Violet was stressing. Chewing her hair kind of stressing. She was tapping her foot violently and doodling all over her prescription pad with her free hand.
"Violet. Breathe." The voice said through the receiver.
She took short deep breaths, sounding like she was in labour. The voice laughed.
"I just, just can't believe he would just leave! It's been 4 years, things were really going good." She whined.
"He had to do his own thing, Violet. It's his choice."
"I know! But, but he was my patient!" She exclaimed and the foot tapping resumed.
"If you calm down, I'll make you dinner tonight." The voice compromised, and she tried to stop a smile, but couldn't.
"You made me dinner last night." She pointed out.
"So, I'll make you dinner again."
"You can't always make me dinner, Cooper." She said.
"Why not?" he asked and she could just see his puppy-dog eyes.
"You can't!"
"Why not? I like making you dinner."
"You like making me fat." She said, attempting to sound serious but failing.
Cooper paused, "How fat are we talking here? Curves I can handle but-"
"Cooper!"
He sighed. "Fine. You can do dessert."
"Cooper!"
"What?!" he feigned innocence.
She paused and realised she was grinning like an idiot. "Thank you."
She heard him laugh, and couldn't stop herself from doing the same. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Naomi and Addison walk into her office.
"I gotta go. I'll talk to you later. " She said hurriedly.
"Vi -" he was going to say something and she smiled because she knew what it was.
"Yeah. Me too."
She hung up and smiled brightly at her colleagues.
Naomi pointed a finger at her. "That's what I'm talking about."
She frowned, "What?"
"Either Bill has been very busy these days, or someone else has." Naomi looked at her, determined to get an answer out of her.
Violet laughed weakly, but said nothing.
Addison sighed, "Violet, you came in this morning, humming."
"I can't whistle." She shrugged.
"Whatever. The point is that you are very happy." Addison looked at her pointedly.
She glanced from Addison to Naomi, and raised an eyebrow. "What? Is that a crime?" She asked defensively.
"No! No, no." Naomi shook her head. "It's good. It's a good thing. We just... we really want to know why!"
"Or who." Addison added.
Violet looked at the two women who were looking anxiously back at her and tried to refrain from laughing. "No! It's my business."
Addison sighed and gave Naomi a told-you-so look. Naomi stood up and waved her arms emphatically, "Oh come on! Everyone knows everything in this place!"
"That's why I'm keeping my mouth shut. And everyone does not know everything." She smiled at her colleagues, who stared at her while she made her way towards the door. She opened it for them. "But I will let you know that Bill... is currently out of business. I have patients, so ..." she grinned and nodded towards the door.
Both women continued staring at her and Violet got the feeling that that was not the last of the OC Wellness gossip squad.
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She knocked on the door and poked her head through. Cooper was at his desk, reading through some files. He looked up when he heard her and grinned.
"Hey. You feeling better?"
She nodded and sat down on the edge of his desk. His finger drew circles on her leg.
"Naomi and Addison cornered me today."
He raised his eyebrow and looked at her, but his finger continued to draw.
"Apparently I'm very happy." She laughed.
"And..." He urged her on, his finger was moving from her leg up her side and she gave him a glare because that was her ticklish spot and he knew that.
"I told them Bill was out of business and then kicked them out of my office." She started to giggle and tried to swat his hand away.
He swiftly stood up and leant his face close to hers, "Bill's out of business? What are you going to do with yourself?"
"I'll find something..." She smiled as their lips joined. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and he took another step closer so their bodies were touching. His hands roamed her back and when his fingers found their way to her side, she giggled into his mouth.
A knock on the door threw them apart and by the time Sam opened the door, they were both on opposite sides of Cooper's office.
"Cooper – Oh, hey Violet." He nodded at her then returned his attention to Cooper. "Cooper, my patient is worried about her daughter, thinks she may have the same virus she has. Could you take a look at her."
Cooper nodded frantically, trying to hide that he was out of breath. "I'll be there in 2 minutes."
Sam accepted this, gave them both a smile and left. Violet let out a laugh as he closed the door. And Cooper walked over to her once more.
"We need to get better at this." He said, and gave her a quick peck on the lips.
She moaned slightly because a quick peck wasn't what she was looking for, but nodded in agreement.
"Go. Now." She said, pushing him towards the door. "Before I change my mind."
He turned around and gave her a wide grin before leaving the room, and she resisted the urge to run out and jump him in the lobby.
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She was on the couch flicking through channels when he knocked.
"It's open!" She yelled to the door.
"Vi! I'm -"
"Don't say it!" She shot him a playful glare as he came towards her with a large plastic bag.
"Spoil sport." He grumbled but leant down and kissed her anyway.
She eyed the plastic bag. "Do you come with food?"
He grinned and made his way to her kitchen, "You're only using me for the food, aren't you?"
"How'd you know?" She gasped in mock seriousness.
She heard him laugh from the kitchen and decided that now was the time, she pulled something out of her pocket.
"Coop. I wanna talk to you." She said as she followed his tracks into the kitchen.
He turned to her direction, allowing her to continue.
"I don't know if we should tell them... But it's been a month and I ... I just wanted to give you this." She held out her hand and his eyes widened as he eyed the silver key in her palm.
"Wow. Violet, Really?" He asked and grabbed her hand pulling her closer to him.
"Really."
He leant down and kissed her softly on the lips then whispered into her ear, "I love you."
She thought she was glowing, as she always felt when she heard that. "I love you too."
She smiled and went to kiss him but he turned around, focusing on the food he had bought. She tugged him around and planted kisses along his jaw line. He groaned.
"Vi... I promised you dinner."
She shook her head, "I'm not that hungry."
He sighed dramatically enough for her to know he wasn't really upset and picked her up.
"Cooper!" She exclaimed in surprise. But went quiet when he began to trudge upstairs. Instead she just raised an eyebrow when he put her down onto her bed.
"What are you, a caveman?"
He laughed but didn't reply; instead he resumed kissing her lips. Then her neck. Then her collarbone.
