And That's When The Color Girls Sang

Veronica woke up to three figures above her. She gently sat up and they moved away. She soon identified the three as Mac, Wallace and Piz. She looked around and realized she was in Mac's dorm.

"Hey." Mac said quietly

"Hey" Veronica said as she put her hand to her eye.

She then remembered last night. She remembered the two men, Back-up and even her kiss with Lamb, which surprisingly she let happen.

Veronica got pulled from her thoughts when Mac handed her a cup of hot tea.

"We wondered how long you would be out." Mac said as Wallace sat down on the bed next to Veronica.

"Yea, and girl let me tell you, you can sleep." Wallace told her as she took a sip of the tea. She cringed at the hotness.

"How long have I been sleeping?" Veronica asked

"Almost the whole day seeing as its four o'clock right now" Piz answered, as he looked at his watch.

"What happen to you Veronica?" Mac asked as she pulled up a chair. Piz also walked over to them.

Veronica looked at them and laughed. Their eyes were wide looking at her, and they looked like gossip girls.

"Are you sure you want me to tell you now?" Veronica asked, "I mean, I am pretty patient, I can wait till you guys set up the campfire and get your marshmallows out."

Veronica saw that none of them thought it was funny. She smiled at how much they cared about her. She told them about everything, except of course the kiss.

They all wanted to know more, but she didn't want to talk about it. She got up and gave her cup to Piz.

"Veronica where are you going?" Mac asked as she watched veronica.

"I don't know, I mean where should I go?" She asked as she looked at her friends.

"Well the medics said you should relax for now, but I still think you can go to your classes." Wallace told her as he also got up.

"Great Wallace, can we go now, I can't wait any longer." Veronica said sarcastically. Just then the door opened and they all looked at Parker who was on her phone.

"Hey guys." She said as she put her phone away.

"Hey Parker." They all said together. Parker walked over to them and saw Veronica's eye.

"Oh my god what happened?" Parker asked as she reached over to her.

"Veronica got attacked by these two men, they were connected to the robbery, and did you know her father was kidnapped?" Mac told Parker as she sat down.

"Oh my god Veronica I am so sorry." Parker said sympathetically.

"It's not your fault." Veronica told her.

"No, it is I was the one who brought you into this." Parker looked really worried.

"No its fine, really I am ok guys" Veronica didn't like how everyone was looking at her it made her nervous. HSe got up and stared to walk around the place all four of them were staring at her, and giving each other strange looks.

"Veronica." Wallace said in a warning tone.

"What?" Veronica was to busy with her own thoughts to pay any attention.

I hope dad is okay.

Where the hell is Back-up?

What I am going to do?

How do I start looking for these guys?

I wonder what Lamb is doing?

Wait stop, what the hell Veronica? Since when have you ever cared how about what he was doing? Oh yea maybe when he kissed you last night.

Veronica wonders why, right at that very moment she wanted to see him again. She remembered the kiss. Veronica had no idea what got into him. All those years of making her and her dad a laughing stock and he kissed her? Veronica wanted to know why more then anything, or maybe she didn't, maybe she liked the way it was; not knowing, and just guessing.

"Earth to Mars!" Veronica turned to Wallace who was waving his hand in front of her face.

"I have to go." Veronica announced and headed for the door.

"Veronica I'm not sure that's a good idea." Mac told her, but before Veronica could answer she was out the door.

She needed to go see Lamb.

Five minutes later she was at the department, sitting in her car, and looking out her window, and at the front door. She sat there thinking whether she should go in. Veronica moaned a little and climbed out of her car. She walked in to Inga.

"Hello Veronica." Inga said with her accent.

"Hey Inga. Is Lamb…I mean is the Sheriff in?" Veronica asked.

"Oh, zorry you just mizzed him; he went out on a call." Inga told her, Veronica was a little disappointed but Inga continued. "He should be back in a few minutez though, you can wait in there." She pointed to his office.

Veronica smiled and sort of hesitated on to go in or just leave. She made up her mind and walked into the office.

She sat down in one of the chairs and waited.

It had to have only been ten minutes, when Veronica was started by the door knob jingling.

"Sacks, pull up a file on that guy, and see if we get anything." Lamb said as he backed up into the room. He still had his back to her. He closed the door and rested his forehead on it.

"Bad day at work?" Veronica asked. Lamb jumped at the sound and quickly turned around to face her.

"Veronica." He whispered. She got up and looked around the dark room.

"Yea I do usually hide in dark rooms just to scare people." She nodded to him as if he asked the question. Then continued. "Its sort of a hobby." She smiled and told him. He didn't know what to say.

"So Lamb?" Veronica said as she walked closer to him. "Kiss any collage student lately?" she asked as he looked at her and close she was getting.

"Yea, actually, I have" He told her as he back away from her.

"So what, no comment?" "You can't say anything about how freaked me the other night when you kissed me after I was attacked by two stalking men?" Veronica asked him as she crossed her arms over her middle.

"Veronica, I am so sorry." Lamb said "I dint mean to freak you out, I just… I don't know." He told her.

"What does that mean?" Veronica asked a little angry. "Lamb if you hadn't noticed, my dad is missing, and I was attacked by the same guys, and now all my work is gone!"

"I know I know" he tried to say but he was cut of.

"No you don't know." Veronica told him, her flung her hands up. She started to open her mouth but Lamb already started talking.

"Veronica, I kissed you because I wanted to protect you." Lamb said it like his life depended on it, like he has been wanting to say it for a long time. Lamb walked in towards her, and closed the space between them.

Veronica looked up at him. "What?" she asked.

Lamb ran his fingers though his hair then dropped them at his side. "I just… I had to; I have been having dreams about you, like every night. And there not nightmares, they are the ones that kept me asleep. Veronica, I wanted to know what it was like in real life. And with everything that happened, I just felt like I needed to protect you."

Veronica stood there for a second. She didn't know what came over her, but she leaned up and pulled Lamb in to her. She kissed him the way he first kissed her. Lamb was surprised by it but soon he was kissing her back. He felt her sway, and he almost forgot how sort she was. He leaned down and picked her up and sat her down on the corner of his desk. Veronica put both her hands around Lamb's neck, and pulled him into her. Lamb pulled back and Veronica looked at him and wondered why he stopped.

"Veronica I just want to say sorry." he told her.

"Sorry for what?" Veronica asked as she tried to kiss him again, he pulled away some more.

"For everything, all those years I hurt you and your family." Lamb said as he looked into Veronica's eyes. "What I did when you told me you were raped, I'm sorry." Veronica looked away from him as she remembered the day. Then she looked back at him and nodded.

"I forgive you." Veronica told him as she pulled him close to her again. This time he gave in, but didn't kiss her.

"Just like that?" He asked "you forgive me?"

"Well..." Veronica said she took her hand off his neck and pinched his arm.

"Ouch, what was that for?" Lamb said as he rubbed his arm.

"why did you do that?" veronica asked. "There see now were even."

"Really?" Lamb asked.

"Yes, now are you going to kiss me again or are you waiting for the music to swell up?" Veronica asked

Lamb smiled and leaned into her "I can already hear the girls singing." He said as Veronica pulled his face to hers.

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(When he says "I can all ready hear the girls singing" I am referring to the song by Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side. which also is my title for this chapter,I sort of made my own spin of it The lyrics are " and the color girls go…" I didn't base this chapter off the song though; I just always wanted to do something with the lyric.)