Veronica Mars (Wait, Don't Go)
Author's Note: This is basically a one-shot story, but if you guys like this, and want more, then I'd be glad to write more.
Also, after reading a lot of LoVe stories (movie/book/tv show canon), I realize that I'm not at their level yet of storytelling.
Especially with the "sexual pleasure" scenes.
I'm a "newbie" fan to the whole Veronica Mars franchise, and I've only seen half of all the series' episodes, but I'm definitely a big fan, and I love the Logan/Veronica relationship.
So I understand that this might not be as good as the stories written by the longtime "marshmallows" VM fans, but I am definitely a big fan myself.
In conclusion, please enjoy the story, and let me know if you want more...
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As Keith Mars began slicing vegetables into multiple pieces, his daughter, Veronica, came from the room she'd been staying in.
"Logan's coming over to talk about the case," said Veronica, after having finished a conversation with him a few minutes ago.
"Please be nice."
Keith paused his food-making process to sigh, ana glance over at Veronica, who had gotten out a beer from the fridge.
Just what I need to relax... at least I don't smoke, thought Veronica.
As she corked off the bottle cap, the young woman could feel her dad looking at her as if she'd done something wrong.
"What?" Veronica looked at the beer in her hands. "I'm over 21."
She drank some more of the alcoholic beverage, hoping that things would go smoothly.
"Truman-Mann called me a while ago," said Keith. "Apparently they left several messages on your cell, and you haven't responded yet."
Or maybe not. "Oh... okay, I'll call them back in a little bit."
But the bad news kept sliding down below into darkness as Keith added that the firm had found someone else to fill in the job that Veronica had gotten a few days ago, partly because she didn't even try to contact them after all of the messages they left to Veronica.
This has certainly been a not-so-pleasant day for you, Veronica... first, you get your apology call to Piz turned into him breaking up with you, and now my Dad had to hear this from Truman-Mann. Can things get any worse?
"You had such a great life and bright future, Veronica, all layed out for you," exclaimed Keith, who wasn't furious but slightly disappointed at what Veronica's decision to return to Neptune was costing her.
"And now you're... throwing it all away? For what?"
Veronica looked at her father with a speechless expression, not having any idea on what to say to that.
Before she could say anything, however, Keith answered his cell, with the caller talking in a frantic tone, and her father replying with, "Just give me two minutes."
Hanging up, Keith set down the knife and cloth towel he was using, and said, "I'll be... right back..."
As he walked out of the house, Veronica was left alone in silence, and was also thinking about what her father had told her about Neptune dragging people into its hellhole, and it had finally brought her down, as well.
I can't return to New York... thought Veronica.
What point was there if Piz had ended their relationship, and if she'd lost the job that she'd prepared for in just two days?
At least she could feel that Keith was simply thinking that the "PI business" was causing her to stay. It was part of the answer, but not the whole bit... not even the reason that she knew Piz had thought had caused her to stay.
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Please let this go safe and smooth
That's what Logan was thinking as he walked down the sidewalk towards Veronica and Keith's home.
Normally, he would have driven up in their parkway, but tonight felt like a good time to walk and think, so his sleek and black vehicle was parked almost a mile away.
It can't be worse than the last time I was over for dinner with them.
Logan smiled as he had a flashback to that night almost 10 years ago, back when they'd been dating while attending college.
{Flashback}
"You were expecting Sidney Poitier?" Logan grinned, having seen his girlfriend's surprised expression.
Veronica gave Keith a sign that meant "give me a minute" as she went outside, closed the door, and looked up at Logan.
"No jokes." Veronica began to say, with Logan simply smiling at her. "No innuendoes, no quips. Don't even THINK of alluding to having seen me naked or having touched any part of my body that doesn't have fingers."
"Can I mention that my eyes adored you?" Logan replied. "Don't worry. No calling you bob cat... no talk of milky thighs..."
"Please go home," pouted the young PI teenage girl, not wanting her dad to confront Logan about what they did in their spare time.
"Veronica," smiled Logan, trying to speak in a stern tone. "I won't say ANYTHING bad."
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And now, almost a decade later, here he was, walking up to her house to talk over dinner about the case he was in.
Passing by a car storage lot, Logan glanced to notice a regular vehicle, with its occupants bring Keith Mars and Deputy Sacks, who was sort-of a "close" friend of the three of them, including Veronica.
Well, that leaves out the awkward moment of him answering the door. They're probably talking about Lamb and how-
His train of thought stopped as he saw Veronica at the window almost 300 feet away. It looked like she was washing dishes.
Even though they hadn't met in over 9 years, these past few days had made Logan feel glad that he'd gotten a chance for he and Veronica to be friends.
But after what had happened in college, thanks to a stupid mistake he'd done with someone that Veronica despised, and that she was now dating Piz, Logan knew they couldn't be the couple whose story was ep-
Crash! Bam!
