Well, here I am, Valentines Day.

And I'm spending it with Kalum.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really, happy for Ryan and Abby.

I love them both.

But I'd be lying if I said this shit didn't still hurt.

Kalum is just, he's lonely because the only girl he's been interested in the past few months is Ol. And again, he doesn't blame her at all.

But we're both 2 lonely dudes, at the mall on Valentines Day before we go to dinner, and a movie, and go back to my house to literally beat the shit out of every bag in the fight house since my parents are out of town.

What the hell has our lives come to.

"Car. This is the most boring date I've ever been on." He nodded as we walked into Dicks.

"Well damn." I looked over at him. "You should just be enjoying my company." I crossed my arms.

"Baby you know I love being with you. But it's hard to be with you physically when your head is in New York City." He pat my back.

I sighed. "I'm just, still trying to figure out what I did wrong."

"Dude. You didn't do anything wrong." He shook his head. "She told you that. She just can't help who she loves, just like you. It wasn't anything you did, it's just how it was."

"This is why I don't date girls from our school you know. Abby is amazing, but fuck. Every time I get interested in a girl from our school I get fucked over."

"That's because you're too good of a guy." I felt someone grab my butt.

I shot around and Kallie was laughing.

Her, Will, Havannah and Maylee were all looking around the store.

"Jesus you're lucky. I almost swung off of instinct." I shook my head.

"You know my voice by now." She hugged me.

"What's up Will." Kalum held his hand out.

"Oh, just, taking my beautiful dates out for V-Day. This one needs new training gloves to last her until her good ones get here." He pointed at Maylee.

"Maylee, how are you." I gave her a nod.

"Oh just, living my best life as a single girl on a day dedicated to love. I hate this fucking Holiday."

"Same." I nodded.

"I don't know, I like Valentines Day." Havannah shrugged.

"I figured you'd be in New York." I leaned over and hugged her. "How're you doing?"

"I'm OK." She let out a small laugh. "And I figured I would turn the show down. I've already done the shoot. They didn't need me this weekend, and I just wanted to be with friends."

"Are you really OK though?" Kalum raised his eyebrows.

"I ended things with him, remember?" She nodded. "He's just, too good of a guy to hurt anyone else. It didn't hurt me. I love them both, so, I'll just find a guy who isn't emotionally attached to someone that I have a lot in common with. For now, I'm spending time with my friends." She smiled.

"Which is why I have 3 dates." Will nodded.

"And you're a lucky man for it." Kallie wrapped an arm around his back and pat his chest.

"Oh, I know I am. I am out with a model, the girl who makes me happier than anyone, and someone who could beat my ass effortlessly. I'm winning today." He smiled.

"And what are you two's plans?" She looked at Kalum and I.

"We're dating each other today." Kalum nodded. "Some shopping, dinner, a movie, then going back to the fight house to get out the frustration of being single and lonely when we're both catches."

"Well, why don't we make it a triple date?" Kallie smiled. "May and Van are going to spoil themselves, we're going to spoil each other, then we're going to dinner in State College, a movie, then going our separate ways. Care to join?"

"Or will the egos of the two bad asses collide and turn in to a fighter of the summer blood bath." Havannah laughed.

"He couldn't take me." Maylee shook her head.

"Oh, you think so?" I nodded.

"Listen fighter boy." She crossed her arms. "You have chicken legs meanwhile I could crush you with mine." She smiled.

"My arms are the size of your thighs, don't play with me." I shook my head.

"Pruitt, these hands are rated E for everyone, not to exclude you." She nodded.

"And in a cage, equal rights mean equal fights. I will gladly get in one with you." I crossed my arms.

Kalum let out a small laugh. "Dude, I don't think you're intimidating her, at all."

"He's not." She shook her head. "But something he could be useful for is helping me find these gloves."

I let out a small laugh. "I can do that."

"Perfect. But I will meet you guys back here, I have to run to Victoria's and pick up a few things for the next shoot that got sent to the store." Havannah nodded.

Kallie looked up at Will. "Can we go?" She smiled.

He sighed and smiled. "Yes, we can go. I'm spoiling you, remember? Kalum, are you staying or coming with us."

"Athletic gear." He held a hand up. "Bra's, panties, and the girl who takes pictures in them." He held the other up higher. "I'm going." He nodded.

