Tim

Tim walks out of the office with his things. He had just gotten fired and was trying to figure out how he was going to tell his wife. This was the job she helped him get. Janeth went through so much trying to get him that job. Tim was worthless without her help. She was going to be so disappointed in him. Tim’s phone vibrates and it is Janeth, she asks him how work is going. Tim doesn’t know if he should lie to her or tell her the truth. He hesitates in pressing send, Tim doesn’t know if this was going to be the right thing to do. He finally manages to send the message with the lie telling his wife he was doing great at work. Janeth was supposed to leave this morning for a meeting that was out of town so Tim had plenty of time to figure out how he was going to tell her when she got back. Tim’s phone vibrates again and this time his wife tells him she will be visiting him at work today because her meeting got cancelled. He drops the phone.

“What the fuck,” mumbled Tim under his breath. Tim was losing his mind. He had no idea what he was going to do. Tim reaches down to pick up his phone and puts it back into his pocket. There was no way he would be able to get away with this; he had to think of a new plan as soon as possible.

Tim goes home to drop of his things and his phone keeps vibrating. It was his wife calling. Tim doesn’t know if he should answer or if he should ignore the call. He lets it ring and walks away. All of a sudden the house phone rings. Tim checks to see who it is, and it is his wife. He is terrified now and decides to answer.

“Hello,” answers Tim calmly.

“Tim what the fuck, I went to your office and Jake tells me he fired you earlier,” yelled Janeth.

“Yes, I didn’t want to tell you because I was ashamed,” said Tim.

“So you would rather lie…” said Janeth.

“I didn’t know how to tell you, I am such a fuck up,” said Tim.

“You aren’t a fuck up, Jake never liked you because I chose you instead of him, but you just fucked up,” said Janeth and hung up.

Tim was in trouble, he should have never lied to her. He tried calling her but it went straight to voicemail. He sent her a text telling her how sorry he was but she still didn’t bother to reply or call him back. Tim knew exactly where she was and it made him angry. He drives down to his old job and goes straight to Jakes office. Just as Tim thought Janeth was in there with him. Tim opens the door and walks in and sits down beside Janeth. Jake tells him to leave.

“If I leave she has to come with me,” says Tim.

“I don’t want to go anywhere with you Tim, you lied to me,” says Janeth.

Jake starts laughing.

“I don’t see how this is funny,” said Tim.

Jake doesn’t say anything.

“Oh I see, you did this on purpose. You fired me because you knew I wouldn’t handle it well and lie to her and then she would be mad,” says Tim.

“Is this true,” asked Janeth.

Jake nods his head.

“Wow you are pathetic, I didn’t want you then I sure as hell don’t want you now,” says Janeth as she walks out the door with Tim.

George

George wasn’t feeling it today at practice, he felt like he was already the best on the team and he didn’t have to worry about practicing much more.

“Coach is it okay if I just sit out this practice… or maybe until the competition on the weekend,” asked George. The coach looked at him with disbelief.

“Are you serious right now George,” asked the coach.

“Yes, I feel like I have worked hard enough and deserve a break,” said George.

“But practice makes perfect, and you aren’t there yet.”

“I have made two records already how much better do you want me to get,” yelled George.

“It isn’t about records George, there is always going to be someone out there can meet up to your potential so you need to keep practicing,” yelled the coach.

George walked away, he was tired of listening to his coach. George was going to stay and practice but he wasn’t going to put 100% effort in anything. George ran around the track. His feet soared with little effort. The coach was on the phone so George could care less if he was doing good or not. When George finishes his fourth lap he notices that the coach wasn’t there anymore.

“Well if he isn’t going to be here neither will I,” said George as he walks out of the track. He walks around the parking lot waiting for his mom to pick him up when he sees his coach pull up. The coach puts his car in park, his door and the backseat door open at the same time. Who could be getting out of there everyone else were already on the track.

“Come and meet your new teammate George,” said the coach.

George walks to the other side of the car and it is William Johnson. William was the best runner from our competition.

“What is he doing here, isn’t he our competition,” asked George.

“I am good friends with his father and we figured something out for him to be on our team,” said the coach.

“Hi, I can’t wait for this weekend,” said William.

“Yeah, me either,” said George.

William and the coach walk down to the field together joking around as if they are the best of friends. George follows them down there to be nosey. George sends his mother a text asking her to come pick him up later. When they finally get down to the track he sits on the bleachers and watches William practice. William was way better than George thought. He felt bad for yelling at his coach because now he wouldn’t win the competition. George gets up from the bleachers and tells his coach he was going to warm up.

“I am sorry George but William will be taking your place there is no need for y0u to warm up,” said the coach.

“What about the competition, that was my spot to compete in,” said George.

“Well you wanted to rest and I will not have bums on my team, sorry isn’t that what you wanted,” said the coach with a smirk on his face.

