The Return 2: Homecoming (Ensemble) PG
Title: The Return 2-Homecoming
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Veronica, Lilly Kane (the first), Logan, Weevil, Parker, Piz, Dick, Mac, Wallace
Word Count: 2,151
Spoilers: All episodes (from 1.01: Pilot to 3.20: The Bitch Is Back. Just to be sure) Although this is obviously AU and there are obviously going to be some alterations to events and especially some in the last couple of episodes.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Literally, nothing. So don’t sue me over his, because you won’t get anything. It all belongs to Rob Thomas and if I had owned it when it was still on the last season would have been way different.
Chapter 1: Awake
A/N: This story was also no originally mine, and I’d really liekt to stress that in the first two chapters. The original story can be found here) And this is my first attempt at anything AU, so… enjoy
The Return
2
Homecoming
~Logan~
Lilly was sitting out on the balcony, sipping out of a bottle of water and looking entirely too calm to be there. She’d been there an hour, and Logan still couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that she was awake. And Veronica had known. Even though she had only kept this from him for less then twenty-four hours, it still hurt. It still felt like a major betrayal.
Pushing off from his position on the couch he walked towards Veronica, who sat at the table, quietly explaining things to Parker and Piz. Mac and Wallace were standing nearby and Logan had a feeling they were listening in as well. Dick was standing near the balcony doors, staring at Lilly in shock. Weevil had barricaded himself in Logan’s bedroom, probably pacing and thinking about today’s events. And the domino effect they were likely to have.
Logan positioned himself at Veronica’s elbow, waiting for her to end her story. He had to speak with her. They had to talk about this. It was a major event in their lives and like all events of this size he wanted to discuss it with her. He’d grown accustomed to her being there for him in times like this, and right now he knew he needed her.
Pulling himself out of his thoughts he noticed that there were five pairs of eyes on him. He smiled nervously at the others as he pulled Veronica out of her chair and ushered her into Dick’s bedroom since his was already occupied.
“You couldn’t have told me? Mentioned it to me on the phone yesterday? Or when you called and told me to invite Weevil over tonight?” Logan asked harshly once he had closed the door.
“She made me promise not to say anything. And after I spent four or five hours explaining my life to her she was tired and Celeste was due to show up. It isn’t like you could have seen her, not with Celeste there. She almost hates you as much as she hates me. And then she was being released today and I said that I wouldn’t say anything as long as this was the first stop we made.” Veronica said, pushing her words out quickly. She and Logan had finally started to rebuild a friendship and trust, she didn’t want to ruin that by letting him think she hadn’t wanted to tell him.
“It just sucks, you know? Finding out with everyone else, four people who didn’t even know her. And Dick.” Logan said, his head hung low. The fight had left him and now he just felt drained. It had been a highly emotional hour, and his upset over Veronica’s lie had been keeping him from fully accepting Lilly was back in their lives. There were likely to be some big changes in their lives due to the former love-of-his-life’s re-entrance.
Veronica reached up, wrapping her arms around his shoulders, pulling him down into a hug. Logan’s arms wrapped around her waist automatically, clinging to her and pulling her tight against his body. He pressed his face into the crook of her neck and inhaled her calming scent.
~Lilly~
“You messed up so many lives when you went into your coma. But, some of them were messed up before that, like Logan’s. And Weevil’s. You’re going to have to face those mistakes at some point.”
Lilly couldn’t get Veronica’s words out of her head, they plagued her. She had messed up.
She knew she had screwed with both Logan and Weevil-specifically their emotions-and she could apologize but that wouldn’t make it right. And they all knew it too. There was so much damage done now that it couldn’t be fixed with words.
Lilly sunk even further into her thoughts. She had loved the girl Veronica had been. Sweet and innocent, naïve and trusting, the old Veronica had been those things. But she had always been good, and a little boring when it came to partying and life, and of course when it came to sex. But now little Veronica Mars had grown up. She had lost her innocence in a way that Lilly couldn’t even imagine, and with her innocence went her sweetness. She had become jaded in the ways of the world, her naiveté lost along with her trusting nature. But with those losses came the tough and demanding girl she had become. Veronica Mars was now a badass private detective who solved mysteries and crime, and so obviously had four of the five guys currently in the hotel suite wrapped around her little finger. And two of them were Lilly’s former lovers. Logan had barely glanced at her with Veronica in the room, staring at her best friend with a mix of longing and hurt. Lilly felt guilty for making Veronica keep her condition a secret from him now.
