Shaggy

We are leaving…, there is  no way back…,everything is going to change…,i´m gonna miss you Africa.
My dad was calling me…, everything was ready…, I had to go…
 It was a cold day, it was raining outside, I got dressed, went down, had breakfast, got in the car and left my home forever……..
 The man in the car, had a long moustache,brown eyes and a wart on the middle of his forehead, ( not a very nice man as you can see ). He kept repeating my name. “Sophie, Sophie, What a nice name”.
 When we arrived to the airport, we got our bags and got in the plane.  My dad and I had different seats, so I sat near an old lady with white hair and black glasses, who asked me what my name was,”Sophie, Allans Furkers” I said. “Oh, so your mother is Lilly Furkers, I was an old friend of hers. What a coincidence! How is she?”  I told her the truth…. My  mother had died on my birthday in a car accident, when I was eleven.
  After that, the lady didn´t talk much,(I was happy about that). I looked out the window, Africa was gone.
 When we arrived we got our bags did everything left the airport and got a cab.England was full of tall buildings and pretty houses but so much noise and no animals besides that, it was a beautiful place. After stopping in the bank dad and me went to our new house, it was nice, I had to get used to it. It had a small kitchen, one bathroom, two rooms, a tiny garden and a dining room.
 The next morning dad woke me up to go to my new school, it was very…. different to my old school, it had a big hall, and a lot of classrooms, it had three floors and it was enormous!!!!
 The school principal, Mr.Andrews, as soon as he saw  me and came running towards me. Beside him he had a boy with brown hair, a nice smile, and was wearing a pair of jeans, some big shoes and jumper with a hood.
The principal presented him to me. “ Hi, you must be the new girl, Sophie. This is Drew, my sun. He will show you the school, you will soon be friends.”
 Me and Drew chatted all day long, he was a nice guy I
think we were going to be real friends!!!!
 School was hard, the next day I had a maths test, obviously, I failed.
It was difficult to be eighteen and have really good grades, so I just studied a lot but even tough I was not very good at school.
  Some weeks later, when I was really adapting to London, dad woke me  up with a sour- face, he would not tell me why, so I didn´t bother.
  I was late to school but when I got there Mr. Andrews saw me and told me to go to the hall because there was an assembly. I was confused, he announced when there was an assembly 2 days before, but I didn´t ask, I just went.
 The general was there, he had a serious face, he was holding a yellowish paper in his hand.( That was bad )
 He said there was bad news. I knew it, there was war.
I was right. The general said in a loud voice “The strong men over eighteen years old I name, will come and fight.”
“ Alex Waffleberry, Antonio Romero, Barry Frank, Bob Taylor, Cody Mashfield, Drew Andrews………….”
 Since that moment I stopped hearing what the general said, and started crying. I had never cried so much in my life since seven years ago, that was when my mother died.
 That night I couldn’t´t sleep, I didn´t believe it, he was leaving and might not come back.
 Suddenly I heard something on my window. I opened it and saw Drew standing there and calling out “It´s my last night, I wanted to say good bye.” I let him in without dad knowing and took him to my room. We talked for a while and then suddenly it came to me…. We had to run away.
 He said it was to dangerous for me but I insisted. So we planed the the thing all over. The next night we were going to escape. I told him he would have to change his name so nobody would know who he was, and he did.
 The next night before me and Drew escaped We packed two small rucksacks with clothes, money a tent and food.

After that I left a note to dad, just for him not to worry much.
 
Dear dad,
I ran away  with Drew Andrews because he had to go to war, it was  my idea , please don´t tell anyone, anyway i´ll send you letters , please don´t search for me  cause if you find me everyone will .
love you
Sophie.

 Me and Drew had just left in he´s van when I started feeling guilty. How can I abandon dad? Would he be okay? He is old now.But, he works in the Government, he`ll be okay.  The only thing I have to worry about now is, Drew.
 We were in the car, in the highway, in a place filled with
rubbish, it was ugly, when Drew saw a dog lying down beside the road.  I didn´t want him to look if the dog was okay cause it was very dangerous for Drew to go to look down at a dog in the middle of the highway.  But he didn´t listen to me.  I got down to and then I saw the dog. It had two big black eyes, short grey shaggy fur, a cut ear, a short tail and a bleeding paw.
 Drew said we should take him  to the Vet. I didn´t want to have that semi-dead dog in the car, but it was for Drew.
 It was a long journey to get to the Vet and I couldn’t sleep with that dog on my lap. When we got to the Vet it was like eleven at night but still, it was open.
 There there was a lady with blond hair, freckles and blue eyes. She seemed friendly. Drew told her about where we found the dog and in what state we found him.  The lady told us to leave the dog there and that in two days she would give him back. She needed to see our passports so Drew showed her his false one. The lady believed him and let us  go and come back in two days.
 We slept near there in a Motel it was fine but it had dead insects in the bathroom. But I was so tired that I slept anyway.
 The next day we went to the park,walked a bit, we had lunch in a small bar, it was a fine place. I eat some chicken with potatoes, they were so good, afterwards I sent a letter to dad.
 Dear dad,
we  are fine here , I can´t tell you were  we are but it is a  nice place , I suppose the army has already left , me  and Drew found a dog in the street he was hurt , but we took him to the vet and  tomorrow will get him back,  Drew wants to keep him but i´m not sure    
love you
Sophie.   
 That nigh we went to sleep but I  was worried about Drew, what if they found him? What would they do to him? Why did we escaped? What if we wont ever come back home? I really miss dad and mum, even if she is dead.  
 The next day Drew and I went to the Vet , the lady said that if we had not brought the dog to the Vet, it would be dead. The lady said she didn´t have enough space for the dog in the Vet so if you don´t  keep him I will have to send him to the kennel. “ Will keep him” Drew said, I could not believe what he said. Then the blond lady gave us a paper with all the information about the kennel in case we changed our  minds. This is how the paper looked: