tns oneshots

V Day

Pinn from Moments. Finn's perspective this time x

We're all gathered for a 'big team meeting' in Studio A. But since Nick called it, it can't be that important. Piper and Summer are giggling over something, Kingston and Ozzy are flirting nauseatingly with each other like usual, Henry's playing legions and lasers on his phone and me, Amy and Kenzie are discussing whether or not it's wrong for a dog and cat to mate with each other. Finally Nick comes, thank god because our conversation was spiralling off in a really weird direction. "Ok guys, as you know it's V Day today!" Most people cheer, but Henry and Summer cheer the loudest. Richelle doesn't cheer and opens her mouth to give us her commercial holiday lecture again but Ozzy interrupts her. "Oh my god, I just realised something" he says excitedly. "What, that you love Kingston?" Amy says hopefully. "He figured that out ages ago" I joke, rolling my eyes at her. Ozzy ignores us. "No I get it now. V Day celebrates love and its on February 14th because that's the day Europe defeated the Nazis." "I'm sorry, what?" Kingston asks in disbelief. "Yeah, the Holocaust ended and we celebrate love between the countries of Europe" Ozzy says confidently. Kingston buries his head in his hands as the rest of us, including Nick, begin to laugh. "That's VE Day and it's May 8th" Amy explains patiently. "Valentine's Day is what Nick was talking about and it remembers the saint." "Oh" Ozzy said, abashed.

"Anyway" Nick said, "I got everyone a fortune cookie." "Because they're so traditional on Valentines Day" Kenzie mutters to me. I smirk. "The cookies were made by the local bakery but I actually wrote the fortunes myself" Nick says proudly. No one has anything to say to that so we all sit in awkward silence for a few moments until Amy clears her throat. "Oh, um, well done?" she says it like a question but Nick doesn't notice, too pleased with her praise. "Thank you" he says. "Do you want to hand them out?" "Oh, uh, sure" Amy agrees. She pulls herself up from where she was sprawled on the floor. She hands them out carefully. When I get mine, I see my name is piped onto it in blue icing. I look around and see the others have already cracked theirs open. I crack my open too, excited to eat the cookie but more excited to see what message Nick has for me. "Oh and guys, try to keep the messages a secret please" Nick says, before walking back into the office. I read my slip. 'Ask out that girl' it says. Ok. Maybe I will. It's been almost two months. She said she liked me. I have nothing to lose except our friendship. But with the way I feel about her, that's always been on the line.

"Well, this was a waste of time" Richelle says, breaking my train of thought. She gets up and leaves, tossing her fortune cookie and her slip of paper into the bin as she goes. Everyone else starts getting up to and suddenly I have a brainwave. I make a beeline for Piper and grab her arm lightly, pulling her back. "Wait for a minute?" I ask her. "Sure" she laughs. She seems nervous, but I don't know why she would be. Unless Nick gave her a similar note. Suddenly I'm filled with confidence. I wait impatiently for Kingston and Ozzy to leave, then they finally do and me and Piper are left alone. I take her hands in mine. "Go out with me?" I ask softly. Her eyes widen. "I mean, I'm not telling you to, I'm asking obviously, but.." She cuts off my rambling with a kiss. Butterflies explode in my stomach and I feel like I'm floating away except Pipers hands are keeping me grounded and I realise she's always my anchor, in a good way obviously, and I realise I might be in love with her and all that happens in the few seconds we kiss. She pulls away and she looks surprised, like she didn't see it coming. I didn't either. "I'll go out with you" she whispers, smiling. A wave of utter happiness overwhelms me and I feel dizzy and I think this might just be the best day of my life. I realise she's looking at me expectantly and I know I should say something but I don't know what to do so I do what I want to do for the rest of my life and lean in to kiss her again.