As the school bell rang, En noticed a few students started coming out of the school. She stepped out of the coffee shop and stood right next on the school's exit. The woman on the next table noticed she still has left her things. As she continued to gaze at the woman with the stained coffee shirt across the shop, she noticed a little girl held her hand. The girl was delighted to see the woman waiting on the exit. They both crossed the street and head back inside the coffee shop.
"Wow! Chocolate cake!"
Posy excitedly shouted after seeing the dessert on the table.
They both sat and En watched her sister devour the cake happily. En forgot to ask Sasha earlier to order a drink for Posy. As she searched for chinese translation on her phone, someone placed a cold orange juice on their table - it was the woman with the stacked books.
"This is for putting a mess on your clothes. I'm sorry again."
The woman smiled and brought the drink closer to Posy.
"You shouldn't have done that. I'll pay you."
En answered.
"It's okay. And besides I don't think that app translates the words correctly, so you might not get your order right if you had done that."
The woman noticed En searching how to translate the words from her phone earlier. She finds it cute but it would have been a disaster if she had used those translations.
En felt embarrassed but found her actions funny and just laughed about it. The woman can't help but laugh about it too. En felt like she should at least know the woman's name but as soon as she was about to ask, Posy shouted.
"Sasha! Sasha is here!
Sasha just pulled over in front of the coffee shop and headed her way back inside.
"Hey Posy! Did you like the chocolate cake?"
Sasha greeted Posy.
"Yes! I loved it!"
Posy answered.
"Well your sister didn't eat her share even though it's her favorite so she can give it to you."
Sasha said, teasing En for not being fond of sweets.
"Aw! Sister why didn't you tell me?"
Posy asked with a frowned face.
"Sasha is joking. I had my share and I was done eating earlier. She was just teasing you."
En answered with a smile.
Her sister's frown turned into a smile again.
"Well, shall we head back home before it gets dark?"
Sasha asked.
"Okay, let's go!"
Posy jumped from her chair, grabbed her bag and pulled her sister's hand as they walked out of the coffee shop.
En looked back to the woman on the next table and she already seemed busy reading from one of her stacked books. The 3 got inside the truck, left town and head back home.
Sasha and Posy were busy playing some car games while En was staring blankly in the open field. She kept on recalling earlier's incident with the woman with the stacked books. En felt a weird sensation staring at the woman's eyes while holding her hand for that brief moment. Her head started tingling as she deeply thinks about it.
"Sister? Sister!"
Posy kept calling En.
"Yes, Posy?"
En answered her sister.
"Can you help me? What's something white and soft?"
Posy asked.
"Hey! No cheating little girl!"
Sasha whined.
"I'm not cheating, I'm using a lifeline. So do you know the answer, sister?"
Posy asked En again.
The flashback of the woman's soft hand on her white shirt was what kept on coming back on En's mind. But she knew that's not the answer her sister needs to win the game.
"Well I guess, Sasha was thinking of the clouds. That's white and soft."
En responded.
"Yes! It's the clouds! Why didn't I think about it?!"
En laughed at how tricky and competitive her sister can be.
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Bus 732
RomanceEn thought that moving into the new, unfamiliar place would be her biggest struggle - but she was wrong. . .
