Summary: Season four (but not four years ahead; it is veronica's second year of college.)
Disclaimer: I don't own anybody in this story
Veronica is walking alone down a hallway carrying her books. She turns abruptly and opens a door. She walks into a classroom and sits in one of the back seats.
So, my second year of college. No boyfriend and one friend. My dad was humiliated. Again. Is this how my life is supposed to be? Last year was better I had Piz as my boyfriend and Mac, Wallace and Parker as my friends. But, Wallace went to Africa to help child soldiers and Parker stopped talking to me after her and Logan broke up. I never did find out how that happened. All I know is that Parker came storming out of his room, crying, and saying he was all mine. But, I don't want to know why they broke up. I don't really care.
Why am I kidding myself? I know why they broke up. It was because of one person. Me.
"Attention Class. Quiet now. In this class we will be studying..."
The teacher was droning on talking about everything they would be expected to know to pass the end of the year exam.
Piz isn't my boyfriend anymore. How could he be? We not even alike. But I figure that out to late. After I thought we were perfect together. It all changed when Logan gave me the video of us. When I went to Piz's room to find out if he taped us he was all beat up. Logan beat him up. Because of me. I found out that Piz didn't tape us and Logan found out the same thing. At lunch one day he came to me and apologized for beating Piz up. I told him to apologize to Piz, not me. Then the bastard who really taped me came up to us and said he was glad he caught us on tape. I told Logan to not do anything because he was connected. But Logan beat him up anyways and told him to say sorry to me. Again, it was all because of me. Then Logan smiled at me, like that was the best thing he could've done. Then Piz walked up and Logan apologized to him. For me. What's going on? Was what parker said true? Was he still in love with me?
"Class is dismissed!" The teacher was saying. Veronica got up picked up her books and walked out the door. She hadn't heard a word of the teachers lecture.
Veronica walks in to the food court and see's Mac. She starts walking towards her then realizes Piz is right next Mac. She turns the other way to get food before going to Mac and realizes that Logan is getting his lunch.
Okay, Veronica mars you can't freak out every time you see one of your ex's.
Veronica takes a deep breath and walks towards the lunch line. Logan doesn't even see her. She gets her Lunch and goes towards Mac. Unlike Logan, Piz does notice her.
"Hey, Veronica" he says brightly, as if they had never even gone out, or broken up.
"Oh…Hey" she says back.
She grabs Macs arm and steers her away to another table.
She hadn't even seen Piz since she broke up with him. She had left to go to the FBI for the summer, that very same day.
Flash Back: Veronica and Piz are sitting in the food court, eating. Piz's bruises are almost healed, but not quite, so it looks like it's been about a week since Logan beat him up. People are pointing at them laughing. "How it that people still make fun of us after what Logan did to the guy that taped us?" veronica said.
"I guess there kind of stupid" Piz said without any emotion taking another bite out of his hamburger.
"Aren't you even mad at them for making fun of us?" Veronica asked Piz, her temper rising watching the people make fun of her.
They said something especially rude and veronica started to take her tazor out of her bag. You could tell that this had happened before. Piz stopped her and just said the same thing he always said.
"Stop being rude, guys"
He grabbed veronica hand and started to lead her away. But this time her temper was too high.
"How can you not want to kill them right now?" she said angrily. "At least Logan cared enough to do something about it!"
End Flash Back
Why had she said that? What was the part about him caring enough?
But she didn't end there she just kept on going.
Flash Back: "At least Logan cared enough to do something about it!"
Piz just looked sad and defeated.
Behind veronica you see the door open and Logan walks in and then stops looking at Veronica.
"What?" she exclaimed "You're not even going to defend yourself? Are you saying that Logan does care about me more than you?" He doesn't even like me!"
"It's not like that" Piz says in a soft voice. "It's just…
"Just what?" Veronica says.
"Why are you always talking about Logan?" Piz asked looking liked a beaten puppy.
"I don't" Veronica says
That's when Veronica realized that they were two completely different people. How had it taken her that long?
"Why don't we talk about this later, when no ones around?" Piz said looking his normal self again.
