Too young for war

special chapter

-*4 year old Elenas pov*-

(Warner is 14)

I wake up in my own bed, I was sleeping in Aaron's, but I might have taken all the space, kicked and must have been moving a lot.

The sun is shining through my window, so I hope to go outside today! I almost never go out, not because I don't want to, because I want! It's just that I can't go outside alone.

Aaron is often gone at certain times, even though I'm 4, I need to be alone at times. Dad doesn't really care.

I jump out of bed and run over to my door.

Dad shouldn't be here today, I overheard that he was going out, but I'm not sure for how long..

I open the door quietly and run over to Aaron's.

I sneak in, but it's dark in here, he has black curtains so that may be the reason.
I can see the sun shining through a little bit so I run over to his window to open the curtain.

I run over to him and roll forward so my feet almost land on his face. I giggle, "Aaron- wake up! it's my birthday!" I tell him.

he doesn't move. "Aaron, I want cake, you promised me that" I tell him as I open his eyes with my finger.

"Aaron, you're being silly" I giggle as I lay my head on his chest. I let out a huff, why isn't he answering me.

Suddenly he turns around so I can't see his face, I just run to the other side of the bed, but I'm immediately picked up so high I'm afraid to fall.

I sneeze, "I don't want to fly Aaron!" I say before I sneeze again.

he takes a seat against the bed headboard, "sorry, but you wouldn't stop talking" he smiles.

"can we please eat cake now??" I whine as I lay on the bed, he stands up to put a shirt on, he is being too slow.

"and can we go out today? it's very pretty outside!" I ask as he picks me up.

"um, we'll see. I can't promise anything, but as long as we are staying home alone for a long time, I'm sure we can go outside" he tells me with a small smile.

we walk down to the kitchen and he place me on the counter. I'm so happy dad didn't make Aaron do anything special today, I'm not sure if he even knows it's my birthday today.

he doesn't care anyway, but we don't care about him ether.

I close my eyes with my hands as he takes something out of the fridge.

"open your eyes" he tells me chuckling. I remove my hands from my face and gasp.

I hold my hands out excited "can I eat it now, pretty please??" I ask nicely.
He hands it over to me and I start to dig in.

I look up, "thank you so much Aaron! It's so so delicos" i tell him.

"it's delicious sweetheart" he tells me smiling.
I love muffin cake, it's my favourite part of my birthday, that and being with Aaron of course!

"am I supposed to eat that?" I ask pointing at some decorations on top.

"Yes, it's called sprinkles" he tells me.

they are formed as hearts, and they are pink! I smile as I pick a sprinkle up from the muffin, I place it on my tongue, and it's delicious!

Aaron gives me something to drink, but I ignore the glass of water he place beside me.

"do you want a bite?" I ask him holding the cake for him to take.

he takes a bite,

"you were supposed to take the muffin, not eat it from my hands" I giggle.

.....

I'm sitting on the couch drawing, i have used so many of my crayons, a lot of pink, blue, green, yellow and many other colours!

"ready for a bath?" Aaron says as he walks down the stairs.
Im quick to throw the nearest blanket over me and hide there. Don't get me wrong, I love baths, but it's so cold after you get out!

I'm suddenly being lifted up from the couch and into someone's arms.
"no Aaron!!" I cry out. "I don't need a bath!!"

He takes me to the bathroom, still having me in his arms, he turns the water on and let it fall for some time.

"you made me ruin m drawing" I tell him irritated.

"sorry sweetheart, but you need to take a bath."

I lay my head on his shoulder.

"no I don't! I'm clean!" I tell him with a huff.

When the water is warm enough he puts in that black thing that makes the water stay.

..

here I am, sitting in the bathtub not wanting to get out. Aaron is washing my hair now still looking pretty tired.

"okay Elena, you're bath time is over" he says while getting up. "noo" I whine as I cross my arms. I don't want to freeze to death. "It's too cold"

"I will wrap you in a towel as fast as I can" he says trying to convince me.
"but the towel isn't warm." I tell him.

"Come on" he says as he lifts me up.
he quickly wrap me up in a towel which isn't making any difference, I could be wearing nothing and it would still be as cold.
"I told you it's was going to be cold!" I sniffle as I bury my head into his neck while he is trying to dry my hair with another towel.

"you'll survive" he says kissing my cheek.

"can we go outside after I'm dressed?" I ask looking up at him trying to find my hairbrush.

He stays quiet for a little while, probably thinking.
"alright, we can stay in the garden, but not for too long, dad will be back in an hour." He says as he start brushing my hair.

....

I squeal as I'm running around in our garden. I lay down on the grass, but the sun is making me tired. I'm so warm and thirsty.

I love this even though I feel a little sweaty. I am outside of our house, I've eaten muffin, Aaron was chasing me, not for long though, but I'm still happy.

Suddenly I'm being picked up, "time to go inside" Aaron says.

"nooo—" I whine, "I want to stay outside a little longer!" I say trying to get out of his grip.

"dad will be here very soon, you can play another day!" He says like it's going to help.

"but—what if it's raining then!" I say burying my face in his neck.

"then we will find another day, but right now I think that you should take a little nap." He says opening the door.

"I'm not tired." I tell him mad.

"you almost fell asleep on the grass Elena" he says now walking up the stairs.

"but I don't want to sleep nowww" I whine once again.

"just an hour" he says as he place me on my bed.
he find my pyjamas and is on his way to put it on me, but I stop him.

"can I try put it on myself.?" I ask, "I want to try" I say before a hiccup escape my mouth.

"okay, tell me when you are done." He smiles before he walks out.

it takes a good 10 minutes to figure it out, but I think I did it. The only problem is that something is itching on my throat.

"I'm done Aaron!" I tell him and he walks in seconds later.

he chuckles "you did great, but there is a little problem" he says smiling a little.

"you put the shirt wrong, the text is supposed to be at front" he says as he helps me put it on the right way.

"thank you Aaron! The tag was making my throat hurt" I say.

He picks me up and place me under my duvet.

"I'll come wake you up soon, okay?" He says kissing my cheek.

"okay" I say closing my eyes.