‘That’s Ok, Mom. I’ll be just fine.’ That was the last sentence I could tell my Mom at home, and the last person to contact. Well, everybody seems to have their own plan in facing Christmas, and I will just be alone here in Mesquita. My boyfriend will have another thing to do in Rio as an assignment from his office. He will be off just a day before Christmas.
Christmas is still a month ahead to celebrate but I already feel the smell of it as well as the emptiness of my feeling. My aunt, my sister, my best friends and even my Mom could not have time to visit me or at least come to Mesquita just for a day. I myself still hesitate if I have to go somewhere probably visiting my co-worker house or friends at the club. I am afraid I will just be such of disturbance for them.
The door bell rings and I just remember that my boyfriend will come to my apartment this hour round. When I open the door, he smiles at me and stares at my eyes so deeply. I am always happy to see those eyes. They give me warmth and strength to be strong. But not this time; I am feeling so gloomy and I know he feels it.
Getting inside my room, he asks me to close my eyes and raise my hands to accept something from him. Wow, he is giving me a surprise; that is why I saw both of his hands look hiding something behind his back. Alright, I am closing my eyes and guessing what the surprise would be. I am puzzled. I feel a small piece of metal just like a piece of name tag or something similar. And when I open my eyes, I focus on my hand and it is a metal pendant with a word in it – a name is more appropriate. It says “Puppy”. A Puppy? I then move my eyes to find out what he means by his eyes when I see him lifting a very cute little puppy by his two hands over his chest. Oh My! It is a real puppy with very soft white fur with a spot on his back! I love it! I really love to see little puppy and be willing to have one someday. And today, my boyfriend gives me the cutest puppy I have ever seen in my life. Gee! Thanks honey. You know what I need this time, and this coming lonely Christmas.
Yes, he apparently knows what I need to enjoy Christmas. Though I will be lonely in the apartment, but I have now got a friend, a friend that I have been dreaming of…