Author's Note:

AHH~ LATE! LATE! LATE!

Late Valentine's Day! This chapter is… sorta bleh. I don't consider it as my best writing. Dx Though like I said before, this chapter is included as sorta of filler.

Also thanks for your entire reviews last chapter!

And all of your requests and suggestions are like seriously coming up soon!

They're all coming up in the favorite I'm going to write after the chapter after this one. xD

Which is chapter 11! :D Can't wait to write that one!

And by the way, this story has only (including this chapter) 5 more chapters left before the ending of it all. Dx

WHY DO I KEEP GETTING A WRITER'S BLOCK?! D:

Well I'll stop talking now, enjoy!

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.× ▬▬▬▬[»Forced To Love You«]▬▬▬▬ ×.

Recap:

The kiss under the stars and fireworks.

I also made a new resolution:

Love Drew.

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After that one night on the rooftop with Drew, the rest of January was pretty much a drag. When school started again I've became too busy to really notice around me.

Drew was into his studies as well, but always stayed close by me. At first I wondered why, but then it occurred to me that he was probably trying to prevent Brendan from coming close to me.

Brendan on the other hand was persistent to the point where it annoyed me.

Though this second week of February bothered me more than anything else. It was Valentine's week, which meant that Brendan and Drew's rivalry will spark up again.

I tried a lot of things to try and keep me away from school this whole week.

Monday: Chicken Pox

My mother sighed while she carefully examined me, "you seem to be tricking me May."

"Uhh…" I groaned out, scratching my pretend red spots that were drawn onto my skin.

With a final nod she spoke, "yup, you're definitely tricking me."

"B-but how do you know for sure?!" I whined out.

"You had chicken pox when you were four."

FAILURE

Tuesday: Stomach Virus

"Ow… my stomach hurts," I groaned out.

My father rumbled through the medicine cabinet, "Here drink this," he said as he handed me a pink bottle.

I examined the label carefully and my face went pale.

Diarrhea gone in a blast!

FAILURE

Wednesday: Flu

My mother stuck the old fashioned type of thermometer in my mouth since our modern type of thermometer was missing. I wonder who hid it – I mean, where did it go?!

"I'll go check on Max's breakfast, keep that in your mouth until I come back."

I nodded, "okay mommy."

My eyes followed her as she sauntered out of the room. After making sure she was gone, I jumped up from my bed and turned on the desk lamp, placing the thermometer on the light bulb.

I kept it on there while listening intently for footsteps. Soon later, I heard her light footsteps coming back towards my room. I quickly shut the lamp off, stuck the warm thermometer back into my mouth, and jumped into the bed, pulling the covers over me.

My mother sat on the side of my bed when she walked in and she took out the thermometer from my mouth, "you must really be sick May."

"Uh-huh," I agreed with her. Finally my plan was working after two days of failure.

"You better get out of that bed May Melanie and put on some clothes for school before your flu gets any worse!" She exclaimed as she threw the covers off me.

"B-but," I coughed out, "I'm sick."

"Mhmm…" She crossed her arms and tapped her right foot, "with a hundred and thirty degree fever?"

Another FAILURE

Thursday: Rabies

"Hey May, have you seen the – what the…? May!" My father yelled out from the door, "what happened to you?!"

'Foam' was spurting out from the right corner of my mouth. I moaned out in what seemed to be pain. "I think," I grouched out, "that a rat is in the house and it bit me in my sleep."

"A rat?!" My father yelled up as he jumped up and ran out of my room.

I sat up from my bed, staring oddly at the door. "Afraid of rats huh?" I mumbled out. A few minutes later he came back wearing a hockey mask, a thick jacket, rain boots, and he wielded a golf club. "Okay! Where's that rat?!"

I was still in too much of a shock to say anything.

After I didn't respond, he ran towards my bed, "aha! I bet it's under your bed!"

Oh no. "Wait it's not under my bed!" I yelled out, but it was too late. He had already swooped down on all fours looking under the bed. "Where are you Mr. Rat?! Aha! I think I found you!"

I sincerely hoped that he had actually found the rat that I made up... My eyes were shut closed.

