Michel & Josette

Chapter 13: These Flowers Are For You

Michel whistled merrily as he strolled throughout the wonderful Paris, France. He was planning on doing something he'd never thought he'd do!

He was going to buy Josette a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers! Yes, he wanted to see the smile on her face when he gave them to her! He was so sure that Josette would immediately fall in love with him for this!

Unfortunately, things didn't always turn out okay for Michel.

Michel went to a shop that sold the finest and most beautiful flowers. He bought a couple of poppies, roses, baby's breaths, snowdrops, and dandelions. He had them all put in a bouquet. He beatifically left the store with the flowers and began his search for Josette.

He started humming a delightful tune as he wended along, heading towards the park while delicately holding the bouquet of flowers. Michel had thought about buying chocolates, but changed his mind, thinking that it would be a little too much.

So he continued on his way, very eager to deliver the flowers to his wonderful Josette.

However, when he reached the park, there was nobody there. The pigeons weren't even there! There was absolutely nothing at all!

Michel was sure that he'd find Josette at the park, but it didn't look like she was there at all. He started to feel incredibly crestfallen and disappointed, but decided not to give up!

Besides, it wasn't in Michel's nature to give up!

He started back up on his search for Josette, still cradling the bouquet of flowers in his arms, a smile dancing on his lips.

It didn't take long to find Josette.

She was at that same bakery, looking for some sweets to buy. However, she was with Marie. They were both chatting and whatnot cheerfully as they looked at all of the sweets and everything.

Michel's smile widened and he entered the bakery merrily. "Josette!" he called happily.

Josette frowned and she turned around. "Eh? Murphy?"

Michel refrained from showing his annoyance and kept the smile on his face. "Hello, Josette! It's so nice to see you on such a bright, dandy day!" he exclaimed cheerily.

"Michel? Hello. I haven't seen you in a while," Marie greeted Michel pleasantly, giving him a kind smile. "Josette has told me she's run into you a few times!"

"We run into each other almost every day!" Michel announced jollily. "Anyway, it's good to see you, Marie. You're looking as lovely as ever!" he told her politely.

Marie's smile got a little bigger. "Thank you."

"So what are you doing here, Mitchell?" Josette questioned, placing her hands on her hips and giving Michel a suspicious look. "Don't tell me you're following me again!"

Michel shook his head, a giant smile on his face.

Josette's eyes moved to the bouquet he held in his hands and she raised an eyebrow. "What? You came here to give Marie some flowers or something?" she questioned him.

Michel looked incredibly shocked. "Huh? I didn't come here to give Marie some flowers!" he wailed. "I came here to deliver them to you!"

Josette looked surprised. "Oh? Who are they from?"

Michel introduced his face to his palm and sighed deeply. "No," he groaned in frustration and disappointment. "They aren't from anyone else!" he exclaimed at her.

Josette looked curious now. "So they aren't from anybody then?"

Michel smacked his forehead in despair.

Marie giggled at the two of them, finding them both to be intriguing and interesting. She observed the both of them closely. It was clear that Michel had some affectionate feelings towards Josette. It was also plainly clear that Josette really liked Michel. It was like Josette became a completely different person around Michel and it made Marie smile, because Josette had actually found someone she liked a lot.

"You're making no sense, Micah!" Josette tells him with a roll of her eyes, her hands still on her hips.

Michel's eyes narrowed in annoyance. "It's Michel, woman! How can you not get it right?! Never mind! Don't even answer that!" he shouted at her dramatically, causing people to look their way.

Josette only rolled her eyes to that.

Michel calmed down and cleared his throat. "Anyway, these flowers are for you, from me," Michel finally informed her, handing the bouquet of fresh, pretty flowers to her. "I bought them a little bit ago."

Josette hesitantly reached out, taking the flowers and staring down at them in interest, her cheeks turning a very light shade of red. Then she looked up at Michel, curiosity burning in her eyes. "Why?"

A look of perplexity jumped on to Michel's features. "Huh?"

"Why did you get me these?" Josette asked.

Michel immediately blushed and he put a hand behind his head, his eyes darting all over the place in embarrassment. "Ah…well…I…you see…um…I just…wanted to do…uh…something nice for you! Yeah! I wanted to do something very nice for you!"

Josette smiled a little and hugged the bouquet against her. "Well, thanks, Moldy…"

Michel grinned. "You're welcome!"

However, that grin was replaced with a look of annoyance.

"Hey!" he snapped. "My name's not Moldy! It's Michel! Moldy isn't even a name!"

"It is in my eyes," Josette retorted nonchalantly.

"You're completely impossible, you know that?!"

"Not as impossible as you."

"Take that back!"

"Why? There's nothing to take back!"

"Grrr…!"

"You sound like a deranged lion!"

"Oh? Well, you sound like an amphibian!"

"Oh, your words wound me! Sarcasm is being used, by the way."

"I should call you Ms. Sarcastic!"

"I should call you Mr. Sensitive!"

Marie continued to watch them like they were a comedy show or something, maybe even a circus act. She was having a lot of fun watching the two of them bicker and all she could do was smile.

Yes, Michel and Josette's relationship captured her interest.