Matt grabbed Mimi's hand, and lead her to his car. She was still sobbing uncontrollably. They pulled into his parking spot, and dashed up the stairs. Matt found a note on his door. It was from is roommate Chris, saying he went home, because his mother was really sick.

"You get my bed, and I'll take Chris's okay?" said Matt. Mimi nodded in agreement. She went and lied down on Matt's soft pillow.

She shut her eyes, wanting to forget the whole nightmare, but she found it impossible. Someone out there, was watching her. Watching every movement she made, followed every word she said. 'Why me?' she thought. "And tomorrow had to be Valentines Day."

Matt passed by his room, some hours later. Mimi was resting peacefully. He walked in and sat near her sleeping form.

"Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you. I love you Mimi." he silently laughed. "Go figure. I can tell you when you're asleep, but not when you're awake." he softly brushed his lips across her forehead and left the room.

The next morning, Mimi felt way better. Matt did have some of her clothes, but nothing matched, so she opted to wear his burgundy dress shirt. She pulled on her floor length, grey skirt, and Matt's shirt. It was several sizes too big, but she made it work by rolling the sleeves and only doing the middle 4 buttons. She quickly pulled her hair into a French twist and walked out of the room.

Matt was huddled over the stove, flipping pancakes. He had strawberries and whipped cream in a little dish and a tall glass of fruit punch, waiting for her.

"Happy Valentines Day!" he said as he placed a plate of lopsided heart shaped pancakes, in front of her.

"Oh Matt! This is beautiful!" she cried.

He looked at her. "You're worth it." he stared at her again. "And I thought I was the only one that could pull of that shirt!"

Mimi giggled. "You're the best!" she kissed his cheek.

That day, everything went by in a blur. Classes seemed to be over, just as quickly as they started and everyone was caught up in the romantic hussle and bussle of Valentines Day.

Students were throwing cards left and right, while others handed out small boxes of chocolate. The more popular kids also received flowers from admirers. Mimi, on the other hand, received it all! Everyone handed her a card, and at the end of the day, she was overpowered by the smell of roses. Like every year, she got a friend to help carry all her presents to her car. And like every year, she drove over to the hospital, and gave all the flowers and chocolate to the children's wing.

She loved watching the faces of the small children light up, as they received their very own box of Valentines chocolate. The flowers always seemed to brightened the room. After she waved goodbye to the kids, she went over to the mall.

"Might as well do a little shopping." she convinced herself. Three and a half hours later, she was pulling into her place, shopping bags overflowing in the backseat. "Damn Gucci! Why'd you have to have a sale today?"

With tremendous struggle, she managed to get the items out of the car. "Now the hard part." she said flustered. Usually, she had Matt to help carry the bags. Today she was all alone. She managed to walk three steps, then she dropped the bags.

"Allow me!" said a familiar voice.

"Cole! I haven't seen you in awhile!" said Mimi, as she hugged him.

"Need some assistance?"

"Is the sky blue?" quipped Mimi. Some minutes later, all the bags wee securely in her home. "Thank you. It would have taken me forever!"

"Maybe not forever, more like a lifetime." joked Cole. "Hey, you want to get an cappuccino with me? I was on my way to get coffee anyway."

"I'd love to!" she smiled.

Mimi found herself staring at an apartment complex. "This doesn't look like a coffee shop. Where are we?" she asked.

"My place. I have a state of the art coffee maker. Besides, I have to get the contracts from my room." he lead her up to his place, and let her in. She glanced around, admiring his nicely furnished place.

"Nice place you got here." she said looking around.

"Thanks. Did everything myself." he tapped his chest proudly. "Coffee's almost done!"

She smiled and walked over to a picture hanging on the wall. Cole was fighting off the temptation to grab and kiss her. Everything she did astonished him. To the average person, Mimi was a beautiful, talented woman. To Cole, she was a lost goddess. He found his feet walking over to her, with a cup off coffee in hand. He reached out to touch her shoulder. She turned around. Her hair swirling with her every movement. "Here..." he croaked.

"Thank you." she took a sip. "This is amazing!"

"Thanks..." he croaked again.

"Are you alright? You sound a little hoarse."

"Fine..." he croaked yet again. He quickly took a sip of his coffee. 'She's so close, I can feel her breath.' he thought. He was getting really hot, so he backed away casually. He quickly filled 3 cups, and motioned for her to go.

They walked out to the car, only to be greeted by Matt, Ken and David.

"So that's why it took you so long." smirked Ken.

"Oh seriously Ken, get a life." said Mimi, as she walked over, and hugged Matt's waist.

"I have one, and I like it; thank you very much!" she replied.

"Do you at least have the coffee?" asked David.

"Yeah, here." said Cole handing his a mug.

"So, what were you doing at Cole's?" asked Matt.

"Is that jealousy I hear?" leered Mimi.

"No! Just, curious. That's all."

"Making wild passionate love." said Mimi.

"What!"exploded Matt. He was calmed down by Mimi's laughter.

