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The Valentine Tree
Flash fiction
I had heard of this place
but you couldn’t go there unless you had a love. I hadn’t had any love for a
long time so I just had to sit back and hear the stories.
The description of this wondrous
place sounded too good to be true, like it was out of some Alice In Wonderland
story. Really?
As the special day crept
closer, I decided not to be around my friends and planned a little trip away. I
never even told them I was going away for a few days.
They wouldn’t miss me
anyways.
A part of me was sad but
also looking forward to getting away.
But of course the best
laid plans don’t always go the way you would like.
First my car wouldn’t
start. It worked fine the day before.
I wasn’t going to be
defeated so I called a friend and he said sure.
My little secret of
taking off was not a secret anymore. When he arrived he was full of questions
as to where I was skipping out to.
I just shook my head and
told him it was a business trip of sorts. By the grin on his face though, I don’t
think he was buying my story.
We got in his car and on
the seat is a bouquet of tiny pink roses and a heart shaped box filled with
chocolates.
He saw me looking down at
them but didn’t say anything. I didn’t ask either.
Just as we are about to
turn off to the road to the airport, he keeps going. I looked over at him but
he ignored me and kept driving. I could tell he had purpose.
Finally I asked. “You
know you missed the turn off back there? I am supposed to arrive an hour early.”
He just grinned.
He drove to a small park
and there was something about it that was different today. He finally looked
over at me and said. “Come with me.”
I sighed and got out of
the car. He waited for me and when I got close he held out his hand.
My heart skipped a beat
and I shyly took his hand. This little tingle went up my arm.
“Where are you taking me?’
He looked down at me and
winked. “Wait and see.”
We got to a small knoll
overlooking the park. He faced me then and told me to close my eyes.
I did.
“Now,” he said. “Think
about a tree with a heart shape top and red, white and pink flowers surrounding
it.
I’m shaking my head. This
sounded like some of the stories I heard about that place.
“Open your eyes.”
When I did, my eyes went
wide. The whole meadow was covered in these small red, pink and white daisies.
But what really stood out was this tree with a heart shape top.
“Wonderful isn’t it”?
“But I don’t have a love.
How can this be?”
He sighed. “Yeah, you do
have a love. You just don’t know it yet.”
My face flushed. “You?”
“Don’t look too shocked.
It’s me if you are willing to be my valentine. If you say no, this will all
disappear.”
I smiled. “Well, I guess
we wouldn’t want that to happen, now would we?”
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