Christmas dreams

Quiet life

Boston

It's a quiet place, so much history, culture and incredible views. It's some of the many reasons I choice to move here. I'm originally from England, I moved to New York to become a writer, when everything got crazy I wanted to find somewhere quiet to live. Out of the hussle and bussle of a city and somewhere rural and pretty.

Boston was one of the first places I visited, and I fell in love. It's just so amazing here, especially in the autumn. I've lived here now for 4 months and I don't regret my decision at all. My grandmother is actually originally from Boston so it feels right to be here. It's a Sunday afternoon and I'm sat on a bench, in my local park with my beautiful husky Lilo. I'm reading my current favourite book and the sun is shining, the leaves are falling and everything is perfect.

As I'm just getting to the juicy part of my book, I see a little boy standing in front of me.
"Hello"
"Hi"
"Are you okay?"
He nods "are you lost?"
He shakes his head "okay, where are your mummy and daddy?"
"My mummy died when I was born and my daddy is over there"
"Oh......ok"
"I wanted to know if I could stroke your doggy"
"Oh.....of course. Her name is Lilo"

"Like from Lilo and Stitch?"
I laugh "yeah. I'm a huge Disney fan"
"So is my daddy and me"
He kneels down and starts to gently stroke Lilos fur. She is loving the attention and happily laps up all the fuss. I look up and see a very tall man approaching us, he has an impressive beard and is wearing sun glasses. He looks very handsome but also slightly angry.

"Luca what have I told you. Don't run off like that"
"I'm sorry daddy. I saw the doggy and I wanted to pet her"
His father kneels next to him and takes his hands.
"I understand that mate but you can't run away. I thought I'd lost you"
"I'm sorry daddy"
"It's okay"
His father looks at me and smiles "I'm sorry for him bothering you"

"Oh no it's fine. I don't mind at all"
"Daddy. The doggy's name is Lilo. Like from Lilo and Stitch"
"That's pretty cool dude"
He sticks his hand out to me and I take it shaking it "I'm Chris and this is Luca"
"It's nice to meet you both I'm Mia"
"Mia is a pretty name"
"Well thank you Luca. Your name is pretty awesome too"
"Your very pretty too Mia"
"Well aren't you quiet the charmer"

He nods "I'm like daddy"
I can't help but laugh, Chris looks over and rolls his eyes.
"Yeah thanks Luca. Anyway bud we gotta go"
"No daddy please"
"I'm sorry mate. I've gotta drop you off at grandmas, daddy's got some work to do"
Luca looks up at me and give me a sad smile.
He takes Chris's hand and waves at me.
"Bye Luca it was lovely to meet you"
"And you Mia"

"Thanks again"
"No problem. It was nice to meet you Chris"
"And you"
Before they walk away I shout over "Luca?"
He turns "if at anytime you see us in the park, you are more then welcome to come and play with Lilo. As long as your dad is okay with it"
"Really?"
"Yeah. She likes you"

He runs over to me and wraps his little arms around my neck. Squeezing me tight, I look over to Chris and I can see him looking shocked.
"Thank you Mia"
"Your welcome little man"
He runs back to his daddy and waves at me again. He was such a cute little boy and I hope I do see them again.