Rick dropped Alex off at school. "Good Luck." He winked as he watched his son roll his eyes and walk off with the flowers in his hand.

Alex scanned the courtyard and spotted Valancy kneeling down in front of a tree gathering up her things before they had to be in class. While taking a deep breath he started over to her. His knees felt like noodles, and his hands were trembling. What if she didn't like them?! What if she got mad?! What if-

"These are for you."

Valancy looked up at him and blushed as she took the flowers from him and sniffed them. "Thank you." She told him quietly and smiled.

Alex's muscles relaxed as he saw that she liked them.

She giggled at the expression on his face. "Come on, silly." She took his hand and lead them both into the building just in time for class.

****

Alex looked up at the clock. Yay! 5 minutes until school was out and he couldn't wait. He pulled out a piece of paper and wrote,

Can you come to my house for dinner??

He folded it up and then threw it down the row under Valancy's desk. He watched as she picked it up, making sure their teacher didn't see, and opened it. She wrote something down and threw it back. He smiled. 'Score.'

****

Alex and Valancy walked into his living room to find his parents. Evie put down her book and Rick looked up from the paper.

"And who might this be?" She asked with a smile.
"Valancy." Alex explained

Rick, grinning at Alex, got up and took her hand. "It's a pleasure meeting you, Valancy." He said, being the charming man that he is.
She giggled, now knowing where Alex got his good looks.

"Big Al wouldn't have a girlfriend, now would he?" Jonathan asked as he entered the room.

"Jonathan, lay off." Evie told him as Rick just grinned along with him. "Well, you two kids can run off and play while dinner is getting ready."

They quickly ran out and Alex lead her out into the backyard. She gasped at the field full of beautiful flowers. "It's breath-taking!"

He laughed and started running to it. "Come on!"

They ran until they couldn't anymore. They collapsed in the middle of the flowers and took deep breaths.

Sitting up, Alex started picking daisies. Valancy smiled at him, "Whatchya doin?"

He didn't answer her until he had made a little crown of flowers and placed it upon her head. "You're pretty." He told her. 'oh my god! I cant believe I said that out loud!'

She felt her cheeks turn a light pink and she leaned over and quickly kissed him on the cheek. "Well, I think your *very* handsome, Alex."

"Time for dinner!!" Evie called out to them.

Getting up, Valancy turned to run back in that direction. Alex sat there a minute with his hand on his cheek where she had kissed him, and then finally got up and caught up with her.

******

Alex walked Valancy to her door and pecked her on the lips. "Bye." And he walked back to the car where his Dad was waiting for him.

When he got into the car, Rick made a disgusted face and whined, "Ewwww, get a room."

Alex covered his smile with his hand and when he got a serious expression he took it back down. "Just drive." He commanded as his Dad started off.

Rick turned the corner, glanced at Alex and grinned, "Someone's in looooove."

He didn't wanna answer but that grin his dad kept giving him was getting on his nerves. "Shutup. Your soo meeaannnn."

"Romeo, I'm just giving you a hard time, cause that's what you always tell me and Mum."

Alex glared at him for calling him 'Romeo' as they pulled up into the driveway. Rick laughed and they both got out of the car and walked into the house.

Jon came walking up to them. "O'connell, there you are, I've been looking for you."

"Sorry, we just had to go drop off Juliet at home." Rick answered, loving the moment.

Alex shook his head and headed upstairs. It was already late and he was exhausted. Climbing into bed, he pulled the covers close and smiled to himself as he drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

Author's note: I thought this was cute. I will continue and add more if you would like, but I hope you liked it! :)