#awinemomintraining

Three flowers rest on Mary’s pillow, tied together with a thick ribbon - a red carnation, a daisy, and a purple iris. There’s a note attached: “You’re perfect enough to make the rest of us girls look bad! <3 Thought you might like the ribbon for your hair too!” The note isn’t signed, but Karen is sweating on her bed reading an upside-down textbook.

It’s not that Mary didn’t expect flowers. Of course she thought she’d get one or two from close friends… but to find a bouquet resting on her pillow, as if left there by a prince from a fairytale–! She couldn’t predict how such a sweet gesture would cause her heart to flutter. 

“Oh,” was her only verbal response, hand lifting and fingertips touching her lower lip. Mary’s gaze lingered on the flowers before sweeping toward the other bed. There Karen was, face hidden in a book. She didn’t even look up to greet her, which suggested enough for Mary to guess she must be responsible. (Karen would be all over her otherwise, asking questions.) Brown eyes averting, Mary tried her hardest not to let the smile take over her expression completely. Thank goodness there wasn’t a reflective surface nearby, or else she might see how silly she looked. 

Woah there, easy on the ass-kicking! Folks of C4 better watch out~