it was a late Thursday night
and the restaurant was reaching
closing time the petite girl had her
hair in a straight messy bun as she had her earbuds in blasting her favorite song

she was sweeping the floors while dancing as she glanced over her shoulder to see if the tall brown eyed boy she liked had left yet

as she was sweeping she noticed the boy about to
walk out the door to leave

“wait! before you go give me a hug” she said
with a slight shy smile on her face as she walked over
to the boy with his hat turned backwards and his earbuds in

he grinned as he opened his arms preparing himself
got her tiny embrace, wrapping his arms around her
for a quick 5 seconds

“what was all that for?” he asked as he almost walked out the door

“oh it’s just that I’m not gonna see you for the next week so I’d thought I’d say goodbye” she said shyly, blushing a tiny bit

“aw well I’ll see you when you get back and have a happy Christmas” he said walking out the door to his car

being in his arms
made her feel safe
he felt like home