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She pulls up in front of his house and sits in her car unsure why she came here.
"Hey, V. You stalking me now." Weevil says leaning into her open window.
"It was me." she says as the tears start to fall.
"Que?"
"The bus crash. It was meant for me. They're dead because of me."
He opens her door and pulls her out of the car. He wraps his arms around her as she cries.
She's not sure how long she stands there clinging to him.
"You want to explain." he says softly as she pulls away.
"No..." she whispers. "I need to go.." she says quickly getting back into the car.
"V..." he says watching as she drives off, rubbing a hand over his head. "FUCK!"
A Few Days Later
Working on a weekend...Aww the things we do for the ones we love.
She works on getting her dads files in order, otherwise they will be a utter mess. She looks around and smiles at the 'Vote Mars' posters that are everywhere around the office.
"I need a detective." a woman says as she rushes into the office.
"Right place but we're actually not open at the moment."
The woman, Julie says that she needs her dad to investigate whether or not her boyfriend, Collin, is cheating.
Her dad comes in as Julie is leaving.
"Ah, Keith Mars meet Julie Bloch."
Julie nods at him and leaves.
Her dad tells her that he is unable to take on another case since he is running for sheriff.
She fakes a call to Julie to make her dad happy.
Dad might be too busy but I think I can pencil in some time to make a couple quick G's.
A the Hut, Julie tells her about all the signs of cheating that she has noticed.
The Next Morning Before School
Man this guy is boring. I think she might be a little off about him cheating.
She takes photos of him running laps when she gets a call from Julie.
Julie tells her about the number that has been calling him at all hours.
She bumps into Wallace at their lockers.
"So..my dad stay over at your place?" she asks opening her locker.
"Any doubt." Wallace says removing books from his locker.
"He pull the fake donut run?"
Wallace pulls the bag of donuts from his locker. "You want?"
Before she can answer, Jackie comes up and wraps her arms around him. "He's mine ladies. Back off." she says laughing.
She laughs softly at their antics and watches as they walk off. Keep making him happy and I have no problems with you.
"Hey V." Weevil calls after her as she heads to her car.
"What's up?" she asks when he gets to her. Please don't mention my breakdown...please.
"You decide about the tutoring?"
With a smile, "I'll help. So not to ruin your rep we can do it at my house or yours."
"We can do it huh?"
She rolls her eyes and notices that he is wearing hoop earring.
"What's with the hoops? If I give you a rub, will I get three wishes?" she jokes knowing exactly how it sounded.
He just smirks. "You give me a rub and you'll get more than three wishes."
Lose an earring ~ Lamb
"Where's that disco ball you've been wearing for years?"
"Maybe lost it in some chick's bedroom." he scoffs running a hand over his head.
"Really?" she snarks.
He just smiles that 'You know you love me' smile.
"I have a feeling it more likely in an evidence bag at the sheriff's office."
"Shit..." he mutters.
"Know a Curly Moran?" she asks as they reach her car.
"What's he saying I did?"
"Nothing..he's kinda dead."
"Shit. Okay...a couple weeks ago, I get this call that Curly was behind the crash. Told me he was hired by the Fitzpatricks to get at Cervando."
"Why the hell would the Fighting Fitzpatricks want with him?"
"Our boy had been going around bragging about how he hustled Liam Fitzpatrick out of a few grand down at River Styx."
"Oh god." she says remembering when he came in trying to tell her about a pool game. "All right, what did you do with the info?"
"Nothing." he says shrugging looking away from her. "The Fitzpatricks are meth-head lunatics, but they're not gonna kill a bus full of kids over a few grand. They would have come after Cervando with a baseball bat in a dark alley."
"You still have the number?" she asks. I know you are lying but I know you're not a killer.
He reaches into his pocket, pulls out his phone and hands it to her.
"I tried call mystery dude back but it just rings."
She copies down the number he points out into her phone.
"You um...you still gonna help me with..."
"Meet me at my place tonight at eight. Bring your books."
He nods as she gets into her car and drives off.
She follows Collin to a random house.
Okay, this isn't tennis practice.
She parks far enough away to get photos and not be seen. She gets the photo of Collin and the woman who answers the door before he goes inside.
She uploads the photos to her laptop and sends them to Julie. Grabbing her phone, she call Julie.
"Hi Julie, it's Veronica. I just sent you an email. By any chance do you know anyone who lives at eighty-five-twenty Primrose Lane?"
