Imagine there is a nervous fat kid named Tom.

Tom liked a beautiful girl named Leia. And it was painfully obvious she liked him back. Like beyond obvious, she told him on multiple occasions. Some would say that it was even down right unhealthy how much she liked him. Truly an unsettling obsession. However, Tom... was an idiot.

He was always second guessing himself. He wasn't very bright. Tom was your under average C+ student. But most importantly, every time Leia asked him out it would some how go over his head. She has tried everything from sending him love letters, to asking him to be the peanut butter in her jelly sandwich, inviting him to the homecoming dance, telling him that she did like him in a romantic way, and so on. She even once tried to ask him out on a date but because of the crowd of people watching her she got flustered and fumbled around with her words. But that's enough backstory about our two main characters. Our Story begins on February 2nd 12 days before Valentine's Day and our young fool Thomas is speaking to his best friend Reggie about the love of his life:

"...Reggie, you don't understand she's going to say 'No'. There's no way I can ask her out."

" Dude she's going to say yes stop being so paranoid."

" How are you so sure about this there's no way she could like a guy like me!", he says angrily.

" bro she has tried asking you out so many times at this point, you should have already been married with grandkids. I can't believe each time went over your head and the one time she said it plain as day you freaked out and believe that she was just messing with you. The girl is obsessed with you, and you're just too afraid to notice."

" I don't be.."

" She asked you out to senior prom! we're not even seen you yet."

"But..."

" You went to homecoming with her three times. Each time she made you stay on the dance floor for the Romance Dance."

"But we are just..."

" She sends you creepy poetry, every other month, about how much she likes you."

"But I..."

" You're an idiot I know stop talking and go out with her already"

" Well what am I supposed to do, Genius?", Tom snarls.

" How about... you give her the Valentine's Day gift, you buy for her every year, and don't eat it the minute you walk through the school door."

 Tom reluctantly rubs his cheeks while remembering how the last year he tried to eat the singing Valentines Day card he bought for her.

Reggie watches him do this. Reggie make the long sigh, put her head against his, and says " If you don't man up and do this I'm going to sleep with your sister."

Tom realizes she is serious, pushes her away, and tells her that she's gross for putting that image in his head.

"There's nothing gross about it."

" Dude that's my sister!"

They went on like this for the rest of the time they were at school.

Later that evening while they were walking home from school together, they the duo decided to search for a Valentine's Day gift at the pawn shop.

" Reggie are you sure that there's something she likes here? Everything here is just so... old."

" Yeah, yeah, quit complaining. Neither of us has any money anyway."

He knows she's right. Between the two of them they only have $20 and that's rounding up a considerable amount. After watching the two search fruitlessly and complaining the entire time I got bored and decided to help them.

" Hey you kids come over here."

They looked at me like deer in the headlights of a car.

"Come here, little dudes. I just want to make sure you guys don't tear on my store looking for a Valentine's Day gift for your girl. Besides I have exactly what you need."

As soon as they arrive towards the counter, I pulled out an old dusty cookbook.

" 'Grandma's Cursed Cooking' this book is a classic made by the same people who used to make the Ouija board that everybody liked, back in the day."

"And who are you again?" Reggie asked in a demanding tone.

" I'm Franklin, I am also the new security guard at your school."

"Oh yeah! The one who stopped the fight last week."

"The very same."

"Well what is it that you can do for us?", Tom asked.

" Well in this old cookbook there are bunch of recipes on label as "love potions". Honestly I don't believe in that mess myself, but I think they might actually be aphrodisiacs. Anyway there's one in particular I like to use myself that's very poignant." I turned the page to the recipe in question. "This one here it's called 'Vivacious' . I like to put it in my tea before I get a midnight snack. If you make a small amount and put some sugar and flour inside of it to soak overnight I'm pretty sure you can make some nice sprinkles to put on a batch of cookies , or something."

"Wow."

"Wait a minute Tom we don't have any money and this old book looks expensive."

"Don't worry about the price. If y'all only want the recipe I can give it to you for free. Just give me a second to get some pen and paper."

"okay." Regina said.

