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violetnmontgomery · 8 years ago

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valentine’s day || caleb + vi

WHO → Violet Montgomery & Caleb Fletcher

WHEN → Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

WHERE → Vi’s apartment, Caleb’s car, a taco stand, and the Drive-in.

NOTES → In progress. Backdated.

VIOLET

Valentine’s Day had always sort of been a weird day for Vi. For sixteen years it had meant family dinners with one or two friends invited and zero romance associations. By seventeen the Valentine’s theme had started to work its way in when her (now ex) boyfriend insisted on taking her out for a combo birthday dinner/Valentine’s date. And since then there had always been a weird mix of the two. In more recent years she’d been hesitant to have birthday festivities at all, considering how most of her lower level friends were in relationships. But then Caleb came along and suddenly Violet had not only a best friend, but a best friend that she could have fun with on her birthday… since in the time she’d known him he hadn’t been in a relationship.

The day had been pretty decent for Violet, with people actually being nice to her at work and gifts from various friends and family members sprinkled throughout. But what Violet was really looking forward to was her time with Caleb that evening. He knew her. He knew her probably better than anyone, so she was curious to see what his plans were. Dressing both for the cold and to be cute (because a girl deserved to look nice on her birthday, even if it was in the winter), Violet had just tossed on her coat and grabbed a hat when a knock alerted her to Caleb’s presence at the door. Sliding her phone into her coat pocket, along with her ID (just in case) and her credit card (you never knew), Violet did her best to make sure that she had everything she needed before she opened the door to see her best friend.

“Hey!” she greeted as soon as she set her sight on Caleb, a bright smile on her face. She was honestly so thankful that he had insisted on making plans with her that evening. “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

CALEB

“Happy Valentine’s Day!”

Having a birthday on Valentine’s Day had to be difficult, or at least Caleb assumed it was. Everyone would be circling around worrying about their own relationships on a day that was meant to be for you and that just didn’t seem very fun. So, it was his plan to make the evening one of the best that she had ever experienced. It also helped that when he hung out with Violet on the day, it didn’t make him feel as weird about being single still. Relationships weren’t the most important thing in the world, but it felt nice knowing that he wouldn’t be alone even if he was romantically alone. Spending time with her always made him forget any of the troubles from his day – today wouldn’t be any different. He was sure of it.

Caleb pulled his own jacket a little tighter around him as he took a step back from the door. “Alright miss Violet, since it’s Valentine’s Day, it’s practically expected that I come with the proper gifts.” He pulled a small bouquet of flowers from behind his back and held them out for the girl, a mixture of tulips and other bright flowers. “I brought the standard flower bouquet just as expected of a guy when he’s going to be spending the evening with a pretty girl. Here you are my dearest.”

VIOLET

Violet listened as Caleb spoke, trying to see where he was going with things before he arrived there himself… but alas, she wasn’t anticipating where ‘since it’s Valentine’s Day’ was going to go until he’d already mentioned gifts. And then the flowers appeared. “Ahhh, amazing,” Violet grinned as she took the flowers from him. “You truly know how to woo a girl. I am ever so impressed,” the blonde continued, opening her front door wider for him then. She didn’t want to make him just stand there while she took care of the flowers. So she figured she should explain her actions before she made things weird. “Let me just grab like… a cup to temporarily put these in with some water before we go. I’d hate for them to die while we’re out having fun.” She’d hate for anything (or anyone…) to die while they were out having fun, but she knew their investigation should be something they held off on talking about for a bit. It would kind of ruin the fantastically friendly atmosphere.

“I didn’t know whether or not to give you your Valentine’s gift before or after tonight’s festivities, so now’s as good a time as any,” the girl continued as she moved back into her apartment, grabbing the heart shaped box of chocolates she’d bought for Caleb the day before and handing them over to him with a grin before she moved to take care of the flowers. “For you, Valentine.”

Moments later the flowers were in a cup (that she knew could hold them) and she was all ready to go, turning back to Caleb with an expectant look. “Do I get to know where I’m going before we get there or is there some mysterious blindfolding that needs to happen here?”

