The young girl stood there, blushing and smiling goofily at the guy in front of her. "I'm so lucky," she thought. The guy was smiling back at her, his golden hair partially covering his deep brown eyes. Now was as good a time as any.
"Hey, Jeremy?" she said, blushing a little more.
"Yeah?" he replied. He seemed to be blushing too, but he was always red like that...
"Umm...do you- like me?" she stammered.
"Sure, you're a cool person n_n"
She gave a tiny exasperated smile.
"No, I mean...do you...love me?"Her hands were shaking now, clenching the valentine she had just recieved. "Cuz...well- I love you, Jeremy."
His smile slowly faded. Not a good sign. Not at all. She felt her heart start to crack...
"Well-" he started, but was suddenly cut off by a girl passing by.
"Hey, Jeremy! Thanx for the rose! n_n" She blew him a kiss. Lexi's heart abruptly split open down the middle. Jeremy blushed, and refocused his attention on the girl in front of him. "Uh..."
Lexi was red all right. But now, it was another type of red. A red that was a mixture of hatred, anguish, and embarrassment. Mostly Anguish.
"You- you gave her a rose?" she stuttered, looking down at the nowcrumpled valentine in her hands. "But, I thought- you always went with me when I invited you- and, and I loved you.. and I thought you felt..." she looked down, trying to hide her tears. "...the same way about me" she murmured.
"Lexi-" he started.
"No!" she yelled. "I don't want your pity!" The tears she had been so anxious to hide a few moments ago now streamed freely down her face, unheeded.
"How could you- " she said in her normal tone, trying to regain her composure. She didn't finish the sentence. How could you choose her over me? She's just a -censor- who uses people and... she stopped herslef. What did it matter to her what type of girl he chose over her? What mattered was that he HAD chosen someone over her. She let it go.
"I- I have to go," she finally said. "Um, my mom's probably waiting for me...Bye."
They both knew this was a lie, Lexi's mom was NEVER on time, but she didn't care. She had to get out of here, keep her heart from shattering any more than it already had...
She quickly walked away, not aware (or caring) that Jeremy was watching her every step, already regretting what he had done...