The Story Of Eugene 🎵

Chapter 5

The first stop was California, a five-hour flight. They arrived in LA, it was 2 in the morning.

Eugene got off the plane and stretched out, he was a little weary in the legs. Lucky tugged on Eugene's legs, signaling Eugene to carry him. Eugene picked him up and rolled Lucky's cello behind him. Before Eugene could walk any further, airport staff told Eugene that he needed to check in Lucky's cello. Eugene then explains to the staff why he didn't in the first place, the staff promised to take good care of the instrument. "What are they doing with my cewwo?", asked Lucky. "They're just checking it in, bud.", Eugene replied. The bright side is it's was less weight on Eugene.

It was about 3 hours till their next flight. Everyone got together and walked to the next gate. Dimitri was following behind Eugene. "Looks like you got your hands full!", he said in a humorous manner, Eugene chuckled. About 10 minutes later, they got to the next gate, the plane to Brisbane, Australia.

"Alright, everyone! Our plane doesn't get here till 5 AM!", Scott announced. "It's 2:15 now, you can get food, use the bathroom, stay here, do what you need to do. Be back at the gate by 4, we board at 4:30!". Mostly, everyone left the gate. Eugene turned to Lucky and asked, "Are you hungry?". Lucky nodded, and then he pointed to the restroom. "Oh! You need to use the bathroom as well?", asked Eugene. Lucky nodded again. "Are you gonna eat, Eugene?", Scott asked. "Yeah, I'm just negotiating with my son.", said Eugene. "We're gonna use the bathroom and go find a place to eat.". "You know what, I need to use the bathroom too.", said Scott. "How about we go together. There's a coffee shop not too far from here.". Lucky's tail wagged.

After using the bathroom, Eugene and Scott walked together. They arrived at the coffee shop — Eugene got a vanilla iced coffee, a wrap, and a donut, Lucky got a smoothie and a donut, and Scott just got coffee. Eugene, Scott, and Lucky sat together at a table. "If you don't mind me asking, what made you adopt Lucky?", asked Scott. Eugene didn't respond. "If you don't feel comfortable answering, that's fine too.". "Nonono, it's not that.", Eugene responded, "I rarely get asked that.". Eugene took some time to think. "I just wanted to have a kid...", Eugene said, "I know that reason may seem blunt but...this poor kid...". Scott was a little confused. "Also, I'm not a fan of relationships.", said Eugene. "Now that I understand", said Scott

"From when I was born to this very day, I still refuse to get in a relationship with someone.", Eugene explains, "For me, I feel like it's difficult to hold a relationship like that.". Scott nodded. "One day, I was walking and I saw a flyer about this adoption center.", Eugene explains, "Out of curiosity, I visited. And that's when I met Lucky. This poor kiddo had terrible biological parents and I couldn't help myself but take care of him.".

"What did his parents...", before Scott finished, Eugene cut him off saying, "They were drug dealers.". "What?!", Scott exclaimed. "I'm dead serious.", Eugene said in a stern tone. "I bet you $100 you go over to that adoption center and ask them about Lucky's parents and ain't one bit of that story is nice!". Lucky caught on to Eugene and Scott's conversation and then showed a scar that he had on his ear. "Where did that scar come from?", asked Scott. "They hit me with a gwass bottle.", Lucky said. Scott looked at Lucky with a shocked face. "Well... there you go.", said Eugene. "Sheesh, that scar looks gruesome.". Dimitri was standing at the end of the table, Eugene, Scott, and Lucky all got startled. "The poor kid's a trooper.", said Eugene. "How long were you standing there for?", asked Scott. "When Lucky showed his scar.", said Dimitri. It was silent for a few seconds. "Let's just keep this conversation between the four of us.", said Eugene. "Agreed.", said Dimitri.

Eugene looked at his phone for the time, it read "3:30 AM". "We have half an hour.", said Eugene, "What do you guys wanna do?". "I don't know.", said Scott. "I think I'm just gonna head back to the gate.". "Same.", Eugene responded.

On the way back, Eugene and Lucky bought a few snacks for themselves.

A few minutes before 4, the gate started to fill up. A half an hour later, people started to board. Eugene, Lucky, and Dimitri got first-class seats again. Dimitri was in the middle-row seat next to Lucky. Scott was in front of Eugene. "You guys ready?", he asked. "Yeah!", said Lucky and Dimitri. "I'm not.", Eugene chuckled. "Lucky can handle long flights better than I can.". They all laughed. "You can do it, Eugene.", said Scott.

Then off they were to Brisbane...