First, I have been a huge Veronica Mars Fan forever, and a huge fan of LoVe. However, other than Season 1, I hated how the remaining series played out and wanted to make some big changes, starting with Season 2. I do not own Veronica Mars or any of the characters, but there will be new ones featured for sure. Most couplings were not a part of the original series, but were needed for storyline purposes.
This story will be done in Script form.
OH WHAT A SUMMER
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Ahhhh, Senior year. It begins tomorrow, and everything it seems is finally perfect. Best friend? Check. Boyfriend? Check. Lilly's killer behind bars? Check. Normal job, just like other people my age. Check. I just wish fewer of my classmates showed up here. To say the summer was crazy here in Neptune would be an understatement. SO let's start at the beginning.
FLASHBACK-MARS APARTMENT-NIGHT AARON ECHOLLS WAS FOUND TO BE LILY'S KILLER.
Veronica is woken by a knock at the door. She checks the clock. It is 3:07. She gets out of bed and opens the door.
VERONICA: I was hoping it would be you.
There is no response. The person has his back to her. Her soft smile turns to one of concern.
VERONICA: Logan?
He slowly turns around. His face is a bloody mess.
LOGAN: Hey, Veronica.
She gasps at what she sees. He stumbles into her.
VERONICA: Logan, what happened?
Veronica is woken by a knock at the door. She checks the clock. It is 3:07. She gets out of bed and opens the door.
VERONICA: I was hoping it would be you.
There is no response. The person has his back to her. Her soft smile turns to one of concern.
VERONICA: Logan?
He slowly turns around. His face is a bloody mess.
LOGAN: Hey, Veronica.
She gasps at what she sees. He stumbles into her.
VERONICA: Logan, what happened?
She holds him. Cut to later. Veronica is on the couch. Logan lies in her lap, his legs extended along the couch. One arm and his feet dangle off the side. Veronica is gently wiping away blood. Logan struggles to talk.
LOGAN: They got me alone on the bridge.
VERONICA: Who's they?
LOGAN: Ahhh, it was Weevil and all the PCHers.
FLASHBACK WITHIN FLASHBACK: EXT – CORONADO BRIDGE – NIGHT.
Logan is balancing on the bridge's edge. Weevil takes off his helmet and watches him from his bike.
LOGAN: Seriously, what do you-what do you think you can do to me, huh?
WEEVIL: I'll think of something.
VERONICA: [offscreen] What were you doing there?
On the bridge, Logan does his Matrix bring-it-on gesture.
LOGAN: [offscreen] Having a drink? Well, what do you think, Veronica? I mean, you'd broken up with me; you accused me of killing Lilly.
Weevil gets off his bike, as does Felix. Weevil marches towards Logan. He looks over as a car honks as it passes. Logan takes the opportunity to land the first blow and kicks Weevil hard in the head. Weevil goes down with a groan. Logan jumps up and down on his narrow perch.
LOGAN: Whoo-hoo. One down.
FELIX: Oh, son.
Logan looks over at Felix, the smirk momentarily fading.
FELIX: You don't know what you just did.
Logan laughs. Felix leads the bikers as they grab him and pull him off the ledge.
BIKER: Get him, man.
Logan is pulled back and thrown onto the ground. Felix and the other bikers, of which there are five, commence beating and kicking him. He doesn't fight back and does little to protect himself. Eventually he stops moving. This doesn't stop the beating.
END FLASHBACK WITHIN FLASHBACK.
FLASHBACK: INT – MARS RESIDENCE – CONTINUING.
VERONICA: You're lucky you're alive.
Veronica strokes his hair. Logan doesn't respond for a moment. He glances up at her then returns to staring up at the ceiling.
LOGAN: Yeah, well, that's one way of looking at it.
Logan gives a deep sigh.
VERONICA: What is that supposed to mean?
FLASHBACK WITHIN FLASHBACK: EXT – CORONADO BRIDGE – NIGHT.
