It may seem as if everything is perfect, but deep down, nothing ever is. We all have our moments, our sad days, our grey skies, yet for everyone it is different. Everyone has a different life, and it's never the same. Some people have a life where nothing goes wrong. They are well behaved and everyone who sees them always wants that type of a child in their household. Others? Well, some people have people in their lives who are mean and abusive. It just all depends really, on who you talk to.
There's a family who's life isn't perfect. They have their moments where they will argue about things such as the young ones in the house not doing their homework or staying up past their bedtime, or the parents will argue over what needs to be done in order for the family to have their basic needs like food, or clothes, or whatever it is that needs to be in the house. The father of the house is a very special man. His name: Elliot.
When Elliot was a young boy, he discovered something quite amazing. He found a lost extraterrestrial which he named it E.T. E.T had wandered off from his kind while they were exploring but didn't make it back in time. They took off and left him here on Earth. Elliot found him and became friends with the little alien, but soon E.T got very sick. Everyone thought that he was going to die, but no. Elliot knew he had to make it out alive so he could bring his friend home. Luckily, that happened. E.T finally got better and headed back to his home, but saying good-bye was hard on poor Elliot. He knew he had to let his friend go, but he didn't want him to leave. E.T put his finger out and touched Elliot on his heart and said: I'll be right here.
Many years have gone by and now Elliot, the father of three kids, is now living his life with his wife. But, times have been hard. Elliot is having some trouble at work and his kids seem to be failing their classes. His wife is having a smoking problem, smoking more than one cigarette every day for a month now and it's making her very grumpy. She takes it out on everybody!
One night, Elliot sat outside on his porch on the swing, rocking back and forth just thinking about all the troubling stuff that's been happening. Then he started to cry. As he did so, he began to speak to himself. "Everything is going wrong. I wish my kids would do better in school, I wish work wasn't so hard, I wish my wife didn't have to smoke! This is not how I wanted my life to go!"
Just then, he heard a voice. "Ouch?" it said. Elliot looked up to see...a familiar face staring back at him. Elliot's eyes filled with joy as his old friend, E.T, walked up to him (more like wobbled) and gave him a hug. "E.T!" cried Elliot. "You're here! Why?" E.T smiled. "Came to explore," he said in his croaky voice. "But I heard pain. Elliot, your eyes are leaking." Elliot laughed. "It's crying. Don't you remember? I was crying the day you left," he replied. Then his face began to fill up with sadness.
"Oh, E.T. Everything's going wrong. I'm sad. My heart is hurting." He put a hand on his chest. E.T placed his hand on Elliot's and said "ouch". Elliot nodded. "Ouch," he replied. E.T gave Elliot another hug but this time they didn't let go. Elliot felt warm and relieved that his best friend had come back. He didn't want him to go. E.T said, "I'll be right here."
As the warmth fell over him, he closed his eyes. When he opened them, he was lying in bed, his wife next to him. As he looked over, he heard a voice: "I'll be right here." He sighed and smiled. He was glad that dream happened and knew his life was going to be better.