Chapter 1: Going home

Hey Everyone just a quick note that this is my first Fanfiction so if i make any errors don't be mad i'm new to all this and maybe after some time i won't make any mistakes.

The ride home was surprisingly quiet on the bus, only a few people wanting to go to their destination and nothing else. Even when everyone was minding there own business all of them had their eyes on a man sitting in the middle of the bus with his head in his hands slightly shaking. Most of them could not hear what he was muttering, but the ones that are close enough could things from "why" to "they did not deserve that" and "this is all my fault". A mother and her two kids were one the people close enough to the man to hear him but the mother knew that whatever is going on with the man does not concern her so she ignores him but her kids were looking at the man with curiosity. "What's wrong with him mommy?" a little girl asks her mother, "I don't know sweetie but it's none of our business". The mother told her daughter but she didn't notice her son walking to the man until it was too late. The little boy tapped on the man's shoulder and was rewarded with the man slightly jump but still keeping his cool "Hey mister are you ok?" they look at each other for a couple of seconds until the mother finally got up from her seat. "Josh! Leave the man alone, I'm so sorry sir my son knows not to talk to strangers". The man had to take a moment to get himself together "Oh uh, it's ok miss no harm trying to help someone that's having a bad day". Josh sits next to the man making the mother also next to him, not trusting the stranger enough to leave her son alone with him. "Do you want to talk about it" Josh asks the man not knowing that some people don't want to talk about their problem to strangers and in this cause a little kid, but the man just smiled at josh "No it's ok i'm just really tired and want to go home". The mother notices luggage near the man and had to ask "were you traveling?", "Ya they were really long flights". Josh asks "Where'd you go, is it cool, how long did you stay there". "Josh! It's not polite asking him about his vacation", chuckling the man correct the mother "No miss it wasn't a vacation i was in Afghanistan".There was a moment of silence where no one talked until the mother very surprised asks "You're in the army?" "Well close but i'm in the Navy". She was gonna ask another question until she feels a tugging at her shirt sleeve, she looks and notices her daughter rubbing her eyes "Mommy i'm tired". Picking her daughter up and putting her on her lap making sure she was comfortable "I know sweetie we'll be home soon". She look to the man that had a smile on his face "How old is she?" "4 years old" she tells him, then josh added "Im 6!". The man look at josh "Then that means your the big brother, and the big brother always have to protect his little sister, no matter what". The mother looks at him surprised on how serious he was "Do you have any sisters?", the man looks at her funnily "Yeah i have ten sisters". Getting over her shock and not knowing that when the bus stopped that it was time to leave, "Ok kids time to go home" getting up she looks one last time at the man "Nice meeting you uh, sorry i never asked for your name", the man waited a few seconds until sticking his hand out for a handshake "My name is Lincoln".