Mayonnaise On An Escalator Novels & Stories

Maya was glad to see she was not the only one avoiding the staircase, a few people were gathered in front of the doors as well. "Good morning." The greeting startled her and she smiled at the young girl standing next to her, "Hello." She replied. The girl gave her a single nod as if on cue, the elevator doors opened and they filed inside. Maya was lucky enough to secure a space at the front and quickly pushed a button to the last floor. She watched anxiously as the doors closed, knowing what was coming. When it did, she began to fiddle with the stars of her bag again, the elevator started to descend slowly, Maya's heart hammering in her ears.

People were constantly coming and going, and the restaurant was bustling. The trio entered the mall and took the escalator. Wendy walked ahead while Sierra and Paige followed behind. The escalator had over twenty steps, and more than ten people were standing above. Suddenly, someone ahead exclaimed. Paige and Sierra, standing behind her, looked up to see Wendy falling backward. Someone in front had accidentally tripped and knocked Wendy over.

It thundered shut, the sound echoing across the entire hallway. I just took a deep breath and turned my back once more. I started to whistle softly as I walked toward the elevator. I wasn’t about to let this situation stress me out any further. But just as I was about to step inside the elevator, I suddenly stopped in my tracks. The doors of Elevator 2 slid open with a soft ding. A maid stepped out slowly. Her movements were careful as she clutched a shimmering silver tray in both hands. A cloud of steam rose from the food neatly arranged on it.

Their eyes were restless as they look around, seeming to wait for something to happen. "It's okay, we are in an elevator. This is usually used when you are too tired to take the stairs" she readily explains, seeing the apprehension of her siblings. "We could have taken the moving stairs" Kara mumbles while tightly holding the rail. "There's no escalator on this side of the mall, Kara. This is for exclusive clients. Don't worry, we are almost there" she pacifies her while holding her other hand. Lyon has the same state as Kara while her friends were trying not to mind them. And she knows they don't want to embarrass her siblings.

' Hadley thought of biting her lips and she walked towards the elevator with different people bowing to her in greetings and she wondered why she had to be burnt by Maurice's decision. "Good morning ma'am!" Everyone waiting for the elevator chorused when they saw Hadley and that was the time Hadley felt like disappearing into thin air because she was so embarrassed. "Good morning," Hadley replied sadly and she turned around to go and take the stairs because she was so embarrassed at the moment and she was surprised to bump into Cassandra who was also taking the elevator. "Hey, Ella! Where are you going? Are you not taking the elevator?" Cassandra asked with a condescending smirk that she did

Other than that she shadowed the family whilst trying to figure out what to do with the aching pain in her head and heart. Causally strolling to the elevator and not bothering with the check in desk. Joel pressed the golden button, calling the elevator. Once the wide set transporting machine opened they all piled in and Riley pressed the forty-fifth floor. Despite the elevators speed, time stilled and an awkward cloud sat on top of all three girls. Joel and Riley sent each other looks of concern then simultaneously looked at Maya who was so deep inside her head she didn’t realize.

I ask the elevator driver, squeezing myself, damned mayonnaise. My stomach aches and the elevator seems to take forever to arrive, when it does, I throw myself out dragging my suitcase, and run to the bedroom door, open it in a hurry, drop my suitcase on the way, and run to the bathroom already pulling down my pants, sit on the restroom and thank myself for having had time. After about 10 minutes I feel like a different person, I've done what I had to do and what I didn't have to do and I swear to myself I'll never eat mayonnaise again.

I smile as I see the surprised look on her face. This decision is a risk though. Maya eats weirdly but I don't have anything else in mind. Seconds later, our order arrives. Thank God she ordered like a normal human today. She ordered salmon tacos with lobster. After the meal, my only plan is to head back home. As I stand up from the seat, my head pulls back with dizziness but I catch myself. “Eve, are you okay?” Maya’s voice is laced with panic, but I can barely nod in response before the room spins.

Fifteen minutes later, Halloway returns, huffing. “Why are you breathing so heavily?” “The elevator has broken down.” Marsh rolls his eyes. “Let’s go down then. You need the exercise anyway…” Halloway huffs and puffs down the staircase, bending double when they finally reach the ground floor. Even though they say coming down is less strenuous than coming up, when you have gone up and now you’re coming down with your legs feeling like jelly, maybe it is not as easy as they make it seem. “Where is he?”

Then I remembered that I should be buying tomato sauce not ketchup. “Oh! Pft! Silly me,” I said as I returned the bottle of ketchup back on its shelf. Then I looked around for the sauce which was nowhere in my sight. “It’s beside these shelves,” the guy said. I smiled at him. “Thank you.” But as soon as I was about to walk away, I bumped into another huge cart with a lot of items in it. Because of how hard the bump was, a bottle of mayonnaise fell from the cart and it exploded on the tiled floor. A woman who was in her fifties gasped then glared at me. My mouth was open and I didn’t know what to say.