Chapter 15

About a week had passed since the so called incident in the basement and Ruby was starting to get worried about her sister. She spent even more time in her room - If that were possible - and Ruby had even spotted her hanging with Leah a couple of times at school.

It wasn't until the third day that Ruby caught a glimpse of Leah's face. There were deep scratches etched into the girls cheek. She had tried talking to Violet about it but the girl was stubborn about not leaving her room. She didn't want to ask Leah because she felt it wasn't appropriate and also the girl had started to skip school.

So Ruby had spent most of her time with Justin when it came to school.

"Maybe you could talk to her." she told him. Justin simply raised his brow. "She likes you. She might. You never know." He didn't like the way his friend was constantly worried about her sister. It wasn't good for someone to be this stressed. Plus, he had kind of been worried about Violet too. She had become kind of distant.

So to put both their minds at rest he agreed. After school he spotted Violet on her own. Running to her before she could get a chance to leave he stopped right in front of her giving her a dashing smile. "Hi."

"Oh, Justin. Hi."

"How are you?"

"I'm fine."

"I was wondering if you wanted to hang out tomorrow after school?" Swallowing heavily Violet let out a shaky breath before slowly nodding her head, blushing at the smile he gave her. "Great, meet me here after school yeah?"

"Ok." Giving her one last smile her walked away, her simply watching him do so. The next day she waited for him like planned. Watching as Justin gave her sister a tight hug goodbye she couldn't help but feel jealous. Something she didn't like one bit.

Pushing it away she waited. She was nervous, she could admit that. This was the first time they were going to hang out without Ruby there and and she didn't know how it was going to go. What if it went bad? Like really bad.

Violet didn't get much more time to panic as Justin was soon standing in front of her with a happy smile plastered onto his face. "Ready to go?" She simply nodded her head. They decided to go for a walk since the weather was so nice. They talked about nonessential things of no consequence. He was warming her up, working his way to it. She was surprised at how easy it was to talk to him.

After some time they reached a small park. There were some children playing, you could hear their laughter and shouts as they played. Spotting a bench Justin patted Violets arm, pointing to it. Making their way over she noticed just how close they were stood to each other causing the young girl to blush.

Sitting down Justin figured it was now or never. "So, what's been going on in your world?" Placing her bag down she let her hair fall over her face, hiding it.

"Nothing really." Scoffing Justing moved closer to her so their thighs were touching. Pushing her hair behind her shoulder he shot her a piercing glare.

"Well we both know that's not true." Violet frowned. What was he- "Come on, I may be just a boy and you know we're not meant to be good at noticing differences when it comes to girls but I guess I'm different."

"What are you talking about?" She asked shakily.

"You've become more distant. You barely talk to your sister, you're quieter, if that's possible, and you're spending more time with Leah. The same girl who bullied you just last week!" Staring with wonder at how he had managed to notice that she took a deep breath.

"It's nothing."

"It is not nothing Violet." He countered. "And your sister is worried about you."

"Yeah? Well she is the one who didn't believe me." Frowning at the petulant tone the girl had spoke in he carefully grabbed her hand.

"Believe you about what?" Turning to face him she gave him a long hard look.

"You really want to know?" He nodded. "Do you promise to not tell anyone? Even my sister," she added when he opened his mouth to speak. "She mostly knows anyways."

After some deliberation Justin finally caved. "Right ok, I won't tell a soul."

"Good. Okay um, it might be a little hard for you to believe."

"Just go for it. Try me." And so she did. He sat there patiently for about twenty minutes as she spoke. He could see that she genuinely believed what she was saying too. He didn't know what to think. It did seem a little far fetched but looking into her eyes Justin wanted to believe her. It was like something was telling him he had to.

But how could someone change like that? Then he thought back to that boy who had suddenly vanished. There was no way he could have done that.

"So Tate, this guy, that's Ruby's boyfriend?" He asked. Violet nodded. "What does he look like?" After she had described him he knew it was definitely that boy who had attacked him.

"What's wrong?" Violet asked, grabbing his arm. She could see it on his face.

"Do you know that day I was at yours?" He asked, getting an affirmative reply. "I met Tate."

"When? How?"

"He was the one who bust my nose." Gasping Violet quickly closed her mouth and bit her lip. "But I didn't understand it because he just appeared out of no where. Then he threatened me to stay away from your sister and then vanished. He was there one minute and gone the next."

"This is bad." Violet moaned, putting her head into her hands. She tried to relax her body when she felt Justin's hands on her back, rubbing it soothingly.

"It's going to be fine." He said, but it was clear to both that he didn't know if he meant it. Tilting her head so she could look at him she let out a small laugh.

"Thanks for trying but we both know that's a lie. This psycho is obsessed with my sister and she believes him to be this innocent little boy." Flinging herself back Violet felt her body draining. "How does someone just disappear like that?"

Quirking a crooked smile in her direction Justin laughed. "I don't know, maybe he is a ghost. No, Violet I was joking." He emphasised when he saw her taking him seriously.

"Well it makes sense. I mean, how else could he just have come and gone?"

"Maybe he's a magician!" Pursing her lips she lightly tapped Justin on the knee.

"Don't be ridiculous." She scolded.

"Which one is more ridiculous. A ghost or a magician?" He asked with a pointed look. Getting frustrated Violet stood from the bench and grabbed her bag.

"I don't know!" Getting up to follow her he quickly rushed to her side. "It's all too much. And to know he is still dating my sister worries me. What if he hurts her or something?"

"It'll be fine. Well figure out what is going on okay?" Nodding her head she tried to will away the tears. She felt exhausted. "Come on, I'll walk you home." The walk home was silent but neither cared much, they both had a lot to think about.

Reaching the front door Violet turned to the boy who was steadily beginning to grow on her. "Thanks for walking me home." She said with a small smile.

"No problem." Just as he was about to walk away Violet shot out her arm to grab his. Giving her a curious look he raised his brow. Instead of saying anything Violet nervously wrapped her arms around his shoulders before placing a soft kiss onto his cheek.

Waving her fingers she pushed the door open and then disappeared inside, all the while Justin watched. God, he really needed to pick up his game. This girl was going to annihilate him soon. Shaking his head he stepped away from the house, walking down the street on his own not noticing the brown haired girl who was still on his mind peeking out through one of the upstairs windows.

Okay, so I know this is really short and doesn't have any Tate action in it buthadn't added much Violet/Justin in here and needed to work on their development more.