24. MIDNIGHT

~ Violet ~ “Honey, your friend Jesse is here!” Violet’s mom yelled from the living room, causing Violet to scramble as she was curling her hair with the iron curler. “I’m coming!” Violet yelled back. Jesse was ten minutes early and Violet was still getting ready. Tonight was her date night with Jesse and Violet was nervous. She had never been on a date before and all the rom-coms she watched growing up taught her that the first date was everything. The first date would make or break things. A guy would judge the girl on this date and see if she was a second date or even girlfriend material.  Violet didn’t want Jesse to wait too long and not think she was girlfriend material. She quickly finished whatever she was doing, straightened her dress, and walked out of her room as soon as she could.  Violet entered the living in a little black dress and her hair was neatly curled. She found Jesse sitting on the couch and her mom was sitting on the other side. In Jesse’s hand was a bouquet of fl