Chapter 3
"Veronica are you sure you want to take this ugly thing that you call pants with you?" her aunt asked her from the other side of the room, holding a thing that looked like pants. "Because if you keep it I will never let you out of the house with that thing on."
"I really feel loved and could you please stop criticizing my clothes and for your information, this is something I wore when I was thirteen. You don't have to worry about that, I'm sure it doesn't fit anymore."
"Can I please burn it, just to be sure you won't ever wear something that horrible again."
"Of course." She replied with a smile. She took a look at her room while her aunt was out, they had work hard in the last few days to pack all her life in small card boards which were now all against the wall. It was hard for her to imagine leaving a place she had known all her life, but she knew it was something she needed to do to move on with her life and try to forget what happened. San Diego represented a new life, a life away from Neptune and all its drama, a life without 09ers, a life without Logan Echolls in it, she might be happy there. She will probably make new and real friends and forget the people she considered as her friends before Lilly's death.
"Veronica, do you want to go out for lunch because I'm kind of tired of always eating sandwiches, why don't we go to Luigi's?"
"Okay, let me get my handbag and we will be out of here."
"I will be in the living room."
"A table for two." Trish said to the waiter who led them towards one of their last table, which was unfortunately in the middle of the restaurant. She thanked the waiter and asked Veronica what was wrong, she had seen the change of attitude when they had reached their table.
"Nothing, I just wished the table wasn't at the center of the restaurant."
"If you want we can go somewhere else."
"It's okay, it's not like I'm going to see any of these people again, I don't really care aunt Trish. It's just a lunch, my last one here."
"Okay, but if you want to leave I want you to tell me."
"I will, so what do you want to eat?"
"I will take a pizza with lots of cheese and mushrooms, and knowing you, you will take Fettuccine."
"Yes, you know me too well."
She called the waiter and ordered their plates, while they were eating, they talked about what her life would be like in San Diego and how she was going to try to come to Neptune at least twice a month to see her father. They were talking of her cousin when she saw him walk into the restaurant with his mother, she dropped her fork and tried to act as if it was nothing, but she was failing miserably.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm not hungry anymore, we should go home and try to finish packing my stuff."
"Veronica, I know there is something bothering you, why don't you tell me?"
"Aunt Trish, it's nothing, I'm…"
"Veronica!" Lynn said from behind, dragging her son behind her by the arm. "What are you doing here? It's been so long since I've seen you, how are you?"
"I'm fine Mrs Echolls, I don't want to seem rude but my aunt and I have to go"
"But your plate is half eaten."
"I'm not hungry, it was nice to see you but we really need to go, we have a lot of things to do, don't we?" she asked her aunt, pleading her to play along and not ask questions.
"My niece is right; we still have some things left to pack before the removers come and she is starting school in four days. I'm sure you know what it's like to move, I want her to have the time to settle down before going back to school."
"Of course, I didn't know you were moving."
"It's just me, my father isn't moving, my aunt is feeling a little bit lonely since her youngest daughter left for college and I decided to move in with her, some kind of fresh start." She said with a fake smile, which seemed horribly sad, she quickly put on her glasses when she felt tears start to pool in her eyes. Then in a voice she hoped was normal she quickly said good bye and grabbed her aunt by the arm, she held on it as if she might fall if she let it go. When they reached the car, she broke down, it was too hard to see him act like he did not care about her, no correction, he did not care about her, he was not acting, that was how he felt. Trish took her in her arms and hugged her niece, she hated seeing her so broken over a guy she was sure was not even worth it.
"Come on, let's get you home and finish packing, the sooner we leave this town, the better."
"Yeah, I hate him almost as much as I hate myself for having feelings for a guy who doesn't even care about me and who wishes I'm six feet under. I really need a shrink." she said with a sad smile.
"You are right, you need a good shrink, I will give you the number of my shrink once we are at home, he is great." she said with a smile to make her laugh, she hated seeing her like that, if she could she would go back into the restaurant and slap the guy, she wiped away her tears and added. "We should go home and finish packing so we can hit the road around six and be home by eight."
"Yes, like you said the sooner the better. I don't want to run into him again before a long time"
"If it happens, I will give him a piece of my mind."
Lynn had chosen a table next to the window so she could take a look at Veronica, she had seen how horrible she looked when she saw Logan and when she put her glasses on, she had had the confirmation. Logan was not only an idiot, he was also someone who did not deserve a girl like Veronica, she loved him even thought he had hurt her, but her love was soon going to turn into hate. It had happened to her, she loved Aaron but when he started to hurt her, again and again, her love turned into hate.
"You are an idiot." she said when she saw Veronica smile and brush away her last tears. "I never though these words would ever come out of my mouth, but you are turning into your father."
"I will never ever be like him!"
"You are doing to Veronica what your father did to me, I hope you realize that even if she doesn't hate you now, it will soon change. She loves you and by the time she moves in with her aunt she will hate you and I don't think that after you will be able to win her love again. If you want to do something then it better be soon."