For Better or Worse 2/?
Title: For Better or Worse 2/?
Author: Tigereyes320
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica Other character mentions
Word Count:1095
Rating: R for Language, and sexual situations
Summary: When a marriage happens between Logan and Veronica, and love isn’t the reason, do they make it work or do they make each other miserable.
Spoilers: Set at the end of Season 3 (spoilers up to what we have already seen through Episode 3x12)
Author's Note: I own nothing of the VM universe. I might have taken a few liberties with the law.
“I’m sorry Veronica.”
“For what? I’m the one who killed someone.”
“It was self defense.”
“You don’t know that.”
“Yes I do, I believe what you said happened. I just didn’t hear any of it. I believe you.”
“Thank you. I guess were going to have to hurry and get a license. Is there room for me at The Grand with Dick being there?”
“Not really. I ddin’t tell you before, I’m in the process of selling my mother’s art collection. The best advice you gave me was putting it into storage. It’s more than quadrupled in value since I inherited it. I was going to sell it and use the proceeds to buy a house of my own. The trust fund my father left me will more than cover my expenses there and have plenty of money for finishing college. Especially since the bean counter had to return all the money he had taken from me.”
“Did you find the house you wanted?”
“Yeah. I can close within the week. There are four bedrooms in the house. There is also a pool house. I can have Dick live there, that way any of his overnight guests won’t bother us. You can have a bedroom of your own. I don’t expect you to jump into bed with me because we’re getting married. We have a lot to sort through if we ever want to get back to that.”
“Let’s get the ball rolling.”
“How about we plan the wedding for Saturday afternoon? I can do all the planning you just have to show up.”
“Okay.”
“Veronica, this is so not how I wanted to marry you. We’ll need witnesses. How about Mac, Wallace, I’ll have Dick and Cliff and you can have your dad there to at least give you away.”
“How did you imagine marrying me?”
“Small ceremony on the beach you and me, family and friends. Nothing huge.”
“Sounds nice.”
There was a knock on the door, and Keith and Cliff entered the apartment.”
Cliff looked at the two teenagers, with eyes much to old for their years. “So kiddies any decisions?”
Veronica smiled and said “Yeah, don’t make any plans for Saturday afternoon. Logan and I are getting married. I also need you to draft a pre-nup Cliff. I don’t want any of Logan’s money. You two can hammer out the rest of the details. I’m going to bed. Logan call me tomorrow so we can go get the license.”
“Sweet dreams honey.” Keith said as Vernica got up and went back to her bedroom. “So exactly what plans have you made.”
“I’m buying a house, Veronica’s moving in, looks like there will be a pre-nup, and we’ll take it from there. I told her I would take care of the planning of the ceremony. Cliff I don’t care what Veronica said. If there is a divorce, I’ll give her a generous settlement. I also want in the pre-nup that while we are married. I will pay for her education and financially support her. Veronica can work if she wants, but she won’t have to. She can actually concentrate on school.”
“Logan this is one hell of a sacrifice you’re making.”
“I don’t know that it is. Think of it this way Mr. Mars know when we disagree about something she can’t run away. I’ve never stopped loving her. Love has never been our problem, our problem has never been confronting our issues. Since we will be married and can’t divorce for awhile maybe we can finally work through it all. Maybe we could make this marriage work.”
“Logan.” Keith began.
“I know the chances of that are really slim, and if Veronica wants a divorce as soon as the charges are dropped. I’ll give it to her. If you gentleman don’t mind, I have a wedding to plan. Hypothetically speaking Mr. Mars do think we should let Duncan know?”
“You know how to reach him?” Keith asked warily.
“No, but I could get word to Jake, who could get word to Duncan. I just don’t think he needs to hear about the wedding over the internet.”
“I think it actually might be a good idea. The fewer the surprises the better. Cliff?”
”I agree. I’m out of here. I have to draft my first pre-nup for two people who actually are decent human beings. Logan I’ll call you in two days with a draft of the agreement. You and Veronica can look it over and if everything is fine, I’ll make a final draft you two will sign and then everyone is protected. Keith I’ll talk to you later.”
”Bye Cliff.” Keith said as Cliff left. “Logan, Veronica is not going to want your money. She never has.”
“I know that, it’s the reason I want it spleed out what I’m offering and what she’ll get if the marriage ends.”
“Logan I don’t want you to get hurt, anymore than I want Veronica to get hurt.”
“I actually got Veronica Mars to marry me, I’ll be quite the hero to some.”
