The student council members continued to come in and out of our room. Our first big delivery was 4 carnations for a boy sitting to my right. I couldn't believe a boy was first one in room to get red! The carnations continued to trickle in.

After receiving 3 white carnations and realizing I wouldn't have to die from embarrassment of not getting any, my attention was drawn to girl next to me. You know one I mean, smart one that other girls had harassed all week.

She sat perfectly still with her hands folded in front of her on her desk. I wondered if I should lean over and give her one of my flowers but I didn't want to embarrass her. It was during these musings when I saw three red carnations being placed on her desk.

She looked up and smiled but just continued to sit there; she didn't even reach out and touch them! I wasn't only one that had noticed either; people were starting to whisper and point in her direction. I could tell other girls were a bit jealous because not a single girl in class had received more than one red carnation at this point. Then things really started to get wild.

Each time a student council member came in, at least one of carnations in their stack was for her and they were all red! At this point as best as I could tell, she had 7 red carnations stacked neatly on her desk. The class started getting a little rowdy and each time a red carnation was placed on her desk, we all cheered. OK, boys cheered, girls mostly just glared.

I knew I was witnessing something great and I tried to seek out "gossip girls" just to see their reactions to this unexpected twist of events. There were three of them in our class and two of them had a few pink and white carnations on their desk and third had a handful of white ones.

I was thrilled by what was happening but I had to also wonder who had sent her all of carnations....did she have a secret admirer? My thoughts were interrupted by crackle of intercom and voice of our principal wishing us a Happy Valentine's Day. He went on to explain that all of carnations had been distributed and then in his long-winded manner, thanked Student Council for a job well done.

I heard a commotion behind me as one of "gossip girls" got up out of her chair and ran out of room. I heard later that one of boys teased her about not getting any red carnations which made her start to cry. I didn't even feel bad for her as my attention was focused on pile of red carnations sitting on desk next to me. What I noticed next was smile on girl's face. It truly was a great day! I don't know for sure but I heard she was given 24 red carnations that day. We don't know who gave them to her but I am glad someone did.

I will never forget her nor will I forget that day. Oh, I did fairly well too. I received a handful of white carnations and I got a special pink one. Yes, it was from a guy, not guy I was secretly hoping to get one from but from a great friend of mine that was hoping to make my day special. And you know what? It was special!

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