Owl

@mariannewest/day-899-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-owl

"She looks like an owl," Peter said, taking a sip of his beer. "I don't like her."

"What have you got against owls," Mark asked.

"Nothing. I just don't want them dating one of my friends." Peter sat with his back against the tree trunk. It was a warm sunny day in London, and almost everybody seemed to be out in the park. Mark thought they were lucky to have got some shade. It was going to get hotter.

"I like her," Mark said. "She's funny."

"Funny looking," Peter said. "Owly."

"There they are," Mark said pointing over towards the duck pond. Simon was walking towards them arm in arm with Sally.

"Sally and Simon," Peter said. "They even sound like a disgustingly annoying couple.”

"Try to be nice," Mark said, standing up and waving his arms around wildly in an attempt to get the attention of Simon.

"Here they come," Peter said. "The love birds."

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Prompt: words of love

@mariannewest/day-900-5-minute-freewrite-tuesday-prompt-words-of-love

"Why are you leaning against that tree?" Sally asked Peter as soon as they were within shouting range. "Dogs piss up against trees in parks. Didn't you know that."

Peter scowled as he pushed himself up. Mark went and gave Sally a hug and Simon some kind of strange handshake they had developed a few years ago in university.

"Hello you two," Mark said. "How are things?"

"Wonderful," Simon said. "We are living together now, you know?"

"Really?" Peter said. "That's a bit soon, isn't it?"

"We've been together for almost two years, Peter," Sally said. Mark thought he could tell she knew Peter didn't like her. He also thought Peter could tell the feeling was mutual.

"Come on," he said. "Let's talk about love and beautiful people as we walk down to the cafe".

Peter looked as though he was going to be sick.

"I don't do love," he said. "Even the word gets stuck in my throat."

"What a shame," Sally said. "You really are missing out."

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As usual I wrote the freewrite in five minutes using themostdangerouswritingapp.com and then copied and pasted it into a googledoc, tied it up a bit.
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