Adaline frowned a particular plant, examining its leaves and checking the stem. Looks like this ones not doing too good.
She waited for a pause in Kiana’s ramble before interrupting. “Kiana, I’m going into the back for some plant stuff. Let me know if anyone needs help,” Kiana nodded and continued to ramble about her dog, who apparently had been having some hip problems. Poor puppy, I hope he’ll be alright.
Adaline pushed the back room door open with her hip, eyes roaming the shelf’s for the particular liquid she needed. Rummaging through the boxes, she started to whistle to herself, filling the silence.
Cam soon came up close to the nursery for plants, smiling. The place really was as quaint as Dae had gushed it was. Cameron wasted no time stepping inside the rather warm area with a hum. He gazed around and caught sight of an employee, trotting up.
“Hi! Is Adaline th owner of this place?”?
Kiana’s head popped up. Naturally a suspicious person, her eyes narrowed. When did unreasonably attractive men come into the shop looking for Adaline? “Yes she is. Just a moment, sir.” Kiana rushed off and into the back room, where Adaline was currently reading the labels of the bottles, searching for the right one.
“Adaline, there’s an attractive man waiting in the lobby for you,” At this, Adaline raised an eyebrow. She couldn’t remember meeting someone good looking recently. Walking out of the back room and into the main part of the shop, she dusted her hands off and greeted the man with a “How can I help you, sir?” Kiana was right; he was good looking.
Cameron rose his eyebrows slightly at the woman’s reaction to him but nodded, turning to look at a few flowers that he and Cormac could plant in their garden together. He turned once Adaline came out, smiling and taking her things out of an apron pocket.
“You left your wallet in my restaurant. I came here to give it back.”
Adaline’s eyes widened and she rushed to him, taking the wallet from him gently. “Oh, thank you so much!” she said, brightly smiling up at him before leafing through her wallet, making sure everything’s there. Wait a minute. His restaurant?
“Wait, you own that restaurant? What is it called again?” she snapped her fingers together, trying to remember the name. Adaline was awful at names, something she wasn’t very proud of.
Cameron smiled warmly, his face lighting up with it. “You’re very welcome! You should consider yourself lucky I managed to knock some sense into my bartender.” He chuckled softly and turned on his heel, only to turn back.
“Oh? The name of my restaurant is just “Cam’s Seafood”. Ir’s very simple.” He shrugged.
Adaline’s cheeks flooded with embarrassment. Of course you forget the simplest of names. Good going! “Oh, well, the food was very good, Cam, I’m presuming?” she said softly, suddenly shy. And this is why you hide behind plants all day.
Cameron chuckled softly, smiling. “Well that’s for you to tell me, yeah? If the food was good or not?” He asked jokingly, sticking his hands in his apron pockets. “But, really, how was the food? Good, hopefully.”
“It was literally the best breakfast I have ever had,” Adaline blurted, before turning pink. There I go again. She cleared her throat, and spoke again. “What I meant, is that the food was really good.” she said somewhat shyly, turning slightly to lift up a plant, the dead leaves turning green again.
Cam chuckled softly, bumping her a little with his shoulder. “I know. I was just kidding. Thanks for the compliment. You should try and come during lunch when you can. A lot of people say that’s the best time to go.”
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Adaline stumbled a little at the bump, but straightened herself. She sent a small smile at him. "I would, but around noon is always our busiest time. Maybe this Saturday?" She tapped a finger to her chin, thinking on what she had planned.
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Cameron grinned back and stepped away slightly, not wanting to make the woman feel uncomfortable. He knew the bump was a stretch, and the small smile she had on her face seemed forced.
"Saturday sounds great!" He exclaimed a bit too excitedly.
Adaline smiled widely at his excitedness, a giggle escaping her lips. How cute. “Saturday at noon it is,” She had an meeting that day, but it could easily be moved to another time. Seeing Cameron a second time and eating his delicious food again was worth the annoyed looks Dorothy would send her.
Cameron nodded and looked at a few plants, watching as they bloomed back to life. "So, what types of flowers do you sell? Any cacti? My son wants one," Cameron admitted with a smile, looking back up at Adaline.
Adaline warmed at the mention of his son loving plants. Finding fellow plant lovers that weren’t her employees were few and far between. “We sell any plant that can grow here, especially cacti. If you’ll follow me, I can show you to some?” she asked, glancing up at Cameron.
Cameron smiled a little and down from a hanging plant above him. "That would be wonderful." He shuffled closer, ducking his head so it didn't hit the same plant he was looking at and admiring.
"Great! Follow me," Adaline began to lead the way to their cacti section. "How old is your son?" she casually asked, trying to make some conversation.
Cameron trotted after her, smiling as he looked around the store, all thoughts about his busy restaurant gone from his mind.
"He's eight years old. All he wants is a cactus, though," Cam said with a small laugh.
Adaline laughed. “He sounds just like me when I was younger. You’ll have to bring him around sometime,” she said, a bright smile on her face, not realizing she implied they’d come again. “And here we are! We have a selection of cacti, since they are relatively easy to take care of.”
"I'd love go bring him around!" Cameron exclaimed brightly, pausing in front of the spiky, small plants.
"Huh. Well, which is least likely to hurt him?"
“Great!!” Turning to the plants, Adaline picked one up. “Well, this one is called a chin cactus. It has no spines, so it’s pretty safe for an 8 year old. And it blooms pretty flowers!” In her hands, the cacti’s flowered seemed to bloom a little, and the colors popped a little more.
Cameron beamed at the little cactus, carefully taking it from her. "Do you know what colors they bloom?" He peered at the small blooms, trying to make out the colors. He was somewhat colorblind, so some colors didn't look like what he thought.
"Yes! They bloom lovely shades of pink," Adaline smiled brightly. "The chin cactus is actually one of my favorite plants we have here. They're just so pretty." Although she claimed to love all the plants equally, she did have a few favorite plants.
Cameron smiled brightly over the small bud on the small cactus. "Great! Then I'll take it. How much is it?" He asked, holding the cactus carefully in one hand as he grabbed his wallet out with a second.