1. Kitty Time Travels


    Date: 5/22/2016, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: Poppet, Rating: 16, Source: LushStories

    envy how thin his TV is. “Why do you have a photo of buildings in your apartment, when you live in New York? Every which way you look are tall buildings,” I ask of him, while studying the photo, curious as to why this one is special. “You've ooh'd and ahh'd everything so far, except maybe the skimpy clothing, but this, this isn't a good story.” He sits us down on his sofa, and begins to tell me about something that happened in September 2001. How terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into buildings. The ones they took down were here in New York, called the Twin Towers. Apparently they were well known. Though I, of course, never heard of them. They also attacked the Pentagon. In total, they killed nearly three thousand people. The President at the time decided to go to war. One in which we lost many, many more lives. I cry, until I feel as though I can't cry ever again. Ryan holds me in his arms, stroking my hair and tells me everything is going to be all right. I know I'm not just crying about the history lesson, knowing this is the kind of future that is coming, or has come. It is so confusing when I think about it. I'm also crying for my parents, for the fact I'm lost or confused. It's all too much. Ryan doesn't seem to be annoyed with my crying. Not like most men would be from where I'm from. They always seem so uncomfortable when a woman cries. I tell this to Ryan and he laughs, telling me he isn't like most men. I can clearly see that for myself. Once he knows I'm ...
    okay, that the tears are all dried up, he orders Chinese food. It is my choice, between pizza and Chinese, but since I've had pizza, I went with the latter. I might as well try as many new things as I can. What happens if I pop up in a new place the next time I wake up? We don't bother with the internet, Ryan says I've been through enough for the moment. I should relax, watch a movie, eat, take my time. I'm a little uneasy about it, but I agree with him. “Don't you work?” I ask bluntly, as he finds a movie for us to watch. “Of course I do. Well, I'm trying. I work as a painter. Nothing fancy, just painting buildings. Inside and out. It seems to be rather popular, too many people trying to do the same thing. I'm basically on call, waiting for my boss to text me, telling me I've gotten a job.” “What is a text? How can you afford to live like that?” “I told you about the text. You do it on your phone, remember? I still get paid for being on call, just not nearly as much as I do when I'm on a job. It has only been a few weeks since work has slowed down. It will pick back up again in no time. I have faith.” We watch a movie called The Green Mile, that has me so enthralled. I'm from the 50's, sitting here in 2015, watching a film based in the 1935. It has me asking so many questions, Ryan answering them all. He tells me about all the changes for the black community. How a man named Martian Luther King Jr helped with the movement to get them their rights, with many others helping too. ...
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