to gkmoberg's nice branch 'Thirty Years Ago Today'
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Oskar slowly walked home after school. The day was a kind of sleepy. Even Jonny, Micke and Thomas haven’t touched him. In general, all was quiet, except for small, minor episodes, such as the one that Anna again knocked him on the head with textbook. Second time this week, he said to himself.
In principle, He could sometimes afford himself something like that, too, just to fill the pause. But, nevertheless, the girls in the whole are strange creatures. Sometimes they seemed to him like another species.
He imagined, how could it sound and chuckled to himself: ‘The solipeds order, the girls family’
Immediately the thought came about Eli. She was different. No, of course, she had more than enough of strangeness in herself, but in general, Oskar almost hasn’t paid attention to, because he felt at ease with her. He did not have to think too long before say anything. There were only a few days after their first meeting, but it seemed to him that they know each other for a long time. He realized that the idea that they cannot meet in the evening, causing him grief. Eli, however, warned that today she may appear later, than usual and all went to it.
Homework was done and Oskar got into the street around 8:00 P.M., but Eli was not there yet.
At first he wanted to go to the kiosk and buy candy, but then changed his mind, for fear that Eli may appear, not find him and disappear again on her mysterious business. So he went pointless wandering around the yard and hour and a half later was forced to return home with a feeling of emptiness and light anxiety.
In fact, nothing happened, but Oskar found that none of his usual occupations cause any interest.
He watched TV a little with his mom and discovered that he did not remember what was discussed a moment ago.
Then he went into his room and took it to revise old newspaper clippings, but soon gave it up. He tried to listen «Kiss", but after the first song turned off the player. Looking out the window for last and not finding anything new, he decided to go to bed. After all, she had warned.
Sleep, however, failed, and when Oskar heard a light knock on the window, he immediately jumped up.
Eli!
This time she did not wait for an invitation, opened the window, as if she knew that it is not locked and slipped into the room.
Oskar moved in the bed and threw open the blanket, and then, moving like an elusive shadow, she was with him. He greeted her happily:
- And I already was afraid that you won't come.
- I could. It was one important little business, which could detain me until the morning.
Eli rummaged under the blanket and like a magician, learned a box.
- This is for you.
Oskar did not believe his eyes. It was a complete block of "Bounty".
- Wow! Where did you get it?
- «Where did you get it» - funny mocked him Eli. Have you fallen out of love with it?
Oskar embarrassed.
- No, but it is expensive…
- Relax. My uncle works with wholesale deliveries, he has presented.
Oskar had a very vague idea of wholesale supply, but decided it was probably pretty cool, if it allows you to do easily such gifts.
- Thank you! It is a pity that you cannot.
Eli sighed.
- Yes. I have something like an allergy.
Oskar remembered a boy from their class. He also was allergic to something, that is why he was spending half of the summer with a running nose. He shrugged his shoulders.
- I'm so sorry. If I was allergic to the "Bounty", it would be terrible. Excuse me for a moment, please.
Oskar got out of bed, picked up a box of bars and put it on the desk. Then he pushed a number of books on a bookshelf, pulled out several pieces and stuffed the box deep inside, after that he closed it with books and went back to bed.
Eli watched him with curiosity:
- Why are you hiding it?
- I do not want unnecessary questions.
Oskar thought some more and asked:
- And you all time will live now here in the neighbourhood?
- I do not know. Maybe not. We moved often.
And Eli told a fascinating story of how she lived in Malmo during a month on a fuel barge which was dead-moored in the local port, and although it was a fuel barge, and not a food ship, the rats there were huge, like a dog. She also said that almost tamed one of them, very great, and dragged her bread from the galley. And that rat even has gotten up on hinder legs because of bread.
Oskar imagined the scene and could not refrain from laughing.
- Eli! You're probably making this up!
She giggled.
- Go and check. Perhaps the barge is still there. Although hardly. - She stammered. - It was rather… well, not yesterday.
Oskar was a little surprised in such strange movements. According to him, between the fuel barge and a neighboring apartment was very little in common. May be, her father was the seaman, as well as his father? However, remembering her words "he is no more" he decided not to ask. Talks about the sea and the sailors have guided his thoughts to pirates and treasures:
- That would be cool to find the pirate treasure!
And Oskar, in turn, told Eli the story of "Oak Island", where different people at different times, for the past 200 years were finding parts of the treasure, which was, most likely, just huge.
Also that in search of these treasures were lost many people, and the mine which all the time deepened, in the end-ends has reached depths of almost hundred meters.
Eli listened to him with bated breath.
- So what, have they found the treasure?
- It’s unknown. The main part of the hoard probably not. And if even someone had found something, he is silent.
- Wow! What a fascinating story!
- Yes. Maybe someday we’ll be able to go there and see it for ourselves.
For some time there was silence. Oskar said:
- You know, you can come though every night.
Eli replied seriously:
- Okay, thanks for the invitation. Sometimes I feel very lonely.
They lay, having embraced and Oskar thought, how it would be good to meet in the afternoon, to go to the lake or somewhere else. He told this to Eli, and she said, for some reason with genuine sadness in her voice:
- Yeah. It would be cool.
- Maybe we go somehow?
- May be… - She replied faintly.
Oskar yawned.
- Sorry, Eli. Do not be offended if I suddenly fall asleep.
She ran her fingers over his back and answered more cheerfully:
- It is nothing. Sleep.
And, as if on command, he fell asleep.
