This might be offensive to sensitive readers. This is only because of the rumours that feature in this chapter.
"This is my house! They are my children! This is my family!" Lilly heard her mother yell at Lianne.
Celeste had come back from Nepa and when she saw Lianne in the mansion, all hell broke loose. The two women had been at it for what seemed to Lilly like hours. Apparently her mother was not going down without a fight.
Lilly was surprised and impressed at her mother's words. She'd never seen her so angry before. As much as Lilly would have loved to stay for the show, it was off to school her and Duncan was to go.
"Yo Beav!" Dick called out and abruptly pushed his brother's room door without bothering to knock.
Cassidy frowned; he hated how his brother never respected his privacy. "Hey Dick."
"Get your ass up, we're gonna be late!"
Cassidy lifted an eyebrow at his brother and remarked, "Since when do you care if we're late to school or not? Most of the time you're bunkin' or making plans to bunk."
"Don't be a douche, Beav. I gotta pick up Mac. Or else she'll have to get a lift from Madison and then she'll kick our asses and be hella pissed."
"Right." He quickly nodded to his brother's words. "Be right out, give me a minute."
Dick gave him a look that said 'better make it fast.'
Cassidy peeped to check if his brother was gone, he used a golden key and opened the draw in his cupboard. He smiled when he saw the money, at least something good came with having his dad come home. He took out the stack of money and stuffed it into a zipped on the inside of his bag.
He let out a sigh of relief when it was safely kept and headed out to his brother.
"You always ruin everything! Because of your dumb car I have to drop everyone of, do I look like a babysitter?"
Mac rolled her eyes at Madison's tantrum. Usually she'd be at her other home but her car had broken down. Unfortunately, today had been a rushed morning and she got stuck with Madison as a driver, she just hoped that Dick got here before they have to leave.
"Dad?" Veronica called for his attention as she sat on the bar stole in the kitchen.
"Yeah sweetie?" Keith answered while he fumbled around.
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" She wasn't sure how to tell her father. The last time, she had a friendly conversation with her mother and then with her mother, they had told her father.
"Sure, honey." He smiled encouragingly. He stopped his movements and looked at her expectantly.
Veronica sucked in a breath, took the bull by the horn and admitted, "I'm dating Logan."
Back Up barked and waged his tail happily at his mistress' announcement. Keith was silent as he looked at his daughter dead in the eye. He really hated it when his baby girl came home with news that reminded him that she was growing up. He sighed; he knew this was bound to happen sooner or later. He'd prefer later.
"So when will I be expecting to give my gun a clean?"
Veronica's uncertain look turned into a smile. When she'd told him about Duncan, he'd argued about how she was too young and blah, blah, blah but he'd reluctantly accepted it because of her mother. She still didn't understand how her mother allowed her to date Duncan but right now she wasn't gonna think about that. Instead, she was going to be happy with the fact that she has an incredibly hot boyfriend that Back Up approved off.
"Good morning honey, you're up awfully early," Lynn said to her son while she flipped through her magazine and ate her breakfast.
"Yeah mom, I have school, remember?" He replied, mentally trying to estimate how much she'd drank this morning.
"Of course, Logan, but usually it's such a mission to get you out of bed." She ignored his silent question; she was perfectly sober this morning because she had a very important meeting.
Logan gave her a smile and said, "I'm picking up Ronnie."
"Ah, Veronica." Lynn gave a smile of approval. "Are two dating? She's such a sweetheart. She always made conversation with me, unlike any of your other female friends."
"That's because they all have mother issues."
"Well, even though Veronica's going through some issues with her mother she's polite to me. She's the perfect girl for you, Logan. She's wholesome and loving..." Lynn continued to gush over Veronica but Logan's mind he replayed her sentence.
"How'd you know Veronica's going through stuff?" Logan quizzed. He heard the saying that mother's knew everything but this was taking it a bit too far.
"Honey, everyone knows by now that Lianne Mars is living with Jake Kane. Word gets out Logan and people get curious, you know how they are."
Logan was left wide-eyed in horror. Maybe he could convince Veronica to ditch school today.
The walls of Neptune High knew the tales of every student that entered through the glass doors. The rumours that travelled and the people it travelled through. No other school knew gossip better than Neptune High School. The girls were vicious when it came to gossip, it was as if they thrived on every bit of juicy detail. If it wasn't hot enough they spiced it up. A small observation, a snide comment, a little eavesdropping and even an outside source that peeked would be enough to get the gossip mill running.
It started with:
"Did you hear? Lilly's dad is shacking up with Veronica's mom! I totally saw them making-out!"
"Oh my god, that's Duncan dad! Duncan dated Veronica! Ewww! Are they like brother and sister now?"
The walls that were older than the children's parents knew the story of Lianne Mars and Jake Kane, they were high school sweet hearts destined for one another, it was inevitable that they would screw their lives up to be together.
"Did you see? Veronica and Logan were kissing each other in the parking lot!"
