Disclaimer – I don't own anything Veronica Mars related, in fact quite the contrary, Veronica Mars owns me!

Authors Note – Yeah once again it took me forever to update. This time its not my fault, I had the next chapter all typed up then I deleted it by accident. Veronica is about to get a huge personality makeover. Shes got a big change coming and its spread out over a couple chapters. Also th e love/creepy letter is kinda crappy but I don't know how to write love letters. nothing sounded right to me so if you laugh at it don't worry I did too.

The Monday morning following the party Veronica woke up with a dilemma she could either go back to school and take everything her classmates and possible rapist throw at her, or she could toughen up and fight back. She chose the latter.

Veronica decided to take the day off from school. She never ditched school before but she didn't want to see anybody there until after she was different. It was hard to explain the feeling she had especially without explaining about her rape so she didn't tell Keith she was taking the day off. Instead she left for school like she does every morning and waited in the parking lot until after she saw her father leave. Its not what she wanted. Veronica hated keeping thing from her father and sneaking around. But this was something she had to do. And what good was there in telling him that she was raped and now needs a new lifestyle?

When Veronica saw Keith exit the apartment and get in his car to go to work she ran back inside the apartment and inside of her room. She looked around and suddenly everything she owned made her feel weak. She emptied the contents of all her drawers and closets onto her bed and began ruffling through the huge pile of clothes. Articles of clothing began flying across the room into the garbage can.

Between angry tossing of her old clothes Veronica found a purple shirt with a white unicorn on it that her mother had given her when she was nine as a birthday gift. Even though she hadn't wore the shirt in years it stood out like a sore thumb. Much like the dress she wore when she was raped the shirt needed more than a simple throwing away. She grabbed the scissors off her desk and cut the shirt into tiny pieces. She felt like she was cutting more than a shirt, it was like she was cutting her mother out of her life for good. It seemed harsh and Veronica almost felt guilty, but Lianne ran out on her, she deserved this.

After she had calmed down a bit Veronica took the garbage bags out back to the trash. She realized that she would have to go buy new clothes. She probably wouldn't be able to afford to make up for the amount of stuff that she had before. Thankfully, she was good at saving money. She had been working in Keith's office answering phones for almost five months now and she hadn't spent a dime yet.

When she got back inside the apartment she could hear her cell phone ringing from her room but by the time she got there she had a missed call.

BFF. It read. It was Lilly that called. Veronica thought it was quite strange that Lilly be calling her at this time of the day unless she actually went to school and noticed Veronica was absent. She pushed the call back button and waited for an answer.

"Veronica! Logan told me that your not in school today. Is everything all right?" Lilly said immediately when she picked up the phone.

"Yeah, I'm fine I just had to do some stuff. How would you like to go shopping?."

"You know I love shopping! We'll be there in ten minutes." Lilly said ending the conversation.

Exactly thirty minutes later Lilly was knocking at her door. "That was a long ten minutes: Veronica joked and walked out to her car.

"I had to make sure I looked fabulous."

Veronica laughed and climbed in the backseat.

"Hey Veronica." For some reason Veronica could feel herself slightly blush.

"Hi Logan."

"So Veronica, where to? Neptune mall?"

"Yeah thats fine. I just need to get a new wardrobe."

"This is going to be to much fun!"

Keith watched Lilly exit the Kane home with her boyfriend Logan from his car parked in front of their house. He felt strange about spying on his daughter's best friend, but he had convinced himself that it was for the best.

After he was sure she was gone he got out of his car and entered the house with the key Celeste had given him. He looked around her room and didn't find much. There were matchbooks with different mens names on them. Leroy, Tyrone, and Chico. They made Keith laugh. The way they were laying out so casually, Keith knew they had to be Lilly's way of making Celeste crazy.

Keith noticed that the screw was lose on the air vent. He found that odd and grabbed the screwdriver he had seen under a book on top of the dresser and opened it up. Inside he found a letter addressed to Lilly.

My dearest Lilly,

I know you asked to be transferred out of our gym class and I don't care. You can pretend like there is nothing between us and that you don't love me like I love you all you want. Its doesn't change anything. I'll still love you even if you deny me. Everywhere you go I'll always be there with you in the shadows.

Love Weevil.

Keith couldn't believe it. He had been arresting Weevil since he was a kid, what did he want with Lilly? Keith tried not to overreact to the letter. Obviously Lilly shared some sort of feelings with him or she wouldn't have kept the letter.

Still, that did not prevent his worry. He cared a great deal about Lilly. Her and Veronica had been best friends for so long that Lilly felt like family. He didn't want to see her get mixed up with a gang member. First he would Veronica about it. And if she is convinced that Weevil isn't a danger to Lilly he would let it go. He trusted her judgment she also knew Lilly well and what she can and cannot handle. If it turned out to be something more serious he would have to tell Celeste about it.