As luck would have it, it actually poured on the day we planned to go to the botanical garden.I woke up before dawn and checked the weather forecast before typing out a long apology to Willow. Though, I deleted the message soon after. Willow beat me to the punch, sending a text to see if I was awake. She asked if we were grabbing pizzas for lunch or dinner. Staring at the screen, I chuckled and settled for lunch. She put up the closed sign, and the two of us squeezed under one umbrella on our way to the pizza place.While crossing the standing water, Willow took the first step ahead before extending a hand to pull me across.I offered her my hand, and she never let go once. That was how we started dating. Caught up in repair jobs, I often forgot to text her back. She would talk too fast when rushing flower orders, making me think I had done something wrong. Once, I quietly went ahead and scrubbed all the buckets in the shop. When she found me, I hadn’t even had di
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