The rest of the evening went on without a hitch. Hyacinth and Elly closed up the shop together, then Elly made sure that Hyacinth got on to her bus safely. After locking the shop up, she made her way to her apartment above. Her cell-phone chimed and it was her aunt. Taking a deep breath, she answered. "I'm guessing that you got a very angry customer today?" Her aunt sighed across the line.
"I doubt you guessed it. She contacted you right?"
"Yea.." There was a long pause between the both of them. Elly could hear her aunt breathing on the other side of the line. "I tried to get her the blue tinted daisies she wanted but they had to be ordered." There was a tone like she was trying to make some sort of excuse for what happened though she knew she did the most she could with the situation. "Yea, I know. You did what you could. Do you think we should order some and keep them in the shop for a couple weeks? Maybe we can use that woman's aggravation to our advantage."
"Do you really think people would buy them?" Elly asked sighing softly while tossing a microwave dinner in for a couple minutes. "We can order a small case of them and see how it goes." The thought that the shop was actually going to have badly colored daisies because of that impossible woman made Elly want to kick something. Trying to stay calm ,she asked. "You want me to order them tonight or tomorrow morning?"
"Tomorrow is fine." There was another long pause. It was hard to talk about things other than work. Aside from the shop, there wasn't much to their relationship. "Well," Elly yawned. "I'll text you once the order has been finalized."
"That sounds good. Good night Elly"
"Night" Pressing the end button on her iphone screen, Elly tipped her head back and let out a loud aggravated groan.
After a long hot shower, Elly stepped into her room. It was filled with little decorations that one would see in gardening sections and flower shops. There was a few wind chimes tinkling lightly as she passed, some sun catchers around her windows and a different assortment of stone figures like toads and turtles. Sinking into her bed after a long day was wonderful. Sleep would come rather easily that night. Her dreams where the same as before. She was moving about like some sort of airborne spirit when the whispering started. "oming..." She heard. Then she woke up. The wind chimes were sounded more so than normal and she looked towards the windows to see if she had accidentally left them open. She had not.
The shop opened again bright and early but this time Hyacinth was there to help her. Still drowsy, she waved to her co-worker and started a pot of coffee. "You look like she just came out of a coma." Her friend joked while carefully pinning one of Elly's paper roses on to her apron. "Yea. Have you ever had one of those dreams that seemed to last a long time and when you wake up you feel tired?"
"Yea?"
"I guess that's what it is. I had a long dream" Elly sighed. She didn't want to share this morning though. Getting onto the computer for a moment, Elly clicked for google and typed in the name of one of their greenhouses. "What is it? Did the boss ask you to order something?" Hyacinth had a knack for guessing things like that. "Yea, I have to order a case or two of those horribly colored blue-tinted daisies."
"No way. That hag called her?"
"Yep, and she thinks we should at least try to see if they'll sell." They both sighed. Elly finished the order and texted her aunt once it confirmed. 'Thanks' was her response.
The day moved on at a steady pace. Elly and Hyacinth took turns watching the front of the shop while the other worked on prep. Elly had been preparing vases with different varieties of flowers and decorated them with warm pastel colored ribbon. Spring, thought it was a time for bright colors, there were also more subtle ones like pastels. She huffed thinking about that horrible woman from the day before. It really urked her thinking that they were going to have those horrid things on display just because that woman whined to the shop owner. Thinking about it caused Elly to tie a ribbon too tightly making it pucker in an unattractive way.
"Hey Ell! Wanna get some air and grab us some lunch?" Called Hyacinth from the front of the store. "Sure, where from?"
"Let's try that Silver Dragon place." Shrugging, she took off her apron and grabbed her phone. "I don't really know what they have there." Elly frowned walking up to the front counter with her friend.
Hyacinth nodded. "Just call me when you get there and tell me what they have ok?"
"Sounds like a plan."
Elly stepped out of the shop and took a bus towards the restaurant. All evidence of rain had been long since dried up. More people were bustling about since it was lunch hour. This now occurred to Elly that the place might be packed with lunch rush people. She was just about to call Hyacinth when she sighed. It would be a nice long break from the shop. Instead she decided that she would text her if it took a long time.
Hopping off the bus, she walked a little ways before reaching the restaurant. The thick smell of cooked food filled her nostrils and she smiled. Now she was hungry.