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MILLIONAIRE?

MILLIONAIRE?

Stephen Watts · Friday, November 4th 2005 at 1:33AM · 357 views
I PLAYED A QUICKPICK POWERBALL TICKET

LAST NIGHT FOR A DOLLAR AND NEVER

BOTHERED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. WHILE

DRIVING ON THE HGHWAY TO BRING A SPARE

TIRE TO MY UNCLE, I SEE THE POWERBALL SIGN

SAY 15 MILL. SOMEONE HIT. I DREAMED A LIL

BIT THINKING "WHAT IF". I SNAPED OUT OF IT

AND CAME BACK TO EARTH KNOWING THE

UNLIKELINESS OF SUCH A THING OCCURING. BUT

IT WAS GOOD TO DREAM. SO AFTER THE TIRE IS

DROPPED OFF AND ME AND THE PEEPS ARE

HEADING HOME WE GET HUNGRY B/C WE AIN'T

ATE A THING ALL DAY. SO WE ORDER FROM THE

RESTAURANT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. BUT

MY MOM ALWAYS MAKES A STOP IN THE 7-11

RIGHT NEXT TO THE RESTAURANT EVERYTIME

WE ORDER. SO WHILE I'M THERE I GO TO THE

TICKET SCANNING MACHINE. I SCAN IT AND IT

SAID "WINNER SEE CLERK". I STILL HAVEN'T

CHECKED THE NUMBERS SO NOW KNOWING

THAT I WON SOMETHING MADE ME DREAM AND

HOPE AND PRAY AND PRAY AND DREAM AND

HOPE. I TOLD MY DAD THE DREAM IS STILL

ALIVE. SO HE YELLS OUTSIDE "HEY WE'RE

MILLIONAIRES!" MY HEART BEGAN TO RACE. I

GAVE THE CLERK THE TICKET AND IT WAS LIKE

PURE SILENCE LOOKING ANXIOUSLY. HE LOOKED

AT ME AND SAID "THREE DOLLAR". I WAS

BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH AGAIN. IT WASN'T

BEFORE I GOT TO DREAM AND BE A

MILLIONAIRE AND BE ON CLOUD NINE. IT WAS

GOOD DREAM WHILE IT LASTED.

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Stephen Watts JERSEY CITY, NJ

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keundra hicks Friday, November 4th 2005 at 2:41PM

dang, i kind of feel sorry for you. good luck next time!!

Amecia Nichell Friday, November 4th 2005 at 4:18PM

I was reading ur story getting excited for you, then the end came. I'm sorry u didn't get to be a millionaire.

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