Louise hated the week before Valentine's Day. The world was bathed in stupid hearts and hues of red and pink, everyone seemed to pair off... The entire ordeal sickened her. This was the worst holiday of them all. Tina was in high school now, had a date that Friday night to the dance with her precious Jimmy Jr., her brother had supposedly been thinking about asking some girl... She'd lost her siblings to the madness! Even her parents were closing the restaurant and having a "date day" all day. Madness! Everyone was gripped by the stupid holiday and, well, nothing was worse than the sight in front of her.

Logan Barry Bush, the evil high schooler that had stolen her ears two years ago, the bane of her existence, the absolute symbol of evil, stood on the sidewalk... his stupid lips locked with some stupid bimbo's from his high school. Louise didn't understand the absolute gut boiling rage that filled her at the mere sight of them. She'd never experienced something so violently before. Her hands clenched into fists as the couple parted, the girl moved off, and before she realized it she was stalking up to the blonde.

The blonde noticed her and gave her a surprised smirk. "Hey Four Ears-" she cut off his greeting with a fist to the stomach. He doubled over at the contact, her definitely not noticing how flat his stupid stomach was as she withdrew her fist. "What the hell Belcher?!" he asked but she kept walking, fighting off a confusing wave of emotions that tried to manifest itself into tears.

XxX

Logan didn't understand why Four Ears had punched him as he lazed down the sidewalk on his skateboard. He touched his stomach gingerly, wincing at the memory of that tiny, angry fist. He gave up on skating as he tried to figure out the reason behind the punch from the young Belcher. He stopped on the sidewalk and stared at nothing as he thought.

He had been talking to Ashley, a girl in his science class that he knew had a crush on him. He'd asked her to the Valentine's Dance that Friday night, having had no other real idea who to ask. She'd said yes quickly, and surprised the hell out of him by kissing him... His blue eyes widened as a thought hit him. Did Louise see the kiss? Did she hit him because of that? He'd known Louise for two years, she always had a reason for a gut punch, one she told the person she hit with a smile on her lips.

He tried to recall the moment in his mind. He pulled away from Ashley who smiled and walked away, turned to find Louise standing there, he tried to greet her and bam! A punch. Her face had been a storm cloud of emotions, something he'd never seen on her before. Was she... jealous? Did his little Four Ears have a crush on him? It sounded ridiculous but... why else would she hit him and keep on walking?

XxX

"You like him," Tina said simply and Louise punched her in the arm. "Ow," the eldest Belcher said in her flat tone as she rubbed the now sore arm.

"Don't say stupid stuff T," Louise growled as she shifted on her older sister's bed. "I do NOT like Logan of all people." What had possessed her to come to Tina with all this? Of course Tina's idea would be something so ridiculous.

"Louise I write erotic friend and fanfiction as a hobby, I've filled enough notebooks to be the cause of deforestation. You have a classic case of denial going on here. You. Like. Him."

"Aw!" Linda's head popped in the door and Louise paled. "My baby's got a crush! Who? Tell Momma," she stepped fully into the room and Louise tugged on her bunny ears in frustration.

"No one," she insisted firmly. "Tina's just overreacting-"

"She saw Logan kiss a girl and punched him," Tina interrupted and Louise whirled on her traitor sister.

"Tina!"

"Louise!" Linda gasped. "You punched Logan?"

"I always punch him! He's my arch enemy!"

"Just because the boy stole your hat two years ago-"

"Maybe him taking your ears was his way of pulling your pigtails," Tina said as she leaned over her bedside table, pulling a notebook from a stack of them amidst the horses.

"Pulling my pigtails?" Louise asked in confusion and Tina nodded as she opened the notebook.

"Yeah you know, boys in elementary school pull on the pigtails of girls they like to get their attention. It's actually really cute and I have a story here-"

"Aww Louise how cute and romantic!" Linda clasped her hands together and beamed at her younger daughter.

"Ew guys he's like seven years older than me!"

"So?" Tina asked as she flipped to a specific page and looked up at her. "That wouldn't matter once you were out of high school."

"Ugh! I'm leaving this sick conversation with you sick women!" Louise bolted from the room and ran to hers, closing the door with as loud a slam as she could.

