"Let's be young and dumb and search for a never-ending paradise."
Violet Maters was so determined to do so, it killed her.
Now her best friend is left to search for "never" as she called it.
She feels like she owes it to Vi, almost as though she's...
Thinking about the voicemail I got from Carter a few days ago makes me wanna punch him in the face as he drives us to lunch in his piece of crap Prius.
But I won't. Punch him, I mean.
It said: "Hey Dana, again, I'm so sorry for your loss. I know Violet meant a lot to you. But I've known you for like 9 minutes, and you already mean something to me. I don't know.. It's stupid but, just call me back, I hope you're okay."
He's a piece of shit.
I can't mean a lot to him he's known me FOR A WEEK! He's clingy, and clingy is so annoying. But I still got in the car to ditch with him. For some reason.
He turns into chick-fil-a and just glances at me. "Drive thru or dine-in?"
Drive thru. So I can get over with this faster. "Dine-in." I say. wait. No! What the fuck did I just say? I do not want to go in and eat with him but midway through processing what I said he goes, "okay, let's go on in then."
"No."
"What?"
"I said no, I think I'd rather drive-thru so we can just drive around town while we eat." I say hoping he doesn't get offended.
Although, why should I care if he gets offended? He's the drama queen.
We order and then pull out of the drive thru and he asks me where i wanna go.
"Get out." I say with a smirk.
"What, why?" He asks.
I tell him it's because I wanna take him to one of my secret spots in town.
I drive down town and pull down an alley behind an old museum and jump out of the car. I pull the fire escape down and start to scale the building.
"I'm afraid of heights!" He shouts before he climbs after me.
"You won't be after this"
And then I hear the ladder below me creak and know he decided to join me and climb.
"I'm only coming so I can make sure you don't get hurt Dana."
"I don't need you protecting me." I snap back.
"Jesus sorry forgive me FOR TRYING TO BE A NICE F'ING GUY DANA!"
"You're at a 12 right now Carter, and you need to bring it to a 2 cause you will NOT yell at me. K?"
"Sorry."
I reach the top and start to walk over to the other side of the roof so I can face the sunset. It always looks beautiful from up here. Since it took us a few hours to get over here, the sun is already setting.
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"Beautiful," Carter utters, "just like you Dana. Just like you."
"Please don't flirt with me Carter, please."
"Why not?" He asks.
"It's none of your business, but Violet didn't just mean a lot to me. She meant something to me. Something that can never be replaced."
"You are in love with her?"
" I was Carter. I was."
"I think you still are." He says.
"How could I still be in love with her, she's dead!"
"Just because someone's gone doesn't mean your feelings for them are." He states.
