Lollipop
I noticed that I still hadn't switched on the music, despite my earphones being plugged in for two hours. I then found myself in the female restroom, trying to make some sense, any sense of the person staring at me from the mirror. My face hurt from salty cheeks and a runny nose and broken answers. I was genuinely contemplating the possible outcomes of my current state of mind- which ranged from : Faint in a public restroom and miss your flight vs. Do the same in the next airport vs. Go stand in front of security and hope to dear God they somehow drag your butt into the flight vs. Literally just die right there- As I stood there, calmly thinking up excuses to tell my parents for 'missing' the flight, I felt a tug on my shirt. I turned around to find this absolutely tiny angel of a girl flashing a toothless smile at me, with half her face covered in chocolatey goo and the cutest pair of shoes I'd ever seen. A second later, her mother barged out from the toilet behind me