"Yeah, I saw that coming." I nodded. "Go on, I'll things here."

"Is it because you like dicks, or are one?" He tilted his head.

"Keep it up I'm going to hit you and not a bag." I smiled. "Come on little fighter girl. I'm going to assume you want pretty pink ones?"

"More like red, like the color of your blood that I could drain from you." She nodded.

"Ooof I'm shaking in my boots." I shook my head.

They left, and I started leading Maylee around Dicks.

We walked over to where they keep the bags and gloves, and she looked through a few pairs.

"Try them on." I nodded.

She slipped them on and strapped them up.

"Now I have a question."

"OK. What's up?" She squeezed her fists.

"How do you fight with the nails?"

"I have to have fingertip covers." She nodded.

"No, I mean like, how do you fight and not break them?"

"One. The fingertip covers prevent the nails from digging in. Two. A really good nail tech, Olivia gave me a good recommendation."

"Yeah, Glendy is good." I nodded.

She raised her eyebrows.

"Ex-girlfriend, she goes to the same one."

"Abby." She nodded.

"Yeah. How'd you know that?"

"I went to get my nails done with them Tuesday. She talks highly of you. She says you're one of the best guys she's ever met."

"I wouldn't say that. I was just raised differently than most people. Notice the small things because they matter. Hold doors open, open doors myself, walk closer to the road. Treat a girl like I'd want my daughter, or my mother treated."

She let out a small laugh. "I'd kill for something like that. I was raised by a single mother, so I'm constantly told I'm too independent. But I think deep down I want someone who wants to do small things for me. Like open doors, notice little things. That'd be why my relationships fail."

"Mine fail because I'm too nice." I nodded.

"I don't see anything wrong with nice guys." She shook her head. "I'm not saying Abby did because I know she didn't, she's not the type, but it's the girls who take advantage of the nice guys that I have a problem with." She slid the gloves off and put them back in the package. "These ones are good."

We walked up to the front of the store to check out.

Dan scanned them in, and just handed her a receipt.

"Uh?" She gave him a look.

"Oh." He looked at me. "Those weren't supposed to go on your account?"

"No no it's fine. No big deal." I reached a hand across the counter. "Thank you."

He shook my hand and nodded.

I grabbed her bag, and we walked out of the store. "Here." She handed me her money.

"Don't worry about it. If you decide you don't want them after yours come in, you can just give them to me at school and my dad can use them for extra's for his classes."

"You guys an account there?" She pursed her lips.

I nodded. "You know who my dad is right?"

She shook her head.

"Dave Pruitt."

"Oh, holy shit, are you serious?"

I let out a small laugh. "My last name is Pruitt."

"I didn't think it was that Pruitt."

"Well, it is. I fight out of PPF. We have an account there just in case something happens to a bag, and we need one fast."

"Now I get why you're so cocky." She nodded.

"Oh, I'm the cocky one?" I raised my eyebrows.

"You're very cocky."

"So are you." I let out a small laugh as we walked into Victoria's.

We walked over to the shelves where Will and Kalum were. "What're you guys doing?" I shook my head.

"Smell this." Will shoved a bottle in front of my face.

I gave him a look and sniffed. "It smells like a fruity man." I nodded.

"Its a perfume for all." Kalum nodded.

"I would never in my life wear that." I shook my head.

Maylee took the bottle and sniffed it. "I think it smells good." She shrugged.

"What about this one." Kalum handed me a clear bottle.

I sniffed. "Oh." I scrunched my face. "That is, woody and spicy. What the fuck is that?"

Maylee took the bottle. "Woody fresh oak moss, Sichuan pepper, violet leaf."

"Uh uh." I shook my head.

"This ones blue." Will handed me a bottle.

"Why are you making me smell shit." I laughed.

They both shrugged.

I shook my head and sniffed. "OK. I love that one. That one smells fresh. I would wear that."

Maylee took this one too. "Frozen bergamot, blue cage, and cedar leaf." She nodded.

"I like it. But I'm going to walk out of the store before you keep making me smell stuff."

"I'm going too, I'm getting a headache." Kalum nodded.

"The pink is hurting my eyes." Will nodded.

