Description: It's Valentine's Day and Lucas, having realised his feelings for Gina, wants to get the perfect present.
Lucas never paid much attention to February 14th. For years, it had just been like any other day. Now, however, it was of much more significance. He was slowly developing feelings for Jessica's friend, Gina, and the idea of giving her a gift to let her know how he felt was vivid in his mind.
The problem was, Lucas didn't have a clue what the perfect gift should be; after all, chocolates and jewellery were so cliché. He had been pondering over this for a week ( yes, a whole week!) and still hadn't come up with anything.
All of a sudden, it hit him. In the past, flowers had special meanings. Since Valentine's Day was supposed to be special and mean something, Lucas figured that flowers would be the perfect present; they would certainly be a gift true to his heart. With the idea firmly planted in his head, he decided to go to Jessica and find out if Gina had any allergies to flowers.
Later on, Lucas sat in his room. Jessica had told him that Gina wasn't allergic to any type of flower, but she had demanded to know why he needed to know. Therefore he had been forced to tell her the truth; after swearing her to absolute secrecy. She had promised she wouldn't say anything to Gina.
The next day, Lucas woke up early. Normally, on Valentine's Day, he would sleep in but now that he had something to anticipate, he couldn't possibly stay in bed. He practically rushed down the stairs and out the door. Time to put "Operation Valentine's Flowers" into action.
Once he had collected all the flowers he needed for the bouquet and arranged them, he went to Gina's house and left the flowers on the doorstep with a little message, "Gina, you are special to my heart like these flowers." He hid himself behind a hedge and waited for her to come out.
Gina opened her front door and was about to step out when something compelled her to look down. Lying on her doorstep was a bouquet of flowers, all in perfect condition. There were yellow chrysanthemums, forget-me-nots, gardenias, hyacinths, lilacs, pansies, pink roses, red and yellow tulips.
"Who could these be from?," she wondered before seeing Lucas hidden behind her hedge. She couldn't believe it. Lucas had sent those flowers. She brought them to her nose and inhaled their sweet scent. She supposed it should have been obvious, though. "Thank you for the flowers," she called out.
She smiled as Lucas practically fell out of the bush and stumbled towards her. "Y-You like them?" He asked, staring at her as though she were the only person in the world. She nodded, smiling at him, suprise having rendered her speechless. Lucas smiled and added, " Did you read the message?"
Gina finally regained the ability to speak and replied, " I was just about to, actually." She picked up the note and read it. Her heart caught in her throat, "Oh, Lucas," she gasped.
He looked at her nervously. This was it; there was no going back. "Gina, I-I love you." He watched her closely, as she took in what he had said. All of a sudden, he felt her arms wrapping around him tightly.
"Lucas, I-I don't know what to say," Gina stammered. She couldn't believe that, after years of trying to get him to notice her, it had finally worked.
"Say that you love me," he suggested thoughtfully. He knew she loved him but he wanted to hear her say the words.
"I love you, Lucas."