Fic: Remembering You, Part 4
Author: Lindsey
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,948
Pairings/Characters: Logan/Veronica, Ensemble plus original characters
Warnings/Spoilers: up to 1.22
Summary: Everything Veronica does always comes back to a fling that happened oh so long ago.
Disclaimer: I don't own veronica mars. rob thomas and upn do. All hail king rob!
an: Dedicated to MARSFAN over at Neptune Boards. You're the best annoying fan ever! Italics stand for flashbacks, but in some cases may stand for a magazine article being read.
Logan boarded the plane provided by United Airlines at 8:55 in the morning, followed by his agent.
"Loga—Phil," Joe Clarkson corrected himself, remembering that he was supposed to use Logan's codename in public places when he didn't want to be seen and wore a disguise. The disguise consisted of a long blonde haired wig, oversized clothes, and of course sunglasses.
Joe continued. "Tell me again why we are doing this? We're boarding a plane at LAX, when we just could've taken one of your five private—and very expensive—jets."
"And pass up the opportunity to run into Heather Locklear? Uh, uh. I don't think so."
Joe eyed Logan. "Really? Well paying $1, 174 for first class on this 'terrific' aircraft is a little under on what you usually spend on women," his agent commented.
"I stopped that two years ago," Logan spat at the man, who looked a little over 35. "Don't be bringing it up again, now."
"Sorry, man." They both took their seats; Logan sat by the window. "So, do you really want to tell me why we're flying on a commercial airline?"
Logan faced him, then looked back out the window. "Not particularly."
x-x-x
"Three venti Java Chip Frappuchinos," a Starbuck employee said as she set the three drinks on the table where Shelly, Veronica, and Rachel sat.
As the young girl walked away, all Veronica could do was stare at her drink. "Venti? You ordered me a venti sized drink?"
Shelly just shrugged. "What? You're gonna be here for awhile."
x-x-x
"Will you tell me where we're going yet?" Veronica pleaded as she tried to untie the blindfold around her eyes.
"Nope," Logan said flat-out, definitely not even going to give her the slightest hint if they were going east or west. "You better stop doing that," he said commenting on her persistence to unravel the sheet of cloth around her eyes. " I have some extra rope up here that'll probably be handy to tie up your pretty little hands."
Veronica let out a frustrated sigh. "You can't even tell me what we're going to? A hotel, a movie theatre, a restaurant…" she cut off her rambling when Logan brushed his lips against hers.
"You'll find out soon. We're here." Logan untied the red bandanna that had been secured around Veronica's blue eyes. She immediately opened her eyes to see where Logan had taken her; the first thing she saw was a huge Ferris Wheel. The lights were just turning on, due to the setting of the sun. "Where are we?" she asked stepping off of the boat.
"Catalina Island's annual Halloween festival. I usually come here every year with Duncan but this year I thought I'd bring you."
"Aww, that's so sweet," Veronica cooed just before she kissed Logan's cheek gently. She saw him blush as she pulled away. "So, was Duncan mad when you told him you guys couldn't go together this year?"
"No, not really. He told me he was gonna blow me off anyway, said he had a new girlfriend: Jenny, Jessie, Jody, something like that."
Veronica laughed at her boyfriend's forgetfulness. "So since this is the very first carnival we've been to together, what do you suppose we do?"
Logan smiled. "I was thinking I could show you my ring-tossing abilities, which ain't all that great by the way, and then if all else fails pay the worker at the stand to give me the teddy bear."
Veronica shook her head and laughed. "Well if you actually 'win' me the bear, then maybe later me and you can have a little make-out session on the Ferris wheel where someone may accidentally cause the ride to stop for a couple of minutes."
Logan rested his left hand on his chin, pretending to think about it. "Have I ever mentioned before that I love the way your mind works?" Logan said before grabbing Veronica's hand and beginning to walk to the ring-tossing booth, but he soon remembered something and ran back to his boat. Veronica stood there bewildered.
"You might need this," Logan told her, walking back towards her and handing her a baseball cap.
Veronica still had a puzzled look on her face as she placed the hat on her head.
x-x-x
Veronica looked at all of the magazines that were spread out on the table; she tried to mostly read the ones that didn't have Logan on the cover, or if it did, made sure the picture of his face was very small. But as hard as she tried, a magazine that had Logan as the only thing on the cover plus little citations about the exclusive interview he gave inside of the issue, kept catching her eye.
She would have thought Shelly would have grabbed that magazine first, but surprisingly she didn't; Shelly was reading one that supposedly told you every television, commercial, interview, and movie Logan was to appear in the next year.
Veronica casually looked around, seeing if anyone was watching her for no apparent reason. She looked back at the magazine through the corner of her, reading a quote that stood out amongst the rest; "Logan Talks About the Love of His Life." For once in her life she wished he were talking about Lilly.
She reached across the table and grabbed the magazine, eyeing Shelly and Rachel to see if they were watching her.
Why was she being so paranoid?
