Shopping List's and Ignored Calls

Veronica sighed, she'd been going over the documents her father had given her since she woke; and nothing was coming from them. Her phone buzzed for the eighth time and she pressed ignore without looking at it, Eli was in the shower and her dad was in Mexico on business and since it was the day Piz's parents wherein she was assuming it was him begging her to reconsider, which she wouldn't. The door to the bathroom opened making her look up as Eli emerged towel slung low around his hips, it gave her a very welcome view of his bare chest; even sick he made her all warm...or maybe that was the fever she was feeling. "Hey babe, want to make some kind of list of things we need? I'll grab it on my way home from the shop tonight."

Eli said as he walked from the bathroom to their bedroom causing her to smile, he still had to give his notice at his apartment but it already felt like he lived with her; especially since he'd spent the last three days taking care of her. "Was that your way of telling me we're out of something?" She asked sipping from her tea, it was helping soothe her throat which still felt raw from her bouts of coughing. Eli walked out of the bedroom pulling a shirt over his head while holding a button up one in his hand. "I'm out of shower gel, and as much as I love you smelling like flowers does nothing for my reputation." Raising a blonde brow she picked up her pen to write down shower gel on the empty legal pad in front of her. "If it's the bottle in the shower it smells like vanilla not flowers." Veronica said grinning at him.

"Vanilla, flowers. Neither one is manly." Eli said as he walked over to her just as her phone went off again, Veronica reached for it and pressed the button that would send it straight to voice mail making him frown as he made himself a coffee. "Ignoring someone?" He asked and Veronica bare bit back a sigh. "Piz, his parents are down and he wanted me to go to dinner with him and them." Eli turned leaning against the counter coffee mug in hand just looking at her waiting for more. "He wanted me to lie to them, I said no." Veronica wrote down a couple more things she knew they were both out of. "Lie to him about what exactly?" "About still being with him, and yes he's aware that I'm in a relationship with you."

Eli nodded his head, but his face was neutral and she couldn't figure out if he was mad about it or if he was taking it in stride as the nothing it meant. "He never seemed good at taking no for an answer." Eli said as he took a couple of mouthfuls from his mug before setting it into the sink. "Let me know if you need me to go talk to him." Veronica gave him a look, they both knew she could handle it herself; but she also knew that Eli would go and 'talk' to him if he had the chance. "Its fine, I have it under control." Eli nodded his head moving towards her, leaning down he pressed his lips to her forehead. "Get some rest." He said and she rolled her eyes. "I'm already resting." Veronica protested and Eli shook his head. "No, you're working. It won't kill you to watch a movie or something on the couch okay?"

"Alright, here." Tearing the paper off the legal pad she folded it in half and handed it to Eli, who took it from her. Opening it up he read it over before folding it in half again putting it into his jean pocket; "I have to head to work, call me if you need anything okay babe?" "I will." Veronica smiled as he leaned back over pressing a kiss to her lips, something he'd been trying to avoid doing since she got sick. "Oh, remember to tell your landlord that you're moving out okay?" Eli nodded his head. "I will, I'll call him when I get to work." She sighed and nodded her head at him as her phone went off again, both of them glared at it. "Can I talk to him for just a moment?" Eli asked as he looked at the number and name displayed on the screen; Veronica shook her head. "It's better if you don't." She knew it was a fight waiting to happen and she wasn't looking for one today.

"Fine." Eli walked away from her a scowl on her face, it made Veronica push herself up and walk to him, and wrapping her arms around his waist she prevented him from putting his shoes on. "Don't leave angry, tell me what's bothering you." She could feel him tense under her hands and Veronica did her best not to sigh, keeping herself composed. "This Piz guy, I don't like him. I know you dated him and I know he pursued you while you were with Logan…the guy clearly doesn't know or care about boundaries." Eli said and silently Veronica had to agree, if Piz was anything it was persistent. "I agree, he is persistent and annoying. But nothing to get mad about." Eli turned in arms gathering her petite frame against his larger one. "I might have changed a lot in some aspects, but I'll always be possessive Veronica. It won't be pretty if he continues." It wasn't an ideal threat, Veronica knew that he wouldn't just sit back and let someone else try and but into their relationship.

"He'll stop, I'll make sure of it okay?" A grunt past his lips as he reluctantly nodded his head. "Fine, but if he doesn't I'll be talking to him." There was nothing she could say to stop him, so she decided to compromise. "No fists." Eli looked at her his eyes narrowed slightly before nodding. "Fine, I won't swing first." Veronica went to huff but ended up coughing, eyes watering she waited till she was composed before looking at him again. "Fine, I'll see you after work." A kiss was pressed to the top of her head before he left the apartment, leaving her alone to work on the files her dad needed done…as much as she liked school and classes she was glad she had a couple weeks off before her the start of the spring semester.

Gathering all her things she moved to the couch, spreading out folders onto the coffee table along with her tea and phone. No sooner then she set it down it went off making her curse before grabbing it and answering it finally. "What do you want Piznarski?" The edge in her voice would have made even Logan leery of her. "You're ignoring my calls Veronica, I just. I was hoping you'd reconsider coming to dinner….we can tell my parents together that we broke up." She mentally counted to ten, wondering if it was wrong to reconsider having Eli talk to him. "No. The answer is not going to change the more you call me, we've been done since last summer Piz; we didn't even make it through the summer with me in Washington." He made a noise on his end and she interrupted. "Look I'm happy, and very much in love with Eli."

The more she said it out loud the easier it got, and professing love wasn't one of her strongest qualities. "You'll make someone very happy, but it isn't me and you need to be honest with your parents, or I will be." Piz sputtered and she smirked. "You don't know their number…" The hesitance was in his voice as he realized she didn't need to know it. "I can find it, so what's going to be Piz. Am I telling them or are you?" Once upon a time she would have liked to be friends with him again after everything they'd been through he was a decent guy… but he hated disappointing people and apparently he would go above and beyond to make his life see great to his parents. "I'll tell them." He finally said, defeat in his tone. "You really love him?" "Yeah I do."

Silence met her and she almost thought he'd hung up on her except no dial tone followed. "Mac once compared you and Logan to a roller coaster, and it made sense; you went back to him all the time because it was a rush…so what's different with this guy." She licked her lips as she thought about her answer, being with Logan was like a roller coaster it was an up and down ride with very little even ground…With Eli it was all of that, but more. "We complement each other, it's a bit like ying and yang with a weird twist. We both have our bad sides, but at the same time we bring out the best in each other. Eli's always been there, it just took me a long time to realize it." Veronica had wasted a lot of time already and she didn't plan on wasting more. "The calls have to stop okay?"

"Alright, I just… never mind. I'm sorry V." Piz said and she could hear some ruffling in the background. "It's done. I'll talk to you later, and I expect you to tell your parents the truth." He sighed and she smirked slightly. "I will. Have a good day V." "You too." A bye was muttered on his end before dial tone greeted her, pressing a button she set the phone onto the table and groaned, why did life always have to be just a little more complicated than it needed to be?