“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 ...