Packs a Pink

[Signy Forstrom]

Signy couldn't believe it was her final rose. This year's rose giving had gone by so fast. She was almost disappointed at this prospect. The girl was heading back towards the great hall, intending to start her search for the last girl there, but in the end she didn't need to, spotting the girl heading into the library, "Clementine!" she called out, realising that she'd been rather loud in calling the girl who had just headed into the library. She had to imagine the librarian wouldn't mind too much.
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[Clementine Pratt]

Clementine was busy making her way throughout the castle in search of her rose recipients and found herself in the library. She was looking quietly for the recipient of this current rose through the shelves when she heard her name being called, a little louder than was appropriate for a library, but not too loud to have alarmed the librarian thankfully. Clementine looked over her shoulder and saw one of her house prefects approaching her. "Yes?" she asked with a polite smile, turning to face the girl.
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[Signy Forstrom]

Signy smiled when the girl turned to towards her, she greeted the older girl warmly, "I come bearing a rose," the girl reached into her bucket and pulled out her last rose, a beautiful pink rose. She looked at it fondly before holding it out to the girl. She hoped that this was a good rose for the girl, not something that she wouldn't like. It wouldn't be nice to put a damper on what had been a good day. she reached in and found the last note too that went along with the rose and held that out too.
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Spoiler: Note

From Teddy

 

[Clementine Pratt]

"Oh!" Clementine said in surprise when the girl explained what she needed Clem for. She smiled happily at the thought of a rose but her smile faltered slightly when she saw it was pink. Things with her and Teddy were complicated now after confessing her feelings to him while he had a girlfriend, and she had avoided him since. She couldn't help but hope this rose might be from him, and while the thought made her absolutely happy, she knew she shouldn't be hoping for that while he was still with Beaubelle. It was the reason why she hadn't sent him a rose this year, because she knew she would want to send him a pink one as opposed to a yellow one. Clem took the rose from the girl and opened the note to confirm exactly what she thought.

Clementine smiled as she saw the words written on the card and for some reason tears welled up in her eyes. It wasn't nothing particularly special, but those simple words meant so much to Clementine after wanting it for so long. Not even when she was with Anthony had he sent her roses, so this felt even more declarative. Her heart ached with longing and she could feel herself want to cry but she couldn't do that here in front of the poor rose deliverer. She sniffled and flashed the girl a watery smile as she said, "I'm sorry, thank you so much for the rose."
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