The Return 5: Reconnect (Ensemble) PG-13
Title: The Return 5-Reconnect
Rating: PG-13 (for profanity and mentions of sexual situations)
Characters/Pairings:Weevil, Piz, Duncan, Lilly (the first), Veronica, Wallace (mentions of: Logan, Parker, Dick, Mac, Lilly the second)
Word Count: 2,726
Spoilers: All episodes (from 1.01: Pilot to 3.20: The Bitch Is Back. Just to be sure) Although this is obviously AU and there are obviously going to be some alterations to events and especially some in the last couple of episodes.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Literally, nothing. So don’t sue me over his, because you won’t get anything. It all belongs to Rob Thomas and if I had owned it when it was still on the last season would have been way different.
A/N: This story was also no originally mine, and I’d really like to stress that in the first two chapters. The original story can be found here) And this is my first attempt at anything AU, so… enjoy
Chapter 1: Awake/ Chapter 2: Homecoming/ Chapter 3: Forgive/ Chapter 4: Arrival
The Return
5
Reconnect
~Weevil~
Weevil sat in a small room containing a piano, a couch, an arm chair and a freestanding globe, that he thought might be one of those open-the-top-and-its-a-bar things. He was just considering opening it up and checking when Wallace’s little roommate, Pick, came shuffling in, dropping himself into the arm chair.
“Can I help you?” Weevil asked in a tone he tried to make only mildly-intimidating.
“She basically ignores me, and when she’s not ignoring me she gives me the shortest answer possible.” Pick answered, apparently not picking up on the intimidating tone and the undertones of get-the-hell-out.
“I assume you’re talking about V, so I’m going to actually give you some advice, even thought that wasn’t an actual offer.” Weevil said in annoyance, wondering how many guys were going to end up like this, vying for Veronica’s attention. “Give it up, she doesn’t want you and she’s probably not going to want you again. You’re wasting your time trying to become something to her. You’re not in her tax bracket and you have been arrested or accused of a felony.”
“What do you mean? Felony?” Now Pick looked interested, his eyes widened and making him look more stupidly innocent.
“Murder, arson, kidnapping, assault, breaking and entering, and I’m sure there are more. The point is, you haven’t even been accused of any of these, let alone committed them.” Weevil rolled his eyes at Pick’s blank face, still not understanding. “Both Duncan and Logan have, and they were the great loves of her life, right?”
“I guess…” The boy trailed off, looking at the floor and avoiding eye contact. Shit, now I have him planning a felony to get V’s attention.
“I know why I’m here, kind of, but what exactly are you doing here, Flopsie?” Weevil asked, a little surprised that Wallace’s little roommate didn’t seem too bothered by the nickname. Proof that he was constantly teased about this whole hair situation, and not making a point to get a new haircut.
“I’m not sure why I’m here, in Logan’s house. After he went psycho on my last year.”
“You’re lucky.” Weevil commented, glancing around the room and wondering where all the other people had gone.
“What? I had to go to the hospital because of…” Pick trailed off at the look that Weevil, the angry looking guy in leather and covered in tattoos, was sending him.
“You’re lucky, because if I’d have found you first it would have been worse. Taping you bare ass naked to a flag pole in the middle of campus was old school Weevil. New school Weevil has been to prison.” Weevil explained, getting up and moving as far away from the innocent little dork.
A quick walk of the house and he’d located everyone. Lilly was on the bed in Duncan’s room playing with her niece and catching up with her brother. Veronica was tapping away at her laptop, probably researching a case, in her room. The door was open, inviting visitors, but her headphones were on and her iPod volume up. Echolls was already playing videogames with Casablancas in the game room and Wallace was patiently waiting for his turn while heckling them. In the kitchen Mac and Parker had busied themselves with making dinner.
Weevil made his way up to the room that he had claimed, and flopped on to the bed. This had somehow become something he did. Flopping onto beds. He was bored, and surrounded by pretty white people intent on ignoring him.
