Whether or not the cactus was a strange gift, I couldn't go back on it now, not with Eddie coming into the room. It was right there, sitting in my cupped hands in my lap and Eddie was right there, too, just mere feet away. We were alone and I was grateful for that, because at least if he thought the gift was silly, he would be the only one here to see it and no one would laugh at me for having picked something so out of the ordinary.
But maybe he would like it. I hoped he would like it.
"Hi," I said, grinning at him and trying to remember I was only nervous because I liked Eddie so much. I was nervous and wanted to get this right because he meant a lot to me and I knew people would tell me it was still a young relationship and that we were still young, but that stuff didn't matter. He meant a lot to me and I cared about him so much and that was why I wanted him to like what I had bought for him.
"Um... I got you this," I said, standing and holding the cactus toward him. "The woman at the flower shop helped me with it, because I kept looking at the flowers and that didn't feel right, so she said a cactus sometimes makes a better gift, because it won't die like flowers will. So you get to keep it."
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But maybe he would like it. I hoped he would like it.
"Hi," I said, grinning at him and trying to remember I was only nervous because I liked Eddie so much. I was nervous and wanted to get this right because he meant a lot to me and I knew people would tell me it was still a young relationship and that we were still young, but that stuff didn't matter. He meant a lot to me and I cared about him so much and that was why I wanted him to like what I had bought for him.
"Um... I got you this," I said, standing and holding the cactus toward him. "The woman at the flower shop helped me with it, because I kept looking at the flowers and that didn't feel right, so she said a cactus sometimes makes a better gift, because it won't die like flowers will. So you get to keep it."