Family Tiems 4
My Family By Ivan Braginski
Word Count: 911
My Family
By Ivan Braginski: Age 8
My family is pretty small right now, but it will get bigger and bigger until everyone is a part of it! Isn’t that right Mr. Lorinaitis? ^_^
Right now it’s just me and my sisters and our father whenever he’s around. He’s in the military so we usually just call him “General” and he’s not around as much as we’d like because he’s always busy. He’s been pretty harsh and cold with us every since our mother died, but it’s only because he loves us and that’s the only way he can protect us. At least I hope that’s what it is.
My older sister is Katyusha and she’s 16. She tries really really hard to take care of us while General’s away, but she has a lot of trouble just taking care of herself, so usually I do it. She has a lot of guys hanging around her because of what some of the locals tend to call her ‘huge tracts of land.’ I don’t know what they’re talking about because my sister is a person, not a country, but it still makes me feel…uncomfortable. I usually deal with such people myself, if Katyusha doesn’t shake them first. She tends to cry a lot which drives most of the guys away. Katyusha likes to knit when she can and she made me a scarf one time for my birthday a while ago. It’s mine and you can have it. >:(
My younger sister is Natalia and she’s 5. She’s a lovely young girl who General always says will grow up to become a fine young woman someday. She’s a bit clingy though. Like, she refuses leave my side and throws tantrums and follows me when she has to kind of clingy. General says its fine and Katyusha says that just means she loves me…sometimes I wish she could love me a little less though. It’s starting to get creepy when she tells me she thinks we should get married. I’m pretty sure no one has told her that siblings can’t get married yet but sometimes I wonder if that would make a difference. We move around a lot though so it’s hard for her to make real friends so she clings to me because I’m familiar. At least that’s what the doctors have told me. I wonder why she doesn’t cling to Katyusha sometimes…they’re both girls…
I get it though. The last person outside our family that she got attached to was a kid named Alfred. He has two loving Dads and a really big, happy, family and it was nice when they invited us over for dinner. His parents were weird and me and him fought a lot but we enjoyed ourselves and his siblings were nice. ^_^ Alfred still writes to Natasha sometimes but we haven’t seen him since we moved.
One time we moved into the same neighborhood as this Asian family. The youngest was a kid named Yong Soo and he was kind of annoying but really friendly and it was nice talking to him. His siblings were fun to have around to, especially his older brother Yao. Yao was really cute. ^_^ One day I want to become part of Yao’s family too, but when I told him he just kind of smiled really stiff like and poured me more tea.
This other time we were next to this Italian family. They were so funny! General said we couldn’t play with them because they were bad people, but they were so fun that I did anyway. The youngest would always give me really good pasta and talk with me about anything and everything. The older one would cry and scream and run away which made him look really cute. Its fun when they run away…chases are good too. ^_^
Recently we started living near this kid named Ludwig. His brother is nothing but trouble because General says so and he can smell trouble from a mile away so we can’t play with him very much. His cousin Heidi is really sweet though and we can play with her. ^_^ She kind of looks like a boy, but Ludwig punched me once for pointing it out. Katyusha says I shouldn’t have been rude like that though and Natalia wanted to stab him or something so I had to stop her.
We move around a lot because General is in the military so it’s hard for us to make friends and we don’t see any other family members that often. The only one I can think of is Cousin Feliks, but you already know about him, right Mr. Lorinaitis? ^_^
***
Toris shuddered and put the paper down. He’s supposed to be the guiding post for these kids but frankly, Ivan just creeped him out.
“Like, what’re you doing Liet?” His partner, who did just happen to be Ivan’s cousin, asked from the doorway.
“Just grading essays. I’m actually doing your cousins right now…”
“Oh! Can I like, fail him?”
“You can’t just fail him because you want to!”
“Naw, it’s cool. He’s always like being a brat and hitting me and stuff and I can’t hit him back.”
“He’s 8!”
“Yeah, like I said, society like, frowns on it…so can I like fail him?”
“N-no Feliks, you can’! Just go back downstairs and I’ll be there in a bit.”
“Tch, you’re no fun when you’re in serious mode Liet.”
