Roses

Chapter Three

Louis walked down the crowded streets of London's shopping square with his youngest siblings, Ernest and Doris.

Each of the twins' small hands gripped onto his larger ones, Doris on his left, and Ernest on his right.

Their father, and Louis' step-father, Dan, who Louis had grown to love way more than that, had to take the other twins, Daisy and Phoebe out for the day, and asked Louis to watch the youngest twins.

Louis was more than happy to step in, as he no longer lived at home, so he took every opportunity he could to spend time with his siblings.

"Louis!", Doris squealed.

Louis turned his head to look at the young red headed girl, who's arm was outstretched towards a toy cart along the side of the street.

"Oh, you want something from there, doll?", Louis asks.

Doris nods.

Louis turns towards his brother.

"And you Ernie?", Louis asks.

Ernie nods his head as well.

"Yeah, trucks!", Ernest says.

Louis smiles and leads the twins towards the cart, allowing each of them to pick something out for themselves.

Dan always complains to Louis' about spoiling any of his siblings when he's with them, but he just can't say no.

Doris picked out a small doll, her love of dolls, was partly where her nickname 'doll' that Louis had given her, came from.

Ernest picked out the small truck he had pointed out earlier, and Louis was happy, all three of them were.

Louis once again grabbed their hands, and they continued down the street.

"My doll looks like Lottie!", Doris said, making Louis chuckle at her.

"Does it?", Louis says.

Doris nodded.

"Mhmm", She says, stroking its hair.

"What about you, Ernest? What does yours looks like?", Louis asks.

"Mustard!", Ernie announced, making the truck drive through the air, followed by a series of truck noises from his mouth.

Louis laughed at them both.

"'Cmon you two, let's go pick out some flowers for Mummy."

Louis guided them down the busy streets, until he reached the familiar flower shop across from his flat.

He took the twins inside, and lead them to the back.

"Alright, pick out a flower for Mummy, so I can take it to her tomorrow, yeah?", Louis says.

"Yeah", The twins day at the same time, before starting up and down the isles, dragging Louis along with them.

Doris grabs his hand, pulling him a round a corner, before they get to the section full of brightly colored flowers.

"Mummy likes bright colors, right?", Ernest asks.

"Yes", Louis says.

He turns to look himself, before running into a tall figure, with a vaguely familiar smell.

The person grabs gently onto Louis' arms, so he doesn't fall backwards.

Louis steps back and looks up, meeting the familiar pair of green eyes.

"Funny how we keep meeting this way, huh?", Beauty says.

Louis laughs.

"Yeah, guess we're both clumsy."