[ WP ] Write a story about a person with a superpower that has a consequence/limitation more interesting than said power .

“ Hello, my name is Jen and I can stop time. ” 
 
 Jared Rix had, maybe, twice in his life been approached by a girl in a bar. Never before had they used a pick up line and only once before had he been so confused by it. He ended up marrying that one. 
 
 “ I like that name, ” Jared said. He did not address the second half of the statement. How could you? 
 
 “ Pick a card ”, Jen said while folding out a deck of bicycles, “ Any card. ” 
 Jared looked at Jen. He had been so taken by her approach he did notice til this very moment how familiar she looked. He could swear…but ignored it and drew a card. 
 
 “ Look at the card, ” Jen said. 
 
 He looked down. 
 
 “ Now look again, ” Jen said. It was weird it seemed like her confidence was slipping. 
 
 He looked down. The card now had writing on it. “ Hi, my name is Jen and I can stop time. Sorry ” 
 
 “ Neat, ” Jared said, “ But sorry for what? ” 
 
 Jen didn ’ t answer instead she pulled out his wallet, his keys, she asked him to check his pockets, where he found any fruit that he asked for. 
 
 “ You ’ re very good. ” Jared said. 
 
 “ But you think it ’ s a trick? ” Jen said. Sad again. 
 
 “ I mean…, ” 
 
 “ What would you do if you could stop time? ” 
 
 Jared thought for a minute. He was 48 and this wasn ’ t the first time he thought of past regrets, of time moving too fast. He looked at Jen. She was about the same age, so she probably had the same thoughts. 
 
 “ I guess, I would just stop to appreciate things. ” Jared said. 
 
 “ You need people to appreciate them with. ” Jen wasn ’ t looking at him anymore. 
 
 “ Okay, so I would just learn stuff. Get caught up at work. Take some pressure off. I might have been able to save my marriage. ” 
 
 “ Could you? ” 
 
 “ What? ” 
 
 “ Save your marriage? ” 
 
 “ I guess not. ” Jared said, “ Sara….My wife left about a year after our daughter…our daughter ran away when she was 12. Losing her was too much. I guess stopping wouldn ’ t really help that. I would need to reverse it. ” 
 
 Jared looked over at Jen. She was wiping her eyes. Jared wanted to save the mood. 
 
 “ But it could be fun if you were a kid. ” 
 
 “ Yeah. ” Jen laughed a sarcastic laugh, “ If you were a kid you could sneak a peak in the boys locker room. You could learn guitar for the talent show. You could construct elaborate pranks. Walk to Paris. You could get lost in it and that ’ s the problem. ” 
 
 “ What problem? 
 
 “ Time stops but you don ’ t. Spend enough time doing it. Go off on an adventure and by the time you try to come back…you would have grown up…all by yourself. ” Jen had tears pouring down her eyes. 
 
 Jared looked at Jen. She did look familiar. 
 
 “ Jen…that ’ s short for… ” 
 
 Jen caught her breath and said… 
 
 “ Hello, my name is Jennifer Rix and I can stop time. Sorry. ” 
 And then she was gone. 

