The mood was kind of heavy during breakfast the next day. The three girls had managed to revive Madison with Misty's help. Madison was not herself though. She was very different, she barely talked and Zoe was wondering if it was a mistake to revive her. After Veronica's and Cordelia's talk, Veronica went out for a couple of drinks by herself. She needed the distraction.
Nan was looking for her all over the mansion that night but Veronica returned really late and everyone was asleep by the time she did. She had drunk at least ten shots of Tequila and she missed breakfast because she was sleeping. The thing that bothered her a lot though was the sex she had last night. She only did it because she wanted to get the blond Headmistress out of her head. Not only it was useless but she regretted it as well. When Cordelia knocked on all the doors to wake them up, Veronica hadn't even heard her.
Madison was still in her room as well, not in the mood for anything. Cordelia made her way downstairs and in the dining room. "Good morning, girls." She smiled lightly. A chorus of good mornings filled the room. "Is everyone here?" she asked a little uneasily. The previous night replayed in her mind, forgetting to ward her thoughts from Nan. As soon as Nan heard them her eyes widen alarmingly. She looked around to see if anyone noticed her panicked expression. Thankfully no one did. 'Shit! Cordelia knows." She thought and was ready to ran to inform her friend but Queenie's answer to Cordelia stopped her.
"Veronica is still in her room." Queenie said picking at her food. After the previous night none of the girls had an appetite. Cordelia nodded and took a seat at the table. Nan was trying to find out more from Cordelia but her thoughts were a mess and she couldn't understand them. She was dying to tell everything to Veronica but she had to wait for her to wake up first. It seemed that she had a rough night.
Veronica woke up around 4pm. She missed lunch as well but she wasn't hungry. She stayed in bed curled up with her teddy bear. Her thoughts were going wild once again and she was glad no one had bothered her so far. She didn't want them to see her bloodshot eyes. It was one of the days that depression came knocking at her door. And speaking of knockings, a knock on her door broke her train of thoughts.
The girl shot up from bed and wiped away her tears. "Come in." she spoke up trying to cover her trembling voice. Cordelia pushed the door open. She finally found the courage to ask her about last night. "Oh hey, Delia." Veronica smiled a little. "Hello, Vera." Cordelia smiled a little and sat down on the bed next to Veronica. "The girls told me you missed breakfast and lunch." The older woman told her with a strict smile. "What are you, my mother?" Veronica rolled her eyes. She wasn't in a mood for a lecture. Cordelia sighed and decided to change the subject. It was now or never. "Listen, I wanted to talk to you about-" she was cut off by Nan who came in running.
"V. , I need to talk to you about Cor-" she stopped as soon as she spotted Cordelia. "Hellooo Nan." Veronica widen her eyes at the girl and Nan started panicking. "You found the book we were looking for? You know, about cornflowers?" Veronica tried to cover the slip and she succeeded. "Ehm yes. I wanted to talk to you about that." She nodded catching the meaning immediately. Cordelia didn't suspect a thing, or she chose not to. "I'll leave you guys to it." The blond spoke and stood up.
Veronica stopped her though. "Wait, I thought you wanted to talk." She spoke softly suddenly curious. "No. It's okay. It can wait." She assured her and exited the bedroom. Her courage flew out of the window just like that. The two girls waited till she was gone.
As soon as she did, Veronica jumped up and slammed the door close. "Nan, for fuck's sake! How many times do I have to tell you to check before barging in like that." Veronica let out a sigh of relief and moved on the bed again. "Now it's not the time for that. We have bigger problems, girl." That words made Veronica give her undivided attention to Nan. "What happened?" she spoke softly but worriedly.
"First of all, Cordelia knows about your attraction to her. I bet that's what she wanted to talk to you about. She heard you last night." Nan bit her lip. By now Veronica's mouth was hanging open like a gaping fish. She started panicking inside. She didn't need to ask how Nan knew about this. Being friend with a clairvoyant saved her from a lot of trouble. "What am I going to do?" Veronica whispered staring at the ceiling.
"That's not all." Nan told her and sighed. "You remember the woman you brought here yesterday?" with Veronica's nod Nan continued "I know her and you know her too." Veronica tilted her head not understanding what the girl meant. Nan rolled her eyes and grabbed the keychain from the nightstand. "She is the girl that gave you away. I bet she knew your mother." Veronica felt her eyes roll to the back of her head and just like that she fainted. Who could blame her? So many information in ten minutes would drive anyone insane.
It took Nan a while to bring her back to the real world. When Veronica opened her eyes, she looked at Nan with worry in her eyes. "Tell me it was all a dream." She whispered but Nan shook her head sadly. "I need a cigarette." Veronica found herself in need of some air, so she grabbed her emergency cigarettes from the drawer and ran outside. Nan stayed behind. It was better to give her friend some time alone.
Veronica was sitting on the stairs outside of the mansion trying to decide what to do and how to deal with everything. Meanwhile, Cordelia, who was taking a nap in her room, awoke with a start. The dream, which woke her up, was blurry to her at first but then she remembered it clearly. It surprised her, scared her and confused her greatly. A woman on woman dream? A sex dream with her and Veronica? Well that was weird. Did it mean something? Was she attracted to Veronica or did she saw it just because of what she heard? Those were her thoughts after she woke up. Finding her glass of water at the nightstand, she grabbed it and tossed it against a wall. She was so frustrated.
"Enough is enough!" Veronica whispered and tossed the rest of her cigarette on the ground. She ran upstairs again grabbing her keys, she was not going to stand back and wait for whatever to happen. She was not a coward anymore. Life wasn't controlling her, she was controlling her life. It was time to act and take her life into her hands.
She burst into Cordelia's room and looked around. The woman was leaning against the window. Even though she couldn't see a thing, the cold glass against her cheek was always a relief. When she was younger she spent most of her nights behind a window waiting for her mother to show up and take her. It sounded pathetic but right now standing behind a window was the only familiar thing in her life.
At the sound of the door slamming open, Cordelia turned around alarmingly. She didn't have time to scream though. A soft pair of lips sealed hers almost immediately. Veronica's hand touched Cordelia's cheek puling her closer. The kiss ended as soon as it started. "Now you know." Veronica whispered against Cordelia's lips and took off running.
Cordelia was too shocked to move. Slowly she raised her fingers to her lips. Confusion taking over again. Her stomach was on fire. She guessed that it was caused by her confusion and nervousness. Oh how wrong she was.
Veronica hurried outside of Cordelia's bedroom and ran downstairs and out of the mansion. She didn't regret the kiss but she was afraid of rejection. The kiss left her lips tingling, wanting more but she had other things to do now. "Off to see Misty now." She whispered to herself and started her car.
{Author's note: Thank you for all your reviews guys. You are the best. I hope you enjoyed it. Btw I loved the kiss :D Sorry it took me so long to post the new chapter. I'll update sooner the next time. We need something to read while waiting for the next episode in two weeks…}