(Before I even start, I wanna announce a thing.. So, a reviewer pointed out that Michael might be related to Veronica. And another pointed out a fact I already knew, Morgan is getting the absolute shit stick in storylines. I mean Ava? Seriously? Gross. So, bearing that in mind, I've chosen to go with Morgan Corinthos as Veronica's pairing. Now, I wanna thank everybody who's added the story to their follow list and the two who have reviewed, my anon, Meggie and my signed in reviewer, Castiel Angel Heart. I hope this story is something that people enjoy reading, and I hope to hell it's not the biggest piece of shit written, ever. I'm gonna do what I can with the characters, but in the cases of Morgan and Franco, yes, I am going to redeem both of them because, damn it, they deserve that.)
CHAPTER 13:
"Okay, fireball.. I know that look. What'd you do, huh?" Morgan asked calmly as he caught hold of his friend, holding her up while she laughed so hard she was shaking and almost crying in the lobby of his mother's hotel. Carly stood nearby, watching them like a hawk, slightly smiling, more than a little amused. Veronica caught her breath and then she burst out laughing again holding out one finger this time. "I need.." she wheezed, as Morgan said "Hang on, baby girl.. I got you." hauling her down into an office chair, his mother smiling a little to herself as she heard the way Morgan addressed this girl.
"What did you do? Or do we want to know?" Carly asked as Veronica finally pulled herself together enough to say "She freaking ate them. The whole damn bowl of gummy bears are gone! And she's in the can, can't come out." while Carly looked at Morgan who groaned and then started to laugh a little himself. Veronica looked up and then said with a mischevious smile, "I was sent, ma'am, to ask if you maybe have a few thousand rolls of toilet paper?"
"Why?" Carly asked as Veronica pulled out a cellophane bag and said with a smirk, "My dad's not the only one who's good at finding trouble. These babies are packed with a sugar substitute.. That sugar substitute makes you feel like you are literally crapping fire. And Ava ate the whole damn bowl of them, Ms. Corinthos-Jacks." while Morgan realized what had to be going on right now at the gallery and promptly began to double over, laughing hysterically himself. Carly realized why they were both laughing and said with a light laugh "Oh."
"Yeah. She's been in the can all day." Veronica gasped as she finally managed to stop laughing. Carly handed her an armful of toilet paper and then said calmly, "So, I take it your after school job is going well?"
"Better than well, actually. She hates me, I'm perfectly fine with it. You should have heard her earlier when her brother or whatever came in.. She kept nodding my direction, called me the hell spawn harpy once or twice. When I looked up and then said that anything was better than trolling the playground for my date on Friday night, I think that jerk brother of hers even almost laughed a little." Veronica said as Carly laughed a little and then said "You really don't need to antagonize her. It's not a safe idea."
"Ah hell, it gives me something to do." Veronica answered as she said to Morgan, "I made you something, oh captain of mine." before pulling a comic page she'd drawn while sitting in her dad's office, talking to some of his business associates about an upcoming meeting, out of her pocket. Morgan smiled and Carly said quietly, "I'm gonna leave you two alone.." before edging out of the room. Once she was out, she stood near the open door, listening to them talk, listening to Morgan more or less telling her that antagonizing Ava was a bad idea and she shouldn't anymore, and smiled. She was starting to get Franco to maybe let Morgan be friends with Veronica at least, warming him to the idea of the two of them.
Which was rare for her, because usually, she hated every single girl that either of her sons bought home to her. She didn't hate Veronica, really. She actually liked the girl, she had a lot of spunk, stubbornness.
Kind of reminded Carly of herself at that age in some ways. When she saw Morgan with Veronica, it was almost like watching herself and Sonny when they'd been younger and things were far less complicated.
Inside the room, Morgan looked at the sketch and said "Wow.. I've never.."
"Been a comic character before?" Veronica answered as she looked at him, smiled as she shrugged and said "It could be interesting." as Morgan shook his head and said "No. I've never had a friend who actually cared about me and only me before. And I've definitely never had a girl draw my picture." with a slightly softer than normal version of his trademark smirk. "So... I'm gonna get back over there now before she has a mushroom cloud over Port Charles." which made them start laughing again.
Morgan stopped her and grabbed her, pulled her into a kiss. She gasped and blinked, looked up at him as she felt his forehead for a fever. "You okay, Captain?"
"I wanted to do that." Morgan said quietly as he added "I've been wanting to do that, for a while now, actually. You just tend to disappear or something before I get the chance to." as he asked seconds later, "You're not mad.."
"Not even. I kinda wanted you to do that?" Veronica said as she looked at him a few moments, then said with a smile, "And now, I'm gonna do something." before raising to tiptoe, pulling him into a kiss, her hand resting on the back of his neck. The clearing of a throat from the door had them springing apart a little and Sonny said casually, "Didn't mean to interrupt. Is your mom here?"
"She's, umm... She's in her office." Morgan replied as Sonny gave him a casual smirk and then looked at the armload of toilet paper Veronica held in her arms and said "I'm not even gonna ask her about that." as he chuckled and turned to walk out, going to find Carly. They had to talk about this issue, this thing about his admitting to having shot AJ.
"Your dad seemed tense. More than usual." Veronica said quietly as Morgan nodded and said "Yeah. He did. I'll come to the talent show practice tonight."
"No! I told you, Captain! You gotta wait like everybody else!" Veronica said as he shook his head and then said quietly, "No, I don't. And I don't want to. I want to be there to support my real girl." as he looked into her eyes. She smiled, blushing beet red as she said "I'm gonna... I'm gonna get back over there now. Okay, fine, you can come. Just remember, I am not a professional singer."
"It's gonna be awesome." Morgan called as she disappeared out the door and then across the street, into the gallery's door. He smiled to himself and said quietly, "I'm done with Ava. That kiss just proved my whole theory."