BlackBerry - Chapter 1

“But why Dresden?” whined Lori while he was constantly fiddling with the keys of their car.

“Because I’ve always wanted to visit it. It’s a beautiful city with an interesting history. We can’t always choose our destinations based on how delicious the food is there.” answered Ben calmly for the nth time.

Maybe Lori loved his stomach the most and only wanted to do things he fully enjoyed, but right now Ben could not care less. They were friends since kindergarten, and Ben knew he did not need to take him seriously. It was kind of funny that the Italian was never interested in anything related to history, since he was born in a well-respected family which played important part in it. But, of course, it was in the past and now the eldest son was travelling, visiting places with a Swiss man who happened to be his best friend.

Five years ago Ben came up with the idea of travelling. He wanted to see everything himself and Lori had nothing against going with him but sometimes - like now - he wished Ben had considered what he wanted a bit more. Ben, on the other hand, wanted to see Dresden and no matter how much Lori whined, he was not about to change his decision.

“We’re already here, so you should try to enjoy our stay. Who knows, maybe this city can be interesting even for someone like you.”

“Thanks, now I feel so much better… But even when you say such things, I feel your love towards me. I know you have some hardships expressing it, but I don’t need any reassurance to be aware of it.”

“Good. Then you won’t be angry when I tell you that I bought some really expensive tickets to the opera and spent all the money we had for today’s food on them.” said Ben and smirked as Lori’s face fell.

“But why opera? You know that I hate it!”

“Nah, don’t overdramatize it.”

“For you it’s easy to say but you didn’t have a gardener grandpa whose performances you needed to watch thousands of times…”

Ben was just about to answer when they saw dark, thick smoke billowing towards the sky. They took off running immediately and after some seconds a burning house came into their sight. In front of it was a young woman, around their age, slumped to her knees and crying desperately. Lori froze and could only watch as Ben slowly went up to the woman.

Ben clenched his fists angrily but took a deep, calming breath before he got there. He lowered himself to the ground and then carefully touched the fragile woman. She glanced at him frightened. There was sorrow in her eyes. Ben knew the look. She surrendered.

“Don’t do this. You’re alive. Live for them if nothing else is left. Your family wanted you to be happy and their death does not change this. You shouldn’t even consider doing something so terrible to yourself. Suicide is cowardice.” Ben told her a bit harshly.

It was like breaking a spell. It was not that it was surprising that someone thought suicide was unacceptable, but that her dad always told the same thing word by word. The woman looked up and found a stranger in front of her. Ben held out his hand towards her. She hesitated. Maybe it was not worth it. Maybe she should just leave everything behind; maybe she should not pay any attention to this man. But then she thought of her family, of what this man in front of her had said, and slowly accepted the extended hand…

Song: Led Apple – Let the wind blow

A/N: vmikor régen megígértem, h ezt elkezdem kirakni, szóval íme a BlackBerry első fejezete, aztán majd fokozatosan folytatgatom. 

ÉLJ SZÍNESEN!!

Kiyo =^.^=