Disclaimer: I do not own Veronica Mars or any of the characters.
This chapter is Dedicated to Simply Lily. I am giving you you're Wallace flashback. I said I would work it in, and I have. Hope you enjoy it :)
Also this chapter might be a little hard to read. The Italic's are a flashback that Veronica is having. And the voice's in regular print in the background are Logan and Duncan talking to her. If you can't get that, sorry. I tried.
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Ver...ron...nica...aa?
"Veronica wait up!"
I turn around and see Wallace jogging up to me. I smile and when he reaches me, I playfully slug him on his arm. He playfully rubs his arm like it hurt.
"Hey slugger. Ready for the big game?" I ask Wallace as we make our way to the gym after school.
"Why do you insist on calling me 'slugger' when that's a baseball term. You do know that I play bas-ket-ball right? It's two completely different sports entirely."
I gasp in shock as I cover my chest with one hand. "No? And all this time I thought the basketball was too big. You mean to tell me that's why you run up and down the court instead of around the bases?" I can't stop the smile from coming to my face.
"Haha. Laugh all you want. You really need to know these things. I mean I know blondes are known as air heads, but that takes it to the extreme."
We walk into the gym. The other cheerleaders are already in the corner practicing, while the rest of the basketball team is warming up on the court. "Good luck slugger. I'll see you after the big game." I say to Wallace as I make my way over to the girls.
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"Awesome game!" I yell to Wallace over the loud music. "You really know how to run up and down that court with a basketball." Wallace laughs.
We were at a house party celebrating our victory for the Championship. Someone comes up behind me and wraps their arms around my waist. I turn to look, and it's Brad. We were dating on and off. At the current moment we were off, but he didn't seem the think so.
"Why don't we go upstairs where it's quieter so we can...'talk'." I take his hands off of me and turn around. "We broke up remember? Remember why? Does Stacey ring a bell? Why don't you go find her and take her upstairs to 'talk'."
"Stacey's not here. But you are. Come on baby you know you miss me." He goes to grab at me again, but he's stopped.
"Hey man. You heard the lady. Back off. She doesn't want you anymore." Wallace step in between Brad and I.
Brad gets mad. "Hey who was talking to you? I don't remember talking to you. This is between me and Veronica." He grabs my arm and starts dragging me towards the stairs.
"Let go of me! Brad stop!" I struggle against him. But nothing works. Wallace steps up in front of Brad and pushes him on the shoulders. Brad finally let's go of my arm and starts to go after Wallace. He throws a punch, but Wallace ducks and tackles Brad to the ground. They continue to roll around and fight while the crowd around them chants "fight, fight, fight." I watch helplessley for a minute trying to figure out how to help. Finally I jump on Brad and try to pull him off. Let me just tell you how heavy a star quarterback for the Football team can really be. But I manage to get him off. That's when the rest of the Basketball Team comes to the rescue.
"Vverronnicaaa? Ccann yoou hheearr mmee?"
The party fades to black. There's nothing around me except for the blackness. Though I can still hear the voice. Calling out my name. Now I can feel myself shaking. I'm not scared or cold, so I don't know why my body is moving like that.
That's when I feel the hands on my arms. So that's why I'm shaking. But why?
"Wake up Veronica."
I groan. My heavy eyelids start to lift up on their own accord. One eye, then the other. Woah bright light. Eyes close again.
"Did you see that? Her eyes opened. She's coming too."
I know that voice. But how? No one in Oregon is it? And where's Wallace? Where did he go after that fight? "Wal...lace? Whe...re are y...ou?"
"Did you hear that? She asked about Wallace. That can't be good. Wallace is gone."
Wallace isn't gone. He can't be. I just saw him. Wait a minute. Who the hell is that talking? Open you're eyes again. One eye open, other eye open.
I groan again as I sit up. I almost fall backwards because my head weighs a ton. Hard to hold it up. I rub the back of my head as I take in my surroundings. I see someone to my right, and I see someone in front of me. "Who...zat?" My voice come's out sounding slow and groggy.
"It's me Logan. You passed out."
His voice is echoing inside my head. Response is slow. Body tingles. He..hee...tingly.
"Lo..gan?" I know Logan. Don't I? Wait...I'm not in Oregon. Right?
"Yes me. Logan, you're boyfriend. Remember? Come on Veronica snap out of it."
Boy...friend? Riiight boyfriend. I look at him closer as my head slowly starts to clear up. Recognition dawning in my eyes. "Logan."
"That's right sweetie it's me. Welcome back."
I look around. "Duncan. Hey. What happened? Why am I on the floor?"
"You walked into the room and you looked awfully pale. You started to sway. Next thing we know, you passed out and hit you're head. But you're back now. What happened? What caused you to pass out?" Duncan explains to me.
