I don't own anything, but a love for Duncan and Veronica as a couple.
The beach was deserted except for them. The beach was quiet except for their angry voices. The world was calm except for their raging tempers. Everything was perfect except for the fact that they were falling apart.
"God Veronica I love you. Okay. I love you more than I've ever loved anything or anyone else. When I see you my heart either breaks or skips a beat. When I think of you or the little moments we shared everything suddenly seems okay." Duncan had once again turned his back on her and was facing the water.
Veronica sighed. "Then why did you let me go Duncan? Why did you let me stay with Logan?"
"I don't know! I ask myself that question at least two to three times a day, but do I ever find an answer? NO! I don't!"
Veronica grabbed his shoulder. "So what does this mean? What does all of this mean?"
Duncan didn't say anything but instead he quickly took her into his arms and kissed her. It was a soft one but even from a distance you could see that it was full of passion. When he let her go he looked at her and smiled.
Veronica opened her lips to speak but he couldn't understand what she was saying. All he could hear was "Duncan, sweetheart, wake up. You're having a bad dream again. Wake up."
When Duncan Kane finally opened his eyes he was faced with the harsh reality that everything he had just experienced had been a dream. Veronica hadn't been there at all. He sighed. It wasn't the first time he'd had this dream. He also knew that it wouldn't be the last. On nights when he was feeling especially lonely he would think of her and then the dreams would come. In the morning the fact that he was with Meg and not Veronica would be made and he would have to live another day of mediocrity.
"What's the matter Duncan?" Meg asked quietly. She was looking at him with these caring eyes. She was searching his face for some kind of hint as to what he was feeling.
Duncan rubbed his hands over his face. "Nothing I was just having a bad dream again." He started to get out of bed to go get a drink.
"Where are you going?" Meg's voice was no longer caring but now came off as being quite shrill.
Duncan sighed. "I was just going to get the kitchen to get a drink of water and maybe work on the plans for that new mall. That always helps me fall back asleep."
"Yeah right Duncan. This wasn't just some dream either was it? You were dreaming about her again weren't you?"
"Leave Veronica out of this," Duncan said firmly.
Meg scoffed. "Why should I? It's not like you leave her out of our relationship. God sometimes I swear if I'm not competing with this damn job of yours then I'm competing with the memory of your ex-girlfriend."
Duncan didn't bother to say anything back to her. It was always like this. They were always fighting about one thing or another. If it wasn't because of him coming home late from work then it was her constant allegations that he still loved Veronica. The fact of the matter was this he did think about Veronica a lot in fact, but had he run off to be with her? No. He stayed and lived a bland mediocre life with Meg. The worst part was it wasn't even like Veronica was here threatening their relationship she was living in Los Angeles and working as a Detective. He hadn't seen or spoken to her in over eight months. From what he heard from the small conversations he had with Wallace she was happy and dating an Assistant District Attorney. He started towards the kitchen so that he could get water and decided that something a little stronger was more appropriate for this situation so he instead got a glass of bourbon.
It was nearly three in the morning when Veronica finally got back to her apartment. Yet another one of her nights was spent working. In Charlie's words it was her life and everything else was simply an after thought. At least that's what he said on the voice message that he had left on her phone earlier this evening. She didn't have time to stress about him. There were so many more important things going on in the world. Like the fact that she had just been assigned a case that for the first time she didn't know if she could deal with. The victim was a 17 year old blonde female that had been found strangled outside of a rave in downtown Los Angeles. When Veronica closed her eyes it wasn't the victim's face she saw, but rather Lily's. It was like no matter what she did to try and distance herself from Neptune, and from that life it haunted her. She went over to her bookshelf and pulled down a familiar leather bound book. She opened it up and read the personalization. Veronica, this is for the times when you feel that there is no one there for you. May this bring you enough joy and happiness to help you get through those moments. All my love, Duncan. She sighed and then went and sat down on her couch. They did help. They helped her feel less old. When she looked at those pictures she still felt as though she could be an innocent teenager.
The first picture was always the hardest to look at. It reminded her too much of him. It made her think of memories that she should have gotten over when she left. Each and every time she saw this picture she remembered three things. That Duncan was the perfect height for her. Logan wasn't always a jackass and Lily at one point in her life wasn't as much of a screw up as she was those last few months when the whole world came crashing down around her. The thing though that stuck with her the most was the memory of feeling that came when she was in Duncan's arms. It was like nothing could hurt her as long as he was there.
As she flipped the pages she slowly noticed that the deeper you got into the album the more the sparkle faded from Lily's eyes until finally in the last shot of them taken before they were off to the party of their lives, as Lily called it, all you could see was this person faking happiness. At the time no one had a clue that Lily was having an affair with Aaron Echolls or anyone else for that matter. No, all anyone knew was that Lily was as crazy and outgoing as ever.
Her favorite picture was of Duncan. Just Duncan. He was sitting at his desk doing math homework. She'd told him to look at her and that's when she took it. There was something so genuine about the way he looked in that picture that made her heart ache. He was the most genuine guy she'd ever known. He had his faults and weaknesses but he didn't let them destroy him.
