CHAPTER 13: Tonight's the Night
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*
-This chapter is half way boarding on being Rated M. or at least I think I am not too sure where the line is really drawn on the Ratings so just in case.
-Also in this chapter there will be a lot of going back and forth between different character's points of views. I am trying to make it not too much but it's not working.
-Dick's Point of View-
Overall so far the party hasn't been a total wash. Everyone seems to be having fun and getting along. Sadly I think that it got a little out of hand. There were more people here than we had ever planned on. Okay so a party thrown by three 09er's, word is bound to get around, but we had planned for it to be just our friends. Duncan and Meg where going to try to come because his parents actually showed up for graduation and offered to watch Faith. Despite that though Celeste still treated Ronnie like crap and when Jake decided that she deserved a graduation gift similar to the one's that Duncan and Lilly had received, Celeste had started a fight with Jake in the middle of the parking lot at the school. It didn't help that she threw insults at Ronnie every chance she got. So in turn that made Ronnie and Logan upset so I am not sure how much fun they are having. Matter of fact Ronnie hasn't shown up yet.
"Are you sure the Ronnie is okay?" I asked Logan when we had been at the party for about an hour. "I know that step-mommy dearest was pretty bad to her."
"I don't know she isn't really answering her phone." He tells me. I know he is trying to act all cool but, you can tell he is upset about her being attacked.
"So are we still on for our surf trip?" he gives me a sour look. "You still haven't told Ronnie about the plans to go for the month."
"Not yet." He tells me. As Cassidy and Mac came toward us. "Hey Beav. What's going on?" Logan asks turning the attention away from the subject that we were talking about.
"Not too much. I thought you two said this was going to be a small gathering?" Cassidy asked us.
"It was supposed to be. But I guess word got around" I tell him as I hand him a drink. He gives me a weird look. "Oh come on. You aren't driving tonight. One drink isn't going to kill ya." I tell him then lean in and continue in a whisper. "Besides maybe it will help with your nerves. I know you are nervous."
"Okay I guess." He says as he takes the cup from and starts to drink it slowly.
"Oh come on Beav Chug it!" I tell him. Then everyone around us starts chanting Chug! Chug! Chug! As he finishes I give him a big pat on the back. "There you go. That's what I'm talking about." Then I walk off as I hear him ask Mac if she's ready to go up their room. Great I was really hoping that I didn't have to hear when they were going to go up. I need to do some shots and numb my brain.
-Mac's Point of View-
I don't know why Dick always insists that Cassidy have at least one drink at these things. He knows he doesn't like to drink. Yeah Dick, pat him on the back for something that he doesn't want to do.
"You want to go check out the room?" He asks me as Dick walks off. I give him a look and have to laugh a little bit.
"It's liquid, its courage, and its liquid courage." I tell him just joking around. He takes my hand as we both laugh and start working our way through the crowd and toward the elevator.
"Yeah well there's nothing up there that I am afraid of." He says as we run into some stoner kid I know from my health class
"Have you guys heard? Woody Goodman is being arrested for child molestation. They are looking for him right now." He tells as he laughs and walks away.
"Woody Goodman? The mayor? Wasn't he your little league coach?" I say as I look over at Cassidy and notice that nearly all of the color is drained out of his face. "Cassidy are you okay?"
"Um… yeah let's head up to the room." He tells me as he starts to lead me through the crowd again.
I guess he is just surprised to hear that his coach was such a perv.
-Cassidy's Point of View-
Oh no this can't be happening. They wouldn't say anything would they? How am I supposed to do this now with the news that Woody has been arrested, Peter and Marcos must have come forward? I begged them not to say anything about me hopefully they listened.
""Woody Goodman? The mayor? Wasn't he your little league coach?" I hear Mac ask me. Oh no she's smart she's going to figure it out. "Cassidy are you okay?"
"Um… yeah let's head up to the room." I tell her as we start to go through the crowd again. I have to get my mind off of this mess with Woody. I can't let him ruin anything else for me. I can't let him ruin anything for Mac. This night is just as much about her as me. As we reach the door I get out my wallet and pull the key card from it.
