flower shop

6

At morning , I decided to just close my shop since today is a special day , we decided to visit grandpa's grave since today , William is going to leave today and minnie , William's girlfriend will be joining us.

She helped me water the plants and she asked about the flowers as well.

"What flower will we give to grandpa?" She asked and I picked up a Camellia Pink and a Pink Carnation. "Grandpa loves seeing these flowers and he wanted to receive one when he rests in peace so each year we give him these flowers.

"What does it mean?" She asked again while picking a Camellia Pink and twirled it in her fingers. I smiled and looked at the flowers. "Camellia Pink means Longing For You and the Pink Carnation means I'll never forget you" I answered as she smiled.

We went inside for breakfast and got ourselves ready since we're leaving at 10 AM and I excused myself to pack the flowers and went back upstairs to change.

I decided to wear the baby blue dress that grandpa gave me when I turned 17 and I'm glad that it still fits me and nothing else changed about me either.

I was so grateful for the gifts that grandpa gave me and I wore the gloves that he also gave me along with the necklace that worth so much that I almost didn't want to receive it since it was so expensive.

But he insisted to give me things even when it's expensive since he wanted to spoil me so that when he dies , he sees his granddaughter grow up and be happy.

I began tearing up because I remembered every year he gives me gifts that I was willing to receive because his love comes with it and it was the most precious treasure that I have in my whole life.

When I walked outside , they were waiting for me and I smiled and saw William.

He was also wearing the hat that grandpa gave him and when I saw minnie , she was wearing the bow tie and the necklace that grandpa wanted William to give in his future girlfriend.

And when I looked at mom , she was wearing the bracelet and the locket that grandpa gave her because inside that locket,  was the picture of them and she was younger and so is grandpa.

Grandpa also gave me a watch that is meant to give it to my future lover and I am happy to give it to the one I love someday.

We went to the grandpa's grave which was in the fields , we rented the whole land so we could visit him without any worries and so that we could talk to grandpa alone.

The fields was full of flowers and it was his favorite flowers.

I teared up at the beautiful view and it was sunny and windy too , a beautiful sight to see.

Mom cried when she reached grandpa's grave and putted the flower and I smiled and hugged mom.

If course , all of us miss him , he was the best grandpa that we had and he spent his time taking care of us and saw us grow to be an adult and he was happy when he danced with me on my 18th birthday.

When we were dancing that night , I cannot forget what he said that night and it made me cry.

"I am so grateful that I saw you grow into a lady and danced with you , I could never asked more than this. I hope that you will live your life to the fullest with blessings , thank you for the happiness that you gave me and I will never forget the days when you are still little until now , I hope that the man you will find in the future will love you and respect you , and I am sure that someone out there will be the man you will dance with when you will get married"

At that night , I was crying because he was thankful for me and I am happy that he is happy spending his time with his grandchildren without worrying about anything.

Even when he was sick , he still thought of us and wanted to see us. He didn't even care about his sickness at all , he wanted to be with us until his last breath and we did.

William looked at me and hugged me and patted my head and said.

"You still remember his words , huh?" He said and I nodded and he continued patting my head making me calm down.

"Me too" He said as we looked at the beautiful view around us and smiled.

After visiting the grave , we went to a nearby park where there's a lady that's currently busking singing beautiful melodies that somehow made my heart calm after reminiscing the loved memories.

I looked at william and he seemed to have also calmed down since his gig is also loving music after all.

"Are you feeling better now?" I asked, as I turned to him and he already had stopped crying and that made me smile. "I'm feeling better now that you asked"

On the way back home, reality hitted me that william is going to leave the family and that I and mother would be on our own.

It isn't a bad thing, but then again it would be so peaceful without her dear brother.

I just went to the shop and arranged some of the flowers as I saw william enter. "Need help with those?" He said as he looked at the flowers I was holding and what a perfect timing, it was a red columbine, the meaning of it is anxious and trembling.

It expressed what I'm feeling as he grabbed the flower from my hand and smiled.

"Don't worry about me anna, we'll send you and mom letters every month or even everyday if we can, I'll be fine with my future wife" he stopped and chuckled as tears were starting form in my eyes as I looked at him. "Hey don't cry, we'll also visit when we can, she really likes you anna so I'm sure we'll come back anytime soon." He said and wiped my tears.

It was funny how my brother was worried about me when I should be the one that should worry about him.

It was time to go, his bags are already outside as a black car was waiting outside the house and someone was picking up my brother's things.

I looked at william again and realized that it was really his time, to separate from us and face the world with the person he loves.

Looking at mom, she was already tearing up as I slowly run my hand into her back, circling my hands as she cries quietly while looking at my brother helping the driver bring the things into the car.

Minnie saw mom as she hurriedly hug her as she cried. "You are such an amazing mom that I ever met, such a welcoming and lovely lady that also thought of me as her own, I'm very thankful for everything mom". She cried while thanking mom because she's right.

She's the first person that william introduced to us and mom liked her already, she is also good to us and she was a lovely lady as well.

She looked at me and smiled and also gave me a hug. "Already done crying anna?" She giggled and it also made me giggle and I nodded.

I went back inside to get the canvas that I was working a few days ago and grabbed it as I approached minnie and william.

"This is a gift for the both of you, I hope you guys will love it" I smiled as minnie excitedly looked at the painting and she had the biggest smile but she's tearing up again.

William handed her a handkerchief as she thanked him as she stares at the painting.

"This...this is too beautiful to have anna, are you sure you want to give this precious piece to us?" She asked as I smiled and nodded.

"That day was my favorite day and decided to paint it so you could remember us everytime you look at it"

She hugged me once again and william joined the hug and as they let go, we wiped our own tears as they waved goodbye.

A new chapter in life opens after we part. I wish for the best of my brother and his soon to be wife.

- love, nicó