A Bad Breakup

Our writing group was slowing down. It was again a whole year between rounds - but we weren't dead! After six years of writing several stories per year, we were all losing a bit of excitement I think. But our yearly Halloween round kept us coming back! This was my entry for Round 30 in 2011, and I wrote a super short story once again. I had become really fond of trying to trick the reader into thinking that a certain thing was happening, and then revealing something completely different in the end. This was probably the best story in which I executed that idea, and many people in our group told me the ending really "got" them! A Bad Breakupby Rusty Keele She blocked his exit. "Leaving so soon, Berec?" she asked icily. He stopped and stared at her. She was so beautiful. He wanted to get lost in those mesmerizing blue eyes like he had many times before, but this time was different. He cautiously cleared his throat, "Um, no. Just thought I'd better be going is all." "I think you're lying…