When I was in the 7th grade, I had a massive crush on this girl, who I thought was the most beautiful person in the world. Being your typical, awkward 7th grade boy, I was too intimidated to tell her how I felt. But somehow I managed to gather up my courage and decided I was going to let her know by getting her a Valentine’s Day gift.

I didn’t have a lot money, but I did save up enough to get her a very nice box of chocolates (Can you ever go wrong with chocolates?). The box had these small white hearts on the lid. I didn’t like the stale look of the white hearts, so I carefully filled in each heart with color markers. I’m no artist, but I thought it really added a personal dimension to the gift. In addition, I wrote what could be called a love note for her and placed it in the bottom of the box under the chocolates.

That Valentine’s day, I got to school early and put the box in her desk. I figured she might like to start her day with a surprise gift. Fortunately, the teacher liked me and let me in the class early. She even gave me a wink and wished me good luck.

I crossed paths with the girl several times during the day and even said “hello” a couple of times. But she didn’t say anything about her gift or the note. So I went home not knowing if she liked it or not..

I was a little bummed out that I didn’t hear anything from her and tried to shrug it off.. Later that night I went over to a friend’s house to play some games. While I was there, he asked me if I wanted some candy. He brought over a very familiar looking box of chocolates — one that had colored hearts on the lid. I asked him where he got it and he said some girl had given it to him after school. She had re-gifted my gift to her! When my friend left the room, I opened the box and sure enough — I found my note was still in there. I took the note out and put it in my pocket. My friend didn’t mention anything about it, so I’m guessing he didn’t know where the box of chocolates first came from or about the note. And the next day (and the days that followed) I was too shy/embarrassed to talk to the girl about it.