CALEB

“Of course not. If I told you where we were going, that would take away a bit of the magic and it’s not polite to take magic away from a girl on her birthday.” Caleb smirked slightly as he moved to cover Violet’s eyes then. “I think a blindfold is in order here.” He didn’t have one nor did he intend to put one on the girl, but that didn’t stop him from continuing to cover her eyes and laugh. “All you need to know is that I have a great evening planned for us and it ends with some happy juice which is bound to make everything better, even if you hate the rest of the evening.”

Leading the way to his car, Caleb hopped in and started it, turning the radio to a station that he know Violet would like before buckling up. “I have to make sure that this is your best birthday and Valentine’s Day ever or else I’m just not doing justice to our friendship. That’s the goal, make it the best ever each and every year. I’ll just try to one up myself for the rest of our lives – shouldn’t be that hard.” His smile widened as he pulled out onto the road, only driving a little bit of ways before he pulled over in front of a taco stand. “So this place looks like a dump, but it has great food and we’re going to need to grub up.”

VIOLET

“Okay, good point,” Violet nodded, momentarily taken aback when Caleb actually reached out to cover her face. There was no way he had actually thought of the blindfold thing… right? That had definitely been a joke on her part. “I hope you know that I am very good at peeking, so your makeshift hand blindfold does not stand a chance against me,” the girl teased before moving her hands to his, bringing them away from her face. “I’m not going to hate the rest of the evening. You’re guaranteed to give me a better night than my worst birthday. This evening is already better than my worst birthday, babe. And the happy juice will only be the cherry on top of whatever you’ve got in store for us.”

Following Caleb to his car, Vi slid inside with a grin, immediately recognizing the song playing as she buckled up. Best friend perks - knowing each other’s favorite radio station. “By the time we’re 30 expectations are going to be so high. I have no idea how you’ll do it when we’re 80. Or how anyone’s respective significant other would feel about one of us ditching out on them for very important birthday plans. But I guess we can figure that all out later,” she mused as she turned to look over at him with a smile. Violet was just literally three seconds away from (loudly and purposefully badly) singing along to the song on the radio when they pulled up to a taco stand and the girl was brought back to the moment. “Because of the happy juice?” she asked, getting out of the car with ease. “I trust your judgment. A wonderful taco birthday dinner it is.”

CALEB

“Exactly, because of the happy juice.” Caleb wasn’t about to drink on an empty stomach and though he wasn’t sure if Violet had eaten anything, it was better to just stop and take care of it then. Plus, he had been craving tacos for what felt like weeks so tonight was the perfect excuse to go ahead and get those. When he got up to the stand, Caleb only looked at the menu for a second before picking out what he wanted. Perhaps he had already had it in his mind what he was looking for, but it was always nice to at least pretend to consider other options on the menu board. After telling his order to the guy at the counter, Caleb glanced over at Violet. “What did you want? I highly doubt anything you pick on that board would be bad so there’s little to no risk.”

As he waited for her answer, Caleb began to smile at the idea of years of birthday plans ahead of them. He hated Lakewood and he was still a little bitter about having to move to the town, but at least moving meant he met Violet. She was one of the few bright things about his move and one of the few things Caleb said he was grateful for. He wasn’t sure how it was exactly that they linked together, but at the end of the day they had just clicked. After that, it was like they were two halves of one whole, never to really be without the other one. Caleb snapped back to attention then as he realized the girl was talking to him.

VIOLET

When Caleb had first moved to town, Vi hadn’t so much been pursuing him as a friend. She had thought he was cute and had taken an immediate interest in the new boy who had a knack for documenting things and asking the important questions. But when it became abundantly clear to her that nothing was going to happen on the relationship front, Vi shifted her affections to those of friendship. And she had been endlessly thankful for that ever since. She honestly couldn’t imagine her life without Caleb… and honestly, she couldn’t really remember too much of her life before him. He had sort of just shown up and completely changed things for her, and thank goodness. Because just hanging out with him on her birthday had already made it the best one in recent memory.

“Little to no risk is great, since the temptation is there for me to just pick something at random,” Vi admitted then, glad that Caleb had been able to make up his mind so quickly because she would probably take up enough time for the both of them. It wasn’t that she was indecisive - she was just overwhelmed with options. After scanning over the menu for a moment and deciding that she’d probably eat anything, Vi finally narrowed down her choices, engaging the person at the counter in a brief yet friendly chat before she ordered her tacos - two, chicken, flour tortillas. Hopefully enough to keep her grounded with alcohol in her system that night.

