Sade

Sam POV

I opened my dorm room door to see Cade patiently waiting outside. She was wearing a deep orange dress with white lace decorating the straps, middle, and bottom. I was puzzled as to why she was so dressed up, it's not like we were going anywhere. I looked down at my simple street clothes and then stepped aside to let her in. She looked around. We went to the same college, and yet we had never been in each other's dorms. When I had told my roommate about tonight (only to ask for some privacy) he had gotten the wrong idea and thought Cade and I were going to… well you know. I told him we were just watching a movie, because I wasn't really into Valentine's Day and I assumed Cade wasn't either simply because she was Cade, but he didn't believe me. He had left an hour ago.

"Hey," Cade shot me a small smile and gave me a quick hug.

I grinned back, "Hey. Ready for the movie?"

Cade paused and looked confused for a moment, "Oh! Well what are we going to see?"

"Aliens. You've heard of it, haven't you?" it was a classic sci-fi movie, and it was one with actual knowledge in it, unlike those crappy sci-fi movies.

She looked a little hurt. Didn't she like this movie? I thought she would. Unless Australians had something against this movie… We were both a little, well, nerdy. But then she gave me another smile, "Ace!" she crashed down on my bed and crossed her legs. She patted the spot next to her, expecting me to sit down, "Where did you get it? That old movie renting place back of Bourke?"

It had taken me a while, but I did eventually manage to learn most of the Australian slang she used. For instance, back of Bourke meant far away. I nodded in response and sat down next to her. I clicked the remote to play.


The credits began to roll. Cade lifted her head from my shoulder and I pulled my arm back from around her. So, I guess that was it. There wasn't much else we could do now.

"Do you want me to call you a cab? Or did you drive here?" I asked her.

Cade looked depressed, "I drove."

I raised an eyebrow at her, "Alright, what's wrong? You've seemed hurt all night? Did something happen to you today? I could always call Fred to have him beat somebody up for you."

Cade shook her head, "No, it's just," She stared at me with her big green eyes, "I thought we were going to go out and do something special tonight. You're smart, I figured that you would come up with something creative and fun, but I guess this is all you could do," she waved her arm out and gestured to the TV, "Tomorrow I'm going to have to listen to the girls talk about their amazing Valentine's Day now and all I can do is sit their silently."

I was stunned. She actually cared about Valentine's Day? I didn't know Cade as well as I thought. I should really work on that. "You really wanted to do something? I just assumed that you weren't that into Valentine's Day and I still wanted to be with you, so I thought a simple movie would be ok. Guess I was wrong," I looked down. Man, I felt dumb.

Cade gave me a half smile, "You're the smartest boy in your school and yet you couldn't figure out something as simple as this. Of course I love Valentine's Day. I'm a girl. It only sucks when you're single, which I'm not. I really did want to go out and actually do something today."

I thought for a moment, "Well, I guess we could go out tomorrow. It's too late now to do anything, but I promise I can make it up to you."

Cade chuckled, "You really don't have to do that."

"Yes I do. I ruined our first Valentine's Day together. I need to make it up to you."

Cade blushed, "Well, if you want to that bad, I guess we can go out to dinner at a nice restaurant or something."

I nodded, "Definitely. I'll pick you up at eight."

She smiled at me, "Ok. I guess that could work."

I beamed back at her. So, maybe I didn't know as much as I thought I did, but come on, I'm a nerd, it's not like I have experience with this stuff.


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