Nachos all in my face

The Sun Always Shines by CHHUN SUN

It was nacho cheese.

It was nacho guacamole.

It was nacho sour cream.

Five minutes after 7 p.m. and my friend was running late. She called to tell me to meet her in the lobby.

“Why don’t you go inside and get some food?” she said, not knowing that I was already in line at the snack bar of the movie theater Tuesday night.

There I stood, waving my $20 bill. Then I saw it: Super Nachos for $5.75. I pointed to the sign.
“Everything?” the cashier asked.

I nodded.

When I got the Super Nachos, I stared at it with desire because this was the first time I had seen food in two hours. I got the nachos and almost drooled on them.

I walked for about 10 minutes with my drink under my arm, while I kept staring at the nachos. Then my friend came running in.

“Let’s hurry,” I said. “I think the seats are almost filled.”

Running up the steps, I was excited about watching a sneak preview of “Be Cool.”

Then it happened. My right flip-flop caught the lip of the step. My upper body began its slow-motion descent toward the floor. Luckily, my face and nachos met just in time to cushion my fall.

The theater was dark, but everyone saw. I heard that "Oh!" from the audience and my face turned red, which mixed well with the sour cream and made for a pretty pink hue.

I told my friend, who was wiping green goo off my face, that I was quite embarrassed. A worker, standing right next to me, saw the whole incident. Instead of laughing in my face, which I wouldn't have blamed her for, she called in a worker to clean up the nachos on the floor. That’s when I realized how delicious it looked. Then she asked if I wanted another Super Nachos. She said it would be free. I said super.

I apologized for making a mess and she just smiled and said it happens all the time.

"But I'm sure not everyone gets food all over their face," I said.

"Yeah, you're right," she said.

It was nacho embarrassment.

That’s my most embarrassing story. What’s yours?

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