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Disclaimer: I wish I was witty and had some way of saying that I don't own these Characters...but I'm not so I don't deserve to own them...I just like to manipulate them.
Reflections of Fate: Prologue
POV: Veronica/ Third party
Summary: How they met.
And...you know if I'm forgetting anything I apologize this is my first fic..don't hate.
I have a lot to say about how Logan and I met, even more about how we grew up together. It's not the same story everyone knows, but then in Neptune nothing is what it seems. I guess that's why I'm here, I didn't ask for the gig, but it was sorta handed to me on a silver platter the day Lilly died. The day my life changed forever.
Veronica Mars: teen superhero, defender of the helpless, (though I like to think of myself more as a Vigilante), punisher of the evil doers. I could laugh…it wasn't always this way there was a time when things were simple:... ah how first grade held so many possibilities, but the strange thing is…I'm serious. That's when I was first bewitched bothered and bewildered by none other than Logan Echolls.
Veronica sat glued to the leather interior of her father's LeBaron. It was the final days of summer which meant shorts, which also in the heat caused an uncomfortable shift every time she attempted to shuffle against the leather beneath her, but she didn't mind.
Today was the start of father daughter week in the Mars house, since Lianne was visiting relatives in Phoenix and Veronica couldn't go with. She was excited though, she loved going place to place with the Sheriff of Neptune. Today's adventure took her to a new house, well you couldn't really call it a house more like a three-story, six bedroom, five bath, mansion with a pool house, guest house, car museum, fabulous kitchen, marble flooring, well…the list could go on. It was just another typical mansion in the 90909 area code, a place where the rich and pretty got richer and had plastic surgery to look prettier.
"Ok Honey do you want to welcome the Echoll's with me or would you rather stay in the car?"
"We're taking Safety to the beach after this right dad?"
He nodded towards her the same smile on his face.
"Ok...I'll just wait here, is it going to take a while?"
"No honey, most of the time they don't care to talk much." He smiled and turned while walking over to the door, when he arrived he rung the doorbell.
An attractive long haired brunette opened the door, and Keith smiled.
"Mrs. Echolls" he nodded towards her, "if I do say so myself you look better in person."
She smiled and opened the door wider, "Thank you so much…"she looked at him curiously then it all clicked in her head, "Oh! Sheriff Mars! I forgot you were coming by, there's just been so much going on today."
Keith smiled and nodded his head, "Well I do hope you find our small town comfortable , I'm just here as part of a welcoming committee."
"That's really nice of you, I think Aaron and I are going to be very happy here. Please won't you come in?"
Keith looked back out towards the car and shook his head, "I'm sorry Mrs. Echolls-"
"It's Lynn please...and I won't take no for an answer, really it's the least I can do."
"You see my daughter's in the car and-"
She looked out towards the car and saw the little girl her smile only widened at the convenience, "Ah, Not another word." She said before turning and calling out the name of her son, "Logan!"
There was no answer, she turned back to Keith and smiled apologetically. He merely nodded.
Lynn was so desperate to fulfill her role as perfect housewife she insisted that the Sheriff stay for lunch and that while she was off to fetch her own offspring to convince his daughter to come inside.
Keith contemplated leaving but he was curious about the Echolls home, and had been ever since he heard they were moving to Neptune. He couldn't kill his curious gene and headed back to the car to the impatient girl, still before he could make it a little boy raced past him. Quickly following behind was a red faced Lynn Echolls.
Something had just happened but Keith wasn't sure what it was, Lynn was quick to recover as she plastered that million dollar smile on her face, "You know what I completely forgot the packers aren't quite finished and Mr. Echolls is asleep I'm sure he'd love to meet and greet as well."
She held her breath then looked at her watch, "And the time…I promised my son I'd take him out and about town today."
Keith nodded, "Well my daughter and I were just about to head out to Dog Beach…it's a local hotspot here, if you'd like to join us we can tour the town."
Perhaps it was Keith fulfilling his role as Sheriff and good citizen, or perhaps that detective gene in him was sending more signals than a spidey-sense and he wanted to find out what was wrong with the new neighbors.
Meanwhile whilst the adults made with the niceties the children made with the snark.
Veronica was sitting peacefully her eyes closed and her head tilted back against the seat she sighed waiting and wondering how much longer her father would be, sensing someone was watching her she opened her eyes and jumped when she saw the boy looking through the window at her.
His face was expressionless as he stared at the girl before him.
Giving him a glance of disdain, since this was the phase of boys being icky she turned her nose up and looked at the opposite side of the car.
Then he was gone.
Her eyes widened when she saw her father join her in the car, "Yay we can go now?" she asked forgetting all about the little boy.
