Credit Where Credit is Due
Veronica walked with Wallace in the hall and helps him decipher an invite to an 09-er party.
She convinces him not to go to the party instead the two of them make plans to hang out at her house watching movies and eating junk food.
Weevil is annoyed that the 09ers are using his beach to have their party. He and his boys decide to crash the party.
Weevil faced off with Logan, annoyed that Logan used the opportunity to rub Weevil's face in the fact that the gang member's grandmother was the Echolls family maid.
Just as the 09er was inciting his troops to exploit their greater numbers, the police arrived and broke up the showdown.
Weevil and Chardo were playing a game when there is a knock at the door.
Assuming this is about the party he opens the door and starts ranting at Lamb.
He is surprised when Lamb brushes right by him and starts reading his abuela her rights.
Charging her with credit card fraud.
Lamb tells him point blank that he thinks that Weevil is the one that stole a credit card from the Echolls family.
Cliff entered the office and seemed to visibly relax when he sees her and her dad both in the office. He hires Keith to look into the stolen card.
"I know that Navarro kid did this. I just need to prove it."
"Who says it was Weevil. I wouldn't put it past Logan to do this thinking that Weevil would get blamed not Letty. Hell maybe Lamb did it." she said.
Neither one of the grown men seemed to think that was the case.
"Don't worry, Cliff. If there is proof. We'll find it." Keith said.
She grabbed the list of charges and times. Oh yeah, this had to be done by Logan. Video games. High class meals.
She couldn't let Letty go to jail.
When Logan was still dating Lilly and they were friends, Letty had always been good to her.
She even told her stories about her grandson, Eli. If she hadn't known better she could have sworn that the woman had been trying to fix her up with him even though she had been dating Duncan.
She was more than willing to go to Weevil's neighborhood at night without Backup if it meant finding information that would free Letty Navarro.
She didn't want to think that Weevil would let his grandmother go to jail for him.
So, she decided to head to his neighborhood to talk to him. Hoping she could get more out of him than her dad.
Weevil wasn't happy with her stopping by or that she was looking over the paint job on his bike.
When she pointed out that the only reason Cliff thought it was him was due to his reputation he was beyond pissed.
"My reputation? Oh, well, then I guess what everybody says about you is true, too, huh? That you, you like it a little freaky, don't you? That you spy on Duncan Kane. That you send him pictures of yourself. Be honest, V. You think you're this big outsider, but push comes to shove, you're still one of them. You still think like one of them. Take off. I don't want you around here."
She stood frozen as he went back into his grandmother-less home. Every time she thought she had grown use to her reputation, it came back to stare her in the face and remind her how ugly it really was.
She saw that Wallace was an office aide and asked him if he could get a copy of Weevil's attendance records for her.
She walked into the counselor's office in a somewhat good mood and walked out in a foul one.
Journalism.
The one class that had her ex-boyfriend and main tormentor in it.
Oh joy. Some put her out of her misery, please.
Her first assignment is to do a story with her ex-boyfriend, Duncan.
Bad karma, that's what it is. The universe is out to get her.
The next day as she sat in Journalism when the evil incarnate couple started making inappropriate remarks about Mrs. Navarro's arrest which led to her throwing out the obvious charge that Logan was actually responsible.
"Tell the truth Veronica. Did you just sign up for newspaper so you could be around Duncan?"
Oh, bring it on.
"No. I'm here so I can be closer to you." she smirked at him.
She even got Caitlin to admit that they had access to the internet during the times that the charges were made on the card.
Finally finding proof that neither Weevil or Letty stole the card.
She quickly tells her dad and Cliff only to be told that Weevil has confessed.
She walked out of school to find that someone had one again given her a flat tire.
"Bummer." Logan said before walking off.
He turned away and offered a "good job" sign to Dick. I will get you and your little surfboard buddy too.
Troy Vandergraff, the new guy, crouched down next to her and offered his assistance.
She started to accept his help but notice Caitlin arrive on a pink Vespa.
Luckily, Duncan joins them at her car. He offers to give her a ride to the beach so that they can do their story. Troy offers to stay to finish putting the tire on the car for her and promises to put the flat in her trunk.
