The Bitch is Back
Sorry for taking a little longer with this update but here it is and I hope you enjoy it.
Int. Neptune High School – VERONICAS POV
"So you said you saw who was standing by my locker..." I say to Wallace who is watching me scrub the spray paint off.
He nods, "I..." He is interrupted by the intercom booming throughout the school.
"VERONICA MARS, please come to the principal's office that is all." The speaker finishes and Wallace looks at me.
"Sorry, I have to go see the man." I inform Wallace, looking at my locker and sighing.
"I'll finish it for you..." He replies and I smile at him, "You don't have too." I say and he shrugs.
"Best I can do." I hand him the towel and thank him.
"Meet me in the quad at lunch?" I ask him and he nods.
Int. Principal Clemmons Office – Veronica's POV
When I enter the office I see Sheriff Lamb and Deputy Leo D'Amato standing around awkwardly.
"Veronica, take a seat." Sheriff Lamb begins and I look at him and roll my eyes.
"What's this about Mr. C?" I ask Principal Clemmons who looks at Sheriff Lamb. "It turns out your dad has hired Deputy D'Amato so chaperone you in light of certain events that have taken place." Principal Clemmons starts and I look at Leo and Lamb and cross my arms in front of my chest.
"We just needed to get permission from principals, teachers etc in order for Deputy Leo to 'bodyguard' you."
"Can you excuse me please?" I ask the three men standing in front of me before speed dialling my dad's number.
"You've got to be kidding me..." I say to him and he sighs on the other side of the phone.
"Veronica, when I start receiving death threats from Aaron Echolls fans I worry about your safety." He says to me.
"When did you get death threats?" I ask him.
"Yesterday..." He replies.
"And you're only telling me now?" I question him and he sighs again.
"Another one was sent this morning..." He adds and I sigh now.
"Be nice to Deputy Leo... he's only looking out for your best interests." He finishes. I hang up the phone and re-enter the office.
"Welcome to the Veronica Mars club deputy, you'll find there's only one member who is me but we have a lot of fun in this club..." I say to him sarcastically and Deputy Leo looks at Lamb who laughs.
"Ok, so I'm done here... You can check in with us later on if anything happens..." Sheriff Lamb ends and exits the office.
"Come on best friend; let's get to class before we get in trouble."I say to Deputy Leo and link arms with him.
"We're going to have so much fun together." I add with a false smile and we exit the principal's office.
I release my grip from him once we're in the corridor and turn to face him.
"Ok so here's the thing. You can actually follow me around all day and do what you're told OR you can pretend that you followed me around all day and I can just tell my dad you're doing a great job and you can go do whatever it is deputy's do when they're off duty." I say to him and he laughs and shakes his head.
"No can do Veronica, I've been hired to follow you around and that's what I'm going to do." He says and I sigh.
"You're no fun." I tell him and he shrugs again.
"Aren't you going to be late for class?" He asks now and looks at his watch.
The bell rings for the 1st period and I smile at Leo. He frowns at me but follows me to my first class.
I hand the teacher the note from Sheriff Lamb and Principal Clemmons and she looks up at both of us nervously.
"Deputy, if you don't mind sitting at the back of the class, it'll distract the kids less..." She informs Deputy Leo and I smirk at him and sit in my seat in the middle.
After class Leo walks next to me as we walk down the corridor.
"Would you prefer if I walked behind you?" He asks.
"Like a stalker? No just stay there." I tell him and he nods.
I reach my locker and notice its spray paint free. Thank you Wallace!
After a few more embarrassing classes with my "chaperone" in attendance, snarky comments from the 09er girls and Madison Sinclair flirting shamelessly with the deputy it's finally lunch time. I sit down at the yellow lunch table slowly picking at me food but never eating it. I see Logan with Dick and my heart sinks to my stomach.
Deputy Leo sits down opposite me and then Wallace joins us.
"So you were saying earlier?" I ask him and he looks from me to Leo.
"What's with the uniform?" He questions curiously and I laugh.
"Crazed Aaron Echolls fans have been sending my dad 'death threats' so this is my protection. Wallace, meet Leo."
They awkwardly say hello and then I turn to Wallace.
"So you were saying?" I push him and he looks to me.
"So there were a bunch of these girls hanging by your locker this morning and now that I think of it one of them was wearing a t-shirt with Aaron Echolls face on it... I overheard one of them say she better watch her back or something..." He finishes and Leo looks around.
"Do you remember what the girls look like?" He asks and I shoot him a look.
"Why are you getting involved?" I ask him and he smiles, "This, darling is why your dad hired me." He says and I roll my eyes.
"Look, I'm not twelve, I have a taser and I know how to use it..." I remind him and he rolls his eyes this time.
"I think I agree with Deps over here." Wallace says, smacking Deputy Leo on the back.
"If these girls are roaming around the school I think it's safer to have him with you." Wallace adds, gesturing to Leo with his head.
I roll my eyes and the bell rings.
"We're going to be late for class Deputy." I say to Leo who says goodbye to Wallace.
"I need to stop at the bathroom before hand and I definitely do not need an escort in there." I say to him and he nods but hovers around the lockers while I enter the bathroom.
When I exit the bathroom I bump into Duncan.
"Sorry..." I say before realizing it is him.
I look up at him and he looks down on me and he backs away a bit.
