It was late July, and Alex just got to the restaurant where he works. He works a boring nine to five and constantly is bored. He had just got off work and finished cleaning up his area. He exited the building, and encountered a homeless man. The homeless man was blocking the exit, Alex said to the man, “Hey you! Get out of the way.” The homeless man looked up at Alex. “I’m sorry,” he said, and proceeded to move. When Alex saw him get up, he saw the guy’s amputated leg; he proceeded to say, “Ewww where is your leg!” The man looked at him and said, “I lost it in the war.” Alex gave him a weird look and left.

The next day, Alex had just got to work and saw the homeless guy again. This time the guy remembered that the door was there; he said to Alex, “I made sure to stay out of your way this time!”Alex sighed and walked past him. Alex continued to do his shift, constantly looking outside and seeing the homeless man ask others for food and money. Alex just went on to do his shift and didn’t acknowledge the guy. Later, when Alex’s shift was over, the guy was there sleeping and he was blocking the door, again. Alex decided to go through the back door instead of the front so he didn’t wake the guy.

It was the next day; Alex had woken up in a great mood, eager to start the day and go to work! He got dressed and headed straight for the bus. He had gotten off at work and saw the homeless man, he was asking for food and money again. Alex decided that he was going to give the man some food. He worked his normal shift, and kept thinking, “I’m going to get this man some food”. Finally, Alex’s shift ended. He saw the guy in the front, and remembered to make him a sandwich. He made the man a sandwich and went outside and gave it to him. The guy said “Thank you so much, sir!”. Alex said “You’re welcome!”. The homeless guy had asked Alex, “What is your name?”Alex responded with “My name is Alex, what’s your name?”. The homeless guy paused and thought for a minute, “What is my name?”. The homeless guy then answered “My name is John.”. Alex then said, “Nice to meet you John.” then he said “I better get going, but I will see you tomorrow John!”. John said bye and Alex left.

Alex woke up again and went off to work. The guy got to work and didn’t see the guy anywhere! He checked around the back, the sides, other stores. John was nowhere to be found. So, Alex called the police. The police then arrived at the restaurant and asked Alex, “Can you describe the missing person?” Alex then said, “He is a tall man, maybe 5’7” he has brown hair, has a long grey beard, looks a bit dirty. He is always sitting right here in front of the door.”. The officer interrupted, “Is this by chance a homeless man?”. Alex said, “Yes”. The officer then said, “Sir, you can’t file a missing persons report for a homeless person, they are always moving around”. Alex responded, “But he is always here! He is here every day 24/7”. The officer responded, “Sorry sir, there is nothing we can do.

The following week Alex had kept coming back, hoping to see the John. He worked long and hard shifts hoping that the man would show up. He eventually decided to go on a vacation with his family. He had partied and had fun and then eventually, he forgot about John. Alex had just gotten back and he had work the next day so he decided to go to bed. That night he couldn’t sleep at all. He had remembered about John and was thinking about where he could be all week. He finally fell asleep. The next day, he got up and got ready for work. He got on the bus and got to work. He saw that there was a new person working there, so he decided to go meet him. The guy was wearing a hat that was covering his face. Alex couldn’t recognize him, then the guy lifted the hat up, it was John! John had gotten a job at the restaurant Alex worked at to surprise him. Alex was so glad that John had come back and was happy to have his friend back. Alex then asked, “how did you get this job?” John said, “I had gotten a spark of energy when you gave me some food.” He added on, “I went and used some money I collected to get some clothes, then I asked your bos if I could work there, your boss said yes!” Alex then returned, “Wow! You did all that because of me?” John said, “Yes, and thank you.” Alex then said to himself, Wow I cant believe that because of me he got a job and is now doing good for himself. Alex said, “That’s great!” Alex continued, “I am sorry for how I treated you in the beginning.” John replied, “ It’s alright, thank you again.” Alex then said, “Thank you forgiving me, and your welcome.” They then went to work, they start to work. Alex was at first not nice to John, but eventually he came to see John as a person too. They started to become close friends and worked the same work shifts. They started to hang out outside of work. They had so much fun going to concerts and more. One day, Alex decided to help John out even more. He asked John if he has a house. John said, “I have a tiny 1×1 apartment.” Alex then asked, “Would you like to come stay with me?” John was surprised-Nobody has ever asked him that. John replied “Really! That is great.”