//------------------------------// // chapter 6: Holidays // Story: Good Night Luna // by Scribe Scribbles //------------------------------// I woke up another day to find Luna staring out the window at the Moon. Today was Easter Day and my parents were coming over which meant. Luna had stay locked in my room and not make a sound. She hated it and so did I. I didn't like it when my parents came over. I could mind having my brother 'cause Julli was always there to be the distraction. My parents brought another little gift. This time it was a turtle magnet. Every gift they brought was always turtle themed. They're my favorite animal. "Do you like it?" My mom asked anxiously. "I love it." I walked into the kitchen, pulled out a shoe box from on top the fridge. The box had all of the gifts mom had ever given me. "So.. What are your plans for today?" My parents always came over for every holiday (except Valentines). "Nothing. I'm stayin' home. And you?" "Well we wanted to do whatever you wanted." "You always." "Well you never want to do what we want to do." My dad spoke from the counter. "Because everything you guys want to do with me involve a lot of annoying time together." "LT don't push us away. We're for you." "I know that. I'm fine. I'm not going to kill myself!" I tried get comfortable for the next hour, but it's hard when your parents are - not just sitting next to you - but sitting on either side of you. We watched the Big Bang Theory. My dad didn't like it, he wanted to watch sports. I didn't like sports. Never understood them completely. The BBT shows ended and now I channel surfing. "Oo. Lakers vs the Packers is on." My dad pointed to the channel 144 on the guide. Then - as if sign from god - somebody knocked on the door. "Oh thank god-IT'S OPEN!" I yelled getting up off the couch. To my joy, Julli was the first one to walk in the house, well run in. "Unca! Unca! Unca! Where's Luna!?" "Aay. You're here?" "She wouldn't stop yelling until we "Visited Luna" so here we are. Happy to see me?" "Yes! You distract Mom and Dad. I have to show Julli something. Come on up the stairs. John.. Distract them!" I hurried up the stairs after Julli who was waiting impatiently at the door. I walked up to the door and kicked it. There was the sound of the door being unlocked and the door slowly swayed opened with a faint blue glow. "Lu-" She was about to finish it, but I didn't want any more attention than my brothers. We quickly got in the and shut the door. Luna levitated a little box from under the bed. I went out one day and bought some thread, a few needles, some other supplies. Julli grasped the box and opened it to find a little Luna key-chain doll. "A stuffed doll of your favorite pony made by your favorite pony." "I abthoutly love it!" She picked up Luna and hugged her. This time she didn't choke her and Luna was able to hug her back. We couldn't stay in my to long so I let Julli say the rest of her 'thank you' and then brought her out and locked the door. "Now Julli if anybody asks, I gave it to you." "OK." "And talk about Luna so much. OK?" "OK" We walked down the stairs and rejoined the family. "Where's Rebecca?" I asked looking around for her. "She got called into work. It's just us." "Damn!" "What's with you and my wife?" "She's better than you." "In what way!?" "How about we sit down and watch some TV. Hmm!" Mom said with a hiss. We sat down and watched some Elementary. We then got into long conversation about the little Luna doll and then went hunting for eggs. Halloween came and went. I set up all kinds of Halloween decorations. I didn't bother to have Luna hind, the kids would think she was just some cardboard stand-up or something. Kids in costumes would come and get some candy. They never even acknowledged anything past the candy. The hardest part was trying to keep Luna from eating all the Milky Way, Dark sides. Thanks Giving is coming up and this time the whole family is coming. We usually have Thanks Giving at either mine or my brothers place because ours are the two biggest houses. I went into my storage room and pulled out two hand-carved wooden legs that I made. I moved the couch and the chairs against the wall and Luna levitated the coffee table over to the side as well. I pulled out ten tiny chairs and placed them around it. I also unscrewed the glass top to the coffee table and placed a wooden table top in its place. I couldn't trust the kids with the glass table top 'cause it would just shatter in a million pieces. I had Luna help me bring in the large table top for the grown-ups table. She's been practicing a lot more on her levitating skills. We connected the table top to the legs and laid out the cloth, plates, utensils and chairs. The first people to arrive were my two favorite cousins Ceci and Gabbi. They were from the Spanish side of the family. Their parents would be