He should have stayed home.
~Duncan
“So, six months? You’d think mom and dad would have tried to inform me of this little development.” Duncan said bitterly, watching Lilly play with his daughter. A warm smile taking over his face, his Lillys.
“You know mom, I’m not a big deal. If it had been you coming out of the coma she would have had a ticker-tape parade.” Lilly’s voice was full of sarcasm and it’s own brand of bitterness. “Instead I got hidden and kept secret. The only reason Veronica found out is the nurse at the desk ran across my top secret release papers and called Mr. Mars. Can you believe dad had him fired?”
“Well, I’ve kind of had a few years to deal with that one Lil, but it still shocks me a bit. Dad always seemed like he liked Veronica’s dad, but of course who really ever likes their lover’s husband?” Duncan asked as he slid his knee onto the mattress, making it dip down and getting his daughter’s attention. When she started getting too close to the edge he moved further in to lay down on the bed.
They looked so cozy, the three of them. Duncan was lying on the right side of the bed, arms folded under his head. Lilly kneeled on the bottom left corner, grinning and clapping at her niece while trying to keep up conversation with her little brother. Little Lilly was between them, going back and forth, trying to decide who she wanted to play with more. Daddy or Aunt Lilly.
“I’m a little shocked that Logan brought you up here with everyone, that he’s even speaking to you.” Duncan commented, letting his eyes close for a moment.
“Yeah, well Logan could never really stay mad at me. He’s been forgiving and invited me to come along all on his own, without any hints needing to be dropped.” Lilly reached out and tickled her namesake, causing them both to giggle a little.
“Really?” Duncan was more than shocked now, resentful Logan Echolls letting something like this slide? That didn’t sound right.
“Yeah, I think our little boy is finally growing up Donut.” Lilly said, her voice letting on that he hadn’t been as down with the forgiving and forgetting as he might think.
“So he just let the fact that you had an affair with his dad and consequently put in a coma because of it go? He was just ‘bygones’ and never brought it up again?” Duncan was starting to feel uneasy, and he didn’t believe for a second that Logan could be that forgiving. His best friend may have grown up, but there wasn’t a single person on Earth that would forgive their ex-girlfriend for cheating with their father.
“It’s not like he hasn’t had a few years to get over that point Duncan. He just didn’t make a big deal of it the one time we talked about it. And no, he hasn’t brought it up again, but he never once mentioned the word bygones.” Lilly seemed like she was getting annoyed with this line of questioning, and Duncan thought it best to let it go for now.
“She seems to really like you, like she know exactly who you are already.” Duncan said, focusing on his daughter and her now rather than her and Logan.
“Yeah, well, she should. You mind telling me exactly how she came to be?” Lilly probed. “I mean, with Logan as your best friend and me as your sister you really should have gotten the gist of condoms. And I know you took a health class that showed you their proper use and exactly how to put them on.”
“Condoms aren't one-hundred percent Lil, they break and have holes. Says so on the box and everything. But if you really want to know how she came to be… well, you should have learned that in that same health class you mentioned. But when a boy really likes a girl-”
“I fucking know that part, Donut! And I’d prefer you didn’t go into too much detail about that.” Lilly interrupted him with a screech, startling him and the baby. Little Lilly looked up at her aunt with wide shocked eyes before going back to playing with the pillow that had captured her attention. “What I wanted to know was how did you manage to get Meg Manning to give it up?”
“I loved her, told her so and suddenly we were naked in my room while mom and dad were out of town. Then we were in the backseat of my car, on the couch while she was babysitting, on the beach, in the backseat of her car…” Duncan supplied the answer, giving her details she still probably didn’t want to know.
