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Day 36 - Together

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Olivier growled as she struggled at tying a bow around a bouquet of lilies. The boy watched her with skeptical eyes. She threw the blue ribbon away and used her sword to cut another piece of ribbon from the roll.

The boy's eyes went wide. "Cool," he breathed.

"Much better than scissors," she agreed, as she looked back to her distraction across the room.

"Never thought you'd learn so much about flowers while being Livi's bodyguard, did you?" Catherine asked as she followed Buccaneer around while he changed the water in the buckets of flowers.

Olivier huffed as she untied another horribly made bow.

Buccaneer glanced over at her and Catherine followed his gaze.

"Do you want me to do that?" Catherine asked as she made her way behind the counter with Olivier.

"I got it," Olivier snapped as she finally managed to get the ribbon wrapped around the bouquet and tied into a proper bow.

"Wow, it's so pretty," Catherine clapped in congratulations, genuinely surprised her older sister even knew the basics of bow-tying.

Olivier rolled her eyes and passed the lilies off to the boy.

"He's so handsome," Catherine murmured.

Olivier was surprised for a moment, but then she realized Catherine was staring at Buccaneer, not the boy. She shook her head and stalked away to the back room where Laurel kept all the vases, ribbon, and wrapping.

Catherine followed after her.

"What?" Olivier demanded, sensing her sister's eyes boring into her back.

"Is it true?" Catherine asked hesitantly as she nervously played with a roll of pink ribbon.

Olivier raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Is what true?"

Buccaneer poked his head in the room and Olivier shook her head. Catherine looked over her shoulder, but he'd already moved out of view. She started wrapping the pink ribbon back onto its spool.

Olivier eyed her as she fidgeted. "Well?" she grunted.

"At breakfast today, Father mentioned Aunt Laurel left on a trip to go meet a new supplier," Catherine began, looking occasionally from the ribbon to Olivier. "And…and that you two will be staying at her house alone…together."

"And?" Olivier said indifferently.

Catherine stopped playing with the ribbon and looked her sister in the eyes. "I..I thought, maybe, I could stay at Aunt Laurel's with you."

Olivier shook her head.

"Or I could help you two with running the flower shop," she pleaded.

"No, she's got plenty of staff."

Catherine stuck out her bottom lip and pouted.

"That doesn't work on me," Olivier reminded her.

"But it works on Mother and Father," she threatened.

Olivier scowled. "You can help in the shop, but I'll make up a schedule for you. Be late or leave early and don't come back," she hissed.

Catherine grinned and practically bounced back into the shop front.

Olivier smirked as she grabbed up a pen and made a hasty schedule, making sure to schedule Catherine to come in just before she and Buccaneer would leave the shop. That would teach the girl she couldn't always get her way by pouting and batting her eyelashes.

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A.N. - Next chapter calls for some reminiscing! Young!Olivier is ready to take the limelight for a little bit. X3 Thanks for reading!

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