A Day in the Park

Luke and Thalia were sitting in the park doing nothing in particular. He loved spending the day with his best friend. They had been best friends since they were little despite the fact that they were polar opposites. She sat on the bench next to him, "We could always people watch."

Luke shrugged, "Haven't we been doing that for the past half an hour?"

"Good point." Thalia said, "How about getting a pretzel."

"Do you have your wallet on you?" Luke asked.

Thalia nodded, "Always do."

"I forgot mine at home, I'll pay you back." Luke said as they began walking around looking for a pretzel cart.

"Don't bother its fine." Thalia shrugged.

"At least let me pay you back." Luke said.

"I told you its fine." Thalia rolled her eyes.

They finally found a pretzel cart and the guy gave Luke a weird look because Thalia was paying for them. He probably looked like a cheap boyfriend to the dude…as much as he would've loved the title of Thalia's boyfriend he hadn't quite gotten to that yet so basically he was just the cheap best friend.

Thalia handed Luke his pretzel and made sure that the dude gave her extra cheese. They began walking through the park again and munched on their pretzels in the process.

"So what do you want to do after we finish our pretzels?" Thalia asked.

"We could go over to the lake." Luke suggested.

She wrinkled her nose, "The lake?"

Luke chuckled, "Ok the lake's out…I guess we could continue to walk around."

"Sounds like a plan we're bound to run into something to do." Thalia nodded.

When they finished their pretzels Luke and Thalia found themselves at the far end of the park which was by far the most romantic part of the park. Everywhere he looked there couples. There were elderly couples sitting on the benches, middle-aged couples walking together, young couples kissing all over, teenagers making out behind the trees, there were even dogs. Luke felt Thalia's hand slip into his and he smiled. He interlaced his fingers with hers and they continued to walk through the park hand in hand.

When the day was over Luke dropped Thalia off at her place. He walked her up to the door to say goodbye to her.

"So that was a lot of fun." Luke said trying to make some conversation.

Thalia smiled and kissed his cheek, "Don't be so awkward."

"Me…Awkward?" Luke squawked.

Thalia laughed and gave him a quick hug, "Thanks I had a lot of fun."

"No problem, maybe we can do something next weekend." Luke said.

Thalia grinned, "It's a date pick me up at noon on Saturday."

With that she disappeared through the door and Luke did his infamous victory dance…he just got a date with his best friend. He made a mental note to remember his wallet so he didn't look like a cheap boyfriend….stupid pretzel guy.