Not like you expected
"Come on Logan, just give me your keys. Leo, can you follow us in your car? "
"No. No! No. No. 'Cause tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999. Hey, who's this dude?"
"As I have told you now three times, this is the friendly officer of the law who is going to overlook your underage public drunkenness. "
"Crockett or Tubbs? "
"Logan! Come on, give me your keys or I'll get them myself!"
"Try."
Great! First Meg and Duncan and now I have to take care of a very drunk Logan. Can this day get any worse?
Leo eyed them suspiciously. After some seconds of struggling she finally managed to get hold of his keys.
"Come on, let's go!"
With a little help from Leo she managed to get Logan out of the school and to his car. She put him in the passenger seat and then turned to talk to Leo.
"I'm going to take him to my appartement."
"But-"
"No way I'm going to take him home in his condition. And I don't think this is the best way for him to see all of his mother's things again. No, I'm going to take him with me. Dad's out of town for the next few days and I think this is the best way. See you at my apartment?"
"I dont't have any options here, do I?"
"I don't think so."
With these words she turned to the X-Terra and got in. Logan was asleep. His head resting on the window. Veronica thought about fastening his seatbelt but decided not to. Logan waking up, because I'm leaning over him so he gets a nice look at me isn't a great idea. Meg is so going to pay for this costume.
So she just started the car and drove home. Checking him every ten seconds or so to see if he was still breathing, Veronica thought about the day so far. First getting dragged to this stupid dance by Meg. Then finding out her Casanova had been Duncan. Seeing them together and crying over him just to get found by Leo. And last but not least drunken Logan. Yeah, the day really turned out great! Logan should wear some pants. He must be getting cold. What the hell are you thinking Veronica Mars? This is California. You don't get a cold just because you don't wear any pants. Logan looks rather good without them. Okay stop now. Logans bare legs are not affecting you. He's just the boy you used to hang out with until you got all enemy-ish. Nothing more. You don't even like him and neither does he like you. So why getting all girly?
At this moment she realized she was already at her apartment.
"Come on Logan. Wake up!"
But Logan stayed asleep. Not until she hit him did he wake up.
"Wha-? Ronnie? Where are we?"
"At my apartment. Could you perhaps consider helping me by getting out of your car alone?"
"Sure."
As Veronica got out of the X-Terra Leo arrived with her own car. Just a few seconds after him some other car pulled up and some random guy got out.
"Hey Veronica!", Leo yelled at her. "This is my friend Todd, he's going to take me back to school to get my own car. Do you mind if I leave you now alone with him?"
"No, not at all. But thanks for being here today and helping out with Logan. It's just not his day. "
With this, she walked over to him and gave him a little kiss on the cheek. It was Logans turn now to eye them suspiciously.
"You're welcome. Call me sometime?"
"I will."
Leo got in the car of his friend and they both drove away.
"Young Love!"
"Oh shut up, Logan! Leo is a nice guy."
"If you say so."
"Other then some other guys."
"Whatever."
"Come on, let's get inside. I don't want to camp outside."
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"Why do you think, I'm not a nice guy?"
Well this question was a suprise. After they got in Logan let himself fall on the couch as Veronica got him some water. She sat down next to him and they stayed in complete silence until he asked this question a few seconds ago.
"Mmh. Let me think about that. Perhaps because you insulted me throughout the last year. Perhaps because you stopped being friends with me after what happened to Lilly. Shall I go on?"
"Okay, I get it. You hate me."
Wow,Logan getting all sentimental. That's something new.
"You're the perfect person to say that."
"Do you want to say that I hate you?'"
"Isn't that obvious?"
"But I don't hate you. I like you, you know that?"
"Okay Logan, you officially had a few drinks to much. Why don't you get some sleep. I'll bring you some blankets –"
"I'm not that drunk Veronica. Let's talk."
"This is not quite the right time to talk. Let's wait 'till tomorrow 'till you're sober again and then we'll see if you still want to talk, okay?"
"No, I want to talk right now. Do you hate me?"
Well let's see. Over a year, you tried to humiliate me. You and all your buddys turned your back on me. You made my life hell. But you're not in the state to hear this right now. And I actually don't know if I really do hate you.
"Veronica? Earth to Mars! You're still with me?"
"What? Yeah – Well, I don't actually hate you, but I can't say that I like you that much either."
"Oh. Yeah, you're right. I just thought after what happened –"
"What do you mean Logan? That we're going to be friends again, because you just realized how alone you really are and that I'm the only person who has been there for you after what happened to your mom? Did you really think I could just forget the whole last year? Forgive and forget? You're more stupid than I thought!"
"Okay Veronica, I get it! You don't like me, I can completely understand you. I just wanted you to know that I don't hate you. I think I never really did. I just needed someone to blame for Lilly's death and you were the best person for this job –"
"I know Logan."
"You do? How?"
Should I tell him? It's not that I could make this anymore worse.
"I bugged the student counsilor's office and I heard you talking to her."
"You did what?"
"Listen. I wanted to figure out some things."
"What things and why would you do that?" It seems that Logan is finally sobering up again
"Well, I'm investigating Lilly's murder to find out who killed her."
"You do what?"
Yeah defintely sober now. "Did you think I could live on knowing that her real murder was still out there? Abel Koontz didn't kill her. Im just trying to find out who did it."
"Are you sure?"
"Definetly."
"Then let me help you."
"What?"
"I said let me help you."
"I understood that I just don't get why youd want to do it."
"You don't get it? Hell, she was my girlfriend. Do you really think this doesn't bother me?"
"No Logan, that's not what I meant. It's just the fact that you want to help me. Do you really think we could stay five minutes without arguing or insulting the other?"
"What about the past five minutes."
"You don't think this was arguing? "
"You should know me better."
"Okay, so how do you think this is going to work?"
"How about you tell me what you know and if you're going somewhere to find out something new I'm coming with you."
"Let me think about it, okay? We talk about this tomorrow."
"Then I think it's time I should leave."
"What? NO! You're not going to leave in the middle of the night having that amount of alcohol."
"You don't know how much I had and I don't think your father would be too pleased to see me next morning like this."
"He's not here for the rest of the weekend. Don't worry."
"Are you trying to get me to sleep with you? Veronica Mars. I didn't know you were that kind of person."
"Don't you know I did almost every sportsmen at highschool? But no, that's not what I intended."
"I'm sorry."
"What?"
"You know, for being a jerk and all. I know it was stupid and I hurt you. I really want to be friends with you again. I know we can't just make a new start but please Ronnie, think about it. You were right. I don't have any friends left."
"Logan."
"No, don't say anything right now. Just promise me you think about it. Please."
"Okay...I'm going to get you some blankets and then you can sleep on the couch."
"Thanks Ronnie."
"Good night Logan."
"Night Ronnie."
As Veronica got into her bed tonight, she thought once more about the day. Maybe the day really wasn't that bad after all.