I loved in Season 1 when Veronica goes to the dance with Troy and hops out of the car to skinny dip. I couldn't help but think, what could she tell her friends in the limo, what words that she was willing to share would make sense to them. And more importantly, what would Logan or Duncan the only people who would understand what and why she did it would think of her remembering Lilly. So here goes, she has just arrived at the dance, body a little damp, hair not so much dripping anymore but wet.
I've Never…
The dance was what I expected. Dirty looks as I entered the room. Maybe I should have waited until after to go skinny dipping. Red Satin, I may be, but wt red satin doesn't work as well. My curls that took a lot longer to do by myself than I had expected were now only dripping remnants of the once bouncy hairdo.
"I'll get us something to drink," Troy walks away smiling. I know he doesn't get it. Why I'm wet, or why I got into the ocean. But this dance is for Lilly. She always wanted me to be brave, and let everything go. I only wish I could have celebrated with her too.
"Somebody went down the rabbit hole for a minute," Troy waves the drink in my face for what I am guessing is not the first time. I smile and take it from him.
"Thanks," I take a sip. Alcohol free, when I glance at the punch bowl I am not surprised to see our dear vice principal Clemmons guarding the punch bowl. Wallace and Georgia are sitting across from us at the table, muttering incoherent things to one another. She seems nice.
"Want to dance?" Troy says very close to my ears. When I meet his eyes, he seems anxious, a little nervous. Damn Veronica you already have the boy ready for rejection at every turn. I nod a yes and he beams.
My chair scuffs as I stand, "Hey, watch it," an angry voice hollers. A voice I know. Drink in hand I turn to see the one and only Logan Echolls. Sneer in place he gives me a once over. "Get caught in the rain Ronnie," his tone drips with venom. I nod the rest of the group off and stand alone in front of Logan.
I raise my glass, "I never went skinny dipping," and follow with a deep swig of my punch. Not the same as champagne. He looked a little embarrassed but raised a flask to his lips; he had pulled it from his jacket pocket. A familiar smirk falls into place, but it's warm like it used to be.
"Nice dress, red satin I presume" at his words I knew Lilly had told him of our conversation about dresses. I only nod, and really look at Logan for a moment.
Lilly. We don't say her name or bring up old stories because they are nothing compared to what Lilly was in flesh and blood. Outside of Duncan, no one but the two of us here and now could understand the emptiness of this room full of people without Lilly.
Our eyes lock for a few long moments. The person I know is there somewhere. He turns abruptly breaking the spell.
I pull myself together and follow after Troy.
I never thought I would have a moment like that again with Logan Echolls, and I take the last gulp of my drink.
"What was all that about," Troy asks, curiosity getting the better of him.
I smile and chuckle a little looking at Logan one last time, he had made his way back to his minions across the room. "I guess you could say that we used to be friends, a long time ago."
The End
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