#juniper.start

it wasn't that jada minded mattie with the running of the restaurant when he wasn't there however it was dreadfully boring. there were a million other things that jay would have rather involved herself in. the whole world was filled of opportunities of crime and fun and yet here she sat at the front of the restaurant because they were a little short staffed with the call outs tonight. the female was invested in her phone just waiting from updates if there was anything exciting going on in the town tonight when she had seen the light dim from the person who was now in front of her.

where: the indoor/outdoor farmers market.

It was a whopping 40 degrees in Juniper today, but the sun was out and that meant Carmen was out. She would take any amount of Vitamin D she could get, even if that amount also called for her to wear a denim jacket and a beanie. Spring was coming, that much was true, and it was her favorite time of year. Sure, the area saw more rain than anything else, but the foliage that sprouted into view during this time made her feel alive, life really could be beautiful if you looked at it a certain way. For the past few years, Carmen was allowing herself to see the beauty in it, because for so long she hadn't been able to. Some people thought she was maybe a little too naive for that, but what was a tiny bit of naivete every once in a while?

there was a strawberry smoothie in her hand, even if the cold was seeping into her bones a bit, wishing she had packed some gloves. Instead, she just drank it faster, walking down the street that would lead her to the indoor/outdoor farmers market. The start of spring was the perfect time to freshen up her apartment with fresh flowers and perhaps try some new fruit.

She was running her finger along the top of a pink rose, not exactly her favorite, but it was pretty enough, when she leaned in to smell it, stopping only when she felt a presence next to her. She stood straight up, and laughed, slightly embarrassed. "Isn't life about stopping to smell the flowers, or something?" she asked, waving off her embarrassment and shrugging a single shoulder. "Besides, there's just something about spring and it's flowers that bring in something special, I think."

up and moving his life from florida was a big step for kolt. his hometown and life back in miami was all that he knew and now here he was starting all over. of course his reasons for moving all the way across the states was to fix his family or at least attempt to. it didnt make any of this less scary for him. as he had finished setting up his new office space in town he had ran into a stranger. someone who had been very kind to him and had even offered to go grab a bit with the man.