Trying For A Storybook Ending Part 2

"But to see her, was to love her,

Love but her, and love forever."

I never worked out who they were from until last year. It was of course Alex... no one else would do anything as sweet or as thoughtful for me... the others never put any thought behind them. They would go and buy the tackiest or the most expensive cards and never care what the verse said...they didn't care about the words. Once I found out that it was him that had sent the cards I went scouring the Internet to find the poem that the verse was off. It was so beautiful and sad that I almost cried. Me? Isabel Evans crying? At a poem? I know you think I'm lying but it really applied to what might happen to us if we had to leave. It was about the poet losing his lover and his declaration that he would love her forever. I have no idea how he found it 6 years ago, but I know that last year he was thinking about how it would apply to his life if I ever left. You know what I'm scared of don't you? That I won't get a card from him this year, that he won't want to give me one.

I've begun the mending process of the others messed up lives to distract me from my own. I'm taking the girls shopping with me and each of their guys have gotten a note through their locker telling them to meet them later tonight. I swear to God that if Michael doesn't show up I will kill him. He's screwed with her emotions too much already. So here we are, 4 girls in a car... well a jeep actually. Each with a more depressed expression on their face than the other. I pull the jeep over.

"Ok? What's up? Why are you all looking down in the mouth... it is Valentines Day! We've cut school, we're going to a mall far far away and we have no guys to infringe on our good time. What is the problem?"

We all get out and Maria takes a deep breath as she starts her rant.

"Michael didn't get me a card... he didn't even say anything about it.... you know he KNEW what day it was...I dropped enough hints to sink the titanic but did he listen? Like hell he did...I don't even know why I try with a hopeless case like that...he is by far the densest guy on this or any other planet."

Whhooo boy, this was going to be fun. I looked at Liz and Tess who were both looking awkwardly at each other although Tess was looking a little.... mad. This couldn't be good and sure enough here it came...

"So...Liz? Did you get any cards? You know from secret admirers, first love.... oh did you get one from the guy you lost your virginity to?"

I almost choked.... Tess was getting at Liz: this was not good. She actually sounds jealous. Who would have thought that she had it in her. Anyway, there's enough time for that later. But right now? I don't need a stand up fight between the two of them.... it could get ugly.

"No Tess, I didn't get any. What about you? Any from your housemate or your "destiny"? No? Oh never mind.... you can go into their heads and make them send you one."

Liz gave Tess a sickly sweet smile as Tess' face flushed a deep red. She never, ever lost her temper like this. Maria and me exchange silent glances.... This is not good! Maybe this wasn't one of my better ideas.

"Both of you calm..."

"I would never EVER use my powers on Kyle like that! Not like you, you little slut, you click your fingers and he comes running to do whatever you want him to do."

"This coming from the girl that made my boyfriend think he was having sex with her