She had spotted something that she just had to get, but didn�t want anybody to know about. She was on a mission. A plan she had concocted immediately after she had seen the object. She went over to one of Cody�s table. "How much for the bear and locket?" She asked as she fingered the stuff animal.

"It�s a special gift for someone special this Valentine�s day. I was thinking eight dollars." Cody saw her face drop as she realized she didn�t have enough. "But for you how about six dollars?" Cody was being extra pleasant to Melissa, after all she is Jacy�s sister. The girl Cody has his heart set on winning.

Melissa pulled out her money and started counting it. She knew she didn�t have enough, but she did it anyway. It came to five dollars and eighty cents. She blew air out from her mouth and sighs.

Cody knows she�s is very disappointed. "This fella must really be special." He picked up the bear and handed it to her. "Did I say six dollars. I meant five dollars and eighty cents." Melissa�s face lit up and she handed Cody the money and took the bear with the gold locket. She walked off toward the buggy that Jimmy had brought them to the dance in. She hid it under a blanket in the back of the buggy. She would put her plan into action as soon as she got home.

She was a little sad as she walked back to her date. She had no more money and she had wanted to buy a whistle, a certain whistle. The one she had told Michael to put his initials on that first day of school when she thought there might be a connection between the both of them. Unfortunately, after buying the bear she didn�t have any money left, though she would have asked her sister for the money, but when she had purchased the bear she had noticed that the whistle was gone anyway.