“Get out of here. Call me with the details about Saturday. “
“Okay. Let Veronica know I’ll call her tomorrow so we can apply for the marriage license.”
“We’ll see you tomorrow.” Keith said as Logan let himself out of the apartment.
Two days later at Cliff’s office
Logan held the door open for Veronica so she could walk into Cliff’s office.
“Well if it isn’t my favorite engaged couple. I have the draft of the pre-nup right here. If you’ll each read them over, we can discuss any changes.”
“Cliff did you do as I asked?”
“Yes, since you didn’t give me a total, I put one in this draft so look it over and see if it meets with your approval.”
Logan nodded and began reading.
Veronica after reading a few paragraphs lifted her head. “Logan this isn’t what I told you to have drafted.”
“I’m going to go get myself a snack and let you two talk. I’d like my office in one piece when I come back.” Cliff said as he made a quick escape.
Once Cliff left Logan said, “I know it wasn’t what you asked for. It’s what you’re getting. If you and I marry. I will fully support you including paying your tuition and all fees at Hearst. If you want to work for your Dad that is up to you. You will have access to all my accounts. And for every year we remain married it will add to the amount I will give you if or when we divorce. Veronica I know you aren’t with me for the money. Why not let my father who caused you so much pain help fund your dream. If we decide to stay married and you want to continue your education, I’ll support you while you do that as well.”
“Logan.”
“Veronica I won’t divorce you and give you nothing I won’t. Cliff also added a codicil that would provide for any children we might have.”
“Children?”
“Veronica, we are two healthy young adults, I doubt we’ll go through our entire marriage without having sex. I’m certainly not going to force you to have a child, but if we have a child or children, the pre-nup provides for them as well. It also says we will share custody of said child or children. The exception would be if I ever raise my hand in anger to you or the kids. In that case you are to file for divorce immediately, and I will give you custody of any child we have.”
“Just how long do you want to be married Logan?”
“Veronica I still love you. I know that hasn’t been enough in the past, but this time neither of us can just run when it gets hard. We have to deal with everything. Maybe if we do we can start over for real. Show the warts and all, with no more secrets between us. If we deal with all of our issues, maybe we won’t want to divorce whe the time comes.. We could be happy Veronica.”
“What if I can’t give you children? Would you still want a future with me if that happened?”
“Veronica I want to be with you. If we can have children great, if we can’t and you still want them we’ll find a way. Why are you asking?”
“The chlamydia Logan. The odds are because it took so long for me to get treated for it, I could be unable to have children.”
“Do you know for sure?”
“No.”
“Do you want to find out?”
“Not yet.”
“So are we good?”
“No more running away?”
“No more avoiding.”
“Then Logan I think we are good to go.. Three more days and we’ll be married.”
“How about we tell Cliff that these are good to go and I take you out to Lunch. We could go to Luigi’s. Then we could go furniture shopping.”
“So is Dick happy to move out of the suite?”
“He loves the idea of having his own love shack, his words not mine.”
“We aren’t going to talk about the picture that brings to mind.”
“So Luigi’s?” Logan said as he got out of the chair.
“I want manicotti.” Veronica said as she rose from hers.
“Don’t worry I brought along my black Amex. I might actually be able to afford to feed you.”
“You are not funny.”
Next morning
The ringing of the phone, woke Logan up out of a sound slee, he rolled over and grabbed the phone. “Hello?”
“Morning sleepyhead.”
“Veronica?”
“Yep, Do you know if Dick is at your place?”
“Let me check, Why?” Logan asked as he crawled out of bed and made his way to the other bedrom in the suite. The door was closed but Logan quietly opened the door and poked his head in. “No Dick.”
“Good want to come open the door for me? I brought coffee, pastries, and even actual food.”
Logan made his way to the front of the suite and opened it with the phone still attached to his ear.
Veronica grinned as she hung up her phone and juggled the take out boxes and the coffee. “You can hang up the phone. You want to help a girl out here?”
Logan turned off the phone and grabbed the cofee and one of the takeout bags. “I wasn’t expecting to see you until this afternoon, when we were going to pick up rings.”
“I know. Dad is at the house supervising the furniture arrival, and I figured if we were going to start talking about issues and how we’re going to deal with them that it might as well be over breakfast.”
“You want to talk about our issues?”
“I know I was ready to see pigs flying this morning, but you’re right if we want any real chance of us working out, then the issues have to be out in the open.”
“Pull up a couch, this sounds like it’s going to be fun. If you don’t mind I think I’ll take a shower first. You shouldn’t be the only one putting their best face forward.”
