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i put the small envelope into her pouch made of pink construction paper. i did it quickly to avoid being noticed by the other kids.
i had made 25 valentines for 25 classmates, whether i liked them or not.
i was confident heidi would notice the way i wrote her name on the envelope. i used all upper case letters. soon she would open it, and recognize the time and effort i had put into choosing that specific scooby-doo valentine. then she would notice the special way i signed the valentine. i put a heart above the "i" rather than a simple dot. all of these things would soon result in her declaring a deep and everlasting love for me, we would be married by the third grade for sure. i even put a nickel in the envelope to clinch the deal.
2 seats over, buzzard watched me intently as i opened my valentines from the class. i hated buzzard, she always stole my hat at lunch and would wear it around school for all to see.
i gave buzzard the velma valentine from the scooby-doo collection. i wrote her name in all lower case on the envelope.
later, i overheard heidi tell a friend she got a nickel in one of her valentines, but could not remember who it was from.
buzzard told me she noticed i had had not capitalized her name and she thought that was special, she also told me velma was her favorite. wtf? who likes velma?
i was going to put a nickel in the wife's valentine today, but i changed it to a dollar so she would remember who it was from.
Posted by griff at February 14, 2003 09:25 AM