Subway story.

The other day I was on the subway going for a job interview at a bar in my new neighborhood, when this little (black) girl with cornrows and short braids done up with bright colored beads got up to follow her mom to the door to get off at the next stop, but her backpack was a little open, and a couple papers fell out.

"Here," I was like, grabbing them and giving them back to her. "And I hope that's not homework, since it would be a pain to lose it and have to do it over."

"Thank you," she was like.

And then, after a pause, she was like, "Nice hairdo."