The Astronomer and The Florist

Thank You Bouquet and Oblivious Gays

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Logan blindly reaches out and hits his alarm clock. When it didn't shut up, he threw it. It then shut up.

"Ha!" Logan thought, glaring at the offending noise maker. Logan grabbed his glasses and then looked at his night stand. He smiled when he saw the flower list, excited to work out his plan.

He doesn't have to go into work until 12:30 today, so he gets dressed, pockets the list, and heads for the flower shop.

When Logan and Virgil were talking last night, Virgil said that he doesn't have to go to work till 11, so Logan figures he has about an hour and a half to convince and get Patton to help him.

Logan opens the door to the shop. Patton looks up from the counter and smiles. "Hiya Logan! What brings you in so early?"

"Good morning Patton. I have come to acquire your assistants." Patton looked a little surprised at that. "Of course kiddo, what's up?"

Logan raised his eyebrows at the 'kiddo', but decided to leave that question for another time.

"Well, you see," Logan began, "last night Virgil helped me realize that I wanted to teach, and because of his advice, I proceeded to get into contact with my old Professor. It turns out that he was planning to retire anyways, and is going to ask the College Board if I can be his successor."

Patton's smile grew and he clasped his hands in front of him. "That's great Logan! Though I'm not sure what you need my help with?"

"Ahh, yes, well..." Logan stutters a bit, suddenly becoming a bit flushed. "I have a list of... flowers I want to give Virgil as a thank you, and I was hoping you could help me make the bouquet before he comes into work." Logan said sheepishly.

Patton full on squealed. "Eeehhh! Of course I will help you! That's so sweet! So, what flowers did you have in mind? Do they have specific meanings?" Patton asks in a rush, but he also had a knowing gleam in his eyes.

Logan flushed again, becoming an even brighter red. "Yes, they do have meanings, I thought he would appreciate it more if it did."

Patton nodded vigorously, heading to get the little basket he uses to carry flowers. "He definitely will! Now, how about you tell me what flowers you need and why, then I will get them and make them into a beautiful bouquet for you to give Virgil?!"

Logan, still a bit flushed, cleared his throat. "That would be... that would be quite satisfactory. Thank you Patton." Patton just waved away the thanks and smiled. "Thank me after you've given Virgil the bouquet. Now, what am I getting first?"

Logan then proceeded to tell Patton some of the flowers that were on his list.

"Sweet Peas as a thank you for quality time."

"Hydrangeas as a thank you for understanding."

"Campanulas to express gratefulness."

"Chrysanthemum as a thank you for friendship."

"Iris's to symbolize a great care for a new friendship."

Then Logan got to the part of his list that were no longer thank you's.

"Gardenias for... secret love or crush." Logan whispered. Patton literally jumped and awed when he heard that, startling Logan.

"Please continue!" Patton urged.

"Blue Violets for affection."

"Pink Rose for love and gratitude."

"White Lotus's for hopefulness."