Title: The Darkest Hour
A/N: Well here is the first chapter for the long over due sequel to Baby-Think-It-Over. Enjoy!
Logan's POV:
"Veronica, look at me. Veronica, do you remember the first time we kissed?" I ask her, looking down at her, my heart filled with love. She nods.
"You kissed me after I accidently beat up the FBI agent. Then you pulled away, and we were both so shocked. You started to walk away, and I grabbed you pulled you back to kiss me."
"I-re-mem-ber." She whispers.
"That was an awesome kiss. It was epic, just like us. Veronica, you have to stay with me. I love you Veronica Mars." I said, choking as tears run down my cheeks.
"I-love-you-Lo-gan." She whispers, even quieter.
She looks up and smiles at me. She leans up and kisses me on the cheek.
And then she closes her eyes, and stops moving. But she was still breathing, and that's about the only thing that keeps me sane for the moment, and what motivates me to do what I do next.
~Flashback~
I hold up the picture I'm looking at, it was taken on the first day we met. We were lying in the grass on the soccer oval. We were both had equally mischievous grins on our faces, and laughter in our twelve year old eyes.
"What went wrong Veronica?" I ask. She looks at me with a sad smile.
"Shit happened that we couldn't control." She answers, pulling me into a hug. She holds me in her arms and rubs circles on my back with her hand.
"Can we try and be friends again, Veronica?" I ask after a pause.
"Yeah, that would be nice." She replies.
"Hey, Veronica did you still want me to help you with the case you were working on?" Mac's voice rings out from the other room, breaking up the hug between Veronica and I. She gives me a sympathetic look and turns around to walk back out to the others.
"Yeah, I'll just grab my notes." Veronica replies. I rub the palms of my hands into my eyes, trying to wipe away the tears. Looking at the photo of Veronica I one last time I turn around and walk back out of her bedroom.
"Did you wanna help Mac and I with the bus crash case?" She says, as she stops and turns around to face me.
"Yeah, sure." I say, without hesitation.
I follow Veronica into the other room. Dick looks up as I walk into the room, and I can tell he knows something has changed between Veronica and I. I smile at him weakly, and he frowns slightly. He gets up and walks over to me.
"You alright man?" He asks, completely serious.
"Yeah, you know."
"Yeah." He says, nodding his head in understanding. That's the thing about best friends that are guys; they don't need an hour-long conversation to talk about their feelings. When you are as close as Dick and I, you can read each other so easily; it only takes a second to know what the other is thinking. He knows that Veronica and I are friends again, and he knows that I still like her and that it is killing me that she is with Duncan. Dick slaps me on the back and we stand behind Mac and Veronica, as Veronica sets up her laptop.
"Okay, so far we have found out that there was an explosion just before the bus went over the edge, and a rat was taped under one of the seats of the bus making the rich kids get a limo back to school instead." Veronica says, going through her notes with Mac looking over her shoulder.
"We have?" Dick asks, blankly. He has been trying not to think about the crash. He was a mess afterwards, thinking about what would have happened if he hadn't got in the limo, or if Cassidy hadn't got in it. Dick truly loves his brother, and could never want him to be hurt. Even if Dick is hard on the guy, deep down he loves him to bits.
"Yes, Dick. Keep up." Mac jokes, a smile lightening up her face, making Dick chuckle. Dick puts his hand on the back of Mac's chair, and looks down at her with a soft smile. Whoa Dick! What is this; do you have a thing for Veronica's geeky friend? I smile and store this information in my brain for later.
"Ah, Dick." Veronica turns around to face Dick, who has a slice of pizza halfway to his mouth. "Kendall isn't who she says she is. Her real name is Priscilla Banks; she killed the real Kendall Shifleff and two others in a car crash. Kendall was working with Liam Fitzpatrick's brother Cormac. They were con artists and Kendall took the rap for him, serving six months for wire fraud."
"Never trusted her. She's a full on bitch." He replies, shrugging his shoulders.
"Yeah, well. If you and Beaver die at the same time she inherits all your money, seeing as your Dad has left the country." Veronica says. I look at her to see if she's joking.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Dick asks, shock and fear apparent in his eyes. "You think Kendall blew up the bus to kill Beav and me?"
"She's one of many suspects." Veronica replies coolly.
~Flashback over~
A/N: Hope you liked it! Please review and tell me what you think :)
