M.A.D
"Veronica, can I talk to you?" Carmen asks coming up to her while she was sitting with Eli, Felix and Thumper. She and Carmen use to be friends when she had been dating Duncan but do to Carmen dating Tad, they stopped.
Tad was to put it nicely an asshole.
"Sure." she said about to make room so she could sit down.
"In private." Carmen said softly. It was than that she noticed how red her were like she was tyring to stop her self from crying.
Giving Eli a quick kiss, the two of them walked to the girl's bathroom.
She place an "Out of Order" sign on the door.
She had barely closed the door when Carmen burst into tears.
"Carmen, what's going on?"
"Oh god Veronica..." she muttered.
"How can I help...tell me what's going on?"
"I tried to break up with Tad...I don't love him anymore. He's not the same person. I ended it and was walking away when he told me I had something to see."
"What was it?" Oh so not liking where this is going... I wonder much much of an arm twist it would be to have Eli...none
"A video on his phone of...oh I don't even remember doing it. it's so ..."
"The two of you having sex."
"No..I'm skinny dipping in some hot tub and I have a popsicle..."
"Say no more." Tad you are so going down.
"Can you get me that phone?"
"Oh yeah, bank on it." and if for some reason I am unable to a have a crew of boys that will love teaching a 09er a lesson.
Getting another phone was not a problem, luckily she keeps a few spares in her locker.
She debates about getting Eli involved but decides to wait.
The less people who know about the video the better.
She has Wallace help her with a bump and bait.
She gives him the number of the phone they just dropped in Tad's bag and tells him to call it.
Faking a phone call in study, that Tad is in, she has her phone confiscated.
Luckily Wallace does his part and Tad has his taken away as well.
She leaves her last class early and is able to get to study hall faster than Tad and takes his phone.
"Blondie, can a talk to you for a sec?" Felix yells as she walks to her car.
"What's up?" she asks as he catches up to her.
"Do you think you can cover for me tonight?"
"Que?"
"Weevil wants to have a poker game tonight with some of the guys I told him that you were tutoring me in math like you did for Thumper. If he asks can you tell him that i was studying with you." he looks embarrassed as he asks her to lie to her boyfriend.
"Only if I know why?"
"I...can't say."
"I am not going to lie to him, cover for you unless you give me a damn..."
"I've been seeing someone that is...related to... shit I have been seeing Molly Fitzpatrick, okay."
She grabs his arm and all but throws him into her car.
"Are you fucking insane?!"
"Blondie..."
"Felix..how long has this been going on?"
"A while."
She drops her head to the steering wheel.
"I love her, V." shit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT
"This will be the only time I cover for you. You need to talk to Eli about this and soon, okay."
"Blondie..."
"No. You tell him or I do."
"Give me a little bit of time, a week, two max, to figure this out."
"Fine, you have two weeks to figure out how to tell your best freind that you are dating the sister of the Fitzpatrick brothers."
"Thanks, Blondie. I owe you one." he said getting out of her car.
More than one.
She gets to the office and notice's her dad smiling gleefully at the computer.
"What's got you so happy."
"Just the thought of of you going to school one the Kane's dime."
Entering his office, she looks at the computer and notices the 50000 dollar bounty for Duncan.
"Umm it might not be as easy as you think." remembering how Duncan had overheard her talking to Meg about disappearing.
"What do you mean?"
"You know that case with the lawyer that's been giving you so much trouble?"
"Yeah..."
"Well, I was telling Meg about it and all the things that you could do to disappear and Duncan was right there with us."
"Like what?"
"Using cash, getting different cars, using prepaid phones and buying passports off ebay."
"Okay..." he says looking a little discouraged.
"I can have my friend Mac check into the passport angle if..." she was cut off by Alicia showing up for date night.
"Hi Veronica."
"Hi Mrs. Fennel."
"Okay, you have your friend get started on that and we'll work on this more later. Don't wait up." he says as the two of them leave.
Now what to they do on date night that requires an overnight bag. You know what maybe I don't want to know.
She has just hung up the phone with Mac, who has no problem checking the passports when Carmen comes in.
"Hey, I got something for you." she says handing the phone to her as she sits down.
Carmen breaths a sigh of relief as she holds the phone.
