Ericson's Care Home

What Should I Do

Its been a week since Violet and I have become a thing, and I've never been happier. The other kids surprisingly haven't been annoying us with questions like I thought they would.

There's a knock on the door and I'm broken from my train of thought. I go to open it and I'm met by violet, looking kinda sad.

She instantly smashed into me, almost knocking me over in the hug. I just stay there holding her.

She eventually pulls away and looks me in the eyes. "What's going on Vi? What's wrong?"

She stays silent and sits down and I sit with her. "I. Jesus Clem. I'm sorry I don't wanna be like this." I look at her and I'm filled with worry. She's not been like this since she got here.

"Its fine Vi, Really. What's going on?"
"My dad got in contact with me." I look at her, confused. "And that's bad because?"

"Because he's a homophobic dick!" I look at her as she stares at me. "Sorry. I didn't mean to shout at you."

"Its fine." She rests her head on my shoulder. Even though she's really upset, I really like this. We've not had too many moments like this since we told people about us.

"Have you told Lee?" I ask thinking that her know what to do. "No. Not yet, I'll tell him later." She says as she snuggles with me further. "Why not now?" I ask, for some reason. "I'm enjoying this too much to move." I blush and Violet grabs my hand.

We stay like this for a few minutes. We would've stayed longer but we were interrupted by a knock on the door.

We're met by AJ, looking guilty about something. "AJ. Why have you got that look in your face?"

He looks to me and then Vi. "Violet?" He walks over to her. He may be young but he's always been and will be looking out for others. "What's wrong?"

Vi looks to me and I just shrug. "Uhm. Nothing little dude." She stands up and heads to the door. "I've gotta go and talk to Lee about that thing. You coming Clem?"

"Yeah. Let's go." I say as I rush AJ out of my room. As we reach Lee's office Vi stops. "You okay Vi?"
"Yeah. Just, I don't know what to say really." I look her in the eyes and try to think of something. "The truth. Your dad's been in contact and you want something dine about it." She just nods. "Okay. Thanks Clem." "Want me to come in with you?" I offer. "Please. It'd make it a lot easier."

We both walk in and hear Lee talking on the phone to someone.
"I know Luke, but something's just come up and it'll be a lot easier if you come in today. Please." He looks at us both and motions for us to take a seat. "Yeah. Okay, thanks Luke. See you soon."

"Hey girls. How are you doing?"

We look at him confused. Luke never comes in on weekends, why did Lee need him in today? What's going on?
"We're fine" violet says "only. Its just um."

I realise that this is hard for violet to talk about so I decide to tell him. "Its just that Violet's dad contacted her and I felt like you should know."

He looks at us seemingly unmoved. "I know. He already called me. Said he wanted to make things right. But i needed to hear what violet thinks about it before I get back to him."

Violet looks at me, looking kinda worried. Again. "No." She quietly mutters "I don't wanna see him. Not after what he did." She looks like she's in the verge of tears for the second time today.

I grab and squeeze her hand. She looks up at me. "Clem he. He's a bad guy. He's really religious plus an alcoholic. Not a good mix." She says as she pulls me in for a hug.

Lee puts a hand on violet's shoulder. "Violet, are you sure you want to tell Clem about this?" This worries me. Now I'm expecting the worst.

"Yeah. She deserves to know." She looks me in the eyes and grabs my hand. "When I came out, he tried. He really did but he couldn't accept me. He kicked me out. I had to live at my Gran's place. She died a few weeks later." I cant believe what I'm hearing. "Shit. Vi, I'm so sorry."

"Its fine. Its been a few month since. I'm over it. Anyway, I got put into foster care then because I didn't feel safe at home. I was scared my dad would do something since he started drinking more since gran died. Got moved around a few homes. Here we are." She's looking like she's about to break down in front of me.

I pull her in for a hug. "I'm here Vi. I'm so sorry you had to go through that."

"I know Clem. I just wish it went differently sometimes." Violet replies with a disappointed tone in her voice.

"I don't." Violet pulls out of the hug and stares at clem with a look of hurt in her eyes. "Not like that Vi. Its just that if it went differently you wouldn't have ended up here, and we would never have met. I don't know what I'd be like without you." Clementine was now the one on the verge of tears.

"Okay. I feel the same with you Clem." Violet pauses before she starts talking again.

"What's up Vi? Apart from the whole dad stuff." Clem asks as she looks at her girlfriend, confused.

"Just. I don't know if this is too early or anything. And I don't expect you to say it back. But I, I think I-"

"I love you too." Clem interrupts, catching violet off guard. "I love you Clem. Like really." Violet was now laying all of her feelings out to see.

"I love you too Vi, alot." Clementine was mere inches away from her girlfriend's lips. With little effort they both closed the separation of themselves.

This kiss wasn't like the others. This was so much more than a kiss. It was a promise to each other, a promise that both if them would be there for each other.

They pulled away after a short minute or so. "What do you think I should do? About my dad?" Violet spoke up, still unsure whether she should give him a chance or not. "Doesn't matter. Whatever you choose to do, I'm here for you. Don't forget that." Clementine spoke back, fully understanding Violet's predicament. "I won't. Ever."