Author's note: So, I had a choice between something dark and scary, and something really lighthearted. Possibly even lightheaded. And even though the dark one was tempting I decided against it. Someone has to stay in the light. Only … does it have to be ME!? Maybe next time an image like that comes to me I will lose the fight... Though I've heard it's crowded on the dark side so it may take some time to find an empty rack.

Disclaimer: Picking wildflowers in Kripke's garden. But I don't intend to sell them so I hope that makes it ok.

Conditions: 100 words + use the word "alert" somewhere. For E/O's Drabble Challenge and the sheer joy of playing with intelligent, twisted people. How did someone as stable as me end up here? :-)

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What Women Want

Pastor Jim had decided that the church needed flowers and Dean something to keep him from mischief.

Thus the early Sunday morning found a disgruntled Dean viciously uprooting bluebells, poppies and marguerites.

When a sixth sense alerted him to another's presence he quickly turned around, finding himself eye-to-eye with a girl from school.

She stared disbelievingly at the flowers. Was this Dean-the-cool?

Trusting his instincts, with a speed that made her flinch, he thrust the bouquet at her. And received his first kiss in return.

Dean walked back empty-handed, but Pastor Jim considered his dreamy smile a far better decoration.

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And that's how it started!