Let me give you the scoop of what an Aussie Christmas is like! During your cold winter for Christmas, we have it in summer that means we have prawns for Christmas lunch, have water gun fights and the usual Santa Clause knocking on your doorstep. Though he's probably touring Australia in a Hawaiian shirt and singing our Jingle bells,
"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride on a rusty holden Ute!" Ariels dad sings out as he mows the dried-out lawn trying to keep the merry spirits up even though his own daughter won't talk to her at the dinner table.
Inside the house Tommy is making paper snowflake chains for the inside of the house for the Christmas party. All the other decorations she made were all lined up neatly with things like Christmas crackers, a ranged of water guns (provided by the 18's and over basketball team that Ariels Dad coaches.), and about 50 crocheted coasters that she crocheted over the year.
Bring! Bring!
Tommy jolts her head up "Is that my phone? Probably, lets see where did I put it?" She searches over the table then she remembers that she used a recipe on it for making the fruit cake.
"Now... where is it?" she asks herself then she spots it "HA! There you are!" she picks up the phone and presses the green phone button, for some reason there was a tense almost pressured feeling when clicking the phone.
Before she could answer the other person on the phone called out
"Hey mum... How are you? Hehe."
It was PETER! On the other side of the phone.
"My baby! Oh it's so good to hear your voice again, I've almost forgotten it." Tommy rushes her voice telling him what has happened to her over the past years.
"Hey mum," Peter stops her for a second "Is Ariel there"
Then the room goes dark in mood and Tommy lowers her shoulders
"Well, Ariel is here but something happed... I'll give the phone to her just a second."
Tommy puts her hand over the phone and slowly walks up to the stairs. She stares at them and then she braces herself for the worst. At the last step she turns to Ariels room and walks over, and wraps her hand on the door handle, breaths one last breath and then opens the door.
"There's a call from Peter" She softly announces to Ariel
"NO MUM!" She snaps then she pauses and processes the words. "Wait who sorry?" Ariel asks
"Pet-" Before she could continue her sentence Ariel rushes to the phone and grabs it "never mind" Tommy sighs
"PETER IS THAT REALLY YOU!" Ariel shouts down the phone coming loud and clear out the other side.
"YES, IT IS!" Peter shouts down back the phone excitedly
NO WAY This is really happening!
After what feels like hours of them talking Peter then finaly cuts the conversation saying "Hey Ariel! Can I share some awesome news?" Ariel says yes and then she squeals, tommy rushes up to Ariels room.
"IS EVERYTHING OKAY!?"
Ariel nods so fast it looks like her head isn't even on her head "Peter is coming over for Christmas!"
"Well I've got to go! Make sure to be there for me okay? Peter says
"Okay I will!"
The phone hangs up and she runs outside and hugs her dad
"Peter is coming home dad!"
Her dad cries and hugs her tight. Her mum rushes over and makes a group hug. To become a true group hug they need peter and they are all waiting for that day to come.
As a family.
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RomanceThis is an original story by ME!! If you find similarities in any other story, film, or media that is a coincidence. I'm also trying to find my audience or see if this will get to an audience! If you read this and enjoy it that means the world to me...
