Do you even have anyone in mind?" "Yes, yes I do have somebody in mind." "Well don't you think you should ask her and give her some time to prepare he...self?" Kim was feeling a bit jealous and envious of the lucky girl he planned to ask. "Yes, you're right, it's you Kim." "Whaaat!" was all Kim could say as her heart seemed to leap out of her chest. "I would like you to go with me, Kim." "Oh, Karl, I am so honored and flattered that you asked me, but I'm old enough to be your mother. I'm sure. All Arthur could say was" what the fuck is going on here". The smoke lady replies " ah you didn't known I am what you call a genie this woman here wants to make a wish so she came here to seeak my presence you need 7 human sacrifice since both of you qualified each of you receive one wish, boons and bane. Arthur could barely process this and suddenly he hears Sara from his side say I have decided on my wishes. It shocked Arthur and the realization hit him that she had killed all the people and. The heat inside the car increased quickly. It took a mountain of control for him to stop, but stop he did. He’d walked me to my front door. Kissing me hard and brief, he’d smiled and gone back to his car to drive off into the night. Watching the klutz in action in front of me, it took all my control not to run to his aide, not to kiss the mayo off his chin, not to grab him by the hair and find an empty office with a lock on the door. Then again, what harm could it do? * * * 300 words . "The jukebox itself adds to the atmosphere." Ishrugged. "But, in the spirit of democracy, we can take a vote."As expected, the jukebox won. What amazed me, though, was that everyonevoted in agreement with me. Which made me think about the final decision onthe theme. While it had been Kyle's idea, it didn't seem to gainoverwhelming support until I threw my weight behind it. Then everyonereadily agreed that it was the best of the lot.Even the ones who had laid their own ideas out in exquisite.