"No..."
"Okay, I'm afraid that I got some bad news. Collin is not at his tennis lesson."
"What else?" Julie asks.
"That number you asked about...well it belongs to whoever lives here. Do you know the woman in the photo?"
Julie stays quiet.
"Julie?" she asks as she starts to hear whimpering. "Julie, calm down. I'll get more and call you. Okay?"
"Sure..." Julie says before hanging up.
That was fun.
She grabs her camera and creeps around the house, hoping to catch him in the act. She finds Collin getting a Hebrew lesson.
Que? Hebrew lesson?
Before she can take a photo, she hears a car tearing up to the house.
"Rut-Roh." she whispers seeing Julie get out of the car. She quickly goes to her and grabs her before she reaces the yard. "Julie! STOP!"
"He's cheating on me!" Julie yells.
"He's not cheating. He's with a rabbi."
"He's not Jewish. I'm Jewish." Julie exclaims.
She just stares at her. "You there yet?"
"Oh..." Julie says sitting down on the ground.
"Thanks for this, V." Weevil says as he grabs his books and gets ready to go.
"No problem. I like Letty and I know that you are doing this for her." she says.
"She likes you too." he says. "Are you ever going to tell me why you think the crash is your fault?" he asks.
"Damn..." she whispers. Taking a deep breath. "Curly Moran knew Aaron. He worked on a movie, 'The Long Haul', had a stunt that..."
"Shit, I know that movie. You seriously think that Echolls had his old pal make the bus go off the cliff to get at you."
"No witness. No victim. No crime. He goes free." she says wrapping her arms around herself.
"I don't believe it. I know the man is insane but a bus full of kids to get one person. V...even if you were gone, Duncan saw the tapes too, right."
"Yeah." she says softly.
"You caught Lilly's killer. He is behind bars. The crash had nothing to do with you." he says sitting down next to her and placing his hand on her knee.
"I want to believe that." she says fighting the urge to lean into him.
"Well, I do. I need to get out of here before your dad comes home and kicks me out." he says getting up, grabs his stuff and gets ready to walk out the door. "Don't worry, V." he says before leaving.
Unable to sleep, she lays in her bed staring at the ceiling.
When her phone starts ringing, she doesn't even look she just answers it.
"Does he still love her?" the person on the other end asks.
"What? Julie?" she asks confused for a moment.
"The photo of the woman? Do you think he still loves her?"
"Julie...It's after two in the morning. The silver package has its perks but post midnight girl-talk is not one of them." she says running her fingers through her hair.
"Can I upgrade? What's after silver?"
"Psycho-stalker." she mumbles.
"Huh?"
"Gold..." she says sitting up. "It's three thousand."
"What...does it include?"
"Ummm, we dig deeper. Three months of internet activity, heavier surveillance. We set up a temptation scenario and see if he responds."
"Perfect. That's exactly what I want. And with the gold package, can you find out who that is in the photo on the bar?"
"Sure and Julie...there is a fine line between looking for a problem and starting one. Night." she says hanging up.
She goes to school and calls her regular temptation girl to set up Collin and asks that she calls her back before the afternoon so that she can get this done today.
"Whatca doing?" Wallace asks sitting down as she ends her message.
"Trying to set up a somewhat decent guy to see if he falls for the bait." she says. "You?
"Got plans to study with Jackie after school." he says with a smile.
"Really?" she says with a smirk. "What?"
"Health..maybe Chemistry." he says with a grin.
Laughing softly, "Now are you bringing books to this study session or winging it?"
"Ha ha very funny. I like her, Supafly."
"Soo..just friends, dating, boyfriend and girlfriend. Give me something here." 'Cause I'm seconds away from running a background check on her...damn as bad as dad.
"She's my girl." he tells her with a smile.
"As long as she makes you happy, I'll be nice." she says with a grin.
"Thank you." he says with a grin.
Knowing that Wallace was spending the afternoon 'studying' with Jackie, she tries calling Weevil.
"Hey, you doing anything for the next hour or so?" she asks when he answers.
"Nope."
"Think you could help me with something. I can pay you." she says.
"Where?" he asks. She tells him where to meet her.
Weevil is already there when she shows up.
"Damn, mama. What am I helping you with?" he asks his eyes undressing her. She was dressed in a shorter skirt than she normally wears, a white tank under a red sweater shrug, red fishnets and boots.