"Thank you, Veronica. Did you watch..."
"No. Are you sure that is is only copy. I mean once ..."
"Tad doesn't think that far ahead." she states place the phone on the desk.
She picks up a paperweight and starts smashing the phone.
"Feel better." she asks with a grin.
"Yeah. Thank you."
She gets up to leave when the laptop chims.
She has gotten a message from Tad.
Carmen joins her at the computer and she presses play.
He has sent her the video.
Carmen quickly pauses the video and runs out of the office.
Game on, asshole.
She watches as Carmen stand with Tad, who has his arms wrapped around her. If Tad had a brain, he could see how unhappy Carmen was to even have him touch her.
"Damn...what the hell is going on over there?" Felix asks as he and Thumper stand with her.
"Just your normal blackmail." she snarks and turns to leave.
"Hold up, Blondie." both of them say grabbing her.
"Explain." Felix asks.
"She tried to end it but he has them that could... he has blackmailed her into staying with him. Don't worry I have an idea that could hurt him more than what he has on her."
"You need any help?" Eli ask coming up behind her.
"You hear all that?"
"Yeah, why didn't you come to me, querida? Carmen's from the neighborhood. You know we like to take care of our own."
"I know but the less people that knew was better for her."
"What could he have that is so bad that she would stay with that creep?" Felix asks.
"A video that I am going to make sure will never see the light of day."
Carmen looks over at her with pure disgust and fear in her eyes.
"One day and I already feel like I need to take a long shower."
"I know but we need an exit strategy. Get dirt on him that will make him never think about releasing that video."
"But there's nothing."
"Than we make some. And it starts with you taking him on a romantic date to the boardwalk."
She looks at her with confusion, so leaning in she tells her the idea quietly.
Before meeting with Carmen, she brings her Lebarron to Angel's.
"You miss me already baby?" Ei says as she gets out of her car.
"Always but the alternator seems to be giving me some trouble. Think Angel can return LeBarron to its original glory."
"He can have it ready for Daytona if you want. There I times I think my family likes you more than me."
She smirks and gives him a light kiss.
"Heard something that might help you dad." he says as he walks her out to where Thumper and Felix are waiting for her.
"Do tell."
"Seems a certain spoiled white boy bought a impala from one of Angel's friends a few weeks back."
"Hmmm, why don't you give dad a call with all the info."
"You coming over for supper tonight. Ophelia really wants to see you."
"I will." she gives him one last kiss so that he can get back to work and the boys can get her to the boardwalk to take photos for her plan to ruin Tad.
Loading the pictures and phone call that Carmen just placed into her laptop.
"You doing okay?"
"Yeah, I just want this to be over."
"I know. We'll met tomorrow during lunch okay."
"Yeah, Veronica thanks for this."
"Thank me when Tad is out of your life." she says with a soft smile.
She brings her laptop into the computer lab and asks Mac to create "sexually explicit website" without any questions.
She tells her to give her forty five minutes.
"Thanks, Q."
She and Carmen talk to Tad during lunch and show him the website that Mac has created.
When he tries to brush it off that no one will believe it. She hits a sound clip of his phone conversation with Carmen for the night before only instead of him talking to Carmen he is talking to Seth. A openly gay student in school.
Not caring what this school thinks of him since he'll be gone in a month, she tells him that she was able to get a hold of all the email address of the those entering the Naval Academy and if he doesn't end things with Carmen right then and there she would send a link to this website to all of them.
The two of them leave him standing there.
Waiting for the bus, she is suddenly thrown her keys.
Eli is sitting on the hood of her car.
"Hey, mama."
She smiles and stands between his legs.
"I thought it was going to take a couple more days before he could finish fixing it."
"Told you my family likes you more than me." he says.
She notices that he isn't looking her in the eye.
'Eli, what's up?"
He reaches into his back pocket and hands her the classifieds from the newspaper.
He has circles a notice, asking for her mother saying that legal proceedings have started in her name.
'What the hell?" she grabs her phone and calls Cliff.
He tells her that one of the reason why someone would do that is divorce.
She searches the office, trying to find any thing about divorce and there isn't any.
She decides to track down her dad and find out what is going on.
Using a tracker she finds him and Alicia at a hotel.
