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(Written back in February 2024)

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Cole's pov-

"Are you enjoying that?" I asked Peter as he ate some of the Valentine's candy.

"Yep." He smiled.

"Why didn't I get anything? I don't like being left out, this Isn't fair." Keith said.

"Well your not In a relationship." Spencer said.

"So? Friends can still give gifts." Keith said.

"You didn't get us anything." I said.

"Wel- okay. But I can. How about I get all of you a gift then I get a gift from all of you? Kind of like a secret santa, but In February." Keith said.

"Damn. You really need to get a girlfriend." Spencer said.

"Maybe you should play match maker for him." I said.

"Ooo, I would probably be good at that. Come on Keith, let's find you a girl!" Spencer said then moved closer to Keith.

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"Hey, Peter. I'm going over to my dads job, so I might be able to talk to him. I'll be back later and If you want I could bring you some food." I said.

"But I don't want you to leave." He pouted.

"I won't be gone to long. You'll survive." I said walking towards the door.

He moved closer to me, shuffling on his knees and pouting. "Pleeeeease?"

"I don't know If you should. I just- I need some time with him. But I'll be back, baby. Then me and you can do something. How about that?" I said.

"Ugh...fine." He said giving me a kiss.

"Also, I thought you didn't like being out around people? Hmm." I said then made my way to my dads office, I'm not sure how busy he'll be, but at least he won't be mad about me being there...I think. He shouldn't be. I don't even know where he lives now, but I guess I don't really need to.

Anyways. I walked out of the house and down the streets Into the building and found my dads office, then knocked.

"Come In." He said and I walked In. He was writing something down and was surprised to see me here, again.
"Cole. I wasn't expecting you."

"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to stop by. And I also promised to get Peter some food." I said as I stepped closer to the desk.

"Well, If you came over here to talk, I'm sorry to say I'm a bit busy at the moment. But I might have some time tomorrow. So we can talk more then." He said while looking at the papers on his desk.

"I understand. I just felt like coming over here. Tomorrow works for me, whenever your not busy. I'll let you keep working." I said.

"Alright. Sorry about you walking over here just to leave." He said.

"It's okay. I enjoy walking around. But I do miss the nature, instead of the cars and air pollution, what not." I said then paused before saying. "You said sorry twice y'a know." I smirked.

"Yeah, I did huh." He smiled back.

"Can I get a hug?" I said and immediately felt like a little kid. Why did I even say that? Maybe thats just what I needed?

"Yeah. Come here." He said standing up, holding out his arms.
A huge smile was on my face as I rushed over to him and hugged him. I haven't felt comfortable around my dad like this since...basically never. I miss having him as a dad and not as an abusive drunk.

I hugged him tight, laying my head against him. Just enjoying this moment. He seemed to like It too, he wasn't hugging me really tight or feeling tense. We both relaxed.

"I love you, dad." I said.

He rubbed his hands on my back. "I love you too, Cole."

He said It...he- my dad actually said that he loves me. And he meant It!

We let go and just looked at each other for a minute.

"I'll let you get back to work, dad." I smiled.

"I'll see you soon...Son." He smiled.

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Keith's pov-

"So what's your type anyways?" Spencer asked.

"I dunno." I said realizing that I honesty never really paid attention to other people, let alone crushes. I was the bully, I wasn't nice to anyone. But If Cole can do It, so can I.

"Ugh, fine. Let's just look up some celebrities or something and see who you like. You have to have a crush on someone." Spencer said.

"Well I guess as a kid I had at least one crush, kind of two." I said thinking back to those memories.

"Okay. Who were they?" He asked.

"There was this girl. Melanie. She- I dunno, she didn't like me back, she didn't really like anyone. But I thought she was kind of cute." I said.

"Oh, so you do have some sort of heart. Okay. What about these celebs? Who do you think Is the most attractive?" Spencer asked.

"Um. I don't care for them, they are okay, that person Is kind of attractive, not that one..." I continued to say.