George couldn’t believe this was happening. His coach didn’t have to take it this far. George walks to the parking lot with his dreams crushed. 

cafe

Jasmine was patiently waiting at Starbucks for her boyfriend Carl. He told her to meet him there an hour ago; she wondered why he wasn’t there yet. Jasmine gets her phone out of her purse so she can call him. Carl answers and tells her he is running late but that he will be there soon and then hangs up.

“That’s strange, how come he didn’t even let me speak,” said Jasmine to herself. She finds a way to distract herself while she waits; she gets on snapchat and watches everyone’s story. When she watches Carl’s story she notices that Victoria is in it. At this point she is furious because Carl told her that he wasn’t talking to her anymore. Victoria has been the main topic of their arguments. Jasmine puts her phone down and attempts to calm down, when she finally does Carl and Victoria walk in the café together holding hands. Was Jasmine imagining this? Carl and Victoria sit in the seats in front of Jasmine. Jasmine looks at both of them and starts laughing.

“Are you kidding me,” asked Jasmine.

“No,” said Victoria.

“I have been waiting for the right time to tell you,” said Carl.

“Oh so you choose the day before our three year anniversary,” asked Jasmine.

“I know it isn’t what you want, but it is what I want,” said Carl.

“You are so pathetic Carl, I gave you everything for you to just let me go for that piece of trash,” said Jasmine.

“I will not sit here and let you insult me,” said Victoria.

“I don’t care you are irrelevant,” said Jasmine.

“Don’t talk to her like that Jasmine,” said Carl.

“I don’t care about her right now; we have been together for three years and she comes out of nowhere and is all of a sudden better than me, what kind of shit is that,” yelled Jasmine. People in the café start to look at her. Jasmine didn’t care right now she was furious.

“Does she even know about the baby,” asked Jasmine.

“Shut up Jasmine,” said Carl.

“What baby,” asked Victoria.

“I am two months pregnant with his child and he wants me to get rid of it, oh and it’s probably so he can be with you,” said Jasmine. Victoria looked at Carl before she got up and left. Carl tried to chase her down but she managed to escape.

“What did you do Jasmine, you messed this up for me,” said Carl.

“Messed it up for you, you just ruined my life, I wasted three years of my life for nothing, I put so much effort into this relationship for nothing, and now I am pregnant with your child but I want you to have no part in my baby’s life,” said Jasmine with tears in her eyes.

“I will never stop caring about you Jasmine,” said Carl.

“I don’t need your pity now Carl, I will be fine without you, maybe even better, I wish you the best with Victoria but don’t ever try to get in contact with me,” said Jasmine.

She took off her promise ring he gave her and set it on the table.

“I hope you remember that I gave you everything when you had nothing, I was here for you when you had no one. I really hope Victoria makes you happy,” said Jasmine as she walked out of the café.

Monster

Kassandra was a new kid at her school. Nobody wanted to talk to her because she didn’t look like the rest of the children

“Hey look the freak is back,” said one of the kids in the hallway. Kids started laughing and pointed their fingers at her. Kassandra put her head down and attempted to zone out so she wouldn’t have to hear them making fun of her. She knew her mother should have let her stay being home schooled. When she got to her locker there was a drawing of her, she started crying because they drew her so well. People hated her there and she felt like a complete oddball.

Kassandra ran to the bathroom to wipe away her tears, she didn’t want anyone to see that they could get to her. She needed to prove to them that no matter what they say or do to her she would stay strong. Kassandra looked in the mirror and stared at herself with disgust.

“I am hideous,” said Kassandra. She kept noticing all of her flaws and it made it hate herself even more because the flaws were never ending. She had an enormous head, with untamable hair. Kassandra’s small body made her look even odder. Her eyes were huge they would usually freak everyone out. Her whiskers weren’t something anybody that was normal had. The worst part of all was that she had demon features. Her horn and a tail would call her a devil but in reality she was a sweetheart. Last but not least she had four arms with sharp claws. The claws were so sharp if she accidently scratch something it would rip apart completely. She had to be careful every time she was near people or else she would cut them. Kassandra walks out of the bathroom and all of a sudden a group of kids come out of nowhere and start taking pictures of her.

“Oh my god she is so ugly,” said a random kid.

“Yeah why is she even alive, she doesn’t belong here,” said another kid while laughing. Every kid agreed with that kid and started throwing books at Kassandra.

“Get out of her freak, we don’t want you here,” yelled everyone.

“But I haven’t done anything wrong,” said Kassandra as she ran away. Kassandra was tired of coming to school every day just to get tortured when she hasn’t done anything wrong. No matter how hard she tried she couldn’t get over the fact that they treat her horribly for no reason. Kassandra just didn’t know how to handle it anymore. She ends up walking far from school. Everyone just keeps staring at her. She puts her head down and avoids any eye contact. Kassandra continues to walk until she reaches the perfect spot. She was now standing in front of a bridge. She kept asking herself if she should jump. It's not like anyone would care thought Kassandra. She looks around and notices everyone is still staring at her with disgust. That is her sign, Kassandra smiles and jumps off the bridge.