As Mac gives me a kiss on the check she whispers in my ear "We don't have to do this Cassidy, if you don't want to. We can go down to the party for a while."
"No I'm ready." I tell her as I open the door and pull her into a kiss. Okay so far so good. At least I am able to kiss my girlfriend without complete nightmares about what Woody did to me. Cassidy you can't think about what Woody did to you right now. Don't do this to Mac. Okay so I push all thoughts of Woody away as Mac starts to pull away from me. Oh no what's wrong? I quickly realize that she was taking her cell phone and putting it on the desk and taking off her shoes. She quickly throws herself into the middle of the bed and starts to laugh.
"This room is amazing Cassidy" She tells me as she turns over on the bed and giggles into the pillow. "So should we talk for a while?" she asks me as she sits up on the end of the bed and at that moment all of my fears go away. Maybe this wouldn't be as difficult as I thought.
"No I don't think I want to talk" I tell her as I take off my shoes and sit down beside her on the bed. "Unless you want to." She responds by kissing me. Okay so this is really happening, now. As things start getting more intense I try to think of everything that Dick as ever told me. I am really going through with thisI think to myself, half surprising myself.
-Dick's Point of View-
I must find more alcohol. I have to find something to numb my brain from thinking about what's going on up there. Okay so she is my brother's girl and I should be happy for him. I don't even know when this all started to happen. I mean she has been around as long as I could remember. She would spend nearly every weekend at the house when we were younger with Cassie. I have always treated her like I did Cassidy and Cassie. If I was pulling a prank on them I would do the same to Mac. I think it was when we go that stupid assignment. Damn it Ms. Houser why did you have to put me with Mac on that project. Everything was fine until you put me on the project with Mac.
"Dude if you don't stop thinking so hard your head is going to explode." I hear Logan say as he comes up to me. "What's on your mind?"
"I think I have fallen in love with someone." I tell him.
"Who?" he asks me giving me a funny look.
"Mackie." I tell him as a down another shot.
-Logan's Point of View-
"What?" I know I didn't hear what he just said right. "Who did you just say?"
"I said I think I am falling in love with Mac." He repeats to me. This time slower, I guess he thought if he said it slower it would make more sense to me and probably him as well.
"Okay, so let me get this straight you think that you have been harboring some secret feelings for your little brother's girlfriend?" I ask Dick to make sure I am understood what he is saying. "Or are we talking about some other Mac?"
"Nope I am talking about Mackie, Mac Attack, Cassie's best friend, Beaver's Girlfriend." he says as he barley whispers the part about her being Beav's girl.
"Dude, that's kind of messed up." I tell him. "I mean she's your brother's girl. She's Mac, I mean she's cute and all but she's not really your type." I point out.
"You don't need to tell me. I am not sure how or why this is happening all I know is that I can't get her out of my head." He tells me. "I even thought that after I had a random roll in the hay with Lilly a few months ago that it would go away. But no such luck." He tells me. "I don't know what to do so I am trying to numb myself with alcohol."
"Hey guys" I hear Veronica come up behind me.
"Hey you made it. Are you okay? I know Celeste is a bitch and gets on your nerves." I tell her.
"Yeah I am okay. Have youseen Mac?" I ask them
"Not for a while." I tell her, as Dick gives me a dirty look. I know that he would be pissed if I told Veronica about what's going with him.
"Cassidy took her up to their room about an hour ago" Dick tells her as he walks away in search of more to drink.
"Do you want to get out of here?" I ask her as she gives me a funny look "Maybe get a room."
"Okay." She tells me as she grabs my hand and start to work through the crowds to go rent a room
-Mac's Point of View-
"it's okay Cassidy." I tell him as I notice that he is clearly upset. We are lying on the bed in our room in our underwear covered with the sheet. I roll over onto my side and kiss him on the check. "Let me go shower and then we can head back down to the party."