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"Are you kidding!? You like him? Seriously!?... There's so many other people you could have a crush on though!" I said shocked.

"You said you wouldn't judge!" Spencer shouted and threw a pillow at me.

"But seriously!?" I said.

"Yes, seriously!" He said.

"Alright, Alright. I'm sorry. You can like whoever you want. Jeez." I said and looked over at him. "And don't throw stuff at me."

Spencer paused for a minute then threw another pillow at me.

"Oh, no you didn't." I said surprised.

"Oh, yes I did." He said.

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Cole's pov-

"So how was It with your dad?" Peter asked as we ate  the food I brought.

"Well, he was busy. But we hugged. And we said that we both love each other. I called him father and he even called me son." I said slowly processing that thought.

"That's great, Cole. I'm glad It worked out." Peter said rubbing my arm.

"That's a weird sensation. The nerves In my arm are all janked up. Too bad they will never be fixed." I said.

"Yeah..." Peter said somberly.

"But I like the way your hands feel against me." I smiled.

"I wanna cuddle." Peter pouted.

"Mm, come here, baby." I said and kissed his head.

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The next day Keith and Spencer came over to hangout.

"So what are we gonna do today?" Keith asked.

"I dunno. How about some video games. We haven't gotten to play those together In awhile." I said.

"Ooo, yeah. I liked the game we played last time and we can all play together." Spencer said.

"Can we please play jackbox too?" Peter asked excitedly.

"Yes, baby." I said.

"Just not the bomb game, because that was wayyy to chaotic." Keith said.

"Yeah, but the catch the liar was the best." Spencer said.

"Ugh, that was fun until I was the liar three times In a row." Peter said.

We all sat down on the couch and found the game we wanted to play

"Hey, Cole?" My mom asked.

"Yea, mom?"

"I'm going out of the house for awhile." She said grabbing her purse.

"Alright. We'll be here." I said.

"It's a good thing I trust you alone or with other teenage friends. No wild parties or trashing the house...right?" She said looking at us.

"Only eating all of your food." Keith laughed.

"Where are you going anyways?" Spencer asked.

"I just wanted to get out of the house a do a few things." She said.

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Cindy's pov-

I drove down to town and ran a few small errands and noticed a flower shop. Maybe the bouquet was from there? I haven't seen any other flower shops close by. Maybe they could tell me who sent them...never mind. That's stupid... Valentine's Day would be crazy busy, there's no way they would even know who's flowers went to who. It would be impossible. So I might as well forget It.

I'll just get some lunch while I'm out here. There's a cute, little place I found and wanted to try.

I went In and sat down at a table, ordering a sandwich and a nice, cold, glass sweet tea. While I've wanted to spend more time with Cole and go too a nice restaurant, I just want to enjoy some time alone. Like a girls day or self care day. But I do have four teenagers at my house right now, sooo. No rush.

A woman approached me and asked "Excuse me, aren't you Cole Mathews mother?"

"Uh, yes. Why do you ask?" I said looking up at the woman.

"Well, I'm Ms, Kennedy, the principal at the school." She said and reached out her hand.

"Oh. Right. Hello." I said shaking her hand.

"Is It alright If I sit with you?"

"Yeah that's fine. I'm just enjoying the day."

"Well I'm glad I finally met you. Your son Is definitely special. He helped changed the school more than any of us adults ever could. It's truly impressive." She said.

"Thank you. He Is really special and he's my only child, so he gets all the love and attention I can give him. At least now anyways..." I said.

"While I don't know you, I have heard about everything your family has been through In the last few years. I'm glad all of you are In a better, happier place." She said.

"Yeah, It was pretty rough. But... I think Cole Is what really changed our family. And the school, students, what not. Your definitely right about him changing everything, for everyone. I just wish I could have changed sooner. Fixed things." I said. Maybe I shouldn't be telling random people about myself and past. But I guess that's how therapy works... So... Its okay right?