After almost an hour of looking at the photos she found that she was finally ready to go to sleep. She prayed that tonight when she closed her eyes she would see a happy image rather than Lily or some other victim of circumstance. The person she really wanted to see more than ever though was Duncan, because when she dreamed of him everything somehow felt and looked better and brighter.
She ran her fingers through her daughters long blonde hair smiling as she did so. It was so beautiful and silky smooth. She looked at the clock and smiled again. He would be getting home soon. With a frantic look on his face worried that she was already gone. She loved the way he looked when he was worried. "I can't believe you're old enough to be going to a prom." Veronica whispered softly into her daughter's ear.
"Oh mom it's not that big of a deal. Anyway Colin and I have gone to six dances together already what makes this one any different?"
Veronica laughed. Her daughter was so different from her. She had this wild streak about her that said she Lily Kane's niece to the core, but then there was this part of her that was just so mellow about everything. She felt like she was going to cry. She finally understood why her mother was so emotional when she was growing up. "Your prom is a big dance, maybe the biggest of all dances, I swear if Lily heard you talking so nonchalantly about prom she would have a have a heart attack."
Madison Kane looked up at her mother and simply nodded. She knew better than to fight this point with her. She was usually right about these things. She looked over at the fireplace and smiled at the picture of her parents. Her father's arms wrapped tight around her mother as if saying that he'd never let go. She wondered if she'd ever get to that point with Colin where a simple action like that would say so much. She opened her mouth to speak, but was cut off by the fact that her father had just gotten home.
"I know I'm late. I'm sorry. Traffic was terrible. Is he here yet?" Duncan asked as he hung his coat up in the closet. As soon as Duncan got the sentence out the doorbell rang.
Veronica stood up with the camera and smiled. "Okay before you guys rush off I just want to take a quick picture of you." She started to arrange them when a phone started to ring. She tried to ignore it, but it just kept getting louder and louder.
Veronica slowly opened her eyes and realized that she had been dreaming. There was no Madison, or Colin, or even a Duncan for that matter. It was just her and her gun in her small apartment in Los Angeles. She searched the floor for her cordless phone which she figured she must have knocked over sometime during the night. She wasn't surprised that Lily was still alive in her dream. She almost always was. Veronica attributed that to the fact that when she had time to think it was usually about what life would have been like if Lily hadn't died, if she hadn't gotten involved with Mr. Echolls, if things had never changed. It wasn't that Veronica didn't like the life she led, she just wondered if she wouldn't have been happier in the other one. Finally she found her phone. "Hello."
"Veronica I understand that you aren't supposed to be in until 10 today, but we just got an id on the girl from last night which means we've got some leads." Detective Joe Bishop replied in his usual firm but apologetic tone. He'd been working with Veronica since she'd made it into the department and understood that she was all business about the job. Last night had been the first night he'd ever seen a case really get to her.
"Okay Joe, thanks for the heads up. Just let me shower and then I'll be down there." Veronica sighed as she hung up her phone. She looked over at her clock and groaned. It was going to be another five hours of sleep day.
It only took her twenty minutes to get down to the police station. She was used to being woken up and then having to rush to get down here. She saw that Joe was sitting at his desk talking with a woman who appeared to be distraught. With every footstep in their direction the thought that the woman looked somewhat familiar would hit Veronica. As soon as she got to his desk she understood why. It was because she did know the woman. In fact she knew her quite well. It was none other than Kerry Bishop, a bitch who had made it her prerogative to try to put down Veronica every chance she got in high school. That meant that the victim must have been Libby Bishop, Kerry's younger sister. "What'd we got Joe?"
"The victim is 16 year old Libby Bishop. This is her sister Kerry Bishop-Maguire. The victim snuck out of her sister's house in Neptune last night to come to Los Angeles with her boyfriend. The boyfriend's name is Billy Thompson. He works for Kane Construction." Joe explained and then got up to introduce the two women. "Ma'am this is my partner Detective Veronica Mars."
As soon as Kerry turned around and saw Veronica you could see that there were a thousand thoughts running through her mind. One of which had to be does she remember all of the things that I did to her and then will she hold them against me in this case. Still when it was all said and done she talked to Veronica as if she had nothing to worry about. "Oh my god Veronica it's been so long. I'm so happy you're on the case. I didn't think I'd be lucky enough to get someone who really understands the inner workings of Neptune."
"Don't worry Kerry; we're going to find your sister's killer. First I'm going to need to ask you a few questions of my own." Veronica had followed Kerry's cue in pretending that there were no grudges to worry about in this situation. The entire time she talked to Kerry the words Kane Construction kept running through her head. She knew this meant that she was going to see Duncan and for some reason she felt nervous about it.
I hoped that you liked it. I love to read reviews they are the reason I update because I feel bad if I'm not keeping my readers happy. The next one will actually have Duncan and Veronica talking to each other.
