CHAPTER 12: The Seniors Wave

Disclaimer: I don't own VM if I did then Logan and Veronica wouldn't have broken up at all along with Lilly and Cassidy would still be alive.

*Thoughts are in italics*

-Dick's point of view-
This is going to be the pranks to end all pranks. Now only if I could have gotten someone to help me out. It wouldn't be taking me so long. Or is anyone a where of how long it takes to put 1,000 plastic forks into the grass?
"Excuse me, Mr. Casablancas how are you doing this evening?" I know right away that I am busted when I hear Principal Clemons voice. "Senior Prank…huh?"
"Yep, do I get credit for doing it all on my own." I ask "Or am I in more trouble than it's worth?"
"Let's take a walk to my office and see if we can arrange something." He tells me as we walk toward the building.

-Cassidy's Point of View-
"Yes I need to make a reservation for tonight." I tell the desk clerk at the Neptune Grand. "For two people."
"Name please." She asks.
"Cassidy Casablancas, can I get a suite please." I ask
"Yes Mr. Casablancas. Would you like me to put it on the Casablancas Account?" she asked me.
"Yes please. Thank you." I say as I hung up. Okay so that part is done next step is to have Cassie sneak to Mac's and pack a bag for tonight.
"Dick you better get your ass to the school or you're going to be late to the Graduation rehearsal." I yell at my brother.
"Yeah don't have to worry about it." He tells me as he comes straggling out of his room. "I don't get to walk the line with everyone else. I get my diploma but don't get to actually go on stage to get it."
"You got caught didn't you?" I ask him knowing he was going to pull the prank last night. "You're lucky you're not in jail."
"No I am lucky that Principal Clemens doesn't want to deal with me for another year, or I think I would be forced to retake my senior year. I barley passed anyway." He tells me. "So what do you have planned for Mackie tonight?"
"I just got off the phone with the Neptune Grand, I made a reservation. So hopefully if all goes well she will forgive me for being such an ass about it." I tell him as I sit down on the couch and make final touches to the apology slash graduation card for Mac.
"Well want to go surf?" he asks me "Graduation isn't until 11 so we still have like 3 hours."
"No. I have to go see Mac as soon as practice ends." I tell him "Want to go do the rest of the senior stuff this morning? Just because you aren't graduating doesn't mean you can't go to the breakfast or the farewell."
"Sure. Why not?" He replies. "Where's Cassie?" he just realized that she was gone? I knew he wasn't the sharpest crayon in the box.
"She is doing me a favor." I tell him only to receive a weird look. "She went to Mac's to get an overnight bag for her while she is at graduation. I am trying to leave all this to surprise." I explain.
"Okay… makes sense." Dick tells me "Just don't forget to get some condoms." Most teens get the sex talk from their parents. Nope not me I am always reminded of the dos and don'ts from my brother.
"I already got some out of your bathroom drawer. I think that safer than using the one's dad bought for me when I was 12." I tell him
"Good thinking." He says as he goes into his room to change "Give me about 20 minutes then you can ride with me over to the school. There is no sense of having all 3 of our cars there."
SO far everything is going to plan. But the question is whether or not I am going to be able to go through with it. Maybe if I would have come forward and told someone about what happened? Maybe I wouldn't be so messed up and wouldn't be worried about sex so much. Maybe I could be more like Dick, Not exactly sure if I want to be like Dick, but at least he is half way normal. 30 minutes later we are pulling into the parking lot of Neptune High. Just in time to it would seem as we are walking into the building I see Mac walking out of the gym.
"Mac." I yell trying to catch up with her. She looks back at me and starts to walk away from me. This is going to be harder than I thought. I have tried talking to her every day this week and every time she would act nice but also give me the cold shoulder and walk off. "Mac please just give me five minutes."
"You have 3. Hurry up. I am trying to be happy today and I can't deal with any pain from you." She tells me. She seems so distant from me, even before we started dating we could always joke around and had an easy relationship.
"I am sorry. The whole thing prom night was a mess. I just freaked out when I found out that you had gone to Veronica for advice." I tell her trying to get everything I could into those 3 minutes. "I don't want to be like Dick, but I know that our relationship isn't average. I just don't want everyone being judges in our relationship and judging us period. I love you and I don't want to worry about what other people think about our relationship." I can tell that she is really starting to think about what I have had to say.
"Okay I guess I can forgive you. But Cassidy you have to know that I don't want to push into something you aren't ready for. I was just concerned about myself. This is my first relationship ever and I was just scared." She says as I pull her toward me and just hold her in my arms.
"Well I have a surprise for you." I tell her as I give her the card I had been working on. She doesn't get a chance to open it before I hear Veronica yell for her to come into the senior breakfast. "Go. I will see you after graduation. I love you Mackie." I tell her as I give her a quick kiss and walk back outside. Cassie should be getting here soon with Mac's overnight bag. I only had an hour and half before graduation and I needed to go talk to the staff at the Grand about setting up some stuff.

