Valentiny- Stolen Heart


Nathanial enters the classroom early on Valentine’s Day.  A plate of heart shaped cookies stares at him from the teacher’s desk.
“Those cookies look good. I did miss breakfast this morning. No one will miss one cookie.” he quickly scarfs one down.  “Wow that was good,” he says sitting at his desk.
His classmates start to come in the room. Nathanial looks around at everyone and, his stomach starts to hurt. “Someone is going to know I stole a cookie,” he thinks. 
“Hi Nathanial, Happy Valentine’s Day,” Hannah says.
“Um yeah, Happy Valentine’s Day,” Nathanial replies.
“Are you okay? Your face is red.”
“Yeah, I’m fine why do you ask? I didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Guilty conscious?” She says turning around.
“She knows,” he thought. “She’ll tell the teacher.”  Sweat starts to drip down his forehead.
“Good morning class.” Teacher says.  “We’re going to pass out our Valentine’s and then we’ll do some classwork before snacks. Everyone, pull out your mailboxes we made in art class and then deliver your cards to your classmates.”
After everyone delivers their Valentines, teacher gives them a few minutes to look through their cards.
The first card Nathanial pulls out is beautiful and heart shaped. Inside it reads- “You stole my heart.”
Nathanial gasps screams, “I’m So Sorry!”

Comments

  1. Steph0722February 13, 2019 at 11:24 AM

    Haha! A stolen heart, indeed! Nice work, and I love the surprise ending.

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  2. Kelly ConroyFebruary 13, 2019 at 2:52 PM

    Haha! I LOLed. Great one!

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  3. Mary Ann CortezFebruary 13, 2019 at 7:47 PM

    Ha! Great surprise ending.

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  4. Eleanor Ann Peterson-authorFebruary 14, 2019 at 5:42 AM

    You nailed the guilt in your story. I could almost picture Nathannial's reaction.

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  5. Rebekah HoeftFebruary 15, 2019 at 1:56 PM

    LOL! Great ending!

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  6. Sarah Tobias, Writer and ArtistFebruary 15, 2019 at 3:59 PM

    Ah, tell tale heart. It felt like a scary story and a valentine story. Thump, thump. Thump, thump. Cool combination.

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  7. Nancy RileyFebruary 17, 2019 at 4:42 AM

    Wow, the telltale stolen heart! Great showing us Nathaniel's emotions!

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  8. JeanJames926February 17, 2019 at 4:58 AM

    Ha ha that was very funny! Love the ending.

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  9. Susanna Leonard HillFebruary 18, 2019 at 12:23 PM

    Hahaha! Guilty conscience indeed! Isn't that so true that when we've done something we feel guilty about we are sure everyone knows! Love the ending :) Thanks for joining in the Valentiny fun, Jaclyn!

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