"Things just happen. That's life." She said shrugging. "You wouldn't be here now If things were different. If you change the past, you'll never have this, these moments."

"Why Is everyone suddenly wise?" I said sarcastically.

"Maybe It's In the water. Or maybe It's the love In the air." She laughing slightly.

"Speaking of love In the air... Someone sent me flowers. But I don't know who." I said.

"Really? So you've got a secret admirer? Maybe you'll get a man? Hmm?..." She said with a smile and raising her brows.

I shook my head with a laugh. "I don't know If I'm ready for a relationship. But I guess I could try... I still don't know who sent the flowers though! I have no clue who would." I said with my hand out In the air.

"Yeah, with Valentine's Day, It would be hard to know. I mean there's a chance they might know." She said.

"But there's a few flower shops and there's thousands of orders of flowers. So, how would I even find out?" I asked.

"Do you want my help? We can just go to the shops and ask. If they have no clue or receipts, then we can forget It. And If you do have a secret admirer, they will probably give you something else soon." She said.

"Alright. I guess we could try. But I'm going to finish my food." I said and took another bite of my sandwich then a sip of my tea.

"Go ahead, I need something to eat too." She said.

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"Sorry, I don't know. It would take a long time to find a order matching that and there could be hundreds of the same thing." The florist said.

"It's okay. That's what I figured. I guess I'll find out eventually. Thank you for your time, and lovely flowers." I said waving goodbye.

"Thank you. Sorry again that I couldn't help. But If you ever want more flowers, your welcome here." She smiled.

Me and Ms. Kennedy walked out of the flourish shop.
"See, that's what I thought. But It doesn't matter now. I think I'm just going to go home, maybe do something else. We'll see. Right now Cole and his friends are at home, so I'm not sure If I want to be around them to much." I said.

"Oh, trust me, I get It. Being a principal for hundreds of teenagers Is very hard." She said. "I'm going to go head home. I'll see you around, Cindy." She hugged me then walked away to her car.

I walked down the sidewalk, enjoying the warm day. Spring was almost here, time for a new, warm, year. Then I I suddenly felt like someone was watching me. Not necessarily creepy or scary, just uncomfortable. Who was staring at me?...

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Cole's pov-

"Ooooh, man." I said laying back and sighing. "I can't believe you won that. It was soooo close."

"Got you!" Peter smiled.

"That was hard, I didn't like that game." Keith said.

"Yeah, because your bad at It. You don't have the smarts for the trivia." Spencer said.

"Uh, rude." Keith said.

"Well, you did lose." Spencer smiled and laughed.

"Yeah, yeah..." Keith muttered.

My mom walked In to the house. "Hey, boys. Did you all have a good time?" She asked as she took off her shoes.

"Yeah, It was pretty good. It was chaotic and Peter kept winning the last game." I said.

"It's time for me to get going. Thanks for the fun guys." Keith said standing up and stretching.

Spencer checked his phone for the time. "Yeah, I need to get going too. We'll se should guys later." He said and waved.

Peter was staring at the tv, so I kissed the side of his face. He immediately smiled.

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Sooooo, what do you guys think? Please comment your opinions so I know what your enjoying.

Thank you to everyone reading this 🫶🏻❤️

What character are you enjoying? 👤
What parts do you like the most? 🧐
Any ships that your excited for? 💘

*Posting will probably be slower. It depends on my motivation. In January I got excited and motivated to write, so I wrote a lot of chapters, then I slowly posted them. I haven't been spending as much time on this. But we have 15 chapters! So I'm doing good. And It's longer than the other Cole x Peter fanfics.*

And to all the other fanfics of them, thank you for enjoying this ship too. (There are some weirdo ones though. Don't read those fanfics)

But this person has a great Valentine's Day fanfic of Cole and Peter- moldytoenailfungus
Also- KalenMcLovin has a good one, I just want more.