Disclaimer: I do not own "Veronica Mars". Rob Thomas does.

AN: My first attempt to write a fan fiction. I'm from Belgium, so if there's something weird in my writing (and it's not the content), then I blame the fact I don't have to speak or write English most of the time. That would be Dutch I have to use. Anyway, have fun with this chapter and please review, if you like it or not. (A)

This story begins where season 1 of "Veronica Mars" ended.

Impatiently, Logan waited in front of his house for a taxi to arrive. Since the house was all his and he did not want to invite his friends over all the time, he felt alone most of that time. That's why he had put an ad in the paper offering a room at his house for a fair rent. A few weeks after the ad appeared in the paper, a girl had called to ask if the room was still available. He had said it was and that she could come over any time to see if she wanted to rent it or not. The girl had just asked how much it would cost her and after receiving the answer she had said she would take it and had asked immediately when she could move in. Logan had been a little shocked but had tried not to show it when he said a date.

That date has come and there was a yellow cab stopping in front of his house. The driver got out and slowly walked to the boot, when one of the doors leading to the backseat swung open. A girl, with dark blond hair, tied up in a ponytail, wearing blue jeans and a black strapless top, appeared. When she stepped out of the car, she looked at the house for a second and then her eyes were focused on Logan.

"Logan Echolls?" she asked.

"Uh, yeah." Logan did not know what to say more. He just shook the hand of the girl instead of saying 'nice to meet you'.

The girl smiled. "My name is Julia Matthews."

When she heard the cab driver closed the boot, she turned around to the man and paid him, before looking back at Logan. "I'm sorry I didn't come to check the place out first. But I really did not feel like staying any longer at my parent's house."

Logan just nodded and then managed to find his voice back. "I'll show you your room."

He picked up one of Julia's suit cases and headed for the room, while Julia picked up her other suit case and followed Logan into the house.

Logan brought her to his parent's bedroom. He couldn't let Julia stay in Trina's bedroom, because his sister sometimes decided she wanted to sleep in her own bed instead of the beds of whatever hotel, wherever in the world.

Of course Logan had taken the personal things of his parents to his own room, where he had put the things in a box and stored it under his bed, out of sight.

"This is the room where you will be sleeping," Logan began to say as his cell phone decided to ring. "I'll show you the bathroom, the kitchen and the living room in a minute."

He walked to his own bedroom before picking up his phone. "Well, well… Hello, sweet Veronica."

Veronica sighed. She was sitting on the couch, holding her cell phone against her ear.

"Logan." she said teasing. "Can you pick me up tomorrow on your way to school? My car is at the garage and my dad is out of town."

"I'm no chauffeur, you know. And no bus driver either," Logan answered her trough the phone, sounding a bit annoyed.

"Yes, I know," Veronica tried again. "Please." She hoped Logan still could not say 'no' to her Bambi-like voice, which matched her Bambi-like eyes.

"You sure do know how to get your way. I'll pick you up at eight."

"Thank you so much." Veronica actually meant what she said. She hated going to school by bus and she was glad her ex-boyfriend still wanted to give her a ride to school. Their senior year started the next day. Veronica did not know what her feelings should be about that fact.

She shrugged and dropped her cell phone in her bag on her way to the kitchen to make some hot chocolate before she turned on the TV to watch the news.

Julia had started unpacking when Logan came back to the room.

"I can show you the rest of the house now, if you want."

Julia turned around and looked at Logan. "I'd like that, but could I first watch the news please?"

"The news? Uh… Sure…" Logan headed to the living room where he turned on the TV. "Now you know where the living room is. And the TV." He added when he dropped himself on the nearest couch.

Julia sat down in another couch en watched the news very attentive.

When the news had ended, Veronica turned off the TV and decided to go to bed early.

One item of the news kept going through her head: in a town not far from Neptune, a man and a woman were murdered. Each of them had a bullet in the head and they were found in one of the containers they used for garbage in one of the dark alleys.

Thinking about that, Veronica laid down on her bed, staring at her ceiling.


AN: I'm sorry this chapter is rather short. I hope to write some longer chapters in the future. Please review. :)