PIZ POV

Piz looked out at Veronica sitting at the coffee table. He tried to keep the sadness off his face. They had been together for several years now and their life was good. This was the woman of his dreams but he knew he wasn't the man of her dreams. He didn't doubt for one second that she cared for him, that she loved him, but it wasn't enough. She was an addict and one day it would blow up in all of their faces. Addicted to the investigative job and addicted to…well, addicted to a certain individual man. He knew that Veronica hadn't seen Logan since she left Hearst but it still hurt knowing that she felt something towards him, he could see it in her eyes. Piz was the safe option. There was only one question left on his mind: should he wait for this all to blow up in their faces or should he take that one step he had left, that one thing he could control, and break it off? He ran through all their memories together. They had been together for so long that he couldn't imagine a life without Veronica.

The high school reunion was the final piece of the puzzle.

VERONICA POV

The moment she steps inside the Neptune High bubble she knows she is doomed.

It's wonderful seeing her friends again. Wallace and Jackie have baby number two on their way. They want Veronica and Mac to be the godmothers to both these children.

"Don't forget, you are a marshmallow." Wallace smiles at Veronica when he notices her wide grin.

There were, however, two people she doesn't expect to see at this reunion. Well, there are more, like Duncan, but he isn't here.

Logan and Dick are standing at a high table, deep in conversation. Veronica's breath runs out and she swallows.

It's only Mac's voice that brings her back to the present.

"Need a drink?" Mac asks with a smirk. She must've seen Veronica staring at Logan.

She knows it's wrong. Piz and her have a good thing going. She has a great and stable job. Everything is great, yet, there is a strange hole inside of her. It isn't the same kind of hole that Duncan and Lily left, it's deeper.

"Yeah." Veronica sighs.

There is something off about Mac but Veronica can't quite pinpoint what it is. She'll have plenty of time to ask her later.

"So, anyone special in your life?" Veronica asks Mac. Mac fidgets and avoids Veronica's eyes.

"…maybe…" Mac replies and Veronica's smile grows.

"Well don't leave a girl hanging. Do tell!"

"Ah, maybe later, yeah? I promise." Mac says and Veronica frowns, but lets it go.

The night is going well and for the most part Veronica manages to avoid Logan and any thoughts of Logan.

The four of them talk, going both for nostalgic conversations, carefully steering away from Logan-related topics, and catching up with what's going on in their lives at the moment.

That is until Dick walks over to their table. Veronica tries to avoid cringing but it's her automatic response to anything related to Dick. She knows it isn't fair. She knows it isn't completely Dick's fault what happened to Veronica at that fateful party. He isn't his brother yet she knows that Dick pushed his brother overboard, she knows that Dick had been ignorant, and she couldn't help but want to throw all blame on him. He looked too much like his brother. She never told her friends and she wasn't planning on it.

"Well isn't it Veronica Mars and her gang." Dick says. She can see that he's had a few drinks but his constant joyful expression remains on his face.

"Dick." Veronica nods. Dick looks at Mac and smiles gently. It confuses Veronica but before she can think about it the man she has been avoiding makes an appearance.

"Dick, do you know whe—" Logan begins but stops when he sees who's standing in front of him and Dick. Their eyes meet and it sparks all the past inside Veronica before she looks away.

"Logan." She nods at him.

"A bit formal tonight Ronnie, don't ya think?" Dick laughs.

There's an awkward silence.

Dick puts his arm around Mac and she partially returns the gesture. Everything inside Veronica's head clicks. This is the man Mac wouldn't tell her about. She snaps.

Tightening her jaw and glaring at the pair, she stomps out of there.

"What the hell is her problem?" Dick asks.

Veronica's clenching her hands when someone touches her shoulder gently.

The person comes to stand in front of her. It's Logan. She wants to both punch him and hug him, all at the same time.

"Don't you dare say anything about me being overly dramatic. You know perfectly well why I don't like him." She snarls and notices everyone in that group turn towards them. She sighs. She thought they were out of earshot but apparently not.

"I know." Logan says with sadness in his eyes.

"I don't want Mac to get hurt." Veronica says.

"Dick would never hurt her. He's a good man. He's changed. We all have." Logan says.

"Perhaps. But that doesn't mean I have to forgive him." She says.

"Holding grudges, huh?"

"No, that's your thing. And this isn't a grudge, you know that."

He decides to ignore her jab.

"He doesn't know, Veronica. He doesn't know what happened…And you forgave me."

"I have no need to make up with him. It's not like I ever have to see him again." She ignores the last part.

"I won't tell you what to do. But don't ruin this night for yourself. Go back over there, be with your friends." Logan says gently.

"That would go against me trying to avoid you." She says.

"You were trying to avoid me?" Logan asks.

"Haven't you?"

He hangs his head in defeat.

"I should go." She says and leaves without another word.