CHAPTER 14: May the Truth Set you Free

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*
AN: This chapter will be similar to 2.22; some of it will be just like the episode but with stuff added in or re-arranged.

-Cassidy's point of view-
"Hey Veronica," I yell at her as I see her walk onto the roof. "We need to talk"
"Cassidy? I am supposed to be meeting Mac up here. What are you doing up here?" she asks me.
"I sent you the text." I tell her as I hold up Mac's cell phone. "I needed to talk to you about something."
"Cassidy are you okay?" she asks me, she has to know that something is up. I hid all of the stuff from the room behind one of the sky lights. When I got up here.
"Yeah but there is something that you need to know." I tell her. This is the moment of truth how was I going to tell her what I had done.
"What's going on Cassidy?" she asks me. I can sense a little bit of fear in her voice.
"Do you remember the end of year party at Shelly's house?" I ask her hoping that she would at least remember a little bit.
"Yeah…. Cassidy what's this about?" she asks me. Now I know that she really did remember it.
"I know what happened to you that night." I tell her.
"What happened to me?" she asks me.
"I know about the rape." I tell her as she looks like she is about to cry. "I know what you want to know."
"What can you tell me Cassidy. Do you know who raped me?" she asks me trying to hold back her tears.
"I can assume that you know that Logan and Dick had the GHB at the party." I look at her and she just nods. "I can also guess that you know that Dick tried to drug Madison?" once again she just looks at me lost and nods. "Did you know that Dick and Logan threw me into a room with you when you were completely out of it?"
"Yes I did. You told them that they should have been ashamed of themselves and that you didn't do anything." She tells me looking confused.
"I lied." I said barely above a whisper. "I am so sorry Veronica."
"You lied?" she said confused. "But if you lied that means that you're the one that…." She trailed off. "I think I am going to be sick."
"I am so sorry Veronica" I said as I started to cry a little bit "But there's more. Have you heard about Woody Goodman?"
"Yeah. But what does he have to do with you raping me…." She once again trails off. "Oh no. I heard on the radio that Peter and Marcos had come forward. They said that there was a third boy that Woody had… had…" she couldn't say it and neither could I. "you were the third one."
"Yes. I was sexual assaulted by my little league coach for 3 years. Any time I would try to tell someone I would chicken out. I would think that it was what I deserved. I wasn't a good enough Casablancas like Dick or Cassidy. So Woody was my punishment."
"That's why you haven't been able to be with Mac." She said as she started to put all the pieces together. "That's why you raped me. You didn't think that sex could be consensual because he had been forced into so many times before."
All I did was nod at her. What could I say she was getting everything right?
"Cassidy, you need to come forward." She tells me I shake my head at her no. "Cassidy…" she doesn't get a chance to finish before I pull out the gun and she jumps back.
"I am not going to kill you Veronica." I can tell that she is upset and thinks that I am going to off her after I pulled the gun. "I wish that I had never hurt any of you."
"Cassidy where's Mac?" I hear her ask. "Did you hurt her?" Oh no she thinks I did something to Mac. Oh no this isn't good. "Cassidy put the gun down. Please."
"Did I hurt her? I could never hurt Mac. But she can't see me like this. She can't." I tell her I know I am repeating myself but it's the truth. She can't see this. "She's still in our room. I took all her stuff while she was in the shower. So she couldn't follow me up here." By this point I am really starting to cry. How could I do this to Mac.? I am pulled out of my thoughts as I hear Logan come onto the roof. Oh no what has he heard. If he heard me confess to raping her I was in trouble he'd kill me.

-Dick's Point of View-
"Dude I thought that you and Ronnie were getting a room." I ask Logan as I see him starting to walk back into the party. By this point I am pretty buzzed and slightly confused. Cassie and Wallace had found me after Logan had left though and Cassie was starting to give me just water telling me that I was cut off.
"We were. But she got a text from Mac saying to meet her on the roof." I hear Logan say. But that's odd. Mac is afraid of heights, why would she want to meet V on the roof.
" Okay so you want to do some shots?" I ask him hoping that Cassie will forget that she put me on to no alcohol probation. But before he can answer me his phone starts to ring.
"Hello." Logan says into the phone. "Ronnie can you hear me?" something is up. Logan pulls me and Cassie away from the crowd.
"Mac's not on the roof with Ronnie….Beaver is." He tells us as he continues to listen to the phone. "He's got a gun. Dick go to Mac, he left her in the room with nothing while she was in the shower. Cassie come with me." He tells us as we run in our separate directions. I am happy that Cassidy had accidently dropped one of the room keys when they left. I am even happier that I am the one that picked it up. He better not have hurt her. "Oh no, Mackie you better be okay." I hear Logan tell Cassie to stay on the other side of the door when they get up there. At least I didn't have to worry about Cassie. I don't think that Cassidy would ever shoot anyone least of all Cassie but I had too much to worry about. I am happy that Logan is watching out for my baby sister. Hopefully he can get the gun from my brother now.
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-Veronica's Point of View-

