The Investigation - Jeronica

Caught in the act

Veronica snatches the invite out of my hand and reads it herself.
"This is perfect" she squeals, "we have to go to it"
"You can go" I say, "I don't do fancy gatherings like that"
"Don't be a wuss" she mocks "It'll all be anonymous anyway"
"I'm not afraid of your father finding out, I just don't dress up and go to events, that's not me"
"Seriously" she says, "you're scared of having to look nice for once in your life. I'm sure you can look half decent with some help"
"Oh really" I say, a smile growing on my face
"I just meant- nevermind" she stutters, turning away from me, "Just take a photo of it and put it back."

We continue to laugh and talk and make fun of each other for the next twenty minutes as we sort away Veronicas dads files.
"Done" she says as places back the last one.
I pick up my things and we walk to the door together in awkward silence.
"So.." I begin
"So.." she says
I breathe in the silence once again.
"We'll talk again next Saturday?"
"Well I might need some help picking out a good suit" I blurt out
"And we'll need to make plans, the casinos a two hours drive from here"
"So we'll talk tomorrow?" I suggest
"Sounds fine to me" she agrees
We smile at each other sweetly, now in comfortable silence. Eventually I turn around to open the front door but, "Click." The sound of a car door closing in the driveway.

"Shit" Veronica says
Before I can say anything she's grabbing me by the hand and pulling me up the stairs.
"Where are we going" I ask desperately
"Um.." Veronica stammers.
We hear the sound of creaking as her father opens the front door
"Mija," he calls out.
"Veronica!" I whisper urgently
"Here!" she says
She pushes me into the first door at the top of the stairs. Inside is a large bedroom covered in shades of purple, black and white. The room is spotless. A large king bed is displayed in the center of the room. There are two doors, one leading to a wardrobe and the other to an ensuite. The rest of the room is taken up by a bookshelf and a large vanity. It's covered in pictures of Veronica and some blond chick in fishnets and band shirts.
"You took me to your room" I say with a smirk
""Oh shut up" she says, rolling her eyes at me

"Mija" her father yells, "come say hi." We can hear the sound of his hard shoes on the wooden stairs.

Veronica begins to push me to the edge of the room
"What are you doing" I ask
"This"
She opens up the window, clearly gesturing for me to jump through. I cautiously step forward and take a peek. Her father has reached the top of the stairs.
"Are you crazy" I say
Her bedroom is two floors up and has nothing below to break my fall except two small berry bushes.
"Don't be such a wuss, climb down using the pipes" she says
"Who do you think I am"

There's a knock at the door. "I'm coming in" Hiram says
Veronica looks at me desperately, continuing to gesture at the window.
"Fine Princess"
I leap out the window and she quickly shuts it behind me. Suddenly the ground seems impossibly far down. My legs begin to shake and my palms sweat as I cling to the windowsill.
"Here goes nothing"

Veronicas door bursts open.
"Mija" he says, "why didn't you greet me"
"Father, I'm so sorry, I didn't hear you arrive."
"Well come down for tea anyhow" he says
Veronica walks away from the windowsill nervously. Her father lingers a moment but eventually walks slowly towards it. She holds her breath as he peaks out, but I'm already long gone. Hair in the wind as I ride away into the evening.

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A/N
If you are reading this just as it came out please note that after being gone a while I have decided to re-write the entire story. A lot of it is the same but I recommend you read through it again from the start because I have added a new character and changed a couple of important things. The story is going to head in a totally new direction than I had originally planned and I am excited to write again so pls stick around.