"I am so sorry Mackie." He tells me as he kisses me softly on the forehead.
"It's fine. Let me go shower real quick and then we will head down to the party." I tell him as I crawl out of the bed and walk into the bathroom. I look back at him and give a small smile as I close the door.
I don't understand what's up. He seems so worried. So tense about something. I wish he would just open up to me and tell me what's up. He seems to be concentrated on what that stoner kid told us as we were headed up here. Something is just off.
-Cassidy's Point of View-
What the hell is wrong with you Cassidy. You just had to keep thinking about what that bastard did to you don't you. I get up out of the bed after Mac walks into the bathroom to go shower. I walk over noticing that her cell phone is blinking. I look at the text on the screen noticing it was from Veronica.
Hey Q, don't be nervous and remember close your eyes and think of England. I just got to the party. Dick and Logan said you guys were already going up to the room so this text is probably too late but I thought I would send it anyway. Love Ya Mackie
I have to get out of here. I walk over to my bag and pull out my dad's old gun. But first I have to talk to Veronica. There is something she needs to know. So I send her back a reply.
Meet me on the roof. I need to talk to you.
She wouldn't question it because I sent it from Mac's phone. Now I just needed to gather some stuff. Sorry I have to do this to you Mackie. I walk into the bathroom and grab the cloths that she left on the floor. I look toward the steam filled shower and I can hear her humming something. I quickly go back into the main room, jot down a quick note, throw the phone from the nightstand into my bag and took all the sheets, along with all of our cloths from the room and shut the door behind me as quietly as I could. And head to the roof.
-Mac's Point of View-
Was that the door shutting? What's going on? "Cassidy?" I yell from the shower. No answer. "Cassidy is someone at the door?" still no answer. I quickly get out of the shower and grab the towel from the rack. There's only one towel. What happened to all the others?As I walk out into the room I notice that the bed has been stripped, my bag was gone, and so was Cassidy. Everything is gone. Where's Cassidy? Where's my stuff? I notice that there is a small piece of paper on the desk where my phone had been sitting.
Mackie- I am so sorry about this. Hopefully one day you will be able to understand that this had nothing to do with you but I can't let you see what's about to happen. I am sorry Mackie. I love you, C.C.
What the hell is going on? I can't leave this room and there is no phone. "What are you up to Cassidy?" I ask the empty room as I fall down between the bed and the wall with nothing to cover me than the one towel that he had left in the room and start to cry.
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-Veronica's Point of View-
"So did you miss not having your parents at the graduation today?" I ask Logan as we made our way into the lobby and toward the reception desk.
"Not really. I had you and all of my real family there." He tells me as I give him a confused look. "My family is now you, Lilly, Dick, Cassie, Beaver, Duncan, Meg, Wallace, and Mac. You guys are the most important things in my world, and I wouldn't trade any of you for anything." He tells me as we reach the reception desk "Is there a room available?" he asks the receptionist just as she was about to answer I receive a message from Mac.
Meet me on the roof. I need to talk to you.
"Hey never mind." I tell the lady before she answers and we walk off.
"What's up?" Logan asks me confused as we walked away
"I just got a message from Mac; she needs to talk to me." I tell him
"Okay lets go." He says.
"She wants to meet me on the roof. So why don't you go back to the party and I will head up to the roof to talk to Mac. "I tell him as we get into the elevator.
"Okay. Then we can get a room." He asks me in a seductive tone.
"Yeah then we can get a room." I tell him. "Besides Dick was acting weird don't you think? Maybe you should go cute off his supply to the adult beverages. "I tell Logan as the doors open to the pent house floor I give him a quick kiss as he walks out to go find Dick.
I wonder why Mac wanted to meet on the roof. It doesn't seem like a thing Mac would do. I look around for her as I walk out onto the roof top. "Mac?" I yell "are you up here?"
"Hey Veronica." I hear Beaver yell "We need to talk."
AN: Okay there is Chapter 13. Read and Review.