I Gave You Twelve Roses

I Gave You Twelve Roses.

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Chapter 2: I Love You Says It All.

"A secret admirer, you mean with the secret notes and stuff?" Mayu asked.

Seated at a table in the cafeteria, Ayumi, Mayu, and Naomi were discussing Ayumi's secret admirer. It was a good topic to talk about and get their mind off on how disgusting that week's mystery meat was. Just like the secret admirer, it was sure a mystery.

"I wonder who it could be," Naomi said, jabbing her mystery meat with a spoon, as if she was trying to destroy it.

Ayumi thought for a moment than scowled. "It's probably Arnold. Geez, why won't he leave me alone?"

"Why don't you just give him a chance?" Maty asked. "You know the old saying, 'There is more than meets the eye.'"

"And let him take me to chess tournament as a first date!?" Ayumi spat. "No way!"

Just then the boys plopped their trays down at their table. Morishige took a seat and Mayu embraced him, while Satoshi gave a kiss to Naomi on her cheek. Yoshiki sat next to Ayumi, smiling at her.

"So, what's up?" Satoshi asked the group.

"Ayumi got a note from a secret admirer," Naomi explained. "And we think its Arnold."

Yoshiki chuckled. "That loser? I bet you a million dollars he won't even get a date for the spring formal!"

Ayumi sighed. "And neither will I if I don't find out who wrote this secret admirer is."

They ended up discussing the secret admirer topic for a while. The only one that didn't contribute to the conversation in a while was Ayumi. Her mind wandered off to the note she found in her locker. Who was her secret admirer? Was it Arnold? And what was she going to do about it?

The spring formal was coming up in a week and she had no one to go with. Of course, Mayu and Naomi were going with Morishige and Satoshi. She would do her best to get a date. But if desperate times called for desperate measures, she would not even go. The other choice was to go with Arnold, but if she did, he would have fainted from hearing she wanting to go with him.

She could go with Yoshiki, but that means going to the spring formal with one of her best guy friends. That was better than the Arnold option, but still, going with best guy friend was also the reason for not having a date. It wasn't right. Besides, she had no chance since Yoshiki had many girls chasing after him.

The boys were voted the hottest guys in school. Some of the girls were chasing after Yoshiki, including Princess. If Yoshiki was not interested in Ayumi and interested in someone like Princess, Ayumi didn't stand a chance. Besides, each boy had something special about them that made the girls want to swoon.

Satoshi was captain of the boys' soccer team. With one compliment, he can make any girl slide to the floor when he walks by. With his kind attitude, girls can't stay away from him. Too bad he's already taken by Naomi.

Morishige was the main roles in all plays. His wavy blue hair and boyish good looks have all the other actresses chasing after him. No wonder Mayu got to him first.

Yoshiki was the best guitarist. A lot of girls want to get their hands on his bleached hair. He was charming and could make any girl feel loved, including Ayumi.

No one asked her to go with them. The jocks probably thought she was too stuck-up. The bad boys thought she was a goody-too-shoes. And the academics thought she was too smart, except for Arnold.

Speaking of Arnold, she looked up and saw Arnold coming her way, smiling. What was he going to do, talk to her, flirt with her, and annoy her? She pondered this question for a moment. Then, it hit her.

He was going to ask her to spring! It made sense. He had no date. She had no date! And she knew that she would rather fail all her classes than go with him. She would rather commit a crime than go with him, she would rather eat horse liver than go with him. I think you get the picture.

She could already imagine what the formal would be like if she went with him. He'd give her a science textbook instead of a corsage; he'd make them walk to the spring formal instead of taking a limousine so they could quiz each other in math, and then while they're laughing an drinking punch, he'll snort so hard, the punch would come out of his nose. It was a sickening sight.

Just imagining it all was making her sick like a dog. Without saying goodbye to Mayu, Morishige, Naomi, and Satoshi, she jumped off her seat and sprinted across the cafeteria and out the east doors. She hurried down the hallway, made a few right turns, and found herself at her locker again.

