Hello folks. I am rather new to this writing thing, so sorry if it sucks. I just kinda had this in my head and I wanted to write it all out. This is one of two ideas for a season one redux, and I just wrote this one first. So without further ado...
Chapter One
-Seventeen Years-
Friday, September 26th
"Veronica Mars, you get your skinny butt over here!" Lilly honks the horn of her car loudly three times. Veronica runs towards the car, working her way through the crowd of students all trying to get to their cars after a long school day. She opens the door and slides into the passenger seat, tossing her bag in the back seat.
"Welllll aren't you going to wish me a happy birthday?" Lilly asked, maneuvering the car out of the Neptune High parking lot and heading off down the road.
"Lilly, your birthday's not until tomorrow," Veronica replied.
"Yes, but really it should be some sort of national holiday or something. The day that the fabulous Lilly Kane was born is worthy of a three day nonstop partying extravaganza!"
"Which is exactly what we're doing!" Veronica said with a laugh.
"Oh and by the way, our fake ID's came back. My friend down at Hearst made them for me, and they look absolutely real. Veronica Mars you are officially 21!" Lilly exclaimed, taking out two ID's from the glove compartment and handing one to Veronica.
"So I'm guessing we're going to use these to sneak into clubs?"
"Do you even have to ask?" Veronica smiled and Lilly turned up the music, and they sang along to whatever pop song was playing.
The two girls were on their way to Los Angeles for the weekend to celebrate Lilly's birthday. At least that was part of it. Lilly had recently broken up with Logan, which wasn't really a big deal considering that they broke up and got back together again every other week. No, the big thing was that Veronica and Duncan had broken up. Lately Duncan had become passive and distant, and Veronica didn't know what to do with him. She still loved him, but she told herself it was for the better. Lilly knew her best friend well, and even though she said she wasn't hurting, she knew that Veronica was terribly upset by it. So Lilly proposed the trip so as to cheer her friend up and get her to move on, or at least put her in the right direction.
They arrived in LA at around 5:00 and they checked into their hotel. As soon as they were settled in their room, Lilly opened Veronica's bag and dug through it's contents.
"Veronica, this simply will not do. None of these clothes are good for clubbing! When are you going to realize that pink and yellow and soft blues are not you! You're not preppy or cute, you are edgy and rocker-chick! Now come, we still have time before we have to get ready so I'm taking you shopping."
"Lilly I don't have a lot of money."
"I've got Daddy Dearest's platinum card... c'mon, pleeeeease." Lilly got on her knees, clasping her hands together, and pouted.
"Alright, fine. Just don't go overboard."
"No promises!" Lilly shrieked, grabbing her bag and bolting out the front door, leaving Veronica to try and catch up to her.
Several hours and countless bags later Lilly and Veronica had made all their purchases and promptly made themselves look as sexy as possible to prepare for their night out. They grabbed their fake ID's and were soon off for a night of drinking, dancing, men, and illegal debauchery.
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Monday, September 29th
The sound of the alarm clock woke up Veronica abruptly. She smacked the alarm clock to shut it off and reluctantly got out of bed. She still had a massive hangover from the weekend in LA with Lilly, and she really didn't want to go to school today.
She grumpily made herself some breakfast and went through all the necessary steps to make herself not look like she'd just spent the last three days doing nothing but partying. She pulled on a pair of jeans and a navy polo and straightened her hair and finished it off with a black headband. Besides the obvious frown on her face, you couldn't tell that she was the least bit unwell.
She pulled into the parking lot at Neptune High and when she got out was immediately bumped into a large body. She was about to say excuse me when the person just kept on walking, looking as if they were in a rush. She briefly wondered what it was for but then shrugged it off. She walked into the main doors and crashed smack into someone else.
"I really need to stop crashing into people," She muttered from the floor.
"I concur. And I resent being referred to as 'people.' " The person said. Veronica jumped at the voice. She recognized it.
"Logan!" She exclaimed. Logan offered her a hand and lifted her to her feet.
