People Watching

Sarah gently holds her fork and knife and begins to cut up her Cesar salad as if she were a surgeon in surgery. She pulls her curly brown hair back behind her ears, picks up her fork, and stabs at a piece of lettuce. She taps her foot to the beat of a Michael Jackson song that is playing at The Point Sports Bar. She takes a bite of her salad and laughs with her friends as she glances down at her green cell phone. She plays around with her lettuce in a messy style, like a child playing with finger paints. She glances down at her phone again as if she is anxiously awaiting an important telephone call. The aroma of the fried foods her friends ordered reach her nose and her face cringes. She continues to eat her salad bite by bite until a piece of lettuce falls onto her green and turquoise jacket. She pauses, picks up the fallen piece of lettuce with her napkin, and suddenly, her phone begins to light up. Sarah drops her knife and fork, grabs her cell phone and bag and runs away, abandoning her friends and her salad.