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By the time Lamb woke Veronica was showered, changed and cooking breakfast. He stumbled to the kitchen and called out, "Bacon!!" Immediately regretting it, that was something he and Veronica used to say when they'd wake to Keith cooking breakfast. Veronica looked momentarily unsure of how to react, before decided to completely ignore the memories he'd stirred.
Don went to wake Veronica, as Keith finished making breakfast. Don was dressed in the pyjama pants Lianne had given him for Christmas and no shirt. He felt so at home when he was at the Mars house; always had and always hoped to. He pushed Veronica towards the kitchen. When her nose finally registered the delicious smells coming from the kitchen she squealed, "Bacon!" and Lamb mouthed the word at the same time, causing Keith and Lianne to laugh.
"Vite, Vite, Lamb."
"Vite?" Lamb questioned as he pulled on a sock.
"Hurry!"
They were once again in the car, and Lamb had no idea where they were going, but he was enjoying looking through the photos on Veronica's camera. "These are really good."
"They're all of cheating spouses and sleazy motels."
"Still…" Lamb smiled as he came across a set of photos that were different to all the rest. These ones were of Veronica and her friends; they were bright, and happy; such a contrast to the rest of the photos. Lamb couldn't help the sad smile on his lips as he looked at them. She really was gorgeous. Lamb shook his head and widened his eyes - where had that come from? Spending this much time with Veronica was not a good thing, he was remembering, and that could be dangerous.
They pulled up at Hearst again, and Lamb wrongly assumed that they were just going to Mac's dorm again, but instead a boy with a bright smile, puppy dog eyes and light brown hair opened the door. He looked at Lamb briefly, trying to place where he knew him from before opening the door further and allowing the two entrance. "Veronica, what's with him?" Piz asked quietly and with a bit of jealousy in his eyes which only Lamb picked up on. Veronica shook her blonde hair and rolled her eyes. "The mayor's making him tail me for some reason or another. No biggy." Lamb sat in the corner, watching the floppy haired kid subtly flirt with Veronica, as they waited for Wallace to show up. It was uncomfortable for Lamb, to just sit back watching the two teens listening to music and laughing. But Veronica didn't seem to be flirting with Piz, or even noticing his subtle advances, which was pretty funny. The door swung open and Piz immediately inched slightly away from Veronica as if embarrassed or nervous about being caught flirting. Wallace held one hand behind his back and laughed. "Guess what I got?" Veronica pretended to think hard about that before jumping up and down excitedly, "I know, I know! A pony!!" Wallace laughed again and pulled out a yellow envelope.
"Sorry Super-Fly. Happy-snaps! But I think one is of you with a pony…" Wallace then noticed Lamb and glared at him. "What are you doing here?" Lamb was about to respond but Veronica cut in. "He's trailing me for a little while; the Mayor assigned him to protect me. Some dudes threatened me and apparently I'm important to look after. I'll be fine though." Wallace opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by a knock at the door. Walking to the door he continued, "Well, you'll always have 'Papa Bear' to look after you." Grasping the doorknob he pulled open the door with a smile…
Did Wallace speak too soon? Who's gonna be on the other side of the door?
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