“A billion years later, I finally decided,” Vi announced to Caleb as she turned back to him, figuring that he’d been listening but wanting to get his attention anyway… except she wasn’t actually sure if he’d just heard what she had said. “Thinking about something?” she asked with a tilt of her head in curiosity. She knew him well enough by that point to know that there was a good chance his mind had been occupied with something else while she’d been taking her sweet time, so she figured she’d check in.

CALEB

“Just thinking about you, babe. You know, when I first moved here and all that stuff. When I met you, I had actually just gotten into an argument with Danny so I wasn’t sure I was going to have anyone in Lakewood to talk to. Then you sorta showed up and made everything better. It’s what you always do; you make everything better.” Caleb nudged her shoulder just a bit then, a smile on his lips as he did so. Things had been a lot better since Violet came around. He glanced back at the menu then smiled a little wider towards the girl. “What was it that you got?” He had missed her order, being in his own head space, but that was alright. Handing some money over to the man at the counter, Caleb accepted two sodas and handed the other over to Violet.

“I was also just sort of thinking about how much things have changed since I moved here. It’s not even as if I’ve been here long, but things are…insane now. Granted, this has only been recent, but even in the house things have been weird since I moved here. My aunt isn’t exactly as I remembered her and Danny…well I’ve known Danny my whole life and he’s changed a lot. Did you know he used to be this dorky kid who would never get picked for any of the kickball teams? He would always just want to read on his own or color on his own if that was the assignment. Now he’s…mister tough guy with his leather jacket and snubbing the rules like they don’t mean anything. But not just that….he’s changed since knowing Eliza as well. Sometimes it’s like the slightly nerdy Danny is back. We used to be best friends…”

Caleb stopped then, flushing slightly as he realized that he had been rambling. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to do that. You know me…What I meant to say was just that things have been very different lately and it’s weird to think about. Change is often weird to think about, honestly.” He didn’t have much time to elaborate as the man at the counter yelled out that their food was ready. “Hold that thought.” Caleb practically jumped up to grab the tacos then, smiling at his own and passing Violet hers. “Smells great.”

VIOLET

Aww, he was thinking about her. How delightfully appropriate considering how it was her birthday and she was his current company. With a smile, Violet playfully nudged Caleb back, wondering what on Earth she had done to deserve such a friend. She made everything better? No one had ever said something like that to her before, so to hear it in that moment was just so… nice. And refreshing. “Well, you already know that I had very few friends before you got here. Two, actually. But you kind of came in and almost instantly superseded them so. Whoops,” the girl replied with a grin. “You make everything better for me too. That’s why this works, I think.” It was a logical conclusion, was it not? At his question, Vi immediately listed off her order before grabbing the soda that Caleb offered her and heading off to the side so that they could wait for their food.

Nodding along as Caleb spoke, Violet tried to take everything in and process it before she replied. Once it was clear that he was finished, however, she went on to ramble herself. “Murderville becoming Murderville again does that to people, I think,” she mused before taking a sip of her drink. “But really? What about her is so different? I actually did sort of know what your cousin was like before. We were never friends or even really knew each other, but it’s a small town and we were in the same grade in school. I remember him being quiet, then being the troublemaker. He used to like… steal tires. So he’s really changing back? Maybe he’s found a better way to deal with whatever issues were causing him to start acting out in the first place. Maybe it’s the girlfriend or maybe it’s the fact that he was one of the people who found Tyler’s head so he realized that life is short and you have to make the most of it. If his delinquent status was what was keeping you two from being close, though, and that seems to be going away… maybe you two should give it another shot.”

Before Vi could say much more Caleb was walking away to grab their food. Something he had just said stuck out to her, though, so she made sure to comment on it before they got too far into their eating plans. “Sometimes change is good, though. It can make things even better than before,” Violet remarked before grabbing her tacos from Caleb. God, was she ready to eat them. “Okay, so eat here? Eat in the car? Eat when we’re at wherever we’re heading to? You’re the man with the plan. Where you lead, I will follow. No matter how much I want these right now.”

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