New Beginning (Pearlshipping-AshxDawn)

Chapter Fourteen

Two months had gone by since Christmas and today was Valentine's Day at Twinleaf Elementary and all of the classes were having their Valentine's Day parties. Mr. Graham's classroom was decorated with red, pink, and white hearts that were lining the walls. He had written 'Happy Valentine's Day' on the board and a table was set up, full of snacks for the kids to eat. The children were talking, eating, and passing out their Valentine's Day cards.

Alex and Jake walked over to where Grace and Julia were standing and talking.

"Happy Valentine's Day," the boys said.

"Happy Valentine's Day to you, too." the girls said.

Alex handed his sister a special card that was different from all of the others cards that he had given to his friends. She took the card and read it, a smile coming over her face.

'I'm glad to have you as my sister. Love, Alex.'

"Thank you, Alex. I love you," she said, hugging her brother and feeling touched by the words he had written.

"I love you too, sis."

Alex then turned to Grace and handed her something that she wasn't expecting: a heart-shaped box of her favorite chocolates. Jake surprised Julia by holding out a red rose to her.

Julia took the rose and smiled shyly at Jake.

"Wow, that's really sweet of you. Thanks, Jake." she said and hugged him.

"Thanks, Alex. These are my favorite." Grace said, hugging him.

While the two were hugging, Alex looked around the class and saw that no one was looking and he snuck a quick kiss to Grace's cheek. Grace's eyes widened and she looked at Alex.

"Wh-what was that for?" she asked.

"You kissed me at Salvia's palace at the Christmas Ball and I never got the chance to return it. Now we're even." Alex replied, smiling.

It's great to see that Alex feels just as strongly for me as I do for him. I took a risk with kissing him and he's returned it. Grace thought.

"Oh, look at this." Jake said once he and Julia had finished hugging. He removed a flyer from his bag and Alex and Julia recognized it right away. The flyer was the same flyer that they had gotten last year, promoting the Twinleaf Town Valentine's Day Couples' Dance.

"That's the dance that Twinleaf Town holds every year for couples." Julia said.

"Our parents went last year, thanks to us." Alex added. "It's where they confessed to one another."

"I gave a flyer to my mom and asked her to go with Alex's dad. Our parents are going to the dance again tonight."

"Where did you get the flyer from, Jake?" Grace asked.

"My dad came into school with me this morning for a meeting with Mr. Graham. When we entered the school, we saw Miss Vickers putting up a poster advertising the dance on the bulletin board." Jake explained.

"My dad asked her what she was doing and she told us about the dance. Then my dad asked her if she would like to go to the dance with him and she said yes! It's my dad's first real date since we moved to Twinleaf Town."

"That's great!" Julia cried.

"Did your dad know Miss Vickers before?" Alex asked.

"No, he first met her this morning. She seems really friendly and I want my dad to find someone and be happy. I don't have a mom, so I'm hoping that this date goes well for them..."