The four of us stepped into line. The lady in front of me flinched as I overstepped and slightly crushed the corner of her clogs and her big toe. Leisurely, I backed out of line, to complete my task, returning moments later. Time froze in anticipation.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
My foot continuously spazzed as I ordered my burrito.
Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.
The worker behind the greasy, black counter slid my burrito over me, meanwhile everyone turned as a woman’s screams filled the room.
“Someone call 911, my husband's not breathing.” …show more content…
As drunks, it took our group of football stars and me, the third string, at least a minute to locate where the shrieks were coming from even though Taco Bell was fairly meager.
My eyes wandered around until they met with the blanched, soon to be widow. Coldly, I stared into her vibrant blue eyes, until she broke the contact, attention going back to her husband.
In the corner of the chain restaurant, a man was sitting on the booth, but as I looked up to see his face, there was a purply tone and veins that seemed to be surfacing on his face.
The store became hectic as the manager sprinted in attempt to help the man in the suit. A worker began the heimlich, but the man continued suffocating.
People from all directions were attracted to him like moths to a light, but the women seemed to gravitate towards the wife, to comfort her. A couple of ladies were holding hands with the victim's wife. Even though they were strangers, people were gathering together in unity, grasping onto each other in hugs, as tears were shed.
I’d been so absorbed in watching the chaos spread like wildfire that I forgot that I still hadn’t began to eat my
burrito.
As I grasped the corners, I was completely relaxed as the noises of distress and tradgedy filled my empty void. Other than suffocation, the 30 year old man was in perfect health and there was plenty of confusion on why he couldn’t breathe.
Reluctant to leave and join my friends in the back, I sat in a booth with a clear view. My body melted into the seat, but my contact with dying man never broke. A grin spread across my face as I took another bite and watched with pure amusement. Slowly, I reached deep into my Barbour jacket and grabbed my polariod camera, snapping a picture, to keep the memory close to me forever. The blank film ejected from the camera. I took it out and began to shake it--color spread across the film and the stranger’s bodies began to appear.
My body tingled with the familiar, yet infrequent feeling of warmth as I slipped number 7 into my coat pocket.