45 Lavender Roses

He hands it over to me with a smile on his face.

"See Astra, all you had to do was ask nicely."

Oh if only lasers could come from my eyes. I'd aim them at him. I'll kill him. I swear I really will. Also why do I feel so hot? There's air conditioning running.

"Will." I say with a sweet smile

"Yes, Astra?"

"Get the f**k out before I kill you."

He lets out a booming laughter when I say this.

Oh you think this is funny? I spot his slippers. Immediately, I grab one in a flash and start to beat him with it.

"YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?"

"Absolutely!"

"You underwear stealing pervert!"

"Now hold on, I wouldn't go so far as to call me a pervert. Ow!"

"Theif! Fiend! Pervert! Get out of my sight before I do something rash," I say after hitting him one more time.

Afterall, I can't kill him. Afterall, he is my personal money tree.

Walking to the door, he puts his hand on the handle and then pauses for a second. Then turns around to say something.

"Oh Astra, the bra is very sexy. I'd love to see the rest of it on you sometime."

You know what? That's it. I don't mind killing my money tree. Chucking the slipper at his head as hard as a can, the slippery bastard gets through the door just in time. I can hear his laughter through the door. While I put on what is rightfully mine, I plot. When I get off of work the first thing I'm doing is looking up where to buy Carolina Reapers. Or should I have him drink a milkshake of soy sauce and balsamic vinegar? I'll tell him it's his favorite chocolate fudge milkshake. Or better yet both! Why is it there are two attractive men in my life and yet they're both going out of their way to piss me off? Speaking of which, I still need to have a little chit chat with Alexi. Let's hope he hasn't already bought flowers. With my luck it would be 2,000 of them. After finding his contact, I dial and he picks up after a few rings.

"Asteri Mou, you finally called."

He sounds out of breath.

"Are you ok?"

"Just fine. Wonderful now that I've heard your voice."

"Listen we need to talk."

"What is it about?"

"It's the flowers."

"Ah yes. I put a lot of thought into those flowers. Did you like them?"

"DID I LIKE THEM?"

Taking a deep breath, I try to calm myself. Alexi may have been a jerk for what he did, but I'm trying to move past it.

"Alexi."

"Are you ok, Astra?"

"No Alexi, I am not ok. You sent me 1,500 roses in the span of two days."

"Really? It was supposed to be 1,601 roses."

"It was, but that's besides the point. The point here Alexi, is that I got 1,601 roses in the span of two days."

"So, what's the problem?"

"Alexi, my house isn't big enough for 1,601 roses. Let alone 500 roses. In addition to that my mother will think you're courting me or something."

"But that's what I am trying to do Astra."

Don't lose your temper.

"If you want to court me, then the first thing you should do is apologize for what you did."

"Astra, I don't know what I did. How can I atone for what I did if you don't tell me?"

"This is what I'm talking about Alexi. Either you really don't know what you did wrong or you're just a real jerk. I don't have time for this. If you really want to earn my forgiveness find out what you did wrong and then apologize for it. I have to go. We can have this conversation later."

"Astra-"

"Goodbye, Alexi."

Hanging up the phone, I burst out of the trailer to see Will about to throw a box of lavender roses in the trash.

"Hey now, why are you wasting flowers?"

"Huh?"

"Your fans must have spent a lot of money on those. If you don't want them that's fine but there are plenty of other people who do."

"You are absolutely right."

"I know I am."

"I will take these home with me and treasure them."

"That's the spirit! These are some expensive flowers. They must have put a lot of thought and money into this."

"Thank you for letting me see the error of my ways, Astra."

"It was my pleasure. Here, I'll take those. You go over to the set and I'll put these in your trailer."

He hands them to me and makes his way to set and starts getting into character. Spinning around to put these away, I run into Frank.

"Hey Frank, how are you today?"

"I'm alright, how are you feeling?"

"I've been better but nothing major."

"Here let me take those for you. Sorry about yesterday," he says bashfully.

"Hey, you couldn't have done anything about that. He would've found a way no matter what. The point is you did your job and caught the guy. If you hadn't, it could've ended badly for Will. So I appreciate you doing your job."

"We feel bad. If you need anything, just let us know ok?"

"Thank you so much, I really appreciate that."

"I see your "not" boyfriend sent you flowers again."

"What are you talking about?"

"These right here."

"Oh no you must be mistaken. These are from Will's fans."

"No. Security started intercepting every delivery in case something like yesterday happens. These are for you, Astra. Just look at the card. Will even said he'd give them to you."

Looking at the card it is indeed addressed to me. I laugh when I read that. So that's what Alexi meant when he said 1,601 roses. He sent another hundred today.

"That was my mistake. I just assumed that they were for Will. Thanks for carrying them up here for me."

"Happy to help. See you later."

"Later, Frank."

Looks like I'm going to have to have a little talk with Will about taking my things.

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