Vincent's Pov:

I snickered but caught myself when Dare gave me the evil eye. "Seriously you cant tell me you didn't see two of our best friends totally avoid us?"

"I didn't see anything babe. I was too busy staring at you." I said it overly loud because that was all part of the plan.

He didn't seem to notice that I was almost yelling. Haha this is gonna be shweeet!

Right on cue the first chick walked up with a red rose. She blushed but brazened it out and handed it to him.

He took it and looked from me to her. You could hear the confusion in his voice when he spoke.

"Umm I think you have the wrong person." He said nicely. She shook her head and turned on her heel without uttering a word.

He faced me "What the hell is that about?"

I shrugged. "Dunno"

This went on for the next 20 minutes. In total he had 36 red, white and pink roses before the bell rang to go to our first class. Every single one delivered by a different person and not one of them said a single word.

He was beyond confused and I just nodded along when he said 'someone must have slipped acid in every ones water bottle. I mean how completely random is that.'

This kept on throughout the first half of the day. Between classes one by one people would rush up to him and silently give him a rose.

I kindly got a clear trash bag from a janitor so he could carry them easily.

A few minutes before fourth period ended a delivery guy knocked on the door. Normally a teacher wouldn't allow this but I'd already cleared it with Mrs Sharp.

She opened the door and quietly directed him to our table. He set a huge stuffed penguin and big basket of all Dare's favorite candies in front of him.

Dare shook his head. "There must be a mix up. These cant be for me." He pleaded.

The guy shrugged. "I got your name, class and even a description of you. It's for you." He said before walking away. The guy had timed it perfectly. Before Dare could question it or freak out the bell rang dismissing us to lunch.

"Seriously Vin! What the hell is going on? Are you doing this?" He panicked.

I patted his head and kissed his cheek. "I wish but I'm just not that smooth. Guess you have a secret admirer." I said as we plopped down at our table.

I eyed the flowers."How many is that anyway?"

He looked through the clear trash bag I'd given him to carry all of them in and shrugged. "Somewhere around 200 roses I think. f*ck I dunno. Oh man this is probably a huge mix up and it's supposed to be some sweet girl getting all these so she'd go out with a guy and now they're never gonna hook up and it's all because some moron started bringing them to me and everyone just followed suite! I'm totally c*ck blocking true love!" He spazzed

I pulled him into my arms. "You are so sexy when you freak out. I'm sure whoever set this thing up knew what they were doing and it wasn't an accident that you got them. So stop worrying about c*ck blocking true love." I reassured him.

He groaned. "What if whoever is doing this is trying to make you think I cheated! Oh shit! You know I wouldn't do that right?"

I kissed him as his answer. I didn't want him freaking I just wanted to do something special for him. I silently told him to hang in a little longer. Just a few more minutes before the finale.

A delivery woman came in and set down a gift basket in front of Dereck. He looked at her then the basket and gave her a WTF look. She shrugged.

The basket had an odd mix of things: Peanut butter, A fake butterfly, captains hat, scarf, his favorite action hero(Batman), a plastic raindrop, sun shaped stress ball, an apple, half a strawberry, toy cigarette (blows fake smoke) fake wedding ring. fake crown, big plastic tooth, little shoe(w/o laces), stuffed heart, water bottle (represents vodka), pencil, ice pack.

I helped her climb on the table and she sang:

♥*-.lyrics.-*♥

You can be the peanut butter to my jelly

You can be the butterflies I feel in my belly

You can be the captain

And I can be your first mate

You can be the chills that I feel on our first date

You can be the hero

And I can be your sidekick

You can be the tear That I cry if we ever split

You can be the rain from the cloud when it's stormin'

Or u can be the sun when it shines in the mornin'

Don't know if I could ever be Without you

'Cause boy you complete me

And in time I know that we'll both see That we're all we need

Cause you're the apple to my pie

You're the straw to my berry

You're the smoke to my high

And you're the one I wanna marry

Cause you're the one for me (for me)

And I'm the one for you (for you)

You take the both of us (of us)

And we're the perfect two

We're the perfect two

We're the perfect two

Baby me and you

We're the perfect two

You can be the prince and I can be your princess

You can be the sweet tooth I can be the dentist

You can be the shoes and I can be the laces

You can be the heart that I spill on the pages

You can be the vodka and I can be the chaser

You can be the pencil and I can be the paper

You can be as cold as the winter weather

But I don't care as long as were together

Don't know if I could ever be

Without you 'cause boy you complete me

And in time I know that we'll both see

That we're all we need

Cause you're the apple to my pie

You're the straw to my berry

You're the smoke to my high

And you're the one I wanna marry

Cause your the one for me (for me)

And I'm the one for you (for you)

You take the both of us (of us)

And we're the perfect two

We're the perfect two

We're the perfect two

Baby me and you

We're the perfect two

While she sang he stared shocked at me while I got all the matching items out of my backpack. From the Jelly all the way to a fake ring. After she finished her song I pulled out the last dozen fresh roses from under the table. I set the vase with the specially dyed blue roses in front of him.

The world had faded and all I saw was him. "What's all this?" He asked in a voice thick with emotion. I smiled and pulled him into my chest and spoke into his ear when he snuggled closer.

"17 dozen roses for the 17 years of an unbelievable friendship, A dozen roses specifically dyed your favorite color to represent you, unique and special. A stuffed penguin because penguins mate for life, regardless of gender or age once they find their mate it's always and forever. A basket of your favorite sweets because you're my all time favorite treat. The song is how I feel about you. You're my other half. So I got you a basket of all the halves and I brought all mine. Happy 18th birthday Dereck. I love you baby." I said and sealed my speech with a slow kiss.

I pulled back and froze..... Shit! I thought it would be nice but I guess he hates it. My heart plummeted. I

'd worked hard trying to make this special for him. f*ck I messed it up so much I made him cry! He doesn't cry... Except when his parents died... shit I messed it up bad.

I pulled him back into my arms so he wouldn't get embarrassed by people seeing him upset. He always played like he was cool and calm.

"Shh I'm so sorry babe, I just wanted to do something special for you. Please don't cry. I'm so sorry." I pleaded in his ear.

He shook and I was about 3 seconds away from freaking out. I made it worse. f*ck! What do I do now. He pulled back a minute later and he wasn't crying anymore, he was laughing.

Him with wet eyes, flushed cheeks and a huge grin was the best thing I'd ever seen in my life. It made me feel ten feet tall and invincible. I'd put that look on his face and I wanted to do it over and over again for the rest of our lives.

"This was all so sweet Vin. I cant believe I forgot my own birthday! This means the world to me." He smiled and pulled me into a fierce hug.

"I wasn't crying, my eyes were just drooling" He whispered in my ear.

I laughed. I could relax now that I knew he didn't hate it. I patted his head teasingly. "Sure, cause eyes drool all the time." I agreed playfully.

He gave me a playful nip on the neck before pulling away.

He looked at everything and shook his head laughing. "I cant believe you orchestrated all this. I love you Vincent. Weird drama wh*re ways and all!" He said climbing into my lap and kissing the life out of me.

Mmm life is gooooood!