Penelope smiled seeing Eli coming over to them. "We decided to go to the beach then we… maybe it was mostly me…" She said with a shy little smile while looking up at him. "Wanted to come visit you."
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He felt like his heart was just electrocuted as he looked down at her. Having to look away with a stupid grin, then looking back at her, he let out a nervous laugh.
"Oh! Well i was hoping you guys would come over here! I saw you out by the water. I mean! Not that i was watching you or anything because that would be creepy!"
He rambled on about how creepy he sounded, then stopping suddenly and looking down to her again.
"Sorry….i swear I'm not a creep."
Penelope giggled at his little ramble. To be completely honest, she loved when he did that, she almost found it cute. "It's okay, I don't think your a creep at all though." She said, still with a smile on her face. "So, this is such a pretty shop… where do all these flowers come from. They all look so, tropical and beautiful." She looked around at the flowers, each one more beautiful than the previous.
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"Actually, some of these a grow myself, but allot of them are imported here from other places."
He says turning around and looking at all of the flowers, reaching for a simple daisy, yet one of his favorites, and handing it to her with a smile. He would've put it in her hair, but he didn't want to touch her without permission and asking permission to touch someone was kind of weird.
Penelope smiled. "Would you mind um, putting it in my hair?" She had found a recent liking to having flowers in her hair, and it made it all the better if someone, Eli in particular, put the flowers in.
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"What?! I mean! Yes! Of course!"
Elijah kind of panicked as he took the flower, then calming himself down, he moved some hair out if her face with a slight smile as he put the flower in her hair.
"Perfect"
He says with a smile as he looked at the flower, then to his face. He couldn't get over the fact that she was so beautiful, with or without a flower
Penelope blushed slightly at his touch and his words. "Thank you, Eli." She smiled while still looking up at him. "So, how long do you have to stay at work?
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"only about three more hours then my mom takes over. She works day shifts and i do nights and mornings"
He says with a smile thinking about his mother. She loved working here at the flower shop, she didnt like to do anything else.
"Oh, that's amazing! I'm going to have to come here sometime when your mom is working!" Penelope said with a big smile. She used to have a very good relationship with her mom before everything happened, so she was excited to meet Eli's sometime.
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"Oh, you would love her! She's super sweet like you. You guys would get along perfectly"
He says casually with a little smile.
"So what're your plans for today?"
He asks her glancing at Harley getting hit on, holding in a laugh as he looks back at Penelope.
Penelope was still smiling. "I really don't know… All I knew about was going to the beach then coming here." She stopped and her eyes widened. "Oh yeah! We are going to go clothes shopping! I also want to look for my very old motorbike. So, what are you going to do after work?"
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"That sounds fun! I didnt know you had a motorbike! Oh, i had nothing planned for today, i was just gonna go with the flow."
He says with a shrug, blowing some blonde wavy hair from his face.
"Yeah, a while back I had one. You could come with us after your shift if you want!" Penelope almost hoped he wanted to come. She liked being around him so it was worth at least asking.
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"uh, while you look for your bike, oooooooor……..shopping?"
He says nervously rubbing the back of his neck nervously, looking back at her.
"Either I guess. If we're still shopping by then you can join if you want, or you can just come after when we look for my bike." Penelope said, shrugging. "Whatever you want I suppose!" She smiled up at him.
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"well….. um, I think it might be a little awkward if I went clothing shopping with you girls, so ill just help you look for your bike."
He smiles at her, finally admitting the fact that he felt awkward going shopping with them.
Penelope nodded. "Okay, that makes sense!" She said as she saw someone come into the store. "Oh… look you have a customer." She said pointing to them.
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"oh!!"
He says steppng behind his desk as a woman smiles at the group, Harley stepping out of her way as she looked at the cacti, picking the one Elijah hit his friend with, Eli looks over to his friend, still hitting on Harley as shes purposely sending mixed signals.
Penelope wandered into the flowers, glancing up to Elijah every minutes or two. She stopped at the roses to smell them. After a little bit, she found her way to Harley and Elijah's friends. "Hi, Harley!" She turned Eli's friends. "So who are you guys? I'm Penelope!" She said with a smile.
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"Conner!"
The one flirting with Harley said, putting his hands on his sides holding his chin high,
"Oh, and that's Josiah. He's a spacey"
He smiled as he pointed to the other friend. Tall, shy, and sweet, red hair and freckles covering his face with grey eyes. Josiah whipped around at the sound of his name, stepping away from smelling the flowers.
"Hello"
He says in a calm, quiet, and somehow silky soft voice as his big hand waved at Penelope with a smile.
Penelope waved back. "Hi, nice to meet you two!" She said with a smile. Once again, she glanced over to Eli as he talked with the customer. She turned back to Harley. "So when do you want to go? We should probably go soonish."
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"Oh! Yeah, we probably should"
She says looking over to Elijah, then back at the boys, finally back to the adorable girl in front her.
"Wanna leave now? Or do you wanna talk to Eli more?"
"Give me a second," Penelope said as she turned and walked over to Eli. "Hey, Eli, Harley and I are about to leave. See you later! Have a good rest of your shift!" She said with a smile
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The lady walked away, happy with her cute cactus in her hands as Penelope walked up to Eli.
"Oh! Thanks. Have fun girls!"
He says with a smile running his fingers through his hair.
"Of course! See you later!" Penelope said with a smile. She turned back around and headed to Harley and Eli's friends. "Okay, Harley, let's go!" She said while bouncing her shoulders up and down, excited to go shopping.
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"Goodness youre too adorable"
She mumbles to herself as she walks away from the boys, Conner tensing up while he heard her words, internally screaming.
"yeah lets go!"
She says walking up to her as she opened the door for her, looking back at Eli who was waving at the girls with a big smile, waving back
Penelope turned around, waving at Eli with a huge smile. "Thanks." She said to Harley as she went through the door. When they were both outside Penelope turned to Harley. "So do we need a car or anything?"
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"we can walk to my house and-"
She stopped and turned to Eli
"Hey! Can we use your car?"
"uh, yeah sure, its near your house, since there was no parking space near the beach"
He says with a smile as they walk out, Harley thanking him on the way out.
"to my house i guess?"
She says with a shrug and a smile
"Sounds good to me!" Now knowing the way to Harley's house, Penelope started walking while looking at the view again. She couldn't get tired of that view, it was one of her favorite things. Her feet were lightly kicking the sand, not making it fly all over but making it move with her feet.
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Arriving at her house, she looked around the house to see Elijah's car parked on the side of the house instead of in the front.
"No wonder we didn't see it"
She chuckled, then opened it
"Wow, didn't even bother to lock it"
