Bed of Roses Page #2

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Prince Charming

probably

Would have turned

out to be a dick.

I'm serious, too.

It's safer

this way.

You'd just be

disappointed.

I'll keep

the fantasy, though.

An anonymous gift

from a secret admirer?

I could go for years

on that.

And I guarantee you

That even

my dullest fantasy

Would be 10 times

more romantic

Than the truth

could ever be.

Oh, god, you got

material like this,

Who wants the truth?

This is terrible.

Dallas.

237 people just dropped

right out of the sky.

Joey let you in.

After being tortured

long and mercilessly.

What are you eating?

Pork?

No. It's chicken.

Oh, my god.

Would you look at that?

I've been watching

for, like, three hours.

It's the same images

over and over.

I'm completely addicted.

Oh, where's Mel?

Oh, no.

Really?

Yep.

Didn't the feeder work?

It worked fine.

I think he just died

of loneliness.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Hey, why aren't you

at work, anyway?

And who sent flowers?

Can we just

not talk right now?

Ok.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Stanley?

Sarah from school

is having

A birthday party

on saturday,

And is it ok

if I go?

I'm going to be on the road

all next week.

Uh, why don't you

ask Mrs. Elkins?

Maybe she'll take you.

Stanley...

When's my birthday?

You don't have one.

Hey.

Ah!

Hi.

I, uh, hoped I might

find you here.

Look, um,

The store doesn't open

for another hour.

Do you want to get

something to eat?

It's a public place.

You'll be

perfectly safe.

There you go.

Do you want

anything to eat?

No. No, I don't.

Nothing for the lady.

I'm going to have

a bowl of corn flakes

And a little

glass of milk.

Ok.

I just-I came down

to tell you that-

I-I sent you

the flowers.

You?

Um, you see,

I, uh...

I like to take

these walks

At-at night,

mostly.

I like to look up

At all the darkened

windows

And wonder what

people's lives are like

And what they're

dreaming about.

One night, I was out

pretty late,

And as, uh,

as usual,

All the windows

were dark...

except one.

And I stopped,

and I looked up.

I saw you...

standing there,

and, uh,

And you

were crying,

And I thought,

What was it that

made you so sad?

So I followed you

to work

The next morning,

Found out

your name-

And you made this...

incredible arrangement

of flowers

For someone

you've never even met?

Yeah. I'm really

sorry if, uh,

If I was strange

yesterday.

Somehow, it seemed

really important to...

to keep it a mystery.

Yeah.

Look, what

are you doing

The rest of the day?

Pardon?

Why don't we

spend it together?

What?

No. No!

I know, I know.

This is all

very strange.

It's not the kind of

thing I do every day.

Well, that's good.

Besides,

if you don't come,

How else

will you solve

The rest

of the mystery?

Hey.

Here you go.

Congratulations.

These are Foxgloves.

They do well in

northern climates.

They're beautiful.

Here's Agapanthus.

It's a good flower.

A little finicky about

moisture, though.

Oh, nothing worse

than a finicky Agapanthus.

No. They're all going

to be gone soon.

Cold weather

and everything.

Oh, yeah.

That's Heliotrope there.

That's my personal

favorite.

Why?

It reminds me

of the past.

There was a lot of it

where I grew up.

Yeah.

Well, what's yours?

Oh. Favorite?

Yeah.

I don't know.

Roses, I guess.

Pretty boring, huh?

No. Nothing boring

about a classic.

So, you

from the city?

I-I grew up

in Pittsburgh.

That where

your family is?

Um...

No. I don't mean

to push or anything.

I just, uh...

a friend of mine

got some once-

Roses, I mean.

They were this pale

lavender gray that-

Sterling roses.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Those are beautiful.

A thornless kind.

Yes, that's right.

Only I think they ought to have

thorns to balance it out

Because otherwise,

they're too perfect.

I don't know.

It kind of seems like

There's enough thorns

out there as it is.

I think every

now and then, um,

Everybody's entitled

to too much perfection,

You know?

Have you always been

interested in plants?

I think my, uh,

My grandfather,

actually-

He got me into it.

He was sort of known

around the house

As the king

of amateur gardeners.

He was really,

really bad at it.

I mean, he had

a real black thumb.

You're close

to your family.

Yeah.

Pretty bizarre, huh?

No.

Oh, I forgot

what this feels like.

Hmm?

It feels so decadent.

Decadent?

How do you mean?

I didn't get

anything done today.

You got

a lot done.

No. You know-done.

I failed

to earn my keep.

I did not contribute

To the gross

national product.

Did you

have fun?

Utterly

beside the point.

This is, uh,

this is me.

Oh.

Well...

uh, do you

want to, uh,

Do you want

to come up?

Uh...

I'd better not.

Why?

Because I'm a psycho

Who wanders

the streets at night

And follows beautiful

women to work?

Basically.

Ha.

Well, see, actually,

there's something

I just really would

like you to see.

It's not going to be

around much longer,

And it would, um...

I mean,

you don't have to,

But it would just

mean a lot to me

If you came up

and saw it.

Here. After you.

Have you lived here long?

Uh...

almost four years.

Really?

Yeah.

Um, would you

like some tea?

No, thanks.

It's a reproduction.

It was painted

as a study.

It's, uh,

it's up here.

Need any help?

It's, uh, this way.

This is incredible!

You're Lewis.

Yeah.

It was my grandfather's

name, too.

Actually, I named

the store after him.

But...

you deliver flowers.

I, uh, like to see

people's faces

When they're

just falling in love

Or making up

from a fight,

Even if they're

grieving.

There's

something beautiful

About a person's

face at that moment.

Yours was

incredible-

Confused

and shocked.

I have...

have to go.

I-I'm sorry.

Who is it?

It's me.

God, it's starting

to get cold.

I'm flying to Phoenix

To move in

with my mother.

She'll be thrilled.

Get it?

Nice flowers.

What the hell

is going on?

Here.

Ok, what is it?

What's going on?

I found out

who it was.

You found out-

I found out,

and he's great.

This is who

sent you the flowers?

Uh-Huh.

Ok. So you found out

Who sent you

these great flowers,

And it turns out

It's this guy

who's great,

And this is really

a terrible thing because...

because...

why is this

a terrible thing?

Ok. It's ok.

Everything's

going to be ok.

I have no idea what's

going on here, but...

I know.

It seems crazy.

No, no, no.

Is this about Danny?

Are you worried

about Danny?

No! Oh, no.

Danny's fine.

I mean, we...

It's not like

a spend-the-night

kind of

relationship.

That's the last

thing we wanted.

We just keep each

other around for-

Nocturnal

lighting purposes?

So?

So...

I'm not

in the market.

I don't have any

room in my life

For someone

who's great.

I mean, I work

for a living.

Right.

And I'm very good

at my job.

No one disputes this.

I'm just...

I just don't think

I'm up for this.

Oh, my god.

What?

It's him.

Who?

You get it.

I... wh...

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