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The pilot Chapter Two
'It wasn't always like this you know, once I had the perfect teen fantasy life. You see I wasn't completely honest before, Duncan Kane used to be more to me then my best friends brother he was actually my first boyfriend, not that our relationship lasted long.
'All of four weeks actually, Duncan broke up with me the same day that Lilly broke up with Logan for the fourth time. For the week it took Logan to forgive Lilly and take her back, the two broken hearted teens spent nearly every moment together. Logan was convince that Duncan would come around, he didn't.'
FLASHBACK
"He is just so much cuter then Logan" Lilly Kane said as she flung herself down on to her bed.
"Lilly," Veronica scolded, shacking her head, sending her long locks flying.
"What's with you, Veronica? Why are you rushing to Logan's defense?" Lilly asked reaching over to grab a magazine.
"You don't see him, sometimes I wonder if you ever have." Veronica said and stood up she walked over to the chair by the vanity on which she had left her sweeter.
"You're leaving?" Lilly asked her shock and disbelief obvious in her tone.
'You can't blame her I wasn't the same girl back then, I was sweet, meek and quiet. And I completely worshiped her'
"You didn't see him last month Lilly, I can't sit here while you glibly plot putting him though that again" Veronica said.
"You make it sound like I enjoy it."
"Don't you?" Veronica half accuses half asks, she honestly wanted an answer to that question and Lilly could tell.
"I don't know, maybe a little" Lilly answered, Veronica had never stood against Lilly in anything, and Lilly found she really didn't like Veronica being mad at her. "You don't know Logan the way I do Veronica, he needs some more like you. Hey that's an idea"
"Lilly" Veronica was clear disappointed
"Wow, have you been taking lessons from Celeste"
'After that day Lilly did everything in her power to throw Logan and I together, I guess something worked'
END FLASHBACK
Veronica with Logan's arm around her shoulders headed for her lunch table, she and Logan exchanged looks when they saw Wallace already sitting there.
The two of them worked very hard on there leave us the hell alone vibe, and attacked violently warn provoked, most ever one, with the notable exceptions of the 09er's got the message and stayed the hell away. This kid was ether to stupid or just hadn't heard enough to get the point.
Logan shrugged and smiled at Veronica his hand sliding across her shoulder and down her arm until he was holding her hand and lead her to their table
They sat down together and veronica pulled an apple and a notebook out of her bag, then dug deeper in and pulled out a can of coke and handed it to Logan
"Man, you should hear what people say about the two of you," Wallace said
"Repeat a word and I'll have your head" Logan warned, pointing Wallace.
"So then what are you doing sitting here?" Veronica asked, she had really let herself believe for a moment that she had found a friend, someone other then Logan that she could talk to, she should have known better, Neptune High would never forgive her or Logan for standing with her.
"You sat next to me," Wallace pointed out.
"This is our table." Veronica said defensively
"And what a fine table it is." Wallace said bushing his hands across the table "What do you suppose this is made of?" He knocked on the table and mock listened to the sound the knock "Oak?"
"Look, if people are saying such awful things…" Veronica started
"Well, I figure I've got a choice. I can either hang out with the punks who laughed at me, took pictures of me while I was taped to that flagpole or I can hang out with the couple who cut me down."
Veronica grinned and looked over at Logan then at Wallace "So you want to get the PCH Biker Club off your ass?"
Wallace looked over at Logan "Can you do that?"
Logan smiled brightly in reply and let a breathless kind of laugh and pulled Veronica closer, if Wallace had known him better he would have understood that the look on his face was one of pride. It would have said with all the sedulity of a raging bull 'There's nothing my girl can't do'
LoVe
Veronica, Logan and Wallace were huddled around a table in the art room watching another student looking through a notebook.
"This is so twisted. I love it." The student, Corny said looking between Veronica and Logan. Most people tended to steer clear of Logan and Veronica but those who pervaded a service like Corny didn't turn them away, some of them in fact secretly sided with them.
"Well can you do it 'cause we need it fast?" Veronica asked
"Oh hell yeah, for you, oh anything. I'll even throw in the glazing gratis," Then there were others that sided with them because they wanted to see the popular kids, the so called 09er's name so because they live in 90909 zip code, be taken down a peg or two and the two of them were the only ones with the guts to do it
"Go to town. Thanks Corny." Veronica said patting the stoner on the back
"Oh my god!" Corny said shaking he head and smile at the brilliance of Veronica's plan
LoVe
Veronica and Logan sat at a small table in the kitchen of the her and her fathers apartment, doing homework. Keith entered, dropped his bags, and looked at her and sighed loudly.
"And?" Veronica asked waiting for answer on the result of her fathers search
Keith stretched out his arms and asked: "Who's your daddy?" Logan started laughing quietly
"Ack. I hate it when you say that." Veronica said with a mock gag.
