Emily’s Love Life

Boy did I get an ear full today.   Emily came bouncing in the house with a huge red heart shaped box of chocolates and a large pink sealed envelope.  “It’s from Andrew!” she said with a smile.

{Just the night before, when Emily was preparing her Valentines, she told me that 3 boys liked her.  Andrew, Sheffield and Brayden.  

Earlier in the year Sheffield declared that he liked Emily.  She doesn’t remember the details because it was right at the beginning of the year – but it’s just common knowledge now, I guess.

A couple months ago in the cafeteria at lunchtime Sheffield said, “Emily, Andrew likes you.  Believe me, he likes you!!”  Then Andrew got all red and he was smiling and said, “No, I don’t.”   But then 30 seconds later Andrew said, “Now I have two girlfriends.  One in Texas and her.”  pointing to Emily.   Then Emily piped up and said, “I’m not your girlfriend, you just have a crush on me!”  Go Emily!

A little while later, again in the cafeteria, Emily’s table was spinning a bottle (seriously?) and playing truth or dare.  The bottle spun to Brayden and he picked truth.   Someone asked him, “Who do you like in this class?” and Brayden looked right at Emily (who was sitting right beside him) and said “I LOVE YOU EMILY!!!   …because you’re pretty and smart and nice and funny!!”   Wow, how’s that for a declaration. }  

Today ANDREW got into the classroom earlier than Emily and quickly hid his chocolates and card inside her desk.  After two minutes of her sitting at her desk, Andrew said, “Just look in your desk already!!”   She told me she opened her desk, was surprised and said, “someone gave me a big heart box!”   “Ya, it was me!” Andrew said smiling.

Sheffield immediately turned to Andrew and said, “Oooooh, you LIKE her” and then Emily quickly said, “you do too, Sheffield”. Then he got really embarrassed.

Emily opened the card and chocolates after she told me the whole story.  Then I asked, “So, which one do you like?” She responded with a clarification. “Like or like like?” “Well, let’s see, how about ‘like like’?”  “None of those guys. I ‘like’ all those guys but I ‘like like’ a boy named Ryan. “Does he ‘like like’ you?” “Seems like he does, but he hasn’t said anything about it.”

And there you have it… all of Emily’s 3rd grade Valentine details.