Yay! I'm officially finished with midterms! I spent about 6 hours working on a take-home midterm that was due today. I spent an hour on Sunday, 2 hours last night, and 3 hours this morning. I was VERY productive. Last minute procrastination at it's finest. It's my specialty.
Speaking of which, I'm still writing this story! I'll hopefully finish the story this weekend. I'm almost done. I have about 2 or 3 chapters left to write. I finished writing chapter 8 last night so that chapter might be up Saturday, I don't know yet.
Tomorrow is the start of my spring break (though my college calls it the "Easter Break" and the "Spring Break" was in February before the Spring semester so I don't know what that's about) and I will definitely write and update as much as I can, though I admit that I do (in fact) have homework over the break. Boo.
I bet you know who's in this chapter based on the title. Anyone know where I got the title from? Here's a hint. It's from one of my favorite HOLIDAY films. Now you know what it is?
Here's chapter 7 and I don't own anything besides Violet and the little devil that's Victor.
Chapter 7: Never Had Such Devoted Sisters (still Friday)
Parker got back to the house and all the lights were off. He was about to turn them on when someone turned them on for him. "Where have you been? We've been worried sick!"
"I was feeling overwhelmed so I took a walk"
"For two hours?" Liv didn't like the sound of it all. She crossed her arms.
"Yeah? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Because the guys spent a whole hour and a half practicing the dance without you. We thought you were still in your room for the first hour but when I checked on you, you weren't there. How did you even get out of the house without anyone seeing you?"
"I climbed down Aunt Dena's balcony, duh!"
"Parker, I'm serious. We were all worried about you. You never leave without telling anyone where you're going or when you'll be back"
"Sorry." He held up his hands in defeat. "I just needed to clear my mind and get away from the chaos that was happening." Liv nodded in understanding. She remembered 2 guys in one of her movies she did were fighting for her affection off-screen, but she eventually fell for Miller White but things ended between them, and she's with Holden now and she couldn't be happier.
"Well, the guys finished practicing and got the choreography down."
"So fast?"
"Yeah. I gave them a little talk after you went upstairs and they all agreed to do better."
"Wow. I don't know what to say." He paused before hugging his sister. "Thanks Liv. I don't know what I would do without you."
"You'd still be contemplating whether you meant you asked her to the dance or the science thing." Parker chuckled at the memory. She was right. She was the one who sort of "forced" him into liking Val. But that was a year ago, and he still wasn't 100% sure of his feelings for the long-haired brunette. They were good for each other. Both very competitive. Both were very good (in fact they were spectacular) in science. They were always put together for assignments and projects that involved a partner. He wasn't quite sure if she returned the feelings he had for her.
The two siblings stood there for a few minutes in silence, waiting for the other to break it. When they realized that neither of them was going to talk, Parker spoke up. "Um. I should, uh, do some homework before dinner." He pointed upstairs before heading to his room.
"Yeah. You do that."
Meanwhile, Val had just came back from her - what was it? Was it a date? An outing? It was a walk. But what happened at the park? Let's call it a walk - walk with Parker and Violet was waiting for her in the living room. "That was a long walk you two took." Val jumped back in surprise. Her sister had been there when Parker suggested the walk. In fact, she was in the same position she had been when Val left the house. Had she not move since? Was she waiting for her arrival?
"Vi! Don't scare me like that! You know I don't like that"
"Sorry," Violet gave an embarrassed look. "Anyways, I want to hear all the details!"
"What details?"
"You know… About your time with Parker!" Violet teased Val on her high school crush.
"Stop it. There's nothing to tell. We walked. We talked. That's it." She decided to leave out the part where she fell asleep on Parker at the park bench, while holding his hand because she knew exactly how Violet would react.
"That's it? Nothing else?"
"Nothing else." Val assured Violet that they only walked and talked, but she knew all too well it was a straight up lie.
"Oh. Then that's unfortunate." Violet looked down at the floor. After a few silent moments, she looked up. "When are you going tell him?"
Val bit her lip and looked away, trying to find an answer to the question. She sighed. "I don't even know if he likes me the way I like him."
Violet chucked. "You're joking, right?" Val gave her a funny look. "Of course he likes you! Why do you think he would come over to our house to say that he was taking a walk and he just so happened to be walking down our street? He took you to that dance last year, remember? You guys do absolutely almost everything together! You guys even walk to and from school each day! You two are basically made for each other!"
It took Val a minute to soak in everything her older sister just said about her and Parker. She finally softly spoke, "You really think all that, Vi?
"Umm… Yeah. I don't see a reason for you two to not get together. I mean, I ship Pal."
Val laughed a little bit of hers and Parker's mash-up name that he created that one day that they were stuck in the Chemistry Lab because he set the thermostat to 42 degrees Celsius. She'll never forget that day. How could she? She almost lost any chance of being Queen of Mars. "Thanks." She smiled at the ground.
The two stood in silence before Val broke it. "Umm… I should go back to my homework I was working on earlier before dinner." Violet only nodded her head as she watched her sister go back to her room. Once she was safely in her room, Violet took out her phone and texted the one person she knew that could help her get her sister and her brother together.
Now we HAVE to get them together. It KILLS me to see them going by each day without calling themselves a couple. Liv smiled at the text. She, too, knew of the feelings the high schoolers had for each other, though neither would really admit it, which made things a whole lot more complicated. She sent out a quick reply before going back to eating her dinner.
I know. Don't worry. We'll have nothing to worry about after next week. Parker's got something special going on for her birthday.
Sounds great! Violet couldn't wait. Whatever Parker had planned, it was sure going to work, no matter what it took. She could hardly contain herself before Victor caught her dancing in the hallway. He gave her a weird look before going into the living room to play video games.
Aaaaaaand that was chapter 7, ladies and gentlemen. Now I need to continue my math homework. Gotta love Geometry!
Did you catch my "Skate a Rooney", "Stand up a Rooney", and "Ex a Rooney" references? And Mr Mew01, Violet and Liv somehow know each other. This is a different story than my other Pal Valentine's Day story so I don't know how they know each other. They just do.