"You know what, this is important. You remember this. I used to be cool!"
"When?" Veronica demanded
"'77. Trans Am, Blue Oyster Cult in the 8-track, a foxy stacked blond riding shotgun, racing for pink slips. Now wait a minute, I'm thinking of a Springsteen song. Scratch everything, I was never cool," Keith replied
"I don't know which bothers me more, "foxy" or "stacked"," Veronica said directing to her statement to her boyfriend.
Keith has removed his jacket and searched through its pockets. "I nailed our bail jumper one hundred yards from Me-xi-co," He held out a cheque boastfully then handed it to Veronica. "Twenty five hundred bucks. No sack dinners tonight. Tonight," Keith said overdramatically doing a silly little shuffle "we eat, like the lower middle class to which we aspire, Fire up the 'bachie." Keith shuffles off right, singing as he goes. "Ya-pa-ba-pa-ba, bom-pa-da-bompa, ba-bop," Popping his head back round the corner "For real, steaks."
"This is what I love about eating here," Logan said with a truly joyful smile "its dinner theater" Veronica tried hit him for that statement but he dodged her attack, coursing her to over balance and fall in to his arms "This part isn't so bad either" He said and lend down to kiss her.
Keith found them like that five minuets later, after quickly changing "Armed father present" he reminded.
The teens jumped apart, and Logan gave Keith a quick smile.
LoVe
The Seventh Veil is situated amongst other sleazy joints advertising various enticements in neon: Nude Girls. Dream Girls and other such things
'After fighting with Dad over dinner about no longer looking in to the Kane case and with Logan about not tell him about it, I was glad I had another case to occupy my brain. Loretta Cancun says the Seventh Veil has an interesting way of keeping their liquor license. This was phase one of my plan to save Wallace. Phase two would begin the next day'
Veronica
sat in her LeBaron parked on the other side of the street observing
the goings on at the Seventh Vail. A sheriff's Department patrol
car parked immediately outside Veronica smiled and trained her
camcorder on the patrol car
Veronica and Wallace entered Neptune Highs main hall from outside and ran up a short flight of steps "Let's go." Veronica said hurrying her new friend along.
"Hey, FloJo, slow your ass down," Wallace protested but went along with the small blond all the same
Veronica paused at the top of the flight of stairs and held Wallace back to observe Casey's, whose locker was about to be searched by the Vice Principal and the deputy. Logan came ran up behind Veronica and Wallace
"Did I miss it?" Logan asked and slung an arm around Wallace's shoulder
"Just on time, you still mad?" Veronica asked, Logan shock his head in reply earning himself a smile from his girl.
Casey opened the locker and steps back.
"There you go." Casey said opening his locker believing that there was nothing in there that would get him in to troubleinside the locker was, a bong, in the form of a cherub,. Clemmons reached for it.
"Well, what's this Casey? This would appear to be a device they use to smoke marijuana"
"That's
exactly what it looks like," Deputy Sacks agreed
"Back to the
office. Come on."Dick and looks around amazed, he spots
Veronica and Logan
"Oh man, Casey's busted." Some random guy in the hall called out, bringing the scene to the attention of the others in the hall
Casey pointed at the threesome. "It was you?"
Veronica make a 'who me?' gesture and Logan laughed.
"Listen, I know it was you. This isn't over, okay." Casey yelled at them as he is dragged past Veronica exaggerated a yawn. He has said that before
Corny watched and then walks on, congratulating the threesome as he went. "Eeee, solid." Clearly stoner speak for good work
"You're right, that was funny." Wallace said, and it was true completely worth being dragged through the halls by a tiny blond blur
"Meet me at my car after school. Let's see if you've done your part"
"Can't we take my car?" Logan asked letting Veronica lead them away.
"And while we are at it we can spray paint a sign 'Logan Echolls did it' in the department parking lot" Veronica said sarcastically.
'After
school, I drove Wallace and Logan to the Sheriff's Department. This
was phase three'
Veronica and Wallace are sitting in the LeBaron, Logan who had one too many disparaging remarks about her car had been banished to the back seat. Wallace is clutching the control unit like that of his model airplane.
"You know, we could get into a lot of trouble for this,"
"Give it here," said Veronica reaching for the control unit
Wallace shock her off. "Wait. I'm gonna do it, I just thought one of us should state the obvious," Wallace hit one of the controls. It clicked.
Inside the evidence room of the Sheriff Department the bong that Veronica had made especially sparked and began to smoke.
"I wonder if it worked," Wallace asked.
A fire engine pulled up in front of the Sheriff's Department. Veronica and Wallace watched, flushed with success.
"It worked," Veronica said.
