A/N:I wanted to update now, so I can hopfully update before the end of the week. I am going to visit my sister down south. We are leaving at the end of the week and we won't be back for a little over a week, so I am hoping to get another chapter in before I leave. I hope a lot of you are happy with the end of this chapter, because I always expected this to happen in the series. I was pretty upset when it didn't, so now I made it happen. So here is chapter ten. This will be the last chapter of junior year. Senior year will start in the next chapter!! Which means it will become more and more LoVe since Lilly will be away at school! ENJOY and REVIEW!!
Chapter Ten
Veronica woke up, passed out in her living room along with the others. She squeezed her eyes shut, before forcing them open once again. She slowly sat up from her spot on the floor by the fish tank. She looked around at the other five, smiling to herself at the positions they had all passed out in. Lilly and Meg were both passed out on oppisite ends of the couch, there legs tangled in the others and both about to fall off. Dick was passed out in the recliner in the reclined position, although he was high up on it so it was nearly tipping over. If he did tip over it would be worse for Duncan, who was sleeping under the head of the recliner, Dick hanging just above him. Logan was leaning against a wall, one arm on a side table and his head on that arm.
She slowly stood, her head pounding as she walked into the nearest bathroom. She grabbed a bottle of Advil and walked towards the kitchen. She walked through the living room and noticed that Logan was now gone from his spot by the side table. She raised an eyebrow and walked to the kitchen, pushing the swinging door to get into it. She saw Logan sitting with his head on the table. She laughed lightly and he stuck his hand out. She walked over and handed him the bottle of Advil. He took it and began to try to take the top off before picking his head up. Veronica walked over to one of the cabinets and grabbed two glasses, filled them with water and walked back over to Logan. He took the glass and downed the pills with some water. Veronica did the same moments later.
"I think we cleared Neptune of all the alchohol." He said, placing the glass onto the table.
"I would even go with the surrounding towns." She said, before taking his glass and hers to the sink. She rinsed them out and placed them in the dishwasher along with a few other dishes. She turned around to see Logan standing behind her. She smiled sweetly at him as he walked over to her, placing his hands on the counter on either side of her. He kissed her deeply and then pulled away looking into her eyes.
"When do you think the others will wake?" He asked quietly. Veronica shrugged.
"Too soon." She said simply. He picked his left hand off the counter and tucked some of her hair behind her ear before speaking.
"I just want to be with you." He said and Veronica leaned up, kissing him passionatly. But the moments bliss was interrupted when someone else spoke.
"Oh come on guys." Dick said causing the two of them to jump apart. Logan turned damn near pale white and Veronica sighed.
"Jeeze Dick. You scared the hell outta me." She said wacking his arm as he grabbed a glass from the cabinet, while Logan watched in amazment, waiting for Dick to attack him.
"And what would you have done if that wasn't me, but Lilly or Duncan. Or even Meg." Dick said and Logan slowly regained color, but his face changed to show confusion. Veronica looked over at him and chuckled.
"Oh my. I'm sorry. I never told you. Dick figured it out. He confronted me at the dance last night." Veronica said, but Logan's face only changed slightly.
"Yeah, you guys are the very sneaky type. Or maybe I'm just really good at reading people." Dick said, swalling some water to wash down the pills. Veroncia smiled at him in a sisterly way.
"Aw. You are a Mars." She said pinching his cheek.
"Whoa. No touchy." Dick said, putting his arms up. "I may have said I will keep your guys' secret, but its gonna take some time to get used to all of this. You guys need to decide what your doing before someone gets hurt." He said and Veronica looked a bit taken aback.
"When did you become all sentimental?" Logan asked, finally speaking.
"When I became an over-protective brother. Having a younger brother was so much easier then having a sister." Dick said, before walking out of the kicthen and into the living room. The kitchen was silent for a while, before either spoke.
"When were you going to tell me that he knew?" Logan asked seriously and Veronica shrugged.
"I don't know. I never really thought about it." Veronica said, but before Logan could respond, they heard movement in the other room. They both walked towards the living room to see the others starting to get up.
After fifteen minutes everyone was headache free and watching a movie. No one was ready to leave and head back to their own houses and neither Veronica nor Dick minded having people over. Just was the movie started, Meg spoke, and everyone looked at her.
