Chapter 31

Veronica, Duncan and Logan were sitting in the latter's living room, watching a movie, even though they were more talking about the conversation she had with her father.

"Why did you tell him, I thought you wanted to protect him by not telling him." Duncan said, not understanding.

"I know, but it's too much to handle now. I mean I'm bonding with Jake, spending time with him and getting to know him better. I couldn't carry on lying to him like that. I didn't even mean to tell him, it just happened."

"I should have been there, you could have used some kind of moral support."

"Duncan as much as I love you, it was something I needed to do on my own, just me and my dad, no one else involved. It would have been weird to have you there, why not invit dad while we're..."

"Dad?" Logan repeated. "You call him dad?"

"No! I don't."

"Veronica, you just called dad, dad."

"Oh God."

"There's nothing wrong with that, you're allowed to call him dad. Jake is your fatherjust like he's Duncan's father."

"Logan, you don't understand, this is horrible! It's..."

"No, Veronica, please stop blaming youself for that, you're allowed to call him dad, you told us Keith said it was okay with him. You aren't betraying him by calling Jake dad."

"But if I do then people will..."

"Stop it!" Logan told her. "You can call him dad if you feel like calling him dad, no one is forcing you to call him like that. Why don't we just watch another movie and try to forget, Easy Rider anyone?"

"Not again!"

"Duncan shut up, you're in my room and this is my DVD player and TV."

"Veronica, could you please tell your boyfriend..."

"How old are you to ask for your sister's help?"

"Guys, could you please stop it, because I really feel like a kingarten teacher right now. You're behaving like children, and the thing is that none of you is five, so behave like seventeen years old."

"You heard your sister, start behaving like an adult! "

"Logan, you're not better than him right now and try to find your movie if you don't want me to go home." She said as she pushed him towards the DVDs rack.

"You wouldn't leave me, would you?"

"You wanna bet?"

"A night..."

"Brother in the room!" Duncan yelled, putting his fingers in his ears and singing lalalala so as not to hear them.

Veronica hit the wheel of her car several times as she realized her car is once again broken, she let out a frustrated sigh and tried to calm down, she was going to be late for her weekly dinner at the Kanes. She threw her cell in her car when a moto stopped at her level.

"Need help?"

"No, that's okay, I already called someone."

"What's wrong? Are you afraid of me, or my boys?" he asked her, showing her the group of guys who was a few meters away from them. She shook her head no, she pulled her leather jaket tigher around her and looked around, she did not really want to spend time with the bikers. "Can I ask you why you're so stressed? We aren't going to be violent, unless you want us to, you know how some girls like it tough, are you one of those Veronica Mars?"

"Eli give it up, this girl is out of your reach, she's one of them."

"Shut up, did I ask you something? No, so let me handle this Felix, unless you want to take care of it."

"I'm coming!" Felix yelled. He jumped from his moto and joined them. "So this is the girl everyone is talking about at school? I can see why Echolls likes you so much, why don't you dump him, I can make you scream like no one else."

"Shut up! Leave me alone!" she said, she quickly grabbed her bag and cell phone, she didn't like the situation she was in. The bikers did not scare her when they were two or three but when all the bikers of Neptune are together, she is always afraid of something bad happening. They have a bad reputation and it's better not to be seen with them or worse hanging out with them. Neptune's biker gang usually means trouble, and she was proven right when a sherrif's car stopped next to them. Lamb smile grew wider when he saw who was in front of him.

"Mars, Weevil and Felix, why do your names mean trouble or you've done something illegal? Why aren't you at home, it's only tuesday, which means you have school tomorrow, not that your parents care."

"What do you want?" Veronica asked him annoyed, as if it was not enough to deal with the bikers, she now had to deal with Lamb.

"I'm just keeping Neptune's streets safe, I don't want my citizens to be agressed by one of your friends here."

"There aren't my friends."

"Veronica!" Jake said when he saw her daughter; he quickly walked towards her and hugged her. "How are you?"

"I'm okay, my car broke down, it's nothing."

"Let's go then, Duncan is waiting and he asked me to tell you he's hungry and something about how you're going to pay it."

"I really feel loved."

"Yes." he said with a smile. "Sheriff are we allowed to go or is there something you want?"

"I..., I just wanted to talk to Mar... I mean Veronica."

"You'll talk to her another day then, and before doing so make sure you call my lawyers. I don't want her to be in trouble."

"Of course Mr Kane."

"Good then, can we go now?"

"Yes, sorry."

"Let's go, is that all you have?" he asked her, taking her bag from her hand.

"Yeah, my books for school and some of my clothes for tomorrow. Did Duncan say something about us going to have fun? I don't know what he's talking about, I swear if your house is burned down..."

"Veronica." he said, warning her.

"Yes." she replied innocently before they both started to laugh. Jake gave Veronica's bags to the driver and they both got into the limo.