Title: Accidentally In Love
Author: tlovesLoVe
Disclaimer: RT owns VM
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: LoVe
Word Count: 2945
Characters In Chapter: Veronica, Logan, Bella, Mac, Dick, Sam, Keith, Rider, Alicia, Brenden, Jessica, Robby, Weevil, Meg, The Mannings

Mentions Of: Lilly, Jackie
AN/SPOILERS: Sam, Brian, Tina, Bella, Rider, Jessica, Brenden, Robby, Casey Jr., Monique were all created by me.

Epilogue

'I am so proud of you.' Veronica walks up to her daughter and hugs her and kisses her head. 'Mom, please your drawling attention.' Bella laughs and she takes off her graduation cap. 'Finally a high school graduate I am so glad it's over already.' Logan smiles at his daughter. 'Bella you do realize you leave for college in August?' Bella walks over to her dad and hugs him. 'Daddy, are you still sad I'm going to be away at Harvard?'

'Well - Yeah your my little girl.' Bella rolls her eyes. 'Dad please I'm 18 I can't live with you guys forever.' Logan was about to open his mouth but a voice came up from behind them. 'Yo, yo yo! Don't you just smell the freedom now girl?' Bella laughs. 'Rider, your going to Hearst you'll still be in Neptune I highly call that freedom if your still going to live with your parents.'

'Hey, I applied for a dorm room I just didn't get it so with the job I got I'm going to save up for my own off campus place my mother still treats me like I'm...' Alicia cuts her son off. 'Like your what?' Rider smiles innocently at his mom. 'Like I'm your baby boy still.' Alicia walks up her son and hugs him tightly. 'Well you are my baby boy - nothing will ever change that.' Rider groans in embarrassment.

'Bella don't you look beautiful.' Bella walks up to her step-grandma and hugs her. 'Thanks grandma you look beautiful too.' Behind Alicia was Keith who had been greeted by Veronica and Logan. 'So have you found our two other kids running around here dad?' Veronica looks around trying to find her two younger kids. 'They tried sneaking off with some friends but I caught them I told them five minutes before I start the tracking devices in their phones to see where they ran off to.'

'Look who we found.' Sam smiles as her and Sam's son along with the younger Echolls kids walk up to the group. 'Jessica did you try sneaking off with that so called boyfriend did you.' Jessica rolls her eyes at her dad. 'Dad, please give me more credit it then that if I wanted to go see him I would.' The sibling next to Jessica started laughing. 'Please Jess I saw you trying to give him a secret look without me trying to find out what you two were up to - your my twin and I'm sorry to say this but that guy is no good for you.'

'You know what Brenden you need to shut up - Just because you don't have a girlfriend no more doesn't mean you can play spy boy in my life.' Veronica clears her throat. 'Both of you knock it off your going to be 17 soon so start acting like your age.' Veronica walks over and nudges her baby cousin. 'Casey, I see your girlfriend coming this way.' Veronica gives him a teasing smile. 'Monique, baby where have you been?' Casey gives his older cousin a slight glare and walks up and greets his girlfriend with a kiss.

Veronica lets out a groan. 'Bella, out of all the people to date why did you pick the offspring of Dick Casablanca's to date.' Bella laughs at her mom as she sees her younger boyfriend approaching the group. 'Robby baby I've been waiting here for you what took you so long?' Bella kisses her boyfriend. 'Mom wanted me to do something real quick for her before I came here.' Keith steps between the two. 'I haven't congratulated my granddaughter yet.'

'Hey grandpa!' Bella hugs her grandpa tight. 'So I got you a present.' He smiles big at her. 'A pony!' she screams loudly. 'Wow honey she sounds just like you.' Logan motions to his wife. 'Well she learned from the best. 'No, not a pony but I did get help from your boyfriends mom to get the right one.' Mac comes up with a laptop in her arms with a big bow on top. 'Wow a new laptop!' She jumps up and kisses her grandpa on the cheek. 'Thanks grandpa - I love it.'

'And thanks Mrs. Casablanca's since my last one crashed I didn't know what I'd do I lost everything.' Mac smiles brightly at her. 'Well, You see I took the hard drive out of your old one and I fixed it and put it in this one it's all better now.' Bella squeals in delight. 'Oh my gosh I love you, your the best!' Robby butts into the conversation. 'Well I helped picked the color.' Bella laughs. 'Oh honey, and what a pretty color blue it is.'

'Let's get this party started!' Dick Casablanca's screams over the loud music playing in the background. 'Dick, honey aren't you getting a little to old to act like our sons age?' Mac laughs as Dick makes a face at her. 'I am not old.' Mac leans up and kisses him. 'I know honey, you know I just love to tease the hell out of you - Now get back to cooking us some food.' She pats him on the butt. 'And this time don't burn it.'

