Pumpkin
Linus knew that the Great Pumpkin would arrive this year. He didn't want to be the only one to witness it, though, so he invited Sally.
"I've been in love with you for more than seven years!" Sally yelled, "And the closest we've ever gotten to going on a date is sitting in some dumb pumpkin patch waiting for some magic pumpkin that probably doesn't exist!"
"So you're not coming?" said Linus, who was a bit scared by Sally's sudden ferocity.
"Of course I'm not sitting with you this year Linus! I've got cooler things to do, like go to Violet's Halloween party! "
She stomped off. Linus sighed, grabbed his blanket and "Welcome Great Pumpkin!" sign, and headed off towards the Pumpkin Patch.
Lots of people passed the Pumpkin Patch, eager trick-or-treaters and energetic partygoers, but none of them seemed to notice him.
"Not like they matter," thought Linus, "All the matters right now is the Great Pumpkin!"
He sat there for hours, and was still awake by 4 a.m., partially because he was older now, and partially because he drank two cups of coffee in the morning to prepare for the event.
Linus in a bit of a daze, though, when he heard a loud voice shout:
"You blockhead! Even if the Great Pumpkin does exist, he only gives gift to children! You're fourteen years old! He's never going to come here! "
It was none other than Lucy.
"So what?" he replied, "I don't have to stop believing. Even if the Great Pumpkin never comes, I'm never going to give up. Not like Schroeder's ever going to love you, but you never give up! So why should I?"
Lucy's eyes teared up and she ran back inside. Linus felt bad for what he'd said, and went inside.
Even if the Great Pumpkin did exist, he'd probably not bring gifts to a boy who just hurt his sister's feelings.
(A/N: Yesterday, I watched "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"! It was awesome! I also carved Charlie Brown's face into my jack-o-lantern.)