Of course when it came to Logan there was a lot she felt guilty about. Logan had been her first love, in not her first lover. She had always thought that if she settled down with anyone, it would’ve been him. He was good-looking and witty, his clever remarks always did keep her on her toes. And on her back. He was amazing in bed, always had been. But with those things came the over-confidence that concealed a needy and clingy boy. Sure he seemed sure of himself, and that was the image he presented to the general public. Behind closed doors however, he had always clung to her and wanted too much. He was damaged, and according to Veronica it had been at the hands of his own father. His father, whom she had slept with. One more mark on the list of crimes she had committed against Logan, the guy she had once loved.
Then there was Eli. At first she had used him with the intention of throwing him in her mother’s face. An ethnic and the help, a boy with a criminal record that was likely to give Celeste a heart attack. Lilly hadn’t cared what it would do to him. Or Logan.
The whole damn situation was worthy of it’s own soap opera. Or Jerry Springer.
~Weevil~
Seeing Lilly had rattled him. So much so that he had listened to Veronica’s little speech without saying a word, then locked himself in Echolls’ bedroom. Now he sat on the bed, staring at the door and wondering what was going on out there. If Lilly was having some joyful reunion with Echolls. If they were kissing and hugging and professing their undying love to each other. The two of them had always been so selfish, it was plausible. Maybe if he stared hard enough he’d develop the power to see through the door. Or burn a hole in it.
Sighing, Weevil flopped backwards onto the bed. It was comfy. Of course, being in a five-star hotel it wasn’t much of a surprise that it was probably one of the most comfortable beds he’d ever been on. Glancing above his head Weevil saw a glimpse of something odd. There were odd looking fish mounted on the wall above the bed. Five-star hotel and they can’t get decent art? he thought to himself.
Pulling himself back up into a sitting position Weevil strained his ears, trying to hear what was going on. There was a little bit of a mumble, but he couldn’t make out any words. It was Veronica though, probably explaining the details of their little drama to the new comers.
She had looked good. She’d only been awake for ten days in the last four years, but she looked perfect, as usual. Her blonde hair was a bit longer and perhaps she was thinner, but she looked nearly the exact same as she did the last time they had been together.
The same except for the look of shame that had crossed her face when Veronica had told her she’d messed up lives. The look had gotten worse as Veronica accused her of messing up his and Logan’s lives even worse.
Weevil had known her, and the Lilly he’d known would have reveled in the fact that she’d caused such turmoil. He had known then that things between them would never have worked out. She was the 09er queen and daddy’s little princess. He had been a biker and gang member, every father’s worst nightmare and the guy all the girls thought they had to have when they entered their “bad boy” phase. It made sense that she dated Logan, king of 09ers, and not the lowly biker gang leader. Their lives were based on an undeniable social structure, and according to that structure rich white girls don’t date Mexican bikers.
~Parker~
“Lilly?” Parker called out as she slowly opened the balcony door.
“Yes?” The quiet blonde replied, glancing back over her shoulder. “Parker right? The other girls’ roommate, Logan’s ex.”
Parker nodded, accepting that as her identity. Veronica always introduced her as Mac’s roommate, as if that was all she was to her now. There had only been one occasion where Parker had been introduced as a friend, and that was January 2007, before Logan and Veronica had gotten back together for the last time. Before Parker had dated Logan. At first the way Veronica viewed her had bothered her, she had so desperately wanted to be Veronica’s friend. Now though, Parker just accepted it. Veronica was the way she was. She viewed everything in a ‘me-versus-you’ way, and since last February it had been Veronica versus Parker, the girl that had dated Logan.
“Are you okay? You’ve been out here a while, and to be honest you look a little out of it.” Parker asked, already concerned for the girl that was likely never to become a real friend to her. She was Veronica’s friend, and her loyalty would stay with her.
