Dork

Part 12

My lips began to curl upwards as I began to turn my head side to side to find the source of the letter, but Camila was nowhere to be seen. I frowned slightly but looked back at the kid, gave her a toothy grin and said thank you. To my surprise, the child gave me another yellow letter and ran away back to whom I assume was her father.
I am sorry I can't meet with you personally yet but I will be watching over you today from afar and I planned a few things for this date. Please don't frown or maybe if you insist on being stubborn, which I know you will, try frowning upside down, it's the newest trend so far.
At the end of the page was a bunch of big smiley faces and a heart.
A smile crept up my face but I tried to stop it, after all, I needed to show Camz that I was still a bit upset that we didn't get to meet in person so I pouted a bit and looked around subtly to catch a Camila that is looking this way but to no avail.
I sighed and made my way to the parlor, where the woman Camz mentioned was standing behind the counter.
"Hello, what would you like to order?" Ally asked.
"Um...Code unicorn?" I smiled sheepishly, hoping that this was the right Ally and I am not making a fool out of myself.
Ally's face beamed in recognition, " oh....you must be that girl with the gorgeous smile Mila was talking about. Hold on, I will go grab something."
I giggled a bit as I felt giddy at the thought of Camz talking about me. A few seconds later, the short lady came back and handed me a red box of chocolates and a bouquet of white flowers.
"Here you go. Have a good date darling. Mila really seems to like you a lot. She can't stop talking about you everytime we meet."
"Really?" I gave her a bashful grin.
"Yup, she is like 'Lauren is sooo cute, Lauren is this and Lauren is that. She never shuts up. Literally, you could text her about rice and she'd still be anticipating your messages and replies." Ally laughed.
My head hung a bit a low as I felt a blush coming up and muttered softly, "Then, why won't she meet me?"
Ally sighed. " I am sorry Lauren, she really wants to but she has a bit of social anxiety after her last...please don't give up on her, she likes you so much and I can tell that her feelings are reciprocated too."
I looked up at her although I am pretty sure my face is as red as a tomato. I gave her a reassuring smile and squeezed her hand. "It's ok."
I strolled towards the door before stopping for a while to stare at the white roses. They're so beautiful. I wonder if I can fit them all into the vase in my room. The moment I walked out of the doors, I saw a festival of blue and white balloons floating in the air and tied to them to prevent the bunch from flying away into the air was a small navy blue box with a ribbon attached to it and in between it was another yellow letter.
I pushed the box of chocolates into one of my coat pockets and held the string to the balloons as I untied the box and the letter from it. After achieving what I wanted, I saw that my hands were full so I placed them carefully into my other pocket to grab the balloons and tied them to my wrist. I sat down at a bench.
Unboxing the blue box, I saw a beautiful necklace with an emerald. A small note to the side of the box.
I was walking down the street the other day and found this at a shop that my mother's jeweler friend owns. Long story short, it reminded me of you so I ended up buying it. I hope you like it. :)
I bit my lips unconsciously and I am pretty sure I had a gigantic smile on my face as I stared at the necklace like a weirdo.
Opening the yellow letter, I saw a familiar childish handwriting and smiled softly.
Hello again you beautiful grammar queen, I hope you are enjoying this day so far but before we part ways, I have one final surprise for you if you turn around. :)
And so I did, I had no idea when it happened but the park behind the bench I was sitting on was covered with red and white rose petals.
Ding. My notification went off.
Camz: Hello. Before u scold me for making the park keepers or the cleaners' life harder, I hv already volunteered for cleaning this park for today. Sooooo dw 🤗🤗
And just like that, my heart went gay.

|Note|
Sorry for returning only after two damn years. 🙃