*Timeskip*

It’s August 26th, it’s almost time for the contest. He had just finished his first class. The contest will be going from 10 to 12 PM, which means he will be skipping 2 classes. The first class has a test going on and the second one is where he gotta submit his group project work. Liam didn’t care about the test, because money is more important, but for the group project... there has to be a way for him to submit it on time.

Before he leaves, he goes to ask Marie for a favor 

Liam : *Sigh* Marie

Marie : heya there

Liam : Can I ask you a favor?

Marie : what is it?

Liam : Well as you see, I'm about to leave for the next 3 hours. I will be skipping 2 classes today. For the second class, we gotta submit our group project work, right? Could you submit my part for me, please?

Marie : huhhh?? Where are you even going?? Are you turning into some bad naughty type of student now?? You tryna skip classes now??? Oh boy you’re gonna be living in the str-

Liam : NO! NO! NO! It’s not that! Listen, I need to enter a taco eating contest!

Marie : wha??? pfft… ARE YOU SURE YOU WANNA ENTER??? YOU’RE GONNA BE VERY CHUBBY AFTER THIS!! YOU PROBABLY WON’T EVEN WIN!!

Liam : We don't know about that yet, I’m doing this just to get $650 to get a new laptop that you, I don’t know, DESTROYED?

Marie : ugh.. blaming me again…! tsk...

Liam : So, can you help me submit my part of our group project?

Marie : yea yea alright

Liam : thanks, i’ll be heading out now, cya

Liam went out of the campus and walked to where the contest took place. It was far away. After a while, he’s still so far away from the place. It feels like he barely made any progress.

He tries to look for a taxi that could bring him there faster which he later found.

He arrived at the contest. He walked inside and saw the contestants. They all seem to be confident and ready for what they’re about to face. We see there's a scary home refrigerator sized criminal looking man, a skinny lady who seems like she hasn’t eaten in ages, a really short grandpa and... a 12 year old little girl? what the... what is some 7th grader doing here? Where the hell is even her parents? you know whatever, let her do whatever. Back to the topic, this was very nerve racking for Liam since it’s his first time.

He went to sit down to calm himself down before the contest started. While waiting, he got bored and tried to talk to the other contestants. One of them is a little girl :

Liam : Oy kid

(she turns her head towards him)

Liam : What a small kid like you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be getting some barbie dolls from ToysRus?

Little girl : Aren't u supposed to be sleeping with girls? Oh sorry you wouldn't, because your a virgin loser

Liam : WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK???!! WHO TAUGHT YOU THAT!? HOW COULD THAT EVEN COME ACROSS INTO YOUR MIND!!?? HOLY SHIT

Little girl : Welp, the truth hurts. No one ever said it feels good :) 

Little girl : I smell failure inside of you, surely you’re gonna fail this competition, you’ll be looking like a clown when you walk out of here

Liam : Heh.. WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT!

He was super pissed about that little girl’s behavior. She really thinks she can beat him on eating aaallll of those tacos with that small body of hers, huh? Because he felt irritated, he moved to another seat.

*  8 minutes later  *

Host : LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO OUR TACO EATING CONTEST! MY NAME IS JOE AND I’LL BE THE HOST OF SHOW CONTEST!!

Host : IN THIS CONTEST, THE  CONTESTANTS MUST EAT THOSE 20 TACOS IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME! THEY WILL COMPETE STANDING AND MUST EAT THE ENTIRE SERVED PLATTER OF TACOS TO BE THE VICTOR OF THIS CONTEST!!!

Host : LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO ALL OF OUR CONTESTANTS STARTING FROM CONTESTANT #1, MARTIN ADAMS!! CONTESTANT #2, ……

The host starts calling the contestants names one by one. Those who got called walked into the stage, being watched by everyone.

Then there’s the last number, number 8. It’s his turn now to step up to the stage.

He went to stand next to the other contestants.

“Now let the show begin!”

