It was Christmas time! Me and my mum had been decorating the Christmas tree and we had placed all the presents underneath it. After that, she started to prepare her Christmas dinner already while me and my dad were playing a board game, Stratego.
" Daaad? "
" Yes, dear? "
" Do we have a Playstation? "
" Yes, why? "
" We do? Really? " I shouted.
" Yes, I used to play games on the Playstation 1 when I was younger "
" What kind of games did you play? "
" Tomb Raider " he said.
" Can I play them too? " I asked.
" I'll show you the game when I have won this one "
" You mean when you have lost this one? "
" Yeah, no "
My dad won indeed and then he went upstairs to get the Playstation 1 and the Tomb Raider games. I was excited as I had never heard about these games yet and I had never seen my dad playing videogames.
He installed the Playstation 1 and put the game into it. Then he turned on the tv and he went to sit down in the sofa, next to me.
" I'm gonna play Tomb Raider 1 now, the character you have to control is Lara Croft "
" Oh, intresting " I said, focussing on the screen.
" She has to find treasures in different places whilst defeating her enemy and killing weird creatures and animals and gods and stuff " he explained.
" Sounds good " and then the game began. My dad was having fun, you could see that in his eyes. He enjoyed walking to the snow, killing bats and wolves, jumping from place to place and calling Lara a bitch when she didn't do as my dad asked her to do via the controls.
" Lara has Always been a bitch, when you tell her to jump, most of the time she just doesn't jump and falls to death " he laughed.
" I think that Playstation is just old " I said, laughing together with him.
" Nah, it's the same problem in the games on the Playstation 2 too " he said.
" Do we have a Playstation 2 too? " I shouted of excitement.
" Yeah " he said, still focussing on killing the wolves and not getting hurt by a bear, which just jumped in front of Lara Croft.
" Sometimes I wish life was a game, Clara, then you could just reset it when something goes wrong " my dad said. And what he said made me think. He was right.
" Okay, do you get how to control it? " he asked, pausing the game.
" Yes "
" Here, it's your turn, I'm gonna help your mother " he winked at me, handed over the controller and went to the kitchen. I started playing and it was harder than I thought but I liked the game. The graphics sucked for living in 2015 but for the people who bought the game in 1996, the graphics must've been awesome.
The thing I didn't get was how long she was able to hold her breath under water. She could hold it like almost two minutes!
After an hour of playing, my mum called my name and said it was dinner time so I went to the kitchen and we ate together. It was really cosy and both my parents were smiling.
" Mum, this is delicious " I said. She had cooked delicious indeed!
" Your daughter is right! " my dad joined my opinion.
" Thank you, Sweethearts "
After dinner it was time for some presents! We went to the living room and sat around the Christmas tree, which was beautifully decorated. There weren't a lot of presents. I could count like 5 presents.
" Clara, you first, here, you know what's in it, it's exactly what you asked for " my mum handed a giant package over to me and I opened it immediately. It was the DJ set I asked for. I got excited. I finally got the chance to make my own music and it would be lots easier with this DJ set. I hugged my mum and dad and told them this was an amazing present!
" Okay, daddy, your turn! " I said, winking at my mum as she took my dad's present and handed it over to him.
" Oh thank you, dear, but I told you not to - " my mum interrupted him: " but you deserved something " she smiled.
My dad opened it and his eyes started to sparkle.
" Oh my, this is amazing! Thank you so much " he looked at his new tablet with joy in his eyes. Me and my mum paid for it and we knew he would be happy with it.
My dad handed two presents over to my mum and she opened them. He bought her a beautiful golden watch, which sparkled when you held it in the light.
In the other package was a beautiful dress, one my mum had seen in a store called Mayerline. She had told him she fell in love with it but she hadn't the money to buy it so my dad bought it.
My mum gave my dad a cheek kiss and they hugged. I smiled.
" Clara, there is one more thing " my dad got up and took the last present from underneath the tree.
" We want you to know that it took a long time for us to make this decision but we do this because we love you and we want you to be happy " he handed over the present and I opened it. It was a tenue. A football tenue. It was green and on the sides there were white diagonal stripes. My number was 10 and that was in white too. The shorts were also white.
I couldn't stop looking at this because I knew what it meant: they have decided to let me play soccer.
" Omg thank you so much, you are the best parents " I jumped up, still holding my shirt and I hugged them both so tightly.
" This means that - " they interrupted me: " yes we have decided to let you play soccer in the best team of the region "
I never knew this new life of mine would start so great.
