Ugh! I've been waiting in line for an hour! I thought to myself as I looked at my watch. It was 11:40 AM, and I had to meet Erik in twenty minutes when I had one hundred people in front of me. But at least I had found the perfect shoes! On sale, too.
Everything was going great until this line disaster. It seems their other two registers were broken and so there was only one working check-out line.
Well, I'll just wait a little longer and if the line isn't moving, I'll have to come back later and pray that the shoes are still here. On the other hand, I could buy the shoes and take the chance of Erik getting mad or worse, upset because it might seem that I blew him off. Just great, just peachy. If I could only tell him somehow, I know the hotel number but what am I going to say?
'Could you please get this message to him? Yes, he is wearing a white half-mask on the side of his face.. Mmhmm, thanks.' Yeah right! And the only other person whose number I know is Christine. Obviously, she's not going to offer up the help I need. She didn't even want to be in the same room with him, let alone talk to him at all! Perfect..
I looked at my watch again. 11:50 AM! My, how time flies when you're...never mind.
But, my luck took a sudden turn for the better. Another line was getting ready to open up! I had to get there, and quick. I ran for the new register as fast as I could and arrived just as it opened.
People filed in behind me, and then some ran back to the other line noticing the vacancy after the hustle and bustle. I paid for the shoes and started back up the street towards the hotel. I glanced down at my trusty watch, it said 11:55 AM. Thank God.
I arrived at the hotel just as the clock struck twelve.