Veronica studied the cover, noting that he didn't have highlights in his hair, but she remembered he did in his movie that just came out. The picture must have been taken along time ago, she figured, since the magazine said it was four days old and highlights don't grow out in less than a month. Unless…wait, why was she thinking about his hair?
Veronica then discovered, by reading the quotes on the cover, this issue was a special edition one called "Getting to Know Logan Echolls." She laughed to herself, but stopped short as she read the other citations: "Logan's heart aching tale about his high school sweetheart", "Look Inside for Exclusive Pictures of the Heartthrob and the People who Influenced his Life!"
"Oh god," Veronica mumbled quietly.
Rachel looked up from the UsWeekly she was reading. "Everything alright over there, V?" she asked teasingly.
Veronica looked up startled. "Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" she asked nervously.
"Just asking." Rachel soon went back to her magazine while Veronica flipped through hers, attempting to find what page the exclusive article began on.
She looked and looked until she found it on page 114. On the left-hand page there was a photo collage that filled the given space. Logan had only given the photographers pictures from when he was a toddler, in elementary school, in junior high, and when he was in college. Veronica didn't see any pictures from the four years of high school, except from a couple that were here and there, obviously taken from old tabloids.
Veronica then glanced over at page 115 where the actual article began. She began reading.
Logan Echolls. You all know him as the son of the millionaire actor turned psycho killer, Aaron Echolls. You may also know him from his hit TV Show, "Below Average." But this guy isn't just good looks; he's someone just like you and me. Plus a couple of million bucks. interview by Courtney Lerka
Heartthrob Central: What was life like growing up?
Logan Echolls: It was pretty normal. I felt like a regular kid. It was just hard to actually get my family out of our house to spend some quality time with each other. They my parents, Lynn and Aaron Echolls were always either on the set of a new movie or people would recognize them on the streets and then we would be swarmed with reporters. We usually stayed inside and played board games like Yahtzee.
HC: Speaking of movies, rumor has it that Hollywood is thinking about remaking your father's hit movies, "Breaking Point" and "Beyond the Breaking Point." People have also said that you're set to play the lead role. Is it true?
LE: (Laughs) Nah, that's just what they are: rumors. Well, at least for the whole me playing the same character as Aaron did. I'm not so sure about the remaking of those films though.
HC: Is it true you were legally emancipated after you're dad was charged with the murder of Lilly Kane and you're stepsister, Trina, was ruled as an unfit guardian?
LE: Yeah, and it was the best decision I ever made. I'm not on good terms with my father right now and I can honestly say, I don't care. I haven't even talked to Trina in over two and a half years.
HC: So since you barely keep in touch with your blood-relatives, whom do you consider you're family?
LE: Mostly my friends. I've kept in touch with one of my buds from high school over the years. Also my manager. Where would I be without Joe?
HC: So there's no special girl in your life?
LE: No, not at the moment. I'm sure everyone's ecstatic to learn that I'm single.
HC: (Laughs) Yes, I bet they are. Now, tell the people here at Heartthrob Central and the rest of the world, who was the one person in your life who had the most influence on how it turned out so far.
LE: I think I'd have to say Lilly Kane.
HC: Lilly Kane? Isn't that your ex-girlfriend and the woman your father supposedly murdered?
LE: Yes.
HC: How did she influence your life?
LE: Lilly introduced me to a girl that taught me that there was a reason why some people lived to see another day and why some didn't. She always talked about how meaningless your life would sound at your funeral if all people could remember of you is that you slept and drank alcohol too much. This girl was the reason why I turned my life around, why I checked myself into REHAB, and why I became a better man than that scumbag of a father I had.
Veronica was interrupted by the sound of her cell phone ringing. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was her boss. What could he possibly want?
"Hey, Barry. How's things at the office?"
"They're great, Veronica, they really are. It's just…"
"You need me to come in don't you? I mean, its okay if you do, I really don't have anything else to do anyway." That last sentence got a glare from Shelly. 'You promised' she mouthed before going back to her magazine.
"Um, no. I don't need you here, Veronica."
"Okay…where do you need me, Barry?"
"At the airport."
"Wh-What? Why?" Veronica asked, confused at the moment.
"My grandmother's flying in from LA and I'm kind of tied up here at work. I was hoping you wouldn't mind picking her up at BWI for me."
Veronica raised her eyebrow although Barry couldn't see her. "What's in it for me?"
She heard her boss sigh over the phone. She could see him now: tapping his fancy fifty-dollar pen on his poorly made desk, trying to think of what would please Veronica.
"Ten more vacation days?" he said in more of a question than in a statement.
"Let me think…no. You and I both know that I never use vacation days. Why start now?"
"Okay, I'll let you buy that new camera you've been begging me for."
Veronica pretended to think about it for a while. "Deal. But only if you let me purchase the camera myself, with you're money of course."
"Fine," Barry fumed.
x-x-x
an: okay, Veronica will bump into Logan (finally) in the next chapter, I PROMISE! As always, I love feedback.