Chapter 30: A Happy Valentine's Day?

                                    

                                          
CS
~ Fall For You ~
By Secondhand Serenade
                          
"Alex. I..." Derek began. 
                          
I look at him puzzled. "You what?"
                          
Derek fidgets with his fingers nervously. "I love you."
                          
I stand there perplexed at what he just said. Did he just say 'I love you'? Right in front of me? Holy cow... 
                          
I was even more surprised once I saw him start to lean in. I do the same and we were only five inches apart...
                          
Four inches...
                          
Three inches...
                          
Two...
                          
One...
                          
"HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, BIIITTTCHH!" 
                          
I shoot up in a sitting position and yelp. Oh god...That was a unexpected yet pleasant dream. I snap my eyes open only to see Victoria standing at the doorway, smiling as bright as the sun.
                          
I wince at the brightness of the room and groan loudly. "Vic. Can you not yell at me when I'm still sleeping?"
                          
"Come on! Get your lazy ass outta bed. We have a fair to raid." Vic says. I could hear her footsteps headed toward me bed.
                          
I groan and fall face first into my pillow. "What are even talking about? Nobody told me about a fair."
                          
"Well now somebody has. Come one. This is the Valentine Fair we're talking about. This only comes once a year you know, and I really wanna get one of those overly stuffed bears. Now get up!" I could sense her stop near my bed.
                          
"No. I'd rather stay home, eat some fattening junk, and watch Netflix. Besides, I'm forever alone anyway." I mumble into the pillow.
                          
Vic is silent for a moment and before I knew it, the blanket is wiped clean off my body. "No. You're gonna get your lazy ass out of bed and we are going to that fair." She says as if meaning to say 'that's final'.
                          
I scrunch up into a human ball and shiver. "Vic, I'm still gonna stay. You can't make me go to some stupid love fair or where ever the hell you want to go."
                          
"Fine, you asked for it." With that, Vic grabs both of my ankles and starts to yank.
                          
I scream in surprise and try to kick her hands away. "Vic! Let me go!" Her grip tightens as I try to grab the bed frame. "I don't want to go! Please don't make me!"
                          
The next thing I know, Vic yells something out and yet another person enters the room. I turn around and spot Aaron looking at us in amusement.
                          
"Aaron! Please, get this crazy woman off me!" I yell at Aaron for help.
                          
You know what he does? He laughs. He fucking laughs. "Nah, sis. I wanna go with my girl and I want you to come with us and do some exercising." Aaron comes around the bed and grabs one of my hands and starts untangling it from the bed frame.
                          
"A-Aaron! For fucks sake, why are you two suddenly ganging up on me! This isn't fair!" I continue to yell.
                          
Eventually, Aaron manages to untangle me and yank me off the bed. Vic hauls me into the bathroom to change.
                          
"This," Vic mentions to a flowery pink dress, "is what you, Ms. Smith, are going to wear today."
                          
"But-"
                          
Vic hushes me before pushing me further into the bathroom and slamming the door. 
                          
~
                          
"You guys are so gonna pay for this." I say as I slumped down at the backseat of Aaron's car. My hair fell in light curls, I had light make up on, and I wore this stupid pink dress. On the plus side, I was able to convince Victoria to let me wear my converse.