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Inside of her house, Veronica was trying to finish up the meal her father had been cooking, but after a while, she thought it be best that she didn't mess up his recipe.
As she finished the rest of her beer, Veronica looked at her phone, going through the voice mail messages when she got a text from Logan, saying that he was almost there.
A smirk crept on her face when Logan entered her thoughts, staying as she began washing the dishes, but then, it quickly disappeared after the sound of a crash came from outside.
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Logan was about to head up the stairs to Veronica's home when he had heard the sound of a car crash nearby.
Oh, no, please, not him...
But that wasn't the case as Logan approached the car, seeing Sacks and Keith both bloody and unconscious, except the deputy was in a more worse condition.
"Mr. Mars?" Logan said, trying to wake him up while his free hand dialed 911.
When the police receptionist picked up, Logan said, "Yeah, i'd like to report a crashing accident. I need an ambulance right away. Two men are both... oh, my God..."
He stopped talking after seeing a car coming towards them, and judging by its speed, Logan knew that its driver wanted to "finish the job."
Moving and working as fast as her possibly could, Logan was able to pull Keith out of the car, but as soon as they landed on the grass, the speedster smacked right into Sacks' car, which spinned around like a lighthouse.
The next thing Logan heard as he got up, shaking his head, was Veronica's cry of fear as she came running over to see if her dad was alive.
"Dad... No, no, no, please, Dad, wake up, it's Veronica... please, wake up!"
After checking his pulse, Logan sighed with relief, but time was passing by quickly.
"CALL FOR AN AMBULANCE NOW!"
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As they entered the nearest hospital, Veronica and Logan were in the lobby of the emergency room, with her father and Sacks being checked on by multiple doctors and nurses.
"Thank you..." said Veronica, after drinking some of the coffee Logan had given her.
"You're welcome," replied Logan, who then went on to twiddling his thumbs as they sat in silence.
Then, after about a minute of silence, Logan got up from the bench, and said, "I'll, uh... go see if Mac or Wallace can-"
But then, he stopped after Veronica began to cry slowly.
Nice, Logan, you're just gonna leave her alone like this?
As he went back to sit down, Veronica got up to hold onto him, trying her best to hold in her tears.
Logan had a sad feeling of deja vu as he tried comforting Veronica, with his mind going back to when he'd broken down at the hotel they'd thought his mother was at.
After realizing that she was really gone, Logan had fallen to his knees, weeping while Veronica held onto him in the same way he was holding her.
"I'm sorry, just..." said Veronica. "Please, don't... go... I can't be here... alone..."
"Okay... I'm not going anywhere... it'll bee fine..." Logan patted her on the back, part of him feeling awkward while the other part was enjoying this.
She has a boyfriend, Logan, remember that... we USED to be together... don't go overboard...
"Should I at least call Piz about this?" Logan said. "He'll understand if you need to stay here a little bit longer."
To his surprise, Veronica shook her head as he released him. "Um... that won't work cause... well... we broke up..."
Was it cause of me?
"It didn't happen because of your case or anythin, Logan, it's just... complicated... I don't know..."
Before he could respond to that, the emergency doors opened, and a middle-aged doctor came out, a clipboard in his hand.
"Veronica Mars?"
They turned around, facing the doctor, who said, "Ms. Mars, your dad is going to be fine, but it'll take a while. He did suffer some fractured ribs, a block to the skull, bruised shoulder and arm..."
"When can I see him?" Veronica asked.
"It'll probably be a few days," said the doctor.
Logan sighed with relief, glad to know that Veronica's father was going to make it.
But there was still...
"And Sacks? The other man in the car?"
As the doctor sighed, crossing his arms, they already could tell what the answer was. "I'm afraid he was DOA... was he a friend of yours?"
Logan and Veronica were speechless.
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"You want a drink or anything?" Logan asked, as they got into his convertible.
He was going to probably get her a cup of coffee from somewhere else besides the hospital since he noticed Veronica was showing signs of tiredness and exhaustion.
"No... thanks, but just take me..." Veronica paused to yawn several times. "I just want to go home..."
As they buckled up, and he drove on the freeway, Logan played the radio as he tried to relax after what happened, and noticed that Veronica had finally fallen asleep.
Would this have happened if he didn't call her to come back to Neptune to help him?
Maybe... she would have probably been a high-class lawyer right now, but he would have probably been in jail.
No attending the reunion... no walking down to Veronica's house like tonight... not seeing Keith and Sacks get-
Stop, Logan, stop it. Don't make things worse for the both of you.
Blinking a few times, Logan finally stopped and parked the car in front of Veronica's house. He turned to look at Veronica, now asleep, and decided that it'd be best for him to carry her inside. She deserved to rest.