"Yep, onward ho my little princess" he said while backing out the car, he sent a glance backwards at the woman whom he had just met and her son.
They were loading themselves into a limo to which the driver already had directions on where to meet them.
Veronica was laughing soundly as she ran through the sand with her chocolate lab Safety.
"Don't go too far Honey" Keith called after her, she merely laughed and followed her dog through the beach when he led her to that little boy she had seen earlier.
"Who are you?" she asked in a persnickety tone.
He didn't answer.
She decided to change her tone and smiled, "My name is Veronica Mars" she held her hand out to him to shake.
He didn't take it.
She growled in frustration, "Are you going to answer me or what?" her tone had reverted to it's snark however this time she was genuinely frustrated rather than impatient.
Hands firmly on her hips Veronica sneered at him and turned around to walk away, but before she could leave he snatched her wrist and pulled her back, he looked towards the ground then let go of her hand.
Veronica was startled to say the least, she turned around to find him looking downward and she was positively confused. Why wouldn't he speak to her? He was strange, but it was apparent to her that he wasn't trying to be mean to her.
She only smiled at him, "Ok then…come on" she said before stepping in front of him picking his hand up and pulling him forward, "Safety wants to show us something."
He let her drag him but didn't speak, faintly he heard his mother calling him but he didn't care, whoever this girl was he'd let her take him anywhere…anywhere that wasn't his new home.
They arrived at the beach's end where there were rocks surrounding. Safety ran through a cavern, being the adolescents they were Veronica followed, and Logan on her heels. Once inside there was a wide canopy opening that allowed light in. Veronica smiled, "This is so cool!" she said excitedly.
Logan still didn't speak.
She laid her hands behind her and looked upwards as she sat down motioning for him to do the same, "Well whatever your name is, don't you think this is cool?"
He smiled and so did Veronica at the minor change.
"Here." She said while pulling out a baggy from her Scooby doo backpack.
"Oreos?" she asked. Logan took one and twisted the cookie part off while licking the cream. She smiled towards him and did the same but they were silent still. Veronica was oddly felt comforted by the boy beside her even when he didn't speak.
But in the silence a warmth swept over them both as her hand landed on his and he smiled.
It was short lived:
"VERONICA?!" Keith yelled while entering the cave, "Lynn I found them!" he called behind him then marched inside wearing a very angry face.
Veronica's eyes went wide, she had never seen her father so angry or worried "Daddy!" she smiled widely letting go of the boy's hand and jumping into her father's arms. He held her tightly as if he had never be able to again.
"Oh Veronica I told you not to run off!" he yelled but pulled her back again.
Lynn stepped awkwardly into the cave with her heels still on, "Logan!" she shrieked tears in her throat as she ran towards him and picked him up much in the same way Keith had with Veronica.
As they both hauled their children out of the cave and into the bright light relief settled in on them.
Each pulled aside and proceeded to hold and scold their children, Veronica on the verge of tears Logan merely watched her.
That's when Lynn sighed, "I suppose…though you've scared your mother out of her wits…we could still get ice cream." She looked over at Keith as he was far from that mind track and still worried over his daughter.
Lynn had other reasons to be worried over her son other reasons not to be so harsh on him, and she was angry with herself mostly for not being able to do much of anything about it, or maybe she was just to afraid to do anything about it… but those were Lynn's problems.
"You are so not off the hook yet young lady!" Keith said in a tone that was fatherly and fearful.
She sobbed quietly now and nodded. Keith turned to face Lynn, "I'm really sorry about this Mrs. Echolls, not your greatest impression of Neptune's finest."
She put up a hand to silence him, "Please, as I said before it's Lynn, and you found them so quickly I have every faith in Neptune's security." She smiled that motherly smile and Keith merely sighed still feeling incredibly irresponsible.
As they finished their conversation Logan and his mother began to depart Logan tugged on her mother's blouse causing her to look down at him. She bent over to hear what her son had to say.
"Does God get mad when we talk to angels?"
His mother shook her head, "Logan sweetheart are you ok?" she asked bending on her knee to look him in the eyes but he was completely serious. She shrugged motherly, "No… I don't think so" her glance was curious, though she shrugged it off as one of the questions children asked, like why the sky was blue.
Lynn had stood again and was pulling Logan back towards the limo when he slipped out of her hands, she turned quickly and called him back, but he didn't even stumble as he made his way back to her.
She didn't even notice him through her tears until his hand was on hers, "Mom said it's ok to tell you something." He said decidedly before leaning in to whisper in her ear, "You're very Pretty Veronica Mars." He pulled back before running to his mom who had a faint smile playing on her lips.
All of a sudden Veronica's tears subsided, her cheeks reddened and the corners of her mouth curled upward into a smile as she watched him leave.
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