Logan is still on the ground, just coming round.
DRIVER: [offscreen] Are you okay? Just lay there; I've called an ambulance.
Logan wipes blood from his eyes and looks up. His vision is still blurred. He sees a man standing over him as his vision clears.
DRIVER: Why don't you do me a favour and drop that knife.
LOGAN: Huh?
Logan looks down at his hand. He is holding a knife. There is a small pool of blood under it. He looks past his hand. Felix is laying a little way from him. Felix is dead, his pale shirt stained with blood from a stab to the chest.
VERONICA: [offscreen] Oh, my God, Logan.
END FLASHBACK WITHIN FLASHBACK.
FLASHBACK: INT – MARS RESIDENCE – CONTINUING.
Logan looks up at Veronica, wide-eyed.
LOGAN: No, but I didn't stab him, Veronica.
VERONICA: [quickly] I believe you.
LOGAN: I threw the knife in the water, and I-I got in my car and drove.
Veronica closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.
VERONICA: [gently, but urgently] Logan, there's something that you need to know about your dad-
LOGAN: Aaron Echolls? Charged with murder? It's all over the radio.
Logan breaks with shuddering sobs. Veronica holds him a little closer. He groans as he cries. There is a knock at the door. They both glance up at the door. Cut to Veronica opening the door again. It's Leo.
LEO: [gently] Hey Veronica.
She stares at him.
LEO: I'm looking for Logan Echolls. Saw his SUV parked out front. I know he's here, uh...this would be better for everyone.
Veronica sighs and pushes the door further open so Leo can see Logan, still lying on the coach. Leo drops his head then looks up at Veronica. He sees the bruise on her cheek. He reaches out and puts his hand on the side of her neck, leaning in to get a better look. He squeezes her neck gently, then enters the apartment and walks over to Logan. Veronica doesn't turn around to watch, instead sagging against the door.
LEO: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
END FLASHBACK.
VERONICA VOICE OVER: To say things would never be the same again was an understatement, it would get real rocky, but Logan and I, we stayed strong throughout. Needless to say the town was divided, and Logan was in the eye of the storm, and being that dad (at my urging), and I stood by him, so were we.
FLASHBACK: EXT – SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT – DAY.
Logan, in a suit, is being led by lawyers through a hostile crowd on the steps of the building that houses both the Sheriff's Department and the court. Journalists shove microphones in front of his face and the crowd is braying. Signs are held up by some of those in the crowd: "Justice Now," "And Justice 4 All," "And Justice for All." Logan is a little shell-shocked by it all.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: The passing motorist, who probably saved Logan's life, called 9-1-1, then he left the scene before the police arrived. The knife that killed Felix was never found. Logan's high-priced lawyers crushed the PCHers who testified against Logan at preliminary hearings. Weren't they there, after all, to kill Logan? Didn't Logan have the bruises and broken ribs to prove it? If Logan did stab Felix, wasn't it self-defence?"Logan finally reaches the limo at the foot of the steps and is pushed inside. Veronica is there, watching him, a little wary. Logan is still staring at the angry crowd. He looks scared and bemused in equal measure.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: The DA decided he didn't have enough evidence to convict, so six weeks after he was arrested, Logan walked.
As the limo sets off, Veronica places her hand loosely on top of his, resting on his thigh. He doesn't look at her.
END FLASHBACK.
FLASHBACK: EXT – SUNSET CLIFFS APARTMENTS – NIGHT.
Logan's Xterra is parked. Music: "The Change" by Jon Dee Graham
VERONICA VOICEOVER: After the charges against Logan were thrown out, the town went crazy. Another rich kid getting off scot-free. People were mad, protests happened everyday, and violence was rampant, Logan and I, at dad's urging tried to lay low, he said it wasn't safe, and danger lurked around every corner. He wasn't wrong.
LYRICS: Do you see the change in me?
I'm not the same as I used to be
Look in a mirror, but I don't see
Do you see the change in me?
