Bed of Roses Page #3

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And is it ok

if I go?

I'm going to be on the road

all next week.

Uh, why don't you

ask Mrs. Elkins?

Maybe she'll take you.

Stanley...

When's my birthday?

You don't have one.

Hey.

Ah!

Hi.

I, uh, hoped I might

find you here.

Look, um,

The store doesn't open

for another hour.

Do you want to get

something to eat?

It's a public place.

You'll be

perfectly safe.

There you go.

Do you want

anything to eat?

No. No, I don't.

Nothing for the lady.

I'm going to have

a bowl of corn flakes

And a little

glass of milk.

Ok.

I just-I came down

to tell you that-

I-I sent you

the flowers.

You?

Um, you see,

I, uh...

I like to take

these walks

At-at night,

mostly.

I like to look up

At all the darkened

windows

And wonder what

people's lives are like

And what they're

dreaming about.

One night, I was out

pretty late,

And as, uh,

as usual,

All the windows

were dark...

except one.

And I stopped,

and I looked up.

I saw you...

standing there,

and, uh,

And you

were crying,

And I thought,

What was it that

made you so sad?

So I followed you

to work

The next morning,

Found out

your name-

And you made this...

incredible arrangement

of flowers

For someone

you've never even met?

Yeah. I'm really

sorry if, uh,

If I was strange

yesterday.

Somehow, it seemed

really important to...

to keep it a mystery.

Yeah.

Look, what

are you doing

The rest of the day?

Pardon?

Why don't we

spend it together?

What?

No. No!

I know, I know.

This is all

very strange.

It's not the kind of

thing I do every day.

Well, that's good.

Besides,

if you don't come,

How else

will you solve

The rest

of the mystery?

Hey.

Here you go.

Congratulations.

These are Foxgloves.

They do well in

northern climates.

They're beautiful.

Here's Agapanthus.

It's a good flower.

A little finicky about

moisture, though.

Oh, nothing worse

than a finicky Agapanthus.

No. They're all going

to be gone soon.

Cold weather

and everything.

Oh, yeah.

That's Heliotrope there.

That's my personal

favorite.

Why?

It reminds me

of the past.

There was a lot of it

where I grew up.

Yeah.

Well, what's yours?

Oh. Favorite?

Yeah.

I don't know.

Roses, I guess.

Pretty boring, huh?

No. Nothing boring

about a classic.

So, you

from the city?

I-I grew up

in Pittsburgh.

That where

your family is?

Um...

No. I don't mean

to push or anything.

I just, uh...

a friend of mine

got some once-

Roses, I mean.

They were this pale

lavender gray that-

Sterling roses.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Those are beautiful.

A thornless kind.

Yes, that's right.

Only I think they ought to have

thorns to balance it out

Because otherwise,

they're too perfect.

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