Despite how annoying he'd been, Mr. Jackson left Bree with a decent taste in her mouth. The compliments helped, and, if she was capable of admitting it, so did the flowers. People didn't give her flowers. Most people never survived contact with her for long enough to dare try. She ran the little bouquet back and forth between her fingers on and off all day, and before she shelved the last flower dictionary, she checked out of work and sat down to figure out what they were, and if she should be worried.
It took her a little while.
Her mood soured steadily as she read.
Dogwood.
Dog's rose.
And wolfsbane.
The bouquet went in the trash, as did her good feelings.
She was furious the rest of the day. She'd been thinking about seeing Jean, so good a mood was she in, but that was out of the question. Instead, she went for a good, long run, and fumed the entire time. He was definitely fucking something, or he never would have been able to tell. That goddamn prick. The next time she saw him, she'd make sure he knew where he could shove his goddamn flowers.
Bree arrived on campus at 6:45.
There was no particular reason for this. Her first class wasn't until 10, and nothing on campus opened until 8 at the absolute earliest, save perhaps the rec center coffee shop, which was useless to her. But she didn't sleep, and Eric had been over the night before, leaving her eager to get the fuck out of her own house. She'd run instead of taking the bus, but still gotten there ludicrously early.
She was taking a breather now, on top of the history building, which was old and cool and fun to climb on. There was a balcony to make things easier, if one was lazy, but the building was still locked, so she'd, of course, just gone up the side. She was perched there, on the tallest part of the building, lounging on her back, staring up at the light blue sky, and listening to old songs on her iPod. Songs her great-grandmother had listened to when Bree was little, mostly, old Irish songs she knew all the words to by heart, and had for decades.
There was no one on campus, and wouldn't be for an hour, so she let herself sing along, first quietly, but as some of her favorite songs came on, louder and more earnestly. It was a fun way to pass the time; she could hardly sing at home. Her mother would have killed her, or one of the neighbors, certainly. And a city full of people had very few quiet spots for such privacy.
((Song Ref [for the -2 ppl reading along at home?]))
It took her a little while.
Her mood soured steadily as she read.
Dogwood.
Dog's rose.
And wolfsbane.
The bouquet went in the trash, as did her good feelings.
She was furious the rest of the day. She'd been thinking about seeing Jean, so good a mood was she in, but that was out of the question. Instead, she went for a good, long run, and fumed the entire time. He was definitely fucking something, or he never would have been able to tell. That goddamn prick. The next time she saw him, she'd make sure he knew where he could shove his goddamn flowers.
Bree arrived on campus at 6:45.
There was no particular reason for this. Her first class wasn't until 10, and nothing on campus opened until 8 at the absolute earliest, save perhaps the rec center coffee shop, which was useless to her. But she didn't sleep, and Eric had been over the night before, leaving her eager to get the fuck out of her own house. She'd run instead of taking the bus, but still gotten there ludicrously early.
She was taking a breather now, on top of the history building, which was old and cool and fun to climb on. There was a balcony to make things easier, if one was lazy, but the building was still locked, so she'd, of course, just gone up the side. She was perched there, on the tallest part of the building, lounging on her back, staring up at the light blue sky, and listening to old songs on her iPod. Songs her great-grandmother had listened to when Bree was little, mostly, old Irish songs she knew all the words to by heart, and had for decades.
There was no one on campus, and wouldn't be for an hour, so she let herself sing along, first quietly, but as some of her favorite songs came on, louder and more earnestly. It was a fun way to pass the time; she could hardly sing at home. Her mother would have killed her, or one of the neighbors, certainly. And a city full of people had very few quiet spots for such privacy.
((Song Ref [for the -2 ppl reading along at home?]))
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