Authors note: I will get this posted right even if it kills me!

Tonight I'll dream while in my bed
when silly thoughts go through my head
about the bugs and alphabet
and when I wake tomorrow I'll bet
that you and I will walk together again
cause I can tell that we're going to be friends

---We are going to be friends, The white Stripes

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Wednesday afternoon at lunch Veronica walked outside with a large pizza and up to Mac who was sitting alone eating, a chicken salad sandwich and typing on a laptop.

"Hey." Veronica said as she sat the pizza down on the table, "Can I join you?"

"Sure." Mac told her as she shut the laptop.

"Pizza?" Veronica asked as she opened the box and took out a slice.

"Well, well, well, look who's acknowledging the little people." One of Mac's friends said walking up to the table with another girl and a guy.

"Chill Ally, Veronica's cool." Mac said standing up for her friend, "Veronica this is Alison, Lucy and our little Zac-achu."

"Hi." Veronica said with a slight wave and then she pushed the pizza box forward, "Pizza?"

"Free pizza? Heck yeah." Zac exclaimed as he took a couple pieces.

"So, what took you guys so long?" Mac asked

"Zac had to finish up a math test." Lucy told her.

"How'd it go?"

"I aced it!" Zac told her pumping his fist into the air, "No grounding for me this week!"

"Zac sucks at math so his parents have been dropping a large sum of money on a tutor." Mac informed Veronica.

"Who do you have?" Veronica asked.

"Mr. Heinrcick."

"Ah yes. Manny. I'll let you in on a little secret I have to get one on one tutoring after school with him. Tell him that you loved his page on the Neptune Swingles site. And that you're sure the school board will love it just as much."

"What?" Ally exclaimed almost choking on her pizza," Are you serious?"

"Oh yeah. And it gets better. His hobbies include horse back riding on a beach, hot tubing with special friends and sensual charades."

"Now that was just uncalled for." Mac laughed as she shook her head.

By the end of lunch Veronica felt like she was starting to fit in with Mac's friends.

"So what are you doing tonight?" Veronica asked Mac as they walked back into the building.

"Oh you know I'm throwing a huge party, tons of people are invited. Rumor has it that the Hilton sisters and Tara Reid might make an appearance."

"Oh, so nothing big then."

"Yeah, why?"

"Well I was thinking that you could come over to my house after school. I could order Chinese food and we could watch a movie. I just got Donnie Darko on DVD."

"That sounds like fun."

"So you're in?"
"Yeah, why not."

"Awesome I'll meet you after school."

At the very end of the mob of people heading back to class Logan walked with Duncan trying to decide if he should ask the question that been haunting him all night.

"Duncan?" Logan asked, "This is going to sound crazy but, I saw Veronica out last night with Weevil Navarro."

"Who?"

"He's a biker."

"What was Veronica doing out with a biker?"

"That's what I'm wondering. I mean I knew that they're friends but you don't think that something could be going on between those two, do you?"

"How'd she meet him?" Duncan asked ignoring the rest of his friend's question

"I don't know. Lilly maybe."

"How does Lilly know him?"

"They used to date. Now back to my question..."

"I'll check with Lilly and get back to you." Duncan told him as he began pushing through the crowd trying to find Lilly.

"Thanks, you were a lot of help!" Logan called out over the noise of the crowd.

As Duncan entered the school he spotted Lilly walking with Shelly and Meg.

"Lilly!" He called out, "I need to talk to you."

"Hey Donut. What's up?"

"I need to talk to you about Veronica."

That afternoon Veronica and Mac sat in Veronica's living room watching the end credit's of Donnie Darko.

"I love that movie!" Veronica sighed leaning back the couch.

"Same here." Mac said joining her, "So, if you had the chance to go back in time would you?"

"Yes." Veronica said without any hesitation.

"You would?"

"Yeah. But I wouldn't do it for any old reason. I would need a good reason to do it. Like in the movie, Donnie did the right thing."

"But he screwed up the future."

"Sometimes the future needs to be screwed up."

"Veronica?" Lianne asked walking into the room, "Lilly's here to see you."

"Lilly? Really?" Veronica asked surprised, "It's early for her to show up for the OC party. Send her in."

"You and Lilly have OC parties?" Mac asked trying not to laugh.

"Oh and let me guess you're too cool to have OC parties right?"

"Yes actually I am. And that's what I tell Zac and Alison when they try to talk me into coming to one of their parties."

"Veronica Mars I need to talk to you!" Lilly exclaimed as she marched into the living room and took a look at Mac, "Who the hell is she?"

"I'm Mac."

"That's Mac. What's wrong?"

"I just I thought last night we had a deal. No more keeping secrets from each other."

"Yeah, okay. That has to do with what?" Veronica asked confused

"I want to know why I had to find out about your going out with my ex boyfriend from my brother!"

"You know what?" Mac said standing up, "I think I'm going to go get something to drink so if you guys need me I'll be in the kitchen."

"Lilly you knew about me and Logan..."

"I'm not talking about Logan. I'm talking about Weevil! Did you sleep with him?"

"Wha-what?" Veronica asked in complete shock, "You did not just ask me..."

"Yes I did."

"I didn't sleep with Weevil. He took me to go get a milkshake after you and Meg left. We talked for a while and then he took me back home. That's it."

"And I'm supposed to believe you?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"First you hook up with Logan before our relationship even has time to decompose and then you ditch Logan and pretend to be devastated by that only to turn around hours later and hook up with yet another one of my ex's."