Author: Tigereyes320
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica Other character mentions
Word Count:1095
Rating: R for Language, and sexual situations
Summary: When a marriage happens between Logan and Veronica, and love isn’t the reason, do they make it work or do they make each other miserable.
Spoilers: Set at the end of Season 3 (spoilers up to what we have already seen through Episode 3x12)
Author's Note: I own nothing of the VM universe. I might have taken a few liberties with the law.
“I’m sorry Veronica.”
“For what? I’m the one who killed someone.”
“It was self defense.”
“You don’t know that.”
“Yes I do, I believe what you said happened. I just didn’t hear any of it. I believe you.”
“Thank you. I guess were going to have to hurry and get a license. Is there room for me at The Grand with Dick being there?”
“Not really. I ddin’t tell you before, I’m in the process of selling my mother’s art collection. The best advice you gave me was putting it into storage. It’s more than quadrupled in value since I inherited it. I was going to sell it and use the proceeds to buy a house of my own. The trust fund my father left me will more than cover my expenses there and have plenty of money for finishing college. Especially since the bean counter had to return all the money he had taken from me.”
“Did you find the house you wanted?”
“Yeah. I can close within the week. There are four bedrooms in the house. There is also a pool house. I can have Dick live there, that way any of his overnight guests won’t bother us. You can have a bedroom of your own. I don’t expect you to jump into bed with me because we’re getting married. We have a lot to sort through if we ever want to get back to that.”
“Let’s get the ball rolling.”
“How about we plan the wedding for Saturday afternoon? I can do all the planning you just have to show up.”
“Okay.”
“Veronica, this is so not how I wanted to marry you. We’ll need witnesses. How about Mac, Wallace, I’ll have Dick and Cliff and you can have your dad there to at least give you away.”
“How did you imagine marrying me?”
“Small ceremony on the beach you and me, family and friends. Nothing huge.”
“Sounds nice.”
There was a knock on the door, and Keith and Cliff entered the apartment.”
Cliff looked at the two teenagers, with eyes much to old for their years. “So kiddies any decisions?”
Veronica smiled and said “Yeah, don’t make any plans for Saturday afternoon. Logan and I are getting married. I also need you to draft a pre-nup Cliff. I don’t want any of Logan’s money. You two can hammer out the rest of the details. I’m going to bed. Logan call me tomorrow so we can go get the license.”
“Sweet dreams honey.” Keith said as Vernica got up and went back to her bedroom. “So exactly what plans have you made.”
“I’m buying a house, Veronica’s moving in, looks like there will be a pre-nup, and we’ll take it from there. I told her I would take care of the planning of the ceremony. Cliff I don’t care what Veronica said. If there is a divorce, I’ll give her a generous settlement. I also want in the pre-nup that while we are married. I will pay for her education and financially support her. Veronica can work if she wants, but she won’t have to. She can actually concentrate on school.”
“Logan this is one hell of a sacrifice you’re making.”
“I don’t know that it is. Think of it this way Mr. Mars know when we disagree about something she can’t run away. I’ve never stopped loving her. Love has never been our problem, our problem has never been confronting our issues. Since we will be married and can’t divorce for awhile maybe we can finally work through it all. Maybe we could make this marriage work.”
“Logan.” Keith began.
“I know the chances of that are really slim, and if Veronica wants a divorce as soon as the charges are dropped. I’ll give it to her. If you gentleman don’t mind, I have a wedding to plan. Hypothetically speaking Mr. Mars do think we should let Duncan know?”
“You know how to reach him?” Keith asked warily.
“No, but I could get word to Jake, who could get word to Duncan. I just don’t think he needs to hear about the wedding over the internet.”
“I think it actually might be a good idea. The fewer the surprises the better. Cliff?”
”I agree. I’m out of here. I have to draft my first pre-nup for two people who actually are decent human beings. Logan I’ll call you in two days with a draft of the agreement. You and Veronica can look it over and if everything is fine, I’ll make a final draft you two will sign and then everyone is protected. Keith I’ll talk to you later.”
”Bye Cliff.” Keith said as Cliff left. “Logan, Veronica is not going to want your money. She never has.”
“I know that, it’s the reason I want it spleed out what I’m offering and what she’ll get if the marriage ends.”
“Logan I don’t want you to get hurt, anymore than I want Veronica to get hurt.”
“I actually got Veronica Mars to marry me, I’ll be quite the hero to some.”
