There’s a knock on the door outside of Belle’s home, and a wrapped box waiting on her doorstep. Inside is several items covered in tissue paper; a bracelet with several loose and glittery beads on a wire string, a phone case made to look and sound like bubble wrap, and a set of headphones whose wire is wrapped in squishy foam material.

Taking the box inside and digging through the contents, Belle bounced in her seat on the couch. Jiggling the sparkling beads and feeling the texture of the phone case. 

“Oh!” jumping up suddenly, she ran to the door and flung it open. She shouted as loud as she could, “THANK YOU, SECRET ADMIRER! I LOVE YOU TOO. Okay, bye.”

Slamming the door shut again, with her cheeks flush and grin still in place, she took her new treasures to her bedroom. She ignored her dad’s strange looks from over his coffee frozen halfway to his mouth.