A few days had passed, and finally, Christmas came! Desire was nervous about having Kit and Nicholas come over, but she was trying to tell herself both of them were her friends- and both of them should have a good Christmas celebration, while she knew her mother and Janine coming over were basically regular when it comes to Christmas celebration's, she still attempted to tidy up the house as much as she could while she also invited Erica the mother whom Nicholas had encountered one year for Christmas, thinking it would help boost Nicholas's spirits, all the while wondering if Vincent would discover the fact Nicholas was the "Santa" that he had encountered, but she tried not to dwell on it.
Soon enough the visualization showed that of Desire's home decorated with mainly homemade Christmas decorations it seemed, while Vincent's presents were underneath a decorated but small Christmas tree- as Desire came into view dusting up some ornament that was resting on a coffee table, with Vincent seen sititng down on the couch staring towards the presents with eager looking eyes.
Vincent at the time was wearing a long-sleeved blue t-shirt and dark blue jeans with black sneakers; while Desire meanwhile was seen wearing a black looking thin jacket on, while she had a pink undershirt and dark blue jeans with white sneakers, but this didn't seem to concern either of them, as Desire took notice of Vincent staring towards his gifts.
"You know you're not going to be able to open up the presents until a little bit AFTER the guests get here right honey?" Desire asked looking over at him with Vincent nodding, as he added.
"I know, but if I try hard enough- maybe I'll develop X-ray vision." And with this Desire began to chuckle a bit, as she added.
"Oh really?" And with this Vincent nodded.
"Reallllllly.." He muttered continuing to stare, as Desire giggled before the two of them soon overheard the sound of the doorbell ringing causing them to both look over, as Desire nodded and soon added
"I got it ..just ...keep looking at your gifts don't wanna break your focus right?" And with this Vincent nodded, all the while Desire approached the door leading outside and unlocked it before opening it up to reveal Janine and an unfamiliar yet familiar to Desire woman!
Desire knew it was her mother, appearing to be in her late sixties or so- with white skin and grey short hair that was somewhat curly; Desire's mother was revealed to be wearing a long black coat that was buttoned up (due to the snow outside) along with dark blue jeans and black boots, as well as white earmuffs on her ears and a white scarf around her neck, she had glasses on her eyes indicating she had a seeing problem and appeared somewhat smaller then Desire and Janine but this didn't seem to concern either of the two, as Desire smiled and reached out her hands hugging her mother as she said.
"Mom! so glad you could come!" And with this, her mother nodded hugging her back, as she added.
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The Homeless Santa
Short StoryDesire Brown is a single mom struggling to make ends meet, and the holidays are right around the corner; fearing that her son will not get the holiday he deserves, she has tried everything shelter's, begging for help, asking friends; nobody can give...