“I’m a little proud of your horny little self, there was a time when I thought you’d wait for marriage. In fact, there was a time when I thought that Veronica would wait for marriage too and then there you’d be, two virgins on your wedding night and no idea of how to actually do it.” Lilly gave Duncan a proud and somehow lewd at the same time, before continuing on. “So you slept with her a bunch of time in a bunch of different places. Told her you loved her to get into her pants and then when she got knocked up high tailed it out of the relationship?”
“No!” Duncan was appalled at the mere thought that he would have done that had he known of her pregnancy. “That is not how it happened at all. We were together for a while, but I couldn’t stop being in love with Veronica and in the end I broke up with Meg to try and work things out with Veronica because things with Meg weren’t working. If I’d known she was pregnant, I probably would have tried a little harder with Meg, but she didn’t tell me. By the sound of the letter I found, she had written to her aunt and asked to go live with her. She was never intending to tell me that she was pregnant, she was just going to move to Seattle and never talk to me again.”
“You broke up with Meg for Veronica? That doesn’t seem to have worked out either, why?” Lilly’s interest was piqued, the thought of her brother making her best friend her sister still intrigued her. When they had all thought Veronica was their sister she had been happy about it. Wanted to tell Veronica right away, but the fact that Duncan had dated her made things messy and Lilly had kept it to herself.
“It fell apart when Veronica found out that Meg was pregnant, and when she found out that I already knew and kept it from her things really went down hill. Then Meg died and I had to get Lilly out of the country and away from Meg’s parents. Mom and dad refused to help, said that it would ruin my life and all the things they wanted for me. What they meant was it would ruin my chances at a political career and I’d probably never be president with an illegitimate child. Like I cared. So Veronica helped me and with my being on the lam and all, we thought we should break up.” Duncan didn’t mention that if Veronica really loved him she would have gone with him, that he knew she stayed because she didn’t care enough.
“If Veronica really wanted to be with you, she would have gone with you.” Lilly said, looking out the bedroom door towards the staircase. Duncan leaned over and watched Weevil turn the corner to head up to the third floor where his temporary bedroom was. “Why did she stay?”
“Her dad. Wallace. School.” Duncan supplied the three most obvious first, deliberating on the third reason before finally giving in and saying it out loud. “Logan.”
Lilly silently watched as her hands twisted into the fabric of the duvet coverlet, bobbing her head up and down in a nod of acceptance.
~Veronica~
“So BFF, you wanna go for a walk?” Veronica asked, walking in through his bedroom door without being invited. It had taken a while to find him, but after searching the rest of the house and threatening Dick she had gotten his location. Of course during Dick’s fun game ‘I know something you don’t know’ she’d had to correct him, telling him that Wallace’s name was not Winston and Piz’s name was not really Piss. Although she did find it funny that they were all on this trip and Dick still hadn’t managed to get their names right.
“Wow, one on one time with you, how do I rate?” Wallace asked, the question coming off resentful and kind of jealous-boyfriendy. Veronica cringed, knowing how right he was. She hadn’t really spent a lot of time with him, and this trip had turned into some kind of reunion of sorts between Logan, Lilly, Duncan and herself. Alienating everyone else.
“I’m sorry, I know things have been really weird and chaotic lately, and I haven’t exactly been the best friend I should be, but I really do want to take a walk with you. You’re the only drama-free one here.” Her eyes shut as soon as the last sentence came out. She knew how that sounded.
“Well, since I don’t cause you any problems or angst, wait just a sec while I get my coat.” Wallace looked angry, and Veronica knew why.
“That’s not how I meant that, and I’m sorry. If you give me a second to get my foot out of my mouth I’ll rephrase.” Veronica sat on the edge of Wallace’s bed.
“I know this week has been huge for you, V, but you’ve kind of shut me out of it.” Wallace’s voice was low and sad, his vulnerability and insecurity showing through.
