"The meaning of a sunshine yellow rose is to honor friend ship, loyalty and is one of the only roses that don't mean anything romantic - purely friendship."

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BEGONIA chewed his lip - something he had picked up through the years he had spent being a delinquent and knowing it made people uncomfortable and intimidated. Adjusting his black button up shirt and blue jeans, he walked into the flower shop. He nearlu forgot the smells that came from inside - the air was cold inside - probably due to all the watering going on. Tulip had wanted him to come in early - she usually got to the shop as late as six in the morning - which is the same time it was now. The air foggy and cold, causing goose bumps to rise along his arms as he tensed his muscles to get warmer.

Four other men were gathered in the shop, all eyes searching at the door behind the counter. Begonia eyed them, they each were attractive in a way and looked - desperate. Begonia pitied Tulip having to deal with these men who probably knew nothing, especially compared to her, about flowers. Then again, he knew nothing as well, other than what she told had told him.

"Begonia, what are you doing here?" Begonias head whipped up to the sound of his cousin, Cash, walking into the shop. Before Begonia could answer, the door behind the counter opened to let a short girl with dark hair to walk out smiling, behind her walked Tulip. Her hair the usual gorgeous auburn and her little freckles littering her face.

Tulip waved at Begoina, one of the men that got here before him walking up to her and smiling, talking to her in a low voice. Begonia didn't wave back, instead turning back to his cousin - who stared dreamy eyed after the shop manager. After Tulip.

"She's the girl you've got it for?" Begonia snorted, for some reason snapping. How many peoples lives had Tulip touched - and why did his cousin have to be one of them?

"Uh - yeah." Cashs' unblemished face heated up as he stood beside his larger cousin. "I uh - actually already work for her and her family - just delivering flowers." That is when he noticed the box of flowers in his arms.

"Begonias - how original." He snorted, spotting the flowers in the crate his cousin held. "What do you mean you work for her and her - "

"Family? Do you not know who she is? Tulip Summers, ring a bell?" Begonia didn't let his surprise show and instead rolled his eyes at his cousin. "I want a job in here - to, uh, be closer to Tulip - she just won't give me the time of day, you know? Not in a bad way - she just doesn't accept my date offers." Cash admitted, frowning sadly as he let out an exhale of breath.

"Whatever." Begonia shrugged, not really caring to hear his cousins infatuation with the funny girl he met the previous day. The one who had basically helped him poison his family with a flower.

And he thought his cousin had a crush on some town good girl - no, his cousin had his heart on a rich town girl who ran a flower shop buisness.