Valentine's Day
Yeah, Shadow was miserable. Anyone with eyes could see that. For several reasons: The nurse had Griffey and since she would be accused of harboring an endangered creature if she pressed charges. After all, Griffins weren't supposed to exist anymore. Two, she kept throwing up for no apparent reason. She didn't want to go to the nurse. Three, It was Valentine's Day. And as life would have it, she had no cards. Nada, zero, zip, zilch. Nothing.
"Aw, come on. It's only the beginning of the day! You'll get some cards later" Rondana assured. Shadow felt like a brat. She was probably screwing up everyone else's day.
"So… Did you get any cards?" She asked. Rondana blushed.
"I got one from Ralph…" She muttered. Dawne sniggered. Rondana chucked a bread roll at her. Tigger laughed, and then choked on her toast. Lee stared at them, trying to keep a straight face. Trayos stared out a window idly, suddenly fascinated with the tree right next to the cafeteria.
"I wonder if…" Shadow trailed off, staring at something. Aerrow came running over looking slightly distressed.
"Where are all these coming from?!" He demanded, dropping what seemed like a bazillion Valentine's cards onto the table. Shadow began whacking her head against the wall.
"What's up with her?" Aerrow asked, jerking his thumb into her direction.
"No Valentine's cards" Dawne said solemnly. Aerrow shook his head.
"Girls… Anyway, why am I getting all these cards?" he asked. Tigger snatched one out of the pile.
"Oh, my, gosh, here's one from Piper!"
Everyone began crowding over Tigger's shoulder. Aerrow tried to push Tyrranis over to see, but he decided against it when he growled viciously.
"Aw! This is so mushy!" Lee sighed, disappointed.
"It's my card!"
"Dude, I am so keeping this!" Tigger giggled, ducking under the table. Shadow kept whacking her head against the wall.
"Trying to give yourself a concussion?" Someone hissed. Trayos dived under the table like a trained military officer. Shadow turned around. Celine seemed to be in the spirit of Valentines day, trying to make herself look as much of a slut as possible. A tough looking girl
with combat boots and short black hair looked ready to bite off Shadow's head. Another girl with red hair and dusty skin from being in the sun stared idly in a different direction. Then, the last girl, with wavy blonde hair, purple eyes, and a notepad stood behind Celine, furiously scribbling down notes.
"Don't kill off what little brain cells you have" Celine said with mock concern.
"I could kill all my brain cells and have Alzheimer's and I would still be smarter than you" Shadow snapped, irritable and cranky all of a sudden. The blonde scribbled notes faster.
"What are you doing, writing the greatest book on earth?" Shadow asked. The girl scribbled harder.
"Weirdo"
"Anyway, heard you were Valentine-less. And on Valentines Day, so sad" Celine jeered. Aerrow looked at Shadow, obviously confused.
"Um…" he stuttered. Celine jumped as if she had been shot.
"Oh, I, well, hi…" She sputtered losing her cool. She acted just like Shadow when she attempted to talk to Trayos.
"Run, Aerrow, RUN!" Shadow yelled. Aerrow took off, ducking out of the cafeteria faster than you could say 'Slippery Skimmer' (?). Celine was in shock. The blond waved her hand in front of her eyes.
"Helloooo?" She asked, snapping and waving. Shadow clapped in front of her face. Celine jumped.
"Hey look! She moved!" Shadow teased. Celine put her hands on her hips. Lee jumped on the table.
"Chick Fight!!" He shouted. Shadow stared at him.
"What? This is a good time for a chick fight"
Everyone groaned.
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Shadow opened her locker, half hoping a note or love letter would fall down. Maybe I'm not pretty enough? She wondered. Naw. Piper give her some pep talk on how she was pretty, but guys were too stupid to notice.
"Who am I kidding" She muttered, grabbed her text book, then slammed her locker shut.
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"Hey Shadow, you look really upset…" Dawne noticed. Shadow didn't look up. Dawne raised her hand.
"Miss D, Shadow's emo!" She shouted. A group a girls giggled. Shadow just whacked her head on her desk.
"Stop, or you really are going to give yourself a concussion" Miss D sighed. Shadow whacked herself one more time, for good measure.
"What's up?" Miss D asked. Shadow muttered a bunch of incoherent words.
"Uh… I don't speak gibberish, but when you want to talk in English, let me know"
"I didn't get any Valentines"
Miss D raised an eyebrow.
"That's it? Well that's kind of retarded" She said flatly, shoving her hands into the pocket of her jeans. Shadow looked up at her.
"But isn't that what Valentine's Day is for?" She asked.
"No. It's about spending time with the people you love. Speaking of which, I should probably call my sister…" Miss D wandered off, leaving Shadow to think about what she said. She didn't have any family. She had friends, but nobody she loved… Wait a second. Duh.
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Shadow felt like her heart was going to explode. She clutched her handmade Valentine's Day card in her sweaty hand. What if he laughed at her, or, or what if her made fun of her or something like that?
She was going to be sick again. Her nerves jumped every time there was a noise. What if she exploded in the hallway? What if…?
"Hey Shadow"
"GYAAAAA!" Shadow jumped and turned around. Trayos looked at her.
"What are you doing in front of my locker?" he asked. Shadow was busted. He would totally laugh at her.
"Here: shadow stuttered, handing him the card before taking off down the hallway, mentally slapping herself. Idiot, idiot, IDIOT!
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"He saw you?! Now's he going to know it was you!" Dawne exclaimed. Shadow thought she was going to cry. She stopped by her locker to pick something up.
"Now you can't go in public anymore" Tigger teased. Shadow was not amused.
"This sucks" She mumbled, fumbling with the lock on her locker door.
"Oh, c'mon you guys. It's not that bad. She'll get over it eventually" Rondana defended. Dawne gave her a look.
"So, how many cards from Ralph did you get exactly?" She teased. Rondana turned red.
"Shut up!"
"Guys…"
Rondana's punch froze. Shadow was holding a folded piece of paper in her hand.
"I got a Valentine"
Her friends scrambled over to see.
"From who?! From who?!" Tigger squealed excitedly. But Shadow never told them.
And I'm not telling either. Because she never told me. I can only tell you it made Shadow feel like the most special person in Atmos.
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OMG. Shadow got a valentines. Oh, and I kinda screwed up the Atmosian calendar. They have Valentine's day sometime in May. Don't ask why.
Who sent the letter? I'll give you guys a special treat at the end of the book if you can find out!! The 'Lost' chapter. It's the lost chapter cause I lost the notebook that has it. Whoops…
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