"Seeing if this guy takes the bait. Fiancee wants to know if he is a cheater." she explains putting a mic on. "Just need you to listen and record." she tells him handing him a recorder.
"If he don't take the bait...he's either in love with this chick or gay. Trust me." he says as his eyes roam over her body once again.
"Go." she says with a smile. She pretends to have a flat tire and goes to Collin's house to get him to help her. She attempts to seduce Collin, while he tapes, only to get turned down. Thinking on her feet, she convinces him to let her inside the house so that she can check his computer. She tries to seduce him once again, but he denies her advances. She copies all of Collin's files onto a hard drive, and Collin tells her that this is not his house-he is house-sitting for Nicolas Cage.
Weevil knocks on the door when he feels that she has been in there too long. Luckily the download finishes while he pretends to be an annoyed overprotective boyfriend.
"Get what you need." he asks when they are a little bit away.
"I think so." she says reaching into her bag and pulling out her keys.
"So, do you own this stuff?" he asks once again looking her up and down.
"Yeah." she asks.
"I need to do something please don't kill me." he says getting close.
"What...?" she's cut off as he pulls her against him and lowers his mouth on hers. She whimpers and opens her mouth just enough for him to slip in his tongue.
After what feels like hours but was more than likely just a minute he raises his head.
"You...why...huh?" she says breathlessly. I think my brain just fizzed out.
Licking his lips, "Needed too."
"What?"
"You and I circle each other, have for a while now. One of us needed to make a move and I knew it had to be me." he says brushing his mouth against her lips once more before moving away from her. "Let me know when you figure out if you want to explore this." he says getting on his bike and leaving her standing there.
Somehow, she makes it back home and quickly changes before heading back to the office. Trying to ignore that little voice, which sounds a hell of a lot like Lilly, telling her to call Weevil and find out what they could be.
She calls Julie to meet her at the office.
She is in the middle of letting Julie know Collin isn't a cheater and that the house he is in isn't his but Nicolas Cage's when her dad walks in.
And he is pissed. Julie leaves them trying not to break down.
"Dad..."
"Stop."
"Sorry."
"For taking the case or me finding out you went behind my back?"
"Both." she tries to joke. "Trying to save for college, what she wanted to spend was nuts to pass up. I thought that I could handle it." she tries to justify as she heads to her desk.
"Believe it or not, kiddo. At eighteen, you can't handle and get away with it all."
She turns and looks at him in confusion.
"Whether it's doing cases behind my back or tutoring known criminals in our living room or dating them."
She loses her breath and sinks into her chair.
"You should know that you can't hide things from me." he says as he enters his office and shuts the door.
Does that mean he's for or against it...
A Couple Hours Later
She working on her homework when her dad enters her room.
"Alright, so I might need your help in the office." he says sheepishly.
"Really?" she asks shocked.
He just stares at her.
"Am I ever going to know what changed your mind?" she asks tilting her head at him.
"Nope. I'm just asking for help with the filing, research, phone, stuff like that...and you're still keeping your job at the Hut."
She raises her hands in acceptance. "Umm, dad?"
He stops mid turn.
"That comment about dating...?" she stands up trying to figure it out.
"What about it?" he asks narrowing his eyes at her.
She looks down unsure how to ask.
"As long as Eli treats you the way you should be treated. I'll be okay with studying and dating. Just remember, he is the leader of a motorcycle gang." without another word he leaves her alone.
Biting her lip, she turns back to her laptop. Speaking of Weevil, this is a good a time as any to check out his mystery tipster.
She types in the info into one of her sites.
Maybe Curly was part of a plot to go after Cervando, doubt it but if he owed the Fitzpatricks money... The call could have come from anywhere...
Her internal trying to rationalize this comes to a screeching halt when the pages loads.
Number belongs to one Aaron Echolls. Son of a bitch.
"You hate me don't you." she mutters under her breath and looks upwards.
The Next Morning
She waits for Logan to come into the courtyard.
"Alright...I can't take the begging. One time but there will be zero cuddling and I won't call you the next day." he tells her looking innocent as can be.
"Ha...September twenty-fourth. Someone used one of your phones to call Weevil and let him know that Curly Moran was behind the car crash. The same Curly that's friends with your dad. Any comment?"
