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God the weather had been a nightmare. You needed to get something before all of your plants wilted. The poor things. They had been surviving off of the heating in your apartment.
The heavy oak door creaked open, allowing light from the hallway to flood into your living room. Shutting the door and locking it tightly, you began to make your way down to the lobby.
You waved to the security guard at the centre desk. He waved back to you. He only saw you sometimes but he would always put in effort to wave when he saw you.
The garden store wasn't far, but the slightly chilly wind didn't make it any better. It was always like this during autumn.
A small bell rang when you entered the store, yet you didn't see anyone inside. A calm silence layed over the room. However in a way, it was almost disturbing. You decided to waltz around for a while until you got what you needed.
You turned the corner to the seed packet display and -
"Oomph!"
You had rammed into something hard.
"I-oh my god are you okay? I'm really sorry!" a voice from above you said woefully.
You opened your eyes to see who you had nearly flung yourself at.
You were staring into deep pools of baby blue, with soft ash blond hair that cascaded slightly past his shoulders.
"Oh no, it's okay I really didn't mean to do that! God, I'm so sorry I didn't realize I could hit somebody hard like that" you apologized, even though it wasn't either of your's fault.
"No uh, -it's okay things like this happen so don't worry about it" he said scratching his neck. You looked to his chest, there was a name tag. It said "Lawrence". You dusted your pants off.
"Oh! I see you work here. It's nice to meet you. Are you new?" you asked him curiously. He paused for a moment, almost as if he was waiting for the right answer.
"I uh, yes... I just started around a month ago..." he said to you, flicking his eyes between you and the wall. He looked nervous. Like a child who was explaining how he lost his bike.
"Perfect. Could you help me out with something possibly?" you said looking up to him. "Um, sure what do you need?" he said back becoming slightly more relaxed.
I explained what I wanted and he motioned me towards the lights section.
"I-Is this the one you needed? I could get you something else- u-unless that's all you need?"
He was so shy and timid. Like anything you said could somehow set him off.
"No but thanks so much! My plants really needed these. I guess that some warmth for the cold weather would do them well"
"Oh? Do you like to take care of plants?" he asked turning to look at me. He seemed a little bit more cheerful when he heard that.
"Of course I do! In a way its therapeutic for me. I like how they need me to help them. I don't have children, so I feel like these kind of are my children in a way. Do you name your plants?"
He looked more calm than he had before around you. He wasn't scratching his neck or looking away.
"I uh haven't quite thought about that..." He stated.
"-But! I feel the same way about them and being able to have someone to take care of. If anything wilts I feel like I'm responsible for it...Oh- I should ring you up hold on a sec"
He opened a small swinging door to go to the register and let me pay. As he fiddled with the buttons for a minute while I payed I said "Well it's nice to meet you Lawrence, I hope I'll see you here again, bye!"
"Oh uh bye!" he said as the bell from the door jingled closed.
As you walked along the sidewalk pavement only one thing went though your mind.
"I want more"