Bet y'all weren't expecting that to happen to Vi, huh? Anyways..... this next chapter is okay... not too much action thoguh. Later on in the story, it will have plenty of action, trust me! Vi may expand on her powerssometime soon (But I'm not telling yet) Don't you just love supence? lol>

Chapter 3: Anger Rises

The next day ran normally for the family, except for the fact that Violet was still in her room.

"Mom, where is Violet?" Dash pestered as he ate the cereal his mother had given him.

"She's still in her room." Helen replied as she fed a mouthful of food to Jack-Jack. He giggled pleasantly.

"Can I go get her?" Dash asked quickly. Helen looked up in surprise, then thought for a minute. She knew what he was up to.

"Dash, don't even think about it..." Helen started, but Dash had already ran off down the hall at top speed.

"Dash, you come back here this instant!" Helen called through the house. There was no reply. Helen got up and followed Dash to Violet's room.

"Hey Violet, your gonna be late for your date!" Dash called to her as he barged into her room. Violet didn't say anything back. In fact, she was still asleep.

"What's wrong, did you break up?" Dash asked in an annoying voice. He flipped on the lights, forcing Violet to cover her eyes.

"Dashiell, you get out here this instant!" Helen yelled at him from the doorway. Dash stopped in a split second and looked up at his mom.

"What, you said I could.."

"I never gave you permission to come in here Dash, now get out of here NOW!"

"Okay." Dash replied. He didn't have to be told twice, he knew he was in trouble. Instead of waiting around the house to get yelled at, he went outside to wait for the bus.

"I'm sorry about that Vi." Helen said as she looked over to her daughter. She noticed Violet was still in her pajamas.

"Violet, are you okay?" Helen asked as she walked over to her bed. She sat down on the end of the bed and gently shook Violet awake. "It's time for school."

Violet mumbled something inaudible into the pillow.

"What was that?"

"I don't want to go to school today." She replied again in a small voice. Helen sighed.

"Is this about what happened last night?" She asked. Violet sat up and looked at her mother for a second. Then she got up and walked out of the room and into the bathroom. Helen didn't stop her. Instead, she got up to go tend to Jack-Jack, leaving Violet alone for a bit.

Outside, Dash was waiting for the bus. As it turned the corner, he looked back at the house wondering where Violet was. He knew he shouldn't, but he decided using his super speed wouldn't hurt just once. He sped up and ran into the house.

"Mom, is Violet coming?" He asked quickly. He heard the bus pull up outside the door.

"Dash, get outside now!" Helen told him. "And don't use your powers either" But it was too late, Dash had already sped out the front door and on to the bus in record time.

"That was awesome!" Jason exclaimed as Dash took a seat across from him.

"What was?" Dash asked him. He hoped he wasn't talking about his running.

"The way you got on the bus! That was wicked fast!"

"Oh, that?" Dash said in an uneasy voice. "You must have been... uh... seeing things." Dash finished. He knew he shouldn't have done that and he knew he'd get in trouble for it when he got home.

"Hey, where's your sister?" Jason asked him as he searched the bus.

"Uh, she's not coming today I guess."

"Where is she then?"

"At home?" Dash said. He didn't quite get where this was going.

"Are you sure?" Jason questioned him back in an eerie voice. Dash stared at him.

"What do you mean by that, of course she's at home?" Dash said back.

"I dunno, maybe she turned.... invisible or something!" Jason said a bit louder. Dash just looked at him, stunned. He couldn't have known about that. He had to just be making things up.

"No, she's mad cause her boyfriend Tony broke up with her!" Dash said, trying to change the subject. Of course, he didn't know if that's exactly what had happened, but it was good enough.

"Ha, really, that's soo funny! She must be really unhappy about that!" Jason joked back. Dash smiled and continued on.

"She was kissing him the other night too." He whispered to Jason. They both started laughing at this hysterically. They continued on this way until the bus pulled up at school.