LoVe
Veronica entered the Fire House, a couple
A couple of firemen were setting up barbells as Veronica entered the station "Hey Adam. Hey Eddie, is the Chief around?"
The Chief came up behind her. He had a large envelope in his hand. "Well if it isn't Smokey the Barely Legal,"
"I saw you in action today Phil. You were very brave. Did you make the switch?" He handed over the envelope.
"Fait accompli."
"Thank you," Veronica said quietly
LoVe
Veronica and Logan were making out on the bed in the pool house, his hand was underneath her shirt but hadn't moved beyond rubbing her bear stomach, not many seventeen year old boys would stick with a girl that went from talking about having sex then not letting him so much as touch her for a month.
"You don't have to be so careful with me Logan,"
"I just couldn't handle it if I did something that made you uncomfortable" Logan said laying next to Veronica on the bed. "I wasn't there when you need me, baby, I have to take care you"
"You know that wasn't your fault" Veronica said stroking Logan's arm
FLASHBACK
'It really wasn't his fault, Logan's father insisted that he go with him to some event in LA and I went to a party at Shelly Pomroy's I just wanted to show everyone their whispers and backstabbing didn't affect me'
The party was in full swing. Couples are eating each other, drinking and otherwise being appropriately debauched as Veronica threads her way through the crowd. Veronica is being snubbed by one and all.
'It was a mistake.'
As she goes through the crowd, a drink suddenly appears in her hand.
'I don't know who handed me the drink. I wish I did. It turns out it was your basic rum, coke and roofie.'
Veronica glances around and then drinks.
The last thing that I remember is collapsing on a deck chair,'
Veronica came to. She was on a bed, partially covered by the bedding. She was still wearing her white party dress but her panties are on the floor. She cried silently, then stood, wiped away her tears.
I never told my dad. I'm not sure what he would have done with that information but no good would have come of it. And what does it matter. I'm no longer that girl.
Telling Logan had been the hardest thing I have ever done, the look of horror on his face was some thing that I will never forget, afterward he just held me in his arms and let me cry. I don't think I will ever be sure what it was I was crying about, Lilly, myself, my mom. Logan cried with me that night. We dance around the subject now.
END FLASHBACK.
Veronica parked the LeBaron in a spot by the dog beach. She saw Wallace flying his model airplane on the beach, she had the envelope from Phil in her hand, she got out of the car and headed for him.
"Got a present for you," Veronica said and handed him the envelope He open it and pulled out a video. He gave a huge sigh of relief and replaced it in the envelope.
"I owe you big time." Wallace said
"I had my own reasons for doing it, trust me," Veronica assured
"Oh no you don't. You really think I'm gonna let you get away with that? That might play with the masses. But underneath that angry young women shell, there's a slightly less angry young woman who's just dying to bake me something. You're a marshmallow, Veronica Mars, a twinkie."
Veronica holding the controls of the model airplane. "Okay, how do I make it loop the loop?"
Wallace is distracted by something he can see in the distance.
"Uh, Veronica?" Wallace said
"Yeah." Veronica replied
"Your car," Veronica looked over to her car then handed the controls back to Wallace. She headed for her car. Casey is lying on the hood, a crowbar or tire iron in his hands. Three other guys were standing around. Next to Veronica's car is another SUV, Veronica stopped in front of her car. Wallace raced up behind her.
"Hey, Veronica Mars," He jumped off the car.
"Do you know what your little joke cost me?" Casey asked
"Well, I'm pretty sure you won't be getting your bong back," Casey swung the crowbar and took out a headlight. Veronica flinched. Dick grinned and twirled the crowbar.
"Wrong answer. Would you care to guess again?" Casey said
"Clearly your sense of humor,"
Casey took out the other headlight
"Nope. You're usually so good at pop quizzes. No, the correct answer is my car. That's right. My Daddy took my T-Bird away. And you know what I won't be having. Fun, fun, fun,"
Casey, smirked, and moved to stand directly in front of Veronica, the crowbar resting on the back of his neck. He doesn't notice the sound of motorbike engines pulling up. Veronica often wondered at how it could be that she was the only thing that she knew of that could inspire this kind of intensity in Dick.
"Uh-uh, Casey,"
Weevil and co. pulled up to the scene. Casey noticed and turned around. Weevil got off his bike as Casey headed towards him.
"What do we have here? Vandalism? No, no, no. Only vandalism that happens in this town goes through me."
'So that's how I ended up allies with Neptune's own Biker gang, and how the number of people in this world that I counted as friend went from two to four. But it's not exactly how my story ends. It just another beginning, I guess that's kind corny, but you know, I'm ok with that'
End Pilot
Stay tuned for more episodes and original cases.
PS for those that asked the title of this fic comes from something I heard though I'm not where I heard it
"One step on the path can change the destination"