THIS CHAPTER IS PRETTY MUCH STOLEN from an episode from the series. Do read, because of course I've had to make a few changes for the sake of the logan/Duncan role reversal!

Thanks for all of the reviews guys! I just wanted to take this time to reply to reviews that 'Thelma' and 'Nickle' left me without a reply url.

Thanks for the review, and I get that it's hard to picture Lily and Duncan just because they were brother and sister, I did think it wasn't actually necessary to have them together because the more I thought about it the more I didn't think it would work. But then I realised that having them together is absolutely vital for the story, as is having Duncan and veronica together at this time. But this is essentially a LoVe story, so I do hope you continue to read.

i can understand why people do and don't like duncan, i personally don't but my friend loves him so i can understand why people do. there's actually not a lot of proper hating on the story, just people asking me if it's going to change. and like i said before, duncan and veronica together is vital to the later storyline so people will need to put up for it if they want to see the good story to follow!

9.

Veronica's week had been hectic, filled with Duncan and school drama. Also the problem of Logan and Duncan not talking caused tension between Duncan and the 09ers. On the upside, a lot of the 09er girls were being slightly civil to Veronica.

She sat down at her desk and opened her laptop. Finally she had time to find out some things, thanks to Wallace and his stapler.

'Veronica?' Keith called.

Veronica sighed, she thought she had time. She quickly import the sound files onto her ipod and went through to see her father.

'Have you got any further on that case I gave you? I told Mrs Gemmel I'd update her after a week.'

Veronica nodded. 'I'll tell you one thing, he definitely sticks to his schedule. He hasn't put a foot wrong since I've been following him. But I have had classes so I'm still not very sure if he's really at the gym or not when he says he is.'

Keith nodded. 'Does he looked like someone who would cheat?'

Veronica shrugged. 'He is on his phone a lot, but I'm pretty sure it's work related, just the way he handles things.'

Keith nodded. 'So what should I tell her?'

'Tell her I'm still working on, but I'm pretty sure he's not a cheater. Maybe he's just a reserved lover.' Veronica grinned as she grabbed a slice of toast off of Keith's plate and ran out of the house.

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'To tell you the truth, I, I really don't remember that week.'

'You don't remember being in this office?'

Weevil said nothing.

'You threw a chair against a wall, Eli'

Weevil sighed.

'The last time we met it seemed that Lily's death had quite a profound effect on you.'

'Well yeah, I was mad.' Weevil started to speak. 'You know, the same day Lily Echolls died, a little girl went missing in my neighbourhood. They found her body three months later.'

There was a pause of silence.

'Where were the cameras when she went missing, where was the grief counseling for her?' He asked.

'What happened was a tradgey Eli people do care, but right now I just wanna talk about Lily ok?'

'Oh, ok. Well why don't you call some of her rich, white friends in here?' Weevil spat.

'I want you to listen to something. It's a letter you wrote:

'You tore my heart out, you can act like what we had together meant nothing to you, but you can't stop me from loving you. For the rest of your life, wherever you go, I'll always be there. Just out of sight in the shadows.'

'You know, I don't remember sending that to you.' Weevil said.

'Lily wanted to be transferred out of your P.E class last year she was having trouble with a boy. She gave me these to prove it.'

'I never would have hurt her.' Weevil spoke slowly.

'Look the cops already rubbed my nose in those letters so what do you want?'

'Look Eli I didn't bring you in here to embarrass you, I invited you in here to talk about why you wrote these things.'

'Her and Duncan had just broken up. And, uh, Lily swore to me that she'd never go back to him, but then… One day that punk snaps his fingers and, all of a sudden it's like, like we don't even know each other any more. And she…'

Weevil sniffed hard.

'And she was someone I could have loved, you know? And she felt it too I know she did.'

Veronica pressed pause on her ipod.

Lily and Weevil? Why had Lily never told her about the two of them?

'Veronica? Veronica.' Someone was tapping her shoulder.

Veronica turned around. 'Hey Wallace.' She smiled.

'What you doing here?' Wallace signaled at the gym entrance, which she was parked outside.

'I'm waiting for a job.'

'At the gym?'

Veronica smiled. 'No, I'm waiting for a supposedly cheating husband to keep to his schedule. He's due to be at the gym in 5 minutes, so I'm just listening to my iPod to kill the time.'