“And I really suck for that, and I’m really sorry. I know I haven’t really included you in any of it, but dealing with Lilly is a full time gig. Just trying to get her caught up on everything going on is a chore. It took me a full three hours to get her to believe that Tom Cruise married Joey from Dawson’s Creek. I had to provide photographic proof and in the end convinced her with a YouTube clip of that Oprah episode. Then I had to teach her how to use YouTube and then keep her from putting that video of us lip-syncing to the Spice Girls on there.” Veronica explained, smiling down at Wallace in the end.
Wallace scooted over on the bed, making room for her and signaling that she could get comfortable, that he had at least forgiven her that much.
“Can’t have that out there on the internet for everyone to see now can you?” Wallace asked rhetorically before adding, “Not like the video I have of you doing karaoke at Java the Hut.”
Wallace dodged Veronica’s half-hearted punch as she fell back onto the bed next to him. Wiggling around a little, Veronica looked over hat Wallace with a pout.
“What?”
“I’m cold.”
With a roll of his eyes Wallace sat up, reached for the blanket at the foot of the bed and pulled it over both him and Veronica as he lay back down.
“Now, once upon a time…” Wallace started, snuggling under the blanket and holding it tightly to his chin. Veronica dissolved into giggles as she fought for her share of the blanket, which he readily offered up.
“Seriously, did you really put that on there?” Veronica asked, looking at Wallace with large pleading eyes.
“Even if I say no, you’ll still check as soon as you get back to your room and to your lap top.” Wallace said. His head was perfectly straight forward, like he was looking at the ceiling, but his eyes were strained to the right, looking at her. “But no, I did not put a video of you on YouTube.”
“And that’s why you’re my best friend.” Veronica simply stated, seeing the tension ease out of his body with relief. She knew he was worried, Lilly Kane had returned and with her came the possibility that she no longer needed him.
Even though Lilly was still her best friend and always would be, but she was the best friend of yester years. There was no changing the fact that they’d been friends since pre-school.
But Wallace knew her, who she was now. He knew here and accepted her and loved her. He was there for her through the most difficult times in her life and Veronica would never forget that.
Wallace was her best friend. No substitutions, no other applicants need apply.
No replacements accepted.
6:Belong
Rating: PG-13 (for profanity and mentions of sexual situations)
Characters/Pairings:Weevil, Piz, Duncan, Lilly (the first), Veronica, Wallace (mentions of: Logan, Parker, Dick, Mac, Lilly the second)
Word Count: 2,726
Spoilers: All episodes (from 1.01: Pilot to 3.20: The Bitch Is Back. Just to be sure) Although this is obviously AU and there are obviously going to be some alterations to events and especially some in the last couple of episodes.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Literally, nothing. So don’t sue me over his, because you won’t get anything. It all belongs to Rob Thomas and if I had owned it when it was still on the last season would have been way different.
A/N: This story was also no originally mine, and I’d really like to stress that in the first two chapters. The original story can be found here) And this is my first attempt at anything AU, so… enjoy
Chapter 1: Awake/ Chapter 2: Homecoming/ Chapter 3: Forgive/ Chapter 4: Arrival
The Return
5
Reconnect
~Weevil~
Weevil sat in a small room containing a piano, a couch, an arm chair and a freestanding globe, that he thought might be one of those open-the-top-and-its-a-bar things. He was just considering opening it up and checking when Wallace’s little roommate, Pick, came shuffling in, dropping himself into the arm chair.
“Can I help you?” Weevil asked in a tone he tried to make only mildly-intimidating.
“She basically ignores me, and when she’s not ignoring me she gives me the shortest answer possible.” Pick answered, apparently not picking up on the intimidating tone and the undertones of get-the-hell-out.
“I assume you’re talking about V, so I’m going to actually give you some advice, even thought that wasn’t an actual offer.” Weevil said in annoyance, wondering how many guys were going to end up like this, vying for Veronica’s attention. “Give it up, she doesn’t want you and she’s probably not going to want you again. You’re wasting your time trying to become something to her. You’re not in her tax bracket and you have been arrested or accused of a felony.”
