Yes, the meeting is on Valentine's Day! Invite your sweetheart to join in the fun at the 6:30 meeting or afterwards at Fiddler's at 9!
• Assignment:
Abby looked at the clock. It was five minutes to five and still no delivery. She did not need to look around the office to know that dozens of roses had been delivered that day – she could smell them. Still, she could not resist peeking around the soft gray divider of her cubicle. Susan’s desk was graced with not one dozen, but two dozen of the longest-stemmed red roses Abby had ever seen. Down the hall, she spotted bursts of colorful Mylar’s hovering over various workspaces. Even Ellen Tineman had one…Ellen Magellen Tineman! And as the clock ticked the final moments of the workday, Abby sighed, the hope of yet another Valentine’s Day surprise all but destroyed.
Or
Michael stood in front of Valley Green Floral Designs looking into the window. Hearts and flowers were as deep as a cliché. Valentine’s Day, he harrumphed to himself. What a waste of energy…not to mention money. He leaned closer to read the price tag hanging limply from the stem of one of a dozen roses in a generic glass vase. “Eighty-five dollars!” he exclaimed rather loudly. “What a bunch of crooks!”
• 600 words or less, in addition to one of the above paragraphs.
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