Chapter 3 begins with the gang at school... Val is no where to be seen...
(A couple days later)
"Jamie, did you get the balloons?" Tyler asked
"Got um." Jamie replied. "They are in Alex's office."
"Caitie, did you get the cake?" Tyler asked, wanting everything to be perfect.
"Yeah, and I also got and extra one to shove in her face." They all laughed.
"Okay, Hank, that leaves you... did you remember to tell Brooke to not schedule Val or me for that day, so you guys can set up?"
"Yeah... Tyler, not to like sound.. like I don't wanna do this, I mean I care about Val like all of you, but..." Hank started...
"But it seems to me like we are doing all the work." Caitie interuppted.
"Guys, I know." Tyler started. "But see, there is another suprise I am working on for her, and I have been spending all my extra time for it. I would tell you guys what it is, but I'm not sure how it is all working out so far. It concerns all of us."
"Well, look..." Jamie said. "I have no problem with this, believe me. Just to let you know, I was talking to Brooke the other day and..."
Val walks up.
"Hey guys." She said with a perky smile.
"Hey Val." They all said.
"So, you guys can keep talking, you know." She said, noticing they all stopped when she arrived.
"We're finished." Hank said. "And now I have to get to class."
"Me too." Caitie and Jamie said in unison.
"Wow... it's like I'm a ghost." She said to Tyler.
"No, it's not that. You look nice today." He smiled noticing she had a ankle length skirt, pink, and a white baby tee shirt on with the word smile across it. He glanced a smile at her and said,
"Couldn't let your shirt down by not smiling. Come on, I'll walk you to class."
At lunch, Val had a cheerleading meeting, so that gave time for Tyler to talk to everyone.
"Jamie what were you saying earlier?" Caitie asked. "You know before Val came up?"
"Oh, I was talking to Brooke the other day at the station, and she said that Val thinks that everyone is forgetting her birthday. Like she is dropping hints to Brooke saying, 'You know in a couple more days, I'll be 18, and stuff like that'."
"Well, I kinda want that." Tyler said. "Because when we do suprise her, she'll be so happy."
"That's true." Hank said.
"Okay, so Mr. Boss." Caitie said talking to Tyler. "What time are you going to be at the station with Val on Saturday?"
"I was thinking at like 8, would that give you enough time to set everything up. I am so sorry I would I could help."
"It's alright Man. We got this."
"Okay, I'll be back, I gotta make a phone call."
Tyler got up and walked outside to use his cell phone.
"Hello, this is Tyler Connell, I called you a couple days ago, I was calling about the..." Val walked behind Tyler, not knowing what he was talking about, but Tyler didn't know...
"Yes, the plane tickets to the Bahamas.. Could I get the tickets by Saturday? No, it kinda is an emergency. I really need to get away and it's a secret."
Val was hurt by this. Saturday was her birthday. Tyler couldn't leave her.
Tyler continued... "I need that many because I have family going, we need to get away. Could I get the tickets or what? My step dad is paying on his credit card, too bad I gotta pay him back." Tyler laughed. "Yeah, the number is right here." Tyler gave the credit card number. Val ran away not knowing she dropped her towel.
She started to cry by the school, and tlaking to herself
"Tyler is leaving on my birthday? Does he even know it is my birthday? Did he forget?"
Tyler started to walk back in the school and he stumbled across Val's towel. He picked it up.
"Hmm?"
Back at the lunch table he sat down with the others.
"Val's not back yet?" He asked.
"No but why do you have her towel?" Jamie asked.
"What? This is her towel? Oh my God." Tyler ran off. Jamie and Hank ran after him, Caitie followed them on her crutches thinking 'Wow they must have forgot about me.'
"Val... where are you?" Tyler said walking threw the halls.
"Tyler, you mind telling us what has gotten you so upset?" Hank asked. "And why are you looking for Val?"
"Man, I was planning her suprise over the phone and I think she heard. Because I found this towel like right behind me, and when Jamie said it was her towel..."
Val walked across the hall into the lunch room not even noticing her friends.
"Well, there she is." Caitie said. "Go talk to her."
Tyler walked in the lunch room and sat by Val.
"Hey beautiful." He smiled.
"Hey Tyler, how are you?" She said trying to force a smile.
"I'm good, I guess.. just trying to find you so I can return your towel, you dropped it outside." He handed her the towel..
"Oh, so that must mean you know I heard your conversation on the phone."
"Sure does." Tyler said.. dragging on.. "It was supposed to be a suprise."
"You leaving on my birthday was supposed to be a suprise Tyler? How could you?" She got up and ran from the lunch room.
Oh her way out she passed Caitie, Hank and Jamie in the hall.
Tyler came back out with a look of disappointment, but also with a mischevious grin.
"Tyler, please tell me Val was so happy she ran out like that.. because she looked really upset." Jamie said.
"Well, actually she thinks I'm leaving on her birthday, when the truth is, it's a trip for her. Which kind of makes it better. You know that she thinks I'm leaving..."
"No, actaully it makes it worse, because until Saturday she has to think that we are betraying her." Hank said.
Val was in the girls room crying her eyes out. She whispered to herself,
"Tyler.. Tyler.. don't leave me.. I love you." Just then Caitie walked in.