staying with my brother. My grandma and grandpa from my moms side would be staying with my parents. Ceci was average height and weight while Gabbi was little shorter and a little more plump. They were pretty nice cousins. After a while the rest of the family showed up. Both grandmas, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandpa, and everybody else. My friend Hunter showed up as well. We all sat down at the table and began the feast. My brother carved the turkey and my grandpa devoured the mashed potatoes and gravy. Hunter was our musical entertainment for the night. Julli and I were able to visit Luna once and gave her some food. My Birthday came today or as Jaden calls it: Birthaversary, because you're celebrating the anniversary of your Birthday. Jaden is friend from high school that's still somewhat close. I got a lot of cards, some money, some iTunes cards and a hand-me-down iPad from my aunt (The one with the 'special' cousin). Luna was a bit flustered that I didn't tell her it was my Birthday. After few days Ceci and Gabbi went home. Luna was always so happy and so relieved when ever people left 'cause then she could finally be free to walk around the house. The big one was coming up. That's right, Christmas. Luna wasn't able to help me with outside decorations, but I let her decorate the inside. That was the most festive the inside of my house has ever looked. It looked like the inside of the store from the movie elf (minus the stuff hanging from the ceiling). My brother kept sending me pictures of an elk he shot at hunting camp saying. 'Look what you missed out on.'. He had a way of getting under skin, even without trying (or realizing). Speaking of my brother, he was going to be staying with us (Luna and me). He and his family live in South Dakota. As usual, Julli came bursting through the door. John and Rebecca went up stairs and put their stuff in one of the guest bedrooms. I let Julli get her stuff together. She ran up the stairs and then ran right back down and tugged on my shirt. "Daddies twyin to get in your room." I silently crept up the stairs and spotted my brother trying to use a special kind key used to unlock a door from the other side. I tip-toed my way over while he was distracted and snatched the key out of his hands. "What are you doing!" I said putting the key in my pocket. "Why is your door always lock whenever anybody comes over?" "It's not always locked. I never lock it when Julli's here." "But she is here." "with you!" "Could you just open the door." "Why?" "Please open the door?" Rebecca slipped a hand over my shoulder. She always had a way of reading my mind in what I actually meant when I'd say encrypted things. "Sorry. He's still here." "Johny, do you really need to know what's inside his room?" "Yeah, Johny." Rebecca slapped me. John didn't want to continue the conversation and walked off down the stairs. Rebecca looked back at me with her 'naughty boy' look. "no." "Ooooh." She said in a sexily annoying tone and then walked off. "what was that about?" Julli stood next to me trying to ponder what just happened. "when you're older." I turned around and kicked the door. Luna opened the door and stared at me. "What are talking about? What did Rebecca do?" Luna knew who all the members of my family were. She stared at me with an interested look. "No." I closed the door behind me. There was a faint but very noticeable sound coming from John trying to open the door. "John." I spoke up. "Lane open the door! I heard someone else in there!" "Well congrats!" Luna and Julli talked to pass the time until John got called down by Rebecca. We walked out and went down stairs. John was waiting for me in the kitchen. The conversation that followed wasn't any more pleasant. Christmas came two days later and my parents came over, in fact, most of the family showed up. As usual. There was the annual gift giving. I got all kinds of things. Mostly stuff that I just tossed in a box and forgot about. After my brother, Rebecca and Julli left, I went up to give Luna her present. It was late, but still Christmas. When she opened the box, her smile vanished and turned into a 'are you kidding me' look. "Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs." Luna didn't laugh, but I could barely contain my laughter after saying that. "I'm not Elsa!" "No. It's for when you feel alone." "How is this suppose to make me feel better?" "Use your imagination!" Luna eventually warmed up to him. Ha warmed up. It was eight-thirty and as usual, Luna was fast asleep. I never understood how the 'Princess of the night' is always so sleepy. Unless she's always like this in MLP. I crawled into bed and Luna snuggled closer with the Olaf doll squeezed in her hooves. It was absolutely adorable. She nuzzled her head against Olaf. "Goodnight dad. *yuan* I love you." "Good Night Luna. I love you too."