"You guys go, I'll wait for them." Maylee nodded.

The three of us walked out of the store and sat on a bench.

"You get to know her a little bit?" Will looked over at me.

I nodded. "I mean, I've always thought she was a nice girl, a little aggressive, incredibly cocky-"

"So, she's you." Kalum nodded. "With a vagina and boobs."

"Shut up." I shook my head. "No, like found out she was raised by a single mom. Incredibly independent, but I feel like she feels there should be an extent to how independent she is. She said she wants the small things, like, people opening doors for her and notice little things. She says her being too independent is the downfall of her relationships, but watching her mom, she feels like she has to be."

"Kallie told me that, her last boyfriend was dependent on her. She was pretty much the man." Will nodded.

"I don't see how guys can do that." I shook my head. "Like, my mom raised me to know girls can do everything we can, but they shouldn't have to. Like, my mom could fully whoop the shit out of any dude who tried to step to her, but she'll never have to. I can cook because it's not just a woman's job to take care of a man in that aspect. Like fuck."

"You're such a feminist." Will pouted.

"No. I just feel like, equality is a big thing. OK? But let me be a man while we're being equal."

"You're a I'll buy dinner, you can tip kind of guy." Kalum nodded.

"Hey, if you want to do the tip you can. If dinner is not too expensive you can pay. But if it exceeds a certain amount don't touch that fucking bill." I shook my head.

"And here they come." Will stood up as the girls walked out of the store.

Maylee walked right up to me and held a bag out.

"Oh, I'm carrying your bags now?" I raised my eyebrows.

"No." She shook her head. "It's for you. Pay you back for the gloves."

I took the bag and reached inside.

And it was the bottle of cologne I liked.

"You said you liked it." She shrugged.

"Thank you. You didn't have to do that."

"I know." She nodded. "Nice guys deserve nice things too." She smiled.

Well, mine and Carter's Valentines Day date took a turn.

We went and got dinner with Will, Kallie, Havannah, and Maylee.

Maylee, I don't think she's ever had a dude pay for anything in her whole life.

Carter and I decided we were going to pay for her and Havannah, and she looked at us like we were high. Like actually high.

I took Carters lead and let them pay for our movie tickets.

Mostly because we both knew snacks would be much more expensive.

Carter and Maylee fought over the aisle seat.

She won.

I sat between Carter and Havannah.

Kallie sat between Havannah and Will.

Kallie and Havannah held hands during the movie.

It was a matinee of My Bloody Valentine.

I have learned many things about both Havannah and Maylee today.

Maylee is very competitive. Her and Carter got into a straw wrapper spitting competition. Maylee won that too.

They got into a popcorn catching competition to see who could throw it the highest and catch it in their mouth. Carter won.

He can also fit the most whoppers in his mouth at once.

Maylee really likes sno caps. She is a fan of slasher movies. She really likes spaghetti. Her mom is a doctor.

Havannah on the other hand. I learned that Havannah is not a fan of slasher movies. Her nails really hurt when they dig into your arm. Her hair smells like lemons and lavender and the only reason I know that is because she kept burying her face in my shoulder every time there was a jump scare. She also does not like it when people pay for her but lets them anyway to avoid conflict, and she is very sweet when she interacts with people who notice her. She has conversations with them, takes pictures with them, and she even thanks them for taking a picture with her. She's very down to earth which isn't the high maintenance I expected at all. And I feel bad saying that. I mean, she's high maintenance, but she does it herself. And she maintains it, very well.

We all picked up our stuff and headed out of the movie theater where Kallie and Will turned and looked at us.

"Well ladies, boys. This is where we leave you." Kallie nodded.

"Because we, have a very pretty room at the Frazier waiting for us with a Jacuzzi bathtub and a very nice desert waiting." Will nodded.

"Well have a great time you two." I laughed.

"And if your parents call, you're at my house with May and I." Havannah nodded.

"And this is why I love you." She wrapped her arms around Havannah and kissed her cheek.

"And I love you more Kallie Kay." She smiled.

"You two have fun." Kallie hugged Maylee.

"Oh, I'm sure we will." Maylee laughed.

"Boys." She hugged Carter and I.

"Kal, Car." Will dapped us both up.

Carter and I both waved goodbyes, and they got in Will's car.

