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at receiving them. There were four long stem roses, one white, two red and one pink. They had cute little hang tags dangling from each stem. I studied the hang tags in amazement since this was a first for me. The tags were about four inches long with scalloped cut edges. The messages were written on ivory parchment paper glued to the red cardboard.
     
    One by one, I read the messages while the teacher, who had much patience for the day, allowed the distractions. Purple winged cupid girl continued to walk around my class handing out the other flowers to girls and a few guys.
     
    The tags were clearly written in the same feminine bubbly handwriting. Unmistakably, I was sure that the person or persons who sent the flowers did not write the messages on them. Here were the anonymous roses I’d long since dreamed of. Only now, after I read the messages, I didn’t think I would have a happily ever after.
     
    The first tag read ‘Forgive Me’. When thinking about the guys in my life over the past couple of months, I couldn’t be sure who that came from. I read on. The second perplexing tag said ‘You and Me’. That certainly wasn’t a helpful clue either. The third tag read ‘Be Mine’. For a moment, I thought I was sure who had sent that one, but quickly dismissed it. The last said ‘Miss You’. I gave up. I had no idea. It could have been anybody and I certainly wasn’t going to ask them individually if they’d sent me a rose. Most likely my choices were narrowed down to Luke, Paul, Flynn or Sebastian. The only problem was that I didn’t think that they were all sent by the same person. I put them down not really wanting to think about it too much more. I settled into class and began taking notes when the teacher finally took control of the class.
     
    After the fourth period bell rung, I trudged out of my class especially not looking forward to this part of the day. Since the whole break up with Luke, I stopped sitting at the senior elite table. It wasn’t as if I couldn’t sit there. But for me, it was too hard to do so. Amber and Maggie continued to sit with the group. And I was totally okay with it. Brent was there and if Maggie sat with me more than likely Brent and his friends, including Luke, would follow. So it was better this way. Surprisingly, though was Sebastian. He could have sat with them. Clearly, he fit in. Nevertheless, he’d sat with me from the first day he came to school after David procured the right documentation to enroll him, at his choice, a junior like Flynn and me. The more that I thought about it, maybe it wasn’t such a surprise. I had to wonder why the guy was here. I didn’t think it was because he was into me like he hinted at yesterday. My mom wouldn’t have agreed to this otherwise. Perhaps he was my protector. Possibly, I was still in danger even though nothing has happened at all lately.
     
    Stepping into the lunch room, I was waylaid. Maggie and Amber headed me off at the pass and herded me like a lingering lamb to sit with them at the dreaded elite table after I’d gotten my lunch. I didn’t want to make a fuss because it would have drawn too much attention my way. So I followed like a good dog and sat at the very end of the table. It was then I saw Sebastian across the table from me, sitting next to Flynn.
     
    Luke, on the other hand, was sitting further down more in the center of the table still on the opposite side from me. That much I’d surmised on my way over there to sit down. So, he and I weren’t near each other. Based on my position, I could see him if I’d glanced his way. That is how I noticed the new girl that had been checking me out before school sitting next to him. She seemed to be enchanted by him. It clicked. Now it made sense why she’d checked me out. I nearly laughed, but then my heart sank at the thought she might replace me. She was pretty enough. With the wall at my back, I looked away from his direction. I didn’t want to see if his face