Word Count: 911
My Family
By Ivan Braginski: Age 8
My family is pretty small right now, but it will get bigger and bigger until everyone is a part of it! Isn’t that right Mr. Lorinaitis? ^_^
Right now it’s just me and my sisters and our father whenever he’s around. He’s in the military so we usually just call him “General” and he’s not around as much as we’d like because he’s always busy. He’s been pretty harsh and cold with us every since our mother died, but it’s only because he loves us and that’s the only way he can protect us. At least I hope that’s what it is.
My older sister is Katyusha and she’s 16. She tries really really hard to take care of us while General’s away, but she has a lot of trouble just taking care of herself, so usually I do it. She has a lot of guys hanging around her because of what some of the locals tend to call her ‘huge tracts of land.’ I don’t know what they’re talking about because my sister is a person, not a country, but it still makes me feel…uncomfortable. I usually deal with such people myself, if Katyusha doesn’t shake them first. She tends to cry a lot which drives most of the guys away. Katyusha likes to knit when she can and she made me a scarf one time for my birthday a while ago. It’s mine and you can have it. >:(
My younger sister is Natalia and she’s 5. She’s a lovely young girl who General always says will grow up to become a fine young woman someday. She’s a bit clingy though. Like, she refuses leave my side and throws tantrums and follows me when she has to kind of clingy. General says its fine and Katyusha says that just means she loves me…sometimes I wish she could love me a little less though. It’s starting to get creepy when she tells me she thinks we should get married. I’m pretty sure no one has told her that siblings can’t get married yet but sometimes I wonder if that would make a difference. We move around a lot though so it’s hard for her to make real friends so she clings to me because I’m familiar. At least that’s what the doctors have told me. I wonder why she doesn’t cling to Katyusha sometimes…they’re both girls…
I get it though. The last person outside our family that she got attached to was a kid named Alfred. He has two loving Dads and a really big, happy, family and it was nice when they invited us over for dinner. His parents were weird and me and him fought a lot but we enjoyed ourselves and his siblings were nice. ^_^ Alfred still writes to Natasha sometimes but we haven’t seen him since we moved.
One time we moved into the same neighborhood as this Asian family. The youngest was a kid named Yong Soo and he was kind of annoying but really friendly and it was nice talking to him. His siblings were fun to have around to, especially his older brother Yao. Yao was really cute. ^_^ One day I want to become part of Yao’s family too, but when I told him he just kind of smiled really stiff like and poured me more tea.
This other time we were next to this Italian family. They were so funny! General said we couldn’t play with them because they were bad people, but they were so fun that I did anyway. The youngest would always give me really good pasta and talk with me about anything and everything. The older one would cry and scream and run away which made him look really cute. Its fun when they run away…chases are good too. ^_^
Recently we started living near this kid named Ludwig. His brother is nothing but trouble because General says so and he can smell trouble from a mile away so we can’t play with him very much. His cousin Heidi is really sweet though and we can play with her. ^_^ She kind of looks like a boy, but Ludwig punched me once for pointing it out. Katyusha says I shouldn’t have been rude like that though and Natalia wanted to stab him or something so I had to stop her.
We move around a lot because General is in the military so it’s hard for us to make friends and we don’t see any other family members that often. The only one I can think of is Cousin Feliks, but you already know about him, right Mr. Lorinaitis? ^_^
***
Toris shuddered and put the paper down. He’s supposed to be the guiding post for these kids but frankly, Ivan just creeped him out.
“Like, what’re you doing Liet?” His partner, who did just happen to be Ivan’s cousin, asked from the doorway.
“Just grading essays. I’m actually doing your cousins right now…”
“Oh! Can I like, fail him?”
“You can’t just fail him because you want to!”
“Naw, it’s cool. He’s always like being a brat and hitting me and stuff and I can’t hit him back.”
“He’s 8!”
“Yeah, like I said, society like, frowns on it…so can I like fail him?”
“N-no Feliks, you can’! Just go back downstairs and I’ll be there in a bit.”
“Tch, you’re no fun when you’re in serious mode Liet.”