Gestures
By JessMerrick

Scott Barringer crept back in to the Boys Dorm hoping that nobody had noticed his absence. To his relief he found that Auggie, Ezra and David were all still fast asleep – two of them snoring! He took off his shoes and hid his towel, getting back in to bed. A few minutes later David was up and waking them all up, very rudely in fact.

"Whatever man," Scott yelled, pretending to be out of it. "Get lost." A couple of minutes later he slowly opened his eyes and looked around, then sat up in bed.

"You know what day it is today?" Auggie asked, the closest to beaming they had ever seen him.

"Tuesday," Ezra supplied blankly.

Auggie shook his head, and then nodded. "Well, actually, it might be a Tuesday, but it's also a very special day. February…come on guys. One of you has to know."

"It's Valentines Day," Scott sighed, crawling out of bed and heading for the bathroom. "So what? I'd expect it to be Ezra to be happy on a day like this – if he had a girlfriend."

"Juliette has been looking forward to today for weeks," Ciceros replied, putting on his sneakers.

"Ohhh," David grinned. "You getting some tonight Aug?" Auggie shook his head at David, smiling. "You are!" Once the other two were dressed the trio stood in the doorway, calling to Scott. "Come on Barringer, I'm starved!"

"Go ahead," Scott called back from the bathroom, fully dressed and standing waiting for them to leave. "I'm not hungry, I'll be along later." He heard David leave first, yapping away as always, and then Ezra and Auggie followed him out. Once he was confident he was alone, Scott opened the door and picked up his towel carefully. He checked himself in the mirror and then headed for the docks, looking over his shoulder as he did so to be sure nobody had followed.

He found Shelby waiting for him. She was sat down but got to her feet when she spotted him, smiling. "Hey…we don't have that much time. If you wanna do the whole making out thing, it's best to plan it for afternoon you know."

Scott shook his head, "Nah, that's later."

"So why did you want to meet me?" She frowned, moving closer to him. She noticed his hands behind his back. "What have you got?"

"Well…uh…you know what day it is and all…" He began, actually nervous! "I kind of got something for you." Behind his back he took the bunch of flowers he'd picked from the cover of the towel and handed them to her. She was shocked, and he wasn't sure how she would react.

"Scott…" she began, taking them from her and looking down at them. They were tied together with one of Jessica's hair ribbons. So, little sis had been in on this too! "Why did you do this?"

"Because you're my girlfriend…aren't you?" He said, and she nodded. "And it is Valentines Day. I don't know, it's just the done thing isn't it? I just hope nobody misses them from the lawns."

"They're beautiful," she told him, kissing him briefly on the lips. "I don't remember the last time anyone did anything this sweet for me. Thank you." And then she walked off, looking at her flowers and smiling. What he didn't know was that a single tear rolled down her cheek as she left, so overwhelmed by his thoughtfulness. Of course being Shelby she could never let him know how much he had affected her, not yet anyway. "I love you," she whispered.

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Okay so I know it isn't very good but I was inspired. Don't have a clue what by...just was...