A/N Hey I'm back, sorry it's been a bit again hehe. The plan still stays in place, but I really wanted get this posted so lookk forward to oc x Millard in the next few chapters. This is kind of connected to the last Au. To guest reviewer: I'm glad you like it, but I'll probably end up doing the wedding sometime after Christmas, sorry about that. I hope you like this chapter any way:
"Hello, GreenNova environmentally friendly florists, how can I help you?"
Fiona poked her head around the door to see her husband flash her a smile and jot something down with a 'uh huh'. She smiled back, turning to the counter as the bell on the door went off with a ding. She greeted the customer, a blonde woman, with a smile and was sent one in return, the woman's eyes darting to her swollen stomach for only a small second.
"Ok, thank you" she looked back into the room as Hugh put down the phone.
"Who was it?"
"Just an order placed for some tulips, delivery for tomorrow" She nodded and turned back to the main shop, resting her hands on her growing baby bump as the blonde approached her, smiling.
"Hi, how can I help you?"
"Hi, I was wondering if you happen to have any saintpaulia?"
Fiona thought for a moment.
"Well, I believe we have some the back, but we have quite a few colours. Would you like to see them?" The woman looked surprised.
"Oh, uh..."
"Don't worry" Fiona gave her a friendly smile. It's just we have this open arms policy, where we let our costumers see the flowers in the back, since we grow all of our own" Eyes flitting around, she took a look the florist's swollen stomach and friendly demeanor, and decided to take a look.
"Alright"
"I'm just going to get this customer some saintpaulia" Fiona headed through the small room behind the counter, passing the stairs and some empty boxes.
"Ok" the man nodded, and smiled at them.
"You see, we grow all of our own plants" Fiona pushed open the glass back door to reveal a fairly large greenhouse situated at the back of the shop. "That's how we're environmentally friendly, we grow our own plants"
"Wow" The woman looked shocked and amazed as they walked into a rather large grass greenhouse. She was hit by a sudden rush of humid air and overwhelmed by all of the colour. It seemed she was surrounded by flowers, bursting with vibrant colors from every direction. The strong smell of pollen mingling with a sweet rose scent hit her and it took a moment to adjust to the dazzling room and sunlight beating harshly down through the glass above.
"I think that the would be that way" The florist wandered unfazed as she walked toward a bush of small star-like flowers ranging from deep purple to lilac and royal blue. "Any particular colour preference?"
"Well blue would be preferable as that's the theme of my wedding"
"Oh, you're getting married! Congratulations" The blonde smiled again.
"You too" She looked back at the flowers before turning to Fiona again. "I'm Rita, by the way" they shook hands.
"Fiona"
"Sorry for all the questions, but how does this whole growing flowers environmentally friendly thing work?"
"It's ok, really. Well, my husband is a bee-keeper, that's why he wears those goggles all the time" She smirked and rolled her eyes playfully. "Every so often, he lets his bees go around the greenhouse and spread the pollen from the plants. Obviously, I help garden and all, but it's helpful to the bees and as you can see I'm not in the best state to garden right now." She gestured to her stomach and smiled warmly at her companion.
"Wow, what an amazing place to own" Rita smiled back at Fiona. "Did you start it up?"
"Actually, it was my grandmother's before she passed away, and so it just sat in her old bank before I turned eighteen. We got here and decided to make it our own. We've always loved nature, so we made it like this, refurbishing the whole place"
"Well, it certainly is unique. I was wondering if I could get a bouquet of those sky blue ones for now."
"If you head back out into the main shop, I can have them ready for you in a bit"
"Thank you"
"Anytime" walking back the way she believed they came, Rita navigated her way through the greenhouse.
"Pretty cool back there, huh?" She walked into the main shop area just as the man from earlier walked back to the counter.
"Yeah, it's amazing. You guys must love gardening, I can hardly imagine all the dedication that goes into it" He put the box he was holding on the desk and leaned forward on it.
"Yeah, it's always been a kind of passion for us both" Since I do beekeeping and Fiona loves anything to do with flowers, when we finished sixth form we came straight here and set up the shop. It's quite ideal"
"Here you go" Fiona approached from behind with the bouquet and a receipt. "Thank you"
"I'm sure I'll be calling back for more soon" Rita waved as she walked out the door.
"I still say you shouldn't be working" Fiona sighed, shifting on the sofa to face Hugh. He just kept his eyes on she screen.
"You know how much I love working at the florist, and besides, you couldn't handle it on your own"
"But I could call Bronwyn, she said that she always wanted to come along for a while"
"But legally it's my florist" She raised an eyebrow.
"... But I'm your husband who's trying to take care of you!"
"Stop being overprotective, I still have four months, that's ages." Rolling his eyes, Hugh sighed and sat back. "I give up, and I know better than to argue with a pregnant woman" Fiona smiled and snuggled back into his side.
"I love you" she could feel her eyelids getting heavy.
"I love you too"
A/N Sorry for the terrrible ending, but please leave me some feedback!
