Where in the world is Lucky?

Lucky Leroux had popped a cigarette in the loneliest bench ever seen from where we were standing in the Exeter platform, “we” in terms of myself and my mother, and while there remained a slight gust of cold wind in the evening, the day was promising, without concern and especially a day where you’d think nothing would happen, but then again Lucky has always been a man of mischief and volatility with people along his side. For In the meantime, the Downeaster Amtrak pulled right along the yellow restrictor, with a man popping out of the entrances to ring my mom, me and other passengers in the latches that leads through the separate carts. Bringing to where Lucky, who is also my grandfather, had pulled our luggage together in means of making the bags easier to carry. Though he was not boarding the train to Brunswick, he adamantly wanted to help us even if we didn’t actually need the help, but because of his stubborn behavior, we gave in to his request and went with using his aid, and yes, for it is in good faith that he helped both her and I, but still it led to a mistake he was bound to make.

Mistakes were made, and it only took 30 seconds until Lucky Leroux was stuck on the expressway while he was done lifting the handles of our carrier bags into our suggested slots. For then after, he ran across the line of people on seats as fast as he could while the train was in motion, like a never ending treadmill that ended swiftly after the door was shut in his face by a rude conductor, and as this old man was pleading to find answers to why he was obstructed, the conductor gave a cold look on his face to say bluntly that “next time we move move quick”. Although ”Next time we move quick” is a very true statement, regarding that it is a train and there is very little to time to double check and get things in order, natheless a notice would be fine to say that the train was ready to leave, even a one hollar could do justice for all the senior citizens lingering on trains in the world, but in the end his decision to be unrelenting caused the problem of him being stuck with a chaotic crowd of people, which caused my mom to buy a ticket to the next station.

So here we were, ten minutes past and the train had stayed put on the Durham station, with Lucky leaving out the door with a look of confusion and a dash of serenity in his path to wait for his ride to pick him up. With that ride being my uncle, named also for idenity’s sake Largo, and while Largo was driving out to save the day ( More on that later), me and my mom were calm and collective in the midst of that and the train ride. We were semi – aggravated, especially me, but relieved to know that Grampa was safe and was getting some help that we didn’t have to do, since we truthfully coudn’t do anything on a moving train. However, when our two hour ride ended by our landing to Brunswick, the turmoil came back as we were in the car heading to Lewiston, hearing on the phone about Lucky under the guise of being searched in the middle of the night. The day from then on brought the continuation of madness to come back, for when my mom talked to my aunt, there was more issues that were faced throughout our trip, and I do not know much of much of what she said, but apperently my uncle had went to a different direction by mistake (which was Stratham), the cops went looking for Lucky, and by the time it was 7:00 PM, he was found and put in the police station to receive his car that went abandoned, which you should never do if you have got the availability to prevent it.

Then luckly in the end, my Grandfather was able to get his belongings to him and made it back home in one piece, therefore making me think about what you should do if you have problems like these in the future. What you should do in the end is help when it’s really necessary and if you mess up on your behalf, move on and improve what you can now, just like my grandfather who had at first became a stern helper, even if we didn’t need it via the lesson. Hopefully, you won’t make the same mistake as of what he did for the respect of other people.

Featured Image “Downeaster Amtrak 104” by Voluntary Amputation is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.