Well, I took my time uploading this haven't I? Well, I was looking for a beta reader for this story and it took me some time until I found one. So, before we start, I would like to thank the beta reader for this story, glamorouspirate!
So, without further ado, here is chapter 2!
I arrived at my home half an hour after Mac and I closed up. I had been living with my dad ever since I came back to Neptune. What had started as staying in for a few days was now the current whereabouts of my official bedroom. Truth be told, I completely didn't mind staying with my dad. He and I have been really close for as long as I can remember. Not to mention, when your mother abandons you without a proper goodbye, you are most likely going to warm up to your old man.
When I reached the house, I parked my car and headed to the front door. Once I opened it, I saw my dad, still in his sheriff's uniform, sitting in the living room talking to someone. That someone later proved to be Wallace, my ever so lovable sidekick, as I liked to call him every now and again.
"We have been expecting you, Detective Mars." My dad says with his best formal-yet-mocking voice, rubbing his hands together to appear more 'serious'.
"When both the sheriff and a high-school sports teacher are expecting me in my own home, that's when I know I'm in trouble." I reply with my traditional smirk before hugging both of them and sitting down to join the conversation they were having.
"So, how is my little PI doing?" My dad asks. Oh, I can't wait to tell him and Wallace about this new case.
"I got a new case." I tell both of them. Dad looks interested while Wallace seems to shrug it off.
"Well, I'm sorry to say V, but I won't be able to help you on this one in any way." He tells me. "I'm off to New York tomorrow as a part of a school trip. That's why I came here, to say goodbye before I leave tomorrow." Wallace is off to New York too? Well, isn't that my lucky day?
My smirk grew. "Well, my case requires me to head to New York as well. So you are not off the hook yet, Fennel," I tell him.
Wallace blinked a few times, surprised by my announcement. "Are you kidding me?" He asks, to which I shake my head. The reaction of his face drowning in fake sadness is priceless, to say the least.
"Oh, don't be like that," I 'comfort' him. "I doubt your little school trip has anything to do with affairs," I point out.
My dad is the next to speak up. "You are flying over to New York because of an affair case? Must be something big," he says while nodding his head.
"Well, when a somewhat friend from law school flies all the way here for help, might as well help her out," I replied to the comment.
"Who's the friend and who's the husband?" Wallace asked me and my smirk came back.
"The friend is Joanne Jefferson and the said husband is not much of a husband, but a wife." As I said that, both dad's and Wallace's eyebrows had risen a few centimetres. "It's Maureen Johnson," I then said as the shock faces I expected showed up for a hilarious reply.
"Maureen Johnson is married? Maureen Johnson is a lesbian? And most importantly, are you are going to spy on Maureen Johnson?" Wallace asked me, as if he was overwhelmed by a coincidence.
"Apparently yes to the first two questions and guess so for the third one. I just hope she won't ask me to 'moo' with her." I referenced one of her singles, particularly a part from her live performance of it, when she asked the audience to make cow noises with her. Wallace laughed at the joke while my dad seemed puzzled. "I'll show you what I mean later, pops," I quickly told him.
"Anyway," Wallace returned to the topic. "The school trip I'm going to escort is for the school's film class. We are meeting Mark Cohen during the second day of the trip," Wallace told me. By the way he said it I realized that he was aware of what that guy does for a living.
"The same Mark Cohen that edits Maureen's music videos?" I asked him, to which he nodded. "Joanne gave me his name along with other things I'll need for the investigation. You wouldn't mind trying to get some information out of him, would you, Watson?" I asked, a smile forming on my face as I mentioned the nickname we had given him in relation to me.
Wallace smiled at me. "What kind of Robin would I be to your Batman if I say I will?" He asked. A small metaphor exchange soon followed...
"Glad to see there is still a Shaggy to my Scooby."
"And a Tails to your Sonic."
"That last one was new," I commented. It really was though. We had never used that metaphor before to describe our working relationship.
"Been in my mind for a while," he replied before getting up. "So, I will leave you to get set and I'll see you in New York, I guess," Wallace said, before he told both me and my dad good night and headed out. At least now I know I'm not all alone on this case. True, I had Mac backing me up from here, but it's always good to have someone physically helping me there.
"So," my dad began to say after the door closed. "Care to show me who this singer is that you are about to investigate?"
"I'm warning you, dad." I told him. "You may feel you are too old for it."
"Try me," was his answer.
I showed him some clips of Maureen on YouTube, including said "Moo" performance and I could have sworn that his mind couldn't digest what he had just witnessed. He started to get worried about me following and eventually having a conversation with this woman, but I managed to calm him down by telling him that I had been in much more dangerous situations.
After he retired to bed, I started packing clothes for a week. I am confident that I will discover if our little diva is guilty of cheating or not. I packed the necessities like clothes, my ever so trusty Taser and a few other things.
Tomorrow I'm heading back to New York. Maureen Johnson be prepared, you are about to come face-to-face with a marshmallow.
Not a lot going on, I know, but it's more of a set-up chapter than anything. I wanted to have Wallace and Keith in this story, so I needed a chapter to show them up. They will appear again in the future of course; they are here for the long run.
If I may go a bit fanboy for a second; in case of comparing "Veronica Mars" to "Sonic The Hedgehog" for whatever reason, I think Mac will fit the role of Tails more than Wallace. Just something that came to my mind while re-reading this chapter before upload.
Thank you for reading, leave a review if you have something to say and I'll see you next time!