I don't sleep like I used to do
Lying there the whole night-
Inside the car, Veronica and Logan are making out. She has her hands on either side of his neck and his hand trails up to her cheek. Veronica pauses.
VERONICA: I should go, because my dad is probably watching us through a telescope.
She looks over her shoulder and Logan's eyes follow her gaze.
LOGAN: [whispers] He's probably impressed with your virtue.
She giggles. He goes to kiss her again but she continues the theme, looking back again.
VERONICA: And that telescope is mounted on a rifle.
Logan stares out at where Keith is imagined to be and after a pause, holds up his hand, fingers spread wide.
LOGAN: [whispers to the imaginary Keith] Five more minutes.
Veronica giggles again.
LOGAN: He should feel lucky. I mean, you could be out here with some pretty-boy jerk just looking to get laid.
He swoops down again but she pulls back. Logan stares down at her for a moment, suddenly serious.
LOGAN: Ah, what I'm trying to say is I'm in love with you.
Veronica looks up at him, her eyes sparkling. A little disbelieving, she laughs and brings her hand up to the back of his neck.
VERONICA: The things guys will say to get past second base.
She pulls him into a kiss, shaking her head a little. They sink down into the seat, Logan's body over Veronica's. They continue to make out. They are interrupted by the sound of a motorcycle coming to a stop outside and both look up, although they don't rise. There is a bang and an explosion of glass, and they both cry out. Logan brings up his arm to protect himself and Veronica underneath him. They jerk up and stare at the departing bike.
VERONICA VOICE OVER: Dad came running out a few moments later, and we called the Sheriff's department. Dad was not happy, but he didn't put this on Logan, he put this on Weevil and the PCHer's as did Logan and I. He couldn't believe that Weevil would order this, let alone be okay with it, something that Logan and I both agreed on since Mrs. Navarro came back to help Logan after both him and his dad was arrested, she didn't believe Logan killed Felix, but it didn't matter to Weevil, but there was more here going on than dad knew, and Logan and I had to decide whether to tell him or not, we chose to tell him
END FLASHBACK.
End music: "The Change" by Jon Dee Graham.
FLASHBACK: EXT – NEPTUNE HIGH SCHOOL, CAR PARK – DAY.
Veronica and Logan are walking. Veronica's hand is on Logan's arm as he holds his backpack in one hand and rummages through it with the other.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Logan had to take summer school after he missed all his finals due to his own arrest, as well as his father's. I'd come down to school just to have lunch with him.
He slings the pack onto his shoulder as Veronica takes his free hand in both of her own.
LOGAN: My sister's negotiating with networks to sell her version of the Aaron Echolls story. I think the sticking point is she's insisting she play herself. Producers, on the other hand, are insisting on Tara Reid.
VERONICA: Trina wasn't even around.
LOGAN: Who do you suppose cares? I've always wanted a TV movie version of my life. Hey, think they can get Tom Welling to play me?
Logan makes a soaring gesture.
VERONICA: Dream on.
Veronica mocks with a smile. In front of them, Dick and Beaver get out of an SUV, which has pulled up at the back of the Xterra.
DICK: Logan! And Logan's special lady friend who I approve of whole-heartedly and without reservation.
Beaver is opening the back of the Casablancas vehicle.
VERONICA: Dick. Hey, Cassidy.
BEAVER: What's up, Veronica?
LOGAN: Boys.
Dick opens the back of the Xterra, and he and Beaver sit on it.
DICK: So, I scored some of the good stuff for the weekend, it is time to PAAARRRTTTYYY.
LOGAN: Seriously, what makes you think it would be a good idea with everything that has happened…...
DICK: Some of the guys, Rams, Enbom, thought it would be a good time to celebrate, and I agreed, and decided to try to set it up, Logan is in the clear, and the summer is almost over, a party would be a great idea to unwind after everything
Veronica wasn't sure she heard Dick right, and when it finally hit her Dick was rambling about the party plans
VERONICA: What do you mean the good stuff
Logan clears his throat, smirk on his face, of course that was all she heard).
