The few months just flew by. Everyone continued to teach Heart what it's like to be human. She spent most of her time with William. He seemed to teach her the most, and she seemed rather fond of him. Odd tried to see her as much as possible. But he started to lose hope.
The next morning, Aelita and Heart were woken up by a knocking at the door. It was Aelita who answered it.
"Oh, William," she said. "What a surprise. Do you need something?"
"Could I talk to Heart for a minute?"
"I should have known. Give me a minute to wake her up." She closed the door and went over to Heart. "It's William, he wants to talk to you."
Heart got up and walked to the door. "Yes William?"
He held up a dozen roses, "Happy Valentine's Day, Heart. I got these for you."
Heart blushed. "They're beautiful."
"Just like you. Hey, I was wondering. Would you be my date to the Valentine's dance tonight? "
She smiled big and threw her arms around him. "Oh I'd love to William!"
"Great, I'll come and get you at six then?"
"Sounds perfect." She closed the door behind her and smelt her roses.
"Are those from William?"
Heart smiled, "Yes. They are." She se. t them on her desk, and there was another knock at the door. Aelita shrugged and Heart answered the door. There was a single white rose and a note on the ground.
"I think it's for you, Heart. Seeing as there is a huge heart on the front. "
From the moment I first saw you,
You stole my heart away.
Meet me in the garden after school
She turned the note over. "There's no name. It just says to meet the person in the garden after school."
"Are you?"
"I guess so. I want to know who this is from."
After class, Heart bumped into William.
"Where ya headed to?" he asked.
"The garden. But I really have to go. I'll see you tonight." And she ran off.
"Uh, I guess," William mumbled to himself.
Heart waited anxiously in the garden. She heard a rustling behind her, she did a roadhouse but Odd came out to block her.
"Odd? What are you doing here?"
"I saw you standing here alone and thought you could use some company."
"So you didn't send the note?"
"What note?"
"Never mind."
Odd started to blush. "Hey Heart. I was wondering. If you're not doing anything tonight, you would want to go to the Valentine's Day dance… With me?"
"Oh Odd. I would love to. But William already asked me to go with him this morning."
"He did? Well then forget I said anything. I'll see you later."
"Odd…"
"No its fine. And judging by that Herb is walking this way, he most likely wrote you that note you mentioned. So if I were you, I'd run."
Heart ran after Odd. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine Heart. So if you don't mind, I'd like to be alone." And he walked away. She stood there watching him leave.
Herb had walked up to Heart and got down on one knee with another rose. "Heart, I…"
"Save it. I'm not interested." And she ran after Odd again, but he was gone.
"Hey Heart!" William was walking toward her. "What's up?"
"I'm looking for Odd. He was upset when he left after talking to me."
"You don't like Odd do you? Like, like-like Odd do you?"
"No. I mean I like Odd yes. I… I don't know William."
He took Hearts hand and turned her face to his. "Because I was starting to think you really liked me. I mean, I really like you. "
"I like you to William." She broke away from him. "I need to be alone right now. I'll see you tonight."
William hung his head a bit and put his hands in his pocket. "Yeah. See you tonight."
Aelita and Heart started to get ready for the dance. At six o'clock William and Jeremy showed up.
"Wow," William commented seeing Heart in her dress. "You look beautiful. The color purple really suits you."
"It matches my hair," she laughed.
"We should get going," Jeremy said, taking Aelita's hand.
The dance was amazing. The music was blaring, and everyone was dancing. Jeremy with Aelita, Ulrich and Yumi. The whole time Heart was will William, all she could think about was Odd. But she didn't let William know that. She was really bothered by how upset Odd looked earlier today. She really wanted to go see him, but she didn't want to leave William alone, so she just stuck it out and stayed. The night progressed on. The music became louder and louder and louder. Soon enough the speakers blew out and so did the lights. Everyone started to freak out. The gang grouped together.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Ulrich asked Jeremy.
"It seems our friend XANA may be paying us a visit."
"You guys head over to the factory," William said. "Heart and I will stay here and keep eyes everywhere."
The other four headed out, just as the speaker's started to move on their own. Throwing classmates left and right.
"Oh no!" Heart realized something. "Odd!"
She started to head for the door. William called after her, "Where are you going?"
"I have to go find Odd! He's still on campus somewhere! I'll be right back!"
Heart ran across the school campus, yelling for Odd. She headed straight for his and Ulrich's room. One of the speakers trailed right behind her.
She slammed open the door, "Odd!"
"Didn't William teach you the importance of knocking?"
She yanked him off the bed, "We have to go! XANA has launched an attack on the school."
Shaking, he pointed behind her. "Would that be part of it?"
As Heart turned around, electric cords threw them against the wall. Heart was knocked unconscious. Odd held her tight as the cord came at them again. But then it froze. And the whole room went white. -
Aelita and Heart awoke at the same time.
"Good morning Aelita." Heart climbed out of bed when she heard the knocking. "That must be William."
Opening the door, she saw Odd standing there, completely out of breath and holding a rose.
"Heart will you go to the Valentine's Day dance with me tonight?" he said holding up the rose. "I know William will show up any minute to ask you so I came as fast as I could."
She took the rose from Odd, he grabbed ahold of her and kissed her, knowing very well that William was watching.
"I'll see you tonight then," Odd blushed.
"See you tonight, Odd." She replied closing the door.
