The Preacher

The Preacher

“I got a bartending job.”

My friend said, “Why? I thought you already had a job.”

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The Loser

“Maybe my brother is right, I need to go out.”  I grabbed my phone to text the guy I met while I was grocery shopping. I texted, “What’s up?”

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Mr. No Good

“I couldn’t just leave I had to do something big.”

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Dead Batteries

“I’ll be rocking on my babe…rocking, rocking on my babe. Swirling on my babe…swirling, swirling on my babe.” I was singing the hell out of Beyoncé’s “Dance for You” when I saw a red light appear on my dashboard. I thought, “What is that? The engine? The battery?” I turned down the radio and noticed my car was slowing down. “This would happen to me” I thought and then the car completely stopped.

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Crazy = Caring

My friend called me at 7AM on Saturday morning and said, “What the hell went wrong last night that had you calling me at 4AM.”

I cleared my throat and adjusted myself in my bed and said, “Everything!”

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To Wong Foo

A random woman sat next to me and my friend at Blue Martini’s bar. She looked in my direction and said, “You look like trouble!”

I cut my eyes to the right to look at her and said, “Oh okay.” My friend looked at the woman and said, “What do you mean by that?”

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The Cheating Curve

I said to my male friend, “Oh my goodness! It looks like somebody keyed your car, but they used a machete.”

“No, she used airplane paint thinner! It thins the paint”

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The Legal Girlfriend

Where you going?” I asked my mother.

“To the post office. What are your plans for the day?”

“I didn’t have any concrete plans yet, but maybe…”

“Ebony there’s a man lying in the grass. I think he’s dead.”

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Ball of Confusion

“Your phone stay going off”, my friend said to me.

“It’s just that guy I met a few days ago. I told you about him, right?”

“Who?”

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The Ex-Girlfriend

My mom said to me, “Where did you go last night?”

“Uhhh a birthday party.”

“With who?”

“This guy named Mr. Military. I met him earlier yesterday.”

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