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Dani was waiting on bed. Valerie had finished work fifteen minutes ago, so she could be here any moment. She looked out the window and saw Valerie approaching on her hover board. She glanced back one more time to make sure everything was right, before hopping back on the bed.

Valerie phased through the wall, deactivated her board and landed on the floor. She looked at Dani in surprise. "What are you doing here?" she asked while deactivating her suit.

"I just wanted to see you," Dani answered, but not in a very convincing tone.

"Why are you really here?" Valerie raised an eyebrow. She had known the ghost girl long enough to notice something was up.

Dani suppressed a giggle. "I told you, I wanted to see you. I was bored and I missed you, so I thought I'd surprise you and drop by." She rubbed the back of her neck.

Valerie walked towards her closet and took off her Nasty Burger shirt. "Then why are you nervous?"

Dani froze for a second, and quickly put her hand down. She smiled sheepishly, folding her legs underneath her.

Valerie put on a regular top and walked up to Dani. She looked the younger girl straight in the eyes. "Come on, D, I know you're hiding something."

Dani swallowed once. She knew Valerie could always see right through her, so there was no point in trying to lie. Especially not when those beautiful green eyes could practically stare the answer out of her. "Ehm, you still need to change your pants."

"You're not getting off the hook so easily," Valerie said as she walked up to her closet again. She took off her red Nasty Burger pants and threw them in the corner where the shirt was.

Dani had to bite her lower lip to stop herself from widely grinning. She knew Valerie liked to wear sweatpants after a shift if she didn't need to go anywhere. She also knew where those pants were. She saw the older girl open her closet and reach inside, but her hand froze midair. Dani could barely stop another giggle from coming out of her mouth.

Valerie turned around with a small box in her hand. "What's this?"

"It's a present. Open it." Dani bounced slightly on the bed in anticipation.

Valerie sat down next to Dani and looked at the box. On the lid was a picture of the two of them. She opened it, and inside where small pieces of paper folded up. "What is it?"

"They're little notes, and every note has a reason why I love you. You can open one every day. I wanted to give you something today, because we've been dating for two hundred and twenty days. And two hundred and twenty is my-"

"-lucky number," they said in unison.

"I know."

"There's also two hundred and twenty notes in there," Dani added.

This made the ghost hunter stare at her in awe. "How long did it take you to make all these?" she asked after a moment of silence.

"A while. I wanted it to be something special."

Valerie smiled at her girlfriend. "You must really love me if you have the patience for something like this." She gave Dani a kiss on her cheek. "Thank you."

"Go on, open the first one," the ghost girl insisted.

Valerie picked a random note and opened it. "Because you look badass in your suit," she read out loud. "Aww, thanks. You know, you look badass too in your ghost form."

"So, you like it?"

"I love it." Valerie cupped Dani's cheek and kissed her. "But I don't have anything for you."

"That's okay," Dani shrugged it off.

"No, it's not. You know what, I'm taking you out for dinner. You pick the restaurant."

"You better put on pants then," the ghost girl chuckled.