Friends and Enemies: Season One Sound Bites
Summary: Missing pieces from Season One, and pre-series, examining the Logan/Veronica relationship.
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to the Veronica Mars franchise… except Season 1. I have that on DVD.
Chapter 1
(Episode 1: Pilot)
She was the girl who'd never even gone skinny dipping. It hurt that he could just be so casual about calling her a slut.
They used to be friends.
Veronica hated that Logan still knew her… and that he knew exactly where her soft spots were. The times he would have protected her back then, he now used the opportunity to twist the knife. Her short hair and leather boots didn't change her, not really. But she'd grown a thick skin, and she'd be damned if she ever let him know that he really hurt her. Even if the crack about her mom was a low blow.
Even if Duncan always stayed silent and let them try to maul each other like angry cats, like she wasn't the girl he'd been head over heels for barely a year ago. Like Veronica and Logan hadn't been friends at all.
She'd thought she and Duncan might get married once. But she was living in a princess fairytale. His apathy disgusted her now, and he'd never been an avenger in their relationship either.
It didn't matter anymore, their shared history.
Their new game of trading punches, her and Logan… it was survival. For both of them. She still knew him too.
Logan was hurting. It was the emotion that leaked from everything he'd set in motion to destroy her. She was the only one left for him to blame.
He'd knocked her off her good-girl pedestal.
Too bad he didn't realize she didn't want it anymore.
Unless she just didn't let herself want it because she knew she could never have it back, but that required too much soul searching for the time being.
Still she was quite happy – well, maybe not happy exactly – but she was fairly content being able to hold her own.
Neptune's hammer of justice. Her own hammer of justice.
God knew the sheriff didn't dispense anything that resembled justice in their town.
Besides, if she wasn't dispensing the wrath of god on those who deserved it, who would she be?
That weak girl who'd stood in front of her bathroom mirror with last night's makeup still smudged on her face, contemplating what exactly to do with the scissors on the counter?
Her naiveté had been ripped from her along with her virginity.
With Lamb's voice ringing in her ears, telling her to grow a backbone, she'd picked up the scissors and made the first cut.
Even that awful morning after, she'd known – somewhere deep inside her – that Logan wouldn't have allowed that to happen. But he'd been the catalyst. Logan had turned on her, and that was as good as declaring open season, which he'd whole-heartedly condoned.
Making Veronica pay was his new purpose in life.
She'd paid enough, not that he knew that.
He would pay too. He would pay because he was the reason she had to put her armor on every morning before she left the house. He would pay because every time she felt eyes on her, she had to wonder if they'd taken her underwear off and had sex with her while she'd been unconscious.
So, when the new kid had tried to make friends with her, she hadn't been welcoming. She used think she had friends. And now the life she'd known was in shambles. Besides the fact that she knew if Logan or any of his lackeys noticed someone in her corner, they would be torn to shreds. And the poor guy had already been taped buck naked to the flag pole… she was doing him a favor.
Their revenge circle of two wouldn't end until someone stepped away. And she and Logan were both two stubborn for that. Ask Duncan. He'd attempted to referee their fights before, and those had been friendly. Lilly had just watched with amusement. She'd liked when Veronica was riled up. It was only a question of who else would be destroyed in their war. She knew without a doubt that there would be collateral damage. Because they weren't friends anymore, and barbs were now meant to hurt, not just to drive each other crazy.
Lilly would have hated this… or maybe she would have loved it.
Lilly was her best friend, but she'd demanded more loyalty than she'd given. But the three of them? They'd still loved her. They still love her.
They were all dead inside without her.
It was why Duncan floated.
It was why Logan put all his energy into destroying her reputation in the crudest way possible.
It was why she taunted Weevil's bravado with a look of pure blasé on her face, when Wallace nearly pissed his pants.
They were all a twisted mess.
Veronica would admit that she got a sick pleasure at Logan's reaction to finding out she'd put the bong in his locker. He'd been surprised.
The crack he'd made about her mother was been too far. And the fact that she got to include some punishment for him in her plan to get the PCHers off Wallace's back? Made it all the more sweet.
(Ruining Lamb's day was the cherry on the proverbial Sunday. Not like he didn't deserve it.)
Tit for tat.
He'd turned her into this.
She'd take him on and see what happened when the tables were turned.
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Veronica was expecting payback for the stunt she pulled with Logan. Him with his buddies and a crowbar though…
Dammit, she was going to need new headlights.
Okay, the veiled crack he'd made about his father wrapped inside a line from a Beach Boys song cleared things up a bit. Things were rocky in the Echolls' household to say the least. She knew phony happiness when she saw it. It was like looking in the mirror.
She wasn't sure what she was expecting when she heard the sounds of motorcycles, but she'd just gotten two of Weevil's boys out of trouble, so he couldn't possibly be mad at her. But she wasn't expecting what sounded a hell of a lot like a small offer of protection from the biker.
… Or the way Logan had moved in front of her.
She'd seen that move before. He probably didn't even realize that he'd done it this time.
Now, it could just be that he never did wait for someone to come to him if a fight was going to happen, but…
The fact that Weevil was protecting her from Logan was a shock to him. She could tell by the tenseness of his shoulders. And his confusion had lent to his rampant sarcasm.
Veronica knew that Logan would rather get beat up than ever apologize to her – especially with an audience, and because someone told him to do it.
Weevil didn't know Logan like she did, unfortunately.
But she meant what she said, even if he did deserve a few punches. She didn't want his apology. It wouldn't change anything.
Rescuing Logan Echolls from a problem he'd created?
What the hell was she thinking?
And don't think she hadn't noticed the way he'd watched her as the Chevrolet drove away.
Old habits were hard to break.
Even now. For both of them apparently.
That was… good to know.
So, she and Logan definitely weren't friends… but maybe, in some screwed-to-hell kind of way, maybe they were still family.
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A/N: Okay, so I'm going to do one chapter for every episode, some may be shorter than others. And, yes, I realize that thoughts may be jumbled a bit. But sometimes that's just the way it is. They're all confused and lost right now. And certain situations trigger memories, and thoughts, but I'll try to keep this as cohesive as possible. If something really bothers you, as far as the flow of the chapter is concerned, you can let me know, as long as you're polite about it. (I'm not being a jerk, but a lot of people on the internet don't have respect from the other side of the computer screen. I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about.)
That being said, I'm good with tracking tangents in my own brain, so if you want some clarification, ask a question. Or let me know, and I'll look at adjusting it.
Let me know how you guys feel about this chapter. (I like reviews, and I will message you back.)
Fun fact: I really like the first season. It's a favorite. I really like seeing the characters grow and change… Okay, I also really like the Logan/Veronica banter!
And I KNOW this had no dialogue, but that doesn't mean they will all be formatted this way. =)
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