What did happen? That's when it all hit me at once. That party was a while ago. It was the last time I saw Wallace before he was murdered. Oh god Wallace was murdered! And now I'm here in Neptune where I'm solving the murder of my half-sister Lilly. Her father is my father. Jake Kane is my father and Keith Mars isn't. The tears start pouring down my cheeks as memory after memory start coming back to me. I let out a sob thinking about how Jake is my real father. Logan shoots Duncan a concerned look just before he wrapped his arms around me and holds me close.
As I calm down, I look at Duncan and really study him. Good looking, just like his father. But no resemblance to me. That's because he's my half-brother. Of course he's not going to look like me or my mother. But his eyes. Their's something missing behind them. Maybe it's because he lost his sister. Whatever it is, it's almost scary the way he's here, but not really here.
"What is it Veronica? Why are you staring at me? What happened after you talked to my father? Did you find out about your mother?" Duncan asks me in a worried tone.
I shake my head to snap out of it. I wrap my arms tighter around Logan's waist for moral support. He does the same thing. I nod my head yes. "Yea, I talked to him. My mother isn't here anymore. And uh..." I trail off.
"They were sleeping together weren't they? I knew it. I knew he was seeing someone else. Why else would he be gone when he is?" Duncan looks pissed.
"Not exactly. I mean he was sleeping with her. Just not recently. Only way back then when I was born." My hand flies up and covers my mouth. Shit, I didn't mean to tell him that.
Duncan's eyes go wide as Logan pulls back to look at me. "What do you mean when you were born? What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Duncan's voice rises as he stands up and glares at me. "What is going on Veronica?"
I sigh. Might as well tell him now. He has a right to know. I slowly stand up as well. I look him squarly in the eyes as I prepare myself for what is about to come. Logan stands up and is protectively next to me.
"My mother and you're father knew each other. My mother grew up here. You're dad and my mom were high school sweethearts. They were the perfect couple. My mom moved away for college. That's where she met my dad. In Oregon. My mom was going to marry my dad, but it turned out that my dad wasn't really my dad. Jake is my father. He was the one who got my mother pregnant!" The tears start pouring down my face again as I try to hold in my emotions.
Duncan starts to pace. "It's not true! Tell me it's not true!" He turns to me and grabs my arms. He get's up close to my face. "You're mom's nothing but a slut! She's just some whore! You're not my sister! It's not true! Lilly is my only sister!" Duncan starts shaking me. He's shaking me so hard my head is starting to bounce back and forth. Logan tries to help out by grabbing Duncan's arm and trying to pull him off of me. Duncan let's go with one arm and violently pushes Logan to the side. He falls to the ground. Duncan then takes his free hand and slaps me as hard as he can across the face. My head snaps back as I start to see stars. I cry out as my cheek starts to burn and my mouth fills up with a metallic taste. I bit my tongue when he smacked me. The bite was deep. Logan lunges at Duncan and knocks us to the ground. I roll away as Logan tries to get Duncan under control.
All of our shouting causes Jake to come out. "What the hell is going on out here? I'm trying to work! Logan, get off of my son now!" Jake yells.
"I would love to Mr. Kane. But Duncan just attacked Veronica."
Jake looks over and notices me on my hands and knees with some blood on the floor. "Oh god Veronica! Duncan what did you do? You're having another fit aren't you?" He walks over to Logan and gently pushes him aside. Duncan jumps up and starts yelling at Jake.
"Is it true? Are you really her father? I can't believe you would do this to us! How could you sleep around with another woman and have a kid? Were we not good enough for you?"
"Duncan you don't know what you're saying. You need to calm down. You're having another episode." Jake goes to grab his son by the arms.
"Get away from me!" Duncan screams. "I hate you! Stay away!" With that said, he ran into the other room where you could hear smashing going on. Jake sighs.
I sit up and wipe the blood from my mouth. Logan gets up and walks me into the bathroom so I can clean up.
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Twisted3ljw: Lol I'm glad I know someone who tends to pass out every once in a while :P So thank you for clarifying what it's like when you do. And thanks for being my Beta
Angelsno1slayer: Why thank you. I'm glad I got you hooked. Hope you continue to enjoy my story.
Rockerchick224: Thank you thank you. I'm glad I recreated the series as well. Thanks for enjoying.
QueenCate: Yea I couldn't forget about her mother. I needed to continue with that so she could get some answers. I realize there was a big gap. It was hard to work out when things happened between Jake and Lianne. Also I didn't know who was older out of the three of them, so I made them around the same age. And I wanted Lilly and Duncan to be young enough so that they didn't realize what was going on with their parents. Sorry if that came out wrong. Hope this helps a little more.
Evangaline: First off, welcome to the wonderful world of VMars FF! Lol careful it can become addicting. Lol. Secondly, Thank you so much for adding me to you're favorites! It means a lot to me I'm glad you enjoy my twist, but beware, their's more to come. So sit back, relax, and enjoy :P