Opening her door, Logan saw her about to slide down, so he gently pushed her up.
"Logan...?" Veronica mumbled.
"Shhh... it's fine." Logan said. "Just take off your seatbelt. I'll help you get inside..."
So, now, he was walking towards the house, with Veronica in Logan's arms, her arms wrapped around his neck, and head snuggled in his chest.
Reaching the door, Logan had to stop to reach into Veronica's pockets, trying to find the keys to the house.
Luckily, they were in her front left pocket, so there was no need to check the others.
After opening the door, Logan entered the house, and paused in the middle of the living room.
Where was she sleeping at anyway?
As if she'd heard his thoughts, Veronica lazily pointed to the nearest bedroom, so he entered it, seeing her unpacked suitcase that she'd brought from New York.
She really was going to stay longer... it wasn't cause of me, was it?
Logan then helped Veronica lie down on the pull-out bed, and as she got her head comfortable with the pillow, he took off her boots, setting them near the edge of the chair nearby.
After that, Logan covered her with the blankets, and went over to the blinds to make the room darker.
Looking at Veronica, he remembered the several occasions that they'd brought the other person to a couch or bed after a terrible accident, including his involvement with Felix and his death, and Veronica thinking her father had died after Cassidy had blown up the plane she thought he was on, along with that night he had brought her to Keith after Logan had found her collapsed in front of her car, at the college parking lot, with a small part of her head (in the back) shaved off.
We've definitely been through a lot of this shit.
Leaving the room, Logan entered the kitchen, seeing that Keith had almost been done cooking food before his phone had rang.
Well, I'm sure Veronica would want to eat SOMETHING tomorrow.
So, he packed up all the food into containers, put them in the fridge, and washed the leftover dirty dishes.
As he dried his hands with a towel, rolling up his sleeves, Logan then began to write a note for Veronica, explaining to call him after she'd wake up tomorrow.
Putting the lid on the pen, almost 30 minutes after bringing Veronica home, Logan began to walk towards the door.
But the second his hand was on the doorknob, and had slightly opened the door, Logan stopped after he heard a voice say, "Wait..."
The young man turned around, and saw Veronica, wearing nothing but a blue t-shirt that reached down to the middle of her thighs... and whatever else she had underneath.
Getting off the subject, Logan, come on, think straight...
The two of them looked at each other for a little bit before she added, "Don't Go..."
Moving away from the doorknob, Logan nodded his head, saying, "Okay."
Why is this awkward? You're doing the right thing, Logan, and... wait, what is she...?
As for Veronica, who'd woken up after Logan started washing the dishes, and had finished changing into sleepwear before he wrote the goodbye note, she had realized that if Logan left, then she'd truly be alone.
And, believe it or not... it might have sounded crazy... but it was like a door if her brain had opened, with a wave of old feelings and memories rushing in, and right now, after telling Logan not to leave, Veronica knew what she needed to do next before it was too late.
She went straight towards him, and before Logan could say anything, Veronica began to kiss him passionately on the lips, her arms placed around her neck.
This was definitely NOT what Logan had been expecting. It was the second time a kiss from Veronica had got him surprised.
As they paused, Logan looked at Veronica, as if he was speaking to her with his thoughts.
You really want to do this? You're sure?
Turns out he didn't need to hear her reply since Veronica was already kissing him fiercely, and as he picked her up, her legs wrapped around his waist, he realized that this was definitely what Veronica wanted.
Both of them stopped to look at each other, and as they simply breathed on each other, moving their lips almost simultaneously, Logan saw her tear up and open his shirt, buttons now flying to the ground.
Hey, come on, you have other shirts, dude!
Ignoring that, Logan began to continue their make out session, her back against the wall, and after a while, he decided to go to a more comfortable spot.
Talk about second chances...
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"Logan?"
"Mmmmm?"
It was 1 in the morning, and both of them were tired, but neither wanted to sleep just yet.
"Is this snuggle gonna cost me?"
Logan chuckled. Was this going to be a night of them visiting the past?
"Unless you're a hooker, Sugarpuss... then, yeah, probably cash gold."
As they kissed fiercely again, for a while, then stopped, Veronica began closing her eyes, but not before saying, "Logan... you're still going to be here later, right?"
"As long as you want." Logan said, feeling his body being overcome with sleep.
Veronica then wondered if she should tell him about that dream she had when she'd learned that he had slept with Madison.
Maybe I should take this one step at a time... I mean, I already sort of got revenge at the reunion... glad to know I still have a mean right hook.
By the time she was going to reply, Logan was softly asleep, holding Veronica close to her, so she simply went to sleep.
In all honesty, Veronica had no idea what would happen tomorrow... or, actually, later on today... but one thing she knew for sure was that she and Logan had definitely gotten "back together".
But the question was.. did their love still span years, continents, and had it remained epic after all this time?