Nightmare

"Ahhhhh," screamed Sandra as she wakes up abruptly. In her dream she was in the middle of running from a woman trying to kill her. She wipes the sweat off of her forehead and sits in the edge of the bed. This was strange to Sandra because she never had a bad dream. Did this mean something she thought? She reaches for her phone to check the time.
"Man I have to get ready for work now,” said Sandra with disappointment. She should have never answered the phone when they called her in for work last night. When Sandra is finished getting ready she walks out her house and locks her door then heads towards her car.

Riding with her top down, Sandra is blasting her music on her way to work. Arriving to the entrance of her job there is a homeless family of three sitting on the edge of the sidewalk begging for money. Sandra never liked giving money to homeless people because she felt they could get a job or find another way to maintain their family without begging. When Sandra parks her car the mother of the two children approaches Sandra’s car and asks for some spare change. Sandra completely ignored the lady and kept walking until she got to the door of her job. She could hear the lady mumble under her breath. Sandra looks back and the lady was nowhere to be found. This was the second time this has happened to her.

All day at work Sandra kept thinking about the homeless lady. She looked familiar, and then all of a sudden she remembered her nightmare.

“Sandra what is wrong with you today,” asked Lisa her boss.

“Nothing, I’m just tired,” said Sandra.

“Ok well since it is slow you are more than welcome to go home,” said Lisa.

“I was only here for six hours that isn’t even half of my shift,” says Sandra.

“I don’t care how long you were here for get out or you are fired,” shouted Lisa.

Sandra gets her things and walks out to her car. Trying to look for her keys in her purse she notices a note on her windshield. It said watch your back.

Sandra looks around trying to see if anybody was around watching her. She finally finds her keys and speeds out of there. What in the world is going on thought Sandra? She feels her phone vibrating in her purse and takes it out to see who is calling once she sees who it is she ignores it. Her ex boyfriend was always sending her messages threatening her.

“Oh my god it all makes sense now, he is the one that left that note on my car,” said Sandra. Quickly making a U-turn she is on her way to his house. He lives pretty far but she doesn’t have anything better to do and this was going too far so she needed to end it now.

Two hours go by and she finally arrives to his house. Sandra gets out of her car and yells his name. it is dark outside

“Who is that making all that noise,” asks Daniel.

“Daniel it is Sandra, why the hell are you constantly bothering me,” asked Sandra.

“What are you talking about,” asked Daniel.

“The note you left me on my car and the phone call you made right after I found it,” yelled Sandra.

“I never left a note on your car I haven’t even left my house all day and I lost my phone two days ago so that couldn’t have been me Sandra,” said Daniel.

“How am I supposed to believe that when you would always leave me crazy texts ever since we broke up?”

“You broke up with me three days ago and I lost my phone two days ago add the pieces up Sandra that was not me doing this to you.”

“Then who is doing this to me, this is crazy and I am starting to get scared,” said Sandra.

“It will be ok, do you want to come inside for a bit,” asked Daniel.

“Yes that would be great but I can only stay for a little while.”

Sandra walks inside the house with Daniel and sits on his couch. Daniel goes to the kitchen and grabs a couple beers. Sandra grabs one and starts drinking, whenever she is stressed out she becomes an alcoholic. She finished two bottles and kept asking for more but Daniel told her that wasn’t a good idea because she had a long drive back home.

“Come on Daniel you know I am good at driving drunk,” said Sandra.

“I won’t let you take the risk, I care about you Sandra maybe you should spend the night here.”

“Are you only doing this so we can get back together because I don’t want to get back together with you sorry.”

“No Sandra I am doing this because you are in danger.”

“It is time for me to go, thanks for the time I wasted here.”

“Sandra stop being ridiculous right now. I am tired of your shit. That’s why you are lonely because you constantly push people away and now you lost me permanently don’t ever come looking for me again!”

Sandra is upset now because what he said was true. She had no one, she was always pushing people away and she never knew why. She started crying and looked back to look at Daniel but he had already closed the door on her. Daniel was so disappointed in Sandra all he wanted to do was be there for her. She lost the only person that would actually be there for her. He really cared about Sandra it killed him to let her go. He felt like that was the only way she will realize she needed to change.

Sandra didn’t have a jacket on and it was freezing. She looked up at the sky. The moon was shining bright. It was beautiful but it didn’t make Sandra feel any better. Her night couldn’t possibly get worse she thought.

It took her longer than expected to get home because she was a little buzzed and she didn’t want to get pulled over by a cop.

Once she turns into her drive way she parks her car immediately. She was so tired all she wanted to do was sleep so she wouldn’t have to think about Daniel or anyone else. Walking to her door step she trips over something. Sandra gets back up and looks at what she tripped over. It is a little boy sleeping on top of a lady. Sandra screams! They boy and the lady wake up.

