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Day Three - In Which Cooper Finds the Day (Part 2)
Cooper chuckled and handed the little boy in front of him a large lollipop, smiling wider as the 4 year olds eyes grew wide at the sight of the huge source of sugar.
"Thank you!" the boy yelled, grabbing for the sucker. The boy's mother shook her head, though she was smiling.
"Thanks Dr. Freedman; he'll never settle down now. You're a horrible influence," the woman laughed a little and followed her son out the door with a final good bye.
Cooper was just stowing away the jar of sweets when a knock sounded against his doorframe.
"Hey Coop; ready for your day?"
Cooper turned, wide smile still in place. "Always,"
"Let's get out of here; Pete's been after me to try this new sleep therapy thing…" Violet laughed and looked over her shoulder.
"It's perfectly fine, Violet!" Cooper heard Pete yell from somewhere down the hallway.
"So he says," Violet whispered, pulling Cooper out the door with her and toward the elevators.
"When did these start working again?" Cooper asked as Violet pushed the down button. She turned to look at him.
"An hour ago?" she answered. He shook his head and chuckled. "This day gets better and better,"
Violet looked confused, but smiled anyway, stepping onto the elevator. Cooper followed her on and the doors slid shut on the two of them. The car was moving for all of 3 seconds before it came to a grinding halt, complete with flickering lights and emergency bulbs.
"Great," Cooper moaned, sliding down the wall and muttering something about luck and the wrong kind of day.
"Just a little power surge," Came the voice of the maintenance guy over the one way speaker.
Violet slid down next to Cooper and patted his knee, "It's fine; they'll have us out of here in no time,"
Cooper shook his head and squeezed his eyes shut. "This is like, the worst day ever,"
Violet smirked at him and sprawled her legs out in front of her. "It's not so bad. I mean, who else would you want to get stuck in an elevator with?"
Cooper's eyes popped open and he smiled widely at her, "True, true; now I have your undivided attention."
"That you do." Violet answered, playing with the strings on her sweater.
"So, tell me about-,"
"No." Violet cut him off. Cooper started chuckling, reaching over and ruffling her hair; Violet smacked his hand away.
"Please? Come on, you said you'd-,"
"You know what? I'm not talking about it." Violet shifted away from him but Cooper hooked a finger in her belt and pulled her back.
"Aw, come on; you said you could do it! Prove me right," Cooper laid his head on her shoulder and looked up at her, trying to look as innocent as possible.
"No. That's not working this time, buddy." Violet tried to avoid his gaze, but in the end, pushed his head away with an exasperated sigh.
"Fine! It's experiencing some difficulties, okay? Happy now?"
Cooper laughed loudly, "You mean it's dead already!?"
"Shut up! The stupid plant died as soon as I put it in the window!" Violet jumped to her defence.
"Vi, you aren't supposed to put those plants in direct sunlight all the time," Cooper poked her in the stomach.
Violet slapped at his fingers and huffed. "Actually, I think I've changed my mind. Today is not your day if you're gonna make fun of me when I try to help you out of your little funk."
Cooper pulled himself together and hugged her, "I'm sorry; I'm sure Perry died of his own accord,"
"Hey! You named it not me!"
Cooper bit his lip to keep from laughing and they moved on to more neutral topics.
"I'm starving!" Cooper called from somewhere by Violet's feet. The two were laying on their backs, with their heads facing opposite sides of the elevator.
"Same here Coop."
It was obviously way past lunch. Cooper pulled out his cell phone and the light from the screen added a different colour besides the dull yellow of the emergency lights.
"Oh my god; it's almost 3!" Cooper flopped back onto the floor. Beside him, Violet laughed, her feet sliding along the floor as she pulled her self up.
"We should leave early when we get out of here," Violet commented, sitting crosslegged.
"We should." Cooper replied, looking at her down his chin. She grinned at him. He took a deep breath.
"You wanna grab dinner when we're free?"
Violet smiled wider, "Sure. But we're not getting that weird Mexican food you wanted last time. I swear that wasn't chicken."
Cooper laughed and sat up too, "It's a date,"
Violet nodded her head, pushing hair from her face, "Yeah, so how's your day now?"
Cooper leaned against the elevator door. "Pretty awesome,"
Violet chuckled, "Good,"
"Do they think I'm crazy?"
Violet shook her head, still smirking. "Oh, no; no more that usual anyway,"
Cooper laughed and shook his head. "Fantastic,"
sorry it's so short! more to come soon, i swear. my computer has decided to become a rebel and only works when it wants to, but i think i can coax a few hours from it to write the rest and save it all!
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