What A Drag

She lifted her silk scarf high in the air and then dramatically lowered her arm quickly. The two cars roared to life and zoomed past her.

She spun around as they raced towards the other end of the dry stormwater drain, as she thought about what she'd do depending on the result. Obviously Jimmy winning would be easier, just stick by him, but if Tommy was to win, she'd need to switch to him, which she-

Something exploded under Jimmy's hood, causing him to swerve right into Tommy, the cars exploding in a giant fireball.

She could work with that.

Reasonable Reaction

A wobby chair saved a President's life, while a sandwich (supposedly) ended an Arch-Duke's. Throughout history there are these moments, where if one minor, seemingly insignificant thing had gone the other way, so would have sone giant, significant thing.

That's true, to an extent, but the problem is, everything is like that. Every action and reaction is based on all the actions and reactions that came before it.

And if you can't tell what the significant and insignificant details are ahead of time, then either every detail is important, or none of them are.

I suggest living assuming the second.

Uncommon

After first contact, the initial focus was on scientific discussions, but after a while, they finally let some sociologists talk to each other.

Pretty quickly, it became apparent that there was very little in common between the planets, beyond very basic things like self-preservation and a concept of love/blornaz, although that one was shaky.

Undaunted, the two groups ran through everything they could think of, trying to find some commonality.

Eventually, out of desperation, they discussed mythologies, and got onto the topic of bogeymen.

This did have commonality, until humans were asked how they defeated their version of them.

Skimmed

I sat down by the edge of the lake, catching my breath, the hike being slightly longer than I'd anticipated.

I picked up a rock as I drank from my water bottle, then skimmed the stone across the lake's surface, losing track of it quickly.

I was halfway through my trail mix when the rock skimmed off the lake and landed at my feet.

It looked like my rock, but I couldn't hear or see anyone around. After a moment, I picked it up and threw it again.

Nothing happened till I got up to leave, then it hit me. 

Class Questions

"The unicorn can only be caught by a maiden fair, untouched, who-"

"Wait, what do you mean?"

"A young lady who is... Pure."

"What, no fake body parts?"

"No, no, a young woman who has not known the... touch of a man."

"Yeah, no, I-"

"A virgin! Happy?"

"Not at all, how do they know?"

"Magic."

"So are people are magically marked before or after they have sex?

"I'm sorry?"

"Look, either there's some mark on a woman before she has sex with a man, or afterwards. Which is it?"

"After, I suppose!"

"OK, what about lesbians?"

"That's owlbears, silence!"

Panic

Panic hadn't so much gripped her chest as it was lightly pushing into it. She knew she was safe and alone, and this the sounds she thought she was hearing must be-

There it was again.

She looked around, and for lack of options, picked up a heavy book about the fall of the Roman Empire.

She slowly approached the door, and when it opened, she screamed, closed her eyes, and swung.

On one hand, the fact it made the figure fall like the Empire was pretty impressive.

But considering who the figure was, panic got round to gripping.

Hard.

Red Light

Normally, as the getaway driver, i deliberately kept myself in the dark about the details on jobs, I just had start and end points.

But as we drove down the highway, with no-one after us but with no loot, my curiosity was such that I asked questions.

Eventually, once I had a clear picture, I asked one more question.

"So, this millionaire who was the target , and whom you all hate because he's such a selfish bastard, needed to stop and help an 'injured' person for the plan to work, and none of you see the issue?"

I got stares.