“No, not really. It used to be the four of us. Logan, Veronica, Duncan and I. No one could get in our little circle, we were that close. And believe me, they tried.” Lilly paused with a wistful smile. “But then Donut started ignoring Veronica, and they stopped being together. The fairytale romance ended, and suddenly she was lost and he was more out of it than usual. Then Logan kissed Yolanda and I broke up with him. I started sleeping with Aaron to get back at him, and to get back at Celeste for the things she told Duncan and what she did to Veronica. And before I knew it I was in a coma and everything just when wrong.” Lilly took a breath, calming herself and trying to discreetly wipe away a tear.
“Veronica and I could never just stop being friends. And it’s not like Duncan had a choice but to talk to me, he’s my brother. He lived with me, and try as he might, he couldn’t keep me away. Then there was Logan and Duncan, joined at the hip since they were twelve. Of course, Ronica and I had them beat by a landslide, we’ve been best friends since I was four.” Lilly stopped looking at Parker then, turning back to face the view of the Neptune skyline from her perch on the edge of a chair.
“We were all so talented, so perfect. The very cliché of the ideal high school experience. Veronica… she could get us out of trouble with just a tilt of her head and those big puppy dog eyes. And boy did we take advantage of that, Logan and I… we were constantly getting in trouble, dragging Ronnie and the Donut along for the ride.” Lilly’s voice started to get softer, quieter. Parker could hear the hint of tears in her voice as well. It must be tough to wake up and realize everyone had moved on.
“At the beginning of Freshman year, I got raped. The guy shaved my head, as if the rape hadn’t been bad enough. After that, I was a bitch to Veronica, blamed her for it. Didn’t matter though, she still put herself in danger to find out who did it.” Parker took a deep breath, willing herself to continue. “She was almost raped twice, and she still didn’t back down. She stood up and went after him even more, she did it for me. And for the other girls, the other victims. She didn’t have to, especially after the way I treated her. But she did, and she caught the guy. Guys.” Parker took the seat next to Lilly, and seeing the interested look in the older girls’ eyes she continued to tell her what exactly had happened, in as much detail as she could.
When Parker had finished the story, she stood and slipped back into the suite, closing the door softly behind her and leaving Lilly to her thoughts.
3:Forgive
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Veronica, Lilly Kane (the first), Logan, Weevil, Parker, Piz, Dick, Mac, Wallace
Word Count: 2,151
Spoilers: All episodes (from 1.01: Pilot to 3.20: The Bitch Is Back. Just to be sure) Although this is obviously AU and there are obviously going to be some alterations to events and especially some in the last couple of episodes.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Literally, nothing. So don’t sue me over his, because you won’t get anything. It all belongs to Rob Thomas and if I had owned it when it was still on the last season would have been way different.
Chapter 1: Awake
A/N: This story was also no originally mine, and I’d really liekt to stress that in the first two chapters. The original story can be found here) And this is my first attempt at anything AU, so… enjoy
The Return
2
Homecoming
~Logan~
Lilly was sitting out on the balcony, sipping out of a bottle of water and looking entirely too calm to be there. She’d been there an hour, and Logan still couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that she was awake. And Veronica had known. Even though she had only kept this from him for less then twenty-four hours, it still hurt. It still felt like a major betrayal.
Pushing off from his position on the couch he walked towards Veronica, who sat at the table, quietly explaining things to Parker and Piz. Mac and Wallace were standing nearby and Logan had a feeling they were listening in as well. Dick was standing near the balcony doors, staring at Lilly in shock. Weevil had barricaded himself in Logan’s bedroom, probably pacing and thinking about today’s events. And the domino effect they were likely to have.
Logan positioned himself at Veronica’s elbow, waiting for her to end her story. He had to speak with her. They had to talk about this. It was a major event in their lives and like all events of this size he wanted to discuss it with her. He’d grown accustomed to her being there for him in times like this, and right now he knew he needed her.
Pulling himself out of his thoughts he noticed that there were five pairs of eyes on him. He smiled nervously at the others as he pulled Veronica out of her chair and ushered her into Dick’s bedroom since his was already occupied.
“You couldn’t have told me? Mentioned it to me on the phone yesterday? Or when you called and told me to invite Weevil over tonight?” Logan asked harshly once he had closed the door.
