A/N No, I'm not dead. Jeez, it's been a while, I'm really sorry. I'm not going to try to make excuses, but I have been busy and lacked motivation, but hopefully I'll get back on track again. Maybe. We'll see.
The ambulance wasn't needed, but Wilbur went home. Violet was held in detention, and felt a sick, churning feeling for the rest of the afternoon. After waiting in the same dingy room for half an hour she had made up her mind she'd go see him in his sorry state. After all, she had caused all this mess, so she really ought to fix it.
"You may leave now, miss Parr. Understand that this was a first offense, and next time we won't be so lenient." Nodding, Violet turned to leave, leaving the quiet room, with the teacher watching beneath disapproving eyes. As soon as she had left, she texted her mum to tell her she was going to a friends house, and would be late back. It's not exactly true, she thought, but hopefully it will be at the end.
There was only one problem - she didn't actually know where Wilbur lived. Taking a deep breath, she reached for her phone.
Shrinking Violet: Hey...um this sounds crazy but do any of you guys know where Wilbur lives?
Micro-boy joined the chat
Micro-boy: why do u want to know?
Shrinking Violet: I want to apologise for today
Micro-boy: oh right, yeah. I'll send it to you
Micro-boy: also I'm sorry for today as well
Penny4thoughts joined the chat
Micro-boy: it was rude of us to watch you while you were trying to resolve an issue, and it probably set you off, or at least didn't help
Penny4thoughts: yeah I agree with Hiro. I'm sorry Violet x
Penny4thoughts: do u want me to come over with u?
Shrinking Violet: Cheers but this is something I want to do by myself
Shrinking Violet: Thanks for ur support tho x
Shrinking Violet: I'll tell u how it goes tomorrow 😬
Penny4thoughts: good luck!
Micro-boy: see u tomorrow
Shrinking Violet left the chat
Penny4thoughts: do u think he'll forgive her?
Micro-boy: i have a hunch he will 😉
Penny4thoughts: lol gtg now X
Micro-boy: Byeee
Micro-boy left the chat
Penny4thoughts left the chat
She was here. The house was much bigger than she thought it would be, in bright colours it was fairly hard to miss. Her stomach was doing somersaults, as she nervously licked her lips, and clenched and unclenching her fists as she felt her pulse increase. Sure, as Invisigirl she'd faced down hundreds of villains with evil intents, and dangerous scenarios, but somehow this was the most terrifying thing imaginable. Quickly, she pressed the door bell, before she bailed out.
The seconds that passed, quiet and ominous, built up her anixiety like a huge tower of Jenga that was about to topple over, yet just as its reached its peak, the door opened and Mrs Robinson opened the door.
"Hello?" Oh gosh. Violet had prepared herself for Wilbur, and was ready to apologise and kneel in the dirt before him...but she was not prepared for parents. A superhero's real arch-nemesis.
"Umm hi...I'm...errrr....the one who um.." Her voice came out in a little squeak.
"Yes?" She's smiling. Oh gosh, she won't be smiling after I- just get it over with!
" I PEPPER SPAYED YOUR SON!!!" Well I'm sure I could have put that literally any other way. Oh well.
Franny blinked. Well it's nice to meet you..."
"Violet." Winced the dark haired girl, ready for the woman to call her parents, shout at her. Ready for the blow. Instead Wilbur's mum's eyes widened with excited.
"Violet!? Really!? Is it you!?!" the woman seemed wild with excitement. Violet blinked. "I've heard so much about you! Wilbur talks about you so much!!"
"Uhh..I pepper-sprayed him." The smile still hadn't left her face.
"Didn't we all back in the day! I attacked this poor kid with frogs when I was younger!" For certainly not the first time since meeting Franny, Violet was lost for words. "Don't worry about it! Wilbur has a tendancy to be melodramatic, can't imagine where he gets it from, so he's completely fine. I think," the woman gave a conspirative wink, "he likes the drama." She streightned up. "But so do I!"
She took Violet's hand and gave a quick shake. "Glad to meet you Miss Parr! Just let me get my son. WILBUR!!!" she bellowed up the stairs, and Violet giggled as a disheveled Wilbur poked his head out of the top of the stairs.
"Yes mum?"
"It's a friend from school! The one who pepper-sprayed you, yes, and she's here to say it was an awful shot and she ought to spray you in the mouth next time." Violet looked stunned. "No..I.."
"Just kidding. COME DOWN HERE WILBUR I THINK SHE WANTS TO SAY SORRY OR SOMETHING - "
Rather relunctantly, Wilbur crawled down the steps, eventually coming face to face with Violet as both desperately tired to avoid the other's gaze.
"Well I'll be off then..." and with that, Wilbur's mum left the room, with both Wilbur and Violet looking at her desperately as if she was the last lifeboat leaving a ship. "Aaand she's gone." muttered Wilbur, as an attempt to break the extremly frosty ice. Violet just nodded.
An awkward silence filled the room, then tension so thick Violet was sure she would need an axe to slice through it, let along a knife. "Hey..umm" Wilbur looked up from his shoes at her, and she felt the intensity of the gaze. "I'm really sorry for what I did earlier. It was stupid - you were only trying to help, and I just snapped...I don't know why..I..."
"Hey, it's okay. I shouted at you, you probably just threatened." Violet hid a smirk with that. If Wilbur knew who she really was, he wouldn't suggest that Invisigirl was afraid of a 15 year old boy! Well, maybe she was. But certainly not threatened by one!
"Did it hurt you?"
"It bruised my ego a bit, sure, but as for real injuries, it's all good."
There was another ilence, but this time it wasn't awkward. It felt right, comfortable; both of them dwelling on what had been said - and maybe what hadn't.
"Well..do you want to stay for dinner?" Asked Wilbur, giving Violet a genuine smile, smiling wider and she answered with a shy one of her own.
"I'd love to, thank you. What is it?"
"Meatballs."
A/N if you didn't know, it's a reference to the foodfight in Meet The Robinsons. Again, thanks for the support, as I didn't feel particulary motivated to write this chapter until a comment from a certain viewer really cheered me up, and made me feel a lot better. And I felt guilty for not writing in ages, so I wrote this chapter. Hopefully I'll get into a habit to writing a chapter every week / two weeks so that I don't abandon it completely. Thanks for sticking this far! Ellie x
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FanfictionWhen Violet Parr meets new boy Wilbur Robinson, son of a genius inventor, it's certainly not love at first sight. Will they ever actually warm up to each other? And what happens when Violet discovers a machine that could literally change their lives...
