Chapter 2: The Dare
Violet opened the door to their house. "I'm home!" she shouted. Her mother came out of the kitchen. "Hello Vi," said she, "Go change your clothes, and we'll start cleaning once Dash gets here."
Violet rolled her eyes. Great, she thought, I just came from school and what do I get when I come home? Chores! Ugh. The door suddenly burst open and a gust of wind went by her. Even though she didn't see who it was, she knew it was Dash. Creep. She thought.
Once in her room, Violet turned her computer on to check her mail. You have 3 new messages, it blinked. Violet then proceeded to open her e-mails. One was from a friend, sending her a chain letter that told her to send it to 57 people in less that 20 minutes, or else a ghost of a dead girl will appear near her bed and strangle her. Violet rolled her eyes for she didn't believe in such crap. The other e-mail was from Lily, and it was the same chain message, she quickly deleted it.
She was surprised with the last letter, for it was from Bianca, she then opened it, with the feeling that she already knew what it was about.
Violet,
I saw what you did in class today. I know about you and what you're trying to hide. Meet me at the mall parking lot tomorrow after school, if you don't want your secret revealed. Don't do anything funny…or else…
Bianca
Violet frowned to herself. What does this mean? She thought. Does she know my secret? Does she know I'm a super? She put her head in her hands. If anybody at school knew that she had powers, they'll all stay away from her, they'll be scared of her. They'll all think I'm a freak. She said to herself. But what she was most concerned about was the last sentence in the e-mail. Don't do anything funny…or else…
"Violet!" she heard her mom call. "Come down here now, let's start cleaning!"
Violet then forced herself to forget about the letter. She forced herself to think that what Bianca was saying isn't true. She quickly changed her clothes and went downstairs.
"Finally Vi, you're here," said her mom, "We can start cleaning now."
"Yeah Vi," her brother added, "Finally…"
Violet stuck her tongue out at him, and he stuck his tongue out back "Hey, you two, cut it out," said her mother, "Violet, you clean the Kitchen , and Dash, since you're the fastest, I'm sure you can clean the bathroom in no time. "
Dash made a face at the thought of cleaning the bathroom, and Violet stuck her tongue out again when her mother added, "Go on, we should all be finished before your father gets home from work. I'll go clean your rooms now."
Violet and her brother looked at each other, Uh oh, they thought. They knew that they both had things hidden in their bedrooms that they don't want their mother to see; unfortunately, there was just absolutely no way to get it all out of their rooms now, especially with their mother watching. Helen went up the stairs, and Violet and Dash quietly followed, not knowing what else to do. "I think I'll start with Dash's room first," she said out loud.
The color drained from her brother's face, as he desperately tried to think of something to distract his mother. Violet, on the other hand, couldn't help but smile, for she knew that this will buy her more time to find a different hiding place for her secret diary and photo collection of cute guys at school. Dash, on the other hand, will not give up, so he ran in front his mother and blocked her way to the door.
"Hey mom, wait," he said, "Why don't you clean Violet's room first? It's much neater than mine, so it's easier to clean. Right? Right?
"Oh no!" Violet interrupted, "Not my room, definitely not my room! You know what mom, why don't you just go clean Dash's room and I can clean mine, go on now."
"Wait mom!", said Dash, not giving up, "Look! Her room's much easier to clean, you can even look under the bed and—"
"No! Not there! Stop!" Violet was clearly panicking now, for she kept her diary and photos under her bed. When she saw her brother quickly move to see what she was hiding in there, she generated a force field and held her brother in mid-air.
"Both of you! Stop it!" said her mother, "Violet, release Dash now! I don't know what you two are up to but I—"
"You know what mom, I think I'd like to talk with my little brother now, so if you'll excuse us, we'll see you later!" and Violet quickly locked the door.
"Dash," Violet whispered, "Mom can't see what's in our rooms! Go distract her, so I can get my stuff out !"
"Huh? No fair!" said Dash, "What about my stuff?" Just then, they heard their mom knocking at the door.
"I'll help you with your stuff later, we have to do this quickly…go!" Said Violet, and Dash bolted out the door.
