Laughter

SOL #13

Laughter

March 14, 09

“And then the guy said…” Mathieu started, Gaby and I stared at him with wide smiles on our faces. He pressed him lips together into a thin line, containing his laughter. He couldn’t. He pinched his nose with his index finger and his thumb, his face went red and his mouth widened into a too-big smile and his eyes stretched like the eyes of an Asian person. He looked like his face was made of rubber and someone was pulling him by his nose. Gaby and I looked at each other and then burst laughing. We laughed and laughed. It was a warm feeling all over my body. We laughed until we were crying. Then, all of the sudden that warm feeling concentrated somewhere else in my body. That feeling – the one that I felt when I was laughing – was somewhere else.

“Oh!” I gasped; Mathieu and Gaby looked at me. “Mathieu! Or:

• I spilled water on my pants, or
• I drooled on my pants, or
• I cried so hard my tears wet my pants or…”

Snap! I thought. I jumped out of my seat and ran into the bathroom; I slid my shorts and underwear quickly and sat on the toilet. I did you-know-what and sighed. I looked down. No! I thought. There was a knock on the door.

“Ines! Are you OK?” Gaby asked outside of the bathroom in a worried tone.

“Uh, yeah. Just one thing.” I called back.

“Yeah?” She questioned,

“Would you happen to have an underwear that fits me?” I asked,

“Sure…but why?” She whispered,

“Well, I think I laughed so hard I peed in my pants.” I whispered trying to not let Mathieu hear. I heard a loud burst of laugh outside, Mathieu. Ugh! I thought to myself, why did he have to hear that? I could imagine that on Monday half the school would know. Why me!? I thought.