It was the next day and the man was still outside where he was just yesterday. This man was still very excited yet upset about the money he received yesterday. He thought to himself what would happen if he saw the boy again. And he declared that he would give the dollar back to the little boy if he ever saw him again.
It was almost lunchtime when the man would take his annual search through the trash for his next meal when someone tapped him. The first thought he had was that a police officer was here to arrest him for trespassing. The second was that the owner was here and was ready to yell at him for digging through the trash. To his surprise it was the same boy he had met yesterday. The man stumbled to his pockets to bring out the dollar the boy had given him. But he looked down and saw the boy had something in his hand.
"Hey mister I'm back and guess what I've brought!" Tael shouted for everyone to hear him.
He held up a clear bag with lots of food, snacks, drinks, and a dollar on the side. The man knew he couldn't take this again so he tried to babble on about how he still can't take things from a child but of course this determined 7 year old wasn't taking no for an answer.
" You can't do this again today sir my mom told me we had some food leftover so I just thought to bring them over to you" Tael told the man.
"You don't always have to refuse you know even if it's from a kid. I may be small but I know how to help people out any time and day " He explained.
"Yes little boy but I really don't like to take things from children especially ones that I do not know" The man told Tael.
"Well then don't think about me as a kid think of me as your friend" Tael said.
" What's your name so we can really be friends?" He said.
"Umm my name is.....errr...ummmmm.....I don't remember and I don't think I should really be friends with you" the man expressed sadly.
" Ok, that's fine I will give you a name...ummmmmm...LUKE!!!" Tael exclaimed.
"How old are you?" He questioned.
"20" Luke told the boy.
The man now named Luke was looking at this boy wondering who raised him not quit on things. He wanted to badly give all this stuff back to the boy but with every time he tried the boy replied with a loud "NO TAKE-BACKS". But at least now he has someone to talk to and even though he may not feels so good about it he just lucky to have someone.
Tael and Luke talked for a good amount of time this day. Luke asked Tael about his school work and how he's doing in school. They went on for a couple more hours talking and shoving chips in their mouth and chugging sprite.
" Ok I have to go home my mom is calling me to go back" Tael said.
"Goodbye" Luke said.
" Remember I'm going to be coming back here everyday, goodbye" he shouted from across the street.
With a smile on his face the boy skipped on off to his mothers car to take his leave. And it was like that Luke's newly friend had left him for the day. He was extremely glad to have a distraction of what his life was really like on the outside and in the inside he just hoped everyday that he would get lucky and make it off the streets.
It was now the end of the day and Luke had went to sleep behind a gas station and Tael had went to bed at home. They had both went to sleep peacefully dreaming of the next day they would have together as new friends.
.................To be continued