Spencer's POV:
It's Valentine's Day today. My. Hatest. Day. Of. The. Year. Ever. Ugh.
I mean, Valentine's Day is so overrated. It's just a nonsensical way of seeing who's popular and – why the heck is there a huge teddy bear sittin on top of my desk?
Oh, there's a card on its paws, might as well read it.
I just wanted to let you know that it's been a year of loving you each and every passing day. This bear might help remind you of me.
You-know-who
The card flipped out of my hands. Relax, relax. Of course it's not Voldemort silly. I might have been reading too much Harry Potter.
Now, who the heck signs a card with a 'you-know-who'? My eyebrows couldn't relax. I thought over for a minute for someone who might do this and came up with no one. How ironic, I don't know who 'you-know-who' is.
So… This teddy bear must've been at my desk by mistake.
I took the teddy bear to the lost and found section.
"Excuse me, ma'am."
The old woman in-charge lowered her eyeglasses and scanned me up and down, grinning genuinely. "Oh, it's you."
"Huh?"
"Wait a minute deary." The old woman headed to a huge box. I thought she'll reach for something but she picked up the whole box. Strong grandma I'd say. She went up to me and shoved the box to my hands.
I stood there, a ginormous teddy bear on one arm and a huge box on the other as the old woman tapped her watch and said, "You're a little early for class. But I guess someone else's earlier than you. It's nice to see kids these days doing something special for their special someone." The old lady giggled. "You should go out tonight sweetie, you know, go to the dance with you-know-who."
She winked at me as she left which made me chuckle a little.
So what do I do with this box? I opened the box and I was stunned by what I saw.
An alligator, a dolphin, a hippo, a lion, and a koala, all hailing from the stuffed animal kingdom. There was a note inside.
Master Shylae, the mighty and fluffy teddy bear, isn't lost. We, the loyal Shylaeic servants, are here to accompany Master Shylae on his quest to remind you of you-know-who. Hotels are expensive nowadays so may we ask to crash your place for just a couple of forevers?"
Hope we, Master Shylae and his loyal Shylaeic servants, made your Valentine's Day unforgettable. rowr
I laughed. Okay, so it was really given to me. It was a cute act alright. So.. You-know-who knew how to make me laugh. Hmm… I gathered my new homebuddies and let them chill in my car while I get back to class.
Classes went like it normally did and before I knew it, it was already lunch. I headed to the caf and saw Ashley and Aiden at the far end table. I smiled at them and she returned back the smile while Aiden waved and continued talking to her girlfriend. Ashley had this look on her face like she wanted to ask me something. I was heading towards her when-
"Hey, Spencer!" I turned around to see who it was.
It was Justin, the Josh Duhamel-look-alike. He was shy and like tried to ask me out a couple of times but I kept on rejecting him. He wasn't that bad really, I just.. I just always had this funny feeling that I should wait and reserve myself for someone else.
"Did you happen to get the uhm, the-uhmm you-know-…" He stuttered. He's you-know-who?!
"It was you?" I keenly asked him.
"So you got it? Whew… I thought I- Anyway, I know this might be a little late, but would you like to go to the dance with me?"
I looked over at Ashley. She was giggling and grinning, Aiden was telling her something.
I returned my head to Justin again. Think I might give Justin and me a chance. Maybe it'll work out. I mean, he just did the sweetest thing ever! Look at me, still giggling over Shylae and his loyal servants. Ha-ha! If he had been doing this every year, I'll absolutely have no reason to hate Valentine's Day at all.
"Okay, I'll go to the dance with you. Pick me up at 7."
Meanwhile, inside the guy's locker room…
"Spencer? Spencer Carlysle?"
"Yeah, that's me."
"There's a card for you."
"Huh? Oh. Okay."
Spencer Carlysle read his card.
Happy Valentine's Day
From Justin
"What the--?!"