Chapter 4

Wallace looked over at Veronica and Logan, they were weird. Most couples wouldn't have invited a third wheel along, but Logan and Veronica didn't hesitate. They were with out a doubt weird, weird worked for them though, Wallace had expected to be spend half the weekend, pretending not to notice them making out, but the two of them had barely kissed expect when one of them entered or left the room.

Logan's eyes seemed to follow Veronica every were, as though he was sure something unspeakable would happen if he took them off her for a second. Wallace understood the behavior with the way that Veronica was treated at school had inspired protective instincts in him to.

The two of them had started out sitting side by side, now Veronica was lying between Logan's legs with her back against his chest. Veronica's cell phone buzzed, Veronica pulled it out of her pocket and opened it

"11:45, last call for the good Chinese fifteen more minuets and we're stuck with the bad stuff" Veronica said and pushed herself of Logan, she turned and kissed Logan quickly then stood "I'm going to change"

Logan waited till Veronica was out of the room then turned to face Wallace "Not sure if you picked up on it, but the was my Veronica's very subtle hint that I should that I should order Chinese"

"Oh is that what that was?" Wallace asked with mock surprise

"We normally just order one of everything, is there anything that you don't eat?" Logan asked moving over to the phone on the wall.

"Na I'm good, I eat every thing" Wallace said. "You and Veronica do this a lot? This Movie Marathon thing"

"When ever dad go's out of town" Logan said and dialed that phone, Logan give the person on the other end his order and the street address, then hang up the phone.

"Your father doesn't like it you do this?"

"Never asked" Logan said and crossed the room and flopped gracelessly on to the couch that he and Veronica had been on.

"So did you order the Chinese?" Veronica asked as she walked in to the room.

"Would I let you down babe?" Logan asked as Veronica walked across the room. She had changed in to her PJ's a pair of pale blue flannel pajama pants with a cowboy paten and a pale blue t-shirt with a white long sleeved top underneath

Veronica saw how Wallace was looking at her "What you were expecting, love hearts and kittens?" Logan reached up pulled Veronica in to his lap. Veronica looked in to Logan's eyes from her spot on his lap "hey" she whispered

"Hey," Logan replied and pulled her in to a kiss "go pick the next movie" Logan said and pushed her off his lap.

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Weevil and Chardo sat in the lounge room playing a football video game on the TV, two small children played in the house running about, chasing each other. The little boy blocked Weevil's view, giving his cousin an advantage.

"Yeah, uh-huh, yeah, stay right there, stay right there," Chardo said encouraging the child to keep up his interference

"Move your ass little man, come on," Weevil said gently pushing the boy out of the way

The banging at the front door, got the attention of all five of the houses residents "Sheriff's Department. Open up" the voice on the other side of the door was clearly that of Sheriff Lamb

"What did you boys do?" Mrs. Navarro asked in a panic.

"Don't worry about it Grandma, we'll handle it, all right?" Chardo said

"Oh dear!" Mrs. Navarro said worried about her grandson they were good boys despite everything, but she stood back as Weevil and Chardo got the door, they opened the door to find Sheriff Lamb there with Deputy Sacks.

"I guess you busted all those rich kids already, huh?" Weevil said expecting to be arrested

"Go in," Lamb ordered Deputy Sacks, Sacks as ordered walked past Weevil and Chardo and entered the house.

"Boys," Lamb said, to Weevil and Chardo, in the most condescending tone that he could manage, He held up a warrant so they and Mrs. Navarro could see it.

"Leticia Navarro, I got a warrant for your arrest. You need to come with us"

"Oh, come on. What's you problem, officer. If you want me, be a man about it, bro,"

"You're crazy. Where you gonna take her, huh? What are the charges?" Weevil and Chardo complained simultaneously

"Credit card fraud," Lamb said walked out leaving Sacks to escort a stunned Mrs. Navarro.

"Well, I…" Mrs. Navarro said with breathless confusion

"Credit ca-?" Weevil said as he followed Lamb outside, Chardo and the children followed out behind him. "She doesn't even have any credit cards, man!"

"Not in her own name, no," Lamb turned back to got in Weevil's face. "But somebody took credit card offers out of the Echolls family trash. They opened up accounts. They rang up charges. You heard anything about that?" Weevil turned to look at Chardo who shakes his head.

