Roses are Red

l i l i e s

"And lilies white, prepared to touch the whitest thought, nor soil it much, of dreamer turned to lover." -Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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"Lillian's Lilies, how may I-"

"Help help! The grand opening is in 5 weeks and 4 days!"

"Hello to you too Twix Boy"

"Twix Boy? How about Twix man?"

"You're 16. You're not a man. Besides you call me Flower Girl. So no you are Twix Boy."

"Batman has 'man' in his name and Batgirl has 'girl' in hers."

"Touché... how about we settle for Twix Dude"

"Thanks alright with me... Anyways roses, roses, ROSES!"

"There are no roses!"

"How do you know?"

"I checked."

"It didn't sound like it."

"I checked first thing this morning when I opened the shop."

"You did that?"

"Sure, if it gets you to stop calling the shop then the quicker the better, right? And I also emailed our supplier to see when we would get the roses."

"And?"

"No response yet."

"Oh well that's anticlimactic."

"Indeed. Look, how about I call you when the flowers are delivered?"

"How did you-?"

"I entered your number into my cellphone."

"Uh..."

"What's your favorite candy because mine is obviously Twix?"

"I do like Twix but if I had to choose, my favorite candy of all time is called Cow Tails."

"What on Earth are Cow Tails?"

"Hence why I usually resort to Twix."

"OH OH SHUT UP! I got a response from our roses supplier."

"Go on..."

"They said that the roses blah blah blah... shipment departure blah blah blah... oh! Here, arrival date. Hmm, should be here in about... Oh. 5 weeks."

"Shi-"

"Ahem!"

"So are are things with you and your boyfriend?"

"What? Oh um, change of subjects much?"

"So... what's his name?"

"Colton."

"Aww how cute. Lillian and Colton. Lilly and Col."

"Don't you ever call me Lilly. You're not worthy."

"So, how long have you two been together?"

"Oh, um... 3 months-ish."

"Hmmm.... interesting."

"What's your deal Twix Dude? You sound like you're plotting out a mass murder against my boyfriend!"

"Oh nothing. So you said you'd call me from your cell when you get the roses? But that's in 5 weeks!"

"Yeah well..."

"What's your number? So, you know... I know it's you when you call."

"Smooth... Here it's (***)***-****."

"So are you working tomorrow? Since its Saturday, you know?"

"Nope. Weekends off. Thank goodness, I couldn't survive this little shop for seven days. I already have hell booked for five days out of the week."

"Yeah... school... my friend has it so lucky. He's 18, just graduated, and now he's opening a yogurt shop."

"Oh yeah that's right... the yogurt shop. I wanna go sometime. Maybe the grand opening in 5 weeks and 4 days?"

"Yeah and maybe I'll see you there."

"How will I know it's you?"

"I have blue eyes, brown hair, and I'll be carrying a huge bouquet of your roses."

"Oh yeah, right."

"Uh I gotta go, my friend is trying to call me. You know, the yogurt shop guy."

"Oh. Yeah, okay. See you later."

"No you won't..."

"Oh yeah, force of habit. Later Twix Dude"

"Later Flower Girl"

A/N: ugh I kinda hate this chapter... it's kinda setting some other stuff up though. But when I go to write the next chapter I forget what I was trying to set up. Oh well, I hope you guys like it! Please comment and vote it means a lot to me! Love y'all <3