Ruby's friend Diana had warned you to stay away from Gilbert since ruby had liked him and apparently had "dibs" on him. You respected that, although you admired him from afar, and from that day on you ignored Gilbert Blythe, but only at school… you guys had secretly been dating for months, and no one knew. No one…

It was Valentine’s day. All girls were lined up at the blackboard, in a diagonal line, so every girl was visible, and the boys had a rose in hand. The teacher had made it a game, the number of boys and girls were even. The boys would one at a time, chosen by teacher, go up to the girl they fancied the most, you could get multiple roses, but it wouldn’t be very thoughtful. You can either decline or accept the rose. You didn’t look at Ruby, could glaring at you, you were her one competition, the prettiest and sweetest girl in the whole class...