“Get out of here. Call me with the details about Saturday. “
“Okay. Let Veronica know I’ll call her tomorrow so we can apply for the marriage license.”
“We’ll see you tomorrow.” Keith said as Logan let himself out of the apartment.
Two days later at Cliff’s office
Logan held the door open for Veronica so she could walk into Cliff’s office.
“Well if it isn’t my favorite engaged couple. I have the draft of the pre-nup right here. If you’ll each read them over, we can discuss any changes.”
“Cliff did you do as I asked?”
“Yes, since you didn’t give me a total, I put one in this draft so look it over and see if it meets with your approval.”
Logan nodded and began reading.
Veronica after reading a few paragraphs lifted her head. “Logan this isn’t what I told you to have drafted.”
“I’m going to go get myself a snack and let you two talk. I’d like my office in one piece when I come back.” Cliff said as he made a quick escape.
Once Cliff left Logan said, “I know it wasn’t what you asked for. It’s what you’re getting. If you and I marry. I will fully support you including paying your tuition and all fees at Hearst. If you want to work for your Dad that is up to you. You will have access to all my accounts. And for every year we remain married it will add to the amount I will give you if or when we divorce. Veronica I know you aren’t with me for the money. Why not let my father who caused you so much pain help fund your dream. If we decide to stay married and you want to continue your education, I’ll support you while you do that as well.”
“Logan.”
“Veronica I won’t divorce you and give you nothing I won’t. Cliff also added a codicil that would provide for any children we might have.”
“Children?”
“Veronica, we are two healthy young adults, I doubt we’ll go through our entire marriage without having sex. I’m certainly not going to force you to have a child, but if we have a child or children, the pre-nup provides for them as well. It also says we will share custody of said child or children. The exception would be if I ever raise my hand in anger to you or the kids. In that case you are to file for divorce immediately, and I will give you custody of any child we have.”
“Just how long do you want to be married Logan?”
“Veronica I still love you. I know that hasn’t been enough in the past, but this time neither of us can just run when it gets hard. We have to deal with everything. Maybe if we do we can start over for real. Show the warts and all, with no more secrets between us. If we deal with all of our issues, maybe we won’t want to divorce whe the time comes.. We could be happy Veronica.”
“What if I can’t give you children? Would you still want a future with me if that happened?”
“Veronica I want to be with you. If we can have children great, if we can’t and you still want them we’ll find a way. Why are you asking?”
“The chlamydia Logan. The odds are because it took so long for me to get treated for it, I could be unable to have children.”
“Do you know for sure?”
“No.”
“Do you want to find out?”
“Not yet.”
“So are we good?”
“No more running away?”
“No more avoiding.”
“Then Logan I think we are good to go.. Three more days and we’ll be married.”
“How about we tell Cliff that these are good to go and I take you out to Lunch. We could go to Luigi’s. Then we could go furniture shopping.”
“So is Dick happy to move out of the suite?”
“He loves the idea of having his own love shack, his words not mine.”
“We aren’t going to talk about the picture that brings to mind.”
“So Luigi’s?” Logan said as he got out of the chair.
“I want manicotti.” Veronica said as she rose from hers.
“Don’t worry I brought along my black Amex. I might actually be able to afford to feed you.”
“You are not funny.”
Next morning
The ringing of the phone, woke Logan up out of a sound slee, he rolled over and grabbed the phone. “Hello?”
“Morning sleepyhead.”
“Veronica?”
“Yep, Do you know if Dick is at your place?”
“Let me check, Why?” Logan asked as he crawled out of bed and made his way to the other bedrom in the suite. The door was closed but Logan quietly opened the door and poked his head in. “No Dick.”
“Good want to come open the door for me? I brought coffee, pastries, and even actual food.”
Logan made his way to the front of the suite and opened it with the phone still attached to his ear.
Veronica grinned as she hung up her phone and juggled the take out boxes and the coffee. “You can hang up the phone. You want to help a girl out here?”
Logan turned off the phone and grabbed the cofee and one of the takeout bags. “I wasn’t expecting to see you until this afternoon, when we were going to pick up rings.”
“I know. Dad is at the house supervising the furniture arrival, and I figured if we were going to start talking about issues and how we’re going to deal with them that it might as well be over breakfast.”
“You want to talk about our issues?”
“I know I was ready to see pigs flying this morning, but you’re right if we want any real chance of us working out, then the issues have to be out in the open.”
“Pull up a couch, this sounds like it’s going to be fun. If you don’t mind I think I’ll take a shower first. You shouldn’t be the only one putting their best face forward.”