LOUNGE CENTER

The next day, I slowly walks inside and looks at my boyfriend, Jonny. He's shirtless, wearing his gray knee length sweatpants, his blue Cobra tattoo on his right upper arm and a diamond shaped tattoo on his right side chest, sparring on a free-standing punching bag with a pair of bandaged gloves.

"Hey, Jonny." I greeted him, slowly walks up to him.

Jonny glances at me as he proceeds to spar on the free-standing punching bag. "Hey, Violet."

"You've been working out." I said to him.

"Yeah, it gets me out of the house for a while." Jonny said to me. "What about you?"

"Scarlett Sweeney." I replied, folding my arms.

At the mention of the redheaded psychopath, Scarlett Sweeney, Jonny stops his workout and looks at me. "What did Scarlett do now?"

"She's being her psychotic self." I tell him, unfolding my arms. "Eleanor Reese. Cody Asher. And now, Scarlett Sweeney. It's like once a bad seed is defeated, another one pops up."

Jonny puts back on his short sleeve navy blue to go along with his gray knee length sweatpants. "Violet, I know you and me, and the guys has been through much together, but Eleanor Reese is gone, for permanently good, thanks to Christine Avery's prison world. So, now, it leaves Cody Asher and Scarlett Sweeney."

"Yeah, it does." I said to him, sitting on a bench.

And Jonny slowly walks up to me and sits down beside me on the bench. "You're Violet Benton, aren't you?"

"Yeah." I said to him.

"Okay, then." Jonny said with a small smile.

Jonny and I exchange small smiles at each other and we share a passionate kiss.

My phone buzzes in my blazer jacket pocket. I pulls out my phone and looks at it.

Cody Asher

"That's odd." I said.

"What?" Jonny said.

"Cody Asher is on the phone." I said to Jonny and answers my phone. "Hi, Cody. What do you want?"

"Hello, Violet." Cody greeted me in his Australian accent on the phone. "I would like to have a dinner with you at the Fleury Monne Speakeasy."

"A dinner with you at the Fleury Monne Speakeasy Lounge? What's the catch?" I asked him.

"There is no catch, Violet. I simply want to have a dinner with you this evening." Cody Asher said on the phone, and hangs up his phone.

"What did Cody want?" Jonny asked me.

"He said he would like to have a dinner with me at the Fleury Monne Speakeasy Lounge." I told him.

"Cody Asher may be up to something, Vinny." Jonny said to me.

"If I spider-sense an uneasy vibe from Cody, I'll know he's up to something." I said to Jonny.

*~*~*

JEN'S DINER

That afternoon, I'm sitting at the diner counter with my strawberry banana milkshake with a straw.

My phone buzzes on the diner counter. I picks it up and looks at it.

Prudence Rivera

I answer my phone. "Prudence?"

"Hi, Violet. Scarlett Sweeney has given me her speakeasy lounge, and so, I was pondering about you unleashing your inner Dark Violet, like you did my boyfriend, Ricky Henson, five years ago." Prudence Rivera said to me on the phone, and hangs up her phone.

Violet (VO) So, Prudence Rivera wants me to unleash my inner Dark Violet. Well, okay, then, she'll have it.

*~*~*

VELVET SPEAKEASY LOUNGE

In the dim-lit main room, Prudence Rivera is sitting with her girl best friends with their cocktail drinks, exchanging smiles and chatting with each other.

[Song: youshouldseemeinacrown - Billie Eilish]

I slowly walks down the five steps and into the dim-lit main room.

Prudence and I exchange mildly, yet, tense looks at each other.

"You wanted me. Here I am." I said to Prudence with a straight face

Prudence looks at me, shocked.

[Song ends}

                          Shortly afterwards...

Prudence and I are on the stage looking at a crowd of partygoers and Prudence's best friends. She and I exchange tense looks at each other.

[Song: Trampoline - SHAED}

Prudence and I do the same pole dance together on two poles. Ricky Henson and his best friends slowly walks inside and looks at Prudence and Me doing the same pole dance.

"Oh my gosh." Ricky said, looking at his girlfriend, Prudence, and I.

Prudence and I proceeds to do the same pole dance and we finish.

[Song ends]

Trina Totty walks up onto the stage in between Prudence and Me. "Okay, who's the winner?"

Trina points at Prudence. The partygoers cheers at a medium volume. Trina points at me. And the partygoers cheers. I'm the winner.

"Violet wins." Trina Totty said.

Prudence looks at me, and I looks at her with a small smile.

*~*~*

3RD POV

At the Crimson Quinn Speakeasy Lounge, Monica Sinclair is sitting at the bar counter with her small glass of rum.

"Monica?" Jonny said to her.