"You boys are so gullible!" she laughed even harder.

"Yeah, well I wouldn't put it past Cole. I think he's into you."

"Don't worry, you're the only guy for me." she said, kissing his cheek.

They walked up to Mimi's apartment, holding hands. They stumbled through the door, and fumbled around for the light switch. Matt kept kissing Mimi's neck, and Mimi kept playfully pushing him off.

"You know Matt, turning on the lights, used to be the easiest thing in the world. With you, it's a strategically timed movement."

"Keep them off." he whispered in her ear. He grabbed her hands, and placed them around his neck. She quickly kissed his lips, then saw something glowing in her room.

"What the hell is that." she said, breaking away from Matt

"What's what?" Matt asked bewildered.

Mimi walked over to her room. It had candles lit in every direction, and roses were scattered everywhere. There was a small trail of rose petals, leading to a note.

"Oh Matt..." she gasped. She looked at everything. "It's like a fairy tale."

"Mimi, I didn't so this." he said baffled.

"Well, if you didn't, who did?" she asked. She flipped the switch, and the lights illuminated the room. Mimi screamed at the top of her lungs.

All the photos had been taken off one of the walls, and written in blood red paint, was a message for her. A large number 6 was painted on the wall. Matt came running into the room.

"What the hell is going on?" a loud crash was heard from Mimi's room. He ran back, to find the window open, and all the candles around it, were blown out.

"That's it!" she screamed. "I'm phoning the police."

"Ms. Tachikawa, we will bring this stalker into justice. But for tonight, I would suggest that you get a hotel room, or sleep at a friends house." sais the police chief.

"I'll watch over her officer." said Matt. "Chris's still at his parent's place."

"Okay." said Mimi. She found herself crying once again. Before she knew it, she was at Matt's place yet again. "Why is this happening to me?" she chocked. "What did I do to deserve this? First he digs up my dead hamster, then he sends me threatening phone calls, then he takes photos of me, then he breaks into my place!" she fell into Matt's outstretched arms crying.

"I don't know why. I don't know why." he said sadly. His girlfriends life was falling apart in front of her, and he couldn't do anything! "But I do know, if he lays one hand on you, I'll kill him." Mimi kept crying. "I won't let him hurt you."

"You promise?" she uttered.

"I promise. I love you way too much to let anything to happen to you." realizing what he said, he felt notorious.

"You... you l... love me..." Mimi looked into Matt's eyes.

"Yes. I do." said Matt. There was no use denying it. Now all he could hope, was she felt the same way.

"I love you too." said Mimi. Matt's heart seemed to have exploded. A tingling sensation coursed through his veins. He kissed her. Mimi cried again, this time, tears of joy, not sorrow. Matt lost himself in the kiss. Every emotion he had ever felt for her, was placed in that kiss. He lifted her up, and semiconsciously carried her off to his room.

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"Damn! Now that son of a bitch has to go." he pulled out a long hunting dagger. He admired it for a few moments. Long and jagged. 'Perfect for him. One steady jab. That's all it'll take.' "You don't deserve to die so pleasantly. You should suffer. Like the way you make me suffer. But knowing I'll have Mimi should be punishment enough." he took out a large cloth, and began to polish his prize.

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Mimi, happily, walked back to her place. In all the commotion of her stalker, she forgot her Trig book. She ducked under the bright yellow police tape, and walked over to her house. The phone rang. She picked it up, like it was part of her normal routine.

"Hello!" she said chipper. She heard a deep breathing on the other line. Her stomach tightened.

"So glad to see you're happy. I thought that you would be glad to see my present."

"Oh no. It's you..." gulped Mimi.

"Yes it is my love." he said soothingly. "Now tell me." his voice got harsh, and he was almost screaming. "Why did you have to go and screw around with him? You ruined everything!"

"Of God no..." forced Mimi. She started to inhale deeply.

"Get rid of him, or I'll get rid of him. And trust me, my way is a lot messier." his voice calmed down again. "I wouldn't want to get blood on all those clean dishes. Phone him if you don't believe me. Oh, and tell him the cup on his right hand side is about to fall." with that he hung up.

Mimi jabbed her thumb on Matt's speed dial button.

"Hello!" he replied.

"Hey Matt. It's me." she said calmly. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm washing the dishes. They wer.." a sharp shattering sound was heard over the phone. "Bloody cups."

Mimi fell to the ground. Her knees were like jelly, and she knew she was going to be sick. "Matt, I... We need to talk." she rushed. "Leave right now!"

"Okay, where?" he asked.

"Some place where there isn't a lot of people." she mumbled.

"How about the school campus? It's Saturday, no one should be there."

"Fine. Go now!" she yelled, before she hung up.

Mimi didn't know what to do. She had a few minutes to figure out how to dump the guy she loved. 'Why the hell is he doing this to me?' she thought.

"I have to make him hate me. I have to make him hate me so much, he'll never want to speak to me again. It's the only way he won't get hurt." she began to cry at the thought.

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