It had been days and Luke had noticed that it was the 25 of december, Christmas Day. Luke observed everything around him and saw that know one was around and he came to the obvious conclusion that everyone was in their homes...with their family. The thought of him not having anyone to spend this joyful day with did not bother him anymore. He had been on his own for years and honestly he was curious on how he wasn't already dead.
He was sure that his main source of energy had left him.
He ran away from home at a young age and left behind his family.
There was nothing for him left in this world to look forward to.
And most importantly he thought that the newly light of his day was leaving him. But he didn't know why he worried about this little boy so much when he had been on his own without anyone for years.
" I guess i'm all alone....again" He said to himself.
It was the end of the day and no one was there with him...he was by himself as usual.
On this day of cheer and joyfulness became sadness and despair. As these emotions came pouring out so did the tears in his eyes. Being a man he had to be strong, but he just had to let out 12 years of bloody emotions.
That's when he came back to reality and realized he had been living homeless for 12 years of his life. He felt pity for himself and the life that he chose.
As Luke was sitting crying his eyes out he started to hear something closely approaching him. But he kept crying because he thought that it was probably just some carolers singing near him, but the sound kept getting closer and then quickly he realized it wasn't just some carolers performing near.
" We wish you a merry christmas" Tael sang happily as he approached Luke who was now embarrassed because he was just crying in front of a crowd.
"We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
Oh, bring us some figgy pudding
Oh, bring us some figgy pudding
Oh, bring us some figgy pudding
And bring it right here
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
So bring it right here
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
We all like our figgy pudding
We all like our figgy pudding
We all like our figgy pudding
With all its good cheers
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year" They ended the beautiful song.
Luke looked around at all the people when they all took in a deep breath and screamed,
"Merry Christmas Luke."
He didn't know all these people and he barely knew Taels mom. But they were all here, for him.
Everyone had brought tables and bags full of food. There were also so many presents everywhere.
"You guys didn't have to do this," Luke said from his seat.
"Trust me, we did have to do this because Tael bugged everyone about it for months," Taels mom explained to Luke.
"OH!" He spit out surprised.
They all settled down and got ready to eat in the back of a gas station. Luke was so excited because he hasn't had a home cooked meal in years.
They all grabbed plates and let Luke try everything so that he could see what he liked. This 21 year old man looked like he was ready to eat everything on that table.
Everyone finished eating and now they were all having a conversation about anything that was going on in their lives. Luke didn't really know what they were all talking about so he went to back down on his bucket. Tael looked over and saw the man sitting down isolated from everyone else. He walked over and sat down right next to him.
"What's wrong?" Tael sat down and looked deeply in this man's eyes to see what the problem was.
"Oh, nothing, I just don't know what to talk about with all these people" Luke said while looking at this long table full of people and excess food leftover from dinner.
"That's fine they just all love to talk and forget about everyone else, but I have an idea" The boy said getting up to walk over there to the table.
Tael made his way over to the table and shouted "LETS OPEN PRESENTS!" Everyone immediately got up and brought the big bags of presents over to Luke. They all sat down the presents and said merry christmas and then when they were done they were just staring at Luke.
"Are these all for me?" He asked with a confused look on his face.
"Of course we got them all for you" Tael's Aunt shouted with a big grin on her face.
He started to rip up the presents and the first one that he opened up was from Tael and it was the pacman game that loved to play with so much.
"Thank you so much Tael" he expressed with gratitude.
Tael ran over and gave Luke a hug and sat on his lap while his mom took his picture. The rest of the presents were amazing. He ended up getting a suit and tie, a pair of tennis shoes, a coat, a blanket that said Luke, some snacks, and more.
Hours later...
Everyone had left and it was just Luke and Tael left. The two were just cleaning up so no one would know that this party happened today. Luke then noticed the other gift in his belongings and realized it was the one Tael had given him at the beginning of the month. He then told Tael to come over to his seat so he could open the present.
"You haven't opened it yet?" With a surprised look on his face Tael asked the man.
"No I forgot I still had this in my stuff" He responded.
Luke opened the box and immediately he burst into tears. The box consisted of 1,000 dollars and 10 paperback school books. Luke had forgotten that he had mentioned he wanted to go back to school because he hasn't been in years.
"You didn't have to do this! This is just too much!" He said under his endless sobbing.
"Thank you so much, Tael" He said.
" You're welcome," Tael said while hugging the man tightly.
This was the first time in years that this man himself had felt so.......
Loved
To be continued......