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Valentine's Day is next week. I think, anyway. The castle will probably do something, but...

[She doesn't want to think about it. All she can come up with are bad things.]

What was your best Valentine's Day like? Or what you would want it to be like?

[Time to collect ideas for Lee and Carley. Help.]

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Most of the Valentine's Days I had were pretty boring. I didn't really have anyone to spend it with.

[Crap, he's going to have to find something for Ellie, what do girls even like.]

You didn't have any girlfriends?

Not then, not really.

Not really? [What does that mean...]

I mean, I went on dates, but didn't really have a...uh girlfriend. [You are too young to ask these kinds of questions.]

Oh. There wasn't anyone you liked enough?

Not exactly. It's more to do with the whole being a loser thing. [God he hates his loss so much, he can't even lie to comfort himself, fuck this thing.]

[Ben......]

You're not a loser.

It's OK, Clem. I worked that one out when I was, like, twelve.

You're not. I don't know why you keep telling yourself that.

Years of hard evidence, mostly.

Ben...

Clementine.

Do you want to hang out with me and Carley on Valentine's for lunch?

Oh. Well. I was...uh. Thinking of doing something with Ellie.

[Will she let him breeze past this? This is his big question.]

... with Ellie? Joel's Ellie? [Like Joel, Ellie's sort-of-dad? THAT Ellie?]

[Damnit Clementine, this isn't breezing.]

Yeah. That Ellie.

Are you--

[... WAIT.]

[Ben]

Are you going to ask her to be your Valentine?

[Well, no use trying to avoid it now.]

Yeah. Me and her we're kinda...dating.

[Whoa.]

Since when?

Christmas time. During all the mistletoe stuff.

... how come you didn't say anything?

I didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

It is a big deal.

[Just a groan here]

Cleeeem, come on.

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