Spoilers to 2x01 and 2x02 in the A.N (beware!)

Hey everyone! How've you been? And how is season 2 so far? Personally, I think it's great – except for that VD thing, of course. Only I'm forced to admit that… you know… they're… sortofcute and that Duncanissortofagoodboyfriend. What? I didn't say that! Shut up!

Anywho, thanks a bunch to all you wonderful guys who REVIEWED(!) and to wildhorses's for revising this story (are you tired of reading already? Well, you can just skip ahead, I won't be offended… ). I promise Veronica will wake up really, really soon (no, I'm not killing her off, obviously, I just don't want you guys to get angry…). Patience is a virtue – I learned that from The Mummy!

Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter. Don't forget to REVIEW (it's

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"Hum," Wallace wondered aloud, "wasn't Veronica supposed to wake up like an hour ago?"

The others shrugged and Logan poked his head into the room. He was greeted with the sight of the two Mars parents, sitting agitatedly by their daughter's bed, looking terrified. He momentarily forgot the hatred towards them that filled his guts.

"Should I go call the doctor?" he asked carefully.

They both raised their bloodshot eyes at him and nodded weakly.

When the doctor came, ten minutes later, he gravely looked over Veronica's chart and ordered them all out in order to perform a couple of checks on her.

They were all worried already, but when he came back, it worsened. The doctor started to give a long explanation about something going wrong but they weren't even trying to listen.

"When will she wake up?" Logan asked, forever disrespectful and impatient.

The doctor shot him an annoyed glance and answered, "We can't tell, it could be a couple of minutes, it could be a couple of days, or even longer."

The room seemed to cloud with despair as he said that. It was a line they had all seen countless times in movies and though the hero always woke up in the end, it was hard to remember that now.

"Are you saying… she's in a coma?" Duncan whispered.

"In a manner of speaking, but there are excellent chances of her waking up, so I wouldn't worry."

Yeah, obviously a room full of over-protective, worried as hell people would just relax because the nice doctor told them that the person they loved, maybe the most, would probably wake up. Uh-huh.

"Heh, what are we doing here?" Lilly asked, amused.

She and Veronica were sitting on the 09ers launch table, resting their legs against the bench, dressed in casual school wear. One would think it was a normal school day, except that the entire cast of Buffy seemed to be discussing something at a far table and the South Park kids were running around in the snow (?) all around them.

Veronica shrugged at her own dreamland and took a sip from her coke.

"Oh, wait a minute," Lilly said with an impressed smile, "this isn't supposed to happen, you were supposed to wake up, you sly little girl."

"Well, jeez, I'm sorry I interrupted your raging afterlife," Veronica said sarcastically, "but I'm sure you can spare a few minutes for your best friend, right? I mean, you have forever to walk around on clouds and seduce all of our dead presidents."

Lilly choked on her Cherry juice, "EW!" she cried and slapped Veronica's thigh, "Why would I want to seduce the presidents when I have plenty of dead Hollywood hotties at my disposal?"

The girls laughed a good while at that. Lilly was so busy daydreaming about Elvis that she didn't even notice Veronica's darkening expression, "Why'd you do it, Lilly?" she asked softly. She knew she should be screaming at Lilly, accusing her for sleeping with her boyfriend's abusive dad – but she hadn't seen Lilly in such a long time and she wasn't going to waste any of this time fighting. Lilly might leave her if she did, and then she'd be completely alone in her own brain.

Lilly shrugged indifferently, "Please, have you seen him? Have you seen his body?"

"Ew, gross!" Veronica exclaimed, laughing again, "He's old! And Logan's dad! That's all kinds of wrong, Lily." I shouldn't be laughing, the little Veronica in her brain scolded her; this is serious! Stop acting like a two year old and get a grip!

"So?" Lilly asked, "He's a movie star, Veronica. If Tom Cruise came onto you while you were dating his son, do you really think you would turn him down?"

Veronica considered that and came to the conclusion that she totally wouldn't turn Tom Cruise down. Only she might have the graciousness (ahem) to break up with his son before indulging in wild, illegal sex with his dad.

"When did it start?" she asked wearily, giving up.

Lilly frowned, "Hum, I think it started about… two or three weeks before he killed me. We were all swimming in Logan's pool, remember? Anyway, I went into the kitchen to get a drink. Aaron was there, and I was wearing a bikini and I looked fabulous, so naturally he hit on me. Only he tried to make it sound as if he was just happy for Logan. Anyway, we had sex that night for the first time."

Veronica looked down sadly, "He always called you 'Logan's beautiful girlfriend'… even when you were only fifteen. I should've noticed there was something weird about him."

"Excuse me?" Lilly called, mock offended, "There's nothing weird about wanting to have sex with me. On the contrary, if a guy doesn't want me, he's probably gay or… you know… flaccid."

"But at fifteen?" Veronica asked disbelievingly, trying not to giggle.

Lilly raised her chest, "Well, I don't know if you remember, but I filled up when I was thirteen. By the time I was fifteen, I was already totally hot."

Veronica sighed. Clearly, natural inhibitions like "he was you boyfriend's dad" or "she was minor, and your son's girlfriend, whom he loved" didn't apply in this case. They both wanted each other and they were both used to getting everything they ever wanted. Of course they weren't gonna let little things like decency, the law or family values stand in the way. Veronica thought she should probably argue and lecture Lilly, but then she thought, it was too late now, what's done is done, so why bother?

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"Hello everyone, this is Keith. I know you were all expecting a more glamorous character like Weevil or Dick, but I asked Lily especially to talk this time. You see, this hasn't been a very good year for me – aside from being kicked off the sheriff department and the whole blah blah framing wrong man blah blah, I had to watch my daughter on TV making out with, my God, four guys! Four! What have I done to deserve this?

"And then, I come home, hoping to relax from watching my little girl having… hum… premarital sex (I broke three keys writing this…). I log on to and what do I see? Yup, that's right, more sex! And with detail! I swear, I'm never leaving this basement. There are too many sick people out there who are looking to taint my little girl! Not that this story s a lot better but at least here NOBODY GETS THEIR FILTHY HANDS ON MY DAUGHTER! So please, REVIEW and ask Lily to keep this up. Please, I want some rest. Maybe you can also sends lots of REVIEWS and request that Veronica will be moved to a convent IMMEDIATELY?"

Veronica and Logan: (whispering) "Oh please, don't you dare write anything about convents! It's bad enough what's happening on the show. But please REVIEW nevertheless…"