“She made me promise not to say anything. And after I spent four or five hours explaining my life to her she was tired and Celeste was due to show up. It isn’t like you could have seen her, not with Celeste there. She almost hates you as much as she hates me. And then she was being released today and I said that I wouldn’t say anything as long as this was the first stop we made.” Veronica said, pushing her words out quickly. She and Logan had finally started to rebuild a friendship and trust, she didn’t want to ruin that by letting him think she hadn’t wanted to tell him.
“It just sucks, you know? Finding out with everyone else, four people who didn’t even know her. And Dick.” Logan said, his head hung low. The fight had left him and now he just felt drained. It had been a highly emotional hour, and his upset over Veronica’s lie had been keeping him from fully accepting Lilly was back in their lives. There were likely to be some big changes in their lives due to the former love-of-his-life’s re-entrance.
Veronica reached up, wrapping her arms around his shoulders, pulling him down into a hug. Logan’s arms wrapped around her waist automatically, clinging to her and pulling her tight against his body. He pressed his face into the crook of her neck and inhaled her calming scent.
~Lilly~
“You messed up so many lives when you went into your coma. But, some of them were messed up before that, like Logan’s. And Weevil’s. You’re going to have to face those mistakes at some point.”
Lilly couldn’t get Veronica’s words out of her head, they plagued her. She had messed up.
She knew she had screwed with both Logan and Weevil-specifically their emotions-and she could apologize but that wouldn’t make it right. And they all knew it too. There was so much damage done now that it couldn’t be fixed with words.
Lilly sunk even further into her thoughts. She had loved the girl Veronica had been. Sweet and innocent, naïve and trusting, the old Veronica had been those things. But she had always been good, and a little boring when it came to partying and life, and of course when it came to sex. But now little Veronica Mars had grown up. She had lost her innocence in a way that Lilly couldn’t even imagine, and with her innocence went her sweetness. She had become jaded in the ways of the world, her naiveté lost along with her trusting nature. But with those losses came the tough and demanding girl she had become. Veronica Mars was now a badass private detective who solved mysteries and crime, and so obviously had four of the five guys currently in the hotel suite wrapped around her little finger. And two of them were Lilly’s former lovers. Logan had barely glanced at her with Veronica in the room, staring at her best friend with a mix of longing and hurt. Lilly felt guilty for making Veronica keep her condition a secret from him now.
Of course when it came to Logan there was a lot she felt guilty about. Logan had been her first love, in not her first lover. She had always thought that if she settled down with anyone, it would’ve been him. He was good-looking and witty, his clever remarks always did keep her on her toes. And on her back. He was amazing in bed, always had been. But with those things came the over-confidence that concealed a needy and clingy boy. Sure he seemed sure of himself, and that was the image he presented to the general public. Behind closed doors however, he had always clung to her and wanted too much. He was damaged, and according to Veronica it had been at the hands of his own father. His father, whom she had slept with. One more mark on the list of crimes she had committed against Logan, the guy she had once loved.
Then there was Eli. At first she had used him with the intention of throwing him in her mother’s face. An ethnic and the help, a boy with a criminal record that was likely to give Celeste a heart attack. Lilly hadn’t cared what it would do to him. Or Logan.
The whole damn situation was worthy of it’s own soap opera. Or Jerry Springer.
~Weevil~
Seeing Lilly had rattled him. So much so that he had listened to Veronica’s little speech without saying a word, then locked himself in Echolls’ bedroom. Now he sat on the bed, staring at the door and wondering what was going on out there. If Lilly was having some joyful reunion with Echolls. If they were kissing and hugging and professing their undying love to each other. The two of them had always been so selfish, it was plausible. Maybe if he stared hard enough he’d develop the power to see through the door. Or burn a hole in it.
Sighing, Weevil flopped backwards onto the bed. It was comfy. Of course, being in a five-star hotel it wasn’t much of a surprise that it was probably one of the most comfortable beds he’d ever been on. Glancing above his head Weevil saw a glimpse of something odd. There were odd looking fish mounted on the wall above the bed. Five-star hotel and they can’t get decent art? he thought to himself.
