Not Today Novels & Stories

“Not tonight. Not ever.” To be continued…

🦋 BENITA 🦋 This morning is exceptionally strange, even more so than the countless weird mornings before it. Today is the 25th of September, 2024, a day I absolutely refuse to accept. If only night could stretch on indefinitely and day could be cut short—or better yet, if there should be no day at all. I couldn’t help but think something terrible was going to happen, and deep down, I was preparing myself for it. No bad news was going to meet me unaware again.

M. Today.

Not tonight. Not ever.

Not today. Maybe someday. But definitely not today.

All of it. Starting tomorrow.

Right now. Oh shit.

It wasn’t so difficult, was it? “Please, silly, don’t do this. You don’t know what day today is, right?” “Please, Adele. I swear I won’t do anything else. I’m just gonna dance and that’s it.” “Today is Sunday, the men wait for one of the women to get undressed tonight. April, you can’t do this tonight.”

, he asked. "Nothing is wrong with owning a small car and having CDs. But when I see a beefy man like you, I expected you to be driving a SUV or a truck. Not no small car like this! Also this is 2018 and nobody buys or use CDs anymore to listen to music. There's music streaming platforms that allow you to listen to music anytime and anywhere.", she explained. Terrance sighed.

Jones said as he came into my room, bowing slightly. I was already awake feeling much better. I already had my bath and was going through my wardrobe to put on some clothes. “Morning, Jones.” I replied to him. “I knew I had no meeting with the members of the council today, so why are you here?” I asked him. “I came to check up on you and I can see that you are good.” He said. “As you can see, I’m fine without a doctor. I told you that I just needed to rest.” I said smiling.