Not in a room, the two of them are dancing in the ballroom, obviously taking classes.
Okay dad, I get it. You're happy.
She and Carmen walk into school. Carmen seems to be breathing easier.
They pass a bunch of guys who get Carmen's attention.
After taking to them for a minute it becomes clear that Tad has released the video.
Finding her hiding in the journalism classroom, she takes out her laptop and sets up the email of the website to be sent out.
'The honor is yours." she says turning it to her.
Carmen deletes the email. Unable to stoop to Tad's level.
"I would rather be known as the biggest slut than be with him. Thanks for everything Veronica." she says softly as she leaves the room.
Hearing two freshman giggling and notices Carmen's video she goes over to them
"It's all fun and game until you have my foot up your ass." she says causing them to run off.
She's about o close out the video when she notices the lanterns in the background of the video. The same ones from Shelly's party that she doesn't remeber.
I have no memory of the party, Carmen has no memory of the party. Carmen performs a sex act on video for her boyfriend and if it wasn't for Eli getting me out of there who knows what I would have done.
She runs to the office before heading over to see Eli and the boys.
She finds her dad sitting at her desk, the newspaper still where she left it.
'I should have told you..." he starts.
"It's okay. Mom's been gone for a year."
"This is only the first step okay."
"I want you to be happy."
"Robert Nalbandion." Mac yells as she walks in.
"Who?"
"I have no idea."
"Mac..."
"His passport was bought on ebay and resides in Argentina." she tells them.
"Duncan."
The two of them laugh as her dad tango's to his phone to get a airplane ticket.
She sits on the porch with Ophelia and watches for Eli to get home.
"Mijo, time for bed." Letty says taking Ophelia inside. 'He'll be home soon." she says quietly.
Letty has just closed the door when she hears the roar of bikes pull into the driveway.
"Querida, what are you doing here?" he says the instant she all but jumps into his arms ignoring Thumper, Felix and Hector.
She buries her head in the crook of his neck and suddenly he can fell her crying.
"Blondie?" Felix says noticing that something is not right.
"V..." Thumper asks getting off his bike.
"She was drugged like me." she mumbles.
"What?" Eli ask pulling away from her slightly.
"The night of Shelly's party...Carmen can't remember it at all, has no memory of making that damn video for Tad. I think the two of us were drugged." she whispers.
"Fuck." Hector, Felix and Thumper say.
Eli narrow his eyes and pulls her to him. Drugged...If they hadn't gotten her out...
"Thank you..." she whispers.
"Querida?"
"Who knows what could have happened if you hadn't been there. I know about being used as a salt lick but it could have been a lot worse if you hadn't been there to get me out of that room and in my car."
All of them are frozen with the same thought.
"Tad spiked Carmen's drink and was able to make that video of her and he claims to love her. everyone there hated me." she whispers.
"Hey Weevil, i think we need to go pay Tad a visit." Felix snarls.
"Oh yeah." Hector and Thumper agree.
"Give me a few." he tells them. He takes her into the house and brings her to his room. Helping her undress, he puts her in one of his long sleeve shirts and has her lay down. "I'll be back in a little bit." he says softly as he kisses her.
She walks with Eli's arm over her shoulder and her arm wrapped around his waist. Felix, Thumper and Hector are walking with them. The rest of the PChers are not that far behind them.
She knows that her small breakdown the night before has them worried but she and Eli talked when he got back to the house.
Knowing that Logan supplied the GHB hurt. She never thought that he would hate her enough to drug her.
There is a crowd around the flagpole and people are taking photo with their phones.
She sees Carmen and the girl comes over to them.
She doesn't say a thing she just hugs her before walking away, a small smile on her face.
Looking at Eli and the boys, who all have knowing smiles on their faces.
They push through the crowd and there tied to the flagpole, naked, is Tad.
"Couldn't have happened to a better guy." Mac says as she and Wallace join them.
With a smirk she lets go of Eli and walks behind Tad.
With a knowing smile, she rips of the bandage for the tattoo on his back.
Letting everyone see the heart with Seth, written in it.
As she walks away her grin gets larger as the sound of laughter gets louder.
"I love you, Veronica Mars." she hears Eli yell.