A/N: This is a bonus scene. This is not a full chapter, just a quick extra piece. And this really isn't even part of Escaping Neptune…anymore. The bold/italicized words are from the final version that was posted in Back at the Office.
The argument as it originally continued:
"At least hookers admit they're in it for the money, unlike some gold diggers I know who go from a Kane, to a VanderGraff, to an Echolls, to a Gant."
"Game, set, match Echolls." Agent Brady whispered to the group. Veronica glared in his direction.
"She dated a Kane?" One of the other guys whispered back.
"So, Jackass. You really want to drag exes into this?! At least I never dated my best friend's mom!" Veronica challenged.
"Step-mom." He clarified. One look at the awestruck group of agents told him to add more detail. "She was a Laker Girl and trust me, no teenaged boy in his right mind would have turned down that good of a hoover machine. Not even the guy YOU were dating at the time as I recall. How does it feel to be cheated on?"
"Oh, right, step-mom. That makes it all better. At least I didn't date a girl to make her dad drop his testimony against me."
"Really? Like it's so much better than dating a guy because he's a deputy who can get you into the evidence locker?"
"You never seemed to mind me having connections at the Sheriff's department when I was clearing your ass of a murder charge. Or wait, two murder charges? They only ever seem to come up when you're being jealous."
"Jealous of that pathetic mess? Please. Every time he opened his mouth I seriously wondered what bad Italian mob movie he was quoting."
"Yeah, because personal attacks make you seem so much less jealous. It's the same with you every time, Logan. I should have paid attention when Lilly complained about how you were psychotically jealous. But then, you don't really have to wonder what it's like to get cheated on, do you? Lilly definitely took care of that."
"So did you really come over here to tell the whole office that we've had sex, or did you have another purpose?"
A/N2: Yeah, I just posted a deleted/extended scene, basically. It's the original version of 'The Big Fight' scene. I cut this part out because I changed my mind about them getting into that personal of a fight in front of everyone. Basically I was going to have them get too involved in their fight so they suddenly start really fighting. But it felt a little forced and I definitely didn't want them to air their dirty laundry in a room full of their co-workers. I also felt it put them in another light entirely. I kind of felt it screamed 'we're obviously still in love with each other' and I don't want that to be too apparent at the office just yet. There's a major exposure scene coming soon. I posted this because I spent about two months writing the whole scene in my head. It was a lot of work and it was really sad looking at my giant X through this section. The Fight in front of everyone has been rolling around my head since almost the beginning of the story. In fact, I had so many variations in the early stages of this, I should probably apologize to people who drive next to me on my commute to and from work. They all probably think I'm that crazy girl who talks to herself…I guess I kind of am. Haha. And just in case no one noticed, this chapter is meant to kind of mirror the first chapter (Stood Up) and I mean mirror in the Through the Looking Glass kind of way, because she's definitely not the same girl she was on Friday. Curiouser and Curiouser…
I hope you enjoyed this!
-GFP