Carter pulled me to the side. "Do me a solid."

"Oh, here we go."

"Ask them if they want to keep hanging out." He nodded.

I raised my eyebrows. "So, you can hang out with?" I pursed my lips.

"Well, not Havannah because you keep looking at her like you want to eat her. And I'm having fun screwing with Maylee. She's fun. I haven't had actual fun in a long time. Please do this for me."

"Why can't you ask." I laughed.

"Because if I ask, she's going to make fun of me for acting like an over-excited girl. Just, I will pay for your next tattoo. Don't make me sound like a bitch."

I laughed harder and shook my head. "Alright." I nodded.

"Thank you." He grabbed my arm and drug me to Havannah's car.

"So." I cleared my throat. "What are you ladies plans for the rest of the night?"

"Just, going back to my house to indulge in slutty romance books, eat Valentines chocolate, and drink a bottle of vodka." Havannah nodded.

"Well, as fun as that sounds. How would you two like to come back to Carters with us? Maylee, you interested in trying out the PPF fight house?"

"UH, hell yes!" She yelled.

"I uh, I don't fight." Havannah shook her head. "I don't know how."

"Well, I could maybe show you a few things." I nodded. "It's a great work out, and if you decide you don't like it, I will eat Valentines chocolate and drink Vodka with you. Maybe we can all go to the theater room after we're done in the fight house, and instead of reading the slutty romance books, we can watch them?"

"You two, are going to watch slutty romance movies?" Maylee crossed her arms.

"Now listen you little psycho, my love for the slutty romance genre does not make me any less of a man." I pointed at her.

"And, I have more vodka at my house. My parents are cool with the drinking if no one leaves. Sleepover maybe? We can all chose a seat in the theater room, make a bed?"

Havannah pursed her lips and nodded. "If we can stop and get stuff from my house, and get more chocolates, then deal."

"Perfect." I clapped my hands together. "We'll follow and you can ride back to Carters with us."

"Alright." Havannah laughed.

They got in her car, and we followed them to her house.

She texted Carter before we pulled in her driveway and said they'd be right out.

And they were right out. Bags, bottles, and big hearts in hand and workout clothes.

We stopped and got about 4 more big ass heart boxes of chocolate, and we headed to Carters.

Carter and I carried their bags into the theater room, and we lead them out back to the fight house.

"Im going to assume you two want to go right in to beating the shit out of each other?" I looked at Maylee and Carter.

"Each other?" Carter raised his eyebrows. "She will not be beating the shit out of me."

"Dude, I will break your arm in half." She nodded.

"Put your money where your mouth is and prove it." He nodded.

She cracked her knuckles and made her way into the cage.

He followed her and closed the door behind them.

"Why do I feel like thats going to be a blood bath?" Havannah looked at me.

"Because theyre honestly kind of perfect for each other. I dont know a single girl who would actually get the balls to get in there with him and square up." I shook my head.

"You going to teach me to square up?" She raised her eyebrows.

"Do you want me to teach you how?"

"I mean, it would be nice to let my bodyguard take a break during shows and shoots." She nodded.

I let out a small laugh. "Yeah, I can teach you a few things." I nodded.

"Now Ill be able to actually bite when I bark." She laughed.

"I dont know, I think you could have a little bite in you if you really needed too." I shrugged and grabbed a pair of Carters smaller knuckle gloves. "Here. Put these on." I handed them to her.

She slid them on, and I strapped them on for her.

"You know what we have to do first, right?" I pursed my lips.

"The stuff I actually know how to do?"

"Yes maam." I slid my shirt off and strapped my own gloves on. "Crunches, pushups, the works."

"Oh, this part, this part I can kick your ass in." She nodded.

"You think so?" I crossed my arms.

"Uh, hello." She took her shirt off and adjusted her sports bra. "I have to stay in shape, this is light work for me."

"My god."

She raised her eyebrows.

"Sorry." I scrunched my face. "That just kind of came out."

"Its OK." She laughed.

We got straight into that.

She did in fact whoop my ass. Havannah is very in shape which I knew but wasnt expecting the extent.

Her and I hit a heavy bag for a while until we finally decided to call it quits and just watch Carter and Maylee go at it.

We sat on one of the mats and I handed her a bottle of water.