fanfic: never too late (chapter 1 of ?); rated: t
Title: Never Too Late
Word Count: 569
Rating: PG-14 for language
Warnings/Spoilers: All three seasons are fair game. And read There and Back Again, for clarification.
Summary: Bringing them home was easy. It was what they risked and would miss that was hard.
Official Disclaimer: All Veronica Mars characters and plots belong to Rob Thomas and the CW. I do not hold stock either the man or the company. Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls, and any other character featured are NOT mine.
There were days that were built for school. Days when the sun didn’t shine and rain was almost imminent, those were the days that you went to class in a haze and come out the other side of the hour ready to bunker down with your boyfriend and enjoy good movies, good sex, and maybe get a little studying for finals done in between.
Veronica had just gotten off the phone with said boyfriend, after hearing his idea for her after class activities, and decided to grab a cup of coffee at the student union before moving on to her English lecture. She dropped her new iPhone into her purse and then turned, handing her cash to the person at the register.
“Veronica.”
She came up short after retrieving her coffee, almost bumping her face into the chest of the man behind her. He hadn’t changed much in the two years since she had seen him last. Dressed as casually as he could get in a pair of khaki’s and a crisp white shirt, she was almost amazed not to see a straw hat on top of his head. There was a split second when she thought this could be a coincidence. Then she noticed his wife. “Mr. Kane. Celeste.”
“Call me Jake.” There was a terse moment when neither one seemed to know what was going on before Jake Kane cleared his throat. “I know you know where he is, how to contact him.” There was no need to clarify who that he was. There could only be one person Jake Kane would want to talk to Veronica about. “He needs to come home.”
There was a moment before Veronica realized exactly what this meant for her life and her best friend. “He’s being accused of kidnapping in the first degree and transporting an infant over state lines.” She tried to find every single reference to the law in her head and no matter how hard she tried the numbers 15 to life kept popping into her head. “There’s no way he’s coming back.”
“The Manning’s have agreed to drop the charges.” Jake was still tense, trying his hardest to not try to take over the conversation and force Veronica to give up the phone number or address. “They are still suing him for custody of Lilly, but they’ve agreed to drop almost all charges.”
A part of her was jumping for joy. It was a shame that the other part was going over all of the ways a homecoming for Duncan and his daughter could end in disaster. Veronica weighed the odds and then shook her head. “And Lilly? Can you guarantee she’ll be safe?”
“I can protect my granddaughter. “
Veronica couldn’t believe that Jake Kane was trying to win her over by pretending to be infallible. She shook her head again. “Like you protected your daughter?”
Finally Celeste was tired of being quiet. “You listen here-“
“No, you listen.” Veronica took a sip of her coffee and held up one finger. “Duncan and Lilly are not coming back until you can promise their complete safety. Do you understand?” Without so much as a goodbye, Veronica turned on her heel and headed out of the student union.
She was all the way out to the car before she realized that she was in a bad mood.
And she had such high hopes for the day.
Word Count: 569
Rating: PG-14 for language
Warnings/Spoilers: All three seasons are fair game. And read There and Back Again, for clarification.
Summary: Bringing them home was easy. It was what they risked and would miss that was hard.
Official Disclaimer: All Veronica Mars characters and plots belong to Rob Thomas and the CW. I do not hold stock either the man or the company. Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls, and any other character featured are NOT mine.
There were days that were built for school. Days when the sun didn’t shine and rain was almost imminent, those were the days that you went to class in a haze and come out the other side of the hour ready to bunker down with your boyfriend and enjoy good movies, good sex, and maybe get a little studying for finals done in between.
Veronica had just gotten off the phone with said boyfriend, after hearing his idea for her after class activities, and decided to grab a cup of coffee at the student union before moving on to her English lecture. She dropped her new iPhone into her purse and then turned, handing her cash to the person at the register.
“Veronica.”
She came up short after retrieving her coffee, almost bumping her face into the chest of the man behind her. He hadn’t changed much in the two years since she had seen him last. Dressed as casually as he could get in a pair of khaki’s and a crisp white shirt, she was almost amazed not to see a straw hat on top of his head. There was a split second when she thought this could be a coincidence. Then she noticed his wife. “Mr. Kane. Celeste.”
“Call me Jake.” There was a terse moment when neither one seemed to know what was going on before Jake Kane cleared his throat. “I know you know where he is, how to contact him.” There was no need to clarify who that he was. There could only be one person Jake Kane would want to talk to Veronica about. “He needs to come home.”
There was a moment before Veronica realized exactly what this meant for her life and her best friend. “He’s being accused of kidnapping in the first degree and transporting an infant over state lines.” She tried to find every single reference to the law in her head and no matter how hard she tried the numbers 15 to life kept popping into her head. “There’s no way he’s coming back.”
“The Manning’s have agreed to drop the charges.” Jake was still tense, trying his hardest to not try to take over the conversation and force Veronica to give up the phone number or address. “They are still suing him for custody of Lilly, but they’ve agreed to drop almost all charges.”
A part of her was jumping for joy. It was a shame that the other part was going over all of the ways a homecoming for Duncan and his daughter could end in disaster. Veronica weighed the odds and then shook her head. “And Lilly? Can you guarantee she’ll be safe?”
“I can protect my granddaughter. “
Veronica couldn’t believe that Jake Kane was trying to win her over by pretending to be infallible. She shook her head again. “Like you protected your daughter?”
Finally Celeste was tired of being quiet. “You listen here-“
“No, you listen.” Veronica took a sip of her coffee and held up one finger. “Duncan and Lilly are not coming back until you can promise their complete safety. Do you understand?” Without so much as a goodbye, Veronica turned on her heel and headed out of the student union.
She was all the way out to the car before she realized that she was in a bad mood.
And she had such high hopes for the day.