“Hun the tire light just came on.” Cindy announced as the newlywed couple drove their sedan down the road near their house.

“Oh?” Ralph questioned, peering over from the passenger seat at the strange orange illuminated symbol. “Thats okay, just pull into the gas station, they have an air pump in the back.”

The car rolled to a stop next to the air pump and Ralph got out. Attached to the pump wa...

Fall made Laren yearn for summer. Winter made him yearn for fall. Spring made him yearn for snowfall and Christmas. The leaves turned earlier than normal this year, he thought as he cruised his jet black sports car down the busy downtown 14th Street. The brilliant red and orange had already faded to a dead brown. He missed them again, he thought. He was always missing everything because of this da...

"I never thought I would have to pay for this!" Coral Dove tapped her foot impatiently, sighing and checking her nails. Waiting in line, her pet cat, Mia, rubbed her face up against her legs. "I guess it's okay. Got a cutie like you here." Coral Dove laughed and walked up in the line.

"Heya, Dreamer. What is it this time?" The bartender turned his attention to the blonde hair girl who made a mov...

After an hour walk to school, a panting Jimin stops at his schools water fountain for a sip of water but halts as he noticed a coin slot on the left side of the silver machine, “I never thought I would have to PAY for this. How has it gotten to the point that people have to pay for this now?!”

He backs away from the water fountain as he sighs, “Is this school that poor?” He continues his journey ...

Old Margaret walked humbly by and into her local park. The birds were chirping happily as the year had brought them closer together. She smiled at the tune that they sung. No one could see her smile though as her protective mask covered her face. She saw the usual runners shuffling along the park paths. The dog walkers where the dogs were oblivious to the human world problems. Groups of youths hud...

After the Walmart incident, Fender and Epi had exchanged numbers and began planning a family gathering with all the siblings, except for Rickenbacker, who was still loyal to Markov. Then came the dilemma of were to do the meeting. Epi’s house in the arctic was out of the question as it, ironically, burned down. Fender as a full time maid didn’t really have a house, he stayed wherever he was workin...

“I never thought I would have to PAY for this. How has it gotten to the point where a mother has to pay for visiting her OWN son?!” she says angrily.

“I may be your son, but I'm doing just fine without you interrupting.” He replies rather calmly.

“Interrupting??” she cries in disbelief. “You call a mother worrying about her only son and missing him ‘interrupting’?” she spat.

“Well, yeah. All ...

“No Way!” Said Gramma. “I refuse to believe this!” “Yes Gramma! Cable is not free!” I said. “In my day,there was one channel! And it was free!” My grandma had just moved in. We had just gotten an alert on out TV that we needed to renew our cable bill. Apparently “In her day” you payed for the TV and watched one channel. “Gramma! Give me my wallet! I need to pay!” “No! We don’t need all these fancy...

The faithful sat down to pray one morning.

“Dear lord, I wish for world peace.”

“That will be £1000,000,000 plus tip.” A voice boomed in his ear.

“God?!” The faithful shouted in surprise.

“You have a outstanding bill with ‘world peace’ in the basket. Cash or card?”

“I-I have to PAY for miracles!?”

“Everyone does.”

“I never thought I would have to PAY for this. How has it gotten to the point...

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, h...