I have decided to keep the octopus and ya I know that an octopus can only live out of water for around half an hour and they can't eat human food but oh well. My octopus can defy the laws of nature!

He could hear her loud banging as she came up the stairs before he saw her. She came in with a large heavy bag in one hand and all of her other things in the other. She placed them all down as carefully as she could and sighed in relief at being able to finally put them down. She turned to Sherlock and hugged him right away like she always did now and when she pulled away, she noticed that Alexander was once again in his favorite spot on Sherlocks head. She smiled and had to reach as far as she could pat the little creature on the head. It had been a month since Sherlock had gotten him and he didn't feel like getting rid of him when the experiment was over so he kept him.

"What's in the bag?" Sherlock asked as Alexander suddenly and surprizingly fast slid down Sherlocks face and plopped down to Bella's shorter head.

"Chocolates from people at work. It's Valentine's day, remember." She said as she bent over to grab one of the boxes of chocolates from the bag, Alexander wrapping his arms around her chin and the back of her head to keep from falling.

"Do you want some? I can't eat all of this myself." She asked while pealing off the wrapper of the box.

"No, I don't like sweets." He replied as he watched her take a piece of chocolate out and was about to take a bite out of it but Alexander swiped down a tentacle and grabbed it from her hand. He lifted up from her head slightly to shove the little chocolate into his mouth and then plopped down once more.

Bella started laughing, "Well I guess he can help me but I can feel him chewing and it feels weird." She commented, grabbing another chocolate. Bella caught a bright red shine out of the corner of her eye and saw that it was a heart shape box of chocolate on Sherlock's desk.

"Did Mrs. Hudson give you those?" She asked as she walked over to the desk.

"Yes. You have one as well in your room." She picked it up and noticed that it was never opened.

"Sherlock, you may not like chocolate but the least you can do is eat the ones that Mrs. Hudson gave you." She scold.

"It's just some candy. The only reason for people to give chocolates on this day is because there is a chemical in it that makes one feel like they're happy or in love. Do people honestly think that they can get a date by doing just that? It's not orginal." He said sitting on the couch.

"No. People give chocolates to each other to make their loved ones feel happy and speical enough to get some on this day. I got most of what I have from the female nurses and doctors that I'm friends with. And the ones that I did get from guys was just as friends as well." She explained. "Mrs. Hudson is just showing that she loves you and if you love her too then you should eat these." She dropped the heart shaped box in his lap, put Alexander back on his head, grabbed her things, and walked up stairs to her room.

Sherlock waited until he was sure that she was gone and opened the box. He grabbed one of the bite sized chocolates out of the small box and held it out if front of Alexander. He waited for a moment but he never even reached out to take it.

"What? You want me to eat it too?" He asked quietly to the squishy thing.

He felt the small creature hug his head and took it as a yes. Bella's words swam around in his head as he thought it over. He lowered the chocolate that was now slightly melted from the heat in his fingers, to his lips and opened them just wide enough for it to slide past. Slowly, he chewed the sugary treat and finally swallowed it.

He smiled slightly, thinking about how Bella was the only person that could ever get him to willingly do something and then his thoughts turned to the sea creature currently acting as his hat.

"Since when did you start taking her side?"