Wallace nodded. 'Coming for a workout?' He asked, knowing the answer.

'I think I might pass.' Spotting her target, Veronica picked her camera up and started snapping. 'You could do me a favour though.'

'Another one?' Wallace joked. 'No problem.'

'Work out around that guy and make sure he doesn't cheat on his wife.' Veronica smirked.

Wallace shook his head. 'The things I do for you.'

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'Thanks for coming in Logan.' Miss James voice rang in Veronica's ear as she stood next to her locker.

'Thanks for getting me out of a calculus test Becky.'

'It's Miss James.'

'So the week Lily died would have been me, Veronica's, Lily and Duncan's 2nd Anniversary.' Logan explained.

'What do you mean by that?'

'Well, me and Veronica had been together, and so had Lily and Duncan, since Junior high.'

'Off and on?' Miss James asked. Veronica turned her iPod volume up.

'Not me and Veronica, but Lily and Duncan were always of and on.'

'And at the time of her murder they were…'

'Off!' Logan cut in. 'Temporarily…' He added softly. Veronica wondered why Logan was so agitated.

'Do you know why they were broken up?'

'We, the four of us, were supposed to go to this party together, and Lily was pissed at Duncan for something, I don't really know what. So then Lily stands us up, leaving Duncan on his own. So Duncan ends up getting pretty hammered, and ends up kissing this other girl for like three seconds. I wasn't there, but I know Duncan would never do anything to hurt Lily. He's not that stupid.'

'So Lily saw them?'

'Nope.' Logan said shortly. 'But someone else did, you must know her, word is you're real close with her dad.' Logan sneered.

Veronica felt herself turn red at his words as she began her walk to class.

'You can do better.' He added.

'You need to leave my personal life out of this Logan.'

'Yeah, let's not get personal about this.' He said sarcastically.

'You know what, it sounds like you blame Veronica.'

'No, Veronica was my friend too, and if she hadn't ratted Duncan out, then Lily and Duncan would have stayed together.' Logan's voice got louder. 'And then Lily wouldn't have been alone that day because I wouldn't have had to take Duncan down to Mexico for some single pity time. I would have been there! At home!'

Veronica locked eyes with Logan as she walked past him, his eyes glaring at her.

'So yeah, I blame Veronica.'

Veronica's eyes filled with shock as she kept her gaze on Logan's. Logan noticed this change, and for a second he looked confused, but then he tore his gaze away. Veronica moved into the toilets and leaned against the sink, panting. Logan couldn't seriously blame her, could he?

'And I blame Duncan for being so stupid, and I blame Lily for being a bitch that week.'

'There is another way of looking at this Logan. If you were there that day, then you could be dead too.'

Logan laughed darkly. 'And what is so great about living?'

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Veronica walked across the quad. Seeing a familiar face, she beamed widely.

Duncan raised his arms in a greeting, and Veronica ran over to hug him.

'Hey stranger!' He said smiling. 'Not seen you in a while.'

Veronica smiled back, kissing him lightly. 'I know, I've been busy.' She kissed him again, and took his hand to walk him to class.

'Ah, young love.' A voice approached them. Veronica tried to ignore his glance, remembering what she heard earlier. She tried to pull Duncan on, but he resisted.

'You're talking to us now?' He said sarcastically. 'I figured you and the other Jets would be rumbling with the Sharks.' He added, knowing Logan wouldn't understand the reference.

'C'mon Duncan let's just go.' Veronica said quietly, trying to pull him away.

'Wait.' Logan said, looking down at Veronica. 'I'm going to miss you.' He spoke slowly, and Veronica was sure she almost caught a hint of sincerety in his eyes.

The couple walked away, and Logan watched them go, a picture of darkness and jealousy.

'Watch out Ronnie!' He called after them, unable to help himself. 'I've heard from Lily that Duncan takes an awful long time to get to second base, and I know how much you love-'

Logan couldn't finish. He was on the ground in a second, Duncan on top of him, fists flailing.

Logan had never fought Duncan before, Duncan wasn't the fighting type. But he was strong.

Logan pushed him off, getting back on his feet. Once Duncan stood up, Logan flew at him, punching him straight in the jaw. Duncan fought back, and Logan pushed him to the ground. Many more punches were thrown until the boys felt themselves being pulled apart.