Of course Katie remembered the flower, but it had only been wishful hoping on her part. Those damn butterflies began to fly in circles as she watched the flower appear and realized that Marcus had kept his end of the bargain. Was it out of obligation or was he looking forward to this as much as I was? She reached out to take the flower from him, her fingers brushing against his. It was so silly, something that was seen in those silly muggle moving pictures, but she swore time slowed down. She looked up, her eyes catching his and she smiled. It wasn't a silly or shy smile, the ones she had been giving him up until that point. It was a real one, one that had hope for something good to happen.
"Thank you," she said, the moment broken and time seemed to catch up to itself. "It's wonderful! I've never seen anything like it." She held it up, looking it over before placing it gently back on the table.
"So have you been busy this week?" she asked, moving to set her hands on the table. "Work been going well?"