Briar Rose- Rebecca
How I Live Now- Daisy
Setting- The same airport in England that Daisy originally arrived at in "How I Live Now". Both girls are headed back home after two large adventures.
After being away from home for two weeks, Rebecca was ready to be heading back to her family in Holyoke. As she boarded the plane, she realized what she had just done. Would her sisters believe the story? “Well yeah, they have to believe it, it’s Gemma’s story.” Just as she began thinking about what else her sisters would say when she got back, she felt the plane lift off the ground. Thankfully, she got the window seat, so she could take a final look at the beautiful land of Poland below.
Becca must have fallen asleep because when she awoke, they were arriving in England to switch planes for the final leg of the trip. She pulled her long scarlet hair back into a pony tail, and prepared herself for the chaos awaiting her inside the airport. Getting through security seemed to be the easy part because once Becca arrived at her gate, she realized there were definitely some delays. Becca quietly took a seat and patiently waited. An hour went by and things still were not moving, and unlike many of the people waiting, Becca was very calm and was not in much of a rush. Just then, a very fragile looking teenage girl walked up to her and pointed toward the chair next to Becca, “Is anybody sitting here?”
“No, it’s all yours,” Becca answered friendlily.
“My name is Daisy,” the girl said.
“I’m Becca,” she smiled and asked, “So, Daisy, are you from around here?”
“Well, not originally…it’s kind of a long story.”
“I’d like to here it if you would like to tell it…I mean it seems like we still have quite some time before we board the plane.” Becca glanced at her watch. She had been waiting for an hour and a half, going on two hours.
“Well, when I was fifteen, my dad sent me here to live with my aunt and cousins.”
“Were you okay with that?”
“At that point I didn’t really mind because my dad and stepmother were not the most exciting people to be around, and I was all right with leaving.”
“Alright, so go on. What happened while you were in England?”
“Well did you hear about the occupation on the news at all?”
“Yes, it lasted about nine months, right?”
“Yeah, that sounds about right. Well, my cousins and I were split up during it, and me, a girl from New York City who barely new this country was caring for her younger cousin during a war!”
“Wow, you were really brave to do that.”
“Well, I didn’t really have a choice.”
“So, are you now going back to New York for the first time since then?”
“Oh, no!” Daisy exclaimed. “My father made some connections, and he had me flown home before the occupation ended.”
“So then why did you come back?”
“My dad only flew me back to New York, so my cousins were left behind. Once the borders were opened to the public again, I immediately went back to see if they were all okay.”
“And they were, right?”
“Yes, for the most part,” as she said this she thought of Edmond and how devastated he was that she left before they reunited.
“So now you are headed home after visiting your cousins for a while.”
“I figure ill stay in New York for a little while, but at some point, I want to move out here to be with my cousins.”
“That sounds really nice.”
People began boarding the plane, so both Becca and Daisy stood up and grabbed their bags. Then, Daisy looked at Becca and asked, “So what were you here for?”
“I was actually in Poland for a couple of weeks chasing down some family history.”
“Sounds interesting,” Daisy said, “I’d liked to hear about it if you would like to tell me about it.”
Becca smiled as she took her seat next to Daisy and said, “I’d love to.”
So, the whole plane ride back home, Becca told Daisy about her grandmother’s adventure through Poland and all of the people that changed her life along the way.
