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Federico helped Annie up to the second seat on the bleacher in the indoor soccer field.
"Are you sure you don't mind hanging out in the bleachers while I practice?" Federico asked.
"No problem. I'll just study for my Orgo midterm next week." Annie pointed to the pile of books, papers, and notebooks next to her.
"Sorry, that soccer practice landed on Valentine's Day. I know it's our special day." Federico apologized for the hundredth time.
Annie waved away his apologies. "Don't worry about it. We'll go do something afterwards. Besides, I'm convinced Valentine's Day is just card and candy manufacturers' way of making more money." Annie pointed out.
"And flowers." Federico said as he pulled a rose from behind his back and handed it to her.
"Oooo, it's beautiful. Thank you." Annie squealed. She gave him a big hug.
"Hey, Federico! Get down here! It's time to warm up!" The coach called from the field.
Federico waved at him before turning back to Annie.
"Go, go! Don't worry about me." Annie shooed him.
Federico smiled before going down the stairs that led to the field which was surrounded by a waist high wall.
Annie watched him as he ran onto the field. She watched him kick the ball around with his teammates a while before she opened her Chemistry Textbook. There were so many amino acid chains she had to memorize. Soon she was absorbed in her book. She reached over for some handouts when she accidently knocked them through the crack.
"Oh darn!" She muttered. Placing the book down next to her she looked through the crack. The paper was on the floor just out of reach. She would have to go down. She sighed and got up. Walking down the stairs she went to the side where the opening was.
Annie bent over and crawled into the space. When she reached her papers, she grabbed them. Unfortunately, the paper was on top of some wires that she accidently pulled while picking up her paper. Suddenly, the lights on the field went out. The players ran into each other in the dark. There was yelling and sounds of bodies crashing into each other.
"What happened?" Annie wondered out loud unaware that she had done anything. She quickly crawled backwards until she backed out of the bleachers. She saw some flashlights from the cell phone shining from the field. Annie tried to head toward one of them but in the dark bumped into something. That something was a cart full of equipment on top of a ramp. It began rolling down the incline picking up speed as it hit the bottom. The cart started knocking people on the field who couldn't see it coming in the dark. Annie, who had no idea what she had done, groped around in the dark. As she stumbled around, she accidently pushed over the items that the players had put on the ledge of the wall that separated the field from the bleachers. Items spilled from the bag onto the field so that players trying to get back tripped over the articles falling down with some hitting the wall while others landing on top of others. When the lights finally came on, the coach saw the carnage on the field. All his players were groaning on the floor except for Federico who stood in the middle of the field unscathed.
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"I'm sorry about practice." Annie said as they walked out the indoor field.
Federico shrugged. "It's okay. I was more or less done. Strange how the lights went out."
"Yeah. I'm so glad you weren't hurt." Annie hugged his arm.
"Well, the doctors said that their injuries aren't too bad. They should all be ready to play by next week." Federico put his arm around her.
"At least we can still go out before it gets too late." Annie snuggled closer.
"Hmm, all the restaurants are probably full right now." Federico said.
"I'm sure. But we don't need to go anywhere fancy." Annie said.
"Well, good because I was thinking of something… how do you say… low-key." Federico started pulling her towards the school's cafeteria. Annie looked at him curiously. When they arrived, he opened the door for her. As she walked in, she gasped. In the corner was a table set for two. There was a white tablecloth and a vase with a rose in it. Wine glasses and cloth napkins with fancy rings wrapped around them were placed in front of two wooden chairs. Petals and heart shaped confetti were scattered around the area.
"Thanks, Juan!" Federico called to one of the men serving food behind the counter.
Juan waved back ladle in hand.
Federico pulled the chair out for her. As she sat down, he ran to the cafeteria line and took the two plates that Juan had prepared.
He walked back and placed the plate in front of her.
"Did you do all this for me?" Annie asked shocked.
"Who else would I do this for?" Federico laughed.
"This is so sweet. Thank you." She sniffed.
"Is there something wrong?" Federico asked concerned.
"No, I'm just the luckiest girl in the world." She wiped away a tear.
"Well, I feel I'm pretty lucky." Federico smiled. He reached over and grasped her hand. She gave his hand a squeeze. "Let's eat." She pulled the napkin from its holder. The napkin ring flew from her hand. It bounced off the wall and hit a boy on the head. He staggered back and hit a person with a tray of food which caused a domino effect where students fell back on each other. Soon there were students sprawled on the cafeteria floor with food around them.
Federico and Annie did not notice as they had only eyes for each other.