Monica looks at him, slightly drunk. "Hi, Jonny." and drinks the rest of her rum drink.

"You're slightly drunk." Jonny said.

"No, I'm not." Monica said to him.

"Yeah, you are." Jonny said to her, and gently lifts her up in his arms, bridal style.

"Where are we going?" Monica asked him.

"I'm taking you home." Jonny said to her, and walks away.

*~*~*

SINCLAIR HOME

In Monica's bedroom, Jonny gently lays down Monica on her bed.

"Can you stay with me, Jonny?" Monica asked him.

"Monica?" Jonny said.

"Please? I don't wanna be alone?" Monica said to him.

Jonny sits down beside his ex-girlfriend, Monica.

"I miss you." Monica said to Jonny. "I miss us."

"Monica? We should talk when you're sober up, okay?" Jonny said to her, and covers her with a blanket.

Monica slowly sits up straight. "Do you think that you and I are couple-game?"

"I don't know." Jonny replied.

Monica small smiles at him, slightly drunk. "You're still the handsomely cute guy."

"Monica?" Jonny said.

Monica kisses Jonny. And he kisses her back. But he pulls himself away from Monica.

"I'm sorry." Jonny said, getting up to his feet and walks away.

"Jonny?" Monica said.

"I'll see you around." Jonny said to her, and walks away.

*~*~*

FLEURY MONNE SPEAKEASY LOUNGE

That evening, Cody Asher and I are sitting across from each other with their half eaten plates of food and our bottles of Ale.

"Thanks for the dinner." I said to Cody with my arms folded, taking sips of my bottle of Ale.

"I know you have the super ability to sense uneasy vibe from anyone or anything. So, tell me, Miss. Benton..." Cody Asher trailed off, gently folding his arms on the table. "... do you sense an uneasy vibe from me?"

Cody Asher and I exchange looks at each other. And I don't sense an uneasy vibe from him.

"No, I don't." I said to him. "But that doesn't mean that you're a bad seed."

"A bad seed? Really?" Cody Asher said.

"Yeah, there are some bad seeds in this small town Arrington." I said to Cody, and drinks the rest of my bottle of Ale. "Thanks for the dinner, Cody."

"You're welcome." Cody said.

I gets up to my feet and walks away.

"You should be careful of yourself, Violet." Cody said.

I stopped walking and looks at Cody Asher, and he looks at me.

"You might become a bad seed yourself with own inner darkness." Cody Asher said to me.

I walks away.

*~*~*

HARPER HOME

That night, in the living room, Jonny and I are sitting on the three seat sofa.

"How did it go with Cody Asher? The dinner thing?" Jonny asked me.

"It was pretty good." I replied to him.

"Violet? I have to tell you something." Jonny said to me.

I look at Jonny and senses an uneasy vibe from him. "I'm sensing an uneasy vibe from you, J."

"Monica was slightly drunk when she kissed me. And I unexpectedly kissed her back." Jonny tells me.

I look at Jonny and he looks at me, worriedly.

"Vinny? Please say something?" Jonny said to me, becoming worried.

"Monica still has a hold on you." I said to him, getting up to my feet and slowly walks away from him.

"That's not true, Violet. I didn't know that she was gonna kiss me." Jonny said to me.

"What were you doing with her anyway?" I asked Jonny.

"I happened to walk inside the Crimson Quinn Speakeasy Lounge and she was there, slightly drunk. I took her home. And she kissed me. It was slightly drunken kiss." Jonny told me.

"Monica still clouds your mind, Jonny. We've been together for a long while now. It's like you're connected to her." I said to Jonny.

"Me and Monica have history in between us, Vinny. And we're best friends now." Jonny said to me.

I walks away from Jonny. And he gets up to his feet and walks after me up to the door.

"Violet? Where are you going?" Jonny asked me.

"I'm going home." I tell him, opening the door and looks at Jonny. "Look, Jonny, I'm not mad that Monica slightly drunken kissed you, and you kissed her back. If you wanna be with Monica, be with her, I don't wanna hold you back."

"Violet, wait?" Jonny said, gently pulls me back inside the living room and closes the door behind him. "I don't love Monica anymore. Me and her are best friends. What she and I had, it's over. I love you, Violet. J and V all the way."

"J and V all the way." I said to him.

Jonny small smiles at me and gently pulls me close to him, gently wraps his arms around my waist. "Say it again. But with a smile."

I small smile at Jonny. "J and V all the way."

"Much better." Jonny said with a small smile, and kisses me. And I kiss him back, gently wraps my arms around his neck. He gently pulls away from the kiss. "For a second, I thought you and I almost had a breakup."

Jonny and I exchange small chuckles with each other and he kisses me. And I kiss him back.

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