"thanks for picking me up Wallace." Veronica says as they walk to his car.
"no problem V. no problem."
The car ride was silent. When they got to her apartment, they sat in the car. After a few more minutes of silence, Wallace finally asked, "what happened V?" "well…"
Flashback…Veronica rummaged through the papers on the desk of the PI that she's been tailing. After finding nothing of importance, she bugs the light on the desk and sneaks out of the office.
As she gets into her car, she sees the PI go into his office with a very 'suspicious looking companion'. She turns on her ear piece for the bug that she planted and took out her camera. "finally. Time to finish this case."
The blinds were closed slightly, so Veronica was still able to get the 'money shots'. After about 2 hours, the PI and his companion exit the office and she takes one last shot. "gotcha."
As Veronica put her camera back into her bag, there was a knock on her window. She looked out, but didn't see anyone. She opened her door and got out(stupid stupid idea).
"so you're the PI that my wife hired. A little young aren't you?"
she turned around and ducked, anticipating the punch. She didn't anticipate the punch that she receive in the abdomen. As she saw him try to get into her car, she tackled him to the ground. She got up and got the taiser from the side panel in her door. She turned around in time to see the PI head her way. He tackled her to the ground causing several deep gashes on her arms from impact, but Veronica used her taiser and got him off of her. She stood up and saw the PI's companion standing by looking terrified as hell. She(as in the companion chick) had called the police, who took Veronica's statement and arrested the PI. (this is outside of Neptune, so the police don't know her that well.) they took her to the hospital to get her injuries looked at, leaving her car in front of the PI's office. (A/N: yeah, I know it doesn't sound bad enough to go to the hospital, but the point is that she had to call Wallace instead of Weevil this time.)
End flashback…
"and that is why I am going home with cuts and bruises on my arms and a huge bruise on my abdomen." Veronica said, taking a deep breath after her story.
"wow V. you're not supposed to go on stakeouts without backup!" Wallace said, turning to her accusingly.
"yeah, well I didn't know that it would turn into a stakeout, but I guess I was wrong. Thanks again for picking me up from the hospital."
"do you want me to walk you up?" Wallace asked, his voice full of concern.
"no, I'll be alright. Thanks again, I'll see you tomorrow." Veronica said getting out of the car.
With one last good-bye smile and nod, Wallace drove away and Veronica headed for her apartment. As she entered the house, Backup practically jumped her.
"oww boy! I'm not in the mood for this, go back to sleep."
Backup went over to his bed and lied down. Veronica went into the bathroom, took some asprin for the growing headache she just noticed, and changed into some long PJ's. Veronica climbed into bed and stared up at the ceiling. As her eyes were finally beginning to fall asleep, her phone rang. "damn it!" Veronica said out loud. She climbed out of bed and got her phone in her bag.
"it better be good, 'cause it is 3 in the morning!" Veronica said harshly.
"oww… someone's not a happy camper."
"Weevil! Its 3 in the morning! Of course I'm not a happy camper!"
"sorry baby." Weevil said softly.
Veronica rolled her eyes. Why does he have to sound so cute. How can a girl ever stay mad at him! "it's alright. What is it that was so important that it couldn't wait until noon?"
"well…"
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK"shit, hold on. Someone's at the door."
Veronica walked over to the door with her phone still by her ear. she opened the door, and was about to bitch at whoever was knocking on her door at 3 in the morning until she saw who it was.
Weevil stood there holding a single tiger lily in his hand.
"happy one month baby." Weevil said with a goofy grin on his face.
Veronica stood there for a few minutes in astonishment. Oh my fucking goodness! He remembered? And he brought a tiger lily, my favorite. I can't believe it!
"umm…V? are you ok?" Weevil said nervously.
A tear slid down her eye. She looked up and said quietly, "I can't believe you remembered."
Weevil walked in, set the tiger lily on the counter and pulled Veronica into an embrace. "of course I remembered. a month ago today, you blew my world away." Veronica wrapped her arms around him. Veronica pulled away slightly and placed a soft kiss on his lips. "thank you baby." She said quietly. Weevil bent his head down to her ear and whispered, "your welcome."
Veronica pulled away from the embrace reluctantly and closed the door. She went over and picked up the tiger lily. After smelling it briefly, she walked into the kitchen. Weevil took a seat on the couch next to Backup, who just lied his head down in Weevil's lap.
Veronica pulled out a slender cylinder to put her single tiger lily in. she pulled up her sleeves when she reached the sink. She notices her bandage-wrapped arms. Shit, I can't let Weevil see I got hurt again. I don't want him to worry. After turning off the water, she quickly pulled down her sleeves and brought the tiger lily to her room. When she turned after setting the tiger lily on her desk, Weevil was right behind her.
"are you okay baby?" Weevil asked, his voice filled with genuine concern
"yeah. I'm great now that you're here." She said as she pulled him into an embrace.
"were you okay before I got here?" when those words left his mouth, she left his embrace. I can't lie to him. Damn it. Why does the one guy I can't lie to have to be my boyfriend. Weevil's eyes followed her intently as she paced. He waited for her to tell him whatever was going on in her little blonde head. Finally, she sat down on her bed and motioned for him to sit next to her. He turned to look at her. Veronica had her hands at the hem of her shirt and was about to lift it up, but he stopped her.
"I didn't come here with those expectations Veronica. We don't have to do anything along those lines." Veronica knew what he was talking about and she knew that he was being sincere. Veronica flashed him a smile.
"you need to see something." She said in all seriousness. She gets up to stand in front of him. She slowly lifts up her shirt. the first thing he noticed was the darkening bruise that covered the majority of her abdomen. After she takes off her shirt and lets it fall to the ground, he noticed the bandages covering her arms. There were little bruises along her elbows, but you could barely see them because of the bandages.
Veronica could see the concern etched across his face as he gently pulls her over to him so that he could get a closer look. He ran his hand gently over her abdomen. Then he took her hand and looked up at her. His eyes were asking her if he could see what's under the bandages. She nodded her head in approval. She hadn't thought that her injuries this time were that bad, but he was making her feel like she was going to die. He slowly took off the bandages and let out a sigh of relief. The cuts weren't as bad as he had thought.
With anger-filled eyes, Weevil asked, "what happened?" his anger died down when he saw that she was getting uncomfortable, so he bent down and picked up her shirt. after helping her put her shirt back on, he sat patiently as she told her story. When she finished her story, she looked Weevil in the eyes and said quietly, "I'm sorry."
Weevil looked at her curiously. "sorry? What are you apologizing for?"
"I promised that I would be careful, but I wasn't. I knew I should have just left after I took the pictures, but I decided to check out who had knocked on my window."
Weevil pulled her into an embrace. "come on baby. You know you're too curious for your own good. And besides, you kicked that dick's ass." He heard Veronica giggle and he knew that she was going to be okay.
"stay with me." Her voice came out so small, how could he not?
"of course baby girl. Always."
Veronica pulled her legs under the covers and waited for him to follow suit. Instead, he stands up, pulls off his pants and shirt, and then climbed in next to her. Veronica snuggled into Weevil as he pulled the blanket up to their chins. As Weevil's eyes drooped into sleep, he faintly heard Veronica say, "happy one month baby."