PBL Project

I was sitting on the porch of my house, looking how my little brother plays with a ball. 
As i´m the big, i have to look after him. This is one of my normal days, we spend our morning studing at home, because my mother teach us, and then, we stay at 
the porch reading, as my case, or playing with a ball, as the case of Gondar. 
I used to go to a normal school, but when the militaries come here, they close our school, i don´t really know why, because they didn´t told us anything. 

- Aysha, come home. We are going to have dinner - my mother scream at me. I carry Gondar with me and we went home. 

We washed our hands, and we sat on the table, waiting to our father arrived home from his job. 
He was the only one that works outside home. My mother was a teacher in one of those primary schools that our village had. But when i born, she decided to stay at 
home cooking and looking after me. My parents, didn´t want to make me work, because they say that i´m only 16 years and first i have to study for a "good" future. 

- I´m here - my father said. My mother kissed him and then she came with the dinner 

- How was your day honey? - she asked

- It was hard, but fine. - After that answer, we started to ate. 

Ones we finished, i carry Gondar, and i went to bed. Some days, he sleep with us, because from our house we can ear the militaries tanks going outside 
of the village. 

- Aysha, why there are tanks here? - he asked me. How i´m going to tell a child of 7 years that there are people that they wants to killed us?

- They are protecting us. There are some bad people who want to do to us bad things - i said to him, tying to not be so rude. 

He finally sleeped. But i couldn´t that night. I was really scare. Why they want to do that? we haven´t do anything. 

I woke up beacuse i eared a loud bang. i lower running the stairs, finding my mother talking with some militaries. 
One of those, looked at me. He had blue eyes and balck hair. It seems to be 20 years, four more than me.

- Are you alright? - he asked me 

- I think so

- Sorry lady, it was a boom from the enemy. We tried to avoid it, but we couldn´t. - said the other military.

- How far it was this time? - my mother asked with tears in her eyes. 

- No as far as we want - now the military with blue eyes talk. My mother looked at me.- You have to leave your house lady, i´m sorry. But is for your wellness. 

- Aysha go with your brother, and take all you can - she told me. - Where are we going to go now? - asked to the military.

- We are just going to send you to our instalations - now the other military said. - is not as far as it should be, but it is more safer. 

- Mom should i call dad? - i asked looking her. 

- Sorry lady, but it is just for ladies and for their childs - the military with blue eyes look at me. 

My mother started screaming at the militaries saying that she wouldn´t leave without her husband. I just can carry my little bag with clothes, and said to Gondar 
that we should go, because the bad people would come here, but we will come back agian soon. 

When i was leaving my room, the military took my bag and went down. We enter in a car while my mother was crying. 

We arrived in a little camp, where i supposed that the militaries lived. The samemilitary carry my bag until we stopped in a tiny room. We enter there, looking 
how the room was. 

- My name is Donovan, if you need something just ask for me. - The military with bue eyes said. Well, i now know his name, but i will probably called my "the 
military with blue eyes" 

- My husband is going to be alright? - my mother asked

Donovan or "the military with blue eyes" looked at me. I try to smile, like saynig that if he doesn´t tell my mother that he is going to be fine, she will go outside 
this room to find him. 

- I promise 

Two hours later and i just wanted to killed my brother. Why he just can stay in a determinate place playing by himself instead of bothering me? 
I can´t understand why he is even talking to me while he is screaming to his toys. 

- Gondar stop!- i scream, trying to not killed him. Seriaully i want to stamp their toys against the wall.

- Mom! Aysha don´t let me play with my toys - he scream

- Aysha ... - my mother looked at me with her famouse face. Why she put that face? i can´t even understand what she is trying to say to me. 

I go out of the room. I want to go home again, but they don´t let us to go. The military tanks are always in move, going out and coming back from the camp. 
Probably this wouldn´t resist.

While i was thing about my silly things, i ran into someone. 

- Sorry -i said. 

- Are you okay? - He asked me holding my hands. Donovan...

- Yes - I put my hands away from him. It was so strange. I´ve never feel this before. 

- Where were you going to? - he looked at me. 

- I was bored, so i didn´t want to stay in that room any second more. Anyway, when could we go back home? - i try to not look at his eyes. I have to recognize that 
he is so handsome. 

- I don´t now, but you are safe here. - He took my hand, and throw it being somewhere that i did not know 

- Where are we goin? 

He didn´t told me anything. 

He sat on the floor, and sat next to him. It was a beautiful view. From here we could see al my village and the mountains. 
He looked at me and smile.

- And tell your story - he said to me. 

- My story? 

- Yes - he sat well, and stared to listen me. okay. 

- I lived with my parents, but when i was 12 years the next village started to send booms and ...  - he interrupts me.

- No, your real story - What? - As you are ... 

- I´m just a normal girl? this doesn´t have sense. Why you asked that? 

- Because i met you like a girl that need help, but no as you really are. I don´t know what are your favorite color or what are your dreams, or what makes you
laugh, or what makes you really happy - he said

- I don´t have any story like that. That things stopped to care me. I just want to live without booms 

- And you will. I promise you. - i smile to him. 

The weeks started to go on, and i spend my time with Donovan. He is a nice boy. He makes me forget the real situation. The militaries are trying to protect my village and us, as they can. But the booms are really harmful. I don´t know anything about my father. The other day, i saw how one military carry a girl that i knew, but she was dead.

By brother is always crying, because he want tto go with our father. I want a normal day. I really want to have a story. A normal story. We lost our mom yesterday. 
We didn´t know where she is.She gave us a note where she wrote that she couldn´t live in this situation without his husband, so
she would go to find him and we must stay here.  Donovan is trying to find her, but is difficult to find someone that didn´t want to be found.

- Aysha your brother was seen going out from here - Donovan told me. 

- What? - i scream 

- They are looking for him now, but ... 

I started running out of that place, trying to find my little brother. Probably he saw the letter. Probably he want to find our parents. But why he didn´t told me anything? It was a bad idea. The people that try to killed us, were in our village. There were to many people dead inthe floor. 

While i was running, i saw him. He was infront of our house. 

- Gondar! Come here, we must go! - I scream to him, taking his hands. 

- No! Ronald is there - he said to me. 

- It is just a toy, we must go, there are bad people of the other village trying to killed us right now! We must go - i scream to him while the other people where screaming. 

- But Aysha, we lost our mother and our father. I don´t want to lose one one more. Ronald is my favorite toy. 

- Aysha! - Donovan scream at me. But it was late. A boom exploted and i couldn´t see anymore. 

That was the last time that i saw donovan, my little brother and the sun.

I didn´t have a real life.