Pulling himself back up into a sitting position Weevil strained his ears, trying to hear what was going on. There was a little bit of a mumble, but he couldn’t make out any words. It was Veronica though, probably explaining the details of their little drama to the new comers.
She had looked good. She’d only been awake for ten days in the last four years, but she looked perfect, as usual. Her blonde hair was a bit longer and perhaps she was thinner, but she looked nearly the exact same as she did the last time they had been together.
The same except for the look of shame that had crossed her face when Veronica had told her she’d messed up lives. The look had gotten worse as Veronica accused her of messing up his and Logan’s lives even worse.
Weevil had known her, and the Lilly he’d known would have reveled in the fact that she’d caused such turmoil. He had known then that things between them would never have worked out. She was the 09er queen and daddy’s little princess. He had been a biker and gang member, every father’s worst nightmare and the guy all the girls thought they had to have when they entered their “bad boy” phase. It made sense that she dated Logan, king of 09ers, and not the lowly biker gang leader. Their lives were based on an undeniable social structure, and according to that structure rich white girls don’t date Mexican bikers.
~Parker~
“Lilly?” Parker called out as she slowly opened the balcony door.
“Yes?” The quiet blonde replied, glancing back over her shoulder. “Parker right? The other girls’ roommate, Logan’s ex.”
Parker nodded, accepting that as her identity. Veronica always introduced her as Mac’s roommate, as if that was all she was to her now. There had only been one occasion where Parker had been introduced as a friend, and that was January 2007, before Logan and Veronica had gotten back together for the last time. Before Parker had dated Logan. At first the way Veronica viewed her had bothered her, she had so desperately wanted to be Veronica’s friend. Now though, Parker just accepted it. Veronica was the way she was. She viewed everything in a ‘me-versus-you’ way, and since last February it had been Veronica versus Parker, the girl that had dated Logan.
“Are you okay? You’ve been out here a while, and to be honest you look a little out of it.” Parker asked, already concerned for the girl that was likely never to become a real friend to her. She was Veronica’s friend, and her loyalty would stay with her.
“No, not really. It used to be the four of us. Logan, Veronica, Duncan and I. No one could get in our little circle, we were that close. And believe me, they tried.” Lilly paused with a wistful smile. “But then Donut started ignoring Veronica, and they stopped being together. The fairytale romance ended, and suddenly she was lost and he was more out of it than usual. Then Logan kissed Yolanda and I broke up with him. I started sleeping with Aaron to get back at him, and to get back at Celeste for the things she told Duncan and what she did to Veronica. And before I knew it I was in a coma and everything just when wrong.” Lilly took a breath, calming herself and trying to discreetly wipe away a tear.
“Veronica and I could never just stop being friends. And it’s not like Duncan had a choice but to talk to me, he’s my brother. He lived with me, and try as he might, he couldn’t keep me away. Then there was Logan and Duncan, joined at the hip since they were twelve. Of course, Ronica and I had them beat by a landslide, we’ve been best friends since I was four.” Lilly stopped looking at Parker then, turning back to face the view of the Neptune skyline from her perch on the edge of a chair.
“We were all so talented, so perfect. The very cliché of the ideal high school experience. Veronica… she could get us out of trouble with just a tilt of her head and those big puppy dog eyes. And boy did we take advantage of that, Logan and I… we were constantly getting in trouble, dragging Ronnie and the Donut along for the ride.” Lilly’s voice started to get softer, quieter. Parker could hear the hint of tears in her voice as well. It must be tough to wake up and realize everyone had moved on.
“At the beginning of Freshman year, I got raped. The guy shaved my head, as if the rape hadn’t been bad enough. After that, I was a bitch to Veronica, blamed her for it. Didn’t matter though, she still put herself in danger to find out who did it.” Parker took a deep breath, willing herself to continue. “She was almost raped twice, and she still didn’t back down. She stood up and went after him even more, she did it for me. And for the other girls, the other victims. She didn’t have to, especially after the way I treated her. But she did, and she caught the guy. Guys.” Parker took the seat next to Lilly, and seeing the interested look in the older girls’ eyes she continued to tell her what exactly had happened, in as much detail as she could.
When Parker had finished the story, she stood and slipped back into the suite, closing the door softly behind her and leaving Lilly to her thoughts.
3:Forgive