[ WP ] A man pushes an empty swing .

Jane blew a kiss at her reflection. Her orange new dress matched her black high-heels perfectly. She was going to turn heads at the party tomorrow, maybe Dan would notice her this time. 
 
 Movement outside caught her eye. She shifted to the window, it was the man that came to the park everyday. Yesterday he pushed the empty swing for hours. She wondered if he knew it was empty, or if he was just a crazy old man. 
 
 The swing was a fair distance away and so she felt safe enough to watch him. Jane drummed a pen on her desk and waited for him to do something weird. 
 
 After a while the man paused and scribbled on a small piece of paper. She swore he stared directly at her as he placed it on the swing and then walked away. 
 
 *It ca n't be... * Jane thought. He ca n't see me through these curtains... It was probably a coincidence. She pulled out her psychology 101 booklet and began working through the practice questions. 
 
 A half hour had passed and no one had taken the paper. Jane stood and opened her room window, jumping out onto the grass. She strolled awkwardly in high heels and stopped in front of the swing. 
 
 She reached down and unraveled the paper. 
 
 Her eyebrows shot up at the message. 
 
 It said,'Thanks for coming out.' 
 
 The swing creaked softly as it swayed in the wind. *Thanks for coming out? That guy really is crazy. * 
 
 The noise of a snapping twig sounded behind her. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

