Men, Women and Flowers

Marc was about to go on a date, his first date in more than a year, since he started his first job after university, he was very focused on his work for the last year, and he had no time for such things. His date was Sandra, a girl he met a friend's party, they had a nice conversation there, and they agreed to meet again, they were going to meet at the central plaza, then they would probably go to one of the nice cafes at the plaza. Marc studied computer science, and he worked at a high tech company, a bit of a geek, but never the less he had a sense for the romance, he decided he would stop at a flower shop on his way and buy Sandra some roses, there was an enormous choice of different roses and the shop, in the end he opted for white roses, he bought a bouquet, when he got to the plaza he parked his car, picked up the bouquet, and was about to leave, when he started thinking "what is she going to do with this bouquet once I give it her ? She is going to have to carry it around all the time", he decided that giving her one rose is a better idea, maybe even a moreromanticc one, he had seen it many time in movies, so he chose one rose out of the bouquet, the most perfect one, and dumped the rest in the trunk of the car.

He went towards the center of the plaza, and there he saw Sandra, he kept the flower behind his back as he got closer, and when he got there he kissed her on the cheek and handed her the rose, Sandra was delighted for the gift, she said it was beautiful, they decided on which cafe to go to, but as they were walking towards it Sandra looked preoccupied, "We have to put this rose in water soon, otherwise it will die", she said "maybe we can ask for an extra glass of water at the cafe to put this rose in", she added, "Sure, we can do that", Marc calmly replied, but in his mind he was thinking, "it is just a rose that is going to die eventually anyway", they got the cafe, she ordered some coffee and he ordered some tee, and they asked for a glass of water as well, where they placed the rose in, things went quite well, the stayed there for a couple of hours, they had a nice conversation and a few laughs, and they decided to meet again. As they were about to go their separate ways, Sandra thanked him for the rose again, "I am going to put this lovely rose in water as soon as I get home", she said, Marc smiled, "she really likes the gift, I guess that is a good thing", he thought, kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye.

Marc completely forgot about the other rose in the trunk, until a few days later when he had to put something in the trunk, and he found the roses there, all dead, he grabbed them and threw them away in the trash , "You served your purpose", he said as he did that, he and Sandra already went on a second date and were going to meet again. A couple of weeks later, Sandra invited him to her apartment, and as he entered, he saw it, the rose, it was setting in a glass of water next to the window, still in a perfect condition, "I put next to the window, so it gets some sun", said Sandra when she noticed Marc staring at the flower, "that is really great, it still looks good", Marc replied, "But it might be wise not to mention the fate of the other roses to her", he thought, as they held each other and their lips came together.