BAG OF TROUBLES

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   I am temporarily back and I decided to pacify you with this short story. ENJOY!!!!!
During gym class, John's mind was wandering as he remembered when he once mistook another person's bag to be his. With a smirk on his face, he reminisced the whole experience.

It was a bright Thursday morning which was one of the days gym classes held. Some days before the gym class, John got a new backpack which unknown to him was similar to that of Susan, a girl whom he had gym classes with.

That fateful day, everyone got a change of clothes in preparation for gym class and dropped their bags in front of the changing room. After the tedious exercise which involved jumping on lean horses without falling off (a balance test) everyone went to get their bags and that was when he picked up Susan’s bag instead of his and headed to the cafeteria because it was lunch break.

At the cafeteria, John got to the serving table and picked up his tray served with a sponge cake, fried rice with a piece of turkey and some milk. After picking up his tray, he searched for where to sit and was able to locate a space beside one of his classmates Sean. Whilst eating, they both discussed about the balance test and their challenges, they walked back to class together upon finishing their meals.

John opened "his" bag to get his books out in preparation for Geography class only to see a bag with 2 brightly colored tees, a purse that looked like an emergency kit with female stuffs, another purse with lip gloss, eyeliner, powder and face wipes and feminine accessories. He knew that there was definitely a mix-up and the only clue he had was it was a girl's bag. Unfortunately for him, the true owner of the bag had dropped her books in her locker when going for gym class so he had to go around asking. Throughout the Geography class and other classes after it he used a handy notepad to write.

John still kept on wondering who the owner of the bag could be, many faces raced through his mind but he got no idea as to whom the bag belonged. He walked from block to block asking people if they might have an idea of the owner, but all his efforts proved futile.

After the bell went for the end of school, John decided to go home with the bag and continue asking around the next day when a mutual friend of his and Susan's (Melody) approached him and told him that Susan was also surprised when she realized that the bag she picked was not hers and was looking for the owner. John was surprised to see Susan, a girl almost as tall as he was but seemed fragile and whose face he had not seen as far as he could remember, she had a reddish zobo-like tint on her  hair which John's found interesting. They exchanged bags and shook hand like football captains during the opening ceremony of a football match.


After reminiscing, John came back to the present time and everyone seemed to be looking at him ‘why?’ he wondered. Apparently he was asked a question by the teacher which he definitely didn't quite hear, the whole class burst into laughter at the obvious cluelessness on his face, he too laughed at a joke of the incident he just reminisced. A laughter only he, Suzie as she was fondly called and Melody would understand

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