"My day is complete. Veronica Mars has accused me of evil." he says twirling an imaginary mustache. "Let's see, any comment. Yes, who the hell is Curly Moran and what makes you think my dad know him?"
"Stunt-coordinator for The Long Haul which starred your dad and a signed photo pf the two of them. September twenty-fourth?" she asks getting annoyed.
"How am I suppose...wait, that was the night of my Life's Short party." he says reaching into his bag and pulling out a flyer.
"Only you would throw a party after our classmates plummet to their death." she snarks.
"It was in their honor. Besides it wasn't just your social betters, your boy Weevil and his boys crashed it." he said starting to walk off.
"Which line did this number come from?" she asks holding out the number.
Turning, he barely glances at the paper. "I have like five lines in my house, you expect me to know them all." he scoffs before walking off.
Why did I date you? I can barely stand you right now.
The Next Day
She quickly sneaks into class, luckily Mr. Wu has his backed turned so he doesn't notice her slipping into her seat next to Wallace.
"Mars to Wallace...you in there?" she jokes when he doesn't acknowledge her. "You doing okay?"
He doesn't answer just shakes his head.
"Okay people. Can I have your attention?"
The class quiets down as Mr. Wu turns and faces them.
"Homecoming season is upon us."
Like a plague. That wonderful time of the year where the popular vote for their own and act surprised when they are chosen. And every girl waits for that special boy to ask her to go.
"Each homeroom will be nominating one boy and one girl. The top five from each class will be this years royal court. The king and queen will be announced on Friday at the dance. Floor is open for nominations." he says spreading his hands.
"Don't kill be but I think you need some Pirate love." she whispers to Wallace before raising her hand.
"Veronica?"
"I'd like to nominate Wallace Fennel." she says cheerfully.
Wallace just looks at her in disbelief as the rest of the class echoes her suggestion.
"Hey, what's going on?" she asks as Wallace sits down with her.
"Just got a extreme shock. My dad showed up this morning."
"Wait..what?" she exclaims. Last I knew your dad died...
"Yeah, add that by ten and you know how I feel. My dad wasn't my dad." he says looking upset.
"I don't know what to say. Are you okay?"
"I'm not sure. My whole life..V...my mom has been keeping this from me."
"Did she give you a reason?"
"Yeah but I don't know what to think.."
"Do you want me to look into him, make sure there was a reason why she kept you from him."
"I'm not sure. Do you think we can keep this between you and me for now?"
"Of course." she is about to say more when Jackie appears.
None of them speak.
Glaring at them, Jackie stalks off.
"I need to go deal with that." he says getting up and chases after her.
She opens her notebook and ties to study, trying not to think about what her best friend is dealing with or the fact that she hasn't figured out what she wants to say to Weevil.
"Ummm, what is that smell?" she asks walking into the office to work on the filing before Weevil showed up for tutoring.
"A friend from sanitation called, one of his crews found those in a dumpster." he tells her pointing to a pile of posters.
She shakes her head and heads to her desk, grabbing the pile of files.
"So according to Woody's number guys, I'm ahead by twelve points. so lamb tossing my campaign posters in the trash doesn't bug me. Unlike him, I don't need to sling mud. So, what time is Eli getting here?"
"How..." she shakes her head laughing softly. "In an hour or so."
"Okay...don't be home late and um... let me know what happens." he says leaving, grabbing the pile of posters on his way.
She finishing up the filing when he gets there.
"So...we gonna talk about it or what?" he asks leaning against the door fame not quite entering the office.
"You mean you kissing me brainless." she says.
"Brainless. That's new." he says with a smirk moving away from the door and sitting down on the couch.
"How would this work?" she asks moving around the desk and sitting down next to him on the couch.
"The same way any couple does. We hang out, date, make out and..."
"No.." she ask biting her lips 'cause that sounds like a good plan to her. "Do we let everyone know that we're together 'cause I really don't want this to be secret."
"You want everyone to know that we're together." he says, a little surprised, taking her hand in his, entwining their fingers together.
"You don't?" she asks softly.
"I don't care if your dad and Wallace know but it would be nice to have some time for us to get use to being together before we announce it to everyone else."
"You don't want you boys to know that you are with me." she says staring at him and moving closer until she is pressed against his side. He lets go of her hand and wraps his arm loosely around he waist resting his hand on her hip.
"I'm the leader of a biker gang, V. I would rather not give those wanting to destroy me ammo by going after you. Sides how do you think it would look for your dad if it's known that we are together. Lamb would have a field day with that."
