Covent Garden Flowers, Saturday

[crimson_sister]

There were still plenty of bonsai trees at the back, but the front of the shop was filled with brightly coloured flowers. Not quite Lucille's taste in colour, but they were nice enough to make flower arrangements with, so that was what she did.

Trying to get temporary teenagers to spend money on flowers they might not normally buy didn't seem fair - this from a woman who had murdered her housekeeper for money - so she had no offer in the window today, just an especially large and colourful arrangement.

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[crimson_sister]

Lucille, coming from a time where pink wasn't seen as excessively girly, said:

"All flowers have the potential to be romantic. But perhaps go with only white then, although I am not sure that is what I would usually suggest when an elderly person has just passed."

She paused.

"We do have a lot of bonsai trees too."

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer considered all of this, brow furrowed, frown deep, and then she shook her head. This was getting way too complicated and try-hard, and literally all the magazines said you couldn't try too hard, boys could smell it on you like a cheap perfume...

"Okay," she said, with a tone of finality, of conviction. "Here's what we're going to do. We're going to get your most basic, standard, run-of-the-mill funeral piece, like one of those wreaths, only we're going to add a few hot pink roses to it. That's my signature color."

Officially as of literally just then.

"And we'll include a card that says, 'Sorry for your loss. XO, S."

Because people who signed their correspondence with just an initial were cool.

"S.S.? No. Just S. There aren't actually a lot of other girls with S names here, I don't think. And not 'Sorry for your loss.' 'Deepest condolances."

Ohemgee, perfection.

Summer, you brilliant bee-yoch.

[crimson_sister]

Lucille offered a polite smile, hiding a more amused one.

"I will arrange the flowers for you then. A wreath takes a little longer than a bouquet, it will be ready this afternoon."

Would Summer want to be reminded of this on Monday?

[somethingwithturquoise]

"That sounds perfect," Summer said, smiling easily with her confidence in this scheme renewed. Even if it didn't work as intended, who would give her crap for sending flowers for a dead grandparent, seriously? Jerks, that's who! "Thanks."