The journey - Chapter 3
After a nice meatloaf dinner, some beer, a lot of talking and a bad action movie later Piz is sitting in the sofa at the Mars' wondering when Veronica is going to show up. Suddenly the door opens...
"Finally, you're here" Keith says getting up of the armchair.
"Hi dad." Veronica gives her father a hug and sees Piz in the sofa. "Oh, eh... hi Piz. What are you doing here?" she says forcing her self to smile at him
"Yes, someone ditched me again.." Keith said with a smile at his daughter. "But now you are home"
"Hrm. About that." Veronica is trying to choose her words. "I'll be leaving again"
"Oh" Did you change your mind about going with Mac to LA for the weekend?" Keith asks
"LA?" Piz says surprised
Oh right... Mac... LA... I totally forgot that. Note to self, call her from the car once this drama is over.
"Please, let me just say this. No. I'm not going to LA with Mac. I'm going to Ohio." she pauses "With Logan."
Piz feels like both his jaw and his heart falls down to his feet. She is standing right in front of both me and her father, and she says that she is leaving with Logan he thinks to himself
"It's not like that Piz" Veronica continues when she sees the look on his face. "Logan just got a letter from his mom"
"Eh, and that's a reason for you to go with him to Ohio, how?" Piz says with anger and jealousy is his voice
"His mother is dead" Keith says calmly.
"Oh."
"But Veronica. That is no reason to run of on a Friday night halfway across the country." Keith says in a determined voice
"Maybe not. But I don't want him to go alone. And if I don't go with him, he will." She says walking to her room and grabs her suitcase.
"Veronica." She is interrupted in her thoughts by Piz who is standing right behind her. "Have we broken up without even talking? Because just a week ago we where here doing things I wont say when your father is in the next room, and now you are leaving for God knows how long, and with him?!"
"I'm so sorry Piz. I have been feeling a bit off the last couple of days. I think we need to stop seeing each other for a while."
"Hell, yea that's convenient for you. Skip town with hunky ex boyfriend while taking a break with current not so hunky boyfriend"
"Cut it out!" Veronica interrupts Piz. "I know I deserve that, and that you probably hate me. But I have to do this. There are things between Logan and me that you don?t understand"
"Oh, thanks. That made it hurt less" Piz says ironically. "Well, I wont stand in your way." He turns around and walks away.
"Dad."
"Is there any way I can stop you from doing this?"
"No. Dad, I have to go with him. I have to help him with this. Regardless if it is to laugh with him if she is really there and alive. Or cry with him if it turns out to be a big fat lie. Please don't try and stop me because I've..."
"Okay."
"What?"
"I said okay. Go. Support him. But be careful. And call me a lot."
"I love you dad" Veronica says and hugs her father.
She grabs her bag and gives him a light kiss on the cheek. "I'll call you tomorrow."
******
Logan sits in his car staring at the letter from his mom. Could this really be true? Could she really be alive? It looks like her handwriting. He remembers it from a card attached to one of the few of the millions Christmas presents he got from his parents that they didn't have one of the maids sign. But that was 12 years ago. He can't be sure. He looks up just as he sees the door opening.
"That went faster than I thought" he says to himself before he realises that it isn't Veronica coming out of the Mars' home, it is Piz. This could be interesting he thinks to himself while wondering what had been said in there. And suddenly gets anxious that Veronica will bail on him.
Piz looks right at him while he passes the car. He looks totally heartbroken. Logan feels sorry for the guy, but in the meantime he feels a little tingling joy deep inside him. Now they will have a chance for a possible clean start, just the two of them. Logan smiles as he continues to wait for Veronica to come out so they can start their journey together.
"Finally, you're here" Keith says getting up of the armchair.
"Hi dad." Veronica gives her father a hug and sees Piz in the sofa. "Oh, eh... hi Piz. What are you doing here?" she says forcing her self to smile at him
This is just perfect. How am I going to get out of this one? Piz in the sofa and Logan in the car. Thank GOD I made him wait in the car.
