extrovert

christmas

this story's dedicated to the walmart squad - every single one of you fools 🤧 

this story is set during the month of november at pine hills high school in leavenworth , washington . i hope you enjoy .

i remember the winters in georgia . they were amazing - fun filled and the memories i made there are priceless 

it was christmas evening in the summers household and the air outside was cold and crisp , smelling of pine and ginger snap cookies .

"gaelin , can you go outside and get some wood for the fire ? " my dad asked me , lighting a pine scented candle .

"gotcha , pops ," i said as i walked down the stairs , having just put on a christmas sweater . i stepped outside onto the back deck and put on my timberlands . i quickly walked down the stairs and to the back of our yard . i went further into the woods when i was confronted by a christmas song . 'rocking around the christmas tree , have a happy holiday !' when i rounded the last tree , there was a circular clearing in the forest where all my family members from states away were gathered around a gigantic pine tree decorated with icicle lights , christmas ornaments and a gold star on top .

"merry christmas , gaelin !" they all shouted in unison . i smiled from ear to ear and hugged all of the family members i hadn't seen in a while . snow or not , christmas would always be christmas .

that was two years ago . i don't know how i'd spend my christmas this year , but i know how i'd be spending the thirdsunday in november . sitting in the shotgun seat of a u-haul truck whilst my dad drove the vehicle through loads of rain . i stared out of the rain covered window and listened to bing crosby's white christmas , silently hoping - wishing - that it was christmas .

"gaelin , i understand you're having a tough time moving on from atlanta , but i promise you , leavenworth won't be bad at all ." he babbled on about how him and my mom were also going through changes , but i simply tuned him out by turning up my music and drifting off to sleep , this time wishing that christmas wouldn't be that bad this year .