Hard

I sighed as I glanced at the overcrowded aisles filled with red, white, and pink. Normally, I loved to shop, but I was having a hard time contemplating on what to get Taylor for Valentine's Day. I didn't know what was an appropriate gift for someone you had a previous relationship with but started to hang out with, trying to rekindle our relationship. That and I had a hard time with looking at that much red, white, and pink all crammed into three aisles.

I wandered through the aisle looking at all of the Valentine's Day paraphernalia. I have never really noticed that almost all of the merchandise is geared towards women. I would love to receive a teddy bear holding a heart with an "I love you" written on it, a gigantic box of chocolates in a heart shaped box, or a dozen red roses. In fact, I knew many women would love to receive these gifts on Valentine's Day. I left, figuring that I wouldn't have any luck here.

I walked home and went to my computer to look up some tips for gifts for guys. All I came up with were simple, non-Valentine related gifts. That didn't scream romantic to me. I ended up deciding to bake him heart-shaped brownies. I went downstairs to search for the brownie mix and found Brittany already in the kitchen.

"Hey, what are you making?" I asked her.

"A non-Valentine for tomorrow," she said, shrugging. "It's better than the mushy-gushy things in the stores. I mean, really? What is Zack supposed to do with a teddy bear holding a big heart? The guys will laugh at him." I laughed.

"Good point," I said. "I'm thinking about baking some brownies for Taylor. Do you know where the brownie mix is?"

"Yeah, it's right here," she said, pulling it down from a cupboard. "Speaking of Taylor, he was came by when you were in the store."

"Really?" I asked her. "What did he want?"

"He left you these roses," she said, pulling me into the living room. She showed me a bouquet of red roses.

"Thanks, Brit," I said, smiling. I couldn't help it, it was incredibly cute of him to get me roses. I opened the card that was stuck in the bouquet.

Hey stranger,
I can't wait until tomorrow night- be prepared for a lovely evening.
Taylor

I'm Yours

Today was a incredibly great day! I woke up this morning to the birds chirping and the sun shining. I had decided to walk to school today. Adam was a little annoyed at me for some reason and I don't have the energy to deal with it after what had happened with Haylie. We're still not speaking to each other. It sucks to be mad at your best friend.

When I got to my physiology class, Logan was waiting for me with a dozen roses. I was mildly confused.

"Pretty flowers for a pretty girl," he said, kissing me. I giggled. It was the first time I've ever giggled over a guy. "You're adorable." He smiled.

"They're so beautiful," I said. "Thank you!" I gave him a kiss.

"Read the card," he urged me. I opened the card. Logan wishes to invite you to dinner at his house this evening at 6pm.

"Aww, how cute!" I gushed. "Of course I'll have dinner with you."

The bell rang. We hurried into class.

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I decided to get dressed up for dinner. I had the smokey eyes, sexy thing going on with my little black dress. I drove to Logan's house. My parents let Brittany and I drive their cars, but I don't like to drive. I prefer to walk to places or go with my friends in their cars. I have my license, but it's one of my quirks. I arrived at Logan's house at 6 on the dot. I rang his doorbell.

"Hey," he said. I kissed his cheek. "You look drop dead gorgeous! Let me go change. Sit down."

"Take your time," I said, smiling. He ran into his room to get changed. I sat on the sofa in the living room, waiting nervously. I don't know why I'm so nervous. It was just dinner with Logan. My gut tells me that there is something more to this dinner.

"All changed," he said. He looked amazing in his white dress shirt and black dress pants. "Come sit at the table." He showed me to the dining room. He had set a candle in the middle so it was an intimate setting. He pulled the chair out for me and sat me down.

"Thank you," I said, grinning. This is just too perfect.

"I'll go fetch the food," he said. He went into the kitchen and grabbed the salad bowl and the steak with mashed potatoes.

"This looks amazing," I told him. "You shouldn't have gone through all this trouble."

"For you, it's worth it," he said, smiling. We proceeded to eat our dinner. I managed not to spill anything on myself. I was known as a klutz. He brought dessert out, a piece of cheesecake that we thought would be excellent to enjoy in the living room next to the fireplace. He had me sitting on his lap and he was feeding me the cheesecake.

"You know I can feed myself, right?" I asked him jokingly.

"I like it better this way," he said, finishing the last bite of the cheesecake. He put the plate down. "You're extremely beautiful, you know that?" I smiled.

"You keep telling me that, so it must be true," I joked.

"I want to ask you to be my girlfriend, Courtney," he said, calmly. "I want it to be official. I want to be able to call you my girlfriend in front of everyone in the entire world. I want everyone to know that we're going out. So, Courtney, will you be my girlfriend?" I teared up.

"Of course, Logan," I said, smiling like an idiot. He kissed me. Just his asking me to be official made me so incredibly happy. We spent the rest of the night just enjoying each others' company by watching a movie on his TV. I came to a sudden realization.

I was falling for him.