"I do NOT like Logan!" she insisted to no one as she paced the small floor space of her room. "I do NOT like Logan. I don't like Logan. I don't... I don't like him... Do I?" she froze in her pacing and slapped herself across the cheek. "Pull yourself together Belcher! Don't let this stupid holiday get to you! Logan is a stupid, arrogant, cute, pain in my- woah," her eyes widened in shock. "Cute? Where the hell did that come from?!"

XxX

Logan sat on his bed, his knees drawn to his chest as he lightly banged his head against the wall. He should really be focusing on his homework, but something about the whole situation with Louise had fried his brain. He had spent the first thirty minutes of being home trying to pretend that he wasn't enjoying the thought of her being jealous, tried to tell himself that even if she did like him that it meant nothing.

Louise was, in her own words, his arch enemy. Yes he'd taken her precious bunny hat two years ago, but he'd given back. Granted it took a biker threatening to cut off his ears but he did... that had to count for something right? He only kept them as long as he did because he really like the attention from the bizarre young girl. He actually admired her bravery, following him home and to school like that? Especially when she followed him into the restroom, that took some balls. She had been so adorably mad at him...

"Woah wait," he froze in his head banging, "adorable? Where the hell did that come from?" He pictured her cute little face all scrunched up and red and angry, her adorably bad attitude towards everyone, her tiny but powerful fists. "Oh no," he stopped his crazy thoughts in their horrible tracks. He was NOT thinking about little Louise Belcher like this. She was eleven years old! Admittedly she was unlike any other girl he'd ever met. She was smarter than most girls his age...

"No," he shook his head firmly. "You do NOT like Louise... Not like that. She's cute, but cute in a weird... Oh god," he clapped his hands over his head, not wanting to admit what he was already sure of.

XxX

The dreaded Valentine's Day was Saturday, and Friday morning Louise tried every trick in her book to stay home and avoid the whole ordeal. "Louise Belcher you are going to school missy!" Linda's voice was firm and unyielding and Louise rolled her eyes.

"Ugh! Fine!" She stormed out of the apartment down to the sidewalk, leaving her siblings to catch up.

"Sheesh," Gene commented as the older two caught up, "someone's grumpy today."

"She has a serious case of crush denial," Tina said in her monotone and Gene oohed.

"On who?" he asked.

"No one-"

"Logan," Tina said and Louise threw her hands in the air.

"God Tina I know you can't lie but seriously?!" She tugged on her ears in dismay. "Why not just walk right up to Logan and say-" she cut herself off as she heard the wheels of a skateboard behind her, her mouth snapping shut.

"Walk up to me and say what Four Ears?" none other than Logan asked with a smirk as he slowed down to ride beside them. Louise paled, fear coursing through her at the mere thought of what he could've heard.

"Oh she has a crush-"

"Tina!" Louise slapped a hand over her older sister's mouth in horror. Logan raised an eyebrow, his grin growing more mischievous as he moved around them in a slow circle.

"Valentine's is tomorrow... You guys have dates?" Louise glared at him silently, hating the reminder of his obvious girlfriend the day before.

"Jimmy Jr.," Tina tried to say dreamily around Louise's palm.

"I have plans tomorrow with Courtney," Gene admitted and Louise shuddered as she removed her hand from Tina's mouth.

"Gross," she commented and Gene hummed in response.

"And you Four Ears?" Logan asked as he finished another circle around the trio. "Do you have a valentine?"

"Ew no," she said self consciously. "I'm not one of you mindless idiots that has to pair off and be all gross with another human being." She pushed on Logan's stomach, her palms resting against firm flat skin under his thin shirt. He started rolling backwards and she kept pushing, hoping the blush on her cheeks wasn't as obvious as it felt. "The whole holiday is a farce to earn more money and-"

"My poor Four Ears," Logan cooed and she looked up at him abruptly, "did nobody ask you to be their Valentine?"

"Just because I'm not locking lips with some slut-"

"Woah easy there Bun Bun," he said, Louise hating that he was about to defend his girlfriend. "Ashley isn't a slut. Though I was not expecting her to kiss me yesterday at all. She's not even my girlfriend." Louise felt her heart beat a bit faster at that. "I just had to ask somebody to the dance and I knew she'd say yes." She looked down at his worn converse, not able to meet his blue eyes.

Eventually they made it to the front steps of the high school and he put one foot on the concrete. "Thanks for the push Bunnygirl," he said and before Louise could think of a comeback he surprised her with a one armed hug. Her face was pressed into his chest, the scent of his body spray assaulting her nostrils and making her knees feel weak.

