Pink. Red. White.
Hearts. Roses. Candy. Chocolate. Loooove.
Valentine's Day. Also known as 'singles awareness day' for those single-ites out there, or, for those of you who are happily taken, 'stress over how to show my significant other how much I care about him/her day'. Or, as I like to think of it: 'the day before half price candy and chocolates day'. (Which, I might add, is so much better than Valentine's Day!)
Apparently its also a bake sale day at her school. And miss sweet tooth that she is, she just can't seem to resist. Cupcakes, brownies, donut croissants, cookies, --ooh! are those little tarts over there? Yeah, she is such a gonner.  Hmm...what to buy..?
--How about one of everything?!
"Hey,"
 The girl turns, pasting a smile onto her face despite the person she finds behind her in the bake-sale line.
"Whatcha getting?"
"I dunno yet. A brownie. Maybe."
"What can I get you?" the blonde part of today's bake-sale team asks. Apparently she's next. What a relief.
"She'll have a brownie. And I'll have one too."
Excuse me?
"Four dollars please."
She fumbles for her wallet digging for a toonie but he's already paid. For her. Who is NOT her girlfriend. Not his friend. Not his anything.
A toonie! "Thank you,"  the girl takes my brownie from blondie before turning to last Friday's fail date.
"What are you doing?"
He stares at her. Blink. Blink. How creepy!
"Here, take it." she extends the two dollars towards him.
He waves it away. "I gotta get to class. Happy Valentine's Day."
"Take it. Its not like I don't have money." Especially since its only two dollars.
He shakes his head. "What d'you say we hangout this weekend after my exams are over?"

Sometimes you've just gotta laugh in disbelief. Clearly someone didn't get the message.

"Can I kiss you?" he leans in.
He being her date. Her boring, boring, capital lettered B-O-R-I-N-G date. Um, no!
"No." 
"Why not?"
"Because," and if she was nice she'd say something like 'I don't kiss on first dates' but as is what comes out of her mouth is "Because you're a nice guy, but this isn't gonna work. I mean, there's nothing in particular about you I don't like. But there's nothing in particular I do like either."
"Ah, I see." Pause. "But if there's nothing about me you don't like, and like you said I'm a nice guy maybe you just need to get to know me better."
Oh God, please don't --too late! She rolls her eyes. That girl has really got to break that habit. " You're boring. No wait--that's wrong. I think you're boring. But that's my opinion so. No. No kiss. No date. Thank you, for today but no."

Sometimes, I have to say, she is just a little bit blunt. But clearly, she has to be, seeing as some people just don't get the message. 'cause after that, you'd think the guy would get that she doesn't want to hang out with him this weekend.
And buying her a brownie --even if it was a really good brownie-- doesn't change that.