KATEE!!!

“Are you serious?” Robert sighed to himself. The sirens had been going off all day. They were annoying. They interrupted him when he slept. They interrupted him when he talked. They interrupted him when he thought. Now that the weekend was over, it was time for Robert to get to work and that meant time for suit, button-down, and tie, no signs of Ruth.
BAM! BAM! BAM! The constant sounding startled Robert. “Hey you idiot,” Robert called out, “Do you know what time it is?” The guy down on the street just ignored him and got on his bike a rode away. “Damn fool,” Robert said to himself as he turned from the window, not ready to face the day ahead of him. What if he saw Yung today? What if she told everyone about what she saw? The thoughts consumed him until he saw the time and realized that he would be late if he kept this up.
Upon walking out the door Robert felt that he was undressed for the weather. The weather girl had said it would be cool today but nothing like this. He wanted to go back in a get his big coat but knew that it would be a trade off and he would miss the bus so he decided to brave the cold.
Once he arrived at the office, Robert was greeted by the warm smell of blueberry-banana muffins. It was someone’s birthday. It was Katee’s birthday! How could he forget. She was the only women who in his life who had taken a keen interest in him and he in her. Robert’s mind scrambled for something quick and then he poured out his sack there on the floor in the lobby, searching for anything he could give her. He saw his wallet and remember the ten dollars he- Ruth borrowed from Shoshanna the day before and bolted to the drug store across the street. Within in seconds he was back with a brown and white teddy bear and chocolate candies.
From the lobby, he hurried into area with the cubicles, scanning for the one with the top covered by the leaves of a house plant. There. He saw it and made his way over to deliver his presents.
“Here Katee, I got you a little something for your birthday,” he said.
“Really! You didn’t have to,” she replied.
“Yeah I did because I wanted to show you how much I care for you.”

Number 2

“Ooh girl!” a voice yelled from the bathroom, “Imma be hooked up this summer! Imma be looking fly!”
“Ruth come on out and let me see you girl. You talking like you the Mona Lisa or something” answered a woman lying on the bed.
“BAM!” the bathroom door opened and revealed a tall, muscular, quite mannish looking woman. “Now all I need is for my hair to be on and having them eyes poppin’ and lip bussin’. Dem boys gone be all on me.”
“Yeah, you do look good,” the woman said raising off the bed. “How you get yo butt into that small ass skirt though,” she asked as she moved closer .
“Shoshanna , you know a lady never reveals her secrets.”
“But you aint a lady.”
“Yeah, I know. I’m a Ruth and a Ruth is so much more fierce than a lady could ever be.”
“Girl you crazy.”
Looking in the mirror Ruth plopped an auburn wig on her head and began to style it. A few strokes in this direction, a few stokes in that direction, and she was done, with her hair at least. Next were the lip. Hot pink, a slight but noticeable variation from her pinkish peach blush. With her wig on and lips bussin’, all Ruth needed now was her mascara. It made her eyes pop.
“Girl, I thought you might wanna know this so - -”
At that instant the room went dark, pitch black.
“Aw man, not again,” Ruth sighed, “I guess I’ll use that as a sign for me to leave.” She headed for the door.
Shoshanna could sense Ruth going towards the door and suggested that she change into some clothes that would be more appropriate for the weather. “It’s snowing Ruth.”
Since no one could see anything, Ruth decided to undress and dress right where she stood. She peeled off the shiny, black skirt, the spaghetti strap tank top she didn’t fill out, and the bulky costume jewelry, trading it all for a pair of baggy boot-cut jeans, steel-toe work boots, and a plaid button down which he concealed with his Winter’s Warrior coat.
Once done, a meek voice called from the darkness, “Okay, bye,” as the door creaked open and Shoshanna’s was the only body left in the room.
As Robert emerged into the hallway, he realized how fast he was going to be virtually blinded by the absence of any source of light. Slowing down, Robert eased and felt something on his hand. The same sensation then moving up his wrist before going back to his hand. IT’S A ROACH!!! Instinctively he flicked his arm, hoping to send the roach flying.
Making his way to the bus stop, Robert saw a familiar face standing there. It was Yung Li. “Hi Yung,” Robert said as he approached.
“Robert, is that you?” Yung asked.
“Yeah, Yung.” Why would she think it was anyone else?
Suddenly Robert’s heart sunk into his stomach. Had Ruth forgotten to take off the make up? But how?