It was just meant to be any other Christmas Eve night...

I was wrapping the presents, for the soon-to-arrive guests that were coming over.
There were some consoles, new and old, wrapped up and tucked under the majestical tree.

It was about 7pm when I had finished wrapping the final present up, after an agonising 2 hours of constant sitting and wrapping. 
My body was exhausted, and so I (naturally) decided to take a rest and watch a (1hr) Christmas movie, while I waited for the guests to arrive
 I sat down, got some small popcorn I had leftover after last month's Movie Night, and put on the film.

About halfway into the movie, however, distaster had struck. 
A sudden power outage occurred, which immediately shut down the TV and, as such, the film.
It wasn't that bad if I had to be honest, but it would come back within an hour or so.

Or so I thought...

As I waited in the darkness, with my candle companion lighting up the area, I decided to call the guests, so that I could be prepared for there arrival.
I dialed the number, and waited...
Before I got put on voicemail 10 seconds later
I tried again, and the same thing occured
Again, and yet still, I was put on voicemail.

*Sigh* Welp, guess I gotta continue waiting...

Alone..

I sulked and just decied to pass some time with a small nap...

Suddenly, my watch rung 8:30pm
I awoke in shock, and to my dismay, the power was still not on
I got a sudden chill down my spine, as a unsettling thought emerged from the depths of my brain.
"What if the power stays off?"

As dumb as that sounds, I forgot to mention one crucial detail
I am petrified of the dark. Like, if you left me in a pitch black room for just 5 seconds, I would scream on the 1st millisecond.
And I had just realised that my candle of comfort was on the verge of dying. 
I didn't have any spares, and I didn't want to waste my phone's torchlight, in case this outage lasted for very long.
But I had no choice. Either use the phone, or stay in the pitch black smoke of void that was the darkness

So iused the torchlight, and waited.
And waited
And waited

Out of the blue (or should I say blackness?) my phone rang. 
It was the guests!!
FINALLY!!

I eagerly answered the call, and put my ear next to the phone

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey, buddy, how are you?" replied Mark.

"Fine, besides this irritating power outage"

"Trust me, it isn't just annoying you"

"Wait, what do you mean??"

"Basically, my car is electric, remember? 
And we kinda ran out of fuel, so I went to recharge. 
But just as I went to charge it, the outage struck 
No power, no charge. 
No charge means I can't my car get to you"
Unless something changes, it's unlikely we'll reach you"

"W-W-What?!" I anxiously screamed.

"Yeah, sorry. Catch you later though"

"WAIT-"
*Bzzt*
...
...
...
*Sniffle*

Guess I'm gonna be alone...
Forever...

But just as my hope seemed to dim and dwindle,
A miracle happened 

The lights, they came. Back. On.

And that, that small, seemingly insignificant event, 
Had revived my night in such a majestical way that gave me hope and made my night
The Best Christmas. Ever




