Alrighty, friends of mine... here is Chapter three. And I'd like for everyone to know that me updating three whole times in a row is like a personal record for me. –winky winky-
Ok... and I certainly do expect to keep writing after this episode airs... in fact I have this scary kinda feeling that I'm not going to enjoy this episode much. So this might be my alternate world heh.
The 'spoilers' are just from the opening scene that airs on upn... for colorado it's upn20.tv so everything in italics are from the first little bit, sans the infamous 'Previously on Veronica Mars'... Soo... here is Chapter three, and THANK YOU SO MUCH for the hits and reviews!
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NEED A BREAK CH 3
Case of the ExVeronica looked up at Dick and blinked. Duncan took off? With the baby? He went and stole a baby and RAN OFF? All she could think was, "WHAT?"
"Ok, we'll all get a great laugh out of the rumors after I assign this." Ms. Guiese tried once again.
"Yeah, pick a current event and cut out pictures to represent it in an abstract manner. You explained wonderfully." Veronica stood up and walked around the table to grab a stack of magazines before she turned her attention back to Dick. "Now- run that by me again?"
"Duncan's run off again?" Cassidy asked quietly and sat near them after taking a magazine as well. "You think you can find him again?" He asked Veronica.
"No." She answered instantly. "If he really ran off with that baby..." She let out a strangled laugh and threw herself down into her chair with one of the magazines.
Dick watched as she opened the latest issue of Newsweek and shook her head, threw a sideways glance at the little group, then let out another miffed sound, and widened her eyes before settling them back on her magazine. "Aw, come on, V, I know he embarrassed you, but you should really try finding him, if you're good enough."
"No, Dick, you don't get it." Veronica started, picking up a pair of scissors to cut out a picture from her magazine. "If he took that baby, then... he broke a law. A big law... a federal law. That's abduction. The FBI will be involved..."
The three boys around her seemed to sober considerably, realizing the trouble Duncan was getting into.
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Veronica was almost amused at the cruel convenience that every time a piece of her life imploded she was left alone at home. This time it was another bail jumper hiding out in Minnesota before he crossed over the boarder into Canada.
That didn't mean that his 'sources' hadn't told him about Duncan Kane. He had known probably before Veronica did, which annoyed her in a way, but at the same time comforted her. She'd lied through her teeth and told that she'd broken things off with him since he'd been acting so reckless. He'd seemed relieved and proud, so she fought to not feel guilty.
She'd already had to resist the urge to clean every surface in the kitchen and finally resorted to cooking herself a high-quality meal of chicken drumsticks, stuffing from a box, and glazed carrots; her mom's old cookbooks came in handy occasionally.
One thought stayed in her mind the entire time she prepared the meal-for-one, and further into her evening until she found herself staring blankly at the television. 'Selfish, selfish Veronica Mars.'
It wasn't like she had ever let what anyone else said to or about her get to her like this... but she had never made a conscious effort to be conceited. Veronica considered ignoring her cell as it blared out a Christmas song, and as she stood to get it off of the kitchen counter she noted that she needed to change it. Her mood changed considerably after seeing that Wallace was calling her.
"Hello, my deary." She said in a raspy voice with a grin.
"Hey, I heard about Duncan."
Veronica rolled her eyes, but only because she was alone and no one was there to witness it. "Yeah, not exactly exhibiting the smarter side of our species..."
"Well, I can't exactly say that the brother had much of a brain." Wallace joked; he had never really liked Duncan in all honesty.
"Yeah..." Veronica trailed off and licked her lips before she asked, "So were you in school today or...?"
"Unfortunately I was confined to the guidance counselor's office. The wonderful faculty of Neptune High frowns upon a month of missed classes."
"I'd bet." Whether or not Wallace was going to continue, she decided to ask the question that she'd been trying to spit out since he finally emailed her after running off. "Are you mad at me?"
"What?" She could recognize a time-buying 'what' any day, so she didn't merit it with an answer. "No... I guess not."
"Because... what I did at the dance wasn't what it must've looked like I was doing. I swear I wasn't confronting her about... whatever. It was who she was with that I was mad about."
Wallace was quiet for a moment and Veronica found herself wondering whether or not he was thinking she was selfish. "It wasn't that big of a deal." He said finally and she let out a short sigh.
"I'm sorry, though, I've been a butthead."
"No big, V." Veronica laughed at him, and felt herself relax just a little bit. "So what do you say? Ya think Ms. Dunn will let me back into class?"
"I won't say that we've done anything substantial lately... I'd say the prognosis is hopeful." Just as he was starting to add something else, she cut him off. "Wallace, can you do me a favor?" He was quiet for a split second before quietly agreeing. "Could you... tell me... next time I'm being a butthead?"
He grunted and answered, "Yeah, I got you."
Later, when Veronica returned to her perch on the couch (which now included being a cushion for Back Up), she settled in to watch a breaking news story in which the FBI was closing in on kidnapping suspect Duncan Kane.
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Oh- and all the names of the chapters are titles from a song in my music library... the first two were unintentionally Garbage and this one is Mya or something... the song content has nothing to do with the chapter- just the title.