'So tell me Veronica, how does it feel to almost have one kid out of the house?' Mac runs up to her best friends and wraps an arm around her shoulder. 'Kind of relieved in a way - I'm so glad she made it without ending up like I did back when I graduated.' Mac looks over at Bella who had been playing chicken with her younger sister in the pool. 'You and Logan raised a smart girl.' Veronica laughs. 'That we did, You raised a smart boy yourself - Kind of shocking that he acts nothing like his father.'

'Robby has his looks but my brains - which I'm kind of glad myself because the Dick we knew really lived up to his name for the longest time it took me years to get him to actually act his own damn age.' Mac laughs along with Veronica. 'Hey! I heard that.' Dick says from behind them. 'I have you know I am not whipped.' Dick says in a serious tone. 'Whatever you say honey.'

Mac and Veronica head towards the lounge chairs by the pool where Sam had been laying out at. 'So, Sammy how are you and your man doing?' Veronica nudges her cousin in a teasing way. 'Weevil? Oh we're doing great he sure as hell keeps Casey in line sometimes.' Veronica and Mac laugh. 'Wow, Weevil does that? When Casey was his age he had to of been in and out of jail at least twenty times.'

'Hey, I have you know I've changed since then.' Weevil walks over sending Veronica a playful glare and then smiles at Sam and leans down and kisses her soundly. 'How you doing baby?' Sam laughs. 'Oh you know.' Weevil helps Sam up from her seat. 'This is all going to be you next year with him graduating.' Sam groans. 'Don't remind me, I'm going to have such a hard time letting him go he's my only baby.' she pouts and Weevil laughs.

'Well you know if you wanna have another one just let me know and you know we can work something out.' Veronica makes a gagging face behind them. 'Okay, ew don't really need to know about my cousins sex life here if your going to start on that topic go else where.' Sam laughs. 'Come on Weevil let's go get your suit on I'm in the mood to go swimming.'

'Ronnie, what's my beautiful girl doing.' Logan walks up behind his wife wrapping his arms around her kissing her soundly on the neck making her laugh. 'Logan not in front of the kids.' Logan groans. 'Our kids are almost adults I'm sure they know what we do behind closed doors.' Veronica laughs and pushes him off of her. 'Still I like to keep things private.' Veronica whispers in his ear in a sulty voice.

'Please children are around whatever you two are whispering to each other do it in private unless you want to scar your kids for life.' Brenden walks up to his parents. 'Son, your more hands on with girls then me and your mother are if anything we should be grounding you with how you are with girls.' Logan teases his son. 'Dad, no offense but I've heard stories about how you used to be in high school - I'd say I'm an angel compared how you used to be with girls.'

Brenden walks away smiling at his parents giving them a fake salute and does a cannon ball into the pool along with the rest of the kids at the party had been swimming. 'So should we be worried with how Robby is with our Bella?' Logan looks down at his wife she shakes her head. 'I don't think so he's still got another year of high school and she'll be gone at school soon so put the daggers away - he's actually a good guy even though he's the offspring of Dick.'

'Yeah, I guess your right he may look almost like his dad but he sure doesn't act the way he did when Dick was his age.' Veronica laughs a little. 'I think we have to worry about Jessica's boyfriend a little more they've been very secretive lately and you know what that means.' Logan's jaw clenches up. 'No what does it mean?' Veronica kisses his cheek. 'It means they're probably thinking about having sex for the first time.'

'They what!' Logan raises his voice some. 'Logan calm down I'm going to talk to her tonight about it, I know what kind of guy he is and trust me he won't touch our little girl if I have anything to say about it.' Veronica felt a arm around her. 'What's up V?' Veronica gasps in surprise. 'Wallace! when did you get to town?' Veronica hugs him tightly. 'Cant. Breathe.' Veronica backs up from him taking a good look at him.

'I got in early this morning, Jackie would of came but she wanted to stay home with the kids since they'll be leaving for the summer.' Veronica nods her head. 'God, I still cant believe you left Neptune and moved to New York of all places and "accidentally" ran into your ex going out to a club what are the odds.' Wallace smiles brightly at her. 'Well you know fate it works in mysterious ways V.'

'That it does - Have you seen mom and Rider yet?' Wallace nods his head. 'Yeah I just came from there, they said that they would stop over soon.' Wallace looks up at Logan. 'How you doing Logan?' Logan nods his head. 'As good as always just worrying about the kids almost being out there in the real world one more year before the other two are out.' Wallace nods his head in agreement. 'Worried about the girls huh?'

'Well Bella - not so much, Jessica oh yeah she's acting like Veronica used to in high school.' Veronica punches him in the chest. 'I was not that bad in high school.' Wallace and Logan look at each other. 'Yeah you were - if not worse you were one pissed off girl back then always trying to take trouble down and getting in trouble while doing it, and I would know I saved you a lot of those times.'

