It was the thirteenth of February and I had just finished my classes for the day.

"Hey Erika, wanna go and study?" Alexis asked me.

I blushed. "Uh…Not tonight," I confessed.

Alexis looked rather confused. "Erika, are you okay?" She put her hand to my forehead. "You're not sick are you? It's not like you to be missing study time."

I laughed. "No, I just have to do something."

"Like what?"

I could feel my cheeks grow hotter. "Uh…Just a little project…That's all!"

"Okay," she said, finally giving up on finding out what I was truly doing. "Just let me know if you need any help with anything."

I nodded as she walked off. I had this funny feeling that she knew what I was planning.

I went to my locker and grabbed a pink gift bag in there. Inside was all the equipment I needed. I knew what I was doing, it was just finding where. I sparked a thought and dashed into the school cafeteria. Thankfully, Miss Dorothy was still there cleaning up.

"Um…E-Excuse me, Miss Dorothy," I said very shyly.

The cuddly woman turned around. Her brown friendly eyes greeted me kindly. "Hello there, are you needing any help?"

"Umm…Is there a possibility that I could use your kitchen tonight? I asked. "I wanted to make something and this was the only place I could think of."

"What do you want to make?" She asked.

I blushed. "Chocolate."

She gave me a warm smile. "Is that for Valentine's Day?"

I nodded.

"Then of course you can," she said. "Just make sure you clean up after yourself."

I nodded. "Thank you Miss Dorothy."

"You're welcome," she said. "I used to be young once too. Now who's the chocolate for? A friend? A boyfriend, maybe?"

I blushed yet again. "Oh I was thinking of making chocolate for my friends." I gave her a sweet smile. "I could make you some if you'd like."

"Oh you're a dear," she said. "What's your name?"

"Erika," I replied. "Erika Dark."

"Erika," she said silently to herself. "Do whatever you like okay?"

I nodded. "Thank you!"

She smiled and made her way off. I guessed it was no point of her cleaning up as I was about to make a mess of things. I quickly got to work and pulled out a recipe book and a few blocks of chocolate.

"Okay, now to chop the chocolate," I said as I attempted to find a knife in the kitchen.

It took about five minutes before I located that the sharp knives were in the chopping block – not the cutlery draw or the cupboard. I got out a chopping block, which took me ten seconds to find, and started cutting away at the chocolate.

It took a while but I finally got to the point where I was now moulding the chocolates. It was now dark, around nine. I shaped all the chocolates into little bite sized hearts and put them in the fridge so they could set for a few hours. I sighed in relief when it was all finished.

I gazed at the kitchen. I was staring at a disaster zone. Yeah, it proved that it took me five hours to make an edible batch of chocolate. I was not a good cook and this showed. Luckily I had a lot of chocolate to use to get it right.

I started cleaning up the kitchen. By the time midnight arrived it was time to check on the chocolate. Luckily it had set and now it could be decorated.

The decorations took a good hour and a half before I waited for that to set. That took about half an hour before I could wrap them. It was now two in the morning and I was exhausted. Still, I organized the chocolates so everyone had one of each.

As I finished naming the last gift, I sighed. "There! Done!"

I then gazed upon my work. However, the numbers weren't adding up.

"Okay so there's Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy," I whispered, moving bunches of chocolate to the side, "Jaden and Syrus, just because of all the trouble they went through with the love note and all. Jake, Atticus, Tom and that entire group…Oh and that one's for Miss Dorothy…"

I panicked. I forgot the most important person to give a gift on Valentine's Day! I looked throughout the room for more chocolate but unfortunately, it had all been used and Miss Dorothy had none.

"Oh shoot!" I thought as I tugged on my hair. "Oh Shoot, oh shoot, oh shoot!"

Everything became more hectic as I looked thoroughly through the kitchen. I looked underneath the benches, amongst the cutlery, through the cupboards but nothing.

"Damn it Erika!" I thought to myself. "What did you do with the chocolate?"

I went through the fridge and sighed in relief when I saw the special chocolate I had made. I think I need to go to sleep. I always make stupid mistakes like this when I'm tired. Correction: I always make stupid mistakes like that.

I wrapped it up and put all the chocolates into the pink gift bag. "Yay," I said tiredly.

My head felt so heavy, it couldn't be helped for me to put my head on the bench for a moment.

"Erika," A kind voice said. "Wake up."

I opened my eyes and stirred. A peek of light shone through the room as I looked at what said those words. "Wha…?"

"Did you sleep here all night?" Miss Dorothy asked.

I immediately got out of my seat. "Ahhh! I'm so sorry!"

"Well you did clean up," Miss Dorothy commented. "Thank you. Now you better get ready for class."

"Thank you Miss Dorothy," I said. I then pulled out a batch of chocolates from the pink bag and handed it to her. "Here, a little Valentine's Day slash thank you gift for you. Happy Valentine's Day."

"Oh that's so sweet!" She said as if it was one of the nicest things ever. "Thank you."

"No prob," I replied as I grabbed the bag. "Now I've gotta go. See you!"

I walked down the empty corridors on my way to the girls' dorms. Everything was deserted as the rays of the sunrise glistened throughout the corridor. It was a beautiful sight, one that left me in a little bit of a dream. A sudden feeling of butterflies swept through me. Valentine's Day always made me feel this way, though I never had a valentine in my life.

I couldn't help but skip all the way to the dorms. No one is around so who cares!

"You're in a good mood today," A familiar voice said.

I looked up to see Atticus grinning at me as he approached.

"Oh it's you Atticus," I said. "Good morning."

"What!?" He said in surprise. "Aren't you the slightest bit happy to see me?"

"It's a little early in the morning to process that's in front of me and all that," I confessed.

"Yet you're happy enough to be skipping down the corridor."

I was stumbled. There was only one thing I could do. I flicked through my bag and handed him a batch of chocolate. "Happy Valentine's Day, Atti!"

His face looked dumbfounded. "Erika…"

"I'm sorry Atti," I said.

He wrapped his arms around me. "Thanks Cyber Angel."

"It's okay," I said.

He smirked at me. "Maybe I should thank you with a Valentine's Day kiss!"

His eyes were glistening with curiosity as they looked into mine. I started to blush madly as his face drew closer. He then looked down at my feet and placed his hands on my shoulders as he began to laugh.

"Did you think I was serious?" He asked.

I glared at him. "I don't know! I'm not a damn mind reader."

He smiled sincerely as he moved my hair behind my ear. "You're really cute when you act like that."

Atticus gave me a thumbs up before walking off. I had no idea why he was here so early in the morning but I was sure that he's definitely a flirt.