"So you want to stay secret to protect me and my dad...I can get behind that but the instant the election is over. I want a full make out session in the quad during lunch or in the parking lot that morning. I want everyone to know that I'm proud to be yours."
"That's one promise I will make happen." he says pulling her closer and moving her face towards his, covering her mouth for a full on kiss. She smiles against his mouth, happy.
Walking into the apartment a few hours later she's not surprised to see her dad, standing in the kitchen.
"So, what's the verdict?" he asks noticing that she hasn't stopped smiling.
"We're dating...but we're going to keep it to ourselves until after the election. He doesn't want Lamb to use us together against you." she tells him sitting down.
"His idea?" he asks a little shocked and proud.
"Yeah...he doesn't want anyone to use me against him either. The instant you are announced Sheriff though is another story." she says with a smile knowing that he would be Sheriff.
"So...when is he coming over for the 'meet the parent' dinner?" he says with a gleeful smile.
She just starts laughing.
The Next Day
She's reapplying her lip balm, since Weevil had kissed all of it off before he left when Jackie stalks in. Good thing she didn't show up five minutes ago.
"What's going on with my boyfriend?" Jackie asks accusingly.
"He hasn't talked to you yet." she asks cursing stubborn male pride.
"No. Veronica, I know we don't get along..."
"It's family stuff. I promised him I would keep it between us. Just give him some time to figure things out." she says honestly.
"Okay..that wasn't the only reason I wanted to talk to you. Some stole my credit card and maxed it out."
"If you call the company they can erase the charges." she says putting her lip balm back into her bag.
"I did that...It's just that..."
"What is it?"
"My friend Cora..she borrows my stuff all the time. It doesn't bug me but I noticed my card was gone after the two of us went shopping. Yesterday, I found it in my car as it just magically reappeared. I don't want to accuse Cora but..."
"You want me to find out if she did steal it?" she asks.
"I'd like to find proof that she didn't. She was my first friend here next to Wallace. I printed out a list of the charges." she says handing her a print-off.
"Leather jacket, vanilla scented candles, iTunes, make up. So she hit every store at the Galleria." she says looking over the list. "Any clue what Consolidated Elemental Industries is?"
"No."
"Alright, first things first, we need to see if Cora has any of this stuff." she tells her, grabbing her bag and the two of them head to class.
Wallace is shocked when his name is called for the nominating pool for homecoming royalty.
"Okay how many people did you have to bribe with snicker-doodles?" he asks turning to her.
"Not as many as you seem to think. The people have spoken." she says with a grin as he leans back in his seat, a huge smile on his face.
She talks to Cora and the two plan a trip to shop for homecoming dresses at an outlet mall after her dad's debate since she is taking photos.
She hopes by getting access to her house, she can see if Cora has any of the things that were bought with Jackie's card.
So Homecoming dress..but no date. Oh well, show up to support Wallace then sneak out maybe see if Weevil wants to come over and watch some old horror movies about proms and homecomings.
She tries not to notice that Duncan and Logan are actually talking or that Meg keeps looking back at her with a guilty face while she is walking to her car with Jackie.
"Does this mean that's she's the thief since she had the jacket?"
"Well she did say that she got it at an outlet store. Let me make sure first. I don't want you to lose a friend over a false accusation. Trust me it sucks." she says just as Meg happens to look back, clearly having heard her.
"Alright." Jackie says when the hit her car and the break off.
The Debate
Lamb is in full mode of hot air. Including bringing up that years ago her dad let Ed Doyle go even though he pulled him over for drunk driving. Even going as far to say that if he had charged him, the school wouldn't have hired him.
Which, of course causes, everyone to react.
She glares at Lamb as her dad falters.
You are going down you son of a bitch.
She and Cora go outlet shopping.
It becomes clear that she could not have stolen the card.
Back to square one, dammit.
"Hey." She says picking up the phone.
"Lamb is a real piece of work." Weevil tells her.
"I know." she says laying back on her bed. "I think...I hate Lamb. The crash wasn't even Ed's fault, he was planning on meeting his mistress afterward."
"V...Don't worry. People know that your dad is ten times better than Lamb."
"I hope so."
"So...I was wondering what are our plans for this weekend?" he asks.
"Well, I was going to do a drop by at Homecoming...just to support Wallace. Maybe afterwards we can get together and spend the rest of the night watching eighties horror movies." she says biting her lip.