"Logan is the name, Legend is the sentiment," he deadpanned.
"Are we on speaking terms now?" She asked cautiously. Ever since she'd told Lilly about Logan kissing Yolanda about a week ago things had been strained at best between them.
"It's not your fault. If I'd seen you kissing another guy I would've told..." Logan trailed off at this, realizing that Duncan and Veronica were no longer together.
"So. Anyways. I hear there's this new thing called class, that apparently we're supposed to attend. We should try it out." He said, trying to coverup his slip. Veronica smiled and Logan put his arm around her shoulders.
People cleared the way for them as they walked, and the occasional whisper was heard.
"You know, you really think there'd be more to gossip about. We haven't even done anything and already I'm betting people think I'm banging you," Logan said with an ironic smile.
"This is Neptune, Logan. Rumors are like air here." Veronica frowned and Logan squeezed her shoulder, and together they walked to their first class.
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"So, Veronica, are you gonna spill the secret on all the rumors I heard this morning or do I have to tip you over?"
"Are you really dating Logan? How does Duncan feel?"
"Is he a good kisser?"
Veronica was bombarded with questions in the hallway heading out to lunch, and she mostly just ignored them. Apparently there really wasn't anything else to gossip about lately.
She sat down at her usual table where Lilly was filing her nails and resting her feet on Dick's lap.
"Hey Lilly," Veronica said, sitting down. She was slightly worried that Lilly would believe the rumors.
"Ronica, you should hear what people are saying about you and Logan," Lilly said, not looking up when Veronica spoke to her. "They're saying some VERY interesting things." Veronica's face went white and she looked very scared. Lilly glanced up at her and burst out laughing.
"Oh Ronica, I'm sorry, the look was priceless. You should know that I'd never believe all the stupid little gossips. This school hasn't had anything to gossip about, so they just made something out of nothing, they do it all the time. And even if I did I wouldn't care about you and him." Lilly grinned and Veronica smiled, relieved.
Soon Duncan and Logan arrived with pizza. Veronica practically grabbed it from their hands. She immediately began tearing through her first peice.
"God, Ronnie, did someone forget to feed you this morning?" Logan asked, chuckling.
"Shutup. Starving. Need food," Veronica said. Lilly grabbed a piece and took her feet off of Dick.
"So Logan I hear you've been deflowering our little Veronica. I heard that you've been like animals, 'doing it everywhere,' " Lilly said nonchalantly. Logan smiled and Veronica blushed a little but also smiled. Duncan's face went a little rigid.
"Well you know I really just can't get enough of her. What do you think, Sugarpuss, which was better: the journalism room or Clemmons' desk?" Logan asked, sliding next to Veronica and putting his arm around her.
"Oh definitely Clemmons' desk," Veronica replied, laughing. Lilly grinned, imagining all the dirty things her best friend and ex-boyfriend could get up to. Duncan frowned, not liking his friend flirting with Veronica, and Dick gave a catcall of appreciation.
"Hey, dude. Light bulb just went off in my head. We should definitely have an orgy in the Clemster's office!" Dick looked so excited about his idea that everyone at the table was forced to laugh.
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The rest of the day went by fairly quickly for Veronica, with ditzy and bitchy 09er girls still asking her questions about Logan for the rest of the day. As the rumors got more and more ridiculous, Logan and Veronica laughed about them more. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't the least bit embarrassed by them, because it was just Veronica. She wasn't 'out there' about her sexuality, and the thought of sex still made her blush. She was better about it now, but the really innocent Veronica still peeked out sometimes.
As she was walking out towards the parking lot at the end of school, she noticed the guy she'd bumped into that morning and she saw that he was walking in the opposite direction as everyone else. He looked incredibly suspicious, so quietly she followed him behind the gym out to the back of the school. She hung back, not wanting to be seen. The guy hurried past the gym, with Veronica struggling to keep up without being seen. She tried to look as inconspicuous as possible, but it was hard because nobody else was around. The guy went into a slight jog as he passed the back of the school. Veronica hid behind a tree when she saw another guy in a hood standing by a car, waiting for the other man. Quickly, she dug out a napkin and and a pen and jotted down the license plate number of the car. Before she could take a picture, the guys got into the car and drove away. She'd lost them. Sighing, she began to walk back in the direction she'd come and dialed Lilly's number.
