Chapter 9 Crook Family / letters
- sanjanasharma
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: May 20, 2022
“John met me, he wanted me to give you his letters, after coming back to his parents, he missed you a lot, he decided to write you letters that he thought would never reach you. Here are they” Aditi told me in the safe room.
Here is what he wrote, I am still stunned…-
Hi Ari,
I hope you’re good.
I miss you…my parents have been trying to not fight in front of me but I promise I still hear them in their bedroom fighting over whose fault it is that I ran away. They want me to feel home but it wouldn’t until they stop faking their friendship and actually be friends. Sorry, I shouldn’t have started the letter like this, how is school?. Or maybe summer vacations started, I don’t know but still how are our school friends, Jiya and Jake, we had the best time with them! And how is that comic going, you just started when I left? I have a million questions to ask, but that can only be possible when we meet, I hope we do that soon! Can you decide the time and location? I can leave the house by saying I am going to a friend’s house, but my mom has put a tracker somewhere on me, she didn’t tell me but she wouldn’t mind if we meet at a park or something, nothing suspicious right?. Anyways, I love you and miss you.
From
John Fox.
I miss John, that’s true…we two had the best time together, I remember one day, we were sitting at the pond near our cottage and fishing.
“Aru, do your ever miss your parents?” he asked.
“Yes I do, at night, and when I see other kids with their parents. Of course and I think that’s okay, hey if you miss your family, we can talk about it” I replied.
“I know its normal, but how do I stop it?” He explained.
“You know... when I feel that I miss my family, I remind myself, I have you, as family.” I said in a breathy voice.
He nudged me by his shoulder, and put his arms around me. We grabbed each other’s hands and sat there in harmony putting the fishing rods aside. Then suddenly, I heard sniffling, I looked at him and he was trying so hard to not make any noise. I wiped his tears and said “You can return if you want, you know that”.
He replied “But I also know you are my best friend and I don't want to leave you”.
“Same here John” I replied putting my head on his shoulder for the rest of the evening.
Well enough of that, we were still in the safe room and I was getting hungry when suddenly, we heard some butlers telling us from above “The thieves have been caught”.
Gosh finally! I rushed out with everyone else, and saw that the butler was already holding some biscuits and tea, I gobbled the biscuits up and went to the dining hall with everyone where the thieves were and wonder who I saw? It was enough for me to drop my tea on the ground from shock!
Message from author- In this chapter, we got to know about how much Arya and John are so close as best friends without even making them meet! I just realized how much power a simple letter and a memory can have. I had to think a lot about this chapter, I cycled muttering the conversations between Arya and John a hundred times so I could get it just right! It would be really relieving to know I have a person who reads my stories, can you let me know by giving this post a heart and becoming a member! You can also comment " #Crookfamilysub
To know why the names are changed, go here-
Thanks to Diva Malik for suggesting an edit, it means a lot!
I loved it. But at the beginning of the story, you wrote 'Hannah told me...' but I thought her name had changed.
Also when you write dialogs you could add more punctuation. for example- you wrote' “Yes I do, at night and when I see other kids with their parents, of course and I think that’s okay, hey if you miss your family, we can talk about it” I replied.'
To make it clearer you could write something along the lines of- "Yes, I do, at night and when I see other kids with their parents and... honestly, that's okay. Hey, if you miss your family, we can talk about it." I answered.
I don't mean to offend you, just…