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[mightbeconcussed]

[Lucy is pacing through the store, adjusting last minute vases of roses, straightening bottles of perfume, tubes of lotion and bubble bath as she goes. She's got a few candles lit and scattered around the store. There's a table with coffee, sweet tea and lemonade along with various pastries and cookies near the register. Everything is as ready for opening day as Lucy can possibly make it. She takes a deep breath, runs her hands down the skirt of her red dress and unlocks the front door.]

Welcome to Coming Up Roses. We've got all your sweet smelling needs. The first 100 customers get a free lotion.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

It does. [She smiles and looks around, loathe to touch much of anything for fear of messing it up.] We should celebrate soon by going to that guy who makes awesome clothes... I've only heard people talk about him.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Cinna! Yes. We should definitely celebrate by having him make dresses for us.

You are brilliant, Jilly.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I have my moments.

[She moves around the store with her hands shoved into the pockets of her shorts, eyeing everything but not touching.] The rose labels turned out really good.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

You have lots and lots of moments, Jilly. [Lucy, however, does not have the afraid to touch thing. She grabs a tube of lotion off the shelf and beckons for Jill's hand.]

Try this. It smells fantastic.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

[Jill winces and then hesitantly holds out her hands.]

Which one is this one?

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Moonlight and Roses. It's one of my favorites.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

[She can already smell the scent before she brings her hands to her nose to take a nice long whiff of it.]

Mmmm it's nice. Know what it makes me think of?

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Home? It kind of makes me think of home and Mom's garden.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

I was gonna go with midnight in a rose garden but yours is better.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[Lucy smiles at Jill.] I just like the home part but yours has prettier imagery.

[She takes some of the lotion for herself and rubs it on her hands and into her arms.]

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

Had many customers in yet?

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

A few. Not as many as I'd hoped but it's still early. I think it'll be okay.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

Sure it will. This place will be so busy you won't know how to handle it... in a good way, I mean.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I'll have to hire more people. Right now I've just got you in the day time, me and Jace but his primary occupation here is decorative.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

He's decorating for you? [Somehow she didn't see Jace as an interior designer.]

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

No, he is the decoration. He's going to come hang around shirtless.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

Ohhh yeah, eye candy.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Everybody needs some.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

Well your customers will have plenty between him and you. You should put that on your advertisement, buy two get free eye candy.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

And you. You are still working in the day time, right? I mean not like a lot of hours but in a moral support kind of way, yes?

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

So a daytime worker, not in a hooker sort of way.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Definitely not in the hooker sort of way but if you wanted to start trying it out, I respect your decisions.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

[Jill smirks.] Most awkward street-walker ever.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure there's a market for that.

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[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

[That makes Jill laugh a bit and shake her head.] I'm pretty sure not so much.