'Hey, you have to give me credit I got out of the P.I business as soon as I had Bella remember?' Logan nods his head. 'Yeah I remember but that didn't mean you had Sam do some of the work you used to do for you.' Veronica rolls her eyes. 'That also stopped shortly after we found out who caused the bus crash.' Wallace clears his throat and catches the couples attention again.

'So did you guys hear? The Manning's were killed in a car accident?' Veronica's head drops for a moment. 'Yeah I heard about that, But at least they can't hurt any more kids I still cant believe they got away with all of that crap.' Logan wraps his arm around his wife. 'Well you do know what that means don't you?' Both Veronica and Wallace look at Logan in confusion. 'Duncan can come back to the states now that they're gone.'

They haven't spoken about Duncan in years they always wondered where he was in the world but they never thought he'd ever come back after what had happened with Meg's parents but now there could be a possibility of him coming back now that the two people who tried to prevent him from being a good father to his daughter and never gave him the chance to even prove to them that he'd be a good dad.

'Do you think he'd come back to town after all these years?' Veronica asked in a very unsure voice. 'I don't know, who knows with him he hasn't been in Neptune in almost 18 years he's probably in another country and he has no way of knowing that Meg's parents are gone.' Logan had said to his wife he was about to lean down and kiss her when something behind Wallace and Veronica caught his attention.

'Duncan?' Veronica's head shoots up and she turns around and comes face to face with Duncan after almost 18 years of not talking. 'Hey guys, it's been forever wouldn't you say?' Duncan lets out a laugh. 'Duncan when did you get back to town?' Veronica walks over and hugs him tightly and looking at him. 'Look at you all older and wiser.' Veronica playfully pinches his cheek.

'Hey Logan, Wallace.' Duncan smiles at the two as Logan walks up do him and they give each other the "manly" hug. 'Damn, Duncan it took you a little over a decade to step back in Neptune what took your ass so long.' Logan jokes around with his old friend. 'Oh well you know.' Duncan laughs. 'So where's Lilly at?' Veronica asks looking behind him trying to see if she was with him.

'She's out in the car, she said she had to "fix" her make-up.' Veronica laughs. 'Don't tell me she acts as bad as Lilly 1.0 does she?' Duncan laughs. 'Oh, no she acts more like her mother which I think is a very good thing if you ask me.' Duncan laughs. 'Hey daddy.' Duncan turns around and meets eyes with his little girl. 'Lilly, meet your Uncle Logan and Aunt Veronica and next to her is her step-brother Wallace.' Lilly smiles at all of them and shakes each of their hands.

'Wait, how did you know me and Wallace were family now?' Veronica raises her eyebrow at him. 'Oh you know I have my ways to Veronica, I don't have to be a P.I to know that.' Duncan winks at her. 'Is that Dick - and Mac over there... kissing?' Veronica laughs. 'Oh I guess you don't know everything then - yes they're kissing they got married and their son Robby is Bella's boyfriend god help us.' Duncan laughs.

'Where is Bella anyways I never got the chance to meet my god daughter.' Veronica smiles at her old friend. 'Bella, Jessica, Brenden come meet some old friends of ours.' The three kids moan and get out of the pool and walk over to the group. 'Kids, meet Duncan - he's mine and your fathers old friend and Bella's god father and next to him would be his daughter Lilly Kane she's about your age.' Bella smiles at them. 'Oh wow, I've heard so much about you I was wondering when I was going to meet you.'

'Look at you, you look just like your mother when she was your age and I must say I can see a lot of your father in you too.' Bella laughs. 'Yeah they always tell me I got my father's looks but my mother's brain which is a good thing they say.' Duncan smiles at her. Veronica looked at her son and then at Lilly he seemed to like her a lot and she smiled, Jessica left shortly after being introduced because her boyfriend arrived but Brenden on the other hand stayed in the spot he was in when he was first introduced to Lilly.

'So Lilly, Duncan are you guys here to stay?' Duncan smiles and nods his head. 'Yeah we're here to stay we moved back into my parents old place it was up for sale so I thought what the hell I mine as well buy it.' Veronica and the rest of the group laugh. 'Lilly do you got your swimsuit on you? If you wanna go swimming you can.' Lilly shakes her head. 'I didn't bring one with me - I really didn't know if I needed one or not.' Veronica smiles at her. 'Oh don't worry we got extras if you want to borrow one.'

'I don't know.' Lilly says in a very soft voice. 'If your worried they were worn they aren't Logan likes to keep extras just in case and rarely does anyone use them.' Veronica looks at her son and then back at Lilly. 'Brenden why don't you show Lilly where we keep the extra suits while us adults catch up.' Brenden smiles then him and Lilly walk off in another direction. 'The way your son was looking at my daughter - you know what that means right?' Veronica smiles and looks back up at Logan. 'It means another Echolls boy wants to date a girl by the name of Lilly Kane.'