Valentine follow up

O yes, there is a follow up!
a couple of days after Timo had sent his card, i asked him whether Florien had given ANY sign of knowing it was him.
she hadnot. (which i knew coz i checked with her mom)

you know, she might think it's from someone else i said (again, from the mom). dont you think you ought to come out and let her know? now Marius (the suspect valentine) might take the credit.

Timo saw my point.
Damn that Marius. no way José he was going to let him get away with that!

So.
Timo wrote an entire letter in rhym!
Saying, she might wonder who the card was from.
well it wasn't from someone she expected.
and he hoped she would feel the same
coz he looked like a bloody fool otherwise.
but still,
even if he looked like a fool, he did it for her, so she could be proud.
and if she wanted to write her valentine back this is the address...
and then he revealed his name (stuck a piece of paper over it that she had to lift first)

Last but not least he made hearts out of all the dots on the i's.

it took him almost an hour coz he made spelling mistakes all the time and then had to do the whole thing over again.

it was an impressive letter to say the least.

you know Timo if i were to get such a letter, i said, i would be very flattered.
but maybe also a little scared coz i wouldnt know what to do.
Now it seems as if you are totally in love with this girl.
are you sure you want to give her that impression?
again Timo saw my point.
nahhh. i like her, but not that much he said and i just wanted to make sure Marius wasnt taking the credits.

maybe you just have a good night sleep over this and then see how you feel in the morning i said.
and so he did.
next morning at the breakfast table he declared he had given it a good thought and decided he would still write her that letter, but leave out the hearts.
Wise move i thought.
he re-wrote his letter and put it into her closet at school.

when i asked him later how things went, he told me that very day Florien had gotten a new desk, had swapped out all her stuff from the old one and never gave a hint she had even seen the envelope.

i asked the mom a couple of days later but according to her Florien hadnot received anything else.

Holy cow.
all this and then no effort at all?
and the rotten thing was; whenever we got mail, timo would rush up to the hall to 'just check if there was anything addressed to me'.

Last week though, her mother came up to me and whispered Florien had cleared up her stuff and found the letter. She was a bit overwhelmed by it (who wouldnt be to be honest) but did like it.

after a heartbreaking weekend again where timo sighed he didnt receive any letters i told him some girls are just a bit frightenend by expressions of love and they simply do not know how to respond.
but i told her, he said. i told her she could write me, with the address and everything in the letter.

I tried to tell him not everyone is as courageous as he is.
I told him i was 19 the first time i told a boy i actually liked him, so it might take florien another 10 yrs to pluck up the courage too.

In a couple of years when morten is 16, timo is 15 and their 13 yr old sister is making out with their friends i will probably talk otherwise, but for now i think this boy girl action they are growing into is too cute for words.