Author's Note: GAH! I know it's been a while since I've updated, but you have no idea how freaking swamped I am. All I ever think about lately is work, school, work, school…ect… That and I needed a perfect idea for this chapter :). So here it is! I hope you like it!

I'm dedicating this chapter to Miss Dream! Just because she's awesome and I saw her promoting this story on a RPG website earlier ;)

Disclaimer: No matter how many times I tell people I'm Stephanie Meyer, they don't believe me! I wonder why…

Abbie POV

"AbbieAbbieAbbie," an excited, high-pitched voice exclaimed almost too quickly for me to comprehend. Rolling over in my bed, I opened my eyes slowly to see my godmother grinning down at me.

"What," I snapped at her bitterly.

I was never much of a morning person…

She ignored my aggressiveness and continued to grin at me and bounce up and down lightly. "It's time to wake up! Let's go, let's go, let's go," she all but yelled, pulling the warm comforter off of me and skipping away. Groaning, I pulled myself out of bed and slowly got myself ready for school. All the while, I wondered what the hell Aunt Alice was so excited about.

When we climbed into the car, I knew Momma and Daddy knew what was going to happen today. Daddy, of course, knew because he could read her mind, and I was sure Aunt Alice would have told Momma anyway. As I approached my locker, my family and I had gone our separate ways by now, I noticed Mich and Mel waiting for me by my locker and grinning like madwomen.

Huh?

When they noticed me, they rushed over to me, each grabbing a wrist, and pulled me toward my locker.

"What the…" I trailed off, noticing two flowers and a note with my name attached to them hanging on my locker. Umm…okay. The first flower was mainly a white color with a light red tint and then a darker red boarder on the petals and was opened widely with many petals. The second one I recognized as an orchid, it only had a few petals and was a beautiful purple color. I glanced at the girls quickly; both were grinning and bouncing on the balls of their feet, waiting anxiously, before tearing the flowers and letters down and ripping the letter open. The anticipation finally got to me! I noticed the girls glancing over my shoulders as I read the note.

It read:

Dear Abbie,

A single orchid signifies delicate beauty, describing you perfectly. A light red carnation, meaning fascination, a perfect symbol for how fascinated I am by you and everything you do.

I will be waiting for you by your locker before lunch.

And that was it. No name or anything. I'll admit, it was a bit cheesy, but I didn't care. It was still sweet.

"Oh my gosh!" Mel screamed, practically making me deaf in my right ear. Oh god, here she goes again… "Abbie that was so sweet! Do you think it was Corey? I bet you it was, oh Amber is going to be so mad. I can't wait to see her face! You are going to meet him before lunch…aren't you? You have too! I want to know what he…Abbie?" By the time she had called my name, Mich and I were already halfway down the hallway, leaving her to ramble on to herself. Eventually she caught up with us and started to prattle on about her date with Drew, but I tuned her out and began to think about the flowers in my hand.

"Ready to go meet lover boy," Mich joked, nudging me as we left English. Blushing, I rolled my eyes and headed for my locker.

Every step closer I got to my locker, the faster my heart beat. By the time I got the hallway, I thought it was going to burst out of my chest. I honestly thought I was going to pass out when I saw who was standing at my locker. He wore a nice, white button down shirt and a pair of faded blue jeans. He was leaning with his left leg bent and pushed against my locker as he waited. His eyes searched the almost full hallway as he fidgeted with the bouquet of flowers, a mixture of the two he had left for me this morning, in his hands. When he caught my eye, he stared at me for a few minutes before he grinned, showing his perfectly white teeth. When I reached him, he stood on both feet and handed the flowers to me.

"Thank you," I tried to say, but my voice wasn't working, so I just mouthed the words to him.

"Abbie," he whispered, his voice flowing like a song, "I was wondering if you would be so kind as to give me the honor of taking you out to dinner tomorrow night."

I was in complete and utter shock. I couldn't think, I couldn't talk, I could hardly breathe!

"I would love to," I whispered, barley able to find my voice. He grinned before kissing my cheek and rushing off.

"Oh, my…" I trailed off as I sat down across from Aunt Rose, the flowers safely in my locker. I was still a bit dazed.

"What," she asked, fighting a smile and losing. Before I could answer, I heard my name being yelled across the cafeteria. Whipping my head around, I saw a blur of red hair and then, suddenly, a grinning Mel was seated next to me. I stared at her for a while and I thought she was going to explode.

Someone really needs to get her off of whatever the heck she's taking…

"Well," she asked after a while. I waited for the rest of my family and Mich to arrive before I told the whole story, from start to finish.

"I was right, it was Corey," Mel said victoriously. Turning around I faced his table. Bad idea... Amber was glaring at me as if I gave a crap how she looked at me. Personally, I hoped her face froze like that. Then I caught Corey's gaze. We stared for a long while before he winked, causing me to blush, and turned back to his friends. When I turned back around, Aunt Alice was grinning.

"Abbie, you know what this means…right?" She asked.

"Um…no," I replied cautiously, even though I knew exactly what it meant. She rolled her eyes dramatically.

"It means we have to go shopping tonight silly," she told me as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. See, I loved shopping for other people, but when it came to shopping for myself, heck no! I was like my mother that way.

After school Aunt Alice, Aunt Rose, Momma and I went shopping for what I was going to wear tomorrow. I don't know why Aunt Alice doesn't just go pick up the outfit that works best. It would be so much easier for everyone! But, of course, she has to be difficult. I mean, I love her to death, but sometimes she can be a pain in the butt. Anyway, after four tortures hours (yes, you heard me right) we, well they, finally found a very cute dress. It went down to about my knee. It was black with a pink belt around the waist, a white collar and sleeves and a pair of silver, opened toed, stiletto heels.

I put the flowers in a vase and put the vase on my nightstand. I stared at them for a long while until I eventually fell asleep, only to dream of what tomorrow had in store for me.


Author's Note: There is a picture of each flower, Abbie's dress, and her shoes on my site. Check'em out!

Oh...Oh! 17 Days Till Christmas :)

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My only thought was, Don't pass out Abbie, whatever you do, don't pass out!

---Jyssica