She leaned against it, catching her breath. She was hoping Arnold wouldn't show up out of the blue while she was still tired. He'll ask her to the spring formal faster than Mayu can ramble about anything.

Now, she was scared to even go to school. She wouldn't know who was behind that classroom door or who was sneaking up behind her. If she wasn't careful, Arnold would spring up the question on her and she'd have to say yes. She couldn't say no. Even if she hated Arnold, she couldn't hurt his feelings.

Ayumi sighed. "I wish there was some way of tracking him so I won't run into him and he will never ask me."

Then, she got an idea. She turned around and entered her lock combination. The locker down swung open. She reached into the back of the locker and pulled out what looked like a sliver metallic video game.

This was one of her father's inventions. It could track anyone with a sample of the person's DNA. Once she had them, she'd slip them into the device. It was used to track anything.

The tracking device also contained DNA from herself and her friends. In case of emergency , she would be able to find them quickly, wherever they were.

Now, to track down Arnold. Where was she supposed to get DNA of him? He can't just say, "Arnold, may I have a piece of your gorgeous locks?" That was the worst idea in the encyclopedia of worst ideas. Did she have anything Arnold had ever given to her? Wait!

Ayumi rummaged through her locker for something that contained Arnold's DNA and, oh joy, she found a rose he gave her a couple of days ago. She pulled off every rose petal until she found a strand of brown hair. Arnold's brown hair. She smiled and slipped it through the tiny slot on top of the machine. After a few beeps and dings, a screen popped up.

The screen displayed a bird's eye view of the inside of Kisaragi Academy. According to the different shapes and colored icons, she could see that her friends were leaving the cafeteria. A small dot, which represented Arnold, was moving down a hallway. A pink heart showed that Ayumi was by her locker.

The brown dot kept moving down the hall. If Arnold made one more right turn, he would find Ayumi. Slipping the device in the pocket of her jeans, she grabbed her history textbook from the inside of the locker. She grabbed the note, and hurried down a hallway to the history classroom.

Once she reached the classroom, she flung open the door, ran inside, and closed it behind her. She turned around. The classroom was deserted, except for the history teacher sitting at his desk. He looked was looking at Ayumi strangely.

"Miss Shinozaki, why are you in such a hurry to get here?" he asked.

Good thing she was good at making up excuses. "Sorry, sir, I was helping friend that got hurt by tripping down a flight of stairs and I didn't have a watch, I thought I was going to be late for class. Sorry for startling you."

The teacher smiled. "It's alright. Class starts in five minutes anyway. Why don't you take a seat and look over your note, my honor star student."

Ayumi nodded and took a seat at the front of the room. While the teacher was being occupied with the Kisaragi Gazette newspaper, Ayumi pulled out the tracking device from her pocket and looked at the screen.

She sighed in relief. The brown dot showed that Arnold was in the chemistry classroom on the other side of the school and was not moving what so ever. She smiled and slipped the device back in her pocket.

To avoid Arnold as much as possible, she tried to remember if she had any classes with him. Well, they both took advanced subjects, but were in different. How about school clubs? Did they sign up for the same thing? Oh yeah, spring formal committee. They were responsible for decorating the gymnasium for the spring formal.

Mayu and Naomi joined that committee as well, so Ayumi could talk to them instead of Arnold. She could spend her time laughing and talking with Mayu and if Arnold ever tried to walk towards them to ask Ayumi to the spring formal, Naomi would be there to deal with him.

On the same day they were to decorate the gym, Yoshiki had a chemistry competition. Kisaragi Tigers versus the Statesville Serpents. She wanted to wish him good luck that day and remember to take note of that.

Speaking of which, she almost forgot about the note. She picked up the note from her desk. Hoping it wasn't Arnold who sent this one too, she unfolded it.

It said

You know what my flower Ayumi? I could say so much, but I LOVE YOU says it all. Do you feel the same way?

Love,

Your Secret Admirer.

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