"Hey! This isn't a rat! This was the bottle of whip cream I was looking for!"

"Oh…" I mumbled out, slowly turning my head towards my weirdly dressed father. As I thought, he was holding the whip cream in his hand. The note attached to the whip cream was also still posted on it.

Dad's whip cream, don't touch it! :D

"May Melanie Maple!"

FATALITY

Friday: Last Chance

I woke up again at five in the morning to raid the fridge for my next scheme, but I didn't exactly have a plan in my mind yet. Though I know I'll find something soon.

My body was in a bent positing checking the drawers of my fridge, with only the light that the fridge exerted as my only way of seeing anything.

"May, what are you doing? Trying another way to get out of school?"

I froze and slowly turned around. With the limited light I had, I made out the shape of my parents standing at the entrance of the kitchen.

"Umm…" I got up from my bent position and closed the fridge, eliminating any visible light.

"You are going to school May, no ifs or buts'," my mother stated sternly as she turned on the kitchen light, which pained my eyes at the beginning.

I sulked and pleaded, heck; I even hid under my covers and pulled out a tantrum, but all ended with a sigh from the brunette heroine.

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At school I was really cautious. I walked at a brisk pace and looked from left to right repeatedly. I was relieved when I reached my locker and I didn't see any sign of any crazy valentine boys that could be after me.

I began to unlock my locker and once I opened it, a whole bunch of daisies flooded out of my locker. With my hand still on my locker handle, I looked down at the pile of various colored daises. I just stared at it and so did the other people around me.

My mouth dropped to the floor and my eye began to slightly twitch. "WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?!" I yelled out, swooping down and collecting the flowers that were lying on the tile floor of the school. With an armful of daisies, I looked around of wondering where to put them. I looked towards my locker, no, I needed that space. Then I looked at the garbage can. I would be hurting peoples' feelings if I threw it away in there, so no.

I thought for a while before I came up with an idea to rid of my problem. I gathered all the flowers and shut my locker. I began to walk around with the daisies in hand, going up to people and smiling at them. "Here, take some, as much as you want. Happy valentine's day!" I said repeatedly around the school.

I sighed and leaned on my locker when I finally got rid of all the daisies. I checked my watch, five minutes till the bell. With my eyes closed I tried to open my locker, which was already unlocked, but it wouldn't open.

My eyes fluttered open to find a hand pushing against the locker. "Eh…?" I turned around to find Brendan bent down at my level and smiling at me.

"Yo May, I guess you don't like daisies." I gave a half heartedly laugh. Both of his arms were placed on the wall, blocking any entrance or exit from me.

I blushed at his sudden closeness, "you're the one who stuffed up my locker with daisies?"

He nodded, "because I love you, and I'll tell you that every day until you repeat those words right back at me with meaning in them."

I felt like barfing, that line was so corny! And I honestly thought no one could be as corny as Drew, but seriously, Brendan just passed that level with flying colors.

"So will you be mine this Valentine's May?" He looked at me steadily with his ruby orbs.

"Well there's one problem with that Mr. Daisies," a voice cooed out as I was grabbed by the hand and magically out of Brendan's hold. Before I knew it, I found myself against Drew's chest with his arms around me protectively. "May," he began to hiss out, "is mine only, and I don't like sharing many things. Especially her."

I peered over to look at Brendan's reaction. His hands were in his pocket and his face looked annoyed. "Well, you haven't even known her for a year and you act like you've known her all your life. Who are you Drew Hayden to tell me that she belongs to the likes of you?"

I struggled out of Drew's grip, but he wouldn't budge. "Drew," I mumbled.

"Well it's because I think that I'm the one that May actually loves around here," he stated smugly.

I saw Brendan's fist curl up tightly, ready to strike Drew. Drew on the other hand, shifted his position, getting ready for whatever Brendan was going to do.

Before Brendan could say anything, the bell rung.

"Oh no!" I shrieked out, "we're late now!" I ran over to my locker to get my books and then grabbed Drew by the hand and dragged him to class with me. "Let's go Drew!" I said hurriedly without looking back at Brendan.

