Short Story Saturday

This was a short one I came up with. It was longer but I felt like the impact was diminished.


The Item.

Everyone knew what a Senzam was. If you had a Senzam you were the coolest person ever because only important people had the Senzam. Just about everyone wanted a Senzam but they were always out of stock at all the stores. If you knew someone who had a Senzam you were in awe.

Matt wanted a Senzam so badly. His best friend got a Senzam. He said he couldn't show him. Only other Senzam owners could show the Senzam to each other, and because Matt didn't have one he couldn't see it.

His best friend met his recent girlfriend at a Senzam meet up, a place where other Senzam owners meet and mingle. Matt wanted to go to one so badly.

"It's like, a whole new life, man." His friend once told him.

Matt was jealous.

After a few months of being excluded from Senzam meet ups and groups and just about everything, Matt finally decided to get his own Senzam. He saved up for months and marched into the store and bought the first one he could get his hands on.

It was glorious. It was magnificent. It was his!

And he didn't feel any different owning it.