the place held now that Danny was gone. Maybe it was time for her to get a roommate. She rocked back and forth to her tunles tune while cooking her food. Steam blew into her face and she deemed it ready. Switching off the stove an then grabbing a plate formthe cupboard, she dumped her food onto the plate and grabbed a fork. She set the plate next to her cup of water and started spooning it in. Yummm. She sighed.

Ding Dong.

Her bliss interupted.

"Coming!" She yelled getting up from her stool. She peeked through the peep hole. A man in a uniform stood outside her door. She knew it wasn't Jo, she could only think of one thing.

"No." She gasped wrenching the door open. "No! Please say this isn't what I think it is!" She wailed. Her body was already reacting in sobbs they felt like they would burst out of her but she held them in, to hear what he had to say. "I'm sorry Miss." He said sadly, handing her a letter. "Are you Heather? Jo's little sister?" He asked taking off his hat. "Yes." It came barely a whisper.

"Jo was my friend, Miss." His eyes were sad. "Please, come in." She backed away. Her fingers were shaking and she tried to keep her hold on the letter. "I'm Kevin. I wish we could have met at better times." He said shaking her trembling hand. "Me too." She whispered. She closed the door and opened the letter, but her eyes wouldn't look at it. "Oh Kevin! I can't read this! Just tell me!" She pleaded calapsing into his arms. He wrapped his arms around her gently patting her back. He couldn't believe this little girl had to go through this alone with her parents dead and Jo........ She felt so small, so frail and this would probably break her.

"He's MIA Heather." He said atlast. "What? He's, he's missing in action? Does that mean, he could still be alive?" She said looking up at him. The hope that had risen was drowned by the look in his eyes. "You don't think he could still be alive." Heathers voice quivered. "No Heather, I think it's very unlikely." He said sadly. Sobbs racked her body and her nees gave out. Yes he was alive! He had to be! She clung to that hope. Letting Kevin comfort her een though she knew he was wrong. Jo was coming back, and he would share stories with her about good times goofing off with kevin, and she would tell him about Danny. Jo was coming back.

Kevin left when she had calmed her sobbs, to only silent tears. She was lying on her bed. She needed another shoulder to cry on but in her pain and shock she could think of no one. So she stayed there, her hunger forgotten, and cryed.

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don't worry people, this is not the last chapter, there'll be about two or three more chapters.