“Who are you and what are you doing on my property,” asked Sandra.

The lady doesn’t say anything she just stares at Sandra.

“We are sorry to bother you but this was the nearest house we got to, my boy is really tired and he just wanted to sleep but we will leave if you want us to,” said the lady.

Sandra had to think about it. She had no idea who these people were and had no idea what they were capable of. Sandra looked at the little boy and he looked at her with his sweet blue eyes. She had no choice but to let them in her home.

“It is ok; I think it would be better if yall came inside. It is freezing cold out here and it isn’t good for yall so come follow me,” said Sandra as she opens the door to her house.

The lady picks up the boy and she walks inside of Sandra’s house. Sandra goes upstairs to find some blankets and pillows so they can sleep in the living room.

“Thank you so much Sandra,” says the boy.

Sandra stares at him confused.

“How do you know my name,” asked Sandra.

“It was just a guess,” says the lady as she covers the boy’s mouth.

That was real strange to Sandra but she doesn’t pay much attention to it. She tells her guests goodnight and heads upstairs to her room. Knowing it wouldn’t be easy going to sleep she takes some Nyquil to help her out. Once it kicks in she is knocked out.

“Ahhhhhh,” screamed Sandra. She wakes up having the same nightmare as last night. This time when she tries getting up she can’t because her hands and legs are tied up restraining her from moving.

“What the fuck is going on,” yells Sandra. As soon as she says that the lady from yesterday walks in with a knife.

“Hello Sandra, I have been waiting for this day to come,” says the lady while she smirks.

“I don’t even know who you are how do you know my name,” asked Sandra.

“I am the lady you always fuck over.”

Sandra just stares at this crazy woman.

“How the hell did you get in my house,” asked Sandra. The lady points at the other lady from last night.

“How could you do this to me, I let you in my home when you needed help and you fucked me over,” said Sandra.

“This was all a plan,” said the first lady.

Sandra was so confused. She had no idea what to do. There was no way she could get out of the rope she was tied up with. This was the end of her life she wished she could have done things better. Sandra closes her eyes and tells the lady to just kill her already.

“I am not going to kill you dumb ass, I just wanted to teach you a lesson.”

Sandra just lays there clueless. She still has no idea why this started in the first place. She was so angry right now, Sandra starts cussing up a storm but everyone was already out of the house. She is still tied up on the bed and had no idea how she was ever going to get out she had nobody. Sandra starts screaming hoping one of her neighbors will hear her and come to the rescue. All of a sudden Daniel is in her room and he starts laughing.

“What the heck are you doing tied up,” asked Daniel.

Sandra just rolls her eyes and tells him to untie her.

“I will tell you later,” said Sandra.

“I came to apologize for the way I talked to you last night, I didn’t mean to talk to you that way I was just upset,” said Daniel.

Sandra smiled and couldn’t have asked for anyone better. She had learned her lesson. 

The park

It was September 2^nd. It has been exactly sixty nine years since World War ll was over. Two old men were walking around a park like they usually do every day. 

“I’m getting tired, maybe we should sit down,” said Soloman.

“You’re right I’m getting tired as well,” said Abraham. They both walk to the nearest bench and sit down. Abraham catches Soloman staring at the identification tattoo on his arm. Abraham quickly covers the tattoo with his hand and attempts to start a conversation.

“So how is your wife doing Soloman,” asked Abraham.

“She is doing well, thanks for asking,” replied Soloman.

They both sit in awkward silence until Soloman pushes Abraham’s hand away from where he was hiding the tattoo.

“You don’t have to hide it from me Abraham,” said Soloman.

“I am just ashamed of having it in the first place, I don’t want people asking me about it either,” said Abraham.

“I know, it is a sensitive topic, but you can’t keep hiding it forever,” said Soloman.

“I try so hard every day to forget my experience in Auschwitz but it will never happen,” said Abraham.

“I can’t forget about the experience I had fighting in the war,” said Soloman.

“I was ten years old when my family was forced to get on the train to Poland, I had no idea where we were going, everyone heard rumors but we never knew for sure until we stepped foot off that train,” said Abraham.

Soloman just looked at Abraham and listened.

“The ride there was horrible, we were all cramped up in one place, we were treated as if we were animals and I never understood why.”

Tears start to go down Abrahams face but he wipes it away quickly.

“I will never forget the day we arrived because that was the last day I would ever see my family again.”

“My mother and my father caught the flu while we were in the train they tried to hide the symptoms or else they would be left to die in the cold.”

Abraham looks up at the sky trying to hold back the tears from coming faster.

“The day we arrived my parents were already too weak to get out of the train so when the Nazis yelled at them to get out they couldn’t, the Nazis took it as them disobeying orders and shot them in front of everyone.”

“I am so sorry Abraham,” said Soloman.