"Does anyone remember how we got back here last night?" She asked and the room remained silent. They would have assumed it was the limo, but they remembered going to the beach and the limo driver leaving.
"I have no idea." Duncan said, his arms wrapped around Veronica. They went back to watching the movie when there was a knock at the front door. Veronica pushed herself up, the same time that Dick stood. They both walked over to the front door, Veronica opening it. She looked out the door, shocked by the visitor.
"Deputy Leo?" Veronica said, confused. Dick leaned against the door, not sure if they were in trouble or not.
"So did you dad kill you guys?" He said and Veronica and Dick looked at each other, before looking back to Leo, unsure what to say or what was going on. He must have caught on. "I found the six of you drinking on the beach last night. Thankfully I was driving the SUV patrol car so I was able to bring you guys back. I figured bringing you to the station wouldn't be so good, 'specially since the Sheriff is your dad. So I figured I would bring you guys back here and let him deal with you personally." He said, explaining what Meg has just asked, but leaving the two confused to why he was referring to Keith being home.
"Uh, Leo, Dad is out of town for business. He said he had to go to New York for the weekend for some officers thing." Dick said, stilling leaning against the door.
"That was last weekend. You dad couldn't make it because we were swamped at work." Leo said and Veronica looked at Dick who was staring blankly at Leo.
Veronica and Dick sat in the living room sunday night, waiting for Keith to come home. His plane was supposed to get in at five, so he should be home around seven, which it had just turned seven a couple minutes ago. The front door opened and Keith walked in, carrying his suitcase. He looked at the two of them and smiled at them.
"I feel like a teenager breaking curfew." He said dropping his bag and expecting them to get up and hug him after his weekend away. Neither moved.
"How was the convention?" Dick asked, leaning back in the recliner.
"Like any of the convention. Boring." He said, still not understanding why he didn't at least get a hug from his baby girl.
"Really. I heard the convention was last weekend." Veronica said and Keith frowned.
"How'd you hear about that?" Keith asked, knowing they knew something was up.
"Leo dropped by yesturday and mentioned it." Dick said and Keith raised an eyebrow.
"Leo dropped by. Why?" Keith asked and Veronica shook her head.
"Thats not the point." Veronica said, but Keith put up his hand.
"You guys were busted drinking last night weren't you?" Keith said, trying to maintain his temper. Veronica began to tear, but not because of the fact that she angered her dad, but the fact that he was hiding something from them.
"Where the hell were you?" Veronica asked, not bothering to keep her temper down.
"Veronica Bailey Mars, I asked you a question." Keith said and Veronica pushed herself off the couch and ran to her room, slamming the door behind her. After the door slammed, Dick jumped out of the recliner causing it to rock back and forth rapidly and rushed to his sister's room.
"Dick, get back here and talk. Leave your sister alone!" Keith yelled, but Dick ignored him. He reached for the door when Keith lowered his voice and angerly said, "Richard Bryce Mars. Over here. Now." Keith said and Dick actually turned around, but didn't move. He just shook his head and walked into his sister's room, shutting the door behind him. Keith sighed, staring at the closed door. It wasn't often he had to yell at Veronica when she was younger and he hadn't expected to have to yell at them. At least night today. He picked up his bag and walked to his room, tossing the bag in there. He then walked to Veronica's room, knocking softly before opening the door.
"What?" Veronica snapped, sitting on her bed, her knees to her chest. Dick sat in the edge of the bed by her, both staring at him. He sighed and grabbed her computer chair, moving it by the bed.
"I'm dating someone." He said, causing both Veronica and Dick's faces to drop. "We've been dating for a few months, but it never seemed to be the right time to tell you guys. Her kids know, but she has been dating for the past five years now. I just got divorced and recently started dating so I didn't know how to tell you guys." Keith said and neither of the teens knew what to say.
"We did go to the dance, we just left early." Veronica said, finally giving her dad the information he wanted. He nodded, expecting that.
"Needless to say your two are grounded and I will have my girlfriend and her kids over sometime soon to meet you guys." Keith said and the teens nodded. Keith stood and walked towards the door when Dick called out to him.