"Hey! Nah, I didn't think so. 'Cause it would take a major league loser to let a sweet old lady like that do his time for him." Lamb said

Lamb slapped the warrant onto Weevil's chest and turned to get into his vehicle. Weevil looked back at the children, watching from the top of the steps.

"Get them inside, man," Weevil said to Chardo gesturing to the kids

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Veronica walked in to the kitchen, and started to pull bits and pieces out of the refrigerator, both Wallace and Logan had fallen asleep during that last movie, so Veronica had decided it was time for lunch. She looked at what she had pulled out and decided she would make, sandwiches seemed the best choice.

Lynn smiled at Veronica as she came in to the kitchen, Lynn still drank and took her pills when Aaron was away but she wasn't as far gone as she normally was, and until after five she was pretty much sober.

"You realize that as sheltered and papered as Logan is, he does know how to make his own lunch," Lynn said and slipped into place beside Veronica and started to help her prepare the sandwiches.

"The boys are a sleep, and I figured that I let them a stay little while I make lunch," Veronica said

"Veronica, you almost wait on Logan" Her tone was clearly disapproving.

"Only during Mega-Movie-Marathon" Veronica said, she started to butter the thick cut bread that she had picked up last night "He gave up a lot for me, every now and then I pay him back a little"

"Veronica," Lynn started but was cut off by the sound of the front gate buzzer, "oh who on earth?" Lynn asked exasperated.

"I'll take care of it if you like" Veronica offered as she finished cutting a tomato.

"Thank you Veronica," Lynn said with a smile, Veronica knew that Lynn didn't take visitors while Aaron was away she who ever it was at the door was more then likely going to be turned away.

Veronica crossed over to the monitor on the wall and activated the camera, and saw the sheriff in a department car. "Lynn it's the sheriff"

"Buzz him in sweetheart" Lynn called over

"Do I have to Lynn," Veronica said with a whine "Can't I tell him your not here, that you've gone to Australia, and to start swimming. To keep an eye out for sharks?"

"Veronica," Lynn said reproachful tone, but amused tone.

"Fine," Veronica said rolling her eyes "I'll let him in" said and pressed the buzzer with out actually talking to the man. "I'll go show the Sheriff in, shell I" Veronica said and walked out of the kitchen leaving Lynn to continue making lunch. Lynn almost always gave the help time off when Aaron was gone, mostly because Veronica and Logan was bond to have a Mega-Movie-Marathon and Veronica just wasn't comfortable with the help.

Veronica opened the door and stood leaning against the frame waiting for the sheriff, she gave him a fake smile "Welcome, Lynn is in the kitchen, I'll show you though" Veronica said as Lamb and Deputy Sacks

"You and your dad so bad off you had to get a second job, Mars?" Lamb asked Veronica said nothing as lead them though the house, this was Lynn's home and she would not insult the county sheriff while her guest

"What the hell is he doing here," Logan demanded, as Veronica entered kitchen and found that Logan had taken over for her making the sandwiches, he abandoned his station at the bench and came to stand between Veronica and the sheriff, Logan protective instincts always jumped up in the presence of the sheriff. Logan would never be able to forgive the man for mocking Veronica when she was raped.

"I arrested Mrs. Leticia Navarro, for the theft of you credit cards" Sheriff Lamb said as though wanting to be congratulated.

"What!" Logan exclaimed "Mrs. Navarro has been with us since I was eight, she wouldn't do that" Letty Navarro had been employed to keep the Neptune House and full four years before the Echolls family moved in permanently. She had never failed in even one of her duties in all those years.

"I agree with Logan, Sheriff, Mrs. Navarro would not steel from us" Lynn said

"The evidence against her is clear" Lamb said. He looked over at Veronica; it was with out a doubt her fault that he was getting the praise that he deserved.

"Dad and I would have taken care of it, Lynn, you know that" Veronica said

"Aaron said that we had to go to the Sheriff" Lynn said almost apologetically

"Rightly so" Lamb said

"I'm going to take care of this, I'll be at the office," Veronica said, and kissed Logan and walked out of the kitchen, then came back in "tell Wallace bye for me"

"Mrs. Echolls, I would advise you, not to allow Mars and her father to get involved in this." Lamb said as he watch Veronica disappear from sight, it was time to put her in her place "That girl is nothing but trouble"

"That girl has done a lot of good in this house," Lynn said after placing a calming hand on Logan's shoulder. "And I trust her to take care of this. Good day Sheriff."

