"I think she's opening her eyes," a man's voice said sounding very eager as he leaned over the hospital bed and squeezed the girls hand a bit tighter. The girl in the bed wiggled her fingers a bit trying to release the tension.

"Mr. Mars we told you that the flickering of the eyelids is normal. She could just be in REM sleep," the nurse said as she rolled her eyes. Every time the patient would move even a millimetre her father was sure that she was waking up. It had already been two weeks and even if Veronica were to wake up she would most likely have some sort of brain damage. She had suffered a huge insult to the brain by lack of oxygen when she was first brought into the ER.

"It's different this time," he said hopeful as he stood over the bed, "C'mon Veronica just open your eyes," he pleaded with his daughter trying to get her to wake up from the coma. One thing that could be said about Keith Mars was that he was very optimistic.

"Okay guys, just so you know visiting hours are over in 15 minutes so decide who is staying the night and everyone else split," the nurse said. She was annoyed with this case. It's not that she didn't care if the patient was okay or not but it wasn't very fun to be assigned to a room with a coma patient. There was only so much she could do and checking the vitals that never changed, a patient who didn't require any special care that would get her hard work noticed really sucked. Not only that but she had a feeling that she knew Veronica Mars better than anyone else. Veronica constantly had visitors in her room who would always talk to her or talk amongst themselves. From what the nurse could gather was that Veronica really got around. She had three guys in the room who were convinced that they were her one true love, she had a cop visit her often and hold her hand like he was still in love with her, a thug like guy who'd come around as if he was waiting to declare his love for her, a black guy who was apparently her step brother, and finally a girl who claimed they were best friends. She found out they Veronica was helping her father out at his P.I. office before he went back to being sheriff of Neptune and that she was just your average college student. She didn't get what the big deal was about Veronica.

"I'll stay tonight," Logan said closing the book that he was reading. His green eyes looked sad as they had looked the past two weeks. She hadn't really seen him crack a smile so far except when he was in the room alone with Veronica and would talk about their past together. Beside her father it looked like he was the most affected by what happened to Veronica. It was strange because from what the nurse had gathered Logan and Veronica had broken up about six months prior.

"Actually, I think I'll stay," the dorky looking guy Piz said. "It's only natural that the guy she was dating when she got into the car accident be the one to stay," he said as if he owned the world. The nurse was still having trouble believing that Veronica would date a guy who looked like him. Sure he looked like he had a nice body underneath those funny clothes but he wasn't in the same league as the other two guys who were claiming their love for her.

"Decide quick guys," the nurse said letting her frustration show. She'd really like to not hear the constant chit chat from this group and the bad thing was that she couldn't just say hey too many guests please leave because the sheriff's daughter had a private room and they weren't disturbing anyone.

"I'll stay tonight. Mr. Mars go home and rest you have work tomorrow, Logan you have classes tomorrow and you can't afford to fall behind," Duncan said swooping in and saving the day.

"And what about your daughter," Piz retorted not ready to let Duncan be the one to be there when Veronica opened her eyes for the first time. He knew that Duncan and Veronica were the fairytale lovers, the type of relationship that every girl dreamed of having while growing up. It was like Cinderella or something and Piz was not about to give up what he had with Veronica that easily to Duncan. He wasn't about to admit to anyone that Veronica had actually broken up with him a few days prior to her accident. Maybe when she woke up she'd be so happy to see him that she would realize that breaking up was a mistake. She wasn't in the right frame of mind.

"My mother is taking care of her," Duncan said quickly. His mom was more than happy to babysit Lily but to be honest, she wasn't thrilled with the idea that Duncan was spending every waking hour that wasn't spent with Lily with Veronica. For some reason Celeste Kane truly hated the entire Mars family, especially Veronica.

"It's okay guys, Wallace said he'd come in to stay with Veronica tonight," Keith announced. No one was going to argue with Keith about what was best for his daughter and the rest of them were happy enough with the times that he let one of them stay the night with her. No one wanted Veronica to wake up in the middle of the night and be all alone so they would rotate days. It was mainly Keith and Wallace sleeping there but they'd occasionally allow Duncan, Logan, or Piz stay with her.

As if everything was rehearsed Wallace walked into the room and each guy stood up one by one and said their good byes and see you laters to Veronica. Duncan lifted her hand gently and gave it a kiss as he said good bye. Logan kissed her forehead tenderly and whispered an I love you to her. Piz kissed her on the lips and promised Veronica he'd be there first thing in the morning. Keith held on to his daughters hand giving it a squeeze before telling her that he'd be back later and begging her to wake up. Each guy walked out of the room solemnly with their heads down and made their way out of the hospital.

"This girl sure does have a lot of power over these guys," the nurse said to Wallace who was the only one left behind.

"I guess you'd have to know her Alice," Wallace said giving the nurse a smile. "She means a lot to a lot of people, myself included," he informed Alice. "Did I ever tell you that she was my first friend in Neptune and then she became my step sister," he smiled at the irony remembering a day when Veronica and himself were having lunch in Neptune High's court yard joking about being a brother or a brotha.

"Only a few hundred times," she joked with Wallace. She was happy that he was the one to stay behind because he kept her company. Logan would read a book, Piz would play video games, Keith would review current cases and Duncan would just stare off into space. Wallace always interacted with her. They would order pizza in and just spend the night talking and stopping every hour for Alice to jot down Veronica's vitals. If Alice didn't know better she would have thought that Wallace had a crush on her.