alright lads here's the next chapter. thanks for all the reviews and stuff, it's really appreciated. I've just got to a really exciting bit writing the story so i'm on a bit of a roll after i came to a standstill early this week. so enjoy!

'He's an obligatory psychotic jackass.'

Veronica sat on the ground next to her car, mouthing off about Logan while Weevil looked over her car.

'It's completely fixable, I have the parts and stuff, but it's gonna cost you.' Weevil shrugged, an apologetic look on his face.

Veronica smirked back up at him. 'I'm not so sure.' She held up the package that the Chief had thrown her a few days before.'

'You didn't…' Veronica watched as a relieved look appeared on Weevil's face.

Eli 'Weevil' Navaro was the leader of the PCHers, a biker gang known for its bad reputation and rough exterior. He and Veronica went back to the beginning of High School, when she had outsmarted their class teacher, preventing them from searching Weevil's bag, where they would have found stolen goods.

'It's good to see your time with the 09ers and that dead friend of yours hasn't destroyed your magic touch.' He commented. 'So how did you do it?'

Veronica smiled softly. It was true that once Veronica and Lily found their place within the 09ers, Veronica lost complete touch with Weevil, only occasionally exchanging small favours. After Lily's death, Veronica had seen Weevil defending her honour and watching over her. She knew then that their friendship wasn't over.

Veronica had heard about some of Weevil's gang members being caught shoplifting. They were about to go on trial, and everyone knew they would end up doing jail time. Veronica had decided that this would be a good opportunity to help Weevil and thank him for sticking up for her.

'Well, I heard about the mess you are in, and I had to get someone back for something. I thought I could kill two birds with one stone you know?' Veronica sighed. 'And then Logan wrecked my car so… I thought I might get a favour in return.'

Weevil smiled. 'I suppose you might just get that. So what exactly have you done?'

'Well, here are your surveillance tapes.' She threw the packet at him. 'And right now, your boys are preparing to go to court and end up watching the Sheriff be humiliated.

'This I have gotta see.' Weevil laughed, throwing a helmet at Veronica and walking towards his bike. 'C'mon.'

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Sneaking into the back of the courtroom, Veronica watched as Sheriff Lamb glared at her before continuing to talk away.

Sheriff Lamb. Veronica loathed him with every part of his body. He helped get her Dad fired as Sheriff and happily stepped up to the job as an anonymous tip sent him to Abel Koontz house.

'So Sheriff' The Judge asked. 'Do you have evidence to prove that these boys really stole? There are no witnesses, and nothing was actually found on the accused at the scene.'

Sheriff Lamb smirked smugly. 'I do indeed. Role the tape please.' He said.

An image appeared on the TV screen, not of the shop, but instead of Sheriff Lamb exiting a club with two hookers on each arm, leading them towards his car, and driving off with his blue lights blaring. 'To beat traffic' you hear him say.

The courtroom fills with laughter and disapproving murmurs as the Sheriff looks at the tape stunned.

'Case dismissed.' The Judge announces, earning a quiet 'yes!' from Weevil.

Sheriff Lamb glares at Veronica, who just smirks, making a gun with her hand and shooting at him.

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Veronica looked at herself carefully in the mirror. Within the last few days, since meeting Wallace and rekindling her friendship with Weevil, Veronica was started to look, and feel, a lot better. He hair had grown the slightest bit, so now it sat just at her shoulders, a much better look than before. She was no longer as pale as she was, and she had put on a little weight.

She was getting ready to leave for Lily's memorial service. She was wearing a satin red strapless dress, just like Lily had told her she was. Maybe it was too fancy to wear to this, but Veronica wanted to do this for Lily.

Arriving at the school, Veronica was glad to see that there was a massive turnout. She saw Logan and his parents, and Duncan with his. She saw her previous 09er friends, she saw Wallace, she saw Weevil, but she didn't want to stand with either of them. She just stood on her own.

Lynn Echolls stood up to the microphone and started a speech about how Lily was an excellent daughter who loved this school and never put a foot wrong. Veronica zoned out, thinking about how Lily was the complete opposite of what her mother wanted her to be.

A memorial fountain was revealed, and finally the movie that Logan had made started playing. Soft music filled the school grounds as a five-year-old Lily in a ballerina costume pirouetted around the room. She was seem horse riding and singing, and then a bouncing 16 year old Lily jumped up to the camera, beaming. Veronica felt the tears well up in her eyes, she missed her best friend.

She was broken from her thoughts as rock music started blaring out of the speakers. Veronica looked up and smiled as she saw that Logan had used the footage she had given him. Lily was holding the camera towards herself.

