Veronica was standing in front of the mirror, watching herself as she was about to leave the house to receive her diploma. She had received acceptance letters from all the places she had applied to and decided to pursue her dream and go to Stanford. Klaus was already renovating a house for them there. Sage and Finn would come with them and the other would come with Rebekah and Weevil the next year. It was a new life that started for Veronica after this graduation ceremony.
"Your father would be very proud of you." Klaus told her as he put his arms around her waist.
"Can you swear to me again that neither you nor anyone you know compelled them to give me the top grades?" She asked for the hundredth time.
"Of course not Love… I believed in you and look, you're the top of your class!" He exclaimed, kissing her neck slowly.
"Cut it out you too or we're going to be late for the ceremony!" Lilly snapped at them from downstairs.
"Let's go Love… We'll celebrate in private tonight!" He said as he guided her toward the door, smiling when she slipped her taser under her graduation gown.
"What?" She asked him.
"Do you really think you're going to need this thing at your graduation?" he asked her with an amused smile.
"Well, we're never too sure…" She replied, making everyone chuckle.
"It's so sad that we can't take Taser with us to your graduation… She would have had so much fun!" Lilly said later when they had arrived.
"You mean you would have made her bark during the mayor's speech and let her loose in the middle…" Weevil replied.
"Well, it would have been fun!" She exclaimed.
The graduation ceremony was nice and Veronica could almost feel her father's presence by her side, she could almost hear him cheer for her… She knew he was by her side and proud of her for doing so well… However, as she was on stage receiving her diploma and turned toward the audience, she swore, for a minute, she saw Don Lamb next to Elena.
"What's wrong Love? You paled for a moment up there…" Klaus told her as they were on their way home to the party Klaus had organised for his Love.
"Well… Have you seen Elena at the ceremony?" She asked him instead.
"I wasn't paying attention why?" he asked.
"I just… Maybe I was imagining it although I don't know why I would imagine him here but I swear for a minute I saw Don Lamb right next to Elena…" Veronica said.
"As soon as we join the others at home I'll ask them what they saw." He promised her.
As soon as they arrived home, Klaus asked his family but none of them paid attention to Elena and the ones who knew what Lamb looked like didn't see him.
"What's going on here? You all have your 'war council' faces on!" Damon asked as soon as he arrived with Bonnie on his arm and his brother behind him.
"Veronica saw Lamb with Elena at the ceremony!" Weevil said.
"A tall guy chewing gum with brown hair and a smug look on his face?" Stefan asked, making all the head turn his way.
Veronica quickly typed on her phone and showed him a picture of Lamb.
"Was it him you saw?"
"Yes, he came with Elena." Stefan informed them.
"What is she doing with him?" Bonnie said, knowing what kind of man Lamb was.
"You're probably not going to like this but he's not that different from her right now… I can actually see them working out as a couple!" Veronica said with a frown.
They were interrupted by Caroline, Tyler, Matt and Jeremy. They explained what was going on to them and Jeremy said:
"Oh yeah, she's letting him stay in Jenna's old room… She said that my opinion didn't matter so I packed a bag and went to spend a few days with Matt until he left… The guy gives me the creeps." Jeremy said.
"What do we do about this?" Rebekah asked around.
"Nothing." Veronica said.
"Veronica, Elena is so mad at you right now that her being with Lamb cannot be good news… She has to be planning something!" Caroline exclaimed, making Bonnie nod her agreement.
"I know, but we'll have all day tomorrow to deal with this, right now I just want to celebrate my graduation and the fact that I'm going to Stanford!" The young graduate replied.
"Okay then… If you're sure!" Klaus said, asking, with a nod, Tyler and Weevil to keep and eye open.
He knew Sage already was.
Veronica spent a great night with her friends and she managed to have fun most of the time. She watched as Damon and Bonnie got closer and when Damon finally tried to make a move and kiss the young witch, she let him.
Of course Jeremy looked a little disappointed but Veronica couldn't bring herself to feel sorry for him. She was happy for her friend and she knew Jeremy was a good guy, he would end up finding someone.
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