I bet Drew was smirking at Brendan, and Brendan's blood was boiling at the precise moment I grabbed Drew's hand; which indicated that I had chosen Drew over him. Which I did, but I didn't want to tell Brendan 'no' straight up into his face.

Once we were out of Brendan's sight Drew freed himself from my grip.

"Huh?" I looked at him, "is something wrong?"

"I'm not going to class today." He stated simply as he began to turn around.

"Wait, why not?" I wanted him to stay with me today because he's my only excuse for Brendan not to get too close to me.

"Just because," he turned around to face me, "don't worry, I'm pretty sure I made it clear to Brendan to stay away from you." Drew nudged me towards the door, "get to class missy. I'll see you tomorrow." He gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before he left.

I frowned before getting into the classroom. The rest of the day was filled with bears, hearts, and chocolates. Also a lot of Brendan, but I ignored him. Was I suppose to see Drew tomorrow? Probably, he was my fiancé after all, so why shouldn't I have to go see him… on Valentine's Day.

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The rays of the sun glinted on my face of my open window. I groaned glumly, "who opened the window?" Slowly and steadily I got up and stretched my arms out and yawned. My heavy eyelids opened slowly and when they did, it gazed around my red and white room… that had rose petals all over it.

"Hmm…?" I was thinking Brendan did this again and my mom let him in since he was my friend. Though I looked at my cell phone and found a text message from Drew.

(7:45am): Hey May, you probably know that my mom set us up on a date today… well, I canceled it. Sorry, I got sick today. I'll talk to you later.

I sighed. I guess I won't be seeing Drew today as I hoped for.

On the other hand, Brendan that idiot. Both him and I know that my mother loves him as her own son, so she can't refuse but to let him in.

I went over to my windowsill and found a rose lying there with a note tied to it. I picked up the rose curiously and read the little note attached to it.

May,

So I hear your original plan for valentines got canceled, so I decided to take in for your sick fiancé. Don't worry; I'm your friend who's hoping that we can maybe be more…

As I was saying before, this is my special valentine's for just the two of us, so no one else, but us (and the exception of a few individuals know about it – doesn't include your parents)

So go get changed and when you get outside look into your bush on the far right corner of your garden.

-Your Secret Admirer

Is… this some kind of prank? I shook the note lightly to find that it was folded and there was still some more information on that folded piece.

P.S. This is no prank or scheme. Don't panic because everything will turn out perfectly. I know it.

I sighed and began to get ready to go outside for this mysterious surprise in the bush. I dressed in a navy and red shirt, a white jacket, and a pair of slightly torn jeans. I stuffed my cell phone in my back pocket and ran downstairs and out of the house without anyone noticing.

Probably mom and dad went out, since their car wasn't there, and they dropped off Max over a friend's house. So I locked the door once I got out of the house with the hidden spare key in the front porch. I dashed over to the bush that the secret admirer was talking about and began to dig in it. I looked like a complete idiot, separating twigs and leaves just for a 'supposed' something that would be there.

After a few minutes of battling with the rough twigs of the bush, I found a very small, white bear that held a note. I gently took the note from it and opened it.

Well, if you've gotten this far, you're one step closer to me. Probably you figured out, or not, that this is a scavenger hunt. Follow these notes and accept gifts from people at the given locations for at the end of the journey you'll find me. If you don't want to do this, it's okay with me as well.

If you decide to stay away from my scavenger hunt:

-Have a fun Valentine's Day! Enjoy the gifts you already received, you can keep them.

If you decide to venture on:

-Go to the park's playground. Someone is waiting for you there with your next clue.

Whatever you choose I don't mind. Just have fun with it because I worked pretty hard to set everything up, but as if I have any troubles at all.

At his last sentence I could already picture that smirk on this person's face. His or her ego was expressed in a new way invented: in words. For some reason I feel as if I know this person very well to imagine their smirking face.

I thought for a while about whether I was going to play the game or stay home and sleep. Well, there was no competition there.

Before I left the house, I grabbed my messenger bag and gently placed both the teddy bear and the rose in there. I also placed the two notes in the front pocket of the bag.

