Lemon Cake
Apr. 13th, 2009 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sorcyressScene opens on a bake sale, a long table covered in goodies. Two women approach, one, older, dedicated to supporting the cause. The other, merely curious, trying to learn what's going on.
The girl behind the table turns to the younger. "Would you like anything? It's for a good cause!"
The younger woman stammers, blushing slightly "I'm sorry, I would, but I don't have my wallet..."
"What do you want?" the older woman asks, kindly. She is holding a five dollar bill, offering it to the stranger.
"What, really?" In response, the older woman nods. She was planning to give the money all to the cause anyways. What does it hurt her if fifty cents or a dollar get used on this lost little teenager.
The younger woman gets a slice of lemon cake. The older woman buys oatmeal raisin cookies, and pays for them both. "Keep the change" she says to the girl behind the table.
"Thank you." the younger woman says, taking her cake. The older woman smiles, and they part ways.
It's only later that the younger woman realizes just why she's so flabbergasted --she's spent so much time trying to be nice to other people, that she's forgotten what it feels like when someone's nice to her.
The girl behind the table turns to the younger. "Would you like anything? It's for a good cause!"
The younger woman stammers, blushing slightly "I'm sorry, I would, but I don't have my wallet..."
"What do you want?" the older woman asks, kindly. She is holding a five dollar bill, offering it to the stranger.
"What, really?" In response, the older woman nods. She was planning to give the money all to the cause anyways. What does it hurt her if fifty cents or a dollar get used on this lost little teenager.
The younger woman gets a slice of lemon cake. The older woman buys oatmeal raisin cookies, and pays for them both. "Keep the change" she says to the girl behind the table.
"Thank you." the younger woman says, taking her cake. The older woman smiles, and they part ways.
It's only later that the younger woman realizes just why she's so flabbergasted --she's spent so much time trying to be nice to other people, that she's forgotten what it feels like when someone's nice to her.