Phone Call

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Veronica arrived at Caritas early so she didn't have to worry about her cabin-mates (okay, one cabin-mate in particular) overhearing her phone call to Angel.




[locked to Angel, duh. Also? I suck because this was supposed to go up earlier for slow playing.]

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"Angel."

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"Hi," Veronica said brightly.

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"Hey, Veronica," Angel said. "What's up?"

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"You know how you keep saying I should come and visit?"

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"Yeah?"

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"Got any plans next weekend?"

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"Well there's rooms on the third floor that haven't been touched in - oh, wait, you mean then? Really?"

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"It's my birthday next Sunday," Veronica explained. "My dad's making noises about me coming home, but I was just there in May and I'll be going back next month for school, so..."

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"So... you're making a last desparate grasp for parental freedom by temporarily leaving the dimension," Angel said. "I get that. I've been there."

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"More like I'd rather spend time with you guys before I have to explain to my dad why my demon friend is teleporting me through dimensions to visit my ex-boyfriend and the vampire he thinks is evil," Veronica said. "But close enough."

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"To-may-to, to-mah-to."

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Veronica laughed. "Well? What do you think? Mind having a guest for the weekend?"

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"Heck no," Angel said. "Come on over. I mean - wait. What about Logan? You guys going to be okay?"

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"He hasn't returned any of my emails since you guys left," Veronica said. "But I think we left things on okay terms."

She paused.

"I was thinking about asking Archie to come with me. Do you think that would be an issue?"

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"Not for me," Angel said. "I'm not going to pretend to know how Logan or Archie would feel about it."

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"I guess we could ask," Veronica pointed out.

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"Ten bucks says they both lie."

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"No bet. But since it is my birthday, I think they'd both play nice for a few days."

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"You're tilting your head. Don't think I can't tell."

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"Is it working?"

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"I already said you could come," Angel reminded her. "You can stay in Marty and Angela's room."

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"Please tell me you washed the sheets."

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"Right, because you're the one with the enhanced senses."

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"I don't want to think about what they did on those sheets, okay? Marty's like a brother. A brother who, incidentally, bought me a trip to Paris for my birthday," she added.

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"Guess that blows my fruit basket out of the water."

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"Don't make me work while I'm visiting you and we'll call it even," Veronica said.

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"Fun and relaxation," Angel promised. "I'll make you work next time."

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"Deal," Veronica said. "So, I'm going to see if I can head tilt bribe Bel into providing transportation. I was thinking about coming out either Wednesday night or Thursday morning and staying until Sunday night or Monday morning."

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"Long as you like," Angel said. "Tell Bel he can hang out too, if he wants. It's been a while."

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"You want me to hang out with Bel on my birthday?" Veronica mock-whined.

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"It would distract Logan from Archie being here," Angel pointed out.

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"Ooh, I like the way you think," Veronica said. "He'll be so busy glaring at Bel, he might not even notice Archie."

She paused. "If I'm bringing Archie, he may want to bring Phoebe. Can you guys handle all of us NOT DIRTY?"

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"I think you'd better," Angel said. "Having her around is probably the only way to make sure Bel doesn't actually kill Logan. Plus it'll be nice to see her again."

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Veronica started to say that she didn't think Bel would actually kill Logan, then she remembered the whole crush issue. Oh boy, was this going to be an interesting trip.

"Good idea," she said. "I'll talk to Archie, Bel & Phoebe. You talk to Logan. If there's any problem on your end, give me a call. Otherwise, I'll call you to let you know when we'll be arriving."

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"You got it," Angel said. "Can't wait to see you."

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"Same here," Veronica replied. "I can't think of a better way to spend my birthday."

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"...no pressure."

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"Just being with you guys will ensure that it's awesome," Veronica assured him. "I don't want anything more than that."

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"You realize if you keep saying that you're going to guarantee we get hit by - I dunno. Killer chocolate bars or something."

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"Angel? If chocolate ever goes evil? I'm done."

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Angel laughed at that. "Okay, Veronica. See you next week."

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"I'll talk to you soon."