Max was a 20 year old living in his dorm with his friend and was happy about the fact that he won't be going home for the summer break. Don't get him wrong he loves his family he just isn't ready for their drama yet
"Yo Max guess what I got" his friend Roy shouted as he entered the house
"Uhm the Chinese takeout I asked you to bring" Max deadpanned while scrolling though his phone and not sparing his friend even a glance
"Uhm yeah, and I also came fortune cookies" his friend said while arranging the food on the small coffee table in the room
"Are you a kid or what. Getting exited over a cookie and a piece of paper" Max said putting his phone down and sitting with his friend to eat
"It's not just a piece of paper. It actually tells the truth, your future and your luck" Roy said sitting down and opening the cookie box
"And you get only one" he said showing Max the box
Max reluctantly took the first cookie he say and cracked it opened eating the cookie and reading the paper
"What does it say" Roy asked curiously while removing his own cookie
"It says 'Bad luck for the next 6 hours'x Max read out loud with a hint of annoyance and anger in his voice
"That doesn't sound good" Roy commented eating the pieces of his cookie and reading the paper
"What does yours say" Max asked taking his bow of soup and drinking it slowly
"I thought you didn't care" Roy asked rolling his eyes
"I don't"ax said putting the bowl down with a frown on his face
"Well it's says 'Lady for the humble'" Roy said eating his rice happily
"That's absurd. Hey did they tell you what this soup is" Max asked looking at the bowl like it personally offended him
"It's Mushroom soup. You specifically told me to get you mushroom soup and not your usual chicken soup" Roy said picking up a slice of pork and eating it with his food
"What I said get me chicken soup and not mushroom soup" said in frustration
"Check your messages" Roy said eating his food with no care in the world
Max took his phone and checked the messages. He was shocked because it said Roy should get him mushroom soup and not his usual chicken soup
Then a message came in, it was from a girl he was talking to.
She had confessed to him before the summer break and they had made plans on going out for dinner later that summer
When he opened the message he was even more shocked and frustrated.
She had cancelled their dinner plan and said she didn't like him and it was all a date
"You look like you've seen a ghost" Roy said peeking over Max's shoulder and looking at his phone
"Damn that's bad luck" Roy sat back and continued eating his food. "Guess the cookie has started working"
"It's just a coincidence nothing more" Max said putting his phone down and eating his food reluctantly where he surprisingly the were a lot of stones
The next few hours were hell for Max
He couldn't eat his meal peacefully
His project he had worked on the whole semesters had mysteriously disappeared
His pizza delivery was extremely wrong
His mild pain from his allergy took longer than usual to subside
His card was temporarily frozen for investigations he didn't understand
His phone was malfunctioning and his friend had just gone out with the girl who dumped him
"Can this day et any worst" he groaned laying on his bed
Just then a rock flew through the window breaking it and shattering the body length mirror in the room
"I really had to jinx it didn't I" he groaned into the pillow and looked at the wall clock
"2 hour to go, I can manage it" he sat up and went to the living room hoping he could watch some TV to pass time
But unfortunately the TV didn't want him
All the chanels were in different languages. All languages he hated or didn't know
"If I can't order I can at least make something" he entered the kitchen with determination to do anything to keep himself busy
Then anything turned to baking
He brought out ingredients to make brownies but the cocoa powder was finished
He thought of cake but the baking soda had expired
He thought of fruit punch, but they were no fruits
Then simple egg and toast
But the egg and toast wasn't simple anymore
The egg was all black and burnt and the toast was burnt and stuck to the pan
"I'm never eating Chinese food again" he stormed off and went to his room hoping a nap would cool his brain
But his phone said otherwise
It kept playing an annoying beat every 2 minutes and turning it off wasn't an option, the screen was frozen and couldn't he used
After an annoying wait the beat finally stopped and the phone powered off on its own
When he looked at the clocked his sighed in relief and slumped on the bed because his agonizing 6 hours of bad luck was finally over
"I'm never eating Chinese food or touching a fortune cookie again" he closed his eyes and exhaustionntook over his body taking him into a deep slumber
THE END