"Oh my word! They totally had sex in the parking lot, probably in the back-seat of Logan's SUV."
"No, no, I saw them near a tree!"
"Eew, they did it on the trees? Kinky Mars! Knew she wasn't as innocent as she seemed, after all she's friends with Lilly Kane!"
"And did you see her new hairstyle and clothes? She's gone all punk-ish rocker chick or something."
"Maybe Logan's into the punker look."
"She's totally trying to be thuggish but is failing miserably, I mean who where's combat boots?"
"Maybe Logan likes it rough!"
"Logan and Veronica were totally doing the nasty when they were dating the Kane's!"
"They are way too close to be a new couple."
"No wonder they got dumped."
"Oh my god, they were all related, Duncan's mom and Veronica's dad totally hit it up and so did Lilly's dad and Logan's mom!"
"No, no, you got it all wrong; it was Veronica's mom and Duncan's dad that had an affair. And it was Lilly's mom with Logan's dad."
"No, that can't be right. Aaron Echolls would never cheat. He's a family man; didn't you watch Entertainment Tonight last month?"
"Yeah well that's why Veronica and Logan are dating now; they were related to the Kanes."
"Wow constellation prize!"
"Didn't you hear? Duncan got Veronica preggo but then they found out their parents were dating so Logan started dating her so they could raise the baby in un-dysfunctional family way."
"Oh my god, I always knew Veronica was a slut. Logan's so sweet!"
"Yeah, I heard it was because he loved Duncan so much."
"No, Logan Echolls gay? No way!"
"You can't expect him to be in love with Veronica Mars, now can you? If I was a guy, I'd totally go gay for Duncan."
"Maybe it's brotherly love, Logan is way too hot to be gay!"
"It'd totally be a crime of nature plus he's sex god."
"No, no, Logan is dating Veronica because Logan couldn't take being in love with his sister, you know since his dad and Lilly's mom were having an affair along with Lilly's dad and Veronica's mom."
"I thought it was Veronica who couldn't take being in love with her brother."
"Wow, I can't believe I wanted to be a part of the Fab4 they are a bunch of incest freaks!"
"God you're such a bad liar, it's killing you more now, isn't it?"
"Whatever, well I heard Logan told Veronica to cut her hair because it reminded him too much of Lilly."
"Logan and Veronica have been secretly dating since he moved to town and pretended to date Lilly and Duncan because of their parents."
"Wasn't it Duncan's dad and Veronica's mom?"
"No, it was Logan's dad and Veronica's mom but now that Veronica's mom is with Duncan's dad, Logan and Veronica are out of the closet."
"Oh my god! Are they gay?"
"I heard that Lilly and Veronica did it while Logan and Duncan watched."
"But Duncan and Lilly are brother and sister!"
"Which siblings are that close?"
"Girls, you got it all wrong, Logan was in love with Veronica but dated Lilly to hide it."
"Yeah, and Duncan dated Veronica because he was in love with Lilly."
"But Lilly is his sister."
"Apparently so is Veronica!"
"Logan and Veronica had sex in one of the classrooms on Friday after he went all kung fu on those guys."
"Really? I heard they've been together secretly and that's why the Kane's broke up with them."
"Yeah and now they are like bff's again 'cause their parents are hooking up."
"Eew, that's so creepy."
"I know! Then, Logan called out Lilly's name so Veronica cut out her hair!"
"Well, gotta feel for her all the guys already banged her bff, what's a girl to do?"
"I heard that they are having a foursome, like an open relationship thing within their 'group'"
"Like hippies?"
"Totally."
"Did you see? Meg and Duncan are hooking up!"
"Yeah but so are Veronica and Logan!"
"Who's Lilly hooking up with?"
"You mean who isn't Lilly hooking up with?"
"No, no, no, Veronica is dating Lilly. Logan's her beard. And Meg is Duncan's beard 'cause he's in love with Logan, I mean who wouldn't be? Logan's so hot! Anyway, why else would they be okay with their bff's hooking up with each other?"
"Logan's too hot to be gay!"
"All the hot one's are gay! I knew Logan was too perfectly sculpted to be straight!"
"Everyone's got it all wrong! Logan's dating Veronica, Duncan's dating Meg, and Lilly's dating an older guy. And they aren't angry because it would be totally hypocritical. Except Lilly, but she's awesome that's why she's Queen so..."
"Girl, you're crazy!"
"Yeah, totally, who'd ever believe that?"
"Yeah, this is Neptune not the Brady bunch."
Sometimes they mess up the truth so much that when they hear it, it seems too ordinary to be believed.
So maybe the Fab4 will feel less messed up when they hear the ridiculously absurd words from the gossip vine. Maybe they'll feel happy that they weren't as messed up as they were painted out to be but then again it might just be so poisonous that they'd get sick and throw up.
A.N: I might have gotten a bit carried away with the rumours. And I guess that's kinda the point.