



Clyde: Emma, will you be my date to the Valentine's dance?

Emma: (awkward) I'm really sorry Clyde, but I just wanna be friends.





That word echoes in Clyde's eyes, and he passes out, Stella gasps. She and Zach pull gondola out, while Lincoln fans Clyde, and Liam & Rusty play the bugles again. Chloe was surprised by what happened.





Chloe: Whoa! That was unexpected. I can't believe you just shot him down like that.





Emma: Well it's flattering but...I just don't feel the same way.







Chloe: But you saw how it hit him when you said to just be friends. Especially after he just did all that. Of course, that may have made the rejection even harder.







Emma: I guess so. It's just that he kind of put me on the spot like that. What would you have done if he did that to you?





Chloe thought about this and blushed. If it was her she would have said yes. She did have a small crush on him but was too afraid to say or know if he felt the same way.





Emma: Anyway, I'm sure he will get over it.





Later that day, they both met with Cheryl and were shocked by what they heard.





Chloe: He resigned?!





Cheryl: I'm just as shocked as you are girls. He said something happened in the cafeteria and he didn't want anything to do with the dance. It's a shame cause he was so good at baking those sweet treats.





Then Cheryl left the room. Then Chloe looks at Emma looking angry.





Chloe: I think I know what happened.





Emma: Oh come on!





Chloe: You know this is because of you! Clyde was clearly heart-broken!





Emma: What was I suppose to do?! I said I didn't really have feelings for him. Would you rather I lie and go to the dance with him pretending I did like him like that? That seems dishonest.





Chloe: (angry yelling) Better then crushing the boy's heart! I'm surprised you wouldn't like him like that! He is sweet, kind and funny! I mean maybe it was rumored to have a weird thing for one of his friend's older sisters but still!





Emma stepped back shocked by Chloe's reaction.







Emma: Whoa! Chloe, where is this coming from?!





Chloe then realized that she just outbursts to her friend. She then felt ashamed of herself and ran out of the room.





Emma: Chloe, wait!





Emma was starting to think that there was more to this then both of them could know. Now she was not sure what to do.





The night of the dance, Emma arrived with her friends. She looked around but didn't see Clyde or Chloe anywhere. Later, She did see Lincoln's group nearby and went up to them.





Emma: Umm...excuse me.





Lincoln: Oh, hey Emma.





Rusty: Well, if it isn't the heart-breaker!





Stella: Rusty!!





Emma: (awkward) Um...Is Clyde with you guys?





Lincoln: No, he hasn't shown up and we've been texting him like crazy.





Zach: (on his phone) Yeah, I'm trying to tell him about Huggins dropping his toupee in the punch bowl. What the...?! Not Teepee! Dang auto-correct!!





Emma looked down sad and walked off. But then she bumped into Chloe.





Chloe: Oh, there you are. I wanted to apologize for snapping at you earlier.





Emma: Really? I mean...I felt you had a reason to be upset at me. I think I did hurt Clyde more then I thought. I just wish he was here to make sure he's OK.





Chloe: Yeah me too. Let me be honest with you. I think I was mostly upset cause...





Just then they see someone entering the dance in a chef outfit. Even with the mustache, they could tell it was Clyde.





Emma: Is that him?







Chloe: Oh dang! He's looking over! Look busy!





They then pretend to happily dance until Clyde looked away and focused on the cake on the snack table. They both then got close and talked more while still dancing.





Chloe: Thank goodness, he is here.





Emma: Yeah but he doesn't look like he wants to be here. Can you do me a favor and ask how he is?





Chloe: (blushes) You want me to do that?





Emma: I think I would make it more awkward and he might want to leave faster.





Chloe: Alright, I'm on it.





Chloe then went to the hall of the school knowing Clyde would go though there to exit the building. Emma continued dancing when she sees Clyde leaving hoping Chloe is able to talk to him.







After a while, Emma went to the snack table seeing the beautiful cake amazed. She then hears Clyde's friends shouting. She turns to see Clyde there looking at her. She looks down awkward but then smiles and waves. He waves back and then goes dancing. Emma is surprised to see Chloe dancing with him and they looked happy. This made Emma realize that Chloe must have a thing for him. It would explain why she was upset at her earlier that day and maybe this is what Chloe wanted to admit to her before Clyde came in. This just made her smile happy for both of them.



Emma and Chloe were in the cafeteria talking when Liam and Rusty enter the cafeteria, dressed like baby cupids, and play music on bugles, getting everyone's attention. They stand on a table and continue playing, as Zach and Stella pull a cardboard gondola across the cafeteria, with Lincoln as the gondolier and Clyde with a rose in his mouth, they come to Emma's table. Crashing the gondola slightly, and Clyde takes out a heart-shaped cake.