“I know I am a survivor but sometimes I wish I wasn’t so I wouldn’t have to live the rest of my life with those dreadful memories,” said Abraham.

Santa

Dear Santa,

Wassup man, I don’t ever write a letter but I thought maybe this year I should. I live in the most dangerous city in Illinois and I am getting tired of people shooting up in my neighborhood. These people don’t know who they messin with. You feel me? I want a Remington so I can shoot anybody that wanna act bad. I know that puts me on the naughty list but you know I’m just tryna protect the kids. I’m like a hero. Don’t let my dreams go to waste

Another thing I would like is an iphone six. I always see these dirty kids walking around with one and I get jealous. I’m an old lady but I need to stay in trend with these children. I would love to take some bomb ass selfies. I can’t do that with this piece of crap flip phone my daughter bought me.

You know what I love and would die if you gave it to me on Christmas? I would love a brand new house out of this city. I know I am asking for the most but come on Santa that would be wonderful. I don’t want to live in this hood anymore. I need a better living lifestyle and I know you can help me. You make miracles happen. If I stay here any longer I will get murdered. This is the city where murders happen on a regular. Do you seriously want a poor old granny like me to die? It is a new city or I turn into a murderer as well. It is all up to you. Do you want to see the good in me or the bad? I prefer to show you the good but I can’t do this on my own.

I know you got me Santa. I can’t wait till the 25^th to see if you really came through.

-Love,

        Grandma from da hood

P.S I got you with the cookies.

Time Machine

"Why would you do that to me Laura," asked Jasmine.

"I didn't mean to it was an accident," said Laura.

"How could sleeping with my boyfriend possibly be an accident? I thought you were my best friend, that was very low of you," yelled Jasmine. Laura walked away because she had nothing to say, she really messed up this time and she felt terrible. Laura has known Jasmine for fifteen years and she messed it all up for one night of stupidity. Laura had to figure out a way to make things better. 

Laura starts walking home and realizes she does have a way of making things better. She heads towards Marty Mcfly's house. Everyone knows about him using Doc's time machine. Word on the street is that he still has it. Laura didn't hesitate to go and find out. 

She approaches Marty's garage and checks to see if he is in there. 

"Marty I need your help," said Laura.

"Um ok do I know you," asked Marty.

"No my name is Laura but this is very important to me and I know you know about time machines," said Laura.

"Yes I do but I don't usually help strangers," said Marty.

"Please this would mean a lot to me, and I won't take long," said Laura with desperation in her voice.

Marty agrees to help her and he pushes a button that closes the garage door and he pulls the covers from a car parked in the corner. 

“The only thing about this time machine is you are only allowed to go back two days is that going to help you Laura,” asked Marty. Laura realized that wasn’t when she slept with Jasmine’s boyfriend. She tried thinking harder and remembered that was when Jasmine found out. That was perfect all she had to do was stop Jasmine from finding out.

“Yes Marty it is going to help me,” said Laura with excitement.

Laura gets in the car and Marty starts the machine, he sets the date from two days ago and starts the car. Marty gets out the vehicle and tells Laura it is up to her to figure out what to do next. Laura looks at him with disbelief why would he leave her on her own. She drives out of the garage and next thing she knows she a spark hits the car and she knows she is exactly in the time frame she wants to be.

Laura starts driving to the spot where Jasmine finds out about Laura and her boyfriend. When she arrives she gets out the car and goes inside the house. Jasmine is the living room while her boyfriend is taking a shower.

“Hey Jasmine, I’m sorry I came uninvited I just really needed to see you, I have something to show you,” says Laura.

“Oh hey Laura, you’re fine I’m just waiting on Jacob to get out of the shower,” said Jasmine.

“Do you mind going outside so I can show you the surprise,” asked Laura.

“Sure let me go find my shoes,” said Jasmine with a smile.

Laura waits until Jasmine is out of the room and looks for Jacob’s phone so she can delete the evidence from the night before. Jasmine comes back but Laura already did what she had to do. Jasmine smiles at Laura and they both walk out together. Jasmine will never suspect a thing and she will never find out. My job here is done thought Laura.

Memories

I was spending my nights on the beach alone every night. This was where Johnny and I used to come when he was still alive. No matter how hard I tried to forget about him, I just couldn’t let the memories go. This was the only place that brought me good memories. Remembering the good time we always had was the best feeling in the world because I wouldn’t be able to have them back.

Not long ago Johnny was captured in Iran while trying to save some civilians from the Taliban. He and four other soldiers were held hostage for a couple weeks until they were brutally murdered. It is the worst feeling in the world knowing your fiancé was murdered a couple weeks before he was supposed to come home for the wedding. It killed me inside whenever the soldiers were in my front porch holding an American flag. You always see it in movies but you never imagine it happening to you. It was the most devastating day of my life. I lost my best friend, soul mate and lover. The sad thing is I never got the chance to tell him how much he really meant to me.

