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XIV. THE DATE

'This has been an amazing evening,' thought Violet Parr. 'Ok it could have been a little better and it was pretty cliché.' The two had seen Superman which was all the rage that year. Violet wasn't sure why though as it had absolutely no truth to it whatsoever. Looking back on it she wished they hadn't gone to the movies at all. It wasn't exactly a get to know you kind of place. 'Curse you Kari for telling me that the movies made for 'romantic' first dates.' It was probably payback for the incident with Jack-Jack but she still wouldn't talk about exactly what happened. Fortunately now the movie was over and the two had a little time to talk outside the theater before their parents picked them up. Unfortunately this wasn't much better for Violet since she was still distracted and upset by what Mr. Dicker had told them. Even worse was the fact that her parents wouldn't stand up for her.

"Hey Violet?" Tony interrupted her inflections. "Are you OK?"

"Huh," Violet startled out of thought. 'Grrr, focus on your date Violet or he won't ask you back out,' she thought to herself. "Oh it's nothing. I just had a fight with my parents before I got here."

"What about?" Tony inquired.

'Well now this presents an awkward situation,' Violet thought. She couldn't very well tell him exactly what was wrong. "Well, it's kind of hard to explain."

"Try me," Tony quipped. "You can tell me anything."

'Oh wow this boy has noooo idea,' Violet laughed to herself. 'How do I put this?' "Have you ever wanted to do something that you weren't allowed to?"

"Of course."

Not the response she was looking for. "Ok, but have you ever had that happen yet know one-hundred percent that you were being treated unfairly and should be allowed to do it."

"Yeah."

"Well what did you do?"

"Um. Usually I try to work it out with my parents and come to some sort of, uh, compromise I guess."

"Well," Violet started. 'Ok I'm telling him way too much now.' "What if the ban wasn't placed on you by your parents?"

"Oh," Tony paused deep in thought. He was obviously quite puzzled and stumped. "Well, maybe-" he stopped.

"Maybe what?"

"Maybe, you could follow your heart?" he said unsure of himself.

Violet's eye's lit up. 'Wow! Why didn't I think of that? It's all so simple.' "I know what I need to do," she said. "Oh thank you Tony!" she exclaimed. She was so overjoyed that without any thought she reached over and kissed him on the cheek. He was so surprised that his eyes grew wide and he reached up to feel the place that she'd nailed him. Surprised herself and slightly embarrassed she turned away and blushed. "I- I'm sorry. I didn't mean-"

"That's ok," Tony said. "I- it was kind of, well, nice." There was a moment of silence between them. "Hey Violet," Tony said.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Well," he stumbled greatly over his words as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. "I got you something. I wasn't sure whether or not to give it to you. I was afraid you might think I was being to forward, this being our first date and all but after this it just feels right."

Violet opened the box. "Oh, Tony it's beautiful!" she said as she held it up. It was a silver necklace with a silver heart baring a Violet stone in the middle of it.

"You like it?" Tony asked.

"Oh yes I love it!" she replied.

"You don't think it's too much?"

Violet was too smart not daring answer that question directly and simply said, "I'll wear it always." Tony smiled and took it from her and helped her put it on.

Suddenly a car started honking just fifteen feet from where they were standing. Neither of them had seen it before but it was a very sleek, black, antique automobile. If the car didn't make enough of an impression on the two the next revelation did. She was shocked when the window rolled down revealing her father in the driver's seat. He had that look of a teenager picking up his date in a hot, red convertible which in some ways was actually the same as a father picking up his daughter from her first date. She ran up to meet him as he stepped out of the car. "You have some serious explaining to do," she said.

"Get in," he laughed at her. "I'll be right back." She complied and he walked over and sat by Tony.

"You must be Mr. Parr?" asked Tony somewhat unnerved by the man's overwhelming size, stature, and build.

"And you must be Tony," Bob mused enjoying his little mind game that he had every right to as the father of a teenaged daughter. "So did you have fun tonight?"

"Yes, sir."

"Really? What movie did you see?"

"Uh, Superman, uh sir."

"A superhero movie?" he questioned as he picked up a rock from the planter by the bench. "Do you like those kinds of movies?"

"Yes sir, I don't think supers are treated as well as they should be." Tony looked down fearing he'd said something wrong.

Bob's eyes grew with surprise at what he heard. "Really?"

"Well, yes sir," he said with a bit more confidence.

"Hmm," Bob thought, "Tony how old are you?"

"Fifteen, almost sixteen – sir."

"Tenth grade?"

"Yes sir."

"Mmm hmm, very well," Bob said as he rose. "Tony you're a good kid." He took Tony's hand in his shaking it, and poured the now ground up rock into his palm. "Let's keep it that way." Tony just stared at him in shock as he walked away. Bob got back into the car with a big smile on his face.

"Please tell me you didn't just do, what I think you just did," Violet pleaded. Bob just smiled at her. "Daddy!" she cried out annoyed as he drove off.