Piper ~ H.S

~Two~ *

***Edited in October 2022***

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"Oh, Leah. That orchid arrangement is absolutely beautiful," my boss gushed at me, "you have a real talent, dearest."

"Thanks, Christa," I broke out a small, shy smile, "it's just...something I'm trying."

"And you're definitely succeeding," she smiled back at me, "by the way, how is your sweet little girl? It's been a while since I've seen her."

"Yeah, she's really good, thanks," I replied, "although we've had nothing but Harry Styles playing on the radio in our house for the past two weeks."

"Oh, my!" Christa laughed, "It must be driving you mad."

"Oh no, I love it," I laughed as well, "I'm the one who got her into his music in the first place."

"I see! You two must be doing quite a lot of dancing around the house, then!"

"Definitely," I laughed again.

"And she's only recently turned four, yes?" She asked.

"Well, not exactly recently," I chuckled, "she turned four in March."

"Oh, whoops! That was two months ago!" Christa laughed giddily, "So sorry, Leah. I'm getting old - I never seem to remember anything correctly anymore."

"It's fine, honestly," I told her assuringly.

"Well, I'd best let you get on with it, then," she said, "keep up the fantastic work, Leah. Honestly - I really am starting to think about giving you a raise."

Omigod.

Yes, please.

"Well, that's entirely up to you. You're the boss," I told her.

"It's definitely something to consider," Christa chuckled, "thanks again for agreeing to do overtime."

"Of course," I replied with a smile before she turned and walked away.

I finished playing around with the orchids I'd been experimenting with - wrapping them up and sticking them in a vase before picking the flowers up and putting it on a shelf by the window for display. I heard the light tinkle of the bell as a customer pushed open the shop door - but I was too busy fussing over the orchid petals to bother noticing.

"Well, look at you, Number Two," a familiar voice said with a chuckle, "you're really starting to get all OCD about flower petals? You are such a florist."

I immediately straightened myself out and turned in the direction of the voice - and I felt myself breaking out a grin as I realized it was actually my brother Aidan who'd entered the shop.

"Hey, Number One," I chuckled as well and made my way over to him to give him a hug, "what's up? What are you doing here?"

"I just felt like annoying my little sister," he replied with an innocent smile.

"Oh my God," I rolled my eyes, "Aidan, for the last time, I'm hardly your little sister. You are literally only one minute older than me."

"Would've been longer if mum didn't have to get a C-Section," he retorted - his smile quickly changing into a cheeky smirk.

I rolled my eyes again. "What do you want?"

"I just thought I'd give you a little heads-up," he told me with a grin, "the news dropped about half an hour ago - the love of your life is performing a secret show in London."