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Flower Shop

A story about a boy who works in a flower shop.

By Burnt BaguettesPublished 4 years ago 7 min read
Flower Shop
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Liam has a bad habit of giving away free flowers. Elijah and Kyle come in and buy a whole bunch of flowers for Liam, but Liam doesn't know that they are for him.

Hi, welcome this is a safe place for you to be yourself and love who you are. So I hope you have slept well, eaten enough today, staying hydrated, and getting enough time outside. This is now your happy place. If someone ever reads this, tell me how your day was. Well and another daily reminder that you are a beautiful smart little muffin and I hope you have a wonderful day/night or evening, whatever you prefer. And feel free to request if you want. But I only do fluff, because my heart can't take pain right now. /) have a nice day and stay safely hydrated.

Third-person

It was your average Monday morning. Most people were either at school, work, or just sleeping in. Liam had just opened his flower shop for the day and was putting out the many assortments) of flowers. It was still early so no one was going to come until later. Liam sat down on his knees, in front of a whole arrangement of flowers and he then started to put them together in the shape of a crown. Once Liam was done making his flower crown, he put it on his head. It fit perfectly. He heard the bell to the shop door ring, signaling that someone had walked in. He quickly dusted off his baby blue apron and walked over to the cash register. "Good morning, how may I help you today?" Liam says, with a heartwarming smile. "Umm, I'm here because my girlfriend and I got into a big argument and I want to make it up to them," The girl said, holding her arm in her hand. Liam heard these stories almost every day. They were very heartbreaking but at the same time, he was glad to help. "Okay, what flowers do they like?" Liam asked, walking towards the girl. "Umm, they like roses and sunflowers. I don't know if you have assortments like that. If you don't that is fine, I will just take a dozen roses," The girl said. "How about I combine a dozen roses and a dozen sunflowers into one assortment and it will be the price of one," Liam said as he clapped his hands together. "Oh no, I'll pay for both," She said to the short boy. "Oh no, I will give you a discount. I don't want you to pay extra, especially since you're going through a rough time right now," Liam said with a smile. "You are very kind," The girl says, smiling back at him. Liam walked over to the roses and grabbed a dozen of them. And then he walked over to the sunflowers and grabbed a dozen. He made his way over to his little wrapping station and he wrapped a dozen roses and a dozen sunflower in one and put a sticker on it. The sticker was placed on it to make sure it is kept wrapped at all times. He made his way back over to the girl and told her what her total was "Your total is seven dollars. I gave you a discount for the two dozen flowers and I gave you another discount because it took me a while. So what an originally forty dollars, is now seven dollars." Liam handed her the flowers "Can you even do that?" The girls asked curiously. "Yep, this is my business," Liam said. The girl handed Liam the money and then left with a dozen of roses and a dozen sunflowers. Liam watched her leave and then quickly went back to making flower crowns on the ground.

Time skip to the next customer. Time skip brought you, by me leveling up fifty-three skills on Duolingo in one setting. Time skip was also brought to you by me fixing this chapter up.

It had been about twenty minutes since the girl had left and Liam was still sitting on his knees making flower crowns. The bell rang on the door. Liam turned his head to see it was a little girl, who looked about five and she had no parental unit with her. Liam quickly walked over to the girl. "Hello, how may I help you?" Liam asked in a sweet tone of voice. "I'm looking for my daddy!" The little girl said with a big smile present on her face. "Okay, how about you stay with me until your daddy comes," Liam requested. The little girl nodded. Liam was great with small children, so this little girl was not going to be a problem. When he wasn't working at his little flower shop, he was babysitting. "I love your flower crown and your apron," The girl said as looking up at Liam. Liam smiled at her. He was wearing a baby blue apron that had flowers all over it and he had a flower crown on his head. "Would you like a flower crown?" Liam asked the little girl. "Yes, I would love one! My name is Emily and I am five, what's your name?" Emily said, holding up five fingers for her age. She was very mature for her age in Liam's opinion. "My name is Liam and I am twenty-three," Liam says with a smile and then hands Emily her flower crown. She puts it on her head. "Let us dance until your dad comes," Liam says as he takes the smaller one's hands. They spend the next twenty minutes just dancing, little did they know two people were watching their every move (not in a creepy way, just take note of that). Emily's dad finally came to a picked Emily. "Do I have to pay you for babysitting and the flower crown?" The dad asked, pulling out his wallet. "No, no, it's fine I love children and giving away free flowers," Liam said with a sweet smile. "You are a very nice person, I hope you have a wonderful day," Emily's dad said, and like that they were out the door.

Time skip to the last customers.

Liam was just about to close up shop for the day and then these two boys came in. Liam rolled his eyes knowing it was Elijah and Kyle. They were two boys who went to the college down the street from his shop. They always came right before Liam closed his shop up for the day. Liam went over to get a broom to start sweeping. "Liam?" One voice asked (Elijah) him. Liam jumped a bit, forgetting the two were there. "Yes?" Liam says back. "Do you need any help? And I would like to buy some flowers," Elijah says. "Me too," Kyle says as well. Liam handed Elijah the broom and Kyle a towel. "Elijah you sweep and Kyle you clean the windows," Liam said pointing to the floor and the windows. "And then I will let both of you buy flowers," Liam said, going to make more flower crowns. Liam once again got on his knees and got a lot of flowers and started weaving them into more flower crowns. About ten to twenty minutes went by and Liam had made about seven flower crowns. "Liam, we both have finished our jobs, may we buy flowers now?" Kyle says as Elijah put the broom down. "Okay, which flower would you guys like?" Liam asks getting ready to get the flowers. "Umm, I would like lily's, tulips, sunflowers, and roses," Elijah said. "Me as well," Kyle says with a smile. Liam goes over to the Lilys and then asks "How many?" "As many as you got," Kyle says. Liam grabs all the lily's and then he walks over to the tulips and grabs all of them, he goes over to the sunflowers and grabs all of them, and lastly, he grabbed every single rose and then makes his way to his little plastic wrapping station. He wrapped the lily's in one of the plastics, he wrapped the tulips in one of the plastics, he wrapped the roses in one of the plastics and he wrapped the sunflowers in one of the plastics. (That got very repetitive, sorry). "Since these are my favorites flowers you get all of them for free," Liam says with a smile. "No, no, we will pay," Elijahs says. Then both him and Kyle handed him two hundred dollars bills. Liam flushed a bright red and then tried to protest them giving him money. "W-well I hope whoever gets these flowers is very happy," Liam says with a smile. "Depends, do you like them?" Kyle says, both of them handing Liam all of the flowers (this was actually very wholesome).

Rumor has it Liam was showered with love and affection by the two boys. Ya, that's about it. If anybody actually reads this, you request if you want. Bye and always remember this is a safe place for you to be yourself and love who you are. So I hope you have slept well, eaten enough today, staying hydrated, and getting enough time outside. This is now your happy place. If someone ever reads this, tell me how your day was. Well and another daily reminder that you are a beautiful smart little muffin and I hope you have a wonderful day/night or evening, whatever you prefer. And feel free to request if you want. But I only do fluff, because my heart can't take pain right now. /) have a nice day and stay safely hydrated.

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About the Creator

Burnt Baguettes

I like to write sad, dystopian lesbian love stories. That is all you really need in life.

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