And Make a Lost World Thy Home: Epilogue

[jesterladyfic]

Epilogue:

Veronica stood in front of Neptune High School. Not her favorite place to be but often a recurring location in her dreams. She’d often wondered what that meant about her psyche and she wondered even more know that she knew what an unusual place her psyche was.

“It’s just a place, Veronica. It’s an anchoring spot. You’re more alert here, on your guard. It’s where you find information, where you hide information, where you seek and where you listen.”

Veronica knew that voice. Lilly was there, still in her cheerleading uniform.

“Are you ever going to grow out of that?” she asked, gesturing to the outfit.

“You tell me,” said Lilly, smirking. She wandered over to her memorial fountain and idly ran her hand over the stone. “It’s all about you, Veronica.”

“Something even I don’t want to probe too deeply into,” said Veronica. “So, what’s next, some great mission or danger?”

“Some would say,” said Lilly. “You do know that things aren’t always clear cut and that you’ve got a long way to go, right?”

“I do,” said Veronica, nodding. “I mean, it’s great having dreams and talking to you and everything, but trying to know things as they were happening was really hard and if this had been a television show, blood would have been dripping out of my nose.”

“Still might,” said Lilly cheerfully.

“Great. So, I’m going to carefully expand my mind and experiment with my potential. Maybe not try so hard to know things, just let them happen when they need to. Sound good?”

“What would I know?” said Lilly. “Seriously, though, I’ve always admired your ability to think before acting. Would’ve been a handy skill for me to have.”

“Lilly,” said Veronica.

Lilly waved her hand.

“Past Lilly, past Lilly. Now we’re on to future Veronica.”

“What does that mean?” asked Veronica warily.

Lilly laughed and took Veronica by the hand, leading her into the school. But once they were inside they weren’t inside Neptune High. It was a hospital. Lilly led her through the corridors, twisting and turning until Veronica was highly confused.

They stopped in front of a glass window and Veronica’s heart tightened when she saw that inside was the maternity ward with the glass containers holding their tiny bundles of babies. It was odd, but as much as she’d pushed aside her desires and decisions about a baby, there had always been a little niggling want in the back of her mind, and not just because she knew how much Logan wanted one.

Lilly smiled knowingly.

“Veronica Mars, you’re a marshmallow.”

“Does this mean?” Veronica started to ask.

Lilly grabbed her hand again and led her into the room, stopping at the bassinet by the door.

Inside was a baby girl, swaddled in blankets, just waking up.

“May I present the future?” said Lilly, gesturing grandly.

***

Veronica woke up and smiled, grinned. Concerns, doubts, fears, worries, all gone. Not just because she knew the future. No, just because she knew.

She jabbed at Logan until he blinked blearily up at her.

“Is the world ending again?” he groaned.

“Lilly says we can have a baby now,” she said wickedly and watched him fully process that.

It took a while but after a moment of confused and slightly horrified staring he sat up and with a grin just as wicked as hers, pounced on her.

“Well, I’ve never been one to deny Lilly, let’s get to it.”