Return of Kane
She and Wallace watch as a very annoyed girl jumps up on a table and stomps her feet in the pizza that the 09es had ordered with Pirate Points.
Clemmons orders he off the table and to follow him.
Wallace is shocked when she tells him that the girl's name is Wanda and that the two of them were on pep squad together.
While having ice cream for supper, she and her dad see on the news that Abel Koontz, the man in jail for killing Lilly, has fired his lawyers.
During Journalism class, Miss Dent asks her to cove the school election.
She agrees figuring it will be an easy article that she can write up that afternoon.
She is pleased to find out that Wanda is going to be running and plans to get rid of the 09es precious Pirate Points.
She is floored when she interviews Wanda about how sure she is about how she wants to fix what she can.
She gives some politically charged responses
During class, she isn't the only one in a state of shock when the video of the candidates are shown. Duncan is dumbstruck when it comes out that he is a candidate and Logan had his dad on the video.
He asks everyone in the room not to vote for him.
That night she decides to research more into Lilly's murder.
If her dad thinks that Abel is innocent. Maybe the two of them can prove it.
She starts with researching suspects,Abel Koontz, Celeste Kane, Jake, and Duncan.
Making a folder for each of them on her laptop.
She opens her father's safe and begins to look for clues.
The next day, it is announced that Duncan has actually won the presidency, to the shock of the entire school.
"Now I've got a story."
Later in the day, she talks with Mrs. Donaldson, who tells her that one adult must sign a request for the votes to be recounted.
She recruits her journalism teacher, Miss Dent, who luckily is new and isn't as jaded about the school system as some of the other teaches and she accepts.
She runs through the ballots with Wallace and Wanda, but they still show a victory for Duncan.
She finds a ballot of a student who wrote "Wanda Rulez" on his form, but voted for Duncan.
Having Wallace find out what room the student was in during the voting she goes to check it out.
She soon finds that the list of names are different from the list that was in her room.
She confronts the principal about this but he doubts her.
She doesn't accuse anyone but it comes out that Madison Sinclair, the same 09er that Wanda stomped in the pizza of, made the ballot order.
Clemmons reluctantly gives in and a reelection is scheduled.
She looks over the crime scence photos from he dad's safe and notices something off in one of the images. She calls a reporter and asks for a copy of a piece he did on Abel Koontz.
Walking into school the next day she sees defaced Wanda posters, Narc written on them and clean new Duncan posters.
She goes over to Wanda and makes plans for them to hang out at her house and make new posters.
She walks into class and confronts Duncan about the defacing, and as usual he doesn't say a thing.
"You know what do what you always do."
"What do I always do, Veonica?"
"You stand idly by." she says and walks away.
While they are working on the signs she feels good about maybe becoming friends with Wanda again.
"So, what's the deal with you and Weevil."
"We'e friends." she could feel the blush and was thankful that Wanda wan't looking at her.
"Really, I just thought that since he and Lilly.."
"There wasn't a thing between him and Lilly." Yes there was but I am not going to beak his trust and tell anyone about it.
"I just thought since Lilly had a thing fo bad boys.."
"Lilly didn't have a thing for bad boys. She had a thing for boys." she smiles.
Seeing that the subject is closed, Wanda changes the topic to college.
She stands outside one of the doors to the school and hands out "vote Wanda" bumper stickers.
"Hey, Weevil, want one for your bike." she calls to him as he and some of his boys walk by her.
"I'm not gonna vote for that narc."
"Come on, El..Weevil, you know better than to listen to anything at this school." she catches herself before she calls him by his given name. I need to pick one o the other.
"Tell that to Felix."
"Que."
"Somehow the Sheriff found out about all the Welcome to Neptune signs in his room a week after hooking up with your girl Wanda." he tells he before walking off.
She bumps into Wanda and tells he that the two of them should have a sleepover win or lose.
She suggests that they go to a rave. When Wanda asks about if they need any supplies, she tells her not tho worry that she knows a guy.
I'll know soon enough if she really is a narc.
She debates about who to vote for.
The ex boyfriend or the possible narc.
The next day she is subject to an emergency locker check, when Clemmons and Sacks don't find anything she makes comment that there are a couple of suckers...in the bag.
Standing at her locker she hears the announcement that Duncan won.
She confronts Wanda.
It turns out that Wanda is a narc in order to clear her record of a drug charge.
She walks off after telling her that she didn't vote for her.
She is pleased when after official becoming President that Duncan makes it so that all programs can get Pirate Points, not just 09es.
Later that day, she gets the package from the reporter and is unable to lie to her dad about its contents.
She shows the footage of Abel Koontz's arrests and the shoes that one of the crime scene images contains.
As she exits the cafeteria, she's more concerned with scarfing down her sandwich than paying attention to where she's going.
She was please to have come clean to her dad about what she suspected.
She eats her sandwich one-handed as she heads to her usual table to check in with Wallace.
She's actually debating logging her newspaper hours towards some Pirate Points, if only for the delivery in order to avoid the lunchroom crowds, when she bumps right into a leather-clad chest.
"Don't tell me," Weevil drawls, fingers settling at her hips to steady them both. "Is there a killer rave going on somewhere? I hear that's what you're into these days."
Part of her wonders how he even knows but she shakes her head.
He's Weevil, and this is Neptune.
Of course he knows.
"Yeah, you got me," she deadpans. "I party hard."
He cracks a grin at this.
"So, if I wanted to score some E..." he trails off.
"I'm your girl." oh she walked right into that one.
"Look at you, getting your badass cred back," he says softly.
He moves forward just slightly, his eyes daring her to call him on it.
"Are you implying that I lost it?" she tosses back.
"Possibly."
She figures out that he's referring to her near-terror at the thought of getting on a motorcycle.
She may be all about taking risks these days, but there's a difference between risk and outright stupidity.
"Anyone would be nervous about being on the back of a bike."
She had been uneasy but he was surprisingly a safe and cautious driver.
it might have been since he had a passenger or maybe he was actually being respectful of her fear.
"Well now that you're an old pro and all, you know where to find me if you want a ride."
She bites her lip and looks down so that he won't see how tempted she is about his offer.
Clinging to his back, motor purring between her legs, talking at stoplights before roaring off into the rush of late afternoon traffic.
Yeah, she could handle doing that again.
"What if I want to drive?" she asks tilting her head, the picture of innocence.
He takes the bait immediately, eyes darkening with lust as he takes another step towards her, not even bothering to be subtle about it this time. Their bodies nearly pressed against each others.
"Baby, you can drive anytime you want," he says huskily. Oh I am screwed to the wall.
She has to let out a giggle that she is willing to admit is equal parts amusement and nervousness at his proximity.
The titter from beside them breaks the spell.
"Can I help you with something?" she snaps at two freshmen.
The girls just break into giggles again and keep walking.
She stops a moment and assess their current situation.
Toe to toe, space between them for little more than breath, and until a moment ago both grinning, her head tilted to the side and his tongue jutting out from between his teeth in a manner that could only be described as tempting. They both had been in full flirt mode. And his hand, she realizes that he never removed his hand from her waist, and she hadn't bothered to remove it for him.
She decides to hell with it and give the gossips hounds something to really talk about.
She pulls him to her and covers his mouth with hers.
He barely has time to react before she stops the kiss and walks away.
She can hear the catcalls from Felix and the rest of the PChers following her.
She looks over her shoulder to see him still standing there, staring after her.