"Get off me you pervert," she grumbled after an awkwardly long moment and he chuckled as he released her. He kicked his skateboard into his hands with practiced ease and gave her a wink.

"The day's not over yet... maybe some boy will change your mind."

XxX

With part one of his mission accomplished, Logan walked into school, a smirk on his lips nothing could get rid of. He'd used the impromptu hug as a distraction for his real goal of slipping a note in Louise's backpack. She'd find it whenever she had to pull anything out, and he wished he could see her reaction.

He strolled into English, his first class of the day and nodded at Jacob and Scotty's waves. He sat in the desk in front of Scotty and across the small aisle from Jacob, feeling both their eyes on him. "You okay Lo?" Jacob asked.

"Yeah," he said with a slight nod, "just realized I don't wanna go to the dance with Ashley."

"Seriously?" Scotty asked in disbelief. "Dude she's been dying to get her hands on you since freshman year!"

"That's an easy lay man," Jacob waggled his eyebrows and Logan rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, but I guess I don't really want that," he said with a shrug, trying to ignore their disbelieving looks.

"Seriously?" Jacob asked and Logan couldn't help his smirk as he thought of the girl walking to school with a note she didn't know about in her backpack.

"I know that look," Scotty said with a wide smile. "Who's the lucky lady?"

"Don't worry about it," Logan waved off his question. "I don't uh, know if she's interested."

"Who?" Scotty asked in a low voice as the teacher approached the front of the classroom.

"Don't worry about it," Logan whispered back. "I can't date her anyway."

XxX

"Pass up your homework!" the overly excited teacher was practically floating today. Louise glared at the peppy and pudgy red head, suspecting the bouquet of roses on her desk to be why she was in such a fantastic mood.

"Friggin Valentine's," she sneered as she unzipped her backpack. "Turns everyone into lovesick idiots pining for..." Louise's slightly external monologue trailed off as she caught sight of the folded piece of paper she didn't remember being there before.

With the very tips of her thumb and forefinger she gripped the paper and pulled it out. Remembering that she was supposed to be passing up a worksheet she quickly handed that over as she stared down at the folded paper suspiciously. While the teacher checked who did and didn't turn in anything, she unfolded the paper as if dismantling a bomb.

'Roses are Red

Violets are Blue

Don't Gut Punch Me

But I think I like you'

Louise's eyes widened in shock as she read and reread the note. Someone had slipped this unsigned confession of liking her in her backpack. Without her knowing.

"What the hell?" She whipped her head around the classroom, looking for a possible culprit. Regular sized Rudy sat on the other end of the classroom, his inhaler in hand. Him? Maybe?

XxX

"RUDY!" Louise shoved the now slightly taller than her boy into a locker in the hallway, her eyes narrowed suspiciously. "Was it you?"

"Me what?" he wheezed in shock, his hand already fumbling for the inhaler in his pocket.

"Did you leave that note? The one in my backpack?"

"What note?" he asked breathily and she released him, her eyes on him as he used his inhaler.

"The one about having a crush on me," she said and he shook his head quickly.

"Gosh no Louise," he said after a moment. "I don't uh, like you like that." She nodded as she processed his words.

"Has anyone said anything?"

"No, not about liking you," he said, flinching like he expected a hit for that. Louise nodded and turned on her heel, eyes hunting for the next possibility.

XxX

Logan sped down the sidewalk on his skateboard, his blonde hair tousled by the wind as the storefronts raced past in a blur. He only slowed when he reached his destination where he kicked the board into his hand and, as smooth as could be, ran the other through his hair to straighten it out. Putting on his best smirk he pushed open the glass door. "Welcome to Bob's Bur... oh hey Logan!" Linda beamed at him.

"Hey Mrs. B.," he gave her a little wave as he stepped into the restaurant.

"Bobby! Logan's here!" Linda called and a second later Bob's furry head poked out of the order window.

"Hey Logan, you here about a job?"

"Oh no sir," Logan shook his head, "I was actually looking for-"

"UGH!" Louise stormed into the restaurant, freezing in her tracks at the sight of him. "Oh no, not you. I don't need more drama today."

