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"Henry! Henry! Get up!!" called his mom from downstairs. "Yes. Mom. I am up." said Henry with a lazy yawn.

He sat on his bed until his mother didn't ask him to come down. He stood up and looked in the mirror. He saw a teenaged guy with a shaby hair and with a brown eyes.

He tried to arrange his hair but as always it took back its rhythm. He didn't struggle more to arrange his hair and removed his pajamas and put on his homely clothes.

Before Henry opened his door. He heard his mother calling him once again.

"Henry! What's making you late?" yelled his mother.

"Mom. I am already down here." he said in a bit irritated tone.

"Oh dear. I didn't see you." his mother said in a relief.

She hugged him and said "Happy Birthday my dear."

"Thank you, mom." he said with full joy.

She took her hand off him and kissed him on his forehead.

"Dear get ready fast people may be coming any moment." said his mother. "And don't worry dad will be here in an hour, I have talked with him."

"Er- hmm.Okay." he said with not much joy.

"And also be a good boy." she added.

He didn't like his dad much. He also didn't know why he didn't like his father much, he thought that it may be because he is so busy with his work and gave very less attention to the family or may be because he don't live with them much.

"Ouch! Henry my leg" his sister yelled at him as he was moving towards the couch and by mistakly stamped her leg.

"Ohh. Sorry Margret"

Margret was Henry's elder sister.

"It's okay." she said "by the way happy birthday Henry"

"Thanks" Henry replied.

"I would suggest you to go and get ready fast" she said "and also try do something about your hair."

"Yes dear. She's right. Try do something of your hair" his mother said from kitchen.

"Okay" he said without much delight.

"By the way how am I looking?" Margret asked Henry.

"Not bad" he said with a weird expression as if he had smelled some cow dung.

"What do you mean by not bad?" she asked.

"The colour is not that good" he said "and what kind of pattern is this."

"This is new style. You don't know." she said as she was not satisfied by his reply.

"Do you even call that as a style. I see it as a junk, with so many holes here there" he said with a small laugh.

"How dare you call such a precious dress from Kane a junk?" she said with raising her temper.

" Ohh. I see this a gift from your boyfriend." he said "that's only what I was thinking how come anyone would have such a bad choice. He is a junk and love junk things"

" Henry! Now you are crossing your limits." she said in a very angry tone.

" Will you both just stop arguing" their mother said " and I think I asked you to get ready Henry"

" Yep mom. I am going." he said.

After an hour Henry had come dressed down stairs. The door bell rang. Margret went and opened the door.

" Dad!" she said with a surprise and hugged him.

Henry didn't bother to get up and greet his dad.

" Charlie!!" said his mom at seeing his dad and kissed him on his cheek.

"I am back home" said Charlie.

And as always he didn't expect a hug from Henry. So he went upto him.

"Can I have a hug dear" he asked Henry. Charlie hugged him and said " Happy Birthday my son".

"Er - thanks." said Henry.

Charlie let Henry free from his arms and went out of the door to pick Henry's gift from the car (benz).

He came back with a huge box. He handed it over to Henry and said "don't open now.Okay?".

" Hmm." Henry nodded his head and took away the gift to keep it in his room.

Charlie was a very big business man. He had three shoping malls, petrol pumps in all over US, clothing brand, showrooms, IT companies and construction companies.

The door bell rang again and again and again. With half an hour there were around fifty people in their house. Henry was sitting near the door where people came to wish him. He didn't even know few of them who were his father's friend and didn't even bother to know.

When most of them finished wishing he heard a voice outside the door.

"I didn't think that Henry's house would be this big with a big lawn and garden and with so many cars in his garage."

And then there came the second voice" You know right he is not a show off type kind of person."

He heard the first girls voice again " Who would expect a boy from a rich house in a old Ford car coming to school and with not a bit of attitude.

"Yep your right" said the second voice "now shut your mouth and let's get in."

The bell rang. He opened the door and found his two fellow classmates. Henry didn't know the name of one of the girls as she had joined the school two days back only. The girls hugged him, wished him and gave their gifts.

"Come in. Come in. We were waiting for you for a long time." said Henry.

"Ohh. Sorry. We were late." said the girl who's name Henry didn't know.

"Don't be sorry" said Henry.

And the girls went in and joined Henry's bunch of classmates.

"Anny!" called Charlie.

"Yes" Henry's mother replied.

"Not yet to cut the cake?" asked Charlie.

"No" said Henry " Peter didn't come yet."

"Oh.Okay. I forgot about him. Well we will wait." said Charlie.

In about fifteen minutes the bell rang and Henry was sure who it would be. He opend the door.

"Peter!!" he said and hugged him.

"Sorry I am late" said Peter.

"No, it's okay dear" said Charlie.

" Uncle! What a surprise you are here." Peter said and gave the gift to Henry to make his hands free to hug Charlie.

Peter was Henry's best friend. Peter had lost his parents when he was two years old. Since then he was always with Henry on his every vacation and considered Anny and Charlie as his own parents.

"So let's begin the party" shouted Charlie.

After about two hours when the atmosphere was settled a bit, Henry's bunch of friends asked him to bring some board games.

He went upstairs to his room to get something.

As he reached his room he got the glimpse of the big box that his father had brought.

"Peter!Peter!" he called from upstairs.

Peter came running and stood near the door of Henry's room.

"What happened?" he asked.

"This is the gift that dad had given to me. He asked me not to open it at the moment. And...." Henry said.

"And now you are feeling to open it" Peter finished the sentence for him.

"Yep" replied Henry.

"Nothing is going to happen if we open it. And uncle asked you not to open it at that instant. Now half of the people have left the house." said Peter.

"So then let's open it right? " asked Henry.

"Yep buddy." replied Peter.

They both sat on the bed and unwrapped the gift.

To be continued.......

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