She was so deep in thought that she almost forgot where she was. But when she opened her eyes, it came back to her immediately.
"Jimmy…"
He sighed and rubbed her back once again. "I'm sorry you're hurting, Annie. If I had known, I would have bought a bigger bouquet of flowers."
She lifted her head in surprise. "Flowers? But I don't see any-."
He gasped in horror. "Dear God!"
"What's wrong? Wait! Jimmy…where are you going?"
But he was already rushing out of the apartment. In confusion she opened the door and peered into the hallway, where he was rapidly pushing the button for the elevator. "Jimmy, what are you doing?"
He disappeared into the elevator, leaving her standing in the hallway completely confused. Her confusion turned to annoyance as she stood for several minutes, alone.
"Great! I've been stood up by that jerk! The nerve of him!"
She returned to her apartment, slamming the door so hard that the walls shook. "Forget about him!" she screamed to the empty apartment. "He wasn't that great anyway and I have plenty of men whom I can call, or my name isn't-."
The door opened suddenly and she turned to find him standing before her, rushing to catch his breath. But it was the enormous bouquet of flowers in his hand that grabbed her attention. "My God… Jimmy…what is that?"
He smiled brightly and handed her the flowers. "These are for you!"
The bouquet was so large that she could hardly hold onto them and he immediately shifted them in her arms.
Confused she stared at the wide array of flowers. "I don't understand… There are so many…What in the heck are these?"
His eyes lit up and he smiled, pointing proudly at each flower. "I'm so glad you asked! Well there are, of course, Dandelions, but we also have Tiger Lilies, Cat's Tail, Red Lion, Lion's Tail,Leopard Flower, and Tiger Claw. Aren't they beautiful?"
"Um… yeah, but…"
She was more confused than ever before and she couldn't fathom why he would have chosen so many varieties of flowers that she never knew existed. This guy, although sweet, considerate and very generous (three traits that she required in a man) was also, to say the least…. Very, very strange.