"Hello, the Royal Highness is speaking," Lilly answered.
"Hey, Lil."
"Veronica! Hey, where are you? You said you'd meet me at my car right after school."
"I just had to do something really quickly, but it took me longer than expected," She said, glancing around to make sure the car was nowhere in sight.
"Well get your skinny little butt over here before Donut bores me to death!"
"Alright, I'll be there as soon as I can, Lil." Veronica hung up the phone and sighed, disappointed that she'd lost them. She decided that she'd look through Lilly's yearbook to see if she could recognize the guy.
She was in Lilly's room a while later flipping through the yearbook, but she couldn't find the guy, and she was getting frustrated.
"Lilly, do you know a guy that's about 6'2, black hair, brown eyes, I think spanish or italian, pretty muscular, wears a black leather coat and drives a black, crappy '65 Chevy Impala?"
"No, I don't, but I would be really interested to know this guy. You don't who he is?" Lilly asked, plopping down on her bed beside Veronica.
"No, I don't, I saw him at school earlier and I can't find him in any of the yearbooks. He's not a student, and he's not faculty either."
"Well maybe he'll show up in the next few days. And when he does, tell me."
"Why?"
"So I can either work my magic on him or get to do a little espionage. Either way, I still get a thrill out of it." The two girls laughed.
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Wednesday, October 1st
Veronica had kept an eye out the last few days for the man, but he never showed. If he did, he made sure to steer clear of Veronica. The curious part of her brain was going out of control, telling her to do some snooping, but the rational part was telling her to let it go.
The gossip over her and Logan quieted down too, because it was discovered that Caitlin Ford had cheated on John Enbom with one of the PCH bikers.
She was sitting at the usual lunchtable watching as Enbom sat in a sulky, depressed manner as Caitlin ran off to the parking lot, getting on the biker's motorcycle and driving away.
"Gee, I'd hate to be that guy," said Logan, plopping down into the seat next to her holding a carton of chinese food. Veronica took it from his hands saying 'gimme!'"
"So much food, so tiny a person," Logan sighed. Lilly walked towards the table and sat down, with Dick and Duncan at her heels.
"Can you believe that Caitlin just ran off with Chardo, that biker guy? In front of everyone? She's gonna have hell to pay tomorrow," Lilly said, flipping her hair. She and Veronica immediately went into a fast-paced, barely understandable, if-you-could-call-it-a-conversation that the boys tried to follow, but eventually gave up.
"So. Dude. Let us discuss who is throwing the Halloween partay this year, shall we?" Dick said.
"Man, it's almost a month away. We can just put it together like, 3 days ahead of time," Logan said, rolling his eyes.
"I disagree, my party-planning partner in crime, it is never too early to party, or plan." Duncan shook his head and Logan smiled slightly.
"So, dude, I heard there was this hot freshmen that likes it freaky. I think she needs to be introduced to the Dick for some good old-fashioned lovin'. And by good old-fashioned I mean the use of whips and maybe even chains," Dick continued, going off to his little fantasy land.
"Okay, man, I really don't need to hear more about your prospective sex life," Logan laughed. Lilly and Veronica had finally stopped their girl talk and had listened to Dick talk about the girl.
"Dick!"
"You're disgusting!"
"A shame to the human race!"
"An absolute dirty dog!" The girls went back and forth and closed in around Dick till one of them was practically yelling in each ear. Duncan and Logan were laughing like mad and Dick looked severely uncomfortable and tried to push them away.
"You guys suck." Dick looked incredibly pissed off and pouty, which just made the other people at the table laugh.
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Friday, October 3rd
Veronica awoke with a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach, and she didn't know why. She tried to brush it aside but the nagging feeling persisted. She forced herself to get out of bed and choked down breakfast, and once again got herself ready for the day.
