Ahh, Valentine's Day… over-commercialized, over-hyped. St. Valentine was a martyr and how his day came to be associated with romance only history knows. But I wanted to celebrate this day with love/friendship… in all its forms… well, most of its forms. (Again no lemons, limes, or slashes.) BTW, it doesn't mean that all the stories occur on Valentine's day. They are all stories about love/friendship.

So I decided to start posting one story a day until Valentine's Day. I began working on this last year. I tried to work finish one story at a time but got stuck trying to flesh each story out. So at the time of this publishing I'm still working on it. Anyway, hope you enjoy them.

We start off with Rex and Circe.

I don't own nada.

Rex knocked on Circe's door. He was dressed in his clean jacket and best t-shirt. He nervously rearranged the flowers he had bought. He hoped she would like them. Suddenly the door slid opened. Rex snapped on his widest grin and held the flowers as far away from him as if they were on fire. It was only Beverly.

Rex relaxed. A disappointed look crossed his face. "Oh, it's just you."

Beverly narrowed her eyes. "It's nice to see you too, Rex."

"Oh, no, what I mean is… I was just expecting… I thought you were… umm hi." Rex finished lamely.

Beverly laughed. "It's okay Rex. Circe told me that she's going to be a few minutes late. Why don't you come in and sit down?"

"Uh, okay." Rex said nervously. He had never been in Circe's room before. Ever since they gave her a room at Providence he hadn't actually seen the room till now.

"Hey! This is bigger than my room!" He looked around. "And is this a sitting room? Her bed's in there? How come she has her own bathroom? It took me 6 years before they gave me my own bathroom."

Beverly rolled her eyes. "Becca got her this room. They were going to try to shove her into a broom closet."

"So not fair." Rex grumbled.

"What did you say?" Circe's voice came from behind him.

Rex spun around and his jaw went slack. Circe was not wearing her usual attire. Her red jumper was gone and in its place was a red fitting pull-over shirt and leather mini-skirt.

"Nothing." Rex's mouth went dry.

"That's what I thought." Circe smirked as she casually walked over to Rex. She reached over and took the flowers that he was holding limply in his hand. "Thank you. These are lovely." She sniffed the flowers' fragrance.

"I'll get you a vase." Beverly went into the bedroom and came out with a crystal vase.

She took the flowers from Circe and went to the bathroom to get some water.

Rex was still staring at Circe who was starting to get a little nervous herself.

"So where are we going tonight?" She adjusted her shirt and smoothed out her skirt.

"Uh, going? Oh…Oh yeah, going out. Someone gave me tickets to a movie première." Rex produced two slips of paper.

"Really? Cool. Who's in it?" Circe asked looking at the tickets in his hand.

Rex shrugged. "I don't know. No one I know… then again I haven't watched any movie since Summo Slammers 14."

Circe shook her head. "Really Rex?"

"Hey guys. You need to go if you're going to make it the theater!" Beverly stuck her head out of the bathroom.

"Oh, right. Shall we?" Rex offered Circe his arm in mock politeness.

"Let's shall." Circe looped hers through his with equal fake propriety.

0o0

"Wow, there's a lot of people here." Circe observed. "I don't think this theater holds this many people.

"It doesn't. It's first come, first serve." A man turned around and told them.

"But I have tickets." Rex protested.

"We all have tickets. You're new at this aren't you? Well, promoters give out way more tickets than they have seats and take whoever shows up first for the screening. If you're lucky you get in. If you're not…" The man shrugged. "I got here a little later than I had plan. Don't think I'm gonna get in. But if we're lucky we might get a glimpse of some of the stars."

"I didn't come all the way out here so I can catch a glimpse of anything." Rex muttered under his breath. He grabbed Circe's hand and pulled her off the line.

"Wait, Rex. What about the movie." Circe protested.

"Oh, we're going to that movie." Rex said determinedly.

Circe rolled her eyes but followed Rex anyway.

0o0

There were several bouncers blocking the back entrance of the theater. Rex sauntered over to them.

"Hey, fellas, do you know who I am?"

The two bouncers looked at each other and then back at Rex. It was obvious that they did not.

"Well, I'm the one who stopped the EVO nightmare."

One of the bouncer's face lit up. "Oh yeah, you're that EVO kid who can talk to nanites."

The other one also started nodding. "You were on the news."

"That's right. I'm that famous and heroic and awesome." Rex grinned.

Circe put one hand over her face in embarrassment.

"So how about you let us in?" Rex continued as he tried to walk through the door.

"Sorry, buddy. No one gets in." The bouncer announced as he pushed Rex away.

"Aww, come on. We have tickets." Rex whined.

"Back of the line buddy. First come, first serve." The other bouncer pointed to the line across the street that now snaked around the corner.

Rex stomped off. Circe followed.

"So I guess we should just go somewhere else…" Circe started saying.

"Oh no, Rex Salazar does not quit that easily." Rex announced confidently.

"What are you talking about? You quit all the time. You quit those guitar lessons, you quit trying to master throwing shurikens, and you quit in the middle of that racing game when Noah was beating the pants off you." Circe reminded him.

"I don't quit when it matters!" Rex amended.

"How does getting into a movie matter?" Circe asked.

Rex didn't answer. Instead he put a finger to her lips and said. "I have an idea."

"I don't think I'm going to like this." She muttered but she followed him again.

Rex and Circe landed on the roof. Rex withdrew his boogie pack.

"Now what?" Circe asked.

"Well, we look for the entrance." Rex said looking around.

"Rex, not all buildings have entrances to the roof." Circe said exasperated.

"They don't? Then how do they get up here?" Rex frowned.

"Ladders, cranes, things like that." Circe explained.

"Well, maybe this has an entrance somewhere."

"Well, it's pretty flat. I don't see anything."

"Maybe there's a trap door. Help me look."

Circe sighed but knew it was futile to argue so she walked around the roof. The sun had set and it was quite dark with only the light of the surrounding buildings illuminating the area. Circe stopped and looked out over the city. She stopped walking around and walked over to the roof's edge. Leaning over on the lip she took in the view.

From her vantage point she could see for miles. Lights twinkled in the distance. The landscape looked like it was decked out in sparkling jewels. Circe rarely took the time out to just look and admire the view. She smiled.

"Hey, I'm sorry we couldn't get into the theater." Rex came up behind her. He sounded dejected.

"You know what? It's all right. This is better than any stupid première. I'm glad to be here with you looking at that." Circe looked at Rex.

Rex looked puzzled as he looked out at the city. "It is pretty. But you know what's even prettier?"

"Me?" Circe guessed.

"You know, if you're going to keep stealing my lines…" Rex grumbled.

Circe laughed and snuggled against his chest. Rex looked surprised for a minute before wrapping his arms around her.

"You know one good thing about a roof without a door?" Rex said slyly.

"What's that?"

"No one can interrupt us."

Circe pulled away slightly to look at the smirk on Rex's face. She smiled as he pulled her into a soft kiss. They drew back to look at each other before they leaned in for another one.

It wasn't what Rex had planned but it turned out to be the best date so far.