He was pissed. The cigarette burned.

It was the second time this week that Group A had dropped the ball. Twice in a semester was too much. Twice in one week was a call for action. Something needed to be done. Heads needed to roll.

Ezekiel thought about things. Faces flashed before...

They drove west in an Orange Saturn VUE . The driver was smoking a  cigarette although they usually didn't smoke. But today was a special occasion so he had specifically went to the store to pick up a pack of  American Spirits Blue the day before picking up his passenger.

She...

When she entered the house she noted how quiet it was. It was always this way but she'd only notice it after coming back from a different world.

This time it was the world of loud pop and pop rap music and the growl of her older  minivan . She wished...

She was driving back alone after the beach.

On the drive there her minivan had been packed with so many people that if the cops pulled them over she would've gotten a ticket.

That had been a fun ride. High sun, blue sky, and the music up loud with the windows down....

I found you in a  jazz bar.

They had been playing jazz that night. Duh. 

Camel was what I was puffing on. You had a cigar.

I felt like Zelda and thought you could be my Francis. In fact I thought you could be my  Gatsby . You were from the...

She liked the idea of a stranger in an Airbnb in town. It felt more exciting than a local just doing a staycation , which was a word she'd never heard before. At first she thought she might want to do a staycation, but then she couldn't ignore just how...