The barista shook his head. That hedge couldn’t have moved closer overnight. Could it?
He scratched his head as he stared out the window of the Starbucks. “Have you seen anything change so fast?”
His co-worker snickered, “Yeah, fake grass. Dude, those hedges, not real.” The barista raised his eyebrow. “They are foam boards with green things glued to it.”
“How do you know this?”
“Everybody knows about it, duh. I mean, it’s kind of obvious. Have you ever seen anyone out there trimming the hedges?”
“So you’re telling me that it’s a fake hedge.” His co-worker nodded. “So, this town, fake grass, fake houses, fake hedges. Is there anything real here?”
His co-worker laughed. “Dude, nothing is real here. They don’t call it Hollywood for nothing.”
The barista frowned, “Wait, this is Hollywood? I thought this is Universal City!”
“Dude, Universal City is Hollywood. You’re working next to Universal Studios.” He clapped a hand on the barista’s shoulder. “Welcome to Hollywood, dude.”
(150 words)
Each week, Mondays Finish the Story challenges our minds by providing with a picture along with the first sentence for us to finish the flash fiction with 100 -150 words based on the picture above.
Loved this story Yinglan! Excellent! Thanks for another contribution to the MFtS challenge and be well… ^..^
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Thank you. I enjoyed writing it. Thanks for hosting the challenge and looking forward to the challenge next week.
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YW! Next week will be something plane.
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Nice “hint”, will be looking forward to it. 🙂
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😀
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Excellent story! New barista in town. Live hedges, lol what a riot 😀
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Thank you.
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Very nice spin on it.
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Thank you.
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How true! Nothing real about Hollywood!!! Wonderful take on the prompt!!!
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Thank you.
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Nice! I’ve heard similar tales about the “fakeness” of Hollywood. Loved the dialogue 🙂
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Thank you.
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Great story Yinglan! Loved the twist at the end!
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Thank you.
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Only in Hollywood! Styrofoam and fake leaves. How sad! But then again, aren’t they suffering a water shortage, maybe not such a bad idea after all! Well done!
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Ha ha, I forgot all about that. Thank you for reading.
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