The Modern Four

Chapter 9

Violet was angry. She was angry at herself for letting her powers get out of hand. She was angry at her parents for them not helping her to control them when she was younger. But most of all, she was angry at stupid Wilbur Robinson for being so stupidly stupid and- kissing her. The kiss came as a shock to her. One minute, she was taking out all her anger at the boy who randomly came to her house unannounced. The next, she was kissing him. It didn't occur to her that this was her first kiss. Now she did, however, realize how nice it felt. Wilbur's lips were soft, and he managed not to screw up. Not that she wanted to kiss him again. Did she? Violet wasn't sure what to do when their lips came together. She mostly just froze, blinking a few times. Then she quickly pulled away, eyes wide.

"What. The. £%£¥" Violet said, staring at Wilbur as if he just told her she was from outer space.

Wilbur, looking just as shocked, gulped. "I-I don't know. I'm sorry just...in the moment I..." He looked at Violet, taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry." He stood up, running to his bike.

"Wilbur, wait!" Violet stood up, biting her lip. She didn't want Wilbur to leave. Then again, she didn't exactly want him to be there, either. No, she wanted to kiss him and slap him all at the same time. Unbelievable.

The next day at school was extremely uncomfortable. Violet and Wilbur attempted to avoid each other, which was rather hard when you were in the same friend group, and sit next to each other. Lunch was an extremely uncomfortable half an hour in which Hiro and Penny tried their best to start up conversations in order to avoid any silences in the group. But Violet and Wilbur would hardly look at each other. Finally, Penny couldn't stand it any longer and sat up, crossing her arms.

"Alright, what the heck happened between you two. You haven't talked all day, and usually by this point Wilbur would be talking everyone's ear off. So what happened?" She said, looking around the group. Violet and Wilbur both looked away, an uncomfortable look on each of their faces. Hiro looked at penny and shrugged, frowning. Violet sighed and then looked back at penny.

"It's nothing." She stated simply. "Wilbur and I just got into a fight over the weekend. It was stupid. Things are just a little tense between us." She glared at Wilbur, and got up to throw her the remainders of her lunch away. Penny turned to Wilbur.

"Tell me what happened or I'm not talking to you for the next week." She said. Wilbur looked at her and gulped.

"I don't know if I should..." He trailed off, once again looking uncomfortable.

"Tell me now or I am leaving."

Wilbur bit his lip, then blurted out, "Violet and I kissed!" He exclaimed, then covered his mouth and cursed. Penny's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates, and Hiro choked on his water.

"Wait, what?" He asked, staring at Wilbur. "Dude. That's insane."

Wilbur's eyes got very wide and he shook his head. "Don't tell her you know. Please." The two nodded, eyes wide. After a while, Violet came back to the table, just as grumpy as before.

Penny gave Wilbur a look, and Wilbur took a deep breath, swallowing his pride. "Uh, Violet? Can we uh...can we talk?"

Violet looked up, raising an eyebrow but not saying a single word. Wilbur sighed. "In uh..in private please." He bit his lip, standing up and walking to an empty hallway. After a minute, Violet followed him.

"What?" She said, crossing her arms and looking very angry. Wilbur shifted his weight.

"Ah, well, uh...we...we need to talk." Violet stared at him, raising an eyebrow.

"Talk how? We have nothing we need to say to each other." Violet said, clearly annoyed. Wilbur bit his lip again. This was not going as he planned.

"Yes, Violet, yes we do. We need to talk about the...y'know...the..."

Violet glared. "Spit it out already!"

"Kiss! The stupid kiss okay?!" He said, throwing his hands up in the air. "Listen Violet, I really like you and-"

"Well, I don't know how I feel. I mean, it's weird. Confusing. I don't know Wilbur."

Wilbur looked at Violet, then shook his head. "How about we just pretend it never happened. Then maybe things can go back to normal?" He suggested. Violet sighed, looking down at her feet.

"Yeah, okay. Back to normal. This never happened. I'll see you around." She quietly said after a moment, turning on her heel and walking back to the cafeteria.

"Violet, I-" Wilbur sighed, looking defeated. "Yeah. See you..."