“What do you mean? Felony?” Now Pick looked interested, his eyes widened and making him look more stupidly innocent.
“Murder, arson, kidnapping, assault, breaking and entering, and I’m sure there are more. The point is, you haven’t even been accused of any of these, let alone committed them.” Weevil rolled his eyes at Pick’s blank face, still not understanding. “Both Duncan and Logan have, and they were the great loves of her life, right?”
“I guess…” The boy trailed off, looking at the floor and avoiding eye contact. Shit, now I have him planning a felony to get V’s attention.
“I know why I’m here, kind of, but what exactly are you doing here, Flopsie?” Weevil asked, a little surprised that Wallace’s little roommate didn’t seem too bothered by the nickname. Proof that he was constantly teased about this whole hair situation, and not making a point to get a new haircut.
“I’m not sure why I’m here, in Logan’s house. After he went psycho on my last year.”
“You’re lucky.” Weevil commented, glancing around the room and wondering where all the other people had gone.
“What? I had to go to the hospital because of…” Pick trailed off at the look that Weevil, the angry looking guy in leather and covered in tattoos, was sending him.
“You’re lucky, because if I’d have found you first it would have been worse. Taping you bare ass naked to a flag pole in the middle of campus was old school Weevil. New school Weevil has been to prison.” Weevil explained, getting up and moving as far away from the innocent little dork.
A quick walk of the house and he’d located everyone. Lilly was on the bed in Duncan’s room playing with her niece and catching up with her brother. Veronica was tapping away at her laptop, probably researching a case, in her room. The door was open, inviting visitors, but her headphones were on and her iPod volume up. Echolls was already playing videogames with Casablancas in the game room and Wallace was patiently waiting for his turn while heckling them. In the kitchen Mac and Parker had busied themselves with making dinner.
Weevil made his way up to the room that he had claimed, and flopped on to the bed. This had somehow become something he did. Flopping onto beds. He was bored, and surrounded by pretty white people intent on ignoring him.
He should have stayed home.
~Duncan
“So, six months? You’d think mom and dad would have tried to inform me of this little development.” Duncan said bitterly, watching Lilly play with his daughter. A warm smile taking over his face, his Lillys.
“You know mom, I’m not a big deal. If it had been you coming out of the coma she would have had a ticker-tape parade.” Lilly’s voice was full of sarcasm and it’s own brand of bitterness. “Instead I got hidden and kept secret. The only reason Veronica found out is the nurse at the desk ran across my top secret release papers and called Mr. Mars. Can you believe dad had him fired?”
“Well, I’ve kind of had a few years to deal with that one Lil, but it still shocks me a bit. Dad always seemed like he liked Veronica’s dad, but of course who really ever likes their lover’s husband?” Duncan asked as he slid his knee onto the mattress, making it dip down and getting his daughter’s attention. When she started getting too close to the edge he moved further in to lay down on the bed.
They looked so cozy, the three of them. Duncan was lying on the right side of the bed, arms folded under his head. Lilly kneeled on the bottom left corner, grinning and clapping at her niece while trying to keep up conversation with her little brother. Little Lilly was between them, going back and forth, trying to decide who she wanted to play with more. Daddy or Aunt Lilly.
“I’m a little shocked that Logan brought you up here with everyone, that he’s even speaking to you.” Duncan commented, letting his eyes close for a moment.
“Yeah, well Logan could never really stay mad at me. He’s been forgiving and invited me to come along all on his own, without any hints needing to be dropped.” Lilly reached out and tickled her namesake, causing them both to giggle a little.
“Really?” Duncan was more than shocked now, resentful Logan Echolls letting something like this slide? That didn’t sound right.
“Yeah, I think our little boy is finally growing up Donut.” Lilly said, her voice letting on that he hadn’t been as down with the forgiving and forgetting as he might think.