'Val loves Tyler?' She thought to herself.
(A couple days later)
"Jamie, did you get the balloons?" Tyler asked
"Got um." Jamie replied. "They are in Alex's office."
"Caitie, did you get the cake?" Tyler asked, wanting everything to be perfect.
"Yeah, and I also got and extra one to shove in her face." They all laughed.
"Okay, Hank, that leaves you... did you remember to tell Brooke to not schedule Val or me for that day, so you guys can set up?"
"Yeah... Tyler, not to like sound.. like I don't wanna do this, I mean I care about Val like all of you, but..." Hank started...
"But it seems to me like we are doing all the work." Caitie interuppted.
"Guys, I know." Tyler started. "But see, there is another suprise I am working on for her, and I have been spending all my extra time for it. I would tell you guys what it is, but I'm not sure how it is all working out so far. It concerns all of us."
"Well, look..." Jamie said. "I have no problem with this, believe me. Just to let you know, I was talking to Brooke the other day and..."
Val walks up.
"Hey guys." She said with a perky smile.
"Hey Val." They all said.
"So, you guys can keep talking, you know." She said, noticing they all stopped when she arrived.
"We're finished." Hank said. "And now I have to get to class."
"Me too." Caitie and Jamie said in unison.
"Wow... it's like I'm a ghost." She said to Tyler.
"No, it's not that. You look nice today." He smiled noticing she had a ankle length skirt, pink, and a white baby tee shirt on with the word smile across it. He glanced a smile at her and said,
"Couldn't let your shirt down by not smiling. Come on, I'll walk you to class."
At lunch, Val had a cheerleading meeting, so that gave time for Tyler to talk to everyone.
"Jamie what were you saying earlier?" Caitie asked. "You know before Val came up?"
"Oh, I was talking to Brooke the other day at the station, and she said that Val thinks that everyone is forgetting her birthday. Like she is dropping hints to Brooke saying, 'You know in a couple more days, I'll be 18, and stuff like that'."
"Well, I kinda want that." Tyler said. "Because when we do suprise her, she'll be so happy."
"That's true." Hank said.
"Okay, so Mr. Boss." Caitie said talking to Tyler. "What time are you going to be at the station with Val on Saturday?"
"I was thinking at like 8, would that give you enough time to set everything up. I am so sorry I would I could help."
"It's alright Man. We got this."
"Okay, I'll be back, I gotta make a phone call."
Tyler got up and walked outside to use his cell phone.
"Hello, this is Tyler Connell, I called you a couple days ago, I was calling about the..." Val walked behind Tyler, not knowing what he was talking about, but Tyler didn't know...
"Yes, the plane tickets to the Bahamas.. Could I get the tickets by Saturday? No, it kinda is an emergency. I really need to get away and it's a secret."
Val was hurt by this. Saturday was her birthday. Tyler couldn't leave her.
Tyler continued... "I need that many because I have family going, we need to get away. Could I get the tickets or what? My step dad is paying on his credit card, too bad I gotta pay him back." Tyler laughed. "Yeah, the number is right here." Tyler gave the credit card number. Val ran away not knowing she dropped her towel.
She started to cry by the school, and tlaking to herself
"Tyler is leaving on my birthday? Does he even know it is my birthday? Did he forget?"
Tyler started to walk back in the school and he stumbled across Val's towel. He picked it up.
"Hmm?"
Back at the lunch table he sat down with the others.
"Val's not back yet?" He asked.
"No but why do you have her towel?" Jamie asked.
"What? This is her towel? Oh my God." Tyler ran off. Jamie and Hank ran after him, Caitie followed them on her crutches thinking 'Wow they must have forgot about me.'
"Val... where are you?" Tyler said walking threw the halls.
"Tyler, you mind telling us what has gotten you so upset?" Hank asked. "And why are you looking for Val?"
"Man, I was planning her suprise over the phone and I think she heard. Because I found this towel like right behind me, and when Jamie said it was her towel..."
Val walked across the hall into the lunch room not even noticing her friends.
"Well, there she is." Caitie said. "Go talk to her."
Tyler walked in the lunch room and sat by Val.
"Hey beautiful." He smiled.
"Hey Tyler, how are you?" She said trying to force a smile.
"I'm good, I guess.. just trying to find you so I can return your towel, you dropped it outside." He handed her the towel..
"Oh, so that must mean you know I heard your conversation on the phone."
"Sure does." Tyler said.. dragging on.. "It was supposed to be a suprise."
"You leaving on my birthday was supposed to be a suprise Tyler? How could you?" She got up and ran from the lunch room.
Oh her way out she passed Caitie, Hank and Jamie in the hall.
Tyler came back out with a look of disappointment, but also with a mischevious grin.
"Tyler, please tell me Val was so happy she ran out like that.. because she looked really upset." Jamie said.
"Well, actually she thinks I'm leaving on her birthday, when the truth is, it's a trip for her. Which kind of makes it better. You know that she thinks I'm leaving..."
"No, actaully it makes it worse, because until Saturday she has to think that we are betraying her." Hank said.
Val was in the girls room crying her eyes out. She whispered to herself,
"Tyler.. Tyler.. don't leave me.. I love you." Just then Caitie walked in.
'Val loves Tyler?' She thought to herself.