Tina was in her usual spot at the back of the choir room, watching as all the couples of the Glee club exchanged their Valentine's Day gifts to each other. They all had soppy grins and look of adoration in their eyes as they opened their gifts, and Tina couldn't help but feel a pang of jealously in her heart. It was halfway through her senior year and halfway through Mike's first year at Julliard. They were keeping in regular contact of course but it had only been a few nights ago that Mike broke the news to her that he wouldn't be home after all for Valentine's Day.

"Hey T" Mike greeted as his face appeared on Tina's laptop screen

Tina felt the usual butterflies in her stomach as she saw her boyfriend's face pop up to her, she had to resist the urge to reach out her hand and stroke the screen, she was attempting to be more casual, at last around Mike anyway. But being away from him for so long was driving her crazy, she wanted her boyfriend and she wanted him now!

"Hey Mike, how's the classes going so far?"

"They're really good!" Mike grinned and began showing her a list of new books he had to get for an assignment for one of his dance classes. "I never really knew just how much there was to learn about dance. It's made me fall in love with it even more"

Tina smiled, happy that he was finally happy being able to do something that he loved. "Do you love it more than me?" She teased

Mike smirked, "Hmmm, let me think" He couldn't help but chuckle at Tina's gasp of fake shock. "Of course not, I love dance but I could never love anything as more than I love you"

"You're so sweet" Tina grinned and blew him a kiss through the computer screen. Mike pretended to catch it and locked it in his pocket, a little token of their affection they had gotten so used to doing over their Skype sessions.

"I can't wait to see you on Valentines. I've been so excited since you told me you could come! I think I've annoyed everyone in Glee about it to be honest" Tina laughed, not noticing the look of sadness that had now appeared in Mike's eyes.

"I've got so many plans for us to do! There's a new restaurant opened up not too far from Lima, it's meant to be really nice. And I've booked us a table because they have a special on Valentines night..." Tina never got to finish the end of her sentence as Mike cut her off

"Tina, listen" Mike sighed, running his hand through his slightly longer her. "I've been meaning to tell you, but one of my teachers threw a last minute practical assignment and they've arranged it for Valentine's Day. I'm not going to be able to come back"

Tina stared at him in shock, not half believing what he was saying was true, she could feel the disappointment and sadness spreading through her body and she knew Mike could see it too. "But...We've had plans for so long"

"I know and I'm really sorry" Mike pleaded, "But you know this is out of my control"

Tina chewed her lip, she was disappointed and a bit angry, if he had known for a few days then why didn't he tell her sooner?

"Mike, if you knew a few days ago why didn't you just tell me? Instead of leaving it two days before Valentine's Day, it would have saved me the trouble of going through all of the effort to get these reservations, the restaurant is usually booked months in advance but I was able to use my Tina charm to get us a special table reserved"

Mike groaned, this is exactly what he didn't want, a Tina meltdown, he had to tread carefully over his next few words otherwise this would result in a crying girlfriend. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I didn't want to upset you"

"Upset me?!" Tina frowned, "If you had of told me the day you found out I would've understood. But you tell me two days before Valentine's Day, after I've been telling everyone how excited I was that you were coming back and telling them of the amazing plans we had and how I was going to surprise you. You've let me book plans, which I know you didn't know about before you argue with me, and now you're just leaving me disappointed and alone. How else am I meant to feel?"

Mike sighed, it was coming and there was no way he was going to be able to avoid it. "Come on Tina, you're being unreasonable. Can you just understand this is for my school work? I've to do this assignment as it counts towards my final grade at the end of the semester. I need to pass this"

But of course Tina didn't hear the rest of his explanation as she was too focused on him calling her unreasonable. "I'm unreasonable? Do you know what. Screw you Mike Chang!"

With that Tina ended the Skype call and shut her laptop off, half tempted to throw it across the room in frustration but she decided against it. Instead she put everything away and climbed into bed and fell into a restless sleep.

Tina sighed, she knew she had overreacted on their Skype call last night but she was just so disappointed, she had been looking forward to seeing Mike after they had been apart from so long and to find out with just days to go that he wouldn't be coming anymore, just shattered her heart. When she had woken this morning she texted Mike a quick apology but other than that they hadn't spoken but she knew she would have to call him later to apologise for her overreaction.

