About a boy

It started raining when I was driving home from badminton at noon today. From tiny raindrops when I was walking to my car, it turned into very heavy rain (with huge raindrops) in seconds. Kinda lucky it didn't rain before I got to my car...because I didn't have an umbrella with me! (but there was one in the car)

I went to Super Tanker (a food court, not a real tanker :P ) to buy home some lunch. By that time I had my umbrella with me...and just as I finished paying for my food and was opening up my umbrella to leave (a slightly complicated maneuver because I was holding the umbrella, my wallet, my car keys and the plastic bag containing my food all in one hand at the beginning) I saw a boy (about upper primary school age) standing at the edge of the food court, looking like he was waiting for the right moment to dash out.

I wanted to ask him where he was going. I mean, if he was going across the road to the car park, I was going the same way and I could have sheltered him at least till I reached my car. But I hesitated...and decided to first open up my umbrella before doing anything. Just a little while before I had my umbrella open and was holding everything correctly and was ready to walk out, he dashed out to a car waiting right outside. I'm not sure whether the car was there before, or whether it had just arrived...probably the latter)

And I walked out with my umbrella right after him.

I can't help feeling rather mean and selfish. I mean...you have an umbrella and you let a little kid go out in the rain? It wouldn't have been too hard to shelter him to the car...

On the other hand, the car was close enough to run to. Really.

At least I won't be labeled a paedophile...

Just a mean old witch. >:D

Oh, and by the time I got home, the sun had started shining again (though it returned to cloudy later...that's just the sky having mood swings again)