Sharing Cookies[分享曲奇]
Tammy had a long layover at the airport before her flight, so she bought herself a couple of magazines and a package of chocolate chip cookies, found an empty table in the dining area and plopped down, prepared to kill some time. There were a lot of people and not enough tables, so pretty soon a man came and sat at her table.
"Not bad," Tammy thought to herself. He was tall with dark hair, dressed nicely in a suit — and quite a looker. Tammy congratulated herself on her luck. She tried to concentrate on her magazine, but every so often she would shyly look up from the page to peek at the handsome wonder sharing her table. In an effort to impress, she casually — or so she thought — tossed down her women's glossy and picked up her National Geographic, in order to appear more intellectual.
As she was perusing the pages depicting various animals and newfound relics, she noticed that the man had begun to eat something. Upon further examination, she realized that her package of cookies had been opened, and Mr. Hot Professional was proceeding to eat them.
Tammy was beginning to feel rather peeved. "On second thought," she said to herself, "he's not so good-looking after all."
Tammy quickly snatched a cookie from the package and ate it, eyeing the man across from her. He gave her a funny look, grabbed another cookie and ate it. Tammy grabbed a couple more, then the man grabbed a couple more — and that was the end of the cookies.
When the man had popped the last one in his mouth, he clapped the crumbs off his hands, got up and walked away. Tammy was still annoyed. "Who does he think he is? Just 'cause he's got a pretty face doesn't mean he can go around eating girls' cookies."
She looked up and saw that the man had gone and bought a couple of donuts. She softened, thinking perhaps he had bought one for her. He had eaten half her cookies, after all. But then Tammy saw him sit at a table far away. Fuming, she got up, deciding to go wait at the gate instead. As she passed his table, she reached out, grabbed a donut, took a big bite out of it, set it back down in front of him and said, "Don't think that just because you're cute you can take advantage of girls."
With that, she walked to the gate for her flight. When she sat down, she pulled the magazines out of her bag with a jerk, and something fell out onto the floor. At her feet was the package of cookies she had bought, unopened.
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