She notices Weevil on the side of the road as the drive past. She feels guilty that she didn't find the proof before he decided to confess.
On the drive back to the school to drop her off at her car, they are pulled over. Seems that Lilly had a number of tickets that were never paid and the car will have to be impounded.
Her dad and Jake Kane show up at the same time. Things are evened out and she convinces her dad to run over to the Neptune Grand. She is not going to let Weevil be stuck in jail for something that he didn't do.
Her dad puts on a good show of being an pissed off father and she fakes that she is pregnant and looking for the father.
It pays off and gets them a receipt for room service that was signed by one Caitlin Ford.
She confronted Logan about taking the cards, telling him that he made a mistake by letting his girlfriend sign for room service and he just told her to prove it.
Troy surprises her at lunch by sitting down with her to ask her to come to a party that he is having. No, sorry staying far from 09er boys. They hurt your heat harder than any other. Might be nice to have him as a friend though.
She made her excuses and headed to the Journalism room to check on the phone records from the Neptune Grand.
She runs down the list and when one number is busy, she calls he dad to have him run it down.
She quickly grabbed Chardo and pulled him into the girl's bathroom. Before Logan and his lackeys could get a hold of him.
"Confess. Its good for the soul."
"What?"
"Moron says what?"
"What?"
"Do you think she even gives a shit about about?"
"You don't know her."
"Caitlin Ford is a thrill seeker. She thinks sleeping with you is like a ride on a roller coaster."
"You'e wrong. She loves me. We..we got a plan. We'e going to run away together. We we get fa enough away, I'll send a written confession back." he tells her as he goes to leave.
"Logan knows and wants your head on a stick. What about when Weevil finds out, huh? That is your family." she all but screamed at him.
He just walks out. She brushes a few stay tears away unsure who she is crying for.
She goes over to Letty's house hoping that she could convince her to help. The instant she reveals that the reason he had the cards was to impress Caitlin, she has no problem giving Chardo up.
She stays there until someone dropped Weevil off.
"You know they had the bad guy already in jail. Give me some love." he tells her as he walks up the steps to give he a one armed hug.
"Chardo has the cops, Logan and the 09ers after him. You should find him first."
"Don't worry we will."
She gives him one more hug before she heads home. She can feel him smile against her neck.
Both 09ers and the motorcycle gang are now after Chardo.
Logan's group reaches him first.
Logan watched as Weevil pulled up and said "Well, I guess this is what they call inevitable, huh? Hey look, we've got home court advantage."
Weevil answered simply, "Let's talk."
Logan and Weevil moved away from the group to speak privately.
"Hand him over."
"Now why should I do that. He slept with my girl."
"He is my family. He had our grandmother arrested for his crime. Whatever you and your boys have planned is nothing to wait we will do to him."
Logan walks away from Weevil.
"Let him go," he said to the blond holding Chado.
"Logan!" replied the blond.
"I said let him go. Come on."
And Logan led the rest of the 09ers back to their cars.
Chardo gets on his bike and rides off with Weevil and the PCHers to Dog Beach.
He is torn about what is about to happen.
After telling his cousin that they wee done he gets on his bike, Felix stands next to him, waiting for his orders.
"Stop them before they go to far. Drop him off where Lamb can find him." and rides off, thankful to a little blond that doesn't let things go.
Pulling over, he sits on his bike and takes out his phone and quickly sends a message of thanks and to let her know that he got to Chardo first.
He is surprised when she calls him back.
"What's up, V?"
"How are you doing?"
"I'm good. Felix and the boys are handing it. Hope Lamb likes the gift wrapping."
"Eli, shit sorry. Weevil, I know that he's family..." He couldn't stop the smile at hearing her call him by his name.
"Not anymore."
"I'm sorry, Eli." she said softly.
"V, thanks because of you I get to be home with my abuela instead of juvi. I'll talk to you later, I need to get home." he didn't want to hang up but he knew abuela wanted him home.
"See you in school."
He sat there for a while arguing with himself.
He knew better than to get involved with another white girl and here he was getting hooked into Veronica Mars. Lilly is laughing her ass off somewhere he just knows it.