Life

Anger rises up in you. Before you quite know what you are doing, you raise your hand, summon up all the strength you can manage, and strike Ben across the face.

A hushed silence follows. Ben raises his hand to his cheek, which is turning red rapidly. Then he turns his gaze towards you, and you see triumphantly that his eyes are full of fear. Without another word, he rolls his window back up, and drives away. You watch furiously as it rounds the corner and disappears.

You stand there in the middle of the road, panting. All of a sudden, all your anger washes away, and guilt replaces it. Now you've really done it. Ben will never talk to you ever again. Slowly, you start to walk back home.

But suddenly, you brighten. Hey, there's still plenty of other places to go, right? Time to cheer yourself up.