Any Author's Notes: I've re-watched the finale about 500 times so far, and I couldn't get this out of my head. Totally a departure from the norm for me. I don't do dialogue! Thanks to cinaminsweet for the beta!

Have you ever looked back on your life and realised the moment it all changed? The moment that things went from bad to worse… to twilight zone?

Lilly bounced around, smiling and laughing, I could almost see the joy radiating off her.

"God Lilly, I see the Prozac's working." I smiled at her, laughing at her antics.

"High on life Veronica Mars!" She trilled, smirking at me. "I've got a secret. A good one."

Our heads turned at the same time as our Pep squad advisor told us to get back to work. Lilly flounced away with a small smile and a discreet, 'later.'

I knew from the small smile on her face that the secret was going to be big. I didn't realise it would change my life forever.

You may think I'm being a drama queen. Regular teenaged angst right? What secret could Lilly have that could possibly be that big? If you're asking that question, then you don't know Lilly Kane.

She made it her life's purpose to rattle the cage.

"I've got a secret." Lilly sing songed as she lay back on my bed grinning from ear to ear.

"Yes I know… now spill! New lover? Old lover? Did you and Logan finally get back together?" Breathless with excitement I bounced on the bed next to her.

"Well… as a matter of fact I have TWO secrets. Which one do you want first?" She smirked, batting her baby blue eyes at me. Secretive Lilly was a dangerous Lilly.

"Well considering I have no idea as to what the secrets pertain, you better just tell me both." I grinned at her, batting my own eyes right back. I'd learned a thing or two, being friends with Lilly was always good for lessons in being coy.

"One. I know someone who has a crush on you." She smirked as I blushed. Lilly was always taking great pride in my discomfort. "And two? I know why Donut broke up with you." My breath caught in my throat. Why. That's all I'd wanted to know was why.

"Two. Tell me Lilly. It's another girl right? He wants another girl? Was it 'cause I wouldn't go all the way? It's something worse right? Something horrible?" My imagination was running wild, girls hanging all over Duncan, touching him where I wouldn't.

"Stop." Lilly's voice came out sounding stern, before she patted me gently on the shoulder. "He thinks our parents have been having an affair." She stated it boldly. No smirk, no smile, no little laugh to let me know it was a joke. Just the words that cut me to the core.

"Our… parents? What?" I couldn't wrap my mind around it. Lilly had to be mistaken.

"I'm sorry Veronica, Celeste… she showed me the pictures when I wouldn't stop badgering Duncan about his reasons. They… your mom and my Dad have been having an affair since high school."

I was crying now. There couldn't be any truth in it… could there?

"Celeste… she said there's a chance that you're our sister. That's why Donut broke up with you. Although I have to say, he's a bit of a pansy ass with the way he did it… he could have at least TOLD you. Look at Logan and me… every time we break up there's always a reason why, which is usually shouted quite vocally about the quad at school, so not only do we know… but everyone knows." She smiled at me, trying to make light of the situation. Trying to make me smile… it didn't work.

My mother… their father… it was all too much. The words kept repeating slowly in my mind and yet, it didn't make sense. Until it did.

"We always said we were sisters." I smiled tremulously even as I felt my heart breaking all over again.

"Exactly… now we have proof! Now as for the guy who has a crush on you…" She trailed off, glancing at me from under her lashes.

"I… not tonight Lilly, okay? I… I need time to process, to think… could… would you mind going home? I'll see you at school tomorrow." I could feel the tears threatening to fall, pricking at the backs of my eyelids with every rapid blink I made.

"Just remember Veronica Mars. We? Are sistahs! Maybe not by blood, but love does a whole lot more to bind us together." Lilly kissed the top of my head, hugging me gently and then she was gone.

I let the tears fall, quietly muffling my sobs into my pillow. I didn't know how I was going to tell my dad.

You'd think that was the end of it. One big secret… and boy was it a doozy. Big enough to distort my perception of the world around me. Little did I know that the other secret… the boy with the crush? That was the one that would tilt my world on its axis and knock me flat on my ass.