“1…”

“2…”

“3…”

“GO!”

The contestants start eating and the crowd starts to rile up. They all cheer for the contestant they want to win. It was so loud and noisy. Liam tries to put his focus on eating the tacos, just like the other contestants. He looks at the others' progress while he chews the taco inside his mouth, they all seem to be eating faster than him. It’s still the beginning and he's already starting to lose hope. He still tries his best eating them as fast as he possibly could. It was difficult, but he won't give up! The contestant that’s sitting next to him, number 7, seems to start coughing, he might’ve choked himself by accident. Contestant #7 ran away to the bathroom to throw up, this means that he's out. 

6 more to go. Because a contestant was eliminated, Liam was motivated to eat faster. He beats a contestant, then another contestant, and another. He ate those tacos with speed and haste. He’s slowly approaching his victory step by step. OH would you look at that this man is SLAYING it! He’s already at rank 2. One more…... just one more left…

Host : WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

A winner?! But Liam hasn’t finished eating! Who could it be??! *drum roll sound*

Host : CONTESTANT #4!! THE YOUNG 12 YEAR OLD Evelyn Adwell!! 

WHAT?! HOW?!! IMPOSSIBLE! UNBELIEVABLE!! THAT LITTLE GIRL WON??! 

He felt ashamed for thinking that this 12 year old will fail miserably. He even thought this little girl could just give up on her first try. She has a tiny body but wow... she can fit a whole 20 tacos inside it!

He watched as the host gave her the most money. It’s just so unexpected, surprising!

The host walked towards him and gave him lots of money! but not as much as what that kid got. You know what, even though he didn’t get to rank 1, at least his rank 2 and got some money, that’s all that matters.

The host continued walking to another contestant who reached rank 3. 

The crowd was amazed by them, they gave them a clap of applause and the host let them get off the stage. 

Since his job here is done, he reached for his pocket to grab his phone and call an uber. As he was talking on the phone with the uber. He felt his left hand being held by someone. He was shocked that he almost dropped his phone! He turns his head left and right to see no one. Then he looked down and saw that 12 year old again, giving him a bitchy smile. He ignored the girl for now and continued talking on the phone, he just really wanna go back cause he needs to attend his next classes. The girl really wants to get his attention so she started shaking his hand. He was getting soooo annoyed, he really wanted to slap that kid in the face, but he’d successfully calmed himself down and talked on the phone without sounding like he's about to break someone’s kneecaps. 

After all the chit chat with the uber, the uber is finally on its way to pick him up from this loud and noisy place. The kid is still playing around with his hand. With full patience, he asked the kid 

“Could you kindly leave me alone, pleasee..”

Instead of leaving him alone, the little girl starts to flex about her victory in front of him

Little girl : HAHAHAHAH!!! SEE?! I TOLD YOU!!! 

Liam : UGHHHH SO WHAT?! AT LEAST I MANAGE TO REACH RANK 2

Little girl : jezz just that? rank 2? Are you already satisfied with rank 2? How about rank 1?

Liam : I tried my best alright? now go

??? : EMILYY!! WHERE ARE YOU?!?! IT’S TIME GO BACK! COME ON!

Suddenly, a woman with blonde hair comes shouting for that little girl’s name. She kinda looks like this little girl. Perhaps that woman is this young girl’s mother? 

Little girl : oop, my big sister is here, welp BUH-BYEEEEE!!!

welp nevermind, it turns out it was her big sister. The little girl runs towards her sister and starts talking about everything that just happens. The woman seemed to be so proud of her, she carried her and told her that she’s gonna buy her favorite ice cream flavor as a reward.

how heartwarming, it reminds him of someone that he used to play with. It’s been so long since he last saw him. Maybe one day, he’ll be able to meet him again.

BEEP!!! BEEP!! The uber has arrived! TIME TO GO BACK TO THAT HELL HOLE!!!!

To be continued….