She got in her car and began to drive to school, when her phone buzzed in her pocket. The Spice Girls' "Wannabe" played out and Veronica knew it was Lilly.
"Hey Lil."
"Veronica, did you know that there's a pep squad car wash today?"
"Yeah, I reminded you last night, remember?"
"No! And I had plans to go out with this guy tonight." Veronica could picture Lilly's pout.
"Can't we ditch?" Lilly continued. Veronica sighed.
"Lilly, we ditched the last two events when we were in LA. If we don't go then Ms. Stafford's gonna kill us. Or at least Shelley and Madison will."
"Fine! But you owe me big time, Ronica. This is like Colin Farrell-in-my-stocking-this-year big."
"Alright, Lil, but I may not be willing to hand him over so easily, he is one hell of a kisser," Veronica laughed. Lilly scoffed and hung up the phone, which only made Veronica laugh more.
Later on, Logan and Duncan were sitting in Logan's living room discussing their plans for that night, and they decided to call Lilly and Veronica. Lilly answered and put it on speakerphone.
"Hello ladies, would you care to join me and DK tonight for a little dinner and perhaps a sex party if we're up to it?" The girls could hear Duncan protest loudly in the background. They heard some muffled noises and then Duncan's protests stopped and Logan was on the phone again.
"Sorry, can't, RONICA made me go to the boring-as-hell not-so-peppy pep squad car wash." Lilly glared at Veronica, who shrugged.
"Ah man, can't you guys skip?" Logan whined, and the girls thought they heard Duncan's yells being muffled with a pillow or something.
"Oh, but Logan, Lilly and I will be using sponges with lots of soap and water, bending and rolling all over the cars in our small shorts and tight tee shirts..." Veronica trailed off and Lilly put a hand over her mouth to stop her laugh. There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.
"You know my car's been looking a bit grimy lately... what do you think, DK?" There was a brief shuffling noise and then Duncan yelled,
"LOGAN I'M GONNA SHOOT YOU TO LAST TUESDAY!"
About 20 minutes later, Logan's beast of a car, the yellow Xterra, pulled into the car wash right where Lilly and Veronica were working.
"Oh ladies," Logan called out from the front seat, rolling his windows downed. Lilly and Veronica rolled their eyes. "I want this car THOROUGHLY cleaned. Absolutely no spots missing." Duncan groaned and Logan grinned. And Veronica and Lilly set to work on his car, having a contest to see who could do the most seductive move to get a reaction from Logan, laughing and joking all the while.
Needless to say, Logan had a lot of fun.
After they'd finished, Veronica and Lilly were rolling on the ground with laughter, and Duncan was chuckling too. Logan was frowning.
"You guys suck, you know? You had to go and ruin a perfectly good fantasy for me," Logan whined with his angry face on.
"Yes, but dumping a bucket of cold water on you was JUST what you needed after that little show," Lilly laughed. Logan was dripping water everywhere, and with his angry face he looked like a drowned cat. Lilly and Veronica recovered from their laughing fit and Veronica made an announcement.
"Alright, as much fun as that was, I have to get home. I'm spending the night with the 'rents."
"Aww Ronica, do you have to? You already ruined my plans for tonight," Lilly reminded.
"Lil, I can't. My dad's been busy lately, we don't see each other much anymore, and you know how we both hate that."
"Fiiiine. But you owe me Jude Law to go along with Colin Farrell," Lilly said, pouting. Veronica smiled and said goodbye to Duncan and Logan, then gathered her jacket and purse and headed to her car.
She opened her car door when suddenly she heard a noise behind her. She turned around to face the person. She caught a fleeting image of the man before her vision getting blurry. It was the man she'd seen at school. She was faintly aware of blood dripping on the passenger seat of the car, and her being carried and put into the man's car. And then everything went black.
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sorry if it doesn't make a lot of sense, I just needed to introduce the characters and the story and everything.
so that was the first chapter. :
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