"Oh my god! You are pissed about my being with Logan! I knew it."

"This doesn't have to do with Logan it has to with you trying to take my men away. You're a slut just like your mother."

It was like she had been hit in the stomach with a bag of bricks.

"I cannot believe you!" Veronica exclaimed, "You're mad at me for being with Logan and yet you slept with his father!"

In the kitchen Lianne and Mac sat uncomfortably trying to make small talk over the screaming of the girls.

"So, do you like school?" Lianne asked as she poured herself some coffee.

"Yeah. It's okay."

"Have you and Veronica known each other long?"

"Not really."

Back in the living room Lilly and Veronica were still on the topic of Aaron.

"I'm an idiot for sleeping with someone I thought cared about me?" Lilly asked.

"No, you're an idiot for sleeping with someone who beats his son."

It was Lilly's turn to be hit by the bricks.

"What?" She asked in shock

"Aaron beats Logan."

"And who told you that, Logan?"

"No. He didn't have to. Come on, how many times has he showed up with bruises that he can't explain? You know it's true."

"No it's not! You're a liar."

"I'm telling you the truth."

"You're world is falling apart so you're making up lies so that you can get the attention. You know I wouldn't be too surprised if you even lied about what Logan walked in on. I bet you wanted to end up in that bedroom with Dick."

Veronica physically had to keep herself from being sick as she looked Lilly strait in the eyes.

"Get out of my house now!" She exclaimed.

"Fine." Lilly said throwing her hands up in the air, "And you know what? I don't care if the DNA test says that you're my sister. We're done."

"Fine! You want your best friend charm back?"

Lilly didn't even bother to respond as she stormed out of the house while Veronica collapsed on to the floor in a flood of tears.

"Veronica?" Lianne asked coming into the room with Mac following behind her.

"Just leave me alone." Veronica whispered, "Please just leave me alone."

As Veronica dealt with loosing her best friend Lilly made her way over to Aaron Echoll's house. As she pulled up to the house millions of thoughts were running through her head. And as she knocked on the door and waited patiently for someone to answer the thoughts kept multiplying.

"What do you want?" Trina asked as she opened the door, "Oh my god Lilly!"

"Hi Trina. I didn't know that you're back.'"

"Well I am. You do know Logan doesn't live here anymore right?"

"I know. I'm looking for your dad. Is he home?"

Thursday morning Veronica woke up feeling a wave of nausea come over her as she remembered the conversation that she and Lilly had had the night before.

"Hey you." Mac said pushing the door open as she carried a large cup of coffee.

"Hi Mac."

"Sleep well?"

"No. But thank you for staying over last night. It really helped knowing someone was there to listen to me cry."

"It's no problem at all. I'd want the same think if I were you."

School went by relatively slowly as Veronica got used to being ostracized by the 09-ers once again. She couldn't understand why it felt so bad this time around, but it did. As she made her way to her last class Duncan stopped her in the hall.

"Great." She whispered to herself, "What do you want?"

"What happened between you and Lilly last night?"

"Duncan I'm not in the mood to rehash it all, okay?"

"That's too bad because she went to go see you last night and then she came home and announced that she has reconsidered the movie offer and that she's going to do it."

"Movie?" Veronica asked confused, "What movie?"

"The movie---" Duncan started but was cut off by Vice Principal Clemmons calling her name.

"Veronica Mars." He repeated as he walked up to the former couple along with an officer of the law that Veronica knew very well, "This is officer---"

"Leo I know. The results are in I'm guessing."

"I don't know. You're father just told me to come pick you up from school."

"Cool." Veronica said as she adjusted her bag, "We'll talk about this later okay Duncan?"

Later that afternoon Veronica sat waiting for her father to get off so that he could take her back to school. As she began patting the arm of the chair she spotted Lilly walk in the doors.

"Hey you." She said with a sheepish look on her face.

"Hey yourself." Veronica said standing up.

"Don't say anything okay. 'Cause I was in the wrong last night. You were right."

"How'd you come to this conclusion?"

"I saw Aaron."

"You what!" Veronica exclaimed, "Are you on drugs?"

"I had to. I had to ask him if he really did beat Logan."

"And what did he say?"

"He lied his ass off."

"How do you know?"

"I could tell from his eyes, just like I could tell from yours that you were telling the truth."

"If you knew I wasn't lying why did you say I was?"

"Because hearing that the man you used to sleep with isn't something that a girl likes to hear."

Both girls sat down in silence and for a moment just looked at each other before Lilly finally spoke,

"Have I told you that I'm sorry?"

"Yes." Veronica said laughing and then got serious, "So, we got the test results."

"I know you're mom told me. What did it say?"

"It said that I'm going to have to suffer the pain and sorrow of not being one of the richest girls in town."

"Are you saying..."

"Duncan is your only sibling. Sorry babe."

"It's okay. You want to leave this place?"

"Veronica." Leo said walking up the girls, "Your father has to stay a little while longer but I can take you if you're ready to go."

"Sorry, but I got a better offer." Veronica said motioning to Lilly.

"It's okay. I'll see you around?"

"You bet."

Veronica got up and quickly left and Lilly hurried to catch up.

"What was that?" She exclaimed, "He totally wants you."

"It wouldn't work."

"Why?"

"Trust me. Okay?"

"Whatev."

"So tell me about this movie you agreed to do."

"Duncan told you about that..."

"Yep. So spill."

"Well, a couple months ago Lynn came to me about making a movie about Aaron and his adultery, more specifically his adultery with me..." Lilly started to explain as the made their way to her car.