Chances Are
Chapter
18
I drove home with the biggest smile on my face. When I got back
home I had to do my best to act like it didn’t happen. I
did not want to see how Ariel would react. I went into my room
and dropped off some stuff. I had to leave in a few minutes to go
to the orphanage I volunteer at every other Saturday. I grabbed
some boxes from our parking garage space and stuck them in my
trunk. They were some old toys me and Ariel had when we were
little and I saw no point in leaving them in boxes when someone
else would like them more. I drove to the hospital and signed in.
They all knew me pretty well since I started helping out at the
beginning of my sophomore year when Bella’s mom told me
about it since she worked about two blocks away as a nurse at the
hospital. It’s been about a year and a half now and I love
it.
A little while in to the day I started talking to Marie, a woman
who works there, about the Christmas plans, it was only a few
weeks away. “It’s such a shame; they won’t be
getting a lot this year.” “What? How come?”
“Only so many donations, and we don’t have enough to
give one to everyone.” I sat there watching some three year
old boys start fighting over a block. She went to go separate
them. I gave all my stuff today; they give new toys to these kids
usually. We rely on donations outside of Walmart constantly.
Light bulb moment. I could donate the toys. “Hey Marie, do
we at least have a Santa coming in?” “We’ll
only bring one in if we know we can give out toys. So we need
enough donations by next Friday.” “Tell them to bring
one in, I have an idea.”
I quickly got my stuff and rushed out and I knew Marie was
watching me confused. No one knew about the money. I called up
Jason to help me; I needed boys to help with these toys. We went
to Toys R Us and got 3 carts full of shiny new toys. Enough for
all the boys and girls, from the ages of two to thirteen. I
brought them home with me and called over Tyler, Christina,
Bella, and Marcus. Most of them were thrown off by Marcus coming
but didn’t comment.
And the six of us started wrapping presents.
hey so since it was so short and I've been
lacking I'M POSTING TWO!! yay! <3 okay love you and next
chapter will hopefully be up tomorrow! :)