"Hey mom, can you help me with the bathroom…I just don't know what to do with the toilet!"
Violet let out a sigh as she leaned on the door, she was safe—for now. She then concentrated on making herself invisible, but stopped when she noticed that she wasn't wearing her special clothes made by Edna. Great, she thought, what am I gonna do now?
Thinking fast, she grabbed a pillowcase and stuffed all the things that she doesn't want her mother to see there. Without any hesitation, she flung the pillowcase out the window. It's better for everyone else to see my diary than my own mom! She said to herself, but she had to think of something to distract her mom so Dash can hide his stuff.
She opened the door and went outside her room, but before she can open her moth, her mom cut her off. "What are you two doing? Now go and do your chores so we can finish before dinner!" She proceeded to go to Dash's room but he will do anything to prevent her from seeing whatever he's hiding.
"Mom! Wait! Look! I can clean my own room, just wait!" said Dash, and he locked the door. Using his super speed, he managed to stuff everything in his closet. "See mom," he said, as he opened the door, "I told you I'll be able to clean it quickly." While Violet was trying not to laugh for she saw that his closet was about to burst from all the things he stuffed inside.
"Wow Dash," said his mom, "I'm so proud of you! I didn't know you can do it all by your—"
Just then, all his stuff came tumbling out of the closet. Including his sweets that he was trying to hide from his parents.
"DASH!" roared his mom, "YOU SAID YOU'D CLEAN YOUR ROOM, SO WHY'D YOU STUFF ALL YOUR THINGS IN THE CLOSET? AND WHAT IS THIS?!" She yelled, as she picked up a handful of candy that fell on the floor. "CANDY? CANDY?! YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO EAT CANDY! IF YOUR FATHER KNEW THIS I'LL—"
Violet did not hear what her mother was saying for she just locked herself up in her room while Helen was talking (or screaming) to Dash. She looked out her window, trying to find where her stuff had landed for she needed to get it back somehow. Her mouth dropped open in shock when she saw who was trying to get it—Bryan Thomas. "Stop!" she shouted, "Wait! Bryan, stop!" she screamed louder, but he still couldn't hear her.
She rushed downstairs, trying to run fast enough to stop Bryan from seeing her secrets that were mostly about…him. Violet ran past her mom on the stairs. "Where do you think you're going young lady?" asked she.
"Ummm…" she started, "Nowhere mom! I just hafta go somewhere!"
"Violet you get back here now!" called he rmother, "Finish your chores!"
But Violet was already out the door, running out the lawn to Bryan. Bryan was about to open her diary when she snatched it out of his hands, together with the pillowcase.
"Woah…aren't you like, Violet?" said he
Violet couldn't talk, it was as if she swallowed her tongue, and all that came out was…"Ughughhgg…"
"Oookay…" said he, "Whatever…catch you later!"
At school the next day, Lily caught up with Violet near the Library. "So," said she, "Are you ready?"
"Umm…" she replied, nervous, "I'm not sure…maybe we should just forget the whole thing."
"What?" Lily exclaimed, "Okay then, I'll have Bryan all to myself!"
"No way!" said Violet,"Fine, I'll do it, but—"
"Hey look!" interrupted Lily, "Cute guy alert!"
Violet turned around to see who it was: Tony Rydenger, Violet's ex-boyfriend. She had tried to hide their relationship at school and her friends. "Eww…" she said.
"Eww? Waddya mean eww? Tony is a total hottie!"
"Oh please Lily, he is so last century!"
"Huh? Weren't you crushing on him just before?"
"That was before Lily…before I found out he's a total dork!"
"Yeah, whatever! He's still cute though.
Violet rolled her eyes, and Lily then dragged her near the boys' lockers. "Go on Vi!" said Lily, "If you manage to get Bryan's underwear, I swear he's all yours!"
Violet took a deep breath. She didn't know why she agreed to this dare, she wasn't really the type to do silly stunts like that. But, she thought that with her powers, it would be easy. "I'll wait for you at the Library!" said Lily. And Violet took another deep breath as she turned the knob to the lockers.