DICK: (Unsure If he should say, knowing he may get scolded, especially after everything she went throught at Shelly Pomeroy's party, he looks at Logan, who nods) The good stuff, you know a little bit of pot, a little bit of acid.
VERONICA: Where did ya get it?
DICK: I bought it off a couple of PCHer's down at Dog Beach.
VERONICA: WHAT! NO WAY! No way would the PCHer's be down for selling drugs. Not with Weevil in charge.
DICK: Well, that is who I got it from, they've been selling for a while now.
VERONICA: Who, who sold it to you.
DICK: What do you mean who I just told you…...
VERONICA: (Angrily cutting him off) No I mean do you know which ones, names Dick, names.
LOGAN: Veronica, does it really matter.
VERONICA: Yes, Weevil and the PCHer's are out for blood, we need to convince him you didn't do it and something else went down and I am thinking, there might be something to this and Felix's death
DICK: (Looking thoughtful) Ok, well it was the PCHer they call Bootsy, and the one the PCHer they call Thumper.
Veronica looks at Dick, then beyond him at Beaver.
VERONICA: BEAVER, were you with him? (Beaver nods) Is he right, were those the guys. (Beaver nods again. Veronica looks at Logan, and Logan back at her)
VERONICA: Bootsy, and Thumper were both on the bridge that night right.
LOGAN: Yes, they were, and right in the thick on the fighting
VERONICA: Looks like we got some investigating to do.
END FLASHBACK.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Unfortunately, We never really got a chance to investigate, that night, someone, riding a motorcycle, shot out Logan's back window with a shotgun, and we filled dad in so he could investigate instead.
FLASHBACK: EXT – SUNSET CLIFFS APARTMENTS – MORNING.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: The next morning, my dad had me call Logan over to the apartment. I let him in when he arrived, and dad tells us to take a seat on the couch.
KEITH: Logan, have you considered extra security, maybe some sort of personalized protection
LOGAN: (Looking a bit shocked at the suggestion) No, I didn't think it was necessary, do you think it is something I should look into, I mean we have security that monitors the property, I could add to it, but personalized protection, it seems a bit extreme.
KEITH: (annoyed) Really, someone stabbed Felix, while I do not believe you were responsible, the fall out right now from the trial has the city ready to explode, Weevil and the PCHer's have made it clear they don't believe it was anyone but you, despite Mrs. Navarro's insistence that you couldn't have done it. They want revenge, they are out for blood. Weevil will need proof, and right now there is none. I haven't been able to locate the witness from the bridge, and the only other suspects are PCHer's.
VERONICA: What about what we discussed last night, about the drug dealing, Weevil would never, Logan and I both know that is a fact. Something stinks dad.
KEITH: I promise Veronica, I am gonna look into it, but Logan needs to lay low, not put himself out there for another attempt, until I do. Beefing up security would put my mind at ease, especially since you will no doubt be right by his side.
LOGAN: Okay, you have convinced me, I will call the security company in charge of the property, and see if I can't get additional low key security when I go out, this way I can have some freedoms, and still have someone keeping an eye out.
KEITH: Logan, I think you might want to hire a new security company, one that may not be loyal to your dad, I know a few people you can call and they also do personal protection.
LOGAN: I was actually thinking about it a few weeks ago, but all my dad's assets are frozen, Trina can't even gain access, so there surely would be no way for me to.
KEITH: Do you have any finances of your own?
LOGAN: My mom left me an inheritance in her will, and my dad has a trust fund set up for me as well, but I can't access either of them till next Spring when I turn 18, but I do have a black AMEX no limit credit card that allows me to get food and gas.
KEITH: (curiously) How is everything being paid right now, with security and all the bills, in regards to your family home.
