Another Valentines Day Story
by John Acierto


June 30
     I met this wonderful girl today!  I went to Dante s party
and while I was there, he introduced me to this girl named
Janine.  We started talking and I think I really like her.  She's
a little shorter than me, has blond, straight hair cut to about
her shoulders, and she's fairly skinny.  As we talked, I noticed
how sweet her smile was, seeming to meet her ears every time. 
She really liked to laugh a lot too.  I was so taken by her that
I asked her out to coffee tomorrow.  I hope it goes well, I think
we could have a future together.


July 15
     I finally got the nerve to ask Janine out on a real date
today.  We met for our weekly lunch, this time at Piere's, and I
mentioned the idea to her while we waited for out main course. 
She seemed really surprised that I asked, but she said yes.  Then
she said that it would be weird going out on a date with a good
friend.  I'm so happy!  I can't wait until our date.  Speaking of
which, I better take my suit to the cleaners.  I plan on taking
her out to this fancy place downtown where they also have
ballroom dancing.  It should be fun teaching her how to dance.


August 16
     Last night was so wonderful!  Janine and I went back to the
ballroom place downtown to celebrate our one month anniversary. 
This month has been the happiest month of my life.  Janine and I
see each other almost everyday together and when we aren't
together, I think about her constantly.  We have lunch together
everyday and go out on our dates on the weekends.  I call her and
she calls me and we talk for hours on end.  I can't even describe
what this feeling is that I have.  Is it love?  I don't know, but
all I know is that I want to spend the rest of my life with her. 
She's especially cute in the morning, as I found out today.


September 4
     I love Janine so much!  I can't express my feelings enough
to her.  I sent her flowers today, just cause.  She called up a
little bit ago and told me how much she loved them.  I m gonna
head over to her place soon.  She didn t invite me over, but she
ll probably be happy to see me.  Then maybe I can spend the night
at her place and we can watch old movies like we sometimes do.


October 21
     This guy was came out of Janine's place today.  I was
stopping by to see her and I saw him.  I asked Janine who he was
and she said he was just a friend.  Just a friend?  Yeah right,
he s probably trying to weasel his way into Janine's panties. 
But I won t let him get between me and Janine.  She and I are in
love, I know that now.  I m not gonna let him ruin it for us.  I
even discussed it with Janine, but she didn t seem to understand
what I was talking about.  It's okay though, I know what's going
on, so I can stop it.

November 19
     Janine won't return my phone calls.  I tried explaining to
her again why I told Chris to stay away from her, but she didn't
understand.  It doesn t matter, this is for our future, so I know
I'm doing the right thing.  I m going to call the police and tell
them Chris threatened me, that way I can get a court order for
him to stay away from me.  Then I can move in with Janine and he
won't be able to go near her.  It'll perfect.


December 12
     I can't eat or sleep very well.  It s been 2 weeks since
Janine told me she doesn t want to see me again.  Why doesn't she
see how much I love her and that all this was for us?  So what if
the court order thing for Chris didn't work out, I could think of
other ways to keep him away from us.  But Janine doesn't
understand.  Maybe if she could see how much I loved her, then
she'd understand.  Yes, that has to be it.  I'll stop by her
place tomorrow and show her how much I love her.

January 24
     I went to watch Janine's place as I usually did, but there
were some police cars waiting outside.  They told me to get out
and they frisked me.  I told them why I was there, but they told
me they were taking me in for harassment.  I asked who was
charging and they said Janine was!  I can't believe it, I must've
been too late.  Chris must've gotten to her, that bastard.  I
knew he would get between me and Janine.  I used my one phone
call to call Janine, but she told me it was all over and she hung
up on me.  She doesn't know how much I love her anymore.  I sat
in my cell and thought about what I could do.  I know now what I
have to do.  As soon as I get out of here, I'll be able to
finally show Janine how much I love her.

February 13
     I bought my gun today, just a regular six-shooter.  I'm
going to stop by Janine's tonight, near the stroke of midnight. 
We're finally going to be together, forever, in heaven.  If Chris
is there, I'll send him to Hell before he can stop us.  I m so
excited!  After all this time, Janine will see just how much I
love her.  Just thinking about it puts a smile on my face.  But I
better go, I need to give myself plenty of time get over to her
place.  You've been a wonderful journal, a real friend when I
needed one.  Only you understand me.  Thanks for listening.