Now I am standing here crying wishing he could come back. I needed to see him one last time.  Why did this have to happen to me? I was so happy when he was in my life, now I am left with nothing.

Standing here at this moment made me realize nothing would ever be the same. The beach was where Johnny proposed and promised he would be with me forever. Coming down here used to fill me with joy now it is just brings me pain and misery. Maybe I shouldn’t be coming down here anymore. It wasn’t doing me any good, I needed to forget everything.

I take my last glance at the sunset and ocean. I wouldn’t be coming back to this place anymore. I will always remember this was where my happiness started and where my happiness ended.

Secrets

James was at his grandma’s house waiting on his mom to pick him up. His mother always took her time whenever she had t0 do something for him. Every time he was around any family members he felt out of place. He had nothing in common with any of them. He wish he had some siblings to hang out with whenever he was over there so he could have someone to talk to, but James was an only child.

“Why are you still here loser,” asked one of his cousins.

“I am waiting for my mom why does it matter I’m not disturbing anybody,” said James.  He was getting tired of them acting like jerks. His cousin walked away when he saw that his grandma was coming to sit beside James.

“Jamie sweetheart why are you always fighting with your cousin,” asked James grandmother.

“I never fight with them grandma, they are always the ones picking on me,” said James. He was too old for them to be playing games. He wasn’t going to take any more of their crap either. Everyone is sitting in awkward silence. James gets up to use the restroom until he hears the doorbell ring. He goes up to the door in excitement because if it was his mother he would be able to leave as soon as possible. James opens the door without hesitation and smiles because it is his mother.

“Finally, I thought you would never get here,” said James.

“Where do you think you are going,” asked James mother.

“Home, what do you mean,” asked James. His mother pushes him out the way and heads towards the kitchen.

“You have got to be kidding me,” said James with disappointment. He follows his mother and he notices that she started a full on conversation with his grandma. James was never going to leave, once they start a conversation it doesn’t end till five hours later.

He didn’t have anything better to do but listen to what they were saying but as soon as they noticed he was listening they got quiet. That was odd, were they keeping something from him? He walks away and they continue talking. That made him feel worse than what he already did because now his own mother was avoiding him. What was wrong that everyone in his family hated him? He wished he knew but no one would ever tell him the truth. He lies down on the couch and then he hears his grandmother call out his name. James gets up immediately.

“Jamie can you do me a favor and go to the basement and get a red folder, it is very important and your mother needs it,” said James grandmother.

“Ok where exactly is it at grandma,” asked James.

“It is in a box where all my important papers are. Please make sure you don’t go through anything just bring me my red folder.” James goes down to the basement and looks for the box that she was talking about. As soon as he finds it he ignores what his grandma tells him and he goes through the folder and read what the papers have to say. He couldn’t believe what he was reading. The papers had his name on it. They were from an adoption center he was supposedly from. His whole family lied to him all this time. No wonder no one got along with him, he was never a blood relative.

He had no idea what to do, should he go back up there and pretend nothing changed? They didn’t deserve his kindness because he never got any from them so why should he return the favor.

James ripped the papers into pieces and walked upstairs. His grandmother asked for the folder but he completely ignored her and headed towards the door. He couldn’t speak to any of them not just yet.

Wedding day

Father:

As I walked down my daughter down the aisle together, I felt like I was reliving every minute we had ever shared all at once. I had dreaded that moment for years, but now that it had arrived, it was perfect. I kissed her and gave her hand to the man who would soon become her husband. They were perfect together it just killed me knowing I lost my little girl. Someone else would take care of her now. I hope this boy can make my daughter happy and never let her down I am counting on him.

Bride:

 I just got done walking down the aisle with my father and I am now standing in front of my fiancé. He looks so handsome and his smile makes me weak, just by looking at him gives me the jitters. I can’t help but giggle. We finally made it this far and I am full of excitement. He makes me very happy and I adore him. I have no idea what I would do if he wasn’t in my life.  The priest tells us to say our vows and I grab the piece of paper where I wrote mine.

“I vow to love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime thing. I promise to always know that no matter what challenges might carry us apart, we will always find a way back to each other. I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you, cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad. I give you my hand, my heart and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.”

Groom:

 I can’t help but tear up a bit, the vow she wrote for me made me realize she was in this for good. There was no turning back. I had no idea if I was ready for this commitment, I loved her but I was getting cold feet. Everyone is waiting for me to tell her my vows but I don’t remember what I had planned. She looks at me with disappointment in her face… I just can’t commit I walk out the church. Never saying a word to anyone I just leave. I didn’t mean for any of this to happen, I feel terrible for making it all this way for nothing. 

Tattoo

Kyra has been looking at the clock for an hour now. It was currently eleven o'clock and she had an hour left. The tattoo on her arm indicated that she only had one hour left to live. Everyone in the world had a similar tattoo telling them the date of when they will die. It just so happened Kyra’s time has come to an end, or at least she thought it was. She had been locked up in her room the whole time because she was scared of what would happen to her.

