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Chapter 14: Gifts of Love

Aiden was whistling a tune that popped into his head that morning. He recalled the dream he had been having for the last week. It involved Aiden in the desert with Katie looking for something but it was to dark to see anything.

"And then the sand wipes everything away…"

Aiden boarded the bus and took his usual seat. He went over some of his notes from the day before.

"When is that test?" He wondered to himself. "Katie will probably know."

He racked his brain until the bus reached her stop. She got on and took her seat next to Aiden.

"Hey Aiden." She said playfully.

"Hi Katie, when is the geo test?"

"Umm, I think its today."

"Really?" Aiden said with a slight pang of panic in his voice.

"Yea, why? Didn't you study?"

"Yes and no, I know most of the stuff I already know."

"That's right; we're doing cave formation aren't we?"

"Yea, well stressing out won't help at all." Aiden said as he replaced his papers into his backpack.

As he placed them inside he noticed something he had placed in there this morning.

"Close your eyes Katie." He said as he began to pull it out.

She closed her eyes as Aiden pulled a necklace out of his backpack. It was a silver necklace with a slightly clear dark green gem in the shape of a pointed pentagonal prism. He placed it on her and said,

"Okay, you can open your eyes."

She looked at the jewelry around her neck and gasped.

"Its beautiful Aiden but what's the occasion?"

Aiden slapped his forehead as he said,

"It's our month anniversary you ditz."

"Hey!" Katie said as she punched him playfully in the arm. "I feel bad about not getting you anything though."

"Katie, you are your gift to me."

Katie kissed him gently on the lips.

"You're a pretty quick thinker, even if it is a bit cliché."

"More cliché than saying that you are my inspiration?"

Katie sighed and just said affectionately,

"You…"

They leaned into each other and held hands. They stayed in that position for the rest of the bus ride.

They released hands as they got off the bus. It was not because of the rules of the school, they really couldn't care less about any rules that tethered their love, it was for Skye's sake. Both of them saw the effect their relationship had on her. Aiden knew she still earned for him but he couldn't bring himself to say anything. They entered the school right away as their bus had been late. As they walked through the empty hallways Katie asked,

"Where did you get this necklace anyways?"

"Well, I make jewelry in my spare time when I have the materials."

"I wish I could do something cool like that."

"Your drawling is just as impressive."

They reached the point where they had to part to get to their lockers. Aiden blew her a kiss as he separated from her. When he reached his locker he noticed a note sticking out of the vents.

"From the experience I've had with notes I think I should read it now."

He opened it up and read it to himself as he opened his locker.

Your eyes
are like green pools
that I could be forever lost in.

Your hair
is like a brown waterfall
flowing into the river
deep as my love for you.

Your lips
are like pink petals
of a flower I would forever smell.

Your visage,
I wish I could always see
right in front of me.

All these bits
make up the boy
meant or me.

"Well this might have been Katie, she might not have been as clueless as she let on. But wait a second, there is no way she could have gotten this to my locker before now. I'll just have to ask her if she wrote it."

Aiden gathered his materials and headed to math class. As Aiden entered the classroom the teacher asked him,

"Bus number?"

"Umm, 46."

Then Ms. Ralsky or Rosky, Aiden could never get it right, made a mark on her attendance sheet and continued with the examples on the board. Aiden pulled out the poem and tore a scrap of paper off of his homework. He wrote "Did you write this?" on the sheet, folded it up, and passed it to Katie. Before she got a chance to open it Ms. Rosky spotted the note and said,

"Pass up the note Ms. Miller."

Katie reluctantly passed the note to the teacher who began to read it aloud. After she finished she asked Katie

"So did you write this?"

She looked to Aiden for support but his attention was upon the color Skye had turned as the note was read. He then just shook his head. Katie took this as Aiden's suggestion and said,

"No."

"Then who wrote it? Was it you Ms. Holt? Or maybe you Ms. Andrews…"

Nobody looked at Alexis Andrews at that point, they knew who wrote it. Skye hid in her folder as the other kids began laughing at her. Aiden would not take it.

"Do any of you know why she wrote it?" He yelled as he stood. "I'll tell you, Sarah happens to be an excellent poet and she wanted us to read it. In my shock I couldn't believe something so beautiful was a first attempt. That is all."

Aiden's explanation had been successful as a silence fell upon the children. He took his seat and Ms. Rosky said,

"Well, now that this funny business is over, lets get back to the lesson."

A/N: First things first, I did not write that poem. All credit goes to Izzabelle who does not have any other work I can direct you to. Also, did I loose my readers during the hiatus? I haven't gotten any reviews from my online readers for the last few chapters. Now if you'll excuse me I have the Lucky Star theme to get out of my head.