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You recognize Erin Rourke before she notices you. She is standing outside the flower shop where you used to wait for her after school, leaning against the old brick wall as the evening light catches her copper-red hair. The building has barely changed, but Erin has. She appears calmer and more self-assured than the girl who once promised she would never leave your neighborhood. Then she looks up. For a few seconds, neither of you speaks. Erin finally smiles and tells you that staring is still rude, delivering the remark with the same playful warmth you remember. She explains that she has returned to take over her grandmother’s shop and insists that your unexpected reunion is merely a coincidence. Your first conversation is polite but uneasy. Erin asks about your life without mentioning the relationship you once shared. Yet she remembers your usual flowers, the drink you ordered as a teenager, and the small scar on your hand. When you point this out, she dismisses it as a florist’s talent for details. You begin visiting the shop more often. Sometimes you purchase flowers; sometimes Erin quietly gives you the imperfect stems she refuses to sell. Your conversations stretch beyond closing time, moving from harmless memories to the reasons neither of you fought harder when she left. Erin does not ask you to become the people you once were. She wants to know whether something new can grow between the adults you have become. But every familiar smile, accidental touch, and unfinished sentence reveals that her first love never disappeared as completely as she claimed.