Timmy pulled up to Alfea on his levabike and got off. Tecna hopped down after him and handed him back the helmet. "Did you have fun tonight, Tecna?" Timmy asked hopefully. They had strayed away from their usual routine on science and technology dates to a romantic dinner by the lake, with some major help form Sky and Brandon in the romance department.

"I did," Tecna answered. "It was nice." Timmy's face fell a little.

'Just nice?' he thought.

'O.K. Tecna. It's now or never. Tell him.' Tecna gathered up every ounce of courage she had. "Hey Timmy? Can I tell you something?"

Timmy looked at her and smiled. "Of course, Tec. You can tell me anything."

"Well…I'm not quite sure how to say this…Timmy, I…I think…I love you." The technology fairy's face blushed deeply and she looked at the ground.

"Well that's…Uhh…I…Umm…I had better get back to Red Fountain. I-I guess I'll see you around, Tecna." Timmy jumped onto the bike and sped off, leaving Tecna standing alone and shocked in the quad. It was a warm night but Tecna shivered and folded her arms protectively over her chest. She had never felt this way before. She felt cold and empty. Like when Timmy had rode off, he took her heart with him.

"So, what did he say!" Stella hollered as soon as she heard Tecna come in.

"You told him, right?" Musa asked.

'I guess Stella took the liberty of telling everyone,' Tecna thought to herself. Tecna tried her best to hold her emotions back as the other girls flooded her with questions. She just stood there in the living room with no recollection of leaving the quad or walking to the dorm. Her face was blank and her eyes started to swim with small tears. Flora noticed and put her arm around Tecna.

"What's the matter, sweetie?" Tecna shook her head and tried to blink back the tears but that just made them come faster. Flora lead her to the couch and she sat down with the other girls around her, waiting to here the story.

"So I told him," Tecna said in a small voice.

"Well, what did he say?" Layla said gently. "Nothing. He just rode off."

"He didn't say anything at all?" Bloom exclaimed.

"He said 'I better get back to Red Fountain. See you around.' " Tecna's face was red and her eyes were puffy. The tears were falling freely now, landing in her lap.

"How could he do that!" Stella yelled.

"Yeah, so not cool," Musa added.

Tecna shook her head. "No, I knew this would happen. I should have just left it alone and not said anything. This is my fault."

"No way, Tecna!" Bloom said. "This is totally not your fault!"

"Yeah," Layla chimed in. "He doesn't realize what he just lost!"

Tecna looked around at her friends. "Does this mean it's over?"

"If he doesn't call within the next 24 hours, yes," Stella said in her dating expert's voice.

Tecna shook her head and stood up. "I think I'm gonna go to bed. I'll see you girls in the morning." She walked into her room and closed the door. When Musa went into her and Tecna's room that night, she heard soft sobbing sounds coming from the next bed.