Flowers from 1970

7

It had been a week

At that moment, Dream had been on the phone with George, talking about their favourite thing of certain categories

"hmmm," George mumbled "favourite animal?"

Dream got up and walked over to the small pet bed on the floor and picked up his cat Patches "Cats. Say hi Patches" He put the phone up to patches nose but obviously she was in no mood to say hi "she's moody"

George smiled "did you wake her up forcefully?"

Dream out patches back in her bed "no comment"

George shook his head in laughter "I like cats too" he told him "I used to have one"

"cats are the best" Dream added

"what haven't we asked each other?" George pondered

Dream was looking outside his window when he saw a man pull up in the neighbours drive way. His neighbour came out and she smiled at the man, who presented her with the brightest and fullest red roses.

She happily took them from him and gave him a hug and he picked her up and spun her.

dream imminently assumed these people who he has not seen each other for a while had seen each other for the first time

these kinds of things made Dream slightly jealous. He had never had serious romantic connections with other people than the occasional one-time date that usually ends in disaster

He would have loved to be the one to bring someone flowers

"Dream? You've been quiet but I feel like I can hear your thoughts" George said after a while, snapping Dream back into reality

"sorry" Dream apologized "but I thought of a question"

George hummed "alright, what is it"

"What's your favourite flower?" Dream could not handle watching the happy couple any longer, so he shut his blinds and covered his window with his white curtains

"I don't know much about flowers" George began "but I do admire Orchids or Calendulas" 

Dream knew exactly what those flowers were, as he had helped his mother in her flower shop for years. He knew his flowers and he knew how to take care of them and he loved them very much 

He thought about George's answer "any particular reason?"

"well, orchids were my mother's wedding flowers, they were everywhere apparently," George said, "as for Calendulas, they are quite beautiful!"

"cool, now I know what flowers to send you" Dream half-joked

"How would that work?" George was confused

"I've given you items before" Dream shrugged

"flowers from 1970 wouldn't last fifty years" 

Dream sighed "I know that but, ill figure it out"

Dream would be in his near 70's in George's timeline, that fact physically hurt him, but he still brainstormed ways to get flowers into 2020.

He came up with an idea "George, I need to get stuff from the store, ill call you tonight!"

There was a small scuffle from George's side of the phone "Talk to you later" they both hung up

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Dream drove in his car to the nearest flower shop. It was near his house and was squished between a nightclub and a bookstore

He walked in and the smell of fresh flowers overwhelmed him. The door also rang as he entered the building

"Welcome" The man running the store greet him, wearing an apron and tending to some plants hanging from the ceiling "need anything specific, sir?"

Dream walked over to him "I do actually, do u sell seeds?"

The man stepped down from his small staircase and gave him a goofy smile "as a matter of fact, we do"

Dream followed the young man over to the back where the seeds were

"they're organized alphabetically, If you need any help, I'll be attending the flowers outside" The man smiled and walked away

He then walked over to some drawers to look for the seeds. He tried looking for orchid seeds but couldn't find any, he was too shy to call the man over for help so in the mean time he tried to find the Calendulas seeds

To his luck, he opened the drawer and found one last packet of calendulas seeds. He took them and walked over to where the man was

"excuse me" Dream looked up because the man was up high on the stair case snipping little leaves off the plant 

The man looked down "oh hello, find what you need?"

Dream nodded "yes, but do you sell orchids seeds by any chance?"

The man frowned "no, actually. They take years to grow properly from a seed and we just cant get our hands on them to stock"

Dream jestured his understanding "that's alright, i'll just be taking these then"

"Calendulas" He smiled "pot marigolds. Very pretty when they grow" He stepped down and they both walked inside

"yeah, the person im getting them for also thinks so" Dream said

"oh, so you got a girl who loves her garden?"

Dream chuckled, "well, its complicated"

"it always is" The man said "my little lady hates flowers, so its complicated for me too"

"who could hate flowers?"

"her apprently since she's allergic" he grinned nonchalantly before handing Dream the packet of seeds and taking the money

Dream smiled back "thank you uh-" he looked at his apron "Karl"

"Your welcome"

Dream was about to walk out the shop until the man called him back 

"wait!" He called "I recognise you" The man looked deeply at Dream

"you do?" Dream raised an eyebrow

"yeah, do you know Sapnap by any chance?" Karl leaned on the counter

"yes, of course, he's my bestfriend" Dream looked confused

"is your name Clay? but also known as Dream" 

"yeah!" Dream looked surprised "sorry, but how do you know Sapnap?"

"Well, he's a friend of mine, he showed me a picture of you and said if I ever saw you I go up and say Hi"

"oh yeah! Sapnap told me about someone called Karl, so i think he was talking about you. Well it was nice meeting you but I must go! bye!" Dream walked out

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Dream came home and packed the seeds into a time capsule and burried it infront of the tree in his back garden then called George, notifying him that it was ready for him in the garden

"aw man, i have to dig even more!" George complained

"yeah, but ill give you a clue, it's near the tree" Dream said

The tree was still there but it was old-looking and it looked withered as it was old