An Embarrassing Event

Whenever Amy says to me, “it’s to your benefits”, I will never forget the embarrassing but amusing incident that happened last month.

The sun rose into sky gloriously in a huge golden ball. Amy and I were browsing through some magazines at a bookshop. A short distance away was a handsome boy. He seemed to be engrossed in a magazine. As Amy walked past him to get a magazine, she saw the article he was reading. When she came back to my side, she whispered, “Guess what, that handsome guy over there is reading an article on how to date girls.”

I chuckled with amusement and the boy looked up. We immediately bent our heads over a magazine and pretended to be laughing at a picture there. Instead of returning to the interesting article in his magazine, the boy took out a piece of paper and pencil and scribbled something on the paper. We almost burst out with laughter, thinking that he was taking down notes on how to date girls.

Out of the corner of our eyes, we saw the boy approaching us with the piece of paper. Amy Nudged me and whispered, “He’s going to apply what he has just read.”

The boy came right to us. Holding out the folded piece of paper, he said awkwardly to me, “Please…read this.”

Amy gave a knowing look. I put my hands behind my back and shook my head. The poor boy turned red in the face. He tried to press the paper into my hand and said, “Please take it. It’s…it’s to your benefit.”

So saying, the boy walked away quickly. Amy took the piece of the paper from my hands and read it to me, “Miss, you have forgotten to sip your jeans!”

Both of us looked at my jeans at once. Sure enough, what he had written was true. I blushed and hastily zipped my jeans. What an embarrassing incident it was!

Written by:

GOH SIEW TENG (4 ARIF)