'Hello America, you wanted the really Lily Echolls, you got her!'

The video continued to show Lily popping champagne in the limo, hugging Veronica and screaming things out of the sunroof of the limo. A shot of Logan and Veronica kissing was shown, Veronica blushed and watched Lily turn the camera to herself and say 'That's my brother and my best friend, how disgusting is that?'

Veronica smiled and looked over to Logan, who nodded back.

Lily was now kissing Duncan on screen, and then she was running into the sea with Logan on her back, screaming and shouting.

The last clip showed Lily standing in the limo, her head out of the sunroof. The wind was flowing through her hair as she looked down at the camera.

'You love me, don't you?' She smiled, turning her head back up and closing her eyes in the wind.

As the picture faded out, Veronica's eyes were full of tears. She looked around, Aaron, Duncan and Logan were also crying. Veronica also found it strange to notice that Weevil was crying, but she brushed it off to be because the video was emotional.

She locked eyes with Logan as she wiped her tears away. He was doing the same. He smiled at her and she smiled back, but then it seemed that their words from earlier came flooding back, and both smiles vanished.

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Veronica was walking to her locker to pick up a few things she had left at school when she walked into a hard chest.

'Sorry, I-' She looked up to see Duncan staring down at her.

Veronica swallowed the lump in her throat. 'Hi.' She said awkwardly.

'Hey.' He replied softly.

Veronica suddenly felt awkward under Duncan's intense gaze. He wasn't taking his eyes off of her, and Veronica could feel his eyes roaming all over her body.

'I should go…' Veronica managed to gasp out, tearing away from Duncan's gaze and setting off down the corridor.

'Veronica!' Duncan shouted after her.

Veronica turned round, waiting for Duncan to continue.

'I just want to say thank you.' Duncan said softly, walking towards her.

'For what?' Veronica replied.

'Logan told me you gave him the footage. That's for spicing up the video and reminding me how amazing Lily was.'

Veronica smiled. 'I know, she really was amazing.'

'You know.' Duncan stepped forwards closer to Veronica. 'It reminded me how amazing you are, too.' He raised a hand and brushed away a stray hair from her face.

Veronica shuddered. 'Duncan, what are you doing?'

'You look beautiful.'

Veronica shook her head. 'Lily…' She turned and tried to walk away again, but Duncan grabbed her wrist.

'I'm sorry.' He spoke. 'I'm sorry for the way everyone has been treating you, because it's not your fault. Why wouldn't you stand by your dad? Family is important.' He continued. 'And I really respect you for that.' He leant forward and kissed her on the cheek.

Veronica pulled away sharply and started to run down the corridor away from Duncan. She didn't know if it was because she felt something for Duncan, or whether she just missed being loved by her old friends, but she was flustered and hot, and she was filled with this horrible fuzzy feeling.

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Walking along the beach, Veronica carried her shoes loosely in her hand as she felt the sand between her toes.

She had needed to clear her head, and this was where she would always come. She couldn't work out what exactly had happened between her and Duncan, but she didn't want to think about it.

Sure, he was attractive, she had always thought that, but she wasn't attracted to him. He was Lily's boyfriend, and was like a brother to Veronica.

Oh god how Veronica missed Lily. If a situation like this had occurred before, Veronica would go straight to Lily. They shared everything with each other, and no matter what Logan said, she did know Lily.

Veronica turned and stared into the vast, deep ocean, amazed by its immensity. Gazing into it, she took one step forwards.

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Logan Echolls sat on a rock, watching the waves crash on the sand. The sounds were always calming to him. Making the video for tonight had reminded him too much about Lily. His lovely sister, brutally murdered out of cold blood. His blood boiled when he thought about someone hurting her.

Logan's eye caught someone walking across the sand. With closer inspection he saw it was none other than Veronica Mars, wearing her gorgeous red dress. Red was always her colour, he remembered Lily said that. He could've guessed that it would be her. It was a thing that they shared, coming down the beach to clear her mind.

He watched her for a few minutes, just enjoying the calm. The she turned and walked forcefully towards the sea, her back to him. For a few moments Logan thought she was going to drown herself, but then he thought better. He watched as she slowly unzipped the back of her dress. It hit the sand, exposing her at her fullest, showing that she was wearing no underwear.

The words echoed through Logan's head as he watched her contently.

'I've never skinny-dipped.' She set the ball rolling as Lily's eyes grew wide.

'No way!' She gasped, before taking a drink along with Duncan and Logan. 'You're a skinny dipping virgin as well as an actually virgin?'

And for the first time since Lily died, Logan Echolls smiled.