A life of stories

[Mr_3ppozz]

A few days later, at the Poole residence

The past few days were busy, almost everybody that worked in the warehouse came by for the boy’s birthday. All those people from the warehouse, they were as close as family, it was like this every birthday, everybody was always in a good mood and enjoyed the parties they had together.
Patrick was well known and liked by pretty much everyone, the only two people that didn’t like him much were the two security guards that stood just outside the warehouse office. They were the target of the vast majority of Patrick’s practical jokes, from buckets of water on the doors, to a strong adhesive on the floor where the guards stood. Although nobody ever got hurt, the guards always acted as if the world was ending, which gave Patrick more reasons to think of new pranks. Since the boy not only pranked the guards, but also did a lot of good and valuable work, his father was always extra lenient on him.

Years passed and Patrick was promoted to assistant manager while his father was promoted to manager. The place ran like clockwork, but Patrick started feeling as if he was missing something. At first, he thought it was the stress from the long hours, but when he took some time off and worked half the hours he used to, the feeling only grew stronger. It took Patrick a good year to figure out what he had to do, he asked his parents to join him in the lounge and to listen to what he had to say.

Patrick: Mom, dad, you know I love you both, but... I feel....I feel like I’m...... *sighs* missing something... I’m 20, I have tried a lot of different things on the station too see if I could get rid of the feeling, but nothing worked. I think....I think I want to go, that I want to leave this station and see what is out “There!” I feel it calling to me, it’s begging me to find it’s secrets, it’s mysteries. I have to leave, please, don’t be mad at me, but I think I want to leave and explore Sirius for myself. To find my place, to feel complete.

Katherine: Patrick, it is your life, if you want to go out into space and find a place for yourself there, then you should do it. Just remember that you will always have a home here, no matter what you do, or where you have been, you will always have a home here.

Jonathan: I was afraid of this, ever since we went on our sightseeing trip *wink* Please be safe my son and like your mom said, you’re always welcome here, so don’t be a stranger and visit us from time to time. I have a small gift for you, I saved a few hundred credits a month ever since your 15th birthday. Take this credit card, there should be plenty of credits for a freighter for you and don’t try to buy anything other than a freighter or transport!

Katherine: Yes, that is a great deal Jon, please Patrick be smart and take a secure and safe ship. We want you to be able to come home again, so please, listen to your father.

Patrick: Alright, thank you very much mom and dad, I saved a few credits myself so I will make sure that whatever ship they have, will be reinforced. Thank you for being so understanding, I was really afraid that you wouldn’t understand.

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