Disclaimer: I'm an amateur! I don't write for a living. I write for fun. It's my hobby—not work. I write for the lack of anything else productive to do. I don't own Harry Potter. It's all JK Rowling's.

Summary: Lily, the Head Girl, was astonished to find a first year boy extending his hands to hers and giving her a Tulip, her favorite flower. She was however, more surprised, when the boy said, "Excuse me, Ms. Lily, but a young man wanted me to give this to you. He said he hopes you'll like it—and the other flowers to come." With that said, the boy left hopping his way out of the great hall with several chocolate frogs in his pocket.

Chapter 1: The first note

Thirteen Days until Valentine's Day

Lily and her friends were seated on the Gryffindor's table, chatting excitedly about the nearing date of Valentine's Day when a hand tapped the Head Girl's shoulder. Turning around, Lily was faced with an adorable first year boy, whom she knew was named Derek.

"Hello, Derek." came Lily's voice. "What can I do for you?"

She was however surprised when the boy showed her a tulip, which he has been hiding from her. Her friends were voicing their thoughts with "awwws" and "owws" by the kid's gesture. Lily was about to ask him what the tulip was for when Derek cut her off, placing the tulip on her empty plate.

"Excuse me, Ms. Lily, but a young man wanted me to give this to you. He said he hopes you'll like it—and the other flowers to come." With that said, the boy left hopping his way out of the great hall, with several chocolate frogs in his pocket.

Lily and her friends were gazing at Derek's retreating back with their mouths slightly opened. They were brought out from their reverie when their late friend approached their table.

"Hey Guys…" Katie said, seating herself across Lily. "What's up?"

Her question was left unanswered as the girls who witnessed the 'little incident' eyed the tulip on Lily's plate.

Looking curiously at her dazed friends, Katie followed their gaze. "Wow, Lils." She said as she realized there was a tulip on her friend's plate. "Who gave you that?" She asked pointing.

Without looking away from the flower, Lily answered her with a whisper. "I don't know." She reached for the tulip and was stunned to find a note tied to its stem.

"What does it say?" Lily three friends said simultaneously.

Lily stared at the note for awhile and noticed it was written in a green ink. Untying it, she read it out loud.

The distance between us was quite far, but the figure of you and him holding hands was a clear sight. (1)

Puzzled, Lily asked, "What the hell is this?"

"Don't ask us…" Hailey said, reaching for the paper. "We're clueless as much as you are." She read the paper one more time and noticed something strange. "What is this number about?" Passing the note to Katie on her left, she asked. "Is this supposed to be a puzzle?"

"I don't know…" Katie said, passing the note to their last friend, Jenny.

"I think it's more of a message chopped to pieces." Jenny voiced out, still inspecting the note. "I mean, that's the only logical explanation…"

"Yeah…" Lily agreed, taking the piece of parchment from her friend. "I think whoever the sender is, he's taking note of the order of his message so it won't be sent in wrong order."

"You're probably right." Hailey said. "But who could this guy be?"

"Let's hope that he is a guy…" Katie joked.

"I bet it's James…" Jenny said, without giving it second thoughts.

"I think so too…" Hailey said, eyeing her friend with an utmost interest. "What do you think Lils."

"I doubt it." Lily said, staring at the tulip. "James stopped bothering me months ago."

"You've been counting?" Hailey and Katie asked teasingly.

"Well we do spend time in prefect meetings… It's impossible to lose track." Lily defended.

"Well, whatever." Jenny said, grabbing a toast and shoved it to her mouth. "Let's talk about this later. We're going to be late for class."