Blue Masquerade

As he tightened the knot on his right shoelace, trickles of sweat rolled down his cheeks and dripped onto the ground.And when he stood up from the half-squat position he was in, time ran out.

It was now or never, anymore time wasted, and the thing he had always dreaded would finally happen.
However, being the stubborn man he had always been, Anderson decided to hold it off a little longer, just a little bit.

He took a deep breath, and bent down to retie his left shoelace....then he heard the voice.

"It's coming...."

"(Wh...what was that...? Oh well..probably my mind playing tricks on me..)" He thought to himself.

And again, he heard the voice, "It's coming...."

He stood up and looked around, trying to locate the source of the mysterious voice.

He was in a lift, with his crush, Christina beside him.

"Why're you staring at me like that?" She asked.

"mmf...s...sorry..."

"You're acting strange."

"It's..nothing...I just feel...funny.."

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah...yeah..(If you kiss me right now, yeah!)"

"Why are you smiling to yourself now?!" Christina frowned.

"Oh..oh...uhh..nothing......" Anderson replied, shaking his head and waving both hands in front of her frantically.

"Weirdo"

That last word certainly made Anderson's day, for that had been the last word he wanted to reach his ears after five years of courtship which resulted in nothing but dust, as well as a hole in his pocket.

"Well..umm..Chris....."

"What?" She snapped without even looking at him, she was getting irritated.

And Anderson finally understood that.

"Umm...you know..after all these years...there's been something I'd always wanted to tell you...and I guess today's the day~" He said gleefully, biting his lips.

She turned away and grinned.

He took her hands, grasped them gently with both his hands, held it up to his chest and looked deep into her eyes.

"Chris...you know how much I like you....and you know how serious I am about you....I just want to know..now...how you feel about me..."

She did not resist but smiled warmly instead. She removed her left hand from Anderson's grip and started playing with his fringe.

"Well....sweety.....I've been very patient with you all these years, and I must say, no other guys have treated me as well as you do, and I will go out with no other man except you."

She went on.

"That is....if every single being on the planet, including all the animals died. Seriously, I'd rather go out with a kangaroo than you. And if you don't release me now you're gonna get something real hard coming at your groin."

She tapped the floor with her heel.

Anderson let go of her hands,took a step back and held his hands out in defence.

"Wait! It's ok...I know what you mean now, and I won't force you ...but...well...now ..I can be myself again...here's...something for you...dear...Christina..."

He shuddered.

"(So this was what the mysterious voice was all about...it's all clear to me now, all the effort used to hold it off till the lift door opens has been in vain. It's coming indeed and it has just arrived.)"






And he farted.



The lift door opened and out stepped a brand new Anderson, leaving behind an unconscious Christina inside the blue box of stench.