I began to voyage on my journey towards the park. Along the way I thought about who would go through all this trouble just to make a scavenger hunt for me.

Once I went into the park I ran towards the playground. There I saw younger children running around and a full grown man swinging himself on the swing set. Two thoughts came into my mind. He was either the children's father or a pedophile.

The man looked up towards me and smiled.

I forced a smile on my face for I had to be polite as well. A rush of panic went over me as he got up from the swing and walked towards me.

He handed me a red teddy bear that had a note tied to it. "Here, it's from sir," he said warmly.

"Sir? Who is your sir?" I asked while taking hold of the little bear.

"He doesn't want to be known ma'am. Please forgive me," he said while bowing slightly and he walked away, "happy valentine's day ma'am!"

"Thanks," I mumbled to him as he sauntered away.

I took the note from the red bear and read it to myself.

May,

Glad to see that you decided to go on. Well you're another step closer to finding out who I am. Your next clue is at the shopping plaza; in the coldest place in the area.

"Eh?" I've never been really good at riddles before… so this was quite the challenge.

I began to ponder about what the coldest place in the shopping plaza was as I began to walk over to there.

Once I got there, not many people shopped around. Though everyone that was there looked like they were on a date with someone. For some strange reason, I felt slightly jealous of all of them. Though I never really had anyone before as my valentine.

I closed my eyes and mumbled, "The coldest place here…"

"The coldest place here! Go get your ice cream!"

My eyes fluttered opened and my head swiftly turned around and there I came face to face with a penguin two feet taller than me. Well it was actually a guy in a penguin costume.

"Get your ice cream miss!" The penguin yelled out at me as he threw me a strawberry ice cream pillow at my face.

I pulled the pillow away from my face, "hey! What's the- huh?" The big penguin was out of sight. "Where did that fat penguin go?!" I pouted as I examined the pillow that he threw at my face.

The pillow had a note tied to the bottom of the cone. I opened it and read its content.

See May, not as hard as you probably thought. Nothing is complicated about this hunt I've given you. I want you to find me, believe it or not. I want to be with you, though it'll be too boring if I just asked you out. Plus I don't know if you would have said yes or no to my invitation. I should probably get back to the subject though.

Your next clue lies in the heart of the water.

"What?" I shrieked out, "the heart of the water? Where the heck is that?! I thought this guy said he wanted me to find him!"

"Did you hear that today is a great day to rent a boat and go fishing in the Petalburg Lake?"

I peered over behind me and saw two girls talking among themselves on a bench.

"Really? There must be a lot of old men over there," the girl said to her friend glumly.

"Or, a lot of young, hot guys!" The other girl exclaimed. "We probably might even find a valentine there! Or a love note," her voice emphasized on the last two words, 'love note.'

This idiot of a secret admirer must have hired them. I stuffed the note and the ice cream pillow in my messenger bag and dashed out of the shopping plaza.

As I ran, I began to wonder who really is doing all of this. Was it Brendan? No, no, unless he really became really desperate and wanted to show his love in a new way. Could it be Drew? It couldn't be… he told me he cancelled the date that his mothers had set up for us because he was sick. Then who could it be?

When I reached the lake, there were tons of boats. I walked over to the edge of the lake where it was vacant and looked at the people in the boat. Most of them were young people with their dates. They all just talked and laughed full heartedly at whatever they were talking about. I felt that pang of jealousy again as I continued to watch them.

I just stared off at the distance and began thinking that Drew was the one that I should love, but I feel like I would get hurt if I fully, completely fall in love with that jerk. Was the reason for my jealousy of all these other people coming from the absence of Drew? My mind completely had drifted off as I sat in the grass.

After a few minutes I felt something wet slap against my leg. I looked down at my leg and saw a fish laying on it.

"AHHH!" I yelled out as I scooted away from it. I continued to look at it in shock and finally realized that the fish wasn't a real, live one since I saw on its side that it had a paper tied to its neck.

I crept upon it with great caution and touched it quickly. Once it didn't move I sighed out in relief and grabbed it. It was indeed soggy and it was a stuffed toy animal just as the others were. The paper tied to it was laminated to prevent it from getting damaged. As with all the other notes I received, I opened it and read it.

