The Ring of Time
You walk over to Britches and walk right in. The college-age girl behind the counter gives you a quizzical look, as if she can tell that you're as young as you look, and should probably be in school. You think quickly to answer to it and say, "Sick day," with a smirk. With a knowing smile, she begins to view you more favorably (perhaps even more than would have been possible, as you're probably the only guy she knows that SHOPS on a sick day) and even offers to help you find a few things. You coyly decline in favor of finding out what you mean to relieve the store of without much supervision.
You've decided on about five shirts you like, and even a couple pairs of jeans, but you hadn't thought of how you'd carry them from the store. Even with time STOPPED, you'd need some kind of CART or something (no sense carrying all that stuff without WHEELS for more than three MILES)! PLUS, you hadn't even thought about how you'd hide these things from your Mom once you got home (She buys all your clothes, as you recall, and I think she'd remember NOT buying THESE.)!
Well, speak of the devil and he'll appear (but in this case, it'll have to be your Mom)... and THERE SHE IS! Before you've even notice her good, her eyes are fixed on you like a hawk! No sense trying any time maneuvers NOW - you don't want your Mom knowing you can do them.
"MICHAEL RAY HOLT!! What are you DOING here?!? You're supposed to be in SCHOOL!!" she yells at you from across the store, alerting everyone in a mile radius (including the clerk girl, who gives you a "Sick day, huh?" look). Your Mom all but drags you out of the store by your ear, giving you a stern talking to the whole time, swearing that you're going to have no T.V. and no Nintendo for the rest of your life (and you recall when such a threat would have meant something to you). It's all REALLY embarrassing and you start to think how a person with your powers shouldn't have to put up with something like this... and then you remember! Your ring REWINDS time, too! Maybe your Mom DIDN'T have to catch you in that store - MAYBE you could be done before she even GETS there...
You've decided on about five shirts you like, and even a couple pairs of jeans, but you hadn't thought of how you'd carry them from the store. Even with time STOPPED, you'd need some kind of CART or something (no sense carrying all that stuff without WHEELS for more than three MILES)! PLUS, you hadn't even thought about how you'd hide these things from your Mom once you got home (She buys all your clothes, as you recall, and I think she'd remember NOT buying THESE.)!
Well, speak of the devil and he'll appear (but in this case, it'll have to be your Mom)... and THERE SHE IS! Before you've even notice her good, her eyes are fixed on you like a hawk! No sense trying any time maneuvers NOW - you don't want your Mom knowing you can do them.
"MICHAEL RAY HOLT!! What are you DOING here?!? You're supposed to be in SCHOOL!!" she yells at you from across the store, alerting everyone in a mile radius (including the clerk girl, who gives you a "Sick day, huh?" look). Your Mom all but drags you out of the store by your ear, giving you a stern talking to the whole time, swearing that you're going to have no T.V. and no Nintendo for the rest of your life (and you recall when such a threat would have meant something to you). It's all REALLY embarrassing and you start to think how a person with your powers shouldn't have to put up with something like this... and then you remember! Your ring REWINDS time, too! Maybe your Mom DIDN'T have to catch you in that store - MAYBE you could be done before she even GETS there...