“So he just let the fact that you had an affair with his dad and consequently put in a coma because of it go? He was just ‘bygones’ and never brought it up again?” Duncan was starting to feel uneasy, and he didn’t believe for a second that Logan could be that forgiving. His best friend may have grown up, but there wasn’t a single person on Earth that would forgive their ex-girlfriend for cheating with their father.
“It’s not like he hasn’t had a few years to get over that point Duncan. He just didn’t make a big deal of it the one time we talked about it. And no, he hasn’t brought it up again, but he never once mentioned the word bygones.” Lilly seemed like she was getting annoyed with this line of questioning, and Duncan thought it best to let it go for now.
“She seems to really like you, like she know exactly who you are already.” Duncan said, focusing on his daughter and her now rather than her and Logan.
“Yeah, well, she should. You mind telling me exactly how she came to be?” Lilly probed. “I mean, with Logan as your best friend and me as your sister you really should have gotten the gist of condoms. And I know you took a health class that showed you their proper use and exactly how to put them on.”
“Condoms aren't one-hundred percent Lil, they break and have holes. Says so on the box and everything. But if you really want to know how she came to be… well, you should have learned that in that same health class you mentioned. But when a boy really likes a girl-”
“I fucking know that part, Donut! And I’d prefer you didn’t go into too much detail about that.” Lilly interrupted him with a screech, startling him and the baby. Little Lilly looked up at her aunt with wide shocked eyes before going back to playing with the pillow that had captured her attention. “What I wanted to know was how did you manage to get Meg Manning to give it up?”
“I loved her, told her so and suddenly we were naked in my room while mom and dad were out of town. Then we were in the backseat of my car, on the couch while she was babysitting, on the beach, in the backseat of her car…” Duncan supplied the answer, giving her details she still probably didn’t want to know.
“I’m a little proud of your horny little self, there was a time when I thought you’d wait for marriage. In fact, there was a time when I thought that Veronica would wait for marriage too and then there you’d be, two virgins on your wedding night and no idea of how to actually do it.” Lilly gave Duncan a proud and somehow lewd at the same time, before continuing on. “So you slept with her a bunch of time in a bunch of different places. Told her you loved her to get into her pants and then when she got knocked up high tailed it out of the relationship?”
“No!” Duncan was appalled at the mere thought that he would have done that had he known of her pregnancy. “That is not how it happened at all. We were together for a while, but I couldn’t stop being in love with Veronica and in the end I broke up with Meg to try and work things out with Veronica because things with Meg weren’t working. If I’d known she was pregnant, I probably would have tried a little harder with Meg, but she didn’t tell me. By the sound of the letter I found, she had written to her aunt and asked to go live with her. She was never intending to tell me that she was pregnant, she was just going to move to Seattle and never talk to me again.”
“You broke up with Meg for Veronica? That doesn’t seem to have worked out either, why?” Lilly’s interest was piqued, the thought of her brother making her best friend her sister still intrigued her. When they had all thought Veronica was their sister she had been happy about it. Wanted to tell Veronica right away, but the fact that Duncan had dated her made things messy and Lilly had kept it to herself.
“It fell apart when Veronica found out that Meg was pregnant, and when she found out that I already knew and kept it from her things really went down hill. Then Meg died and I had to get Lilly out of the country and away from Meg’s parents. Mom and dad refused to help, said that it would ruin my life and all the things they wanted for me. What they meant was it would ruin my chances at a political career and I’d probably never be president with an illegitimate child. Like I cared. So Veronica helped me and with my being on the lam and all, we thought we should break up.” Duncan didn’t mention that if Veronica really loved him she would have gone with him, that he knew she stayed because she didn’t care enough.
“If Veronica really wanted to be with you, she would have gone with you.” Lilly said, looking out the bedroom door towards the staircase. Duncan leaned over and watched Weevil turn the corner to head up to the third floor where his temporary bedroom was. “Why did she stay?”
“Her dad. Wallace. School.” Duncan supplied the three most obvious first, deliberating on the third reason before finally giving in and saying it out loud. “Logan.”