I turned around and went to the back room to search for some pen and paper. By the time I came back to the front counter the book and the two kids were gone. The two turd nuggets went and stole the cookbook... when my boss finds out I know I'm so fired.

The next day: Tom would be seen around school carrying a large box of cookies. He was visibly nervous. It seems like every time he got more nervous he will pull the second boss out this bad and throw more sprinkles on top of the cookies. He will continue to do this over and over and over again throughout the entire school day. Finally at lunch time Tom went ask out Leia.

" Hey um... I made these for you."

" Thomas... thank you!" She squeals before she immediately eat one of the cookies.

"Thomas these are so good ! What kind of cookies did you say they were?"

"Afro-Theseusain, I think? Oh, and strawberry!"

"Hmmm... I'm not familiar with that culture. But anyway thanks for the cookies! Isn't there anything else you need from me?" She says in a flirty tone.

Tom's face turned bright red as he mustered the courage to say what he wants to say. " I know Valentine's Day is that's a couple of weeks away but..."

"But what, sweetie?"

"B-b-but....w-will y-y-you..."

Finally he closes his eyes and looks down turn around and yells at the top of his lungs.

"Leia, WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE'S?"

" Yes! Yes! A thousand times 'yes'! This is the happiest day ever!"

" It is?"

" Yes! Yes it is! Every time I've asked you out in the past, it seemed like you never got the memo."

"You did?"

" yes but that's in the past. Now, we can keep moving forward together!"

"And it wasn't the cookies?"

"No silly I would have said yes if you asked me out anyway."

Shortly afterwards the bell for a classroom so she kissed them on the she and skips off to class.

A few hours past and Tom is bored out of his skull during his history class when suddenly announcement came on from the principal:

Thomas Bradford report to the auditorium.

As Tom walks down the hall he noticed something. The school feels empty. Many classrooms have their doors open but there is not a student or teacher in sight. He doesn't hear the sound of feet shuffling in the bathroom. He doesn't hear the sound of the football team practicing outside. No Whispering of kids skipping class. And he doesn't even see the principal in her office. Who was it that called his name then? Actually was even weirder there's a strange smell call me from the principal office that reminded him of dead sunflowers. He thought that maybe her husband gave her a gift to put in her office and she forgot the water it. It wouldn't have been the first time it happened but he didn't see any flowers anywhere.

Finally he walks up to the auditorium and enters inside. The entire room is completely dark. Finally won the stage lights come on and startles Tom with such a loud noise.

" Hey there Thomas" says Leia.

" Hey what's going on?"

" Well you see, I couldn't stop thinking about the cookie you gave me. it was such a wonderful gesture. But all of a sudden in the middle of the dissections experiments during science class I had it is joyful bubbly feeling when I thought about you. And I just had to let it out."

Uh oh.

" Thomas you know I love you so very much and the fact that they're all of these years that we've known each other we are finally going out. I have so many pictures of you in my closet. Have a statue of you on the side of my bed that I prayed to every night. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. And that's why I did it."

"Did... what?"

"Huh? Oh I'm sorry... I didn't realize it was still dark in here. Hold on, let me find the light switch."

She casually walks off stage and disappears into the darkness.

A few minutes later all the lights in the auditorium come on and in all the seats are the missing students and faculty.

Tom was confused for a minute but then he realized none of them were moving. Leia briskly walks towards Tom and grabs his arm. "Come on Silly Billy you can't see anything from here."

And that's when Tom saw it...

Half the students and faculty dead. Each body sitting in one chair of the auditorium. And in the middle of them all was a giant heart made from blood covered students. " I did it. I did it for you. I did it for us! I killed every student and teacher who has it may be the fun of you or has ever doubted you, my love."

Tom felt like he was about to have an asthma attack.

He took a few steps back in fell onto the floor. Leia help them up to his feet again. "Promise me you'll never leave me. Promise me that will be together forever. I'll take care of you for now on and you never have to do anything else but love me."

Tom saw the scalpel in her hand. It look like it had been recently cleaned, but not entirely. Thomas knew that whatever happens next with mean life or death. Tom stood up straight. His body ready to run away at a moment's notice. Made a fist. He took a deep breath and looked directly at her and said...

"Okay."

End?