The Book Thief: Rudys pov

Chapter 2: The first day

After a night of thinking of her I decided I had to make her be mine.
Or something..
So when I woke up I rushed to the bathroom, brushed my teeth and hair, took my school uniform on and got out.
I even missed my breakfast but didnt have much time.

When i knocked at the neighbours house nobody opened, so I knocked again.
"Who is it??" I heard Rosa yell.
"It's Rudy Steiner, Frau Hubermann. I heard you've got a daughter, my mother
told me to get her to school" I answered.
It went silent again.
Then Rosa opened the door and stared at me.
"And what makes you think you're good enough for my daughter?"

What? Good enough? I didn't get time to think of it so I just answered
"I'm almost twelve?"

Rosa just looked down at me and nodded. Then she yelled at Liesel.
"Liesel! Eat your soup and get dressed! Now go on saumensch!"
I was so full of joy, I don't really know why but I was so excited to see her again. So I reached out to see her, but Rosa pushed me away. "Saukerl!"

Liesel was very shy I noticed. But I liked that.
"You know , my mother didn't really tell me to get you to school, I just thought.. You might need a friend!" I said and hoped she would tell me something.
Nothing.
That was akward..
"So.. Do you like football?" I asked
her. She had to speak now.
She spit.
Well.. Maybe that's her way to speak!
"Does one spit mean yes and two spits no?" I asked.
One spit
"I'm glad we understand each other!" I said and laughed.
I think I actually could see her smiling at me for a second.