"Buy now, for ONLY fifty bucks!"
"This is your chance to give us money."
"We buy gold, even though you have to pay."
"I need YOUR money."
"YOU get to sponsor ME!"
Hazel sighed, giving up on changing the channel. Were there ONLY ads on TV nowadays? She pointed the remote at her television set and turned it off. She decided she'd read her book- it didn't have any ads.
She walked into her bedroom. Her book wasn't in there. As she walked into the kitchen she passed her brother's room. He was filming a YouTube video.
"Get a specialized t-shirt from my channel- only $15!"
No, he was filming an AD for YouTube. Ever since he'd reached 100 subscribers, he'd become so stuck up. Sighing, Hazel entered the kitchen and found her book lying in the table, her page bookmarked by a piece of newspaper- most likely her dad had been reading it as well. She entered her room, flopping down on her bed and removing the newspaper- an AD! Were those things haunting her or something?
She started reading her book.
"Hey you!" Jennifer turned to see a guy standing at a booth behind her, "You should definitely buy this lemonade! $5 a cup!"
"Okay!" Jennifer agreed, "That was like an ad!"
Hazel slammed her book closed in disgust. Is there anything to do that doesn't involve me and an ad?
•••
"Bye sweetie," her mom drove away, leaving her in front of her school. No ads here, she thought, walking up the steps.
"Hazel!" Hazel's best friend, Margaret, was running up to her, "Do you like my new shirt? There was this ad-"
"I've gotta go." Hazel rushed up the steps and opened the door to her school.
"I'm afraid I must stop you right there." Hazel turned to see a man in a suit looking down at her, "How would you like to get paid?"
"No way!" Hazel rushed into the school.
"All you have to do is be an actress in an ad!" Hazel ignored him as he shouted down the hallway at her. She rushed past posters on the wall, all broadcasting ads. Suddenly, something sharp poked her in the side.
"Ow!" Hazel looked up and saw her mom.
"It looked like you were having a bad dream, so I woke you up," her mom said, "Anyways, I saw this ad, and I was wondering if..."