Flash Fiction #33
The sun was starting to descend in the sky as the time reached early evening. Jackie decided to take a walk after dinner and he ended up in the nearby park. As he pass by a lonely bench, he decided on the spot to take a seat. Jackie leaned back against the bench and looked up at the naked trees. "Looks like winter is about to be over. Weather is warming up, and..." Then he heard a female voice beside him, "And most of the snow has melted, right?" Jackie turned his head to see who had this familiar voice. It was his friend, Kim. He lied, "I wasn't going to say that at all, Kim." She sat down beside him on the bench. "What were you going to say then?" He took a deep breath to try to come up with something on the spot. "Well, I was going to say that the flowers will be blooming soon." She seemed to have fallen for it, and laughed. "Good one, Jackie. I thought I knew how you thought for a moment there." "There