"Who's your new friend?" He asks, gesturing his head towards Leo who is now being harassed by Gia Goodman.
"Deputy Leo..." I say to Duncan who nods slowly.
"Why is here?" He asks casually.
There was definitely awkwardness floating around our conversation and I knew he wanted to ask me why I did what I did.
"How's Lilly?" I ask him, steering the conversation away from Deputy Leo.
"She's gone to stay with our parents in Napa for a while. They couldn't handle their daughter bringing down the Kane name." He informs me and I look at him shock.
"I'm surprised you're not asking about Logan..." He adds and I look at my feet.
"Lilly told me what is going on with you two..." He says and I nod.
"Of course she did, and it's what was going on with us not is... since he's not talking to me either." I state solemnly.
"Why did you leak the tapes anyway? What did you get out of it?" He asks curiously and I look up at him and then at Deputy Leo who was now staring at Duncan and me, watching us closely.
Could I tell Duncan about Aaron and the beatings? Could I tell Duncan that Lynn had hired my father to investigate Aaron's affairs and could I tell Duncan that I had known about Lilly and Aaron all along even when Lynn had found out and jumped off the bridge?
I open my mouth to start speaking but Dick interrupts me and leans on Duncan's shoulders from behind.
"Hey Ronnie, accusing another person of something they didn't do?" He asks casually and I roll my eyes.
"I try my hardest to keep it solely around the Dick's of Neptune." I tell him.
"Yeah that's what she said..." He scoffs.
"What?" Duncan asks and Dick looks at us.
"What?" He responds before continuing onto Duncan.
"When you're finally done here with this before the make-over..." Dick gestures his hands in my direction, "Come meet up with the final product..." He points to himself, "So we can talk about... stuff." He says it cryptically but I roll my eyes.
"I don't want to keep you boys from your secret meeting so please go ahead..." I say to Dick who grabs Duncan's arm and pulls him along with him.
"Tough crowd you've got here..." Deputy Leo says and I nod slowly before continuing on to my next class.
At the end of the day I head to my locker to put away unnecessary books but as my locker opens a note falls out of it.
"Stop poking your nose where it doesn't belong or else..." The note read. It had been typed on a computer so I wasn't even able to compare the handwriting to anything.
I shove the note in my bag and text Wallace, "Any leads yet?" I send the message and wait for a reply.
"Meet me out front." He responds almost immediately.
Ext. Neptune High Parking Lot – Veronicas POV
Deputy Leo follows me outside and we meet Wallace just by my car.
"So, according to my sources..." He starts.
"You have sources?" I scoff and he eyes me out, "Hey if you want my help you have to listen to my sources!" He states and I laugh but then nod.
"Someone saw Shelley Pomroy washing black spray paint off her hands just before first period this morning." Wallace says.
"Well that's pretty obvious even for a rookie, Shelley hates me." I say to Wallace and he shrugs his shoulders.
"What are you going to do?" He asks, eyeing me out suspiciously.
"Let's just say the bitch is back and she's ready for her revenge..." I say to him and Deputy Leo looks at me curiously.
"You're probably going to have to get rid of the cop if you're planning revenge..." The Deputy whispers to me casually and I look at him with a smirk on my face.
"The last time I heard, bestowing revenge upon someone wasn't a crime..." I say to him and Wallace grins.
"I'm in. You know if we have a cop on our side we've hit the trifecta..." Wallace grins at Leo who laughs.
"And what would the trifecta be?" Deputy Leo asks us and Wallace points at me, "One hot tiny blonde girl with a snarky attitude and a brain to match, the really good looking, cool black dude who distracts the unsuspecting victims and the ever so wonderful cop who plays the cop in the situation if things go haywire."
"I like your thinking, Wallace." He high fives me and we both look at Deputy Leo.
"Depending what your plan involves, fine I guess I have to be in." He sighs and Wallace and I high five each other again.
"So brain behind the beauty what do we do?" Wallace turns to me and I see Logan's car pull up.
"Hold that question." I say to him as I see Duncan and Dick climb into the car and then they drive off.
Off to their secret meeting perhaps?
"Veronica?" Wallace waves his hand in front of my face.
"Sorry..." I say and look back at him.
"Maybe you should be the distraction and I should be the brains..." He states and I scoff and turn to him.
"Sorry Wallace, maybe next time..." I say and he laughs.
"So what do we do now?" Deputy Leo asks the both of us and I look at Wallace.
"We go home and wait for Veronica to come up with a plan?" Wallace says and I nod.
"I'll see you tomorrow right here." Deputy Leo points to the spot where we are standing.
"I'll try to contain my excitement." I reply sarcastically before heading to my car with Wallace.
Wallace jumps into the passenger seat and I look at him.
"Do you mind giving me a lift home?" He asks and I roll my eyes.
"Buckle up." I say as I get into the car and turn on the engine.
"Welcome to the Veronica Mars club Wallace, population two." I say to him and he laughs.
"You should count the deputy as another one then we can be a club." He jokes and I laugh with him and we drive out of the parking lot of Neptune High.
Sorry it took longer than usual. I'm getting writers block now -_- so if any of you have any ideas for how Veronica can get back at Shelley and how Aaron can get to Veronica and then eventually how Logan and Veronica can be together?
Your help would be greatly appreciated and I will definitely give you credit!
Thanks for your support!
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