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Authors note: so this is the epilogue/prologue for my seasons 1 and 2. this will bridge the 2 seasons. I have this like I usually do different povs. first don will talk about the more legal aspects of things. then veronica and logan will talk about the more personal aspects. season 2 will pick up the middle of september.

I don't own veronica mars.

Epilogue/Prologue

Don

It wasn't easy but we were able to keep the details of Veronica's attack from the press.

As far as the general public knew Aaron had just tried to kill her, the attempted rape was never mentioned.

The official story released was that Aaron had attacked her and then shot Duncan when he attempted to help her, Logan had then killed Aaron to save her life.

It was the only thing on the news for weeks, which made the paparazzi population in Neptune worse than it have ever been.

For their safety we moved Lynn, Veronica, Logan and most of their friends in with the Kane's until things died down. They had installed a state of the art security system and it was the best option.

Having them all in the same place made it easier for us to keep and eye on them as well. I posted a police detail at the Kane estate 24 hours a day, usually it was Deputy D'Amato, his personal ties to the group made him the least evasive of my men.

It turned out that Aaron had bribed the State District Attorney, that was why they arrested Duncan.

The SDA was disbarred and replaced soon after and his replacement issued an apology to the Kane's.

It was appreciated, but it was really just PR for the new SDA.

As far as Aaron's debunked alibi, we discovered that he had been having an affair with the costume coordinator on the movie he was working on at the time. After his death she came forward with the truth. On October 2nd and 3rd Aaron left LA to travel to Neptune. Since Logan was supposed to be in Mexico with the other boys he'd had the entire house to himself and no one would even know he was there. He was only gone for 6 hours each day and the costume coordinator claimed that they were working on his wardrobe while he was gone. After the affair ended he started bribing her to keep her quiet. She is currently awaiting trial for disruption of justice.

Unfortunately, solving Lilly's murder only brought us a little closer to solving Keith's.

Since Aaron was dead and couldn't tell us his side, everything we know about that week is purely speculation.

What we do know is this:

Keith had been sniffing around that last week and when he got the ticket in the mail and had gone to Casey he decided to look back into everyone's alibi's.

When he started asking around about Aaron, we believe that word got back to him and Aaron knew his time was up.

Since Aaron had contacts in the movie business that dealt with explosives and pyrotechnics we believe he may have asked a friend to plant the bomb in Keith's car. It was just lucky timing for Aaron that the day Keith figured it out, was the day he had him killed.

We believe that the day he died he saw the car in the photo, just as Logan had, and that was why he had called Veronica and Logan and told them to go to Casey's.

The only thing Keith didn't know was why, he had been aware of Lilly's pregnancy but did not know about her affair with Aaron. All he knew was that Aaron had killer her and he was on his way to the Echolls' estate when he died.

Unfortunately we still have no leads in that case.

The video tapes that Veronica found were never released to the press.

The day after graduation we searched the Echolls' mansion for evidence and during our search we found numerous other tapes in the pool house.

But that wasn't the bothersome discovery.

We found a total of 22 other hidden cameras in the house. There was at least one in every room of the house, 2 in the living room, 2 in the kitchen and 3 in Logan's room.

5 were found in Veronica's room.

When we told Logan and Lynn what we found Logan got sick, he blamed himself. We told him over and over that it wasn't his fault, but I'm still not sure if he believes that.

We also found a second stash of tapes hidden in Aaron's office and it was painfully obvious after viewing them that Aaron had been watching Veronica. I made it through ten and couldn't watch anymore, not that I was able to really watch them anyways.

We didn't tell Veronica, we just had the tapes destroyed so she would never know.

It made no sense to tell her, it would have just made things worse for her.

I had been correct that night on the dock, there was more to the situation with Duncan than Veronica was letting on.

When we found Veronica's phone in Duncan's possession and the text to Aaron in the outbox, we pieced things together.

When I spoke with him he admitted everything.

I don't know much about what happened with him after that though.

I know that he came clean with everyone and then one week after the incident at the dock...he disappeared again.

As far as I know, no one, including his parents, are aware of his current location.

The situation with Casey has gotten worse.

Since the witness never showed up the DA didn't file charges. He felt there wasn't enough evidence to constitute a conviction.

Casey's version of the story helped as well but it was his expensive lawyers that crushed the PCHers. After all if Casey did stab Felix, it was in self defense and he had the injuries to prove it.

That's when the real trouble began. It started an all out war between the two districts of Neptune. The residents of the 02er district saw it as just another rich kid that used their wealth to collect 200 dollars, pass go and not go directly to jail.

Vandalism spiked and every other day we were called to the scene of an altercation between kids from opposite sides of town.

And of course the PCHers had made Casey their main target.

In the second week of July, Casey was taking Veronica and Logan home from spending the day at the beach. They were stopped at a red light when 3 PCHers drove by and fired a shotgun through the back window of Casey's new truck. Veronica had been in the backseat. If she hadn't ducked she might have been killed.

That's when things escalated and the 09ers took it upon themselves to teach them a lesson.

Two days later the community pool was set on fire and things have just gotten worse from there.

This has not been an easy summer to be the Sherriff of Balboa County.

Veronica

After I was released from the hospital Logan, Lynn and I moved in with the Kane's.

Actually we all did, the Kane estate became like a hotel.

Casey and Luke were the only ones who didn't move in actually. Casey was afraid that his presence would cause more problems and since Luke didn't want him to be left on his own, he stayed at Casey's too. They were still over at the Kane's everyday though.