Violet was just getting out of the shower at her house. She knew she had missed the bus, but she didn't really care. Her mom could drive her in late. Not that she wanted to go. She didn't think she could face Tony anymore. She didn't even know what she was going to tell her parents.

She dried her hair off and got dressed in a black shirt and her pajama bottoms. Then she opened the door quietly and looked around to see if her parents were around. She didn't see anyone so she quietly slipped back into her room and lay back down on her bed, deciding what to do. She knew she'd have to tell her parents sooner or later.

Helen was on the phone in the kitchen.

"Oh really?" She said into the receiver. "Yes, I'll be sure to talk to him about this" She said, then paused to listen. "Yes thank-you." She finished, the put the phone back.

She heard a door shut down the hall.

"Violet, is that you?" She called out down the hallway. She walked down and noticed the bathroom door was open now, meaning Violet was probably in her room again. She knocked on the door.

"Vi, are you in there?"

"Yes." She replied slowly.

"Are you going to school today?" Helen asked, still on the other side of the door.

"Can I stay home today?"

"Yes, that's fine. Are you hungry for anything?"

"No."

"Do you want to talk about anything?"

"Maybe later."

"Okay, just call if you need anything." Helen finished. The she left to go find Jack-Jack, whom she had let crawl around the floor while she was on the phone.

Violet was mentally kicking herself. She had the chance to tell her everything and she let it slip by her. She knew her mom would understand, but for some reason she didn't want to say anything. Maybe she was scared of embarrassment. She decided she would tell her later, after lunch.

Meanwhile, Dash was having a tough time in class. His teacher was handing back the tests, and he knew he failed it. The paper landed on his desk a few seconds later, upside down. Bad sign. Dash was hesitant, but finally turned over his test. He groaned when he saw he had gotten a 35 on it.

"Dash, can you please see me after class." The teacher said when he was done passing papers out. Dash nodded in response. Then they began to go over the test.

"What did you do this time?" Jason whispered to him.

"I failed the stupid test." Dash said as he looked over the test paper, which was covered from front to back in red corrections. There were even two or three notes telling him to see the teacher. Dash sighed.

"That bad, huh?" Jason replied back.

"Yeah. I'm never gonna pass, and now my mom's gonna kill me!"

"I could help you study or something."

"Really, are you good at math or something?" Dash said back in a mocking tone. Jason showed him his perfect test grade. Dash stared at it, feeling defeated.

"Dashiell, please shut you mouth and pay attention!" The teacher yelled from the front of the room. Dash turned around, but not without giving Jason a quick thumbs up.

"Dash, I can't help but notice your grades have been slipping even since the start of the school year." The teacher told him. The bell had rung and Dash looked out the door as Jason stood their, waiting for him.

"Look at me please."

"Sorry." Dash grumbled under his breath.

"I have decided to give you an extra project to raise your grade. Of course, it won't affect this marking period, but you still need to complete it." He said as he handed Dash the packet.

"What?" Dash said as he looked at the papers in his hands. There had to be at least 10 pages.

"It is to be completed by next Monday." He said. Dash just stared at it. "You may leave now Mr. Parr." Dash took the hint and left as he leafed through the packet.

"Man, I can't do all this!" Dash said to Jason when they got out into he hallway.

"Don't worry, I'll help you with it." Jason reminded him. "I'll call you tonight, okay?"

"Yeah, sure." Dash said a bit absent-mindedly. He was still shocked about the project he got. Now he knew he was going to be in big trouble.

"Vi, lunch is on the table." Helen called. Violet heard and slowly got up off her bed. She knew she'd have to face her mom sooner or later. And besides, she was a bit hungry.

"I made you soup, it's on the table." Helen said, pointing to a bowl of steaming chicken soup on the table. Violet sat down and Helen did the same.

"Thanks mom." Violet replied as she picked up her spoon. She slowly sipped it, waiting for her mom to ask her.

"So, do you want to tell me what happened last night between you and Tony?" Helen asked, finally breaking the ice. Violet looked up at her. After much thought, she responded.