LOGAN: All the bills are being paid via trust that the judge had put in place at dad's attorney's request, to allow for me to be able to still live there. All the lawyers that handled my case, as well as the ones handling my dad's case, still have to wait to be paid, (with disgust in his voice) they are so sure he is innocent they are willing to do so.
KEITH: Have you considering get emancipated, it would surely be in your best interest, and may allow you to go to the judge and get early access to your trust funds
LOGAN: Is it possible
KEITH: I think so, under the circumstances. Veronica…
VERONICA: Yeah dad
KEITH: Why don't you take him to see Cliff.
VERONICA: Dad is that necessary, I mean he has a whole bunch of lawyers via his dad.
KEITH: Yes it is, someone not associated with the family representing him might be the best way to go, so that Aaron doesn't get wind of it. Logan, you know how much money you have in these trust funds.
LOGAN: (Thinking) Mom left me $115k in her will, I have had her art and jewelry appraised at $27 million total, and if I sell it, goes into the trust that was set up for me when she died, as far as the trust fund via my dad it is around $40 million, at least it was earlier this summer when it was brought up by the lawyers this summer.
KEITH: WOW really.
LOGAN: Yes, I wish I could access it, I would leave that house behind and find something for myself, I mean nothing huge like that, but something that didn't have all the memories, both good and bad.
KEITH: Well let's see what Cliff says when Veronica takes you to talk to him, you may not be able to get access to the trust fund your dad has for you, but you should be able to get access to the trust from your mom. Would you be willing to sell the art and jewelry, or at least some of it, to be able to get your own place, out from under your father's thumb.
LOGAN: Yes. Some of it of course I wanna keep but I can sell enough of it to do what needs to be done.
KEITH: Alright, Veronica you take Logan to see Cliff, tell him I sent you guys his way, while you are out, I am gonna call a few friends see if they can't help Logan with security now, then I am going to go see if I can find some more info on these PCHer's.
END FLASHBACK.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Logan and I went to see Cliff, and he agreed to take Logan on after talking to dad. The remainder of the week was busy for all of us. Dad found a security company run by an old friend of his willing to take Logan on, and dad introduced them a few days later. Logan opted for now, to hold onto his mom's jewelry, but he sold the majority of his mom's art collection, getting more than what they were appraised for. In fact several of the pieces, according to Michael Sheppard, an art collector friend of dad's who Logan sold the pieces to, were severely under appraised. In the end, Logan got almost 30 million from the sale of the artwork, which was transferred into his trust. Cliff submitted Logan's application for emancipation, with Mrs. Navarro, several other former Echolls employees, and my dad all giving statements on his behalf. Judge Barkely was assigned to the case and agreed to allow the process to be done being under the radar, to keep Aaron and his lawyers in the dark. Unfortunately, dad didn't get to the surveillance on the PCHer's. Dad wanted me to distance myself from things for now until his investigation was done, and encouraged me to get a job. I was hired as a Hostess, and Server at Java the Hut. It was a job, which kept me out of dad's way, and the investigation, and Logan hung out there regularly through the last weeks of summer, as did Wallace and Mac, with the three of them regularly hanging out while waiting for me to get out of work. The week before school was set to start, Duncan showed up at Java. Logan, Wallace, and Mac were there hanging out, as well as Dick, Beaver, Enbom and his girlfriend Emma Harris, and Rams and his girlfriend Kate Rakes. They invited Duncan to come over, but instead he took a seat by himself away from the group. Duncan had asked for me to serve him, but my manager told him my shift was ending, and instead of sticking around he walked out. When I joined the rest of the group I had no idea Duncan was there. According to Enbom he has been away all summer with his family in NAPA, discouraged from coming home until school was set to start. When I asked if he and Meg were still together, Emma told us he dumped Meg over the phone around Fourth of July. Logan and I were stunned, we hadn't had much time to think about Duncan all summer with everything going on, but we both vowed to talk to him sooner rather than later.