The clock finally hit twelve but her eyes were closed. She slightly opened one eye to take a peek and noticed it was one minute past twelve. Kyra wondered why she was still alive. The tattoo said today was her last day. She just kept staring at the clock wondering what would happen next. Everything stayed the same and she started getting more nervous.

“MOMMMMMMMM,” yelled Kyra. She ran out of her room and went downstairs to look for her mom. She was nowhere to be found. Kyra started freaking out.

“Oh my god am I dead,” asked Kyra. She ran outside to her best friend’s house and wanted to see if she was awake. Kyra rings the doorbell twice and doesn’t get an answer. She tries one more time and still nothing. Everything was starting to creep her out where was everyone, all the houses had their lights off and there weren’t any cars around. What if Kyra really did die, she just didn’t know it.

It is twelve thirty now and she walks back to her house when a car drives pass her and it is Kyra’s mother.

“Kyra is that really you,” asked her mother.

“Yes mom, I am super scared why am I still alive, this is starting to freak me out,” said Kyra.

“It is ok sweetie this is all part of the plan,” said Kyra’s mother.

“What do you mean, can someone just tell me what is going on, am I going to die or not,” said Kyra.

“Get in the car before they find us, hurry,” yelled her mother. Kyra quickly gets in the car and her mother drives off. Behind them is a black suburban going really fast.

“Mom why in the world are these people chasing us,” asked Kyra.

“I will explain later Kyra just stop asking so many questions and stay seated this is about to get dangerous,” said Kyra’s mother. Kyra looks through the back window and sees a man getting out the passenger window with a gun. He instantly starts shooting and Kyra starts screaming. Why was her mother involved in such a dangerous situation? Was she the reason she was still alive at the time?

“Mom can you please stop being so mysterious,” said Kyra. Her mother completely ignores her and keeps driving. Kyra wondered if her mother even had an idea on where she was supposed to be going. The evil people in the suburban kept shooting at them but they had horrible aim and her mother became an expert driver out of nowhere. Something was very odd here and it made her wonder what the hell was going on.

Kyra’s mother finally loses the guys in the suburban and parks into a random lot. She tells Kyra to get out of the car. Kyra gets out slowly but her mother yanks her arm making her get out faster.

“Hurry up Kyra, we are almost there,” said Kyra’s mother.

 They start running for a while and they finally arrive at their destination. It looked like a normal warehouse from the outside but when you went inside there was a lot of high tech security all over. Kyra’s mother shows the security guard her badge and he lets her go through. They get in an elevator that takes them downstairs when the elevator door opens Kyra sees a lot of people dressed as doctors. On the other side of the room there is a group of people with tape around the area where they have the tattoo from birth. What is this place thought Kyra. She looks around and realizes her mother isn’t there anymore. A doctor grabs Kyra and takes her to another room. He explains to her how her mother saves people from dying because she found a way to stop it and now the government wants to kill her. Kyra was the first one her mother saved and now she was in danger. 

Charlie

It has been three years since Charlie messed things up with Justine. There wasn’t a second in the day he didn’t regret the decisions he made when he broke her heart. Justine was the girl of his dreams. It took him a while to figure it out, but when he did it killed him inside knowing she would never forgive him but he was willing to try.

Charlie had one more day left in town before he would get sent back to Egypt for his Army duties. He just had to find Justine and see how she was doing. He goes around town asking everyone if they knew where she was staying. No one was telling him anything, he was running out of hope until he sees someone he recognized. Jada was Justine’s best friend; she had to know where she was at.

“Jada! Jada! Do you remember me? I need your help,” cried Charlie. Jada walks towards Charlie and asks what he needs help with. Charlie explains everything to Jada and tells her how he really needs to talk to Justine.

“If you really wanted to make things right… why did it take you three years to attempt to make things better,” asked Jada.

“I didn’t want to wait this long, I just had too much going on at the time, I didn’t know how to handle it,” said Charlie.

“Why did you do it Charlie? Justine gave you everything you could ask for… she was nothing but good to you and you just messed things all up to have a good time. I hope you are ashamed of yourself. She thought about you every single day hoping you would come back, but you didn’t. Why should I tell you where she is at? So you can break her heart again… maybe she doesn’t want to see you anymore,” said Jada.

“Please Jada, I know I messed up but I need to see her. This means a lot to me and I only have today to make things right,” cried Charlie.

“Fine I will tell you… she is staying at her father’s house.”

“Okay thank you so much Jada I appreciate it a lot, I promise I won’t let her down again,” said Charlie. Jada offers to drop Charlie off but he refuses, he wants to do this on his own. Several minutes pass by and he finally makes it to her father’s house. It is exactly the same as he remembers. He walks to the front door and when he gets there he is looking through the window and notices that Justine is cooking dinner. She is as beautiful as ever and it brings a smile to his face. Trying to ring the doorbell he hesitates. Not sure if it will be a good idea but he is willing to try. His sweaty hand reaches for the doorbell one more time and this time he actually pushes it. He waits patiently for someone to open the door and then the door slowly opens and it is Justine. Her face gets pale as a ghost and she drops the plate she had in her hand.