At first Logan and I didn't agree with Casey, we thought it would be better for him if he was with us.

And then I was almost killed when the gunshot came through the back window. We stopped arguing with him after that.

I think Logan and Casey were more scared than I was when it happened. It was their worst fear coming true, sitting in the car and watching as the girl they loved almost died. I can understand, I would have felt the same way had it been Logan.

He didn't let me out of his sight at all after that and the Kane's and Lynn ended up hiring us bodyguards for the summer.

When the rest of the 09ers heard about what happened they officially got involved.

In all honesty the only people not involved in the feud were me and my friends. We were just trying to stay out of it, just trying to be there for Casey.

I refused to see Duncan after his surgery.

I know he tried a few times but I wasn't interested.

When Don found my phone on him and began to put the pieces together, Duncan confessed to his part in my attack. I was worried at first, I didn't know how Jake and Celeste would react and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't surprised when they took my side.

They love their son. But not only had he known who'd killed Lilly, but he had intentionally put me in harms way. I guess they just couldn't see past that.

After he was released from the hospital he disappeared.

I do not know, nor do I care where he is.

He is no longer part of my family, I might forgive him someday, but its not likely.

Can you really blame me though?

For the first couple weeks after Aaron attacked me I needed help bathing with my cast. That's the main reason that Mac and Meg moved into the Kane's.

I know Logan wanted to help and I wanted him to…but I just wasn't comfortable with him seeing me naked. I still felt dirty and violated.

And its not that I didn't trust him. I did. I just still wasn't ready to be intimate with him in pretty much any way.

But we began slowly finding our way back to each other.

I still spent every night in his arms and we still kissed, but that was it for the first few weeks.

The more comfortable I began to feel…the further we took it.

It was a month before he even tried to cop a feel again.

And Logan was so patient. It was just like it had been in the beginning for us, everything was on my terms and time line.

By the middle of July, when I still felt so damaged I decided to try counseling again. But this time I stuck with it and it helped a lot. The issues I still hadn't dealt with from my abduction had just added to what I had experienced with Aaron.

It was the counseling that helped me finally get things back on track with Logan.

For my 18th birthday he took me to San Diego for the weekend. That night I let him take my shirt and bra off. Although it was still a far cry from where we'd been before Aaron attacked me, it was proof that someday I would be back there with him.

I love him so much, and someday I'll be able to show him.

Logan

Duncan Kane had better never show his face in Neptune again.

He is not forgiven and never will be.

When Veronica finally told me the truth I lost it.

And after Don spoke to him I had my own little conversation with him...

He's lucky I left him alive.

I don't know where he is….and that's just the way I want it. If he knows what is good for him, he'll stay there.

Because if he comes anywhere near Veronica again…I will kill him.

Believe it or not, I wasn't mad at Casey for what happened in his truck, it wasn't his fault.

But it made things a lot more dangerous for us. Having all of us at the Kane's ended up being a good thing since it was easier for Lamb to protect us.

Meg and Mac had moved in to help with Veronica. They knew how hard it would be for her and they wanted to help. Wallace just wanted to be with the rest of us and Dick moved in for a few reasons Mac, Veronica and because his dad got remarried.

Dick's house was not a fun place to be at the moment. His new stepmom was bad enough, she was a 25 year old gold digger, but his younger brother Cassidy, or Beaver, as we called him, moved back in with them too. The Kane's offer to move in was heaven sent for him.

Luke stayed with Casey and then when school was about to start and the rest of us moved home Luke stayed there.

They were both starting at Hearst that fall and neither were planning on living in the dorms anyways, so it was just easier for both of them.

Luke had actually been offered a scholarship to play baseball at USC, but he didn't want to leave us. Well that, and he didn't want to leave Meg.

He still hasn't given up on her. Although maybe he should.

She got back together with Leo and things have gotten really serious. I'm not sure what's going to end up happening between those three.

We've been seeing a lot of Lamb.

He's been overly worried about Veronica, so he comes by everyday.

Even when we aren't home he's there.

His friendship with my mom has just grown stronger.

Which makes me happ, she needs someone trust worthy in heir life.

Don't ask me about the tapes.

I still can't deal with knowing he'd been watching her that entire time.

She will never know.

As for Veronica…

I wanted to be able to help her.

But I understood that I couldn't.

So instead I was just there for her. I gave her whatever she needed and anything she asked for, she got.

We took our time, we just focused on each other and when she decided to try counseling again, I stood by her 100%.

I was actually relieved, she hadn't made hardly any progress until then.

Its funny, on her birthday when she was finally able to be just half naked with me, I was excited of course, really excited, but more than anything I was proud of her.

It was a big step for her.

Which obviously I enjoyed immensely and ever since then we get at least to that point and she doesn't put her shirt back on before we go to bed anymore.

But I'm in no hurry to get back to where we were.

Like I've said before, I'd wait forever for her. What's a few more days, weeks or months.

I love her so much and someday I will be able to show her.

so what did you think? review please!

authors note: don't forget about my poll for wallace! some one new is still winning.

I might try to post the first chapter for season 2 on sunday depending on if I'm happy with it. otherwise this will be my last post till around the 30th. so try not to miss me too much.

coming attractions for season 2: kendall and beaver will be present. there will be lots of meg/luke/leo. the bus crash. who helped aaron kill keith? a different side of casey. wallace will finally get some. logan becomes more protective of v. and then of course v has an epiphany.