Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
and so are you

That message and many other's like it were plastered all over my hideaway. pink and purple hearts decorated the trees, and walls. Valory's cupids had been here. I sighed and got up from my bed. I might have been able to believe that it was an ordinary day. No more. It was February 14. To most that was the day of love. It was a day to celebrate romantic relationships and family and friendship. To me it is full of sorrow and regret.

I'm not fond of Valentine's day. It always reminds me of the one time I did fall in love as a mortal.

The Once-ler.

I loved him, perhaps from the moment we met as kids. Through all my mortal life, even when he became greedy and selfish, I loved him. One day, though I realized that I couldn't live like I had been, I couldn't be his best friend, and I couldn't love him anymore, so I left.

As a Spirit I now have new friends and family but, the holiday always brings back all my bitterness and sorrow.

This doesn't stop Valory Candle, the Spirit of love and Valentine's day. every once and in a while she'll try to set up dates for me and so far they haven't worked. But come Valentine's day she puts her heart and soul into getting me to fall in love again.

This year though I'm slightly worried. She hasn't pulled anything on me all year and I know she hasn't forgotten. The state of my Glade is proof of that. She is also very good friends with Tooth who I may have confided some things too. Things concerning the winter spirit Jack Frost.

Jack and I are just friends, and just being friends took some hard work and time. We are opposites in the fact that he's the Winter Spirit and I'm the Summer Spirit. Other than that we are pretty similar. We both love to prank and pull jokes on other Spirits. We're both rebels at heart. His center was fun and mine was laughter. The similarities made us rivals and for a long time Jack and I couldn't even be in the same room together without a fight breaking out.

As time went on though, we stopped working against each other and began working as a team. He became my best friend and my prank partner, much to Bunny's chagrin.

However...recently I've begun for the first time to feel something more towards Jack. My biggest fear is that he'll find out and not feel the same. And that it would ruin our somewhat fragile friendship.

And...I don't know if I want to fall in love again

I spent most of the day riding my Glade of the decorations and sulking. I didn't want to leave and see everyone happy and loving even though I knew that there was no reason for me not to be.

Sandy came in the evening to deliver a message.

"Sandy, you know I hate Valentine's day." I said "Why would I want to go to a Valentine's party."

Sandy made golden sand signs above his head that I translated to mean that it was North's message

"Tell North that I'm not coming"

He sighed and signed something to me.

"Don't shoot…. the messenger-what?" A sack was thrown over my head.

North had decided that I was going to attend the party whether I wanted to or not and he had sent the yeti's to get me in their usual fashion.

I reluctantly decided that I would stay. It wasn't worth missing the party if I was going to have to hide from North's yetis the whole time.

I began to enjoy myself-not that I would ever tell anyone. North's head is big enough as it is, and he enjoys gloating wayyyy to much.

Halfway through the party, I was chatting with April Fools, one of my best friends, when Jack came up to me.

"Hey Jack"

"Hey, uh Breeze, can I...can I talk to you in private for a sec?"

"Sure...I guess" I said goodbye to April and we went off in one of the quieter parts of North's Workshop. "Sooo…."

He opened his mouth to speak, closed it, opened it again and then closed it.

"Jack?" He turned red.

"Here" Jack said quickly handing me something and turned and flew off.

"Jack!" I called after him, frustrated, and confused but he was gone. Sighing I looked down to see what he had given me.

It was a homemade Valentine card in the shape of a heart. I open it and read the writing inside.

Summer is red

Winter is blue

When we first met

I hated you

I brought snow

And you brought rain

We both were different

and yet somehow the same

As time went on

I began to see

That you and I were

just meant to be

I want you to know

honest and true

The center of my world

begins and ends with you

PS- Sorry it's not any good, I've never written Poetry before. Tooth said Poetry was romantic, so... yeah. Anyway Happy Valentine's Day, Breeze

Love

Jack