Reading a book. What pleasure! And then all of sudden some weird
freak tells you the end. It’s such moments that make smoke whistle out
of my ears.
The incident.
Friend asks,” Hey, is that the book I think it is?, it’s really good. A must read. Oh by the way; the main character dies at the end.” There’s a smirk on her face. As if that last statement made her day.
I frown, my face red as a tomato. If only I had a brick in my pocket to throw at her.
Feeling annoyed and a bit helpless I stomp away from her before she utters anything else. So the friend jogs up to me with a huge smile and says,” Oops…spoiler alert!” And runs away as though she were chased by wolves.
At this point anger had reached it’s top. The throbbing in my head due to that ‘spoiler’. I slowly walk back to class, sit and stare at my book for a few minutes. Trying to decide whether I should continue anyway, I hear a running sound. It’s my annoying friend. And she has a different book in her hand. This time she hands me the book with a smile and says,” Never mind, you read this one instead.” Ah.. What a relief. My face gleaming.
And just before she leaves she spurts out the ending of this one as well.
This time I’m speechless. Scrolling my eyes I begin reading it anyway.
And this is what friends are for.