"That sounds like a plan...Ahh, how would you feel if I went with you to Homecoming?"
"I'd like it a lot but..."
"I've already mentioned that I might do a pop-by to a few of my boys. I don't think they would think anything of it if we showed up together."
"Meaning you picking me up on..."
"Angel is letting me borrow his car."
"Just bring a change of clothes so you can be comfy afterwards."
"So you want to cuddle and get me out of my clothes, querida." he whispers softly.
"Maybe." she says blushing and hanging up.
The Next Day
After the debate her dad loses his lead in the Sheriff's race.
Annoyed she sends a listening device to Lamb's office.
"I don't know...She made him out to be some kind of psychopath." Wallace tells her as they stand at their lockers. "I mean, if he's so nuts how has he been able to stay on the police force all these years?"
"Okay but if he's a cop, why did it take him so long to find you. As bad as it sounds, the one that sticks around is the one who cares." she says closing her locker. "But that's just me."
"I don't know what to think anymore." he mutters loud enough for her to hear before walking off.
Figure out best friend's girlfriend problem then help best friend with his.
She goes to find the first place the credit card was spent. Turns out to be a psychic shop and she finds the candles that has been bought with Jackie's card.
"I just wish I knew how she got a hold of your card." she says scratching Backup's head since he is lying down next to her.
"From me." Jackie says turning to face her on the floor.
"Really?"
"My gram passed away a few years ago and even someone pretending to be her, telling me that everything is going to be okay, makes me feel better."
"I can see that."
"Don't tell anyone okay. It's my secret. I'm sure you have a few."
She bites her lip, Dammit...I need to talk about it with someone and maybe it will help her see that I'm not out to mess with her relationship.
"I got a good one." she says sitting up.
"Do tell."
"Weevil and I...we're trying..." she just starts giggling and smiling.
"You're with him." Jackie says stunned.
Nodding, "We're going to Homecoming together. Everyone else will think it's just as friends." she says shrugging.
"Good kisser?"
"Logan and Duncan are the only ones I have to by. Amazing."
"Oh...I know how to get back at her. I'll go on her show."
"She has a show."
Jackie gets up and heads to the living room, she follows. She turns on the TV and puts it on the right channel just as 'Answers from Angels' starts.
"Everyone in school watches it." Jackie says shrugging.
Before Jackie leaves, the two come up with a plan for getting even with madame Sophie.
She sits down at her laptop and downloads the file form the bug she had sent to Lamb.
Veronica enters her bedroom. She heads straight for her desk and the laptop.
"Mr. Cook." ~ Lamb
"Sheriff." ~ Terrence
"I was thinking that you should buy some tickets to our annual fundraiser. Ten bucks a pop." ~ Lamb
"Did you seriously call me down here to hit me up for a donation. Put me down for two." ~ Terrence
"I was thinking more lie a thousand tickets and that you could MC the bachelor auction." ~ Lamb
"That's a lot of money, Sheriff." ~ Terrence
"Ten thousand if my math is correct. I mean, it's not like it's three million. A debt like that someone might send someone to your nice house to remind you of it." ~ Lamb
"Point, Sheriff?" ~ Terrence
"I think I made it. I got a guy in holding who likes to talk. Told me that you did favors for someone who bet on baseball."
"Why do you hate me?!" she calls out.
Next Day
She talks to Michelle, the girl that was on Madame Sophie's show. She's able to figure out how to get on the show. Michelle lets her listen to a voicemail that her friend, Rhonda left her.
She forwards the message to her answering machine.
She goes on the show and isn't surprised when she is called up.
What does shock her is the message the psychic has from Lilly.
"She says you should have stayed away from her boyfriend. Both of them."
No killing, maiming but no killing...Dammit why do I have such bad luck with female friends
She's sitting at her desk when Wallace comes in.
Wallace goes to see her.
"Supafly, you okay?"
Keeping her anger in check, "Yeah..I.. Listen, Wallace, I'm okay." I'm not going to add that everything you know is a lie by having your best friend and girlfriend at each others throats. She and I will talk at a later time
"So...you're seeing someone?"
"Kinda...how many people watch that show?"
"Most of the school but I doubt that anyone is gonna clue in that you're dating anyone. Everyone knows that Logan and Weevil were only two of Lilly's exs."
