**author note**: hi! i'm really glad everyone has been enjoying the story so much! it's my first veronica mars, and your positive feedback is so encouraging! i really wanted to apologize for the length of this chapter. my computer was sort of freaking out, but i wanted to get a chapter out today, so i wrote a short one, really more of a transition chapter to the action that i'm planning! thanks 3 (reviews are always appreciated :] )
Chapter 5: Consequences
"Logan! Logan, slow down!" Veronica pleaded. Her arm felt like it was about to fall off, it was so sore. Logan pretended not to hear her and continued to march off, trying to get as far away from Lilly as possible.
"Ow!" Veronica yelped, as Logan jerked her arm trying to avoid contact with Lilly's doctor. This admission of pain stopped him, as though he finally realized he was hurting Veronica. He stopped abruptly, and Veronica smacked into his back. He sank into a chair in the waiting room, and put his head in his hands. Veronica sat beside him, her hand still intertwined with his, unsure of what to do next. Should they talk about it, or would that make Logan more unstable?
"Logan? Do you want to…talk about it?" Veronica murmured, aware of the many people around them. It would be just her luck to have some 09er hear their conversation and spread around the rumor that Lilly Kane had been doing Aaron Echolls, a man clearly old enough to be her father. He was her boyfriend's father, after all.
"I just…how could she? How could he? What about my mom? Me?" Logan faltered. Veronica sighed, and squeezed his hand.
"Lilly didn't mean to hurt you. You know that. And your dad…your dad, I mean…" Veronica struggled to find a nice thing to say about Aaron Echolls, and failed. She lapsed into silence, and Logan smiled just a tiny bit.
"My dad's an ass?" Logan filled in. Veronica remained still, not wanting to have anything used against her later on.
"She's so stupid sometimes!" Logan suddenly exclaimed. Veronica jumped, shocked that this was his reaction. Lilly Kane may have been a lot of things, but she was never stupid. She played it sometimes, but it was in no way true. Lilly was too manipulative to ever be truly stupid, no matter what.
"Logan…" Veronica couldn't manage anything more.
"Don't you dare defend her Veronica. Don't you dare! What she did…it's unforgivable. Unforgivable! She screwed me, she screwed herself, hell, she even screwed her kid! Imagine if it is my father's! It'll be on the damn front page of the newspaper, won't it? Famed actor father love child with 16-year old! Lilly has turned her life into a walking circus act this time!" Logan ranted. Veronica looked around nervously, and tried to quiet him, but now that Logan had begun, it seemed unlikely he would stop.
Suddenly, he started to laugh. Veronica panicked, thinking he'd broken something in his brain. Maybe it was a panic attack, or a mental breakdown, she couldn't be sure. All she knew was that Logan had snapped. She stood to get a doctor's attention, but Logan pulled her back down.
"It'll be my half-brother or half-sister. My god! My ex-girlfriend is having my brother or sister!" Logan's laughter was dark, sinister even. It scared Veronica, scared her to her core.
"Logan! Just stop!" She begged. He met her eyes, and he did just that. The maniacal laughter ceased. They sat there, staring at each other, not moving or speaking. Before either of them broke the stare, Eli Navarro stomped past them.
"What do you think is his problem?" Veronica asked, following him with her eyes.
"Don't be stupid like Lilly, Ronnie. Lilly cheated on him just like she did me. With my father, for God's sake! If he wasn't 100%, he wouldn't be human." Logan explained, and the truth of the statement hit Veronica like a jackhammer.
"Let's get out of here." Veronica suggested.
"Lilly and Duncan won't be able to get home." Logan reminded her. Veronica shook her head.
"Duncan called Jake and Celeste at the beach. They'll be here any minute. And I'm sure we don't want to see that little showdown." Veronica reminded him. Logan laughed humorlessly.
"Her parents had to know." Logan remarked, as they strolled out of the building. Veronica turned at looked at him, shocked.
"What do you mean?" Veronica asked.
"Well, Lilly told my dad at that dinner last night, didn't she? I bet my dad didn't take that too well. He must've shouted up a storm. If Celeste, Jake, or my mom were anywhere within 100 feet of them, they all know." Logan mused. Veronica was shocked at the allegation.
"My suspect list…" Veronica remembered. She turned to go back to get it, but Logan stopped her. He nudged her shoulder and she followed his eye line to the black Kane car that had just pulled up.
"Oh, shit." Veronica swore, and dropped Logan's hand. He turned to her, confused, and she gestured towards the Kanes.
"They don't know I broke up with Duncan. This'd be just what I need right now. The story going around I'm a cheating hussy." Veronica hissed. Logan rolled his eyes, but continued to walk sans hand holding.
Jake and Celeste hurried past the two of them, barely acknowledging their existence. Celeste seemed to be holding back tears, and Jake's face was nearly purple with anger. Veronica whistled softly.
"Lilly's in for it now." She wondered how bad things would be for Lilly.
"Should we go back for Duncan?" Veronica asked. Veronica cared enough for Duncan to understand that it would be hard to listen to his sister getting yelled at for something as serious as this.
"No." Logan responded immediately. Veronica giggled at the fact that Logan still envied Duncan. It was ridiculous to think Duncan Kane could ever break them up, but Logan still seemed totally concerned.
"Where do you want to go?" Veronica asked once they had both climbed into the car.
"Let's go to my house. I don't think my parents are home yet." Logan offered. Veronica raised her eyebrows at the choice. She nodded, but started to pray to god that Aaron and Lynn Echolls weren't home, because if they were, there was going to be hell to pay, that was for sure.
