Title: Maybe
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Veronica/Logan
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 610
Summary: One-shot, will possibly become a two-shot. Season 2. Veronica comes to a startling realization.


"So, do you have me on a crucifix yet?"

Logan's question snapped Veronica out of her thoughts. "What?" she asked with narrowed eyes.

"You heard me. Do you have me on a crucifix yet? Every time I don't live up to your expectations of what I should be, that's what it feels like."

She rolled her eyes. "You're using an innocent girl's feelings to help yourself. How is that right?"

"How is it right that I go to jail for something I didn't do?" he retorted harshly. "I don't see you singing the injustice of that. Unless, of course, you believe I actually did it." The last part was stated softly.

Unable to help yourself, she felt her heart soften a little towards Logan. "No, I don't believe you did it. I never believed you did it, but it's still wrong to use a girl who really likes you. She's going to end up getting her heart broken."

Logan looked at the ground. "Maybe I actually like her."

"But her father..."

"I didn't know who her father was when I first met her. I liked her before that. If I'm going to be with her anyways, I might as well as use it to get free from these false charges."

Veronica swallowed. She had never thought Logan's feelings might be genuine. "You like her?"

He shrugged nonchalantly. "A little bit. So what?"

"Um, I have to go. Need to speak to a teacher." She gathered her textbooks and quickly left, ignoring Logan's shocked expression.

The only thing going through her mind was, 'Logan likes her.'


That day, when the final school bell rang, Veronica found herself sitting back at the very same table, trying to figure out why she was feeling the way she was feeling.

"Hey, Veronica," Mac said, joining her at the table.

Veronica didn't look up from hands. "I got angry at Logan because I thought he was using Hannah. And when I confronted him about it, he admitted that he might be getting something out of the relationship, but that didn't mean he didn't like Hannah."

"And?"

Veronica heard the amusement behind that one word, and she finally allowed her eyes to meet Mac's. "And, that bothers me. It bothers me a lot. I didn't think he actually liked her, and it annoys me that he does. Why?'

She laughed. "Veronica, you're not a stupid girl. You know why it bothers you."

"I don't want that to be true, though. How can I possibly still have feelings for him? Duncan was my true love."

Mac bit her bottom lip uncertainly, as if she was deciding if she should say what she was thinking. She must have decided in the affirmative. "No, he wasn't. He was the safe choice, the one that didn't make you crazy with emotion. Maybe the innocent Veronica Mars, the only before Lilly was murdered would have had Duncan as her true love, but that doesn't work for the more cynical Veronica Mars, and deep down, you know that is true. Cynical Veronica Mars needs someone as cynical as her, someone that fights with her and makes her think. And that has always been Logan Echolls."

"So, what do I do?"

"Tell Logan," Mac suggested.

"He likes Hannah," she argued.

"That doesn't mean he stopped liking – no, loving – you."

Veronica looked across the courtyard and saw Logan staring at her and Mac. His eyes held an emotion in them, an emotion they always held, an emotion that before now, she stubbornly ignored. "Maybe," she whispered, wondering if she could actually follow her heart for once. Take a risk. 'Maybe,' her mind echoed.