"Guess that will give them someone to talk about when Weevil and I show up at the dance together, huh?"
Wallace just starts laughing. "Need to go get ready and collect my woman." he says smiling, he gives her one more hug before heading out.
Not getting revenge...hard but for Wallace, I'll give her one freebie.
"Wow, kiddo you look beautiful." her dad say when she comes into the living room. She wearing a black halter syle dress that stops just at her knees. She's slipping a grey knit shrug on.
"I have something that you need to hear."
She plays him the message before the bus crash and both hear the explosion.
"Dad, you need to win. Lamb is not going to solve this."
"I know honey I know." He's about to ask something else when there is a knock on the door.
"Eli." he says opening the door to find Eli Navarro, in dress-pants, a button-down shirt, tie and his leather jacket.
"Sheriff." he says unsure if he should stay there or come in.
"Veronica, it seems you have a gentleman caller." he says over his shoulder. "Gentleman, right?" he says just loud enough for Weevil to hear.
"Yes, sir."
He moves aside so that Weevil can come in. "You're not riding your bike tonight?"
"My uncle Angel is letting me borrow his car." he says.
"Don't worry, we'll be back in a little bit. Mostly going to support Wallace." she says collecting her clutch purse.
"Tell Wallace I'm pullin' for him."
She smiles and the two of them head off.
Homecoming
"I haven't seen Wallace or Jackie anywhere." she says slow dancing with Weevil. No one had seemed surprised or questioned why they had showed up together.
"Maybe their off hiding in a dark corner, making out. That's where I would like to be." he whispers the last part causing her to smile.
"If neither of us see him in the next fifteen minutes, you want to head out?" she asks when he pulls her as close as he dares with some many people around.
"I've been ready to go since we got here."
She looks around and is in utter shock when she sees Jackie trying to kiss Logan.
"I hate my karma." she mutters breaking away from Weevil and tries to get to Jackie quickly, praying that Wallace is no where to be seen. Weevil right behind her.
"Jackie!" she calls when she gets to them pulling Jackie off Logan. She turns Jackie to look at her and is stunned to see that Jackie looks stoned. "What are you doing?" she says just loud enough for them to hear.
"He dumped me. How many guys do you need?" Jackie slurs. "God forbid, someone have a bad opinion of you."
"What?! Jackie..." she notices Wallace over her shoulder. He shakes his head and walks off.
Weevil places a hand on her back before heading after Wallace for her.
"Jackie, I had nothing to do with the two of you breaking up. I didn't tell him, he didn't know that you knew about us."
"Why did he dump me?" she says starting to cry. She moves her to a table, making her sit down. "Go away, Logan." she says not bothering to look at him.
"Jackie?" Cora says joining them. "What happened?" she asks.
"Wallace and her broke up, I don't know what's going on?" she moves Cora away from the table for a moment. "I think she's on something. I can take her back to my place..."
"My date is being a jerk. I'll have her stay with me over the weekend."
she nods and lets Cora handle Jackie. She heads to find Weevil, hoping her found Wallace. She finds him outside at the car.
"Any luck?" she asks.
"No. He got out here first." he says shrugging. "Give him a call in the morning, let him cool off."
"Okay. Ready to go?"
He nods as they get in the car.
"I'm heading to bed." her dad says as she's about to start the third movie.
"Night dad." she says sitting down next to Weevil.
The instant they had gotten back from the dance, both of them had changed. Her dad was unsure about Weevil sitting in his living room in sweats and a beater while she was in yoga pants and a tank top.
"Night Sheriff." Weevil says putting his arm around her as she cuddled into his side.
"You heading out after this movie?" he asks.
"Dad..."
"It's okay, V. Yeah, I'll head home after this one."
He nods and heads into his room.
She waits until the door is shut before pulling his head down and kissing him.
"What was that for? Not that I minded." he asks.
"Understanding that my dad is still unsure about us and agreeing to leave when he wants you too."
"I respect your dad, V. Now lets watch the movie before I forget that I am on my best behavior right now." he mutters kissing her neck softly.
She is getting herself a bowl of cereal when her dad comes in.
"Dad? Where have you been?"
"Wallace didn't come home after the dance. Did you see him last night?"
"Only for a moment." she says going into her bedroom and grabs her cellphone. She dials Wallace but it goes straight to voicemail.
"Wallace...Call me please...I don't think I can handle losing another friend."