Just to brighten up the... atrocious mood that is here because of Mr. Trump's latest decision... here's a fun lil story of how my rainbow christmas tree caused problems.
>16 years old
>Live at home, room is a mess, christmas time is coming up.
>My mother keeps nagging that I should have christmas decorations. I don't like christmas, so why should I have decorations?
>Dad drags me out to buy lightbulbs, we go to a decoration store
>THERE IT IS
>mysoulmate.
>On a side shelf, there's a whole bunch of rainbow christmas trees.
>lil me has found an exception to the "no christmas decorations" rule.
>Buy it without blinking, take it home, decorate it with lights and streamers, set it on my drawer.
>Art.
>A few months later, it's summer. Late june.
>Pride parade is in town.
>Me and my friend are gonna go, I bring my christmas tree and a flag.
hereitcomes.png
>You can fold a flag and put it in a bag. The christmas tree is a different story... I walk around with the fuckin tree in my hand all over town to get to the parade.
>Meet my friend halfway, hyped af.
>Stranger walks up to me
>"Excuse me?"
>"What?" I ask.
>"Is that a gay tree?"
>..."YES."
here it comes I'm gonna die
>"are you like, the secret gay santa claus?"
>pardonme.png
>"Uhm.... yes."
>I don't know what to say.
>Stupid 16 year old me doesn't know how to think through answers.
>"Nice! I like you! Meet here tomorrow?"
>"UHhhh.... SURE."
>I'm gonna die.
>I'm too scared to not show up and disappoint so I show up at the same time next day.
>I bring the damn tree for some reason but hide it under my jacket as well as I can.
>Stranger is there.
>"Oh it's the gay santa!"
>Stranger brought friends.
>Like 4 other girls, stereotype punks.
>tf have I gotten myself into
>"Cmon let's hang!"
>Cruise around town for like an hour, tree still under my jacket.
>One of the girls gets a spraypaint can out of her magical jacket pockets.
>"C'mon let's do something else than stand around." (tbc)
(cont.)
>I'm about to do illegal shit oh no hold my hand
>16 year old me too innocent for this.^
>I should've stayed home.
>I go along, we go to some alley way.
>"Here's the spot!"
>this is abaaaadideeeea
>"Hey, you.... Anongirl, wanna try?"
>"N-No I'm good..."
>They start colouring the wall red, writing weird shit. I can't really make out any of it.
>Police sirens.
>I'M GONNA GO TO JAIL
>"Ohfuck let's go."
>They start jogging away.
>I panic, run the other way, manage to get away, that fucking christmas tree still under my jacket, pressed against me.
>Walk for a little while.
>Cop car shows up, sirens on.
>Pull over in front of me, cops get out, look at me and sees me hiding something under my jacket.
>"Hey! What's underneath that jacket!?"
>"Uh N-Nothing!"
>whycan'titalknormally.jpg
>"Kid! What's underneath that jacket, answer us right now!"
>"Uhm... It... It's gay...?"
>Cops look confused, I start walking towards them and start taking out the christmas tree.
>The cops tense up, pull their tazers and aim at me. "HANDS IN THE AIR!"
>oh god.
>I slowly put my hands in the air, and now they see, the christmas tree in my left hand.
>The cops stop.
>One starts laughing.
>tmw your rainbow christmas tree almost gets you tazed by the cops.
I hoped you enjoyed it.
That's a cute story. I enjoyed it! Glad it ended well.