Maria, a great lawyer, is beginning to feel the power of love. Mar and Clee are trying to keep the love potion active but Rei and Lizy are trying to give her the focus and wise potion so she won’t fall in love. “What are you doing!? She needs love!” Clee furiously stated trying to distract Rei from making more of the potion so she won’t know what love is. “She does not need a man! She needs to focus on her career!” Rei stated with so much determination. Rei and Lizy decided to try the Lazy potion so she won’t fall in love. Rei and Lizy make their way towards Rom. “Hey Rom! We need you!” Lizy shouted from afar “On my way.” “We need you to make her as lazy as possible but still smart enough to get her work done for school.” “You know I can’t do that. If I make her lazy, she will become very lazy.” “You’re right, this Isn’t gonna work. What should we do Rei !?” Lizy said anxiously Lizy and Rei Head towards headquarters to see what Maria is up to. Maria heads towards the restaurant where the date will take place with the mysterious man. Maria find him outside a luminous car with flowers all over it. “Oh my-“ Maria stated in awe. “Hello, Maria.” he generously hands her a bouquet and kisses her right hand. “What in the-“ Rei furiously runs towards Lizy and they both decide to make her love life impossible “That’s it! How is she not going to fall deeply in love!? Lizy i need you to do it now!” Rei rushes Lizy into committing the greatest mistake of their existence “Wait. You’re not thinking about-“ “Yes. Do it now.” Rei slowy said in a very mysterious manner. Lizy rushes to memory lane where Maria’s greatest nightmare will come to life. To be continued…

I could not have possibly waited patiently for this. I went to the location where it stated on the ticket to claim my reward. I arrived at this awful street where only homeless people lived. I checked my location to make sure it was accurate and it was. It was so strange that this was the place. I knocked at the building, which seemed very old and broken, and no one answered. “Uh-hello?” I said with suspicion. “I’m here to claim my reward. I’m the first place winner from the raffle in Downtown Square Mall? Hello?!” I began panicking when I started to feel a sinister presence. I began to sprint away and suddenly the door opened on its own. I knew that it would be extremely stupid to go in. As soon as I began rapidly walking away, I got an anonymous text. “Hello! It’s Rob from Downtown Square Mall! Excuse the mess of a place! Please come in to claim your reward. I can operate the door from my desk. Please come in”, the text stated. Could this be true or just a hoax? I cannot possibly fall for this. My head was going in circles trying to decide if I should enter or not. I received another text. “Come in now. If you don’t enter in the next few seconds my men will force you in so enter now!” I began to see two men and I rushed inside. “Hello there. I’m so glad you decided to come in. Welcome to “First Place”, An old man with a gun said with a sinister look. “W-what is this” I began to tremble with such fear. “Every month we host a raffle where we offer one week of vacation to a beautiful island only to arrive here. This is a place of pleasure and you have won ‘First Place, sweetheart.” In shock, tears kept rolling down my cheeks and I began to hear woman screaming. I began to think if I was in a human trafficking lair but I was wrong. It’s worse.

How often do we seek an escape when we fight with a loved one? We often fight about the lack of attention or lack of romance in our marriage. I often feel like he finds an escape so he won’t face the situation. He is leaving our love. And sometimes I think, what if I am pushing him away? He becomes so angry and rude when I confront him and it’s not fair. When will we be okay to talk about this. Why don’t you realize that you are leaving us? One day you’ll be gone and you’ll never know how you left. And that time is now.

“I think I just met the happiest person in the world!” I shockingly stated to my self. As I walk the opposite way from him, I began to circulate my thoughts and came with the conclusion that I must have fallen in love. He is full of content and wonder. How can this be especially in this crisis we live in? The next afternoon, I was going for one of my usual runs at Central Park and there he was. I had to go up to him and so I did. “Hey! , it’s me from the bakery!” I quickly stated. Oh hey, how are you doing this fine afternoon” he said with so much relaxation. “I’m do- I’m doing fine, sorry.” I nervously said. “I have a question as I has been on my mind since we met.” I began to read his face and he began to smile and that’s when I knew. I was really in love. It’s not a love that you just feel it in your heart. You also feel it deep in your soul.

One cloudy morning, I made a one-way ticket to an odd city that was unknown to many, Oxtown. I walk into a futuristic building with lots of extraordinary symbols. I wonder what could this possibly mean. As I walk in, I see lots of people with machines. It’s those machines where people with breathing problems would need. There is not a single person without one. As soon as I walk pass a security, he rapidly pressed a great red button that had an odd symbol. When that button was pressed, a very loud alarm rang and guards furiously ran towards me. “What the-“, I said in shock. Next thing, you know I wake up in a hospital-like bed with cuffs on my legs and arms. “What the hell is going!? What is this!?” “Where do you come from” a doctor said. “Why are you in our city without a Breather?!”, he furiously said with fright. “What is a Breather? I don’t understand. What is going on here? I didn’t do anything !?” I said with shaking hands. “Ah I see. You’re new to this town. Everyone who steps foot into this town must purchase a Breather. Without one, you will be persecuted.” The doctor said with a smirk. “What!? What in the hell is a Breather?” I furiously questioned. “Oxygen is not free, Ms. you must purchase an oxygen machine this instant or you will be sent away!” I was in shock. How could this be true? You have to pay for air?? This is crazy. I decided to head back home and never look back to this insane law of purchasing a Breather. I never understood why this was, but one day, I will return and discover the truth.

We grow up to feel love. We grow up to feel protected. What if we grow up to have no love and care? Family is just that. Love should be a primary thing in a family. Getting together to love and express that life is protected by it. We often forget that family can cure a lot of mental illnesses. But what if we grow up to feel numb? A bond can be broken when we forget that family is what we need to survive our childhood and adolescence. A bond can even be broken when you have a family. But a bond can never be broken when there is love within the family.

What is family without an extensive arm, without an eye for an eye looking over one another, without pink lips shaping into a smile demonstrating love and care. What is a family without an instant thought of existence of another, without a phone text stating love and compassion messages despite the lack of dismissal. What is family if a mother and father have shaped away and created a dimension of hatred and depression to only be spread to the rest. Family is that, broken and in cry for help. Family without a home is nothing. A home is a heart for unity and love. Without it, family is not a place to look for but to create one on your own.