You'd Better Hide the Bullets

"What if she hates me?" Vic whined as I pulled him towards the elevator.

"My grandma will love you." I reassured him. We got into the elevator and I pressed the button to take us to the penthouse.

"I swear if this goes badly I'm running away to Europe." He joked. I squeezed his hand and smiled at him. The doors opened and we walked out into my grandparents house.

"We're home!" I shouted into the house. My grandma walked out into the foyer and she grinned at me.

"So this is the love of your life Scarlett?" She asked, pulling me in for a cuddle. I couldn't help but blush, she always knows how to embarrass me.

"I'm Vic. It's nice to meet you Mrs Hartford." Vic said politely and she pulled him in for a hug, it made me smile.

"Call me Constance please." My grandmother said softly. "Your grandfather wants to speak to Vic." My grandma said softly. I could feel Vic tense up from beside me. "He's just through that door." She pointed. Vic looked at me with pure fear in his eyes.

Vic's P.O.V

I walked into a room that resembled a study, a beautiful oak themed room with books and vintage furniture planted all over the room. "Ah, you must be Vic. My name is Joseph." A man around 60 spoke up from behind a desk. He had glasses and a button up shirt on.

"Yeah, I am sir." I felt so out of place here.

"Sit son." He nodded towards the chair in front of his desk. It felt like an interrogation. I done as he commanded, feeling completely out of sorts. "Do you love my granddaughter?" He didn't even look up from what he was doing.

"Yes, completely." I replied as quickly as I could. It sounded as though maybe I wasn't quite sure about it, but I know I am. This girl makes me so unbelievably happy.

He looked up and took his glasses off. "Vic, I've heard about you. Scarlett's mother told me all about you." He sighed. Oh God, well now I'm screwed.

"I don't know what she's told you but I-" He cut me off, stopping me from explaining.

"Don't worry, about it. All I care about is how you're going to treat her now. Maybe you should take her out for dinner tonight or something." He suggested.

"I don't have any money though, I'm broke." I sighed. He smiled and stood up. He walked over to me and handed me $1000. Holy fuck. "No I can't take money from you." I refused trying to hand it back. He laughed and sat back down.

"I handed you the equivalent of ten bucks for the average man, to you. It's really no big deal for me." He shrugged.

"I don't know where to even take her, I've never been to New York before." I sighed.

"Ask Constance, she will know somewhere that is appropriate. Get yourself a nice suit or something. Even buy Scarlett a dress to wear. Treat her like a princess for tonight, please." Scarlett's grandfather is actually such a nice guy.

"Thank you, thank you so much for being so accepting." I stood up.

"You're always welcome here Vic." He told me. I nodded and then walked out of the study.

-

Finding myself something nice to wear was quite the trick. I couldn't let Scarlett know what I was doing so her grandpa decided to come with me. We picked out a black shirt and bow tie. It's not something I would wear at all but he said it would make me look, sophisticated. I chose a black dress that has like mesh stuff on the arms making it like a long sleeve dress. It looks really cool and I think she would look amazing in it. I suck at this stuff.

We arrived back at Constance and Joseph's apartment at around 5pm. I went into the bedroom that we were staying in and laid the dress out on the bed. I quickly wrote a note and placed it on top of the dress then left the room.

Scarlett's P.O.V

My grandma insisted that I helped her out with some party plans she had for some big event she has next month. When we were done we arrived back at the penthouse and no one was to be found. Maybe Vic and my grandpa aren't back yet. "I'm gonna get changed into something more comfortable." I told my grandma. She smiled and let me go to my room.

When I got into my room I noticed a dress sitting on the bed, a piece of paper on top of it.
- Dear Scarlett, I got you this dress because I thought you'd look amazing in it. I'm also taking you out for dinner tonight so please wear it and be ready for 7:30pm. I love you. Vic.

I felt my heart jump into my mouth, I can't believe this is the same boy who hated me 3 months ago.

Notes

Just another filler really !