My Valentine

A short story about my Valentines day.

I woke up nervous this morning and went to school nervous as well. I walked up the stairs feeling very pretty in my worn-out sweat shorts , my shirt with that said 'Adorkable' across my chest, my black flats and my hair gelled down. Walking over to where my friends always stand until we're let into the commons, I only found their bags.

Lillian came up and attacked me with her morning hug, I hugged her back to bust listening to a girl my friends know. "Do you have Emily's number?" Katilyn asked me I looked back over to their bags wondering where they were. "No, not on me and I haven't memorized it either." I replied barley aware that I had my hug from Lillian already. The girl frowned and she looks like a Katie. "Dang. I wanted to ask her to get me something to drink. I mean I'd pay her back, ya know?" I smiled at her and nodded in agreement to what she said to me. As she left I went over to Lillian I'd already forgot about the hug, yet I felt like I had been hugged too.

"What are you doing not giving me a hug?" I asked pushing her playfully and watched a confused look grow on her face. "Dude, I attacked you with a hug like two minuets ago." Lillian spoke in her ghetto voice, she's the only black girl-fully black-that I'm friends with, but Elijah doesn't count 'cause he's a boy. My eyes went over to Lillian's friends who just looked at me like I was stupid and I felt like it too.

Forgetting her hug was like not crying at your mother's funeral. I had went to bed late that night too and that's usually when I forget things when I don't sleep enough. "Oh... I have no memory of a hug from you today, Lillian. I forget things when I go to sleep late and wake up early." My words came out slowly and soft, her expression looked almost hurt bu the fact that I forgot.

I felt bad too, we laughed as she backed up into the fake plant. "My grandma had a fake tree and I swear it attacked me. I didn't trip or anything and my grandma freaked out when I screamed and she threw it away and that thing was like 20 years old." I smiled and laughed, half the time I thought the stories were make-up to entertain people and herself, I also liked her stories too. "I remember when I was little, I'd pick the leafs off of them." She pulled a leaf lightly on the plant. "I would have whipped you, messing with my fake plant like that." I laughed lightly as she did too. I looked over to find my friends coming in the single door, I left Lillian with her friends to see mine again happy that Lexie wasn't around. "You guys left me here all alone." I whined a bit to them. Emily looked at me.

"I'm sorry, Ash." she said hugging me. I said my "hi" to everyone and got my hugs.  I looked out the windows a lot waiting for Troy to show up, he had asked me to be his Valentine's yesterday morning, I blushed like crazy and accepted his request to be his sweetheart this year. I was very nervous and excited about seeing him today. Ashley Lammers and I kept looking for our valentines. "Oh my god, where's Matt?" she asked freaking out maybe about as much as I was inside, I didn't wanna freak out I wanted to seem calm because Troy's my first real valentine ever. My fingers played with my necklace with an "A" on it and it was blue too. I had gotten it for Christmas with my shirt, but dad didn't get the necklace mom had 'cause I picked it out and got the pink one for Angel. I was worried now.

"There I text'd him." Ashley said putting her phone up so I could see it. "Get your butt ova here!" I read it aloud to myself and smiled. Her and Matt had been dating for two months now and they seem like a cute couple too. She read the time to us since I didn't have a phone.

"They should be here by now." I said worried that Troy hadn't mean it by asking me or to just make me happy, though I knew he liked me also and I've liked him for a while now too. I was excited to have a valentine this year for the first time. I even forgot that it was an A day and that I'd have my favorite classes today also. I was scared and worried about Troy.

Was he sick or did her just not wanna see me this morning? I took a shower last night and shaved for today plus I have gym tomorrow and we wear shorts too. I watched Briana go through her bag looking for my valentine, she had Spongebob and I saw Emily's. Briana handed me mine. "Here you go!" she said as I opened it and ready it. "Hey you gave both Ashleys the same one!" Emily said laughing and I smiled more showing Ashley L. mine so she can read it and she smiles too. "Hey. You did give us the same one!" she said to Bri.

Bri looked at ours. "Hmm... guess I did, well I didn't know that I gave you two the same ones." Bi said and joined the laughter. Matt walked in and handed a box to Ashley and sat down closer to me since there was no room for him to sit next to her. "It's a box?" Ashley said confused and opened the box up to pull out a frog with little boxers on it. Her eyes lit in awe. "It's adorable, Matt!" she exclaimed in happiness. It wasn't that adorable, I thought kinda jealous of being single and not dating someone that I wanna date.

I got up and hugged Alex and Danielle, I got my valentine card from Alex and felt bad because I didn't have anything to give in return. All I had was a box of sweet-tarts and that was for my valentine. Sitting back down with my friend, Bri was laying against Emily and she said that they were valentines.

Emily showed everyone her necklace and lied about getting it in the mail but I went along with it. I didn't wanna hurt her. I walked to my hallway all by myself and I missed Troy even more. Once I was done with my locker I went to Lillian's until I saw Robert than went to Troy and hugged him. I gave him the candy. "I was gonna kiss you for a present." Troy said