CJ sat at her desk her face buried behind a memo. Leo knocked on the door.
"Hey Leo."
"Hey CJ. Listen go home. Whatever is going to happen isn't going to happen tonight." He told her. She shrugged. "Come on its Valentine's Day. Get outta here." He said. She nodded her head and waited for him to leave. She didn't want him knowing that she had nobody to spend Valentine's Day with.
"Alright, Leo. I'll leave here in a few." She said as she straightened her desk. He leaned against the door frame.
"Nice try, Claudia Jean. The minute I leave you're going to go right back to reading that memo, which probably isn't that important." He said. She sighed and gathered her things. She knew he wouldn't leave without her now.
"You're impossible, you know that right?" She said. He just shrugged. They walked outside. There was a flower taped to the gate. It was a white rose with a red tip. They were her favorite.
"What the hell is this?" He asked.
"How am I supposed to know?" She said. She grabbed the flower and read the card.
"Happy Valentine's Day, Claudia Jean Cregg. Your not so secret admirer." It read.
"It's for me." She said. He shook his head.
"Looks like maybe you got yourself a secret admirer." He said as the gate opened.
"Oh what are we, twelve?" She asked.
"Whatever you say CJ. Have a nice night." He said.
"You too. Tell Jordan I said 'hi'." She said with a cheeky grin. He rolled his eyes and walked away. CJ walked over to her car and froze. There was another flower taped to her windshield. She smiled, grabbed the flower and read the car.
"You should always listen to Leo. Your not so secret admirer." It read. She shook her head.
"Who the hell could it be?" She asked herself. Of course Leo was involved. It had to be someone she knew or Leo wouldn't have helped. She got into her car and laughed. There was another taped to her steering wheel.
"Don't bother trying to figure out who it is. Your not so secret admirer." She sighed with a smile. She drove home and tried to figure out who it could be. She honestly had no idea. The drive home was surprisingly short. She gathered her bag and walked up to her front steps. There was another rose sticking out of her mailbox.
"I'm driving you crazy aren't I? Your not so secret admirer." She laughed. She took her mail and smiled at the post card from Russia. It's where Danny was on assignment.
"Oh Danny." She sighed. She missed him and of course she wanted to be with him, but it wasn't possible and she had to move on. They both did.
"Hey CJ. I miss ya and I hope you aren't hassling another reporter the way you do me. I hope to be home soon and then I'll most likely ask you out again. I'll probably get the same 'No Danny' but you can't blame a guy for trying. Try not to have too much fun without me. Das VI Dania, Claudia Jean.
Danny Concannon."
She reached blindly for the handle as she read his postcard again. Her hand hit another flower. She looked down stuck the flower with the other four.
"Hurry up. You still have 7 more to find. Your not so secret admirer." She opened the door and tossed her stuff on the table in her hall and kicked off her heels. She looked up at the mirror. Another flower.
"Okay now this is a little freaky." She said.
"Don't be scared. Leo trusts me and so should you. Your not so secret admirer." It said. There was a sticky note on the mirror. "Kitchen." She walked over to her kitchen and smiled. There was a package of goldfish crackers and a flower taped to it.
"Ooh he is good." She said. She grabbed the flower and joined it to the bouquet that was steadily growing in her hand. She opened the package and smiled. She popped a few into her mouth. She picked up the card from the table and read it.
"Try not to eat the whole thing in one shot. Fridge is next. Your not so secret admirer." It read. She placed the carton of crackers on the counter.
"If this is Toby or Josh I am going to kill them." She said as she walked over to the fridge. She grabbed the flower and read the card.
"Just enjoy and relax. Your not so secret admirer." It read. There was another sticky note pointing to the handle of the fridge. She opened the fridge and smiled a bit. A bottle of wine with a flower. "I hope you're thirsty. Head for the stairs. Bring the wine. Your not so secret admirer."
"Okay. Just relax, Claudia." She told herself. She walked over to the stairs with the wine. The banister had yet another flower.
"I promise you have nothing to fear. Head up to your room. Your not so secret admirer." It read. The whole time she kept trying to figure out who was her admirer. The cards were all typed out so she could even see his hand writing. She slowly walked up the stairs. There was another flower on her door. "Come on in. Your not so secret admirer."
"Just do it." She told herself. She held her breath and pushed the door open. She sighed and smiled. There were two full bouquets of red roses. She looked on the bed and saw the last white rose. She walked over to the bed but raised her eyebrows when she couldn't find a card. She placed the bottle on the bed and looked all over and found nothing. She gasped when she felt two strong arms around her waist.