Capítulo 46: Chapter 10: Part 1 - A Bouquet of Success
= Chris' POV =
After the meeting with the higher ups.
I walked through the hotel car park beaming. I unlocked and got into my car, starting up the engine before checking my phone. The time read 2 pm, which was early in the day for me to be leaving work. I hadn't been out in the middle of the day for weeks.
In fact I hadn't been doing anything but eating, sleeping and then working for days. I don't even remember the last time I checked my phone. I remember receiving a lot of messages so I turned it to silent mode at some point, however, I forgot to unsilenced my phone, and I was probably missing so many text messages from Sarah.
I took out my phone and turned off silent mode. I opened the YoYap app and was immediately hit with notification after notification. I scrolled through all of them, and then, surprisingly, they seemed to have stopped. I read the last message, which had been sent a week ago.
"Hi Chris, I got a job, I started today, umm thanks. I'll start paying back stuff when I get my first pay" – Sarah.
I leaned back and smiled. This had to be the best day of my life! Not only did I just get promoted, but she found herself a job. Finally? This moment needed to be celebrated!
I looked through the messages however she didn't include anything about the job, so I figured that she wanted to tell me in person. Now that I had time, we could talk, and she could tell me all about her new job!
I started the car and pulled out of the parking spot excitedly. I had a few places in mind that I wanted to pick up things from to celebrate these amazing achievements in our lives, and thankfully, they were close to the appartment so I could stop by and pick them up on my way home.
I drove down to a lovely florist who was about two blocks away from my apartment. Jessica was a wizard with flowers and she knew all about flower meanings and what type of flower was best for what type of event.
"Jessica, how are you doing today?" I asked, walking into the flower shop with a pep in my step.
Jessica was as usual at the flower arrangement counter surrounded by fresh blooms, cutting away at an arrangement.
"I'm guessing you are here for another bundle of success?" She asked, grinning "Did you manage to get that promotion you were aiming for?"
"You bet I did, and my gi- I mean roommate finally got a job after a long time job hunting, so I wanted to get something for the both of us" I explained. I needed to stop associating Sarah with the concept of a girlfriend in my head, my wishful thinking was going to get me in trouble one of these days.
"Oh, that is lovely! I didn't know you had a girlfriend, last time I checked we were still in an on-off relationship" Jessica smirked as she took out a huge bouquet of white roses and Amaryllis from her air-conditioned storage display.
"I don't have a girlfriend, it was a slip of the tongue" I said quickly, running a hand through my hair.
"Oh…" Jessica said holding the gardening shears up to her face thoughtfully. I hated it when she did that as one wrong move and she could clip her hair, or worse " Well last I heard, someone adopted out dear Sarah and she is now staying not too far from here....at your place" Jessica said and shook her head.
"Wait, who told you that?" I asked.
"Sarah, I texted her the other day. I wanted to know if she was free for an event and she came down and we had a chat. I can't believe you let her move in. You better keep your hands to yourself as you know she will never be on the table" Jessica sighed, shaking her head disapprovingly while gently clipping away at the extra leaves and thorns on the bouquet to create a neat and finished look.
"Well…what if she was…this time.." I said under my breath, looking at my feet.
Jessica slammed her hand on the cashier counter, making me startle and look up.
"Hey, Sarah is the sweetest most air-headest person we know, don't f*** with her, you know how easily she falls in and out of love. Even if she is, fictionally on the table, are you capable of taking responsibility for her heart?" Jessica asked, pointing the gardening shears at me as if she was going to hit me with it.
"Ok ok, jeez, I was just joking," I said, putting my hands up apologetically.
Jessica squinted at me " You better be joking. The last thing I want to hear is Sarah being in the clutches of some player who strings her along again, she has terrible luck with relationships. Anyway, why is she staying at your place? She wouldn't say and she had to rush off to work at the time".
"Ahhh... I can't say, it's complicated" I said, starting to regret this whole conversation.
"Oh? Well. That'll be $59.90. Also you should call me out once in a while for drinks, you live so close by, we can all catch up after work", Jessica asked, mock upset.
"I'm just so busy, and whenever we hang out, you are just so sexy, I might not just want to stop at drinks" I smiled coyly, handing her my credit card.
Jessica shook her head and tapped the card on the card reader. She handed back the card to me and placed the beautiful bouquet into a lacy white bag which held the bouquet perfectly.
"Well you're going to have to find a way to restrain yourself because you're soon going to get an invitation to my wedding" Jessica said, sheepishly as she handed my the flowers.
"Really? Congratulations! Who is the lucky man?" I asked.
"Hana. She made me a basket of pastries and took me out for a picnic, and proposed under a wisteria tree, you know those are my favourite. It was hard to say no to someone so sweet and earnest, you know?" Jessica said, blushing a little as she thought back to the day.
"Wow, I wish you both well. I have to pop by her workplace later and say congratulations" I grinned.
"Sure! If you hurry you'll probably catch her, her shift ends at 3 pm". Jessica beamed " She always looked up to you, I bet she would be so delighted to hear that from her senior"
"Alright, then I have about 20 minutes to go catch her before she comes here to tell you sweet nothings. I'm looking forward to the wedding! With Hana you have the cake settled, and I'm sure I can get her boss to lend her the event hall, and with your flowers, I'm sure the wedding is going to be amazing" I grinned.
Jessica clapped her hands together and smiled so brightly " Yes I know right! Please talk to her boss for me, Hana tried but it was hard to get her to agree to allow us to use the space as there always seemed to be events going on. It would be a great help if you did"
"You got it" I nodded " Ok, I'll be expecting that invitation, see you later Jessica" I said and left, with a lovely bouquette of flowers in my hand. My happiness meter just kept climbing today, I hope nothing tipped the scales, because I felt like I was on a high.
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