Phillip Meets Allen

       Back in the day, Phillip was just an old school guy. He liked to lay low and not worry about all the communists, Phillip would just sit around and watch the next showing of 60 minutes. Then one unusual day Allen Iverson; a member of the Philadelphia 76ers arrived at Phillip's house. He cut right to the chase and said, "Hey this might now be the right timing, but you think you could teach me the crossover move before the game tonight." Phillip then responded, "I guess I can, but I got cut from my high school team. Allen replied, "Its okay I just need a moment of your time."

       Phillip then brought Allen down to the community gym, but when they walked in Phillip froze, checking his pockets. Where was the money he thought to himself? Allen quickly dashed to the car door, and looped through the kid’s playground to find his wallet; and just as he slowed down he saw a silver dollar poking out of the bushes. Allen knew that silver dollars are worth way more than any amount of money in his wallet so he darted towards the bush, snatched the dollar and then left towards the gym. Phillip had been waiting for about 5 minutes when Allen had arrived. Allen then said, "Are you ready to do this?" Phillip said, "I was born ready, but what is a crossover?" Allen shrugged with a tremendous passion and said, "I am just screwed." Phillip answered his remark saying, "Well why don't you just use more wrist?"Allen said, "No, wait a minute that's it thanks man."

       Later that day Phillip got a knock on his door; he answered the door and he wondered what the cops were doing there. The cops talked to Phillip and came out clean saying, "Sir you’re under arrest." Phillip then said, "But why, what did I do." The cops said, "You were at the YMCA around 4pm today, well you paid with a leaf painted silver." Phillip knew right then that Allen had stiffed him with the money, and the cops had said that he will be jailed for 4 years.

Rodney's Back

 Authors Note: This is a continued piece I wrote about Rodney from the piece On a Usual Saturday.

Rodney from his previous actions of jumping the pool filled of sharks, realized from all of his days of  watching T.V. that there was a scientific project going on to heal the handicapped. Rodney still had the Marquette tickets from when he won the contest of jumping the sharks at 5 in the morning. When Rodney remembered the tickets, he wheeled himself around the house with excellent precision of the strokes he put into his wheels. His heart was pounding from the enthusiasm and the rush going through his mind to get the tickets.

About 45 minutes later he made it upstairs to his safe where he keeps all of his valuable things, and there it was the season print out of Marquette Golden Eagles tickets for the whole year. He immediately called Johnny Tupkins and asked if he could take him to this science lab. Johnny said, "No way, the last time I brought you to these crazy stunts you ended up paralyzed." Rodney replied, "This isn't a crazy stunt, this can cure me and I will not be handicapped anymore." Johnny thought and then said, "Okay I'll do it, but where is it?"Just outside of Detroit Rodney replied." What! You got to be kidding me that is nearly 2 hours away and we are only going to be there for 5 minutes." Rodney said, "C'mon man let's go I really need this." 

About an hour later Johnny took off with Rodney to the Science Lab. Johnny said, remember when you jumped those sharks and I drove you there, you said I would be able to go to every single Marquette game with you. Rodney said then, yes I know you still can once this whole thing is over.

Once they arrived at the scene, Johnny pushed Rodney so hard that his wheelchair launched Rodney right onto the experiment table; where the doctors injected him with a fluid to knock him out for 5 minutes. Johnny went to his knees and prayed when he heard the doctor scream, "No!" Johnny said, "What, What happened" the doctors said, "I killed him, the fluid was to strong your friend he is dead."

Johnny immediately burst into tears when he thought for a second, "I could still go to the market games by myself." So Johnny darted to the tickets and stiffed his friend Rodney as he took off with the tickets and his money, Johnny felt bad, but luckily karma was on Rodney's side, and Johnny got hit by a bus as he was walking to his car. After all nobody got the Marquette tickets.   

Dead Men's Path

Authors Note: This is a predicting piece I wrote about the short story Dead Men's Path. Please give me feedback on my piece. 

          Is Michael Obi going to keep his job? Is the Government Education Officer going to let him stay? Michael Obi a headmaster at a school right now is about to be fired for not letting people perform a ritual. A ritual is performed to protect "superstition" even though Michael does not believe they exist. Michael not believing that they exist hurts him in this cause because of the ritual. He is covering up a path behind the school that people go through and to for the ritual that now might not happen.

         With the Education Officer coming to visit him at the school, Michael will most likely be fired and have to find a new job in a new city because all he knows how to do is teach. Michael might also lose his family in this bad sort of events with his wife going to file a divorce. So not only will Michael have to find a new job he will also have to find a new family.