"Who are you giving your chocolates to?" "Akotski!" Giggles.

Jem had not prepared herself for how much worse the night class craze would get when Valentine's Day came around. This was partially due to the fact that she had not bothered to pay attention to the date. She was just doing her best to keep it together. Valentine's Day was tomorrow, she just had to make it until then.

She was currently in class, scratching at the corner of her paper, slowly turning the margin black as she slumped forward, leaning against one arm. She glanced over at Zero. He was awake, and looked as irritated as she was. In fact, he looked a little angry and seemed to be scolding Yuuki, though this wasn't terribly uncommon.

Jem had already received chocolates. A small package had come in the mail from her brother, which of course made her smile. She reached into her pocket and took one out to eat. Her brother had good taste, they were delicious and high quality. The girls in front of her continued to giggle. Then she heard Zero as one of the names listed. She had heard this a few times now, all from different girls. She glanced over at Zero, who had heard his name this time. He was glaring at the group out of the corner of his eye, his teeth bared.

Jem saw his overly oppositional reaction, then looked down at the wrapper in her hand. She had an idea, and smiled as she looked back up at Zero, unnoticed.

After class, she caught Yuuki alone before they went to the switchover. "Hey Yuuki, I'm sorry to bother you, but my brother sent me some chocolates and I would really like to call and thank him. The only time I know he'll be home is now. Could you help me get to a phone? It would just be a quick call, and it would mean a lot to me."

Yuuki hesitated, but having the big heart that she did, couldn't say no. "All right, I'll take you to the headmaster's office, but quickly." They hurried together, and when they reached the office, the headmaster was not there. "Ok, you can use the phone, but then go straight back to your dorm. I have to go because today is an especially important day to supervise the switchover," Yuuki explained.

"Thank you so much," Jem said courteously as Yuuki ran off.

Jem went over to the phone and picked it up. She took the wrapper from earlier out, then dialed the number in small print. After a few minutes, she was put through. "Hello, I was hoping to order some chocolate and have it be delivered to Cross Academy tomorrow evening around 6. Is that possible?"

"Yeah," said the man on the other end of the line. "We should be able to do that. How much do you want?"

"A ton," she responded.

"You're going to have to be way more specific than that, hun," the man replied.

"Ok," Jem remembered the exact amounts from her math test last week. "One ton, or 2000 pounds, or 32000 ounces-"

"Ok yeah yeah yeah, I get it. You want a ton of chocolate."

"Can you be more specific?" Jem asked. "I want to make sure you have my order right."

Once she had that all sorted out, Jem ran back to the place where she usually met Zero. She felt bad not actually calling Jude, but there was no such thing as a short phone call with him. Since she stayed in Zero's room now, she had taken to recording her notes when she got there. As she waited for Zero, she would now take the time to read in the afternoon air.

He showed up a little later than usual today. "Come on," he snapped, clearly more irritated than normal. His state only made her more excited for tomorrow.

At about six o'clock on Valentine's Day, Jem unlocked Zero's door from the inside and headed down to the front of the building. As she went to meet the truck, she continued to wonder how she would get a ton of chocolate up to Zero's room. As she came down the last set of stairs, she found her answer.

A group of day class boys had congregated, moping around about how they had not received anything. They were surprised to see Jem, as she always stayed in Zero's room and came out only after everyone was asleep, and it was rare to see a girl in the boys' dorm, but perked up when they did. As it was Valentine's Day, they were more starved for attention than usual. "Hi," one of them said in wonderment as she descended the stairs, slowing down.

"Hi," she replied, "um, would you boys mind doing me a favor?" That's all she had to say—they all eagerly agreed without her having to bat her eyes once. It was bad. "Come on," she said and led the way.

The truck was just pulling up as they went outside. The driver hopped out. "I have a ton of chocolate for a Jemmea Lee," he announced.

"That's me," she declared before she signed the form. She then turned to the boys. "I need you to help me carry this up to Zero's room." Their hearts sank once they heard this. "Don't worry," added Jem, grabbing the first batch of chocolate, "I'm sure if you ask him tomorrow, he'll share." The boys reluctantly complied.

They were able to successfully fit all of the chocolate into Zero's room. With each trip they made, more boys curiously joined in to help. A little before it was time for Zero to get back, Jem saw herself out. She was only slightly afraid that he might shoot her should she be there when he discovered it, despite how badly she wanted to see his reaction.

Zero came back from patrol. He opened his door and aggravatingly commanded, "Ok Jemmea, let's-" then he froze. Jem was nowhere to be seen, just mounds and mounds of nicely wrapped chocolate. He noticed something on his bed, which was practically the only open space in his room. On top of the daily notes, Jem had left a cut out heart. All it said was:

THIS MUCH xoxohaha
–Jem