"There's nothing to talk about, Piz" Veronica said getting angry again. "We're over."
Then she turned on her heel and went to the door. That's when she noticed Logon. His face was expressionless.
"How much did you hear?" she asked, still an angry tone in her voice. He just silently walked all the way through the food court and stopped at the other doors. Veronica turned to look at him and she had a confused look on her face. He looked back, still expressionless, and went though the doors. And she did the same.
End Flash Back
That was the last time she had seen, of spoken to either of them. That's why she was so confused. She didn't know how either of them felt. She didn't even know how she felt. If she looks back know she realized that even with Piz and her being different their relationship would've worked out. If she had been thinking strait she probably wouldn't have broken up with him.
"Hello? Earth to Mars" said Mac
"What?" Veronica said as if she had just woken up and had no idea what was going on.
"I was afraid I lost you for a minuet, Ms. Mars" Mac said smiling.
"I was just thinking…" she said looking over at Piz
"Oh" said Mac, realizing who she was thinking about.
Just then Logan saw Veronica and Mac and started making his way to them.
"Finished?" Veronica said after seeing Logan walking towards them.
You haven't even started eatin…Mac was cut off by Veronica grabbing her arm and pulling her to the exit. Logan is left standing there looking hurt and confused.
Veronica was sitting on the couch in her apartment eating soup and watching the news on TV.
Her dad walks over with soup in his hands too.
"You know I hate it when we have just soup for dinner" Keith whined
"The steak is in the oven" veronica replied, with a smile.
As her dad walked into the kitchen to get the steak, the news was finally changing from the weather report.
"And now some report on the "invisible children" group. This group is very brave, because…
"Hey, isn't that the program Wallace signed up for?" Keith called from the kitchen.
"Yea," said veronica "I'm getting worried though; he was supposed to get back today. He said he'd call me the day he's getting back."
"But five of these brave men have gone missing;" the TV was saying "They may have just gone home early."
At this point Keith walks in with a huge piece of steak on his plate.
The TV was still talking" Their names are: Harvey Garrison, Jacob Laceford, Fredrick R. Jones, Tony Years, and Wallace Fennel. If you see any of these men please call: 384-284-4937. If they are never found they will be reported missing in action.
Veronica had dropped her spoon and looking very shocked.
"He might have just come home early, honey" said Keith trying to comfort his daughter.
"He would have called me" she said looking like she didn't believe what was happening.
"He could've just forgotten," Keith said, he had walked over to behind Veronica and had his hands on her shoulders.
"But I called him!" Veronica replied "about twenty times, today!"
Then she got up, put her soup on the table grabbed her coat, and said "I'm going to Wallace's." Then she walked out the door and into her car.
Veronica was knocking on the Fennels door. The door opened. It was Wallace's mom.
"Veronica" said Mrs. Fennel. "How are you?"
"Is Wallace back yet?" veronica asked ignoring Alicia's question.
"No," she answered "He was supposed to come back today but he never showed up. He won't answered is cellphone, either. I called the sheriffs department, and Vinnie said he would put a notice in the news. Vinnie thought Wallace has just stayed a day later, and will be back soon."
"Okay, thanks Mrs. Fennel" veronica said
Veronica had gotten over the initial shock she had when she first found out Wallace was missing. Now she was just determined to find out where he was. She thought through the possibilities. There weren't very many good ones.
The next day at school, Veronica was walking down a hallway. She tuned a corner and in that hallway was Logan. She tuned and went back around the corner, the way she came. She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes.
Why can I not stand seeing him? I wasn't this bad with Piz. With Logan I just feel like I have to leave the room before he sees me.
She took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Right in front of her was Logan. He was just staring at her.
"Are you okay, veronica?" he asked.
"Ya" she said quietly.
Then she tuned the corner quickly, walked fast and didn't look back.
God, what's wrong with me? What happened to the tough Veronica Mars that was not afraid of anything? Did she just go, and leave behind this wimp who can't even talk in front of her ex?
She decided that the next time she saw Logan she wouldn't walk away. He would have to leave first.