The ending notes of a love song brought Tina out of her day dream, she plastered a fake smile on her face and clapped along with the others as Rachel and Jesse took their places at the front row once again, Tina glowered as they shared a sweet but passionate kiss.

"Now everyone" Mr Schue took his place at the front of room, clapping his hands together with a bright smile on his face. "I have a surprise for everyone, specifically Tina"

All eyes turned to Tina, some were accompanied with a knowing smile while others stared at her in confusion, she shrugged as she was not quite sure what was going on.

"Now, we know that Mike can't be here today so we all decided to get you a surprise to make sure you weren't feeling left out or lonely during the festivities. So if you would like to come down here please" Mr Schue grinned as if he had just given Tina the best present in the world, little did she know he actually had. Tina sighed but honoured his wish and made her way to where he was standing in the middle of room. As she got there he quickly sat back down on his seat, his eyes flickering to the door every so often.

"Look guys, I really appreciate this. But I don't need your pity party"

"It's not a pity party Chang" Puck complained, his arm wrapped around the shoulders of Quinn Fabray. "We're just wanting to do something nice for our friend so shut up and smile"

Quinn nudged Puck in the side while giving him a disapproving look but all too quickly she gave Tina a quick smile, as if she agreed with Puck's words. After another few minutes had passed Tina felt a presence behind her, her heart caught in her throat as she saw the shadow over hers. There was now way it could be him. Not after last night, not after how she treated him. But slowly Tina turned round and gasped in surprise as she found the love of her life smiling down at her with a teddy bear in his arms.

"Surprise" Mike grinned, trying his best not to laugh at the expression on Tina's face.

"You're...You're here!" Tina grinned before launching herself at Mike, the teddy bear falling onto the ground as Mike opened his arms to catch his girlfriend

"Oh Mike! I'm so sorry about last night. I was horrible to you" Tina buried her head into the crook of his neck as she let the tears flowed.

"Tina, it's okay" Mike rubbed her back soothingly, knowing the tears would be over shortly. "I understand why you got upset, I was just trying to throw you off because I wanted to come and surprise you. I thought by telling you I couldn't come Home anymore that if I just showed up here and surprised you that it would make our Valentines' more special. I didn't meant to upset you"

Tina sniffed and looked up at Mike through her tears, "Oh Mike, that's so sweet" She smiled through her tears and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. "What did I do to deserve you?"

"More like what did I do to deserve you? I am so lucky and grateful to have you in my life Tina Cohen-Chang. And I promise you that no matter I will always try to give you the world and more. I want us to be forever. Being far away from you for so long really put everything into perspective for me. You're my soulmate. I never once believed that I would meet the love in my life in high school, I always thought it would be on the down line, maybe when I was still in college or maybe after. But Tina, you light up my life and you make me so incredibly happy"

Mike reached into his back pocket and took a small black velvet box from it, he slowly got down on knee and smiled at Tiny. "Now, this isn't a proposal...yet" He chuckled at the look of fear and surprise on Tina's face but he could also see the delight in her eyes. "This is a promise Tina, a promise that I am always going to love you and cherish you. I want to experience everything with you. So Tina Cohen-Chang, would you do me the honour of promising me our future together, that when you finish high school and you come out to New York that we can finally begin our life together and get to experience every single moment, no matter if it's good or bad, I want to share everything with you"

Tina felt the happy tears returning into her eyes, she stared at the beautiful silver ring that was encased in the velvet box; it was a simple but beautiful ring and it was her. It was her ring. It was a silver band that had one single diamond in a halo shape, and on either side of the diamond were a small cluster of smaller diamonds in a row. It was gorgeous.

"Mike" She whispered, her heart overwhelmed with the love she held for this man on front of her. And she couldn't wait to spend the rest of her life with him. Even though she knew this wasn't a proposal, she was after all still in high school and would prefer to be settled in their own home or at least graduated college before they discussed getting married, she knew this was a promise. A promise that they would love each other forever and that no matter what they were each other's person

After a few moments if silence Mike grew worried and Tina saw the panicked look in his eyes before coming to her senses and shouted her answer. "Yes! Of course yes!"

Mike chuckled and slipped the ring onto her finger, he had barely gotten back to his feet before Tina pulled him in for a searing kiss. They both pulled away after a few moments, the rest of their group cheering and whistling behind them but they didn't care, they only had eyes for each other.

"I love you Mike"

"I love you too Tina"