<P> Violet is highly offended by women who lie about being raped . In a conversation with Dell Parker, she confirms that she was raped during her junior year of college and her best friend in college helped her get through it . In Episode 4.08 ("What Happens Next"), Violet also reveals this experience to Charlotte (after Charlotte's own rape). </P> <P> Violet is best friends with her co-worker, Cooper Freedman, often getting him out of humiliating situations with women . </P> <P> Violet also attended the University of Oregon, pursuing medicine at Harvard Medical School . She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Psychiatrists . </P> <P> More recently, Violet has had relationships with both her co-worker Peter Wilder and Sheldon, a psychiatrist working for "the enemy", the fourth floor . After choosing to stay with Sheldon, she discovers that she is pregnant but is unsure who the father is . At first, she keeps this information to herself, as she fears her abilities as a potential mother . In a moment of confidence, she tells one of her patients this and afterwards confides in Cooper . Cooper willingly moves in with her to help her get through it and encourages her to see Addison about the baby . During a conversation with Dell, she experiences some cramping and admits to him that she is pregnant . He performs an ultrasound to make sure there are no problems and after seeing the baby's heartbeat for the first time, Violet has a panic attack . Dell then convinces her to tell both Sheldon and Pete about the situation . Gathering them both in her office, she tells them they are not responsible for this and she says she knows that neither of them want children . Sheldon and Pete, both shocked, are instantly angry that she didn't tell them sooner and that she assumes they wouldn't want to be a part of the child's life, depending on who the father is . Pete then bluntly asks if this conversation means she's keeping the baby . Pausing, Violet admits that yes she will be raising the child, which up until that point was undecided . Later on, Sheldon proposes to Violet . In the Season 2 finale, Pete confronts Violet and says that he loves her and wants them to try as a family . She turns him down, but later kisses Pete and tells him she loves him too . </P>

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