“Hello Justine… it’s been a long time,” said Charlie. Justine is just staring at him and can’t help but get tears in her eyes.

“Please don’t cry Justine I’m not here to make you upset,” said Charlie as he tries to give her a hug. Justine pulls away from Charlie and accidentally trips over a little boy that was standing behind her. Charlie stares at the little boy trying to figure out if what he is looking at is really there.

“Justine… is that...”

“Yes Charlie he is yours… I tried to tell you before you left but did you ever give me the chance, you completely cut me off.” Justine picks up the little boy and gives him a kiss on the cheek. She puts him back down and tells him to go back to the dining room to get ready for dinner. The little boy goes running off and leaves Justine and Charlie alone. Charlie stares at Justine in her eyes and can’t help but smile.

“Why are you smiling,” asked Justine.

“Because you are so gorgeous I can’t help but smile.”

Justine forgot how charming Charlie could be but she didn’t want to fall for it, she had enough of him thinking he can just show up and expects things to get better.

“Charlie I don’t know why you came but I will not fall for anything you say again. I have been through this too many times, I learned my lesson and it turns out I don’t need you anymore. I am perfectly fine without you. I did everything on my own, don’t think you can just come back and have things your way. We do not need you. Little Aidan and I are happy,” said Justine. What Justine just said broke Charlie’s heart, he had nothing to say. Did she really mean that he thought?

“I’m sorry you had plenty of chances to make things better sooner but you didn’t. I gave you everything and you threw it all away for what, you are left with nothing… was it all worth it? I promised you I wouldn’t give up on you but I did… I was tired of losing hope. I waited for you to come back but you never did. And now when I am finally over it you think it is ok,” said Justine.

“I tried Justine… it just killed me knowing what I did to you,”

“Well you shouldn’t have, I really wanted to be with you but now I realize I am doing so much better without you,” said Justine. She gives her goodbyes and wishes Charlie the best. Charlie walks away and it feels like his heart has been torn out but he couldn’t do anything about it, he messed things up and now he had to live with the consequences.

Storm

"Daddy Daddy, can I go play," asked Jimmy. Jimmy's father is sitting on the couch sipping on his sixth corona.
"Sure go ahead, just leave me alone," said Trevor. Jimmy walks away wondering why his father kept taking out his anger on him. He goes outside to the playhouse which was in a shed. Trevor built it for him before his wife died. The shed meant a lot to Jimmy. It was where they had wonderful memories. Things were better before Amanda passed away. Amanda made everybody feel stay positive. Her smile brought joy to the world and her personality was wonderful. Her presence made everyone happy as if she was a bright sunny day.

Still inside the house, Trevor finishes his sixth corona and grabs another. He drank his sorrows away every second of the day. When he was sober he thought of how Amanda died. He blamed her death on him. He wished he could have saved her but he didn’t; now he hates himself because of it. Jimmy is all he has left but he feels like he is a disappointment to him. He took someone very important from Jimmy's life. The thing that kills Trevor the most is that Jimmy reminds him of Amanda every day, they are exactly the same in every way. He doesn't mean to, but he will avoid Jimmy every chance he gets.

Jimmy is all alone in the shed hoping his father will come and play with him. He missed his mother because she would make things better for him. She always knew the right things to say. He wondered why his father stop paying attention to him... it made him feel bad. Jimmy looks outside the window and noticed the sky wasn't the cheery color it used to be. Instead it had taken on a darkening gray that suggested a storm was coming.  Lightning became visible, cracking the clouds for a moment before the swirl of gray appeared again. Jimmy didn't pay much attention because it was always this depressing outside ever since he lost his mother.

The television is on while Trevor is passed out on the couch. The emergency alert is going off on the TV warning everyone that they should get in a safe area because there was a terrible storm coming. Trevor was too drunk to even get up and go get his son. He had no idea what was going on.

Water poured endlessly from the gray sky. Lightning illuminated the day followed by the deep roar of thunder. Jimmy was starting to get scared but he didn’t know if it was a smart idea to walk outside. Icy wind blew through the cracks in the windows and snaked delicately around his skin, raising goose bumps. He goes to a corner and hides under a table. The wind blows harder. The thunder gets louder and the lightning strikes faster. All of a sudden a tree crashes onto the shed causing everything to collapse on Jimmy. He died instantly…

The sky starts to clear up and everything goes back to normal. The sun beamed upon the house. All they clouds cleared up, the sky was a shining blue that could allow everyone to feed off of its beauty and live forever. This lets us know Jimmy found his happiness and was with his mother.