A/N: This is what I think would happen if Veronica would have left a message on Logan's voice mail during "Leave it to Beaver", which she should have done! This is only the first chapter, there will be more. I promise.

If Only She Had Left a Message

Aaron Echolls.

How could she have slept with Logan's father? How? How could she cheat on someone who loved her so much? Logan...Oh god, what is he going to do when he finds out? It was ironic how, even in light of recent events her mind always came back to Logan. She pulled out her phone and dialed his number with numb fingers. She was disheartened when his voicemail came on. She took the phone from her ear and stared at the button that said clearly in red "END". She had half a mind to hang-up and let him find out over the news or by a call from Trina explaining why their father was in prison…but…when she thought back to what he'd said at the beach she couldn't force herself to push the button. I blamed him for killing the only person he truly loved. I can't believe I was so stupid. His words floated through her mind and that's what kept her from walking straight to her car. He deserves to know…he deserves to hear it from me…so I can apologize. She looked around to make sure no one was looking and ducked behind a large tree.

Logan heard the phone ring, but it didn't matter. It was not as if anything mattered anymore. His girlfriend was dead, his mother was dead, his father abused him, and now as if things couldn't have gotten any worse, the person who he thought he could always count on, who would always be there, the person for which he had given up his status, his reputation, and most of his friends (including Duncan), the person who he thought he could have loved, thought he killed Lilly and hated him for it. What is there left for me here? Why do I go on living? What's the point? His toes lingered over the edge and he nearly fell over into the dark ocean. He wasn't drunk, in fact, he was seeing more clearly than he had his entire life. I could end things, I could stop the pain that I feel. I could just jump.

"Leave a message after the beep."

"Logan, it's me Veronica. I have something to tell you…it's something that you probably don't want to hear, but you have to know. Just please, I know I was a complete jerk, but this is important. Please don't make me say this to your voicemail." She begged through the phone. "I know you're there, please pick up, then you can go back to hating my guts." It almost hurt to say those words, she thought.

"I don't care what you have to say," he said unmoving from his spot looking over into the abyss. "It's not like it's going to change anything."

She took a deep breath and began whispering into the phone while looking behind her to make sure no one was listening. "Okay, fine. You have every right not to talk to me, but the least you can do is listen. The other night when I left the pool house when you went to go get drinks, I didn't leave because I was afraid of where we were 'going'. I found a video camera in the ceiling fan, and well…I thought it was yours."

He turned around and jumped down of the ledge and sat in his car not bothering to touch the phone. Okay, Veronica you've got my attention. But whatever it was he couldn't bring himself to talk to her. It was too hard. The hurt still lingered inside him, and talking to her would only make it ten times worse. So he settled on listening intently to what she had to say.

"But now I know it wasn't, and I'm so sorry I even thought for a moment that I couldn't trust you." She was hurry to add. "Well, 'Beaver' told me about how your alibi didn't hold up, and it seemed to me, and my father, that you had killed Lilly. All the evidence added up to that conclusion. Then when you told me about the letter, I had to see it. Deep down I wanted to prove you were innocent, and that seemed the only way to." She was rambling and she knew it, but it felt good to get it all out. Now to the hard part. "So I checked Lilly's air vents, and um….I found tapes there, but no letter. Duncan and I watched them and…….please Logan pick up…." She begged.

So this has to do with Lilly he thought. But he was too entranced in what she was saying to reach over and pick up the phone.

She didn't hear anything so she went on. "We watched them and it showed Lilly looking up into a camera in a fan. The same way I did. The date on the tape was the same as the day she died. We watched another from a few days earlier, and….it showed Lilly and….well you are going to find this out either way….it was a sex-tape of Lilly and your father." She paused for a second to let the shocking news soak in. "Apparently, they were having an affair when she found out about the tapes, took them and hid them in the vent. Aaron asked for them back and she said no. He went crazy and…well… killed her."

Logan sat there in disbelief. He felt as if he was going to throw up. Not a word escaped his lips, but his mind was working in overtime. Lilly had always wanted to disobey her parents, and he must've been perfect, more so than Weevil. At least sleeping with him was legal. It all made sense.

"I'm so sorry Logan. I'm sorry for assuming it was you. Please forgive me. And I'm sorry Lilly was cheating on you with your scumbag father. I'm sorry I got you arrested, and I'm sorry I was such a bitch." She wiped a lone tear from her cheek. "I'm going home right now; you can come over and watch the tapes with me and my dad. Just so you know I'm not making this up. Logan, please don't do anything stupid. I know how you are feeling. It feels like no one cares about you, but I care about you….and….I just don't know what I would do if something happened to you. I'll never doubt you again. Call me as soon as you can."

She got up and moved to step out from behind the tree when she heard a click on the other line. She stayed where she was. "Logan?"

He took a shaky breath. "Yeah," he whispered. "I…I can't believe it."

Veronica felt a small relief that he had chosen to talk to her instead of hmmm….let's say jumping off a bridge. "Oh god Logan, are you okay?"

He thought about it for a second "Technically, yes."

She felt the tears stinging her eyes. "I'm so sorry. I was just desperate to find out who'd killed her. I was willing to do anything. I do trust you."

"I expected nothing else from you." He muttered solemnly. "Where are you?"

"I'm at the Kane Estate."

"Why don't you stay there and I'll come get you?" he asked worried.

"Well, I would, but Aaron is here," she said. It seemed inappropriate to say 'your dad is here' under the circumstances. "I'm leaving right now and I'll call you when I get home. Come by my place later, so I can talk to you." She walked hurriedly to her car, but as she got in she heard motorcycle engines coming from Logan's end of the line. She took the phone from her ear just as she slammed the door shut.

Luckily, Aaron didn't see it.

Logan looked up to see Weevil and his gang riding down the street looking as menacing as they possibly could. He could tell they were looking for a fight.

"Well, well, well." Weevil said as he took of his helmet and put the kickstand up on his bike. "What do we have here?" He cracked his knuckles. "Guess what pretty boy. I am going to hurt you so bad you are gonna be wishing you never even knew Lilly. Let alone laid a hand on her."

"You guys have got it all wrong," he started to say but then he heard a muffled scream from the other end of the phone.

A familiar voice echoed in his ears. A voice that he had heard in the lowest parts of his life. A voice that made him feel like he was worthless. A voice that caused him so much pain. A voice that sounded so eerily angry that it gave him shivers. "Where are my tapes?" he shouted to Veronica. He heard her sobbing "I don't know. I don't know." He hung up not wanting Aaron to hear the motorcycles from his side of the line.

"Okay, Weevil, I'm gonna sum it up for yah because there's something that I have to do right now….so….here's Lilly's death in a nutshell. She was sleeping with not only you and me but my father too. He had camcorders set up in my guesthouse and she stole the tapes. He found out and…you guessed it…killed her." Weevil stared at him in disbelief so Logan tossed him his cell phone. "You don't believe me…well…listen to this."

Logan got in to his car and slammed the door, while turning back to Weevil and his gang after he was sure he'd heard the entire message. "Aaron knows she has the tapes, and I think she's in trouble. Are you gonna help me or not?"

"I owe V, and I want to make your pops pay." He threw him the cell phone and started up his bike. "Lead the way."

A/N: So…..what do you think? REVIEW! The next chapter will be better. Here's a taste: instead of Keith finding Veronica, Logan does. : ) I wish it could have been that way in the real season finale : (.