P3 Canteen Crash

 It was a bright and lovely morning. The heavenly aroma of scrumptious food wafted in the air. Julie was walking to her favourite stall to buy her comfort food, marcaroni. To her, it had always been the best food ever. The smell of chicken broth was so tempting and its sweetness was simply delicious. Julie could not wait to savour the marcaroni.

Julie started queueing up for her food. The queue was as long as a snake. Finally, it was her turn to place the order. Yum! Yum! She spotted a vacant seat and went toward it, gingerly holding the bowl of steaming hot soup.

“Julie! Julie!” It sounded like a familar voice. Julie turned around and smiled brilliantly. It was her best friend, Bryan. Bryan was a very kind boy and had a wonderful personality. He had a plate of fried rice on his tray.

“Yes?” Julie asked inquisitively.

“I've just gotten first in class!” Bryan exclaimed triumphantly.

“Good!” Julie's eyes sparkled with joy. She was so proud of her best friend.

Just then, a junior boy ran across the canteen. He bumped into Julie and there was a loud crash! The fried rice flew like confetti at a wedding march. The hot marcaroni soup splashed onto Julie and the junior boy and the heat scalded the two children, causing the skin to become red and blistered. Ouch! The two kids started screaming in pain.

Bryan ran to Mrs Lee, his form teacher, to inform her. “Mrs Lee, a situation has happened in the canteen!” Bryan cried out frenetically.

Mrs Lee dashed to the canteen to find out what was going on. She brought the duo to the first aid room and applied medicated cream on the red blisters. The soothing cream turned their loud cries into soft whimper. The junior felt bad and kept apologising to Julie. Mrs Lee complimented Bryan for his quick wits and told the junior sternly not to play 'catching' in the canteen. Bryan ran back to the canteen to buy Julie another bowl of marcaroni. Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed.