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I do not own Veronica mars or any of the characters besides Rachel she is my pride and joy! I hope you enjoy the story, it is a prequel to my first story 'The Greatest Love' I hope you like them both. Long Live the King Rob Thomas!

The next couple of days were spent in class with Rachel ignoring and ditching them, she wanted to give them time. She thought It would be best to let them get on without her. They had a four day weekend with Thursday and Friday off. She had been staying with her phsudo parents in Coronado. She would make the 45 minute drive up to Neptune to give them all 'space'. Duncan tried over and over to get her to listen, to talk to him but she always found a way to get away. On Thursday he went to Coronado to confront her with Veronica, Logan, and Lynn in tow. Barry told them she went to Poway to visit her friends on campus and get some work experience by working with the teachers.

"So Rachel" Celeste said with a hint of dissatisfaction in saying the name. "What do you plan to do after high school" she asked. It was the first night Duncan took her to his house for a nice dinner, and to meet his parents.

"Well I am planning on being a teacher, all I have to decide is what age group I want to teach." She said giving Duncan's hand a squeeze.

"Rachel is an absolute wonder with kids" Duncan chimed looking into her eyes with pride.

"Well I guess were off to the school" Duncan said getting into the car and making his way to Poway. He was determined to see her today.

They got to the school which was full of teens; it must be lunch he thought. They walked around until a huge group of them noticed who they were. Then they were surrounded, "Dam it how are we going to get out of this?" Duncan asked as they bombarded Lynn asking her questions about her reappearance. It had gotten out the day after she came to confront Logan that she was still alive, the papers where filled with articles, and reporters were yet again in their lives.

Logan smirked before cupping his hands around his mouth and yelling "DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE RACHEL REMBOK IS?." A girl came up looking them up and down then as if approving she said "She is in the back you better hurry the bell is going to ring in a couple of minutes and you will never find her" she said pointing to the back building.

Duncan started running, he needed to see her, to talk to her, to tell her that he loved her. He turned the corner to see a huge group of them. They had a couple of benches and they took up the entire pathway. They were all very comfortable with each other as he watched them all sitting on each others laps. But he couldn't see Rachel. He walked up and saw a tall girl with long brown hair. She was talking to a shorter guy with a green jacket and buzzed head. He tapped her on the shoulder and she spun around.

"Have you seen Rachel?" he asked now desperate.

"She went to get some food, and you are?" she asked

"Duncan" he replied, knowing she probably knew who he was.

Her smile dropped as she looked at him, and then turned to a scowl. He probably wasn't the best like person here. First he is one of the reasons she moved to Neptune, second he didn't stop that creep Peter from hurting her, and last here she was again sad and with her friends.

"hey dude wait here she will be back in a couple." The shorter guys popped in, trying to keep the girl from taking his head off. "I'm Scott and this is Cora." He motioned to the girl. Duncan smiled and nodded at both of them when he heard it. It was the greatest sound in the world, she was giggling. He turned around and saw her walking backwards talking to some guy.

Duncan walked up behind her and started to wrap his arms around her waist. She grabbed his hands and giggled again. "Paul if you touch my stomach one more time I will break off your hands and shove them down your throat." Then he could feel her running over her hands like a blind person trying to recognize a person's face. He heard her breath catch as she turned around in his arms. Before he could say anything she was kissing him. Her arms wrapped around his neck and tongue moving in his mouth. They parted and she looked into his eyes.

"I am so sorry" she started.

"Hey if I were you I probably would have done the same." He said with a reassuring smile. "C'mon were taking you out to lunch" he said taking her hand.

"Were?" she asked.

"Veronica, Logan and Lynn"

She started laughing and he was confused. "What"

"Walking back from the cafeteria I saw a huge group forming at the front of school, I heard someone say 'hey don't take that, common that's my shirt' I thought it was Logan for a second" she said still laughing.

"We better go get him before they tear them apart" Duncan added moving toward the front.

They all left and went to Lunch at one of Rachel's favorite restaurants before heading back to Neptune. Veronica had called all the girls over kidnapping Rachel to take her shopping for the wedding. Rachel was never one to get into girly things but they convinced her and before long they were trying on dresses.

"Rachel the wedding is in a month and a half and you still don't have a dress?" Meg asked astonished.

"Well I haven't really planned anything yet just the date and we booked the church and reception hall" she said looking over the dresses. "But with Lynn back I bet she will be getting straight to work making this the wedding of the century." She giggled.

She had tried on hundreds of dresses before she found the perfect one. It resembled her homecoming dress but was much more elegant. It had a corset top that would help cover her growing stomach and a full princess style crinoline filled skirt, with long lacy Juliet styled sleeves. The girls melted when they saw her in it and she decided this was it.

"Now I can get this altered before the wedding right?" she asked.

The sales woman nodded before totaling the sale.

"What Rachel you planning to get fat before the wedding?" joked Georgia.

Veronica and Rachel looked at each other and giggled at their inside joke before leaving the store dress and all. They decided to keep it at Veronica's so Duncan wouldn't try to look.

The weekend went much the same with wedding plans filling the air, Flowers, invitations, decorations, tuxes, food. Who knew there was so much going into planning a wedding. Monday came along again as they strolled down the halls, now buzzing with rumors of Logan's mom.

Dick came up and gave Logan and Duncan an apologetic smile. "Hey man I heard about your mom that is great." He said sincere. Veronica just laughed; it took a week of exile for Dick to go from prick back to friend. Logan and Duncan talked to him for a while deciding to give him a second chance but if he tried anything that was it. Lunch was fun they all sat at the table cuddled up with each other laughing over some clumsy fall that Wallace had.

Rachel got up and walked over to the trash can dumping off her tray when she looked up and she scowled. Before anyone looked up to see where she went they heard her scream. "Get the Fuck away from here!"

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