Chapter 8: A Bully Strikes Back.
Later the next morning, Violet awoke to find Dash wasn't in his room. She got out of bed, dressed and went downstairs.
"Hey, dad, where's Dash?" she asked Bob, who was reading the news.
Bob looked at her and smiled, "He went over to Jerry's house to show him the Charizard bank and tell him what an epic sister you are." he said. Violet smiled. Half an hour later, the phone rang.
Helen walked over to the phone and picked up the receiver, "Hello? Oh, hi, Jerry. What? Okay, I'll send her right over. Thanks for letting me know. Bye." she said before hanging up and turning to Violet.
"Violet, Jerry just called. He said Dash is upset and he wants you." she said. Violet's attention was instantly grabbed by this. After walking to Jerry's house, she knocked on the door. An 11 year old, black-haired boy opened the door.
"Hi Violet." said Jerry.
"How's it going, Jerry?" Violet asked with a smile as she walked inside.
"Dash is in my room, first door upstairs and to the right." Jerry said. Violet walked upstairs and into the door Jerry said. She saw Dash on Jerry's bed, crying.
She walked over and said, "Hey, Dash, what's wrong?" Dash looked up and launched himself into Violet's arms and hugged her waist, sobbing into her shoulder. Violet rocked Dash back and forth for a while before he looked at her with tear-filled eyes.
"Vi, Derek showed up here." he said.
Violet's eyes widened, "Him again?" she asked.
Dash nodded, "He came up and started yelling at me because he lost the track tournament. I yelled that it was his own fault and he…he…" Dash then broke down and buried his face back in Violet's shoulder. Violet continued to comfort him when Jerry walked in the room.
"Violet, is this Dash's?" he asked as he handed Violet a green grocery bag. Violet took it and looked inside. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened. It was Dash's Charizard bank, or what was left of it. It had been broken into pieces.
"No he didn't!" Violet said, her face and voice turning angry.
She then turned to Jerry, "Jerry, do you know where Derek lives?" she asked.
Jerry nodded, "Just walk right of here and you'll find a blue house. It's the third house from here." Jerry said as he climbed on the bed.
Violet nodded and turned to Dash, "Dash, I'll be back. I'm gonna go do something about Derek. Just wait here, okay?" she said. Dash looked at her and nodded. After heading to Derek's house, Violet knocked on the door. A blonde-haired woman answered the door.
"Hello. Can I help you?" she said sweetly.
Violet smiled, "Hello, ma'am, I'm Violet, the girl who won 1st place with my brother at the track meet the other day." she said.
The woman gasped in realization, "Isn't your brother the one my son tripped?" she asked.
Violet nodded as the woman welcomed her inside, "I'd like to talk to him, please." Violet requested.
"Of course. He's in his room, upstairs to the left." Violet walked upstairs and into the first room to the left, where she saw Derek on his bed, playing video games.
"Excuse me." Violet said.
Derek turned his head and his eyes widened in realization, "Hey, you're that girl from the track meet who helped that little brat." he said.
Violet looked aggravated, "For one thing, that was my brother, and second, I'm here to talk to you about something." Violet said with an annoyed tone. Derek just continued to stare at his game. Violet marched over to his PlayStation 3 and cut it off.
"Hey, what'd you do that for?!" Derek shouted before Violet marched up to his face.
"You broke my brother's Charizard bank and I want you to apologize for it!" Violet said with anger in her voice.
Derek glared at her, "I'm not apologizing to you or him, you filthy little witch!" he yelled. Violet gasped and stared at him in shock before she gave him a hard, swift slap across the face.
"How dare you! Don't you dare talk to me like that again!"
Derek's mother then walked in, "What's going on in here?" she asked.
Derek looked at her, holding his cheek, "She slapped me."
"Because he called me a witch." Violet countered.
"Why did you talk to her like that, Derek?!" his mother asked angrily.
"Cause she demanded I apologize to her brother for breaking some stupid baby bank of his." Derek said before clamping his hand over his mouth.
Derek's mother looked downright furious, "I can't believe you, Derek! Wait till your father hears about this!" she yelled before turning to Violet with an apologetic face, "I'm terribly sorry, Violet. I'll pay you back." she said.
Violet smiled at her, "It's okay, you don't owe me anything." After making amends, Violet headed back to Jerry's house, where Dash was waiting out in front. Once Violet and Dash said their goodbyes to Jerry, they started home.