"Drama Bunnygirl?" he questioned with a raised eyebrow and watched with amusement as she stalked right up to him. Her hands gripped his shirt and pulled him down to her level. Nose to nose, she glared at him.

"Not where Linda can hear!" she whispered furiously and Logan had to swallow down his nerves to make sure his words came out steady.

"How about the steps where we met?" he offered and watched her cheeks flush red as she looked between his eyes. He straightened up and turned to see and obviously eavesdropping Linda staring at them. "Can I borrow Louise Mrs. B.? I promise I'll bring her right back."

"Sure thing," Linda didn't quite sound convinced but out the door the duo went. They walked in silence the whole way, side by side until they made it to the steps. He could almost feel the swirling emotions rolling off Louise in waves as they sat down next to each other.

"Talk to me," he coaxed as the silence went on for a moment longer and she looked up into his eyes with a sigh.

"I got this dumb note in my backpack from someone claiming to have a crush on me. I asked everyone I could think of and no one had an idea who could've put it there. Why must this stupid holiday exist Logan? It turns everyone into emotional idiots!" He smiled at the fury she projected as he relaxed next to her. She turned her eyes back to his and he almost flinched as she directed the fury at him. "Even Logan Barry Bush has a date tonight-"

"Had a date," he corrected over her and she snapped her mouth shut. After a beat longer than normal she came up with a quip.

"What happened? Did your date grow a brain?" To her surprise he just chuckled.

"No," he shook his head. "I just told her I wasn't interested. No biggie you know?"

XxX

He wasn't interested in the girl that kissed him the day before?! Louise couldn't help the beat her heart skipped obnoxiously. He wasn't going! He wasn't interested in that girl! "Hey," his forefinger poked her cheek and she slapped it away, "did the note bother you that bad?"

"Not knowing who left it for me bothers me more..." she blushed, realizing this was her arch enemy she was trying to confide in.

"How about this," he said firmly, his eyes on the dirty pavement. Louise watched as he seemed to brace himself and next she found his eyes on hers. "Be my valentine."

"What?" she let out a disbelieving laugh, her mind and heart reeling from his words.

"Think about it," he said with an amused grin. "You got some anonymous note in your bag, you're all weirded out right? Well this person obviously isn't intimidated by you because they admitted having a crush. On you. If this person is planning on making their identity known tomorrow, which I think is a big possibility, why not have the easy excuse of 'sorry I've already got a valentine' ready?"

"Logan we're arch enemies," she said, trying to remind him since he seemed to have forgotten.

"Come on Louise," he rolled his eyes. "I don't see us that way... Do you really? Okay," he spoke over the words frozen on her tongue, "how about tomorrow you're my Valentine and Sunday you can go back to hating me. Deal?" Her heart seemed intent on breaking out of her ribcage at his proposal.

"W-would this involve hanging out?" she asked, schooling her features into mild disinterest. "I mean, my parents are closing the restaurant tomorrow for a day-long date thing-"

"What were you planning on doing?" he asked and she shrugged.

"Hitting Wonder Wharf, stuff like that."

"Sounds fun, we could do that," he said with a slow nod. "If you want to I mean," he added quickly. "We could make fun of all the dumb couples around us and ride the rides until we puke."

"Okay Logan... on one condition," she said, biting her lower lip between her teeth.

"Name it," he said boldly with a smirk and she braced herself with a deep breath. This could break the whole thing and she knew it.

"Actually ask me."

"Louise," he took her small hand in his and stared right into her eyes, no malice or joking reflected back at her, "will you be my Valentine?"

"I... guess so. Since I've got nothing better to do," she responded casually, trying to ignore her heart and it's gymnastics routine it was doing in her chest.

"Awesome," he smirked. "Want me to swing by the restaurant tomorrow to pick you up?"

"Yeah," she breathed, relishing in his hand still holding hers.

"What time?"

"After breakfast," she answered absently and he smirked.

"Okay Four Ears," he said before squeezing her hand and letting go. "I'll see you then." With that he hopped on his skateboard and took off. Louise waited for him to be out of sight before letting out a very unlike her squeal.

XXX

So whaddya think? This is my second Louigan story, and this one will be multiple chapters because I really want to show them growing up. Leave me a review telling me what you think, maybe what you'd like to see them do at Wonder Wharf... Even though I know one thing for certain definitely! :) thanks for reading and if you leave a review you're the best. Much love, Leigh