Just as the letter stated she had her hands on the flower she had bought earlier, but that wasn't all, there was another flower.
This flower was an apple blossom, and the sight of it brought back memories.
It was the late in winter when Lillian visited Cam's stand. She realized she hadn't seen his stand of pretty flowers in a few days and figured she'd take a break and see them now. The owner Cam didn't talk very much, which is why Lillian was sometimes hesitant to visit, but his presence was very soothing, even to the wildest of people.
It was on this day Cam finally said more than a few words to Lillian. "Um...Thanks for always stopping by...to look...at my flowers. Oh, speaking of which..." Lillian was confused Cam didn't usually converse with her even when she tried conversing with him or even when she gave him gifts and he never started a conversation with her before.
"Cam," she interrupted his searching, "What are you doing?"
"Hmm? What am I doing?...I was choosing flowers whose meaning fits the day." A smile spread across his face as he said that. He seemed to be enjoying himself and this made Lillian just as happy because that meant her effort to befriend Cam hadn't gone to waste. "Here, let me tell what one of these flowers means. Pardon me." Cam took a minute, but he finally got to the flower he wanted. "Today's is Sno-..." Cam hesitated. Once again Lillian was baffled. He was like all these questions wrapped in a box to make Cam; it was always hard to predict what he was thinking. "No, never mind," he shook his head and went back to search. He picked up another flower and turned back to Lillian. "Apple blossoms." He firmly stated. "Today's is apple blossoms. They mean 'lifting sadness.'"
That day Lillian never understood why Cam changed his mind, but she never bothered to ask, she was just glad Cam had finally opened up to her. "This flower, lifting sadness, did he sense my sadness and send me this flower? That's so kind, I'll have to thank him later for that."
Hwah-eh?!" Dirk shouted as he suddenly perked back up. "Let's not forget the kind guy who ran all the way over here to deliver that flower."
Lillian chuckled. "You're right, Dirk. Thank you for all your hard work. I'm lucky to have a friend like you."
"Yeah friend..." The sound of disappointment drifted through the room.
Lillian looked as good as new after that sudden news, but Dirk was still left feeling unsatisfied, he wanted answers too. "Sooo Lillian, what's the flower for?"
"Oh you mean this one?" Lillian pointed to the Marguerite.
"Nope," he confidently shook his head no. "I know what both parties are doing with that flower. Cheryl told me about your side Lillian, she's not too good with holding secrets for too long, by the way, she told me to tell you to hurry up, and everyone knows about Rahi, except one person of course. Besides Cam told me about the meaning of that flower-prediction of love." He said in a voice that made it seem like he was sounding at the sight of Dirk's Cheshire grin made Rahi turn away because of the oncoming blush approaching his face.
"That one." Dirk pointed towards the apple blossoms.
"I don't know exactly, but maybe Cam sensed I was sad so he sent me this flower because of its meaning as 'lifting sadness.'
"Wait-whu? That's not what that means. Cam told me that meant 'regret.' I remember cause that day he handed it to me and told me after I had tripped and I broke half the flowers and their pots when I fell on his flower stand. Did he lie?"
"No, that doesn't sound like Cam, maybe the flower just has more than one meaning."
"Then which one was he going for?"
For some reason that super long break from writing really helped. I felt like the story was weakening with each new chapter I made, but this break combined with the writing I just did feels like a revival. Well anyways who cares about that rant, feel free to review and hopefully this extra chapter I gave makes up for my break.