The Story Of Eugene 🎵

Chapter 3

It was Eugene's 24th Birthday.

Eugene again, woke up with Lucky on top of him, singing Happy Birthday. He wrapped his arms around Lucky, "Aww, thanks buddy.", Eugene said. Eugene got off from teaching that day so he had the whole day to himself. "Are you ready to go to Brisbane?", asked Eugene. "Yeah!", cheered Lucky. "Do you have all of your stuffed packed?", asked Eugene. Lucky brought out his small cello and his bag with his belongings. "Good!", said Eugene. Scott said it was okay for Eugene to bring Lucky along, as long as Eugene paid for the extra ticket.

Eugene was flooded with birthday messages, from his old college friends, orchestra members, his family, everyone. He even got some birthday cards in the mail. Eugene and Lucky went out to their favorite sushi restaurant, and went to the ice cream shop afterward, where he was greeted happy birthday by the employees. Eugene knew the employees at the ice cream shop very well. Because of the celebration, Eugene and Lucky both got ice cream for free. Eugene came home with a package on his door, it was from the music center where he teaches. There was a note attached to it, "To Eugene, have a safe trip and a happy birthday! From, Dan and Miles". Dan Shepherds and Miles Dachshund are the ones who run the music center. Inside the package was a piccolo, 3 sets of high-quality cello strings, and some music he can look at.

Eugene remembered that he had to leave earlier than the planned time to the concert hall. Eugene loaded up the bags and drove to the music center. When Eugene arrived at the music center, there were a lot more cars than usual and he found a couple of familiar vehicles in the parking lot, one of them being a Black Chevy Tahoe; Eugene only knows one person who drives a Black Tahoe.

Eugene and Lucky went inside the concert hall, it was dead silent; it was so quiet he could hear his own heart beating. "Hmm, that's odd.", Eugene said to himself. Then, Eugene looked back on Scott's words, saying that he had something "special" for him when he comes. Eugene couldn't be early because almost every parking space was filled. Eugene nervously opened the auditorium doors... pitch black. Eugene's heart started to beat a little quicker. He took one more step....

"SURPRISE!!"

Eugene and Lucky were so startled they stumbled back and fell on their bottoms. There was so much going on at once and the noise level for Eugene was through the roof; he took a minute to process where he was and what was happening, then he realized it was a surprise party. Eugene was flooded with people greeting him. "Oh my god! Thank you guys so much!", Eugene said. "I... I don't know what to say!". Then, Jr was walking up to him. Eugene ran over to him to give him a hug, Jr hugged him back. "Happy birthday buddy!", said Jr. "Thanks, bro!", said Eugene. "Look who I brought.", said Jr, pointing to two recognizable men. "David? Steve?!", exclaimed Eugene. David and Steve were good friends of Eugene from the military. Eugene hugged them both. "Oh my god! I haven't seen you guys in forever!!", said Eugene. "We missed you too, Eugene!", said Steve. "How's life?", asked David. "Life's good!", Eugene responded. "We have a present for you, Eugene.", said Steve, handing him a case that is recognizable to Eugene. "This is Jimmy's.", said Eugene. "That's right, Jimmy's trumpet.", said David. Jimmy was another good friend of Eugene's from the military band. "He wanted you to have his instrument.", said David. "He came down with stage 2 of the C word.", said Jr. Eugene's jaw dropped. "We don't know how much time he has left, but he is under treatment.", said Steve. Eugene was on the verge of crying, he put his hands over his mouth. Eugene put the case down and hugged Jr.

After some time, everyone partied for a bit, sang Happy Birthday, and opened some gifts and some cards. The last card was from Lucky, he opened the card to see a drawing of JR, him, and Lucky all together. Tears pouring down Eugene's eyes, he hugged his pup tight, "I love you so much!", Eugene said while the pup was in his arms.

After some time, the party was over, and it was almost time to leave for the airport. Eugene gave Jr one last hug, "Thank you for everything, Jr!", said Eugene, with some tears in his eyes. "Anytime, happy birthday buddy.", Jr replied. They hugged for a solid minute, then they broke the hug. Jr saluted Eugene and said, "Have a safe trip.". "Thank you, Jr.", Eugene replied and saluted back.

There were 3 buses waiting, Eugene and a few others were helping with luggage. After he was finished loading, everyone boarded the buses. The buses were leaving, and Eugene and Lucky waved goodbye through the window to Jr. He waved back.

This was the best birthday Eugene ever had.