(Song for this scene SYML - Where's my love?)
Neptune High School had a problem with mistaken identity today, most of the 09ers and other students had been oddly cheerful to see her today, everyone except Weevil and the other PCHers. She was actually amazed she hadn't ended up getting crowned Homecoming Queen Veronica given the bizarro world she had found herself. Nope that honour had gone to Faith Schultz… and Duncan Kane.
Homecoming King and Queen.
She was still dwelling on it when she was interrupted by one very bubbly redhead in a green dress.
"Morning Veronica" May McConnell chirped.
"Hi…" she smiled politely.
According to Captains Log Other Veronica... they were friends now… sort of.
"Did you have a good time on Friday?" she asked.
"Yeah… it was the best" Veronica smiled awkwardly as she did her best to keep walking from her LeBaron parked in the usual spot. Getting her dad to agree to allow her to drive herself this morning had been harder than she thought.
What was the protocol here?
"Well you missed a great after party, but we are having another baking session for the Christmas fundraiser next weekend, if you want to join us?" she offered.
Baking session? May was on the student council… and the fundraising committee…
"Sounds great… email me the details and I'll check" Veronica smiled in faux enthusiasm but her companion didn't seem to notice.
"Excellent, well have an amazing day and I'll see you at lunch" she chirped again before she headed off towards the rest of the group of student council trustees. Natalie waved to her and she returned the gesture awkwardly.
How the hell was someone so upbeat at this ungodly hour of the morning without an IV drip of coffee? Invasion of the Bubbleheads indeed.
She had a meeting with Vice Principal Clemmons before her first class to discuss the changing medical issues, and the relapse of the amnesia… about her amnesia. Would this ever get straightened out? Thinking about it made her head hurt.
"You okay?" Meg asked as she saw Veronica leaning against her locker and rubbing her temples.
"Yeah.. just trying to untangle the mess of me that's threatening to unravel in my head" she quipped. "It's good to see you"
"When Wallace told me what had happened… do they know if it's going to happen again?" she asked, concern flooding her big blue eyes.
"No seizures, as for… I don't know…" Veronica told her quietly. She wasn't exactly sure how much of the details about her recent return from the realms of oblivion had been shared.
She knew from the diary that Meg and Wallace were dating now and that Meg had been a really good friend to her when she had needed it. But she wasn't even sure how much of the details of how the recalibration had happened her own father knew… although he was a brilliant private detective, it wouldn't be hard to guess what had happened alone on an overnight stay at the Echolls family home between two teenagers who were seeing each other.
The thought of it still made her a little ill. There was no guide book for how to navigate this stuff… there was only her.
Meg looked at her with that same sad expression that Daisy had given her when she'd picked her up to take her to the hospital. Was everyone suddenly Team Logan now?
"Maybe I should just have gone to that after party?" she joked.
Then I wouldn't have to be dealing with this and Logan Echolls wouldn't be looking at me like that right now. Veronica thought bitterly as she looked down the corridor and saw the stomach churning expression of hope in his eyes.
I'm not ready to deal with this right now…
"Have you talked to him?" Meg asked softly.
"Nope… and I've got to go and see Mr Clemmons so I'll catch you later" Veronica smiled weakly as she put her bag quickly into her locker and bolted towards the Vice Principals office.
He hadn't hurt her… but being close to him right now was too much…
Logan felt like his knees were going to buckle when he saw Veronica cast a quick glance over her shoulder at him before she took off in the other direction.
Please talk to me…
She hadn't replied to his texts. Wallace hadn't been working at the Sac-N-Pac last night. He'd called the Mars Investigations office and her father had told him to give her time to settle at home so he hadn't bothered her. He hadn't been able to sleep… he missed her.
He was going out of his mind…
This was the first time he had seen her since she had practically ran from his kitchen after their night together, and she wouldn't even slow down long enough to tell him she was okay.
Had she read the journal?
Logan felt like he couldn't breathe, he could feel his heart shatter right there in the corridor. She hadn't even had to say a single word to shred his inside apart. This feeling was wretched, he could feel this tearing his heart into bits, but he still wanted to pick up every single piece and offer it back to her.
He had fallen in love with her… and he wasn't going to survive the landing.
"Dude! You coming? We got a quiz!" Dick called as he headed towards Mr Wu's biology class.
"Yeah" he sighed before he turned to get his own books from his locker.
"We see no reason to have you resit your make up exams, so those credits will be added to your record, and the faculty will be told to just give you finals quiz based on the learning prior to your more recent memory trouble" Mr Clemmons had told her.
At least she hadn't lost her place with the Kane Scholarship.
"In light of your recent medical issues, it has been advised that you perhaps attend some counselling sessions with Ms James to assess how you are coping and give you the support that you need" Mr Clemmons informed her.
"That won't be necessary, I am okay" Veronica told him.
"Unfortunately, it is more of a requirement in this instance" he said sympathetically.
You mean to cover your asses…
"Of course. I'll get right on it" Veronica agreed.
If by right on it you mean spend the entire hour just staring blankly at her not talking until you decide to stop wasting all of our times….
Logan had drifted numbly through most of his classes, unable to remove the recurring thoughts of the scent of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the touch of her skin, the feeling of her writhing beneath him as her eyes widened when she came and he filled her, holding her protectively in his arms… she was more than his lover… she was his other half… how was he supposed to keep moving forward? He couldn't save her... he couldn't bring her back...
He couldn't drown the memories… they knew how to swim.
He wished they'd never met... if he'd never laid eyes on her... then he'd never have fallen in love with her...
"Madison's ordering from that Thai place if you want something?" Dick offered as they wandered into the food court.
"Nah man I'm good" Logan said glumly.
He was hoping to see Veronica, maybe get a chance to talk to her, his eyes scanned the tables for that familiar blond hair and he felt like he had just been smacked by a wrecking ball.
She was there, sitting with Wallace and Meg… staring across the table laughing, her eyes were smiling… right at Duncan Kane.
I think I just found Hell…