The Modern Four

Chapter 17

Wilbur had officially declared being grounded boring. He wanted to go out with his friends, talk to Violet, maybe even ask her to the upcoming dance. He tried texting her, but it turns out her mom had taken her phone away. Hiro's aunt had taken his too. He sighed, slumping further into the couch in his room. He turned on the TV, laying down and groaning. His mom came to his door and knocked, saying that she and a few other family members would be going out, and that he was welcome to come if he so liked. He turned her down, instead choosing to be a lonely recluse. She rolled her eyes at that, and left her son to do as he pleased. As soon as Wilbur had heard the garage door, he jumped up, getting an idea. He went to his window, watching his mom pull out of the garage and onto the street. He then changed into some normal clothes, running downstairs and heading into the garage. He waited a little bit longer to make sure his mom didn't come home, and then grabbed his bike, sneaking out the back of his garage. He paused in front of his house, thinking through his plan. Go to Hiro's? No, too far. Penny's ankle is busted, no chance to go anywhere with her. Violet it is. He hopped on his bike and attached his little mini headlight his mom got him, riding to Violet's house.

He pulled up to her house after fifteen minutes, and paused, turning off hid headlights at the neighbors. He took out his phone and glanced at the time. 7:07. He sighed, and glanced around. Two lights were on in the house, both upstairs. He looked at the lights and squinted, frowning a little. He then bent down, and picked up a few pebbles. He glanced at the lite windows, and tossed a pebble at the one on the right. The window quickly was flung open, and Violet's little brother, Dash, called out. "Hello? Who's out there?" He shouted. Wilbur dived behind the nearby bush, eyes wide. Dash then shrugged, closing the window and going back to doing whatever he was doing. After a little, Wilbur slunk out from behind the bush, and started tossing pebbles at the other window. When after about five pebbles were thrown without any answer, Wilbur started to worry that no one was there. He threw another pebble, and started to walk away when he heard a window open.

"Hello?" Violet yelled. "I hear someone! Listen, if you don't show yourself I'll-"

Wilbur grinned, running up to the window. "Vi, it's me!" He shouted. Violet looked down, squinting.

"Wilbur?" She asked, looking down at the boy. He waved, smiling.

"Hey." He laughed. She shook her head.

"What in the world are you doing here?" She asked, shaking her head.

"I dunno, I was bored. Wanna go for a bike ride?"

She laughed a little, shaking her head and closing her window.

"Someone's got a date." Her little brother, Dash, appeared in her doorway. Violet cheeks turned pink.

"I do not!" She protested, pulling on her shoes.

Dash smirked. "Mhmmm. Sure you don't." He grinned. then said tauntingly. "Oh Wilbur, you're so strong and handsome! I just adore you!" He mocked. Violet chased him out of her room.

"Shut up you little cretin!" She yelled, rolling her eyes.

Dash laughed, running into his room at super speed. She groaned and walked downstairs, grabbing a light jacket and getting her bike out of the garage, shouting to her brother to keep it a secret and watch Jack-Jack. She then dragged her bike out of the garage, walking over to Wilbur. "You're lucky my parents aren't home." She said, raising an eyebrow. Wilbur smirked, looking at her.

"You mentioned that every Monday night your parents go out on 'date night'."

She smiled, looking at him. "Well, I'm glad you came. I was getting bored. I had nothing to do, my mom took away my phone, computer, and tv. I was just doing homework." She complained, looking around. Wilbur smiled. It seemed like her personality had done a 180 since saturday. Maybe she was finally warming up to him. He smiled at the thought.

"So where do you want to ride to?" He asked. She shrugged.

"There's a little bike path a little ways away." She said, hopping on her bike. She started riding away, and Wilbur followed after her.

"Hey Vi?" He asked, speeding up to get next to her.

"Yeah?" She said, glancing over at him.

"Can we talk about what happened in the hospital?" He bit his lip, worried about how she'd react to it. Violet slowed, down, her hair falling into her face. "What about it?" She asked, all hints of the perky personality fading away. He bit his lip, looking down.

"I just wanted to talk about it, make sure you're okay..." He said. She nodded, looking down.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I'm sorry about that, by the way."

Wilbur shook his head, slowing down and looking at her. "Don't be. There's no need for you to be sorry. If anyone should be sorry, it should be me, I mean it's my fault we got into this in the first place. Mental note, always lock the shed door." He ranted, coming to a complete stop. Violet stopped next to him, smiling a little bit.

"I thought we agreed not to blame ourselves." She smiled, looking at him.

He laughed a little, brushing the hair out of her face. "Yeah, yeah we did." He laughed. She blushed, looking at him. He smiled and began to lean in. Closer, and closer, until...his phone started ringing. He quickly pulled back, looking at it confused. He didn't recognize the number, and picked up. "Hello?" He asked, sounding a bit annoyed. Violet, who was blushing bright pink, looked up at him, raising an eyebrow.

"Hello? WIlbur, is that you? I've got big news." Hiro said on the other end of the line.

Wilbur furrowed his eyebrows. "Hiro? What;s up?" He asked.

"I got a hit on the time machine. How close are you to Laila street?" He asked.

Wilbur shook his head, looking around. "I dunno, maybe two blocks? I-"

"Great. It's an abandoned car dealership down that way. Good luck dude, gotta go, my aunts coming. Bye!" Hiro hung up before Wilbur had the chance to protest. He turned to Violet.

"Okay, change of plans. Hiro found the time machine. Laila street." He said, hopping on his bike. Violet nodded, getting on hers.

"Alright, let's get going." She speed off. Wilbur quickly followed her into the darkness.