Brie gave in, and followed Jinny into the kitchen. Jinny was already sitting at the table; watching her expectantly. “Get a knife, a spoon, a pencil, and a bowl.” Brie got three of the items, but Jinny spotted a pencil by the phone. “I got the pencil. I’mma draw the face!” Jinny paused after […]

  “It’s a vile color.” Luke grumbled as he looked at his reflection in the tiny mirror. “It wouldn’t be so bad if was something natural.” he mused, thinking of the lipsticks his mother and sister wear; pale pink, subtle red or a light autumnal brown. “Well get used to it… it’s the only one […]

On the one hand, getting ready for bed was far too early for him, on the other it did mean finally getting out of his dress. His grandmother took him to the spare room and unbuttoned his dress for him. Once he was out of it she told him to go and wash his hands […]

    Two weeks into the investigation. Katy still had one thing nothing zilch crap. Zed reported to her daily. He had investigated every relevant file he could find. Now he was going over them again. Lana and Ron had interviewed at least a hundred people in close to ten cities. They were do home […]

          The next day at work, I shamefully said ‘thanks’ numerous times when my colleagues commented on my bag. It’s by no means the girliest bag in the world, but it’s definitely feminine. In fact the only thing about my appearance that doesn’t have a feminine edge is my hair and […]

  She nodded enthusiastically, taking my hand, though not without a sad look back. ‘It’s just an act’, I reminded myself, the image of that man flashing before my eyes once again. Luckily, the school wasn’t too far from there, and, sure enough, there was a playground. Nancy wanted to go straight there, but I […]

The attendant was of Asian descent and looked madder than… well he was mad. He pointed the gun at us and like some bad B-movie, we instinctively lifted our hands. “Why you got hands up. I not goin’ shoot you. You not wob me like dem cooks! You wait wight dere. You witness. You tell […]

Grandmother leaned down and kissed my cheek; which was something totally out of character for her. “So you approve?” she asked. I nodded my head even though I hadn’t really seen myself yet. I then contemplated my reflection and combed my hair with my fingers before giving myself a double thumbs-up. She patted my cheek […]

  When I woke up the next morning the car was already moving. “Where are we?” I yawned and lifted myself up onto one elbow. As soon as my head was higher than my belly I belched. “Well good morning to you too!” Mom said with a chuckle. “Oh sorry!” I said and then groaned, […]

“‘Kay…” Ceasing her movements, the girl asked, “Aren’tcha ‘nnoyed by it or somethin’?” “Not at all.” As her brother set to getting the new diaper prepared, he explained, “It’s just something you can’t help, and you don’t deserve to have it held against you. Especially since you can be very sweet when you get past […]