"What's her name?" He asked and Keith smiled, happy his kids were finally calmed down.
"Alicia Fennel." He said and the kids nodded. Keith nodded to them before leaving the room to unpack. Dick was about to leave when Veronica reached for his arm.
"Don't we go to school with a Wallace Fennel. His name sounds familiar." Veronica said and they both looked at the door shocked.
Veronica finished up a few last minute touch ups as Dick knocked on her door. She turned around and smiled at him in awe.
"You clean up so nice." She said smiling and Dick rolled his eyes. He was wearing a dark blue button up shirt, that was, believe it or not, tucked into his black slacks. Veronica wore a type of sun dress that was three different shades of blue and a small touches of brown.
"Yeah well you can thank dad for this one." He said and Veronica nodded immediatly agreeing with him, before spinning around to show her brother her outfit. "Looks new." He said and Veronica nodded walking over to her door and walking out of her room with Dick, shutting her door.
"Yeah. Dad brought it three days ago just for this occassion." Veronica said as they walked into the living room to see Keith waiting for them. It had been a little over two months since they found out that he was dating someone and he and Alicia finally decided that it was time for the families to meet, which meant it was getting pretty serious.
"Are you guys ready to go?" Keith asked, looking at his children. They forced a smile and nodded. He then ushered them out the front door and locked it behind him.
"Shot gun!" Veronica yelled running to her dad's car.
"Thats not fair." Dick yelled after her and Keith rolled his eyes.
"I thought I had teenagers!" He yelled from the door as they fought over the passenger seat of his car. He walked over to the car to see Veronica sitting comfortably in the front seat and Dick rolling his eyes in the backseat.
The ride to the restuarant was very uneventful and after the display in front of the house, Keith began to wonder how his kids would act in the resturant. They may be seventeen, but they were kids at heart. Kids that refused to grow up and that were still getting used to their middle aged father dating. He parked the car and got out, waiting a few moments for his kids to hesitently get out of the vehicle. They followed his into the resturant as he looked around for Alicia. Once he found her, they walked over to her. She stood, along with her two kids and Veronica nearly choked when she recongnized Wallace.
"Hey, your the girl that cut me down from the flagpole." Wallace said and Keith tried not to smile when he remembered the story his daughter told him of her first day of junior year.
"What flagpole?" Alicia said and Veronica rubbed the back of her neck.
"This is gonna be a long night." She said quietly to herself as her father introduced his kids.
"This is my son Dick and my daughter Veronica." He said, putting a hand on each of their shoulders. Alicia smiled at them and then introduced her kids.
"This are my sons Wallace and Darrel." She said, gesturing to her sons that was seated firmly in their seats. The Mars nodded to them as they all sat down, preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
Wallace had seemed a bit hesitant around Veronica and Dick at first, but after a while, he began to loosen up, especially after they finished dinner and were waiting for dessert. Keith and Alicia were talking quietly while Veronica and Dick talked with Wallace.
"So you guys are releated. Never knew." Wallace said smiling at them and Dick laughed.
"Yeah, neither did we." He said and Veronica elbowed him in the ribs. Before Wallace could even think of response for that and before Veronica could think of anything to change the subject her father did. He tapped a glass lightly to get the three teenagers attention before Alicia began to speak.
"Well its good to see you all getting along, which is what we were hoping for." Alicia said and Veronica's face fell when she realised where this was going. Dick and Wallace listened interested as Veronica wanted to jump up and leave.
"We plan to get married before the end of the summer!" Keith said, causing Wallace and Dick's mouths to drop in shock, making their faces match Veronica's. Keith and Alicia gave each other a concerned look and Veronica finally managed to speak.
"Uh, great. Are we going to stay in our house or move or what?" Veronica asked, trying to figure out if they would try and fit Darrel and Wallace in Dick's room.
"Oh, no. Alicia and I have been looking at other places. We find a very nice four bedroom place." Keith said and Dick shut his eyes, immediatly knowing he would be sharing a room from now on. Veronica looked down at the peice of cake that appeared in front of her while her dad and soon to be step-mom made their speech. She picked up her fork and began to pick at it, her appitite suddenly missing.