This one was a total given since I saw you staring out into space. So instead of you trying to look for it, I threw it at you, but when you read this I most likely already left the area already. Seriously May, don't space out or else I won't get to see you face to face!

I blushed, my 'valentine stalker' was watching me and I made myself look like a complete idiot.

Luckily for the both of us, this was your last challenge. All you have to do now is go to the fishing shack and follow the rose petals that lie on the floor. Then you'll be able to find me. If you come at the precise time, that I hope you do, then the sun will look beautiful from where we'll end up.

Love,

Your Valentine Stalker

P.S. I probably thought that's what you named me, but if it isn't… then wow, I feel like an idiot.

I shook my head at my 'valentine stalkers' post script. He is truly an idiot whoever this person is. I looked to the sky and saw that the sun was about to set soon. Maybe he wanted to see the sunset with me? I blushed. That was really something you would see in a cheesy romance movie, but it just seemed so perfect. Standing there with a handsome guy holding you caringly while watching the sunset.

After I was over my side tracked imagination, I ran over to the fishing shack and around the back I saw the trail of petals that he was talking about. I followed them watching everyone of them carefully as if they were going to attack me at any moment if I didn't do so.

It was a pretty long trail, so I decided that I should just keep on walking without even watching the blood red petals intently as I was doing so in the beginning. I was so lost in my own head that I didn't even notice that I bumped into someone.

I felt hands grip tightly on my shoulders, pulling me closer into the unknown body.

"I told you not to space out," a warm, gentle male voice said while nuzzling his head on my hair.

I blushed, knowing that voice. I pushed away from the man and glared at him. "I thought you were sick!"

He flashed another one of his infamous smirks at me, "I am sick."

His loving emerald eyes stared into my glaring eyes, "oh yeah?! Then prove that your sick Drew Hayden!"

"You really want me to prove it?"

"Yes!" I yelled out at him, "I don't care if I get sick either, now show me!"

He shrugged. "If you said so," he grabbed my waist again and pulled me close to him again, "your wish is my command," he whispered out, tickling my face with his warm breath.

My face was flaming hot and my body shivered from his simple touch. His lips pressed gently against mines and swiftly parted away from me. "I'm sick of not seeing you."

"Y-you're s-s-so c-c-c-corny," I stuttered out. Darn, I lost all feeling and senses in my mind and body.

Still not moving an inch away from me, Drew began to speak normally. "Well how did you enjoy my game? I spent all day yesterday paying stubborn people to deliver everything and asked Max to set up your room as well."

"What?! Max knew about this?!"

He nodded simply, "well I did cancel the plan my mom gave us and made up a new one. I watched you the whole day, so that considers me as your valentine stalker."

I smiled, "you idiot. You made me do all that to come and see you? You, out of all the people in the world?!" I said teasingly. In reality, he was the one person that I wanted to see most.

He pushed me away slightly and put on a grave face on, "May, what I really want to tell you tonight is something important and I don't care if I make a fool of myself saying it, but I'll only say it if and only if I have your permission to."

I tilted my head to the right, "uhh… go ahead." My face looked calm, but I felt my heart racing rapidly. What was he going to say?! Will he say those three words that… mean… everything to a person?

"Okay, here goes nothing." For the first time, I saw that he was actually nervous. He took in a deep breath and began to speak, "May I-"

Thud

Thud

Thud

"Huh?" We said in unison as we looked down to the floor. On the floor laid three rolls of bread.

"Bread?" Drew said in confusion.

In my mind I suddenly saw something similar to this…

I felt something gently kick me underneath the table, and I looked across to find Drew smiling brightly at me. I smiled back and we just sat like that not moving an inch. We stayed like for a few minutes until a roll of bread hit Drew in the head.

"Huh?" he said before looking down at the roll of bread that knocked him in the head and then began to direct his attention to my father.

I came back into reality and began to look around. "DAD?!" I yelled out furiously into the broken dusk.

Some Valentine.

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Author's Note:

Okay, made the ending ambiguous. You can come up with your own ending. xD

EXCEPT for Drew saying those three magic words to May!

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