Axel and the Whole Gang

AXEL AND THE WHOLE GANG,

February 20, 2020


It was just a normal winter's night in Roscommon, MI.
"Axel" said Axel's mother one night, "Tomorrow night we ARE going to Ma Deeter's."

Axel had to walk to the bus garage the morning after, and so he had taken a sleeping tablet.

He was up a 7am to shut off his computer, and saw his mother was running late for work.
After work, Axel had turned his computer back on so he could download a few songs on his iPod shuffle.

Late that afternoon, Axel's parents were ready to go, Axel had already changed out of his navy blue silk shirt into a black T shirt, but he only felt like wearing one of his dad's brown trousers.

(Luke Bryan playing on Axel's iPod during car ride)

Ma Deeter's was a well-received hangout for many in Northern Michigan in the small town of Luzerne, it used to be a 100 year old wooded built restaurant that was destroyed by fire but rebuilt, it wasn't the same but it was still bustling.

When Axel and his parents came inside, there was Hank, Brittany, Abraham and the niece.

The owners, Jean and Bob Evans were both so thrilled to see Axel, Fran and Jake.

"Do you all know what you would like?" Jean asked.
Axel looked for beverage options in the menu, "There's not any, honey." Jean said.
Both Hank and Axel decided they were each gonna have a root beer while Axel also decided on a water as an additional drink.

Axel had a quiet and gentle demeanor, so he wasn't much of a talker on nights like this, and
one of his specialties was observing the behavior of his nephew.

Brittany was feeding him one graham cracker after another, and a waitress game him a coloring book which he used, but then started pulling at the paperback cover, "Don't rip it." Axel said gently but it was too late. Abe also got to play with some toys that his mother had brought along, and they dropped all over the floor.

Axel tried grabbing one toy with his foot. "Axel, I've got it." Hank replied.

Soon, it was time for everybody to eat, "Are we Ready to order?" Hank and Axel again both ordered each of the same option, a Western Burger. It took quite a while for everybody's food to be ready and served. "This burger tastes a little off" said Hank. Axel thought the same thing and had tried some ketchup. "Why don't you put some ketchup on it, Hank?" But even Axel wasn't too sure about the meal.

After eating, Axel stepped outside under a wooden patio, it was getting slightly dark and cold. One of the things he decided to do to partly pass the time was rhythmically knock down icicles.

Ding.....ding......da ding, da ding.

Axel sat out in his dad's car for a few minutes, and decided to take a short walk and observe the small town of Luzerne, it was still dark and cold. Before long, he stepped back inside Ma Deeter's.

"Axel, do you want some more water?" asked Jean Evans.

"Yeah, I do."

"Welp, are we ready?" asked Fran to Jake. "I guess so, dear."

Axel had taken plenty of sips from his water when it was time to go,
"Oh, well. There's plenty of water around the world."