Lilly silently watched as her hands twisted into the fabric of the duvet coverlet, bobbing her head up and down in a nod of acceptance.
~Veronica~
“So BFF, you wanna go for a walk?” Veronica asked, walking in through his bedroom door without being invited. It had taken a while to find him, but after searching the rest of the house and threatening Dick she had gotten his location. Of course during Dick’s fun game ‘I know something you don’t know’ she’d had to correct him, telling him that Wallace’s name was not Winston and Piz’s name was not really Piss. Although she did find it funny that they were all on this trip and Dick still hadn’t managed to get their names right.
“Wow, one on one time with you, how do I rate?” Wallace asked, the question coming off resentful and kind of jealous-boyfriendy. Veronica cringed, knowing how right he was. She hadn’t really spent a lot of time with him, and this trip had turned into some kind of reunion of sorts between Logan, Lilly, Duncan and herself. Alienating everyone else.
“I’m sorry, I know things have been really weird and chaotic lately, and I haven’t exactly been the best friend I should be, but I really do want to take a walk with you. You’re the only drama-free one here.” Her eyes shut as soon as the last sentence came out. She knew how that sounded.
“Well, since I don’t cause you any problems or angst, wait just a sec while I get my coat.” Wallace looked angry, and Veronica knew why.
“That’s not how I meant that, and I’m sorry. If you give me a second to get my foot out of my mouth I’ll rephrase.” Veronica sat on the edge of Wallace’s bed.
“I know this week has been huge for you, V, but you’ve kind of shut me out of it.” Wallace’s voice was low and sad, his vulnerability and insecurity showing through.
“And I really suck for that, and I’m really sorry. I know I haven’t really included you in any of it, but dealing with Lilly is a full time gig. Just trying to get her caught up on everything going on is a chore. It took me a full three hours to get her to believe that Tom Cruise married Joey from Dawson’s Creek. I had to provide photographic proof and in the end convinced her with a YouTube clip of that Oprah episode. Then I had to teach her how to use YouTube and then keep her from putting that video of us lip-syncing to the Spice Girls on there.” Veronica explained, smiling down at Wallace in the end.
Wallace scooted over on the bed, making room for her and signaling that she could get comfortable, that he had at least forgiven her that much.
“Can’t have that out there on the internet for everyone to see now can you?” Wallace asked rhetorically before adding, “Not like the video I have of you doing karaoke at Java the Hut.”
Wallace dodged Veronica’s half-hearted punch as she fell back onto the bed next to him. Wiggling around a little, Veronica looked over hat Wallace with a pout.
“What?”
“I’m cold.”
With a roll of his eyes Wallace sat up, reached for the blanket at the foot of the bed and pulled it over both him and Veronica as he lay back down.
“Now, once upon a time…” Wallace started, snuggling under the blanket and holding it tightly to his chin. Veronica dissolved into giggles as she fought for her share of the blanket, which he readily offered up.
“Seriously, did you really put that on there?” Veronica asked, looking at Wallace with large pleading eyes.
“Even if I say no, you’ll still check as soon as you get back to your room and to your lap top.” Wallace said. His head was perfectly straight forward, like he was looking at the ceiling, but his eyes were strained to the right, looking at her. “But no, I did not put a video of you on YouTube.”
“And that’s why you’re my best friend.” Veronica simply stated, seeing the tension ease out of his body with relief. She knew he was worried, Lilly Kane had returned and with her came the possibility that she no longer needed him.
Even though Lilly was still her best friend and always would be, but she was the best friend of yester years. There was no changing the fact that they’d been friends since pre-school.
But Wallace knew her, who she was now. He knew here and accepted her and loved her. He was there for her through the most difficult times in her life and Veronica would never forget that.
Wallace was her best friend. No substitutions, no other applicants need apply.
No replacements accepted.
6:Belong