"Yes, someone ditched me again.." Keith said with a smile at his daughter. "But now you are home"
"Hrm. About that." Veronica is trying to choose her words. "I'll be leaving again"
"Oh" Did you change your mind about going with Mac to LA for the weekend?" Keith asks
"LA?" Piz says surprised
Oh right... Mac... LA... I totally forgot that. Note to self, call her from the car once this drama is over.
"Please, let me just say this. No. I'm not going to LA with Mac. I'm going to Ohio." she pauses "With Logan."
Piz feels like both his jaw and his heart falls down to his feet. She is standing right in front of both me and her father, and she says that she is leaving with Logan he thinks to himself
"It's not like that Piz" Veronica continues when she sees the look on his face. "Logan just got a letter from his mom"
"Eh, and that's a reason for you to go with him to Ohio, how?" Piz says with anger and jealousy is his voice
"His mother is dead" Keith says calmly.
"Oh."
"But Veronica. That is no reason to run of on a Friday night halfway across the country." Keith says in a determined voice
"Maybe not. But I don't want him to go alone. And if I don't go with him, he will." She says walking to her room and grabs her suitcase.
Wow. Somehow I'm more and more convinced that going on this trip with Logan is the best thing to do.
"Veronica." She is interrupted in her thoughts by Piz who is standing right behind her. "Have we broken up without even talking? Because just a week ago we where here doing things I wont say when your father is in the next room, and now you are leaving for God knows how long, and with him?!"
I'm scum. I'm totally and utterly a big bag of crap. But I can't stay here with him. Not when every part of me wants to be out in that car with Logan.
"I'm so sorry Piz. I have been feeling a bit off the last couple of days. I think we need to stop seeing each other for a while."
"Hell, yea that's convenient for you. Skip town with hunky ex boyfriend while taking a break with current not so hunky boyfriend"
"Cut it out!" Veronica interrupts Piz. "I know I deserve that, and that you probably hate me. But I have to do this. There are things between Logan and me that you don?t understand"
"Oh, thanks. That made it hurt less" Piz says ironically. "Well, I wont stand in your way." He turns around and walks away.
Oh my God. Could that have gone any worse? I don't even know if I really want to break up with Piz. There is just too much unsaid and undone between Logan and me. I just have to try it. This was a much to good opportunity to pass
"Dad."
"Is there any way I can stop you from doing this?"
"No. Dad, I have to go with him. I have to help him with this. Regardless if it is to laugh with him if she is really there and alive. Or cry with him if it turns out to be a big fat lie. Please don't try and stop me because I've..."
"Okay."
"What?"
"I said okay. Go. Support him. But be careful. And call me a lot."
"I love you dad" Veronica says and hugs her father.
She grabs her bag and gives him a light kiss on the cheek. "I'll call you tomorrow."
******
Logan sits in his car staring at the letter from his mom. Could this really be true? Could she really be alive? It looks like her handwriting. He remembers it from a card attached to one of the few of the millions Christmas presents he got from his parents that they didn't have one of the maids sign. But that was 12 years ago. He can't be sure. He looks up just as he sees the door opening.
"That went faster than I thought" he says to himself before he realises that it isn't Veronica coming out of the Mars' home, it is Piz. This could be interesting he thinks to himself while wondering what had been said in there. And suddenly gets anxious that Veronica will bail on him.
Piz looks right at him while he passes the car. He looks totally heartbroken. Logan feels sorry for the guy, but in the meantime he feels a little tingling joy deep inside him. Now they will have a chance for a possible clean start, just the two of them. Logan smiles as he continues to wait for Veronica to come out so they can start their journey together.
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Postat av: Pyggme
Å, det här får mig verkligen att sakna VM.. låter som en storyline jag gärna sett.. =)
Postat av: Magdalena
hihi jag har inte sett att du har kommenterat här. Har skrivit typ 20 sidor nu, men inte publicerat mer. Har gjort om ganska mycket också tror jag. Du får gärna läsa om du vill. ;)
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