"The Elevator Ride" The lighted numbers on the inside of the elevator alerted Jack, Rebecca, and the fat man that they were cruising past floor number five. The fat man's brow furrowed as a thought struck him. With one outstretched plump digit he pressed the number eight. It temporarily lit and then went dark again as the fat man's finger receeded. But just as soon as the finger left it returned to the number eight for a moment. The fat man wanted to be sure. Jack stood in the left corner of the elevator, uneasily eyeing the two strangers he was riding with. He shifted his weight from left to right and then back again. Each time he pressed down on a particular side his light brown sneakers let out an audible squeak. Rebecca looked blankly ahead at the closed doors in front of her. She was thinking about the busy day ahead of her and all she had to do. Rebecca had been wondering lately whether all the work she was breaking herself to complete was really worth it. The chime sounded and the doors opened to let all know that the eighth floor is where their journey had paused. The fat man stepped out, back into society, and away from the mechanical box, which he had never trusted. His palms were dripping with sweat. The doors closed and the elevator continued moving upward, higher and higher. Rebecca glanced over at the man in the corner. Jack too took a look at the slim attractive brunette he was sharing the elevator with. Their eyes met for a split second before each looked away. Jack felt that certain spark and thought to himself, "My god, I'm going to marry this woman!" Rebecca stared at the closed elevator doors and thought, "I wonder where he got that hat."
(Note: this picture doesn't really go with this short but it doesn't really go with anything else on the Xeno Xone so i am putting it here. I believe I drew most of it during physics class although some of it could have taken place sometime during english class.)
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