100 Days [Part 1&2]

Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE

~Fleur~

     "Here's the check." Will signed a check and handed it to me. With a tiny nod, I took it and held it in my hand. His co-workers stood up and thanked us waitresses for the food and all of them went out, except for Will. He stood staring at me for awhile and I swear, my heart stopped for at least five second. 

     "It's weird seeing you again. Are you okay?" His eyes landed at my side where Lance had shot me years ago. As if it was instinct, my hands flew to my side. 

     "It was years ago. I'm fine." I said, trying my best to not sound like I was about to cry. Honestly, I felt like I was going to cry any minute because one, the guy I love was standing in front of me, and two, he just wasn't the Will I fell for. The guy that stood in front of me wasn't playful, wasn't smirking, wasn't calling me Flower. The last part made me gasped. 

     "Open this tonight at midnight, once your birthday is over." He took out a envelope and gave it to me. I stared at it, wondering what would be inside. Will remained expressionless and left without a single goodbye. Once he was no longer in sight, I felt my cheeks getting wet from the tears flowing down face. 

      A pair of hands held my shoulders and led me back to the back of the kitchen. There, Max and Liv stood up as soon as they saw me. Max hugged me and slowly rubbed my back. "I wish this hadn't happen on your birthday." Max whispered and made comforting sounds. Liv took over my job for the day and helped Venus with the other customers. So the rest of the day, Max hung out with me at the kitchen. 

     My hands were in my pockets, and I could feel the envelope in my left pocket. Curiosity was begging me to rip open the envelope and take a look at the contents but I had a feeling I shouldn't do it when Max was around. Or anyone was around. 

     "Hey, how about this, after Liv is done with your shift, we'll go over to my place to watch some movies." I smiled at Max's effort to change the subject. So instead of acting so moody, I agreed and forced a grin. 

     The thing with Max was that he would know if you're forcing yourself to be happy. His smile fell a bit when he saw my force grin but he said nothing. Because sometimes things are better left unsaid.

     

     "Hey guys, I'm going to go home first, alright?" I called out to them from the front door of Max's house. Liv was going to sleep at Max's house and he was going to send her home the next morning before his dad finds out. They didn't answer me so I just assumed they were either making out, or fast asleep on the couch. 

      I grabbed Liv's car keys and exit the house. Her car was parked right in front of Max's house so I didn't need to take my time looking around for it in the dark. Once I climbed into the driver's seat, I inserted the keys into the ignition and the engine roared to life. I smiled at myself, it was a good thing I already had my driver's permit. 

     Max's house was an hour away from my apartment so it was kinda boring. 

     "Ah!" I heard a girl screaming from outside of the car as I passed by a park. It was a good thing I rolled down the windows. I stuck out my head and looked around for whoever that screamed. There was a girl about my age desperately kicking a guy who was grabbing her purse. She kicked him again and he slapped her. Seriously?

     I quickly got out from the car and walked towards the scene. "Dude, you seriously want to steal from this girl?" I narrowed my eyes at him, I could perfectly see his face thanks to the moonlight. He was bald, and there was a little scar on his right cheek. He saw me and smirked. 

     "You're a girl. You want me to beat you up?" Beat me up? 

     "I'm not going to say twice, let go of the purse of I'll handle you myself." The girl just stood in between us, looking scared and surprised at the same time. I know, it's weird seeing another girl standing up to a guy who was about to steal your purse away from you. 

     "Look here, little girl, I-" 

     "Listen up, bud. I'm having a bad day. So would you just please give the girl back her purse and then run off? I've just experience a very heart-breaking day and I just want to go home and sleep. I've beaten up a guy back in high school and survived a gun shot!" I kicked in between his legs and he fell to the ground groaning in pain. 

      "Let's go!" I pulled the purse away from the guy and pulled the girl along too. The both of us got into Liv's car. The guy was already getting up so without wasting anymore time, I stepped on the pedal and we were gone. 

     "Thanks for...helping me back there." Her voice was soft and cute. For some reason, she reminded me of Polly. 

     "No problem...er-"

     "Flower. My name's Flower Tomson." 

     I tensed up. Her name was Flower? 

     "My name is Fleur Tyler." I told her flatly. Her eyes widened and she grinned. 

     "Cool! So like, your name is my name in Spanish? Cool! Real cool." 

     After I dropped her off, I drove home and went straight to my room ignoring Frank. I could no longer stand it, I wanted to look at what's in the envelope right now. 

     I slammed the door shut and locked it. After taking off my jacket, I jumped on my bed and tear the envelope open. There was a letter in it. I held my breath as I slowly unfolded the paper and read it. 

     Flower, 

I hope that when I give this to you it wouldn't be too late. Avery changed her name to Sorin but she kept her last name. She(under her fake name) and my dad joined companies. You do know what that means right? It means everything that I do, she would know. So I don't trust any of my private detectives giving this letter to you. I wanted to give this to you personally. There's no one in New York I trust except you now. I know you're somewhere here and I hope that when I see you, I'll give this to you. 

Flower, I need your help. My dad made an arranged marriage between me and another girl. You have to help me. This last part of the letter, I'm adding it in the restaurant right now. We have a hundred days to stop the wedding. Sorin will do anything to make sure I'm with the other girl just so she could benefit from my career. 

You gotta help me. 

And happy birthday...Flower. 

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