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Veronica walked in to the main office of Mars Investigations. Keith saw her enter through his open office door; Cliff McCormack was in with him.

"Honey, I thought you were having a movie marathon this weekend" Keith said looking over at his daughter.

Most fathers of sixteen year old girls would have been horrified at the thought of letting their child staying at their boyfriends for an entire weekend. When Logan and Veronica had started to date, Keith would have sooner cut of his own hand then let Veronica spend a weekend all but alone with Logan Echolls, but Veronica seemed to her a calming influence on the boy.

"The Echolls house keeper, Mrs. Navarro, was arrested for-" Veronica started but was cutoff

"Honey we know, Cliffs her lawyer" Keith said

"The Echolls want us to clear her" Veronica said throwing her messenger bag on her desk chair.

"So do we" Keith said.

"Listen to this list of charges to the card – half dozen video games, limo rides, Magic Mountain tickets, motorcycle gear," Cliff said as he handed the list to Keith.

"It goes on like that. I sincerely doubt my client, Mrs. Navarro, suddenly decides to steal from the Echolls after ten years of loyal service just so she can get herself a new piercing from 'Puddy Tats'," Cliff said

"It's gotta be the kid, Eli Navarro, What do they call him?" Keith said addressing the question to Veronica

"Weevil," Veronica answered

"Oh, clearly it's Weevil. Lamb doesn't even believe it's Mrs. Navarro but the PO Box where the merchandise was sent is in her name plus she was wearing a diamond pendant purchased with one of the phoney cards," Cliff said, Veronica's first instinct was to defend her new ally

"Lamb could have set Weevil up, he hates him you know," Veronica said following her instinct.

"Honey, I started picking up Eli Navarro when he was 12," Keith said

"He just helped me out of a jam recently, that's all," Casey Gant had a violent streak and despite that fact that he was afraid of Logan Casey could have easily gotten lost in the moment and harmed her or Wallace if it hadn't been for Weevil's rescue.

"Look, I'm sure he's a real mensch but I've got a grandma in jail and I'd really like to get her out," Cliff said

"We'll dive in, thanks Cliff," Keith said Cliff shock his hand and left the office, moving past Veronica in the doorway.

"Honey, he goes to your school. You mind taking point on this for a few days at least? I'm working on something," Keith asked explained in the same breath

"I'll see what I can find," Veronica said not exactly happy at the idea of having to prove Weevil was the bad guy. Veronica took up the list and began to read though it

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Veronica pulled the La Baron up outside Weevil's house, she gets out of the car and walks over to examine Weevil's bike, parked in the street.

"The trouble with befriending the leader of a motorcycle gang is that at the end of the day, he's still the leader of a motorcycle gang" Veronica gotout of the car and walked up to the motor bike parked in front of the house "And as much as I'd like to believe differently, I doubt it's his grandmother who's buying video games and paying for new motorcycle paint jobs," She lend close to the bike studying the paint work.

"I've hospitalized people for less than what you're doing right now," Weevil announced, getting Veronica's attention. Veronica looked up to see Weevil coming out of the house.

"What? Admiring your paint job?" Veronica covered, badly; despite his statement Veronica didn't really believe that Weevil would harm her in any way.

"I know what you're doing and admiring my paint job isn't it," Weevil said moving closer to Veronica, he really could get over this girls nerve

"I'm just following up on a few things for the lawyer who's representing your grandma," Veronica said holding back on the Echolls asking for her help, not sure if it would make things worst or better.

"Yeah, I met the guy. He says I should confess." Weevil said, his opinion of the public defense lawyer

"Do you think you will?" Veronica said hoping truthfully that her would told her he didn't do anything wrong. If he said it, she would believe him.

"I've got nothing to say to you, man," Weevil said.

"Weevil, your Grandma's in jail," Veronica said, still hoping to get a denial out of him.

"Oh, ar-are you reminding me 'cause I almost forgot," Weevil said with his own form of sarcasm

"I'm just saying with your reputation, you can't blame McCormack for thinking that-" Veronica said trying to explain

"My reputation? Oh well then I guess what everybody says about you is true too, huh? That you, you like it a little freaky, don't you." Weevil said "That you and your boy spy on Duncan Kane. That you send him pictures of the two of you goin' at it. Be honest Veronica. You think you're this big outsider but, push comes to shove, you're still one of them. You still think like one of them. Take off. I don't want you around here," Weevil turned his back on her and returned to the house.

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