Releasing Maria

       Releasing Maria into civilization proved to be more difficult than I had originally imagined. Any progress I thought we made last night had dissolved by lunchtime.
      
           “I don’t know what you’re so upset about,” she said inbetween bites. “I paid for the popcorn.”
           “Then you kicked the vendor in the shins and stole twenty bucks out of the tip jar.”
           She remained sullenly petulant about the matter. “Yes, but I paid for the popcorn.”

Author's Note

Rip it to shreds to make it better.

Reviews

[Yori Kisho]

I really like this; it works well by itself, and gets its point across even without any backstory - and, of course, it made me laugh. Maria sounds cute, and I'm curious to see if there's any more to her and the narrator's story.

[Wisconsin]

The punchline works really well, but of course I want more. This part of something bigger?