The test results wouldn't be posted for at least another hour. While she waited for them to be plastered to the gym door for all to see, Janie made her breakfast in the nearby park.
Breakfast consisted of a paper bag, the bottom lined with raw bacon, a couple of eggs cracked on top, a stick poked through the top of the bag, and the whole thing held over hot coals in a grill. She was alone this day, the way she wanted to be. Those test results were scaring the pants off of her. If she didn't score 100 on the math final, she was going to have to actually eat a hat.
Janie had been trying to decide which hat for two days now. The smaller the better of course, but it also mattered what material! She couldn't stand the taste of cashmere - too goat-y. Cotton she thought, which would probably be least likely to upset her stomach, especially after a breakfast of bacon and eggs cooked in a paper bag over coal.
Jason had put the bet to her. The lower score would lose. If they tied, no one would have to eat a hat. Jason would likely get 100, so she had to, too.
Only then did she realize what was going on.
She finally muttered a soft thankyou
Hey, are you okay? He said, you blanked out while awake. Is it something you want to talk about?
I'm Marcus, the manager of the restaurant and I want to apologize for the fire outbreak. It was an accident from the kitchen axis but the fire men are on it.
No, no, no, it was happening again. She was blanking out but she struggled to slap herself back while hitting her face.
Hey, you're hurting yourself
I'm sorry, Janie muttered
Can we take a walk and get ice cream over there? That should make you feel better, Marcus said.
Yes please, Janie said
I can take my mind off those results for a while, she thought.
Grabbing her hands, they walked away.
@owasco.
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