"Cassidy where's Mac?" I ask as I make sure that my phone is connected to Logan's "Did you hurt her? Please put down the gun."
"Did I hurt her? I could never hurt Mac. But she can't see me like this. She can't." he keeps repeating as he waves the gun around. "She's still in our room. I took all her stuff while she was in the shower. So she couldn't follow me up here." By this point I hope Logan figured out we are on the roof. I am pulled out of my thoughts as I see Logan come racing onto the roof.
Before I can say anything I hear Cassidy say "Sorry Logan, but you can't be here." As he shoots toward Logan, I don't even think before I try to tackle him to the ground. He quickly turns the Taser on me, when did he get that out of my bag, and I am motionless as I watch Cassidy and Logan struggle over the gun. It takes a minute but Logan gets the gun away from Cassidy.
" I have other ways of doing this." Cassidy says as he makes his way to the edge of the roof. At that point I realized that this was his way of coming clean before he committed suicide. He walks toward to the ledge of the roof as Logan wraps me in his arm. As soon as he sees what' going on he yells. "Beaver don't"
"My Name is Cassidy!" I hear him yell back, the next voice I hear shocks me.
"Cassidy Don't" Cassie yell at her brother. I hadn't even noticed her come through the door. "Cassidy what are you doing?" She asked as she walked toward Cassidy at the edge.
"Cassie go back to the party. You can't be here." Cassidy says softly to his sister.
"Cassidy just come back here… please." She says as she reaches for him.
"I've screwed up Cas. More than you'll ever know." He tells her as he steps over the divider. "I can't fix this one Cas. I am sorry it's for the best." He tells her before he notices she is also standing on the other side of the divider and grabs his hand.
"We came into this world together and if I have my way we will leave it together. If that's what you really want. So if you jump, I'm right behind you Big Brother." They are both crying now. "So what will it be?"
"You can't be serious Cassie." He says as he tries to get her back over to safety. "You have too much to live for Cas."
"So do you. Besides if you aren't here who am I?" She asks. "I am nothing without my other half."
"Cassie." He tries to plead with her again "Please, just go back to the party I love you."
"Are you seriously going to do this to Mac and Dick?" she points out "Think what this will do to Dick. He'll be left alone. We are all he has." She tells him.
"I am doing this for Mac and Dick. This way they never have to know the things that I do, the things that I have done. I promise Cassie. This is for the best."
"Okay then. Veronica, Logan. I love you guys. Tell Dick we loved him to." She looks like she is about to jump. I keep looking at Logan like we need to stop this. Then I hear Beaver yell at her.
"No Cassandra. You are not going to do this." By this point Cassidy had realized what was going on and he and Cassie were back over the wall while holding onto Cassie.

-Dick's Point of View-
What the hell are you thinking Cassidy! You better not have hurt her. I barge into the room that Cassidy had rented for him and Mac for the night.
"MAC!" I yell as I run into the room "MAC! Mac if you can hear me say something."
"Dick" I hear her say through tears. "Don't come in." she had finished her sentence too late as I saw her on the other side of the bed, hiding in a corner wrapped in nothing but a towel. I nearly started to cry when I saw her. She seemed to be okay. She was upset but she didn't seem to be bleeding. "He took my cloths. He took everything while I was in the shower." She cries I am not sure what to do so I just go over and hold her in my arms. "How did you know where I was?" she asked me through the sobs.
"I was with Logan when Veronica called. He told me you were in here. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, just shaken up. Where's Cassidy? Is he okay?" Do I really have the heart to tell her the truth? So instead I hand her my t-shirt. "Here" Hopefully that will make her feel a little more comfortable. It's not much but it covers her more than the towel. "I will go get you a glass of water from the bathroom.

-Logan's Point of View-
I can't believe this is how the night has been going. After Cassie talked Beaver off the ledge. Literally they were both sitting in a ball in the corner of the roof crying. Cassie wouldn't let go of him and every time that he would try to get up she pulled him back down and yelled at him about how he couldn't do that to her. Then there was Veronica. She was also crying uncontrolledly in my arms. She pulled me out of my thoughts by saying one little thing.
"We have to get Mac. She has nothing." She tells me.
"I know I heard you ask him where she was. I sent Dick to get her." I tell her as we start to walk toward Cas and Beav.
"We need to get off of the roof." I tell them I am still a little upset with Cassidy but we can talk about that later. "Come on Cassidy. " I think that's the first time I have ever called him Cassidy. Or at least in the last 7 years.
"What are you going to do to me?" he asked me scared I am missing something.
"Why would I do anything to do you Cassidy?" I ask him as I help up Cassie and she runs to cling Veronica.
"I am the one that raped Veronica." He tells me. Now it all makes sense, the night of the party. I reach out for him and he flinches. But I don't want to hit him; I want to take my little brother away from here and all the memories from tonight.
"We will talk about it later Cassidy. Let's just go." I tell him as I lead him to the door as we are about to the door he yells back "Will someone get Mac's cloths. They are behind the skylight over there." Veronica runs and gets them and we head back into the building.
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-Mac's Point of View-
I don't know what's going on, but I know that this night is becoming weirder by the minute. I know that Dick is hiding something from me. Thankfully his t-shirt is long enough on me. But I still don't fill completely comfortable sitting in front of my boyfriends….. Well I guess Cassidy isn't my boyfriend anymore. Whatever is going on that is clear. I get pulled from my thoughts as the door opens. Maybe it's Cassidy coming back. I knew he couldn't leave me like this. Well I was half way right. It was Cassidy, but Veronica, Logan, and Cassie are with him.
"Cassidy! What the hell dude!" I hear Dick to start to go after his brother.
"Back off Dick." I hear Logan say. As Veronica brings me my cloths. "As soon as Mac is dressed we all need to sit down and talk about what has happened tonight."
"Mac are you okay?" Veronica asks me as she helps me off of the bed and into the bathroom.
"Yeah you guys are scaring me though." You are all as white as ghosts what's up?" I ask her.
"Get changed I will be just out the door." She says. "I agree with Logan we all need to talk. It involves all of us. But most of all you and Cassidy. I don't know how you are going to be able to handle what we are going to talk about." With that she walks out the door.
Now I am confused

AN: Okay at this point would be the season finale. So the rest of the story is like the in between of what happened between season 2 and 3