This is a short chapter, but it sets up the relationship between our two lovers. Things are going to pick up after this. Enjoy.

Violet had been locked away for almost a week. She was starting to get used to her daily schedule of doing meaningless activities. The worst was the time when she had to sit in Nora's office and talk to her. This was "mentoring" time. Violet normally just sat on the couch in silence. She didn't want to talk. She had nothing to talk about. Everything that had happened in her past was in the past, and now she felt nothing. She was a shell, and that was the only way for her to be so that she wouldn't lose her mind in this place.

The only time in her schedule that Violet even remotely looked forward to was when she got to go outside. The inside of the building was always dark, and she missed the sun. The short time spent outside seemed to make everything a little brighter.

She walked outside and looked up at the sun, soaking in the warm rays. She stood still for a few minutes, basking in the fresh air. Her eyes scanned the outside area when she finally felt warm, and they landed on Sailor. Sailor smiled and waved Violet over to the table that she was sitting on top of. Violet moved to sit next to her and listened to the red head talk about something. Violet normally didn't talk to the girls that considered her their friend. They were nice to her, and she would speak when asked a question, but she normally just nodded along while she listened.

Sailor continued to speak until she stood up and told Violet that she had to go to dance practice. Violet smiled at her and waved goodbye, somewhat thankful for the quiet now that Sailor was gone.

The silence didn't last for long. Violet's eyes grew wide when she saw the blonde guy sit down next to her out of the corner of her eye. She kept her gaze forward and didn't say anything as his eyes bore into the side of her face. She felt a nervous feeling start to bubble in her stomach, wondering what the guy was doing.

"Baby Doll?" The guy leaned forward and read the name that was embroidered on Violet's shirt. "Ha. That's cute. What's your real name?"

Violet kept her gaze forward as she spoke in a quiet tone. "It's Violet."

"Violet…" The name rolled off the guy's tongue. "I like that."

Violet nodded her head slightly.

"You're not much of a talker are you? What traumatized you so much that you're afraid of your own voice?"

"Excuse me?" Violet turned her head to look at the guy. She felt her breath hitch as her eyes connected with his. She felt herself get lost in the dark crevices in his black eyes.

"What did you do to get stuck in here?" His voice was low and smooth, floating through the air between him and Violet.

"I killed my dad." Violet said as if it was the most common fact in the world.

"Bad ass." The guy smiled and laughed. Violet took notice of the dimples that creased his cheeks when he smiled.

Violet smiled slightly. "What's your name?"

"I'm Taint."

"What's your real name?"

"Tate."

"Why are you called Taint?" Violet asked, wondering how he acquired such dark name when all of the girls seemed to have happy names.

Tate laughed. "Because apparently I'm full of darkness according to my father. Tainted."

Violet raised one eyebrow. "Mysterious. And why are you here?"

"Well my dad thinks I'm crazy."

"Are you?"

Tate smiled wickedly. "Insanely."

Violet laughed but was also wondering if he was telling the truth. She had never met a guy like Tate. Tate opened his mouth to say something else but was cut off by another voice.

"Baby Doll, it's time for your mentoring." Nora's voice made both of the teenagers turn their heads. Violet nodded and stood up, and Tate glared at Nora. Violet made a mental note to find out why he seemed to not like Nora. Violet had nothing against the woman. She seemed nice. Nora took Violet's hand and began to walk away, pulling Violet behind her. Violet turned around and looked into Tate's black eyes one more time and felt her stomach flip when he smiled at her before she disappeared back into the darkness of the building.

Nora led Violet to her office, and they proceeded just like every day. Nora sat behind her desk, watching Violet.

"So Baby Doll, how are you today?"

Violet shrugged her shoulders, picking on the edge of her skirt and slightly kicking her feet back and forth.

"Well I know something you might respond to… Taint."

Violet looked up with wide eyes. "What?"

Nora smiled, feeling accomplished that she actually got the girl to talk. "Ah, I thought that might get you talking. You should know that he is off limits. Doc would not be happy if he knew that you were talking to his son."

"I didn't… He sat down and started talking to me."

Nora smirked. "It is your word against mine. If you don't leave Taint alone then I will be forced to tell Doc that you are trying to get together with his son."

"What?" Violet's voice rose an octave. She could believe that Nora was being so cruel to her when she didn't do anything wrong. She thought that she could trust this woman, but she now knew that she was wrong. She couldn't trust anyone.

"You heard me. Leave him alone. That's all for today, Baby Doll. Please go back to your room." Nora looked down at the papers on her desk, showing that the conversation was finished.

Violet gaped at the older woman for a moment, feeling anger for the first time in a long time. She had closed all of her emotions away when she got to this place, but now they were all starting to remerge. All because of the black eyed, blonde haired boy that had caught her attention. She wanted to scream again, but she bit her lip, stood up, and walked out of the room.

Her screams didn't come until she was back in her small room that seemed more like a prison cell now.