A Christmas Story

A Short story about a boy who runs away from their family on christmas day because he doesn't like how they judge hum, but in his small journey he realizes the wrong he did

On the night of Christmas eve Edwin couldn't sleep, he had a fight with his mother and father because they always judge him about the things he does and he doesn't like that, in other words, he hated that.

I hate all of these people he thought

I want to get away from them as soon as I can

So he had the idea of leaving home on Christmas day so it could hurt his parents about what they had done to him.

''I'll get my stuff ready and leave tomorrow at 5 AM'' he said 

He packed everything that he needed and left everything ready to leave, so after he was done with that he went to sleep, eagerly waiting for 5 AM.

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It was already 5 AM and he dressed up,grabbed his stuff and went out of his room and slowly walked through the house to leave, he open the front door and close it slowly so nobody could hear him. He went to the nearest bus station that was close to the house and eagerly waited for the bus and for his luck, a bus was already coming so he got on it and off he went to the Downtown of the city.

After 30 min of traveling, he finally got to the destination and to his surprise, Downtown was a ghost town! There weren't people walking and nothing everyone was at home, not even a single ghost or human walking,everything was really lonely and he was alone now.

The only thing he could hear were the shouts and the laughter of the houses where they were celebrating Christmas. Home from home he went and watch with sadness how everyone of them was really happy and he couldn't stop the feeling that he did the wrong, he wanted to put aside that feeling, but he couldn't, he knew what he had done and he wanted to fix it.

''Go back home'' He said

But there was a problem, how in the world would he get home if there weren't any buses at that time and he had no idea how to get home!

Sadness wash through his face and the feeling of being alone and not be able to do anything else was beginning to bother him until he remembered something his father told him once:

''When you are alone and really want to go back home, you can follow the Christmas lights, they guide the humans back to the happiness with their family''

He finally got up and he saw the Christmas lights

''Time to see if dad's story is real' he said, determined to get back home

And soon he ran following the Christmas lights, it was about to be night and he didn't even noticed it

''I need to get before dinner!'' He said, making his pace go faster

Amazingly, It took him 20 minutes to get back home.

He fell to the ground waiting to gain his breath again after the long marathon he just ran

He enters his home, which was surprisingly open and he saw his little sister, Erika, watching the Christmas tree along with hot chocolate and cookies but then she turned and saw him

Throwing everything aside (literally EVERYTHING Aside) she gave him a big hug, he thought he was about to drown from the happiness of her.

Then she hit him on the stomach and said

''I swear, If you ever do that again, I'm going to destroy you Atom by Atom!''

''Happy to see you too'' Edwin said

''Here, take this, I bought it on my way home''

It was one of those fancy chocolate that they sold in the store

Then she hugged him again and said

''Mom and Dad and I were very worried about you, seriously never do that''

And For some reason, Edwin burst into tears He couldn't help it, everything was happening so fast, but at least now he knew what he had to tell his parents

His parents were coming from the front door and when his mother saw him, she burst into tears and started kissing him and hugging him

''Never do that in your life Young man!'' she said crying

''I can't imagine my life without my son''

Then his father came and also hugged him

''At first, I wanted to destroy you, But first we need to talk''

So Edwin and his father went to the living room

Edwin told him everything about his dreams, why he chooses to go, and what he realized

''What did you realize?'' his father said

''I realize that You and mom only wants the best for me, and you know something?''

''What?'' 

''Your story about the Christmas lights is true'' Then Edwin hugged his father for a while.

His mother called everyone to be at the table, it was about to be dinner and Edwin was very hungry.

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They ate and after dinner they went for a walk outside and his father started joking

It felt good being with family

''I guessed this is really the magic of Christmas'' he said

''Being happy with your family''

Reviews

[DoormanDan]

The story is absolutely fantastic. I t kinda reminds me of the first home alone movie. Overall, the story is great. There's no other way to put it!

[Lizardo]

Thank you so much!