Title: Crush
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this storie, except Valancy. :)
Summary: Alex gets his first crush....
Author's note: Okay, some of these little things were from Jessi. (oconnells_mummy_girl) such as, "Ewww, get a room." and a couple of stuff like that, besides them, I wrote the rest.



He looked drearily around the 3rd grade classroom. He started to daydream about how he would love to be in Egypt right now, having an adventure, going on a dig....... He daydreamed that *he* would be the one who would kill all the mummies, *he* would be the one to save the day.......

"Alexander O'Connell!" The teacher scolded him, bringing him back to earth, "Would you mind telling us what was more important than what we are talking about?" She pointed to the blackboard.

"I......uh......er,well, I....."

The class laughed.

"Very well, Mr.O'connell, but if I find you not paying attention again..." She continued with her lesson.

Alex muttered something under his breath and he looked out of the corner of his eye at somebody he felt staring at him. It was a girl, a couple of seats down the row. She had on a pretty, delicate, lavender dress and a thin pink ribbon that pulled her dark wavy hair back out of her eyes, and let it rest on her shoulders. She had green-hazel eyes, rosy cheeks, and cute little dimples when she smiled. Which was what she was doing now and when she saw Alex looking back at her she blushed and turned away.

Alex suddenly got a feeling he had never gotten before. But it was a good feeling, a sensational feeling, and it had hit him when he layed eyes on the girl. He thought her very pretty and found himself wanting to talk to her. He thought this strange because he had never wanted to look at a girl before, more likely talk to one. And the other boys thought girls were gross and had cooties and had always told him to stay away....... But he didn't care about that right now.

****Recess****

Alex was out playing tag with a group of boys from his class. David was right on his heels and he laughed as they both collided to the ground in a heap. They helped each other up and started their way back to the others when David left his side. Alex turned around and saw that he had walked up to the girl he had seen in class, and her friend, and had stolen that pink ribbon from her hair.
"Give it back!!" She cried. David just held it up higher.

Alex walked up to them. "Come on, David, give it back."

"Why would I wanna do that?!" He smirked at her as she jumped up and down.

"Because if you don't, you'll be sorry...."

The little girl sniffled.

"OooooOooo, I'm *so* scared, O'connell!" He laughed and then laughed harder as tears got to the little girls' eyes. "Cry baby."

That was it.

Alex threw back his fist, and landed it smack upside David's face before he could react, making him fall to the ground. He let the ribbon drop as he clutched his eye, which was bleeding and starting to swell. Alex bent over and gave the girl her ribbon and she slightly smiled at him, but was horrified at what he had done.

"Thank you..." She told him softly as she took it from him and started to tie it back in her hair.

"No problem..." he gave her that lop-sided grin of his that he had inherited from his father and added, "What's your name?"

"Valancy." She giggled at his cute smile.

They were then interupted as the teacher came running out to them. "Alex O'Connell! I should have known! -"

Valancy stopped the teacher from smacking Alex from upside his head, "No! David was mean to me, that's why he did it..." She started to blush.

The woman was speachless. "Oh....well...ok....Come along, David.....Children, come on inside, recess is over."

They all walked inside the building together.
****After School****

Alex came running into the O'connell Manor. "Dad!!"

No answer.

"DAD!!!!"

Rick came down the stairs and casually walked past Alex and into the living room, "Hey, slugger..."

He dropped his bookbag. "What?....." He followed his father into the room.

Rick grinned.

"How did you know?"

"News travels fast.....So, what started it anyways?" Rick asked eagerly, wanting to know the details.

He tried to change the subject. "Dad?.....what do girls like?"

Rick paused, "It depends....." A grin started to spread across his face, "Ohh! So *this* is how it started!"

Alex waited for an answer.

"Well..... try flowers. Most girls love them, and -"

"Okay." Alex jumped to his feet and headed out back where there was a whole field of wild flowers.

Still grinning, Rick headed upstairs where he found Evie looking around her books. She looked up when she saw him, she asked, "And *what* are you smiling at?"

"I think Alex has his first crush."

"How cute! ..... How do you know?"

"He *practically* told me...."

"Why?!" Evie asked him, offended that she had been left out.

"For advice, of course." He smiled, "Considering I'm the most charming, most handsome, most polite, most ........."

She giggled.

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Alex picked his fifth tulip. He now had 3 pink ones and 2 yellow ones. This satisfied him, so he walked back into the house where he found his Dad and Mum. Rick handed him a vase, filled with fresh water. "Thought you could use this."

Gratefully, he took it and put the flowers inside.

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