-Mac's Point of View-
I can't believe this. This might be the best day of my life. Cassidy and I have worked things out and I am graduating. But I wonder what's in this envelope? It's not like Cassidy. He is so forward but maybe he's trying this approach for once. Probably because I wouldn't talk to him, maybe he thought that he could get me to read his words instead. I quickly opened the envelope and couldn't believe my eyes.
Mackie- First of all I want to tell you how sorry I am about everything that has happened. Anytime my actions have made you feel like you weren't good enough and anytime I have done something that you don't understand. You have always been special to me. Even before we started dating you were more of a friend to me than Logan or Dick were. You understood me like Cassie did but only better you understood my obsession with video games. When I am talking about some algebra problem and everyone around me looks at me like I am talking in a foreign language, you get it. You get me Mackie. I just want you to know that you are PERFECT, in every way, on that note Congratulations on Graduating. Everyone always knew you were smart but I knew you were destined for greatness. I am so happy that you are going to be going to Hearst next year. You will still be around when I need someone to understand me. If you can truly forgive me and if you will take me back, I have made us a reservation at the Neptune Grand for tonight. We don't have to do anything but that way we are away from everyone else and we can even just talk all night. I love you Cynthia McKenzie. Please forgive me for all of my mistakes and flaws. Love, Cassidy
Okay how could I not forgive him? He seems to be nearly perfect, but what flaws. He is wonderful. And if anything truly bazar had happened to him, he'd tell me. Or at least he'd tell Cassie. Right?
"Hey Mac what were you and Beaver talking about?" Veronica asked me as she sat down with two plates of food.
"Well he got us a room at the Neptune Grand for tonight." I tell her as she gives me a shocked look. "I know I was surprised to. So any worldly advise?"
"Close your eyes and think of England?" what? What the heck does that mean? She obviously understood my look of confusion and continued "Just relax."
"Thanks V. So do you have any special plans for the night?" I ask her right before Dick comes up and sits down next to us and decides to answer for her.
"You better put on your dancing shoes girls. Because tonight we are going to upchuck to the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie to beat." Dick tells us.
"Upchuck?" Veronica and I say as we look at each other. It doesn't matter how much time I have spent at the Casablancas house over the years, Dick still rarely makes any sense to me.
"Yep. So Mac Attack, did you forgive the Beav?" he asks me "Because if I have to watch him mope around the house much longer I might have to throw him down the stairs."
"Yes I forgave him. So please don't throw him down the stairs." I tell him as I look down at my watch. "Time to line up guys." I tell them. "Oh Dick where you missed this morning I grabbed you one of these." I tell him as I hand him the Graduation Information Packet.
"Thanks Mackie, but I don't get to graduate." He tells me as I give him a strange look he starts to explain. "I pulled the senior prank solo last night so I get my diploma but I don't get to walk across the stage to get it. I will be sitting in the audience with Cassidy and Cas." With that he walks out and heads toward the Gym.
"I don't think I have ever imagined graduation without Dick." I hear Logan say
"Where did you come from?" I ask him. I am pretty sure he wasn't sitting at the table the whole time with us.
"I had to go somewhere between practice and graduation so I skipped out on the breakfast." He tells me as we make our way into the gym.

-Dick's Point of View-
Okay so I don't get to walk across some stupid stage and shake the principal and the school board's hands. So what. I will survive.
"Did Mac forgive you?" I hear Cassie ask Beaver.
"I think so. I gave her the letter or card whatever you want to call it. But I haven't seen her since then." He tells her.
"Well when I saw her at the breakfast she seemed to be pretty happy. She was telling Veronica how happy she was that you two were back together then asked me not throw your ass down the stairs." I tell my brother. He deserves to be happy. It doesn't matter that I seem to have feelings for Mac. I am pulled from my daze when I hear Principal Clemens start to announce the names of my class mates. I am such an idiot; I should have been walking across that stage to.
"Logan William Echolls" I hear Clemens say my best friends name, really I guess Duncan and Logan are my only true friends well and the Beav. "Wallace Nathan Fennel." Oh then there's Wallo. I glance over to notice Cassie gleaming. She really loves the fool. I guess I better try harder not to hurt him. "Lilly Celeste Kane" oh sweet Lilly. If only she would stop going back to Weevil and I could get my mind off of Mac we might make a good couple. "Duncan Jacob Kane" Yeah I'm still trying to wrap my head around him being a father already. I always thought it would be me or Logan that ended up with the pregnant girl not Duncan. "Veronica Kane" Then there is sweet V. She's pulled me out of more messes than anyone else I know. One thing I do know is that if I am ever on her bad side I am screwed because she has some mad freaking skills. "Meg Manning" she was even more of a surprise. I mean I know it's a cliché for cheerleaders to be sluts. But Meg was the most innocent girl I have ever met. Until we all found that Meg was cooking up a Kane baby I tried to convince Cassie to follow Meg's example. For once I am happy my little sister ignores me. "Cynthia McKenzie" then there's Mac. I glance over to see that Cassidy is grinning ear to ear. I don't think I have ever seen him so happy. And that's the reason you can't go after his girlfriend.
"You really love her huh?" I ask my brother as he watch's the stage intently as Mac walks across.
"Yeah I think I do." Of course he does. Make me feel like an even bigger jackass for starting to have feelings for her.

-Mac's Point of View-
"Can you believe that we are done with high school?" I asked my group of friends. We had just finished the graduation ceremony and were trying to lay down plans for that night. "I mean really after today there is no…." I didn't get to finish my sentence before I was being lifted off the ground and carried away from the group "Aww."
"Congrats Mackie." I hear Cassidy say as he puts me back down on the ground. "So did you read the letter?"
"Yes I did. But my only question is what about me a change of clothes. If I go back to my parents' house they will for sure not let me out their sight." I tell him.
"Already taken care of." Cassidy tells me. "Cassie snuck in this morning and packed you a bag. It's already in the room at the Grand, if you still want to go there?"
"Hey you guys we are going to rent the pent house for tonight and throw a big graduation bash." I hear Logan say. "That way none of our houses get trashed. Cassidy it's not only for Seniors I expect to see you there." With that he walked off.
"Well how about we hit the party for a while then we can go to our room later." I tell him
"Okay then." He replied as he gave me a soft kiss and we walked out of the gym.

AN: There is chapter 12 hope you enjoyed.