"Nothing happened." She said quietly.

"Something must have happened. I've never seen you like this before."

"That's just it, nothing happened." Violet said again.

"What do you mean? Didn't he show up?"

"Yes, he was there."

"Honey, I don't understand what your saying."

"He was cheating on me mom!" Violet finally spat out. He mom looked shocked.

"What!?"

"He was with another girl. He never even saw me!" Violet said in a bit louder voice. Tears were coming to her eyes now and she put her spoon down and buried her face in her arms.

"Oh honey, I'm sorry." Helen said, getting up to comfort Violet. She pulled her into a hug and Violet continued to cry. "These things just don't always work out."

"I know." Violet sniffed. She pulled away from her mother and left to go back into her room. Then she closed herself in until Dash came home.

About an hour or two later, Dash's bus dropped him off at his house. He ran up to the door as quietly as he could and stopped. He didn't want to face his mom, not yet. He walked in and, when he saw no one around, quickly sped off to his room and closed the door.

Helen had heard him come in, but was distracted by Jack-Jack at the moment. When Jack-Jack was asleep, she left the room to find her son.

"Honey, I'm home!" Bob called as he walked in the door from work. Under his arm was a new door.

"Where did you get that?" Helen asked as he brought it into the living room.

"Picked it up on the way home." He said. "Where are the kids?" He asked her. He was used to coming home to fighting and bickering, but today seemed quiet.

"In their rooms." Helen replied.

"What, are they in trouble?" Bob asked back as he rose to face his wife.

"No, not yet." Helen said back. She quickly kissed him on the cheek. "Need any help with the door?"

"No." He said. Helen wasn't expecting him to need any anyway, but it didn't hurt to ask. "So, anything new going on?"

"Well, I found out what happened to Violet."

"Really, what was that?"

"Her so called boyfriend was two-timing her." Helen replied, crossing her arms.

"What?" Bob said, standing up again. The door was now fixed, so he didn't have to hold it up anymore.

"Yep, apparently he's been going out with someone else behind Violet's back."

"What, why would he do that?"

"I don't know, but Violet has been miserable all day."

"I know what to do about this."

"You do?" Helen asked him skeptically.

"I don't think she should be dating anymore. She's too young for this kind of rejection."

"What?" Helen exclaimed. She wasn't expecting that, but she did agree with him. She didn't like to see Violet so miserable. "Your sure about this?"

"Positive. I never approved of this in the first place." He replied. Helen sighed and un-crossed her arms.

"Fine, but only if your sure about this." Helen finished. Then she went off to get Violet. "Come on, I'm not the only one here. This was your idea."

"I'm coming." Bob said. He turned around and followed his wife down the hall.

The two of them reached Violet's bedroom door, which was still closed, and knocked.

"Come in." Violet replied softly.

"Sweetie, your dad and I talked about what happened and we want to tell you something." Helen started. Violet stared at them, waiting for a response. Helen nudged her husband a bit.

"We have decided that you are not to date for awhile." Bob finished. Violet stared at him, letting the information sink in.

"What, why?" She asked her parents. She wasn't expecting that.

"Honey, we just want what's best for you." Helen said kindly. Violet turned away to face the wall and didn't say anything.

"Now Violet..." Bob said. Helen looked at him, signaling for him to stop, so he did. Then they left the room. Of course, Violet didn't think it was too bad. She didn't have to tell he parents she was dating, it she ever got over Tony at all.

"So, is that all that happened?" Bob asked when they were out in the living room again.

"Dash, please come here now!" Helen called through the house.

"Guess not huh?" Bob said as he looked at her incredulously and waited. Finally Dash opened the door of his room.

"What?" He asked in a small voice.

"Get out here Dash, you've got a lot of explaining to do!" Helen told him.

A/N: Sorry that chapter was a bit boring! But it makes you wonder what Dash's friend is up to! Well... I'm not telling (Laughes evily)I'll update soon and thanks for all the reviews.... you're all too kind!!!! :)