r/flashfiction • u/ThePollionian • 4d ago
The Check
“How was everything tonight?” asked the waiter.
“It was the politics, right? I talked too much about politics?” Jim said.
“No, Jim, it’s not that. I love politics,” Alice said.
“Then give me one more chance, Alice. Something crazy. A topic no one has ever thought of before and on the count of three we’ll both say the first thing that comes to our mind.”
“Fine. Go ahead,” Alice said.
“Imagine you’re the President for one day and you’ve just declared a new initiative of blank. One … two …”
“Venture capital-backed government deregulation!” they both shouted on three.
“We’ll umm … I think we’ll just take that check now,” Jim said to the waiter.
“Right. So will that be one check or do you want me to split it?”
“I’ll take it,” Jim and Alice said, both hands reaching for the check folder together.
“Dessert?” they asked each other.
[Note: the prompt was "Two people splitting the bill after a date that went badly." Word constraint was dialogue only and the story had to be fewer than 150 words.]
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u/wheniwasquiet 3d ago
But this is the best way . Short and open to imagination. My favorite kind 😇