The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

“Why are you crying?!” shouted Sophia. She looked up and was shocked to see the other person was Benjamin.

“Owie… It hurts!” cried Benjamin, holding his scraped knee.

‘When did he come out?’ thought Sophia with bewilderment. ‘No, that can’t be right. Even if he followed me out, he would’ve bumped into me from the other side.’

In other words, the kid who bumped into her was the real Benjamin. Of course, she had no way of knowing that.

Benjamin had run out of the restroom to escape notice from Joey and Edmund. He was in so much of a rush that he did not look where he was going, and thus he knocked into Sophia.

The little kid immediately stopped crying at the question. “I… I came out from the restroom and… And…” he tried to explain guiltily.

‘He came out from the restroom? But how could that be when I was the first one out of the room? I didn’t see him walking past me at all…’ thought Sophia, puzzled. She looked to the front, then to her back. ‘I guess he could’ve made one big round to get to the restroom, but… Could he really run that fast?’

crying from the pain again. “Sob…sob…sob… I

particularly loud. The patrons from the other private booth

to pick Benjamin up and said, “Shh, be quiet. The auction is about to start soon. You’re

a crying kid

did not particularly show that he liked it either. He simply let her

…

was sipping his coffee quietly and thinking about something when they

heard the door opening. Frowning, he asked them, “I thought you

to explain what happened to him when Benjamin broke free from her and ran crying to

with a frown. “What happened? Didn’t you say you were going