-1Chapter 2:

"Veronica! Logan is here." She heard her mother call from down stairs.

"Okay. Send him up." She yelled, turning off her flat iron. She was a little confused as to why he was there. The party didn't start for another 15 and, besides that, they couldn't arrive together. That would be too suspicious.

A few seconds later, Logan opened the bedroom door and entered. He was already dressed for the party in a pair of jeans and a nice shirt. "Well, don't you look handsome." Veronica smirked, standing up to look at him.

"You look pretty good too." He grinned, scanning her body. She was wearing a jean skirt with one of those fitted t-shirts, it read 'Single' in big letters across the chest. "Single, huh?"

"I'm just trying to throw them off the trail." She replied innocently, as he moved towards her. Grabbing her waist, he leaned down to kiss her.

"What was that for?"

"You turned me on earlier." He whispered, kissing her neck.

"And I didn't even try. Wow. I'm talented." She joked, enjoying his kisses.

"I like jealous Veronica." He told her.

"Do you?" She smirked with satisfaction.

He nodded. "I'm a big fan."

"Well, she kind likes you too."

"Good." He breathed, kissing her lips once more and backing them towards the bed, until they fell backwards onto the mattress, never breaking their kiss. "I have to get this all out now, because I know I can't do it tonight." He explained needlessly, as she pulled his lips back to hers.

"We should get going now." She pointed out, looking at the alarm clock beside her bed.

"They can wait."

"Yes. Good idea. We'll both show up late at the exact same time."

He let out a frustrated sigh and stood up, holding out his hand to pull her up. "Time to put our GAME faces on." She exaggerated the word GAME, reminding him that she was still worried about Lily.

"Hey." He grabbed her hand as she started to walk away. "Come here." He order, wrapping his hand around her waist. "You have nothing to worry about. I promise."

"Good. Cause if anything happens, I'm gonna round up Jennie Copper and we're coming after your sorry butt." She warned, poking him in the chest.

Logan and Veronica followed each other to the party in separate cars, but before they left they agreed that Veronica would go in a few minutes before him. "V!" Lilly was the first person to greet her when she entered the house. There weren't many people there, only about 15. "I'm so glad more people are arriving. I invited at least 50 so more party goers should arrive soon. " She explained, grabbing Veronica's hand and pulling her into the kitchen. "Here, Have a beer." She order, grabbing a can from the fridge and handing to her. "There's drinking card games over here. Beer pong in the dining room and strip poker out but the pool. Did you bring your suit?"

"It's under my clothes." Veronica replied, feeling bombarded by all the information that Lilly was throwing at her.

"Oh you suck." Lilly frowned, "I wanted to get you skinny dipping tonight."

"Sorry to disappoint." Veronica shrugged, amused by her friend.

"Oh there's Duncan. I talked to him after you left this afternoon and he's totally still open to you two, so I put a few suggestions into his head."

"What?"

"What? Come on. Have some fun."

"Yes. Please. Have some fun, Veronica." Logan's interrupted from behind the girls, wrapping his arm around Veronica's shoulders. Dearing move on his part. "And just what sort of fun do you have planned for Miss. Mars, Lilly?"

"Well, I'm about to reunite her with her long lost love a.k.a. my brother."

"Oh yeah? That's exciting." Logan looked down at his girlfriend. "Isn't that exciting Veronica?"

"Thrilling." She nodded, unenthusiastically.

"I'll be over here getting drunk. You enjoy that." He told her, sounding a little annoyed. Was jealous Logan starting to rare his head. Veronica lifted an eyebrow, this could be fun after all.

A few hours later all of the guests that Lilly had promised had arrived and were considerably wasted by now. Veronica, Lilly and Duncan sat in the kitchen playing a game of 'Kings'

"Back! Haha Duncan you drink." Lilly teased, throwing her card down. "Veronica. Your turn."

"Okay." She reached to the pile and picked one of the remaining cards.

"5. Guys drink." Lilly called out loud with a laugh.

"Why do I get the feeling that you two are against me?" Duncan wondered, taking another sip of his drink.

Lilly's smile widened, when she spotted Logan enter the kitchen for a drink refill. "Logan! Get over here." She yelled. "I'm tired of this game. We're all gonna play spin the bottle."

"I don't really want to do that." Veronica protested.

"Aww come on. It's just a game, Veronica." Logan deared.

"Fine. I'm in." She agreed, accepting his challenge.

"You and You." She pointed at two other people. "Let's go. Spin the bottle." Grabbing an empty beer bottle from the counter, she sat on the kitchen floor and everyone formed a circle. Lilly made sure that Logan was sitting beside her. On the opposite side of the circle Veronica was sitting beside Duncan and glared nervously at her boyfriend.

"I will go first." Lilly offered, placing the bottle on the ground and spinning it with drunken carelessness. The bottle turned a few times before landing on Duncan. "Ewww I'm not kissing my brother. That's the only rule!" She insisted. "Duncan just spin the bottle."

He did and it landed on one of the guys across the circle. "Your spin man."

"No way! You didn't even kiss him." Lilly protested.

"I'm not kissing a guy." Duncan made a face.

"Well, this game better get better soon." She sighed, "Spin the damn bottle."

The boy took his turn spinning the bottle and it landed on Veronica. Glancing quickly at Logan, she could see that he wasn't exactly enthusiastic about the kiss, but it was just a game and he didn't seem to be too affected. Veronica gave the boy a quick peek on the lips and sat back in her place, before grabbing the bottle and giving it a turn. She secretly hoped that it wouldn't land on Logan. What if it did? Would everyone notice that it wasn't the first time they kissed. It didn't land on Logan, instead she got Lilly.

Lilly, being herself, leaned forward sensually and kissed her friend, but the second Veronica felt tongue in her mouth she pulled away. All of the people gathered around the game watching were cheering and cat calling, especially the guys.

"My turn." Lilly grinned, spinning the bottle. It landed on Logan.

Veronica's back tensed up as she fixed her eyes on Logan's face looking for any hint of excitement that he would get to kiss Lilly again. "I guess wishes do come true." Lilly smirked, grabbing the back on Logan's neck and pushing her lips against his. As he tried to pull away, Lilly tightened her grip to prevent him from moving.

Logan finally managed to release himself from Lilly's grip, but he could tell that Veronica was getting visibly upset. She looked sad, angry and uncomfortable. He spun the bottle and it landed on her. It took her a few second to realize that the bottle had landed on her, but as soon as she did she felt something taking over her body.

In one swift movement, she surged towards him and grabbed both sides of her boyfriends face. She could feel Logan hesitate for a moment, surprised by her reaction. He was sure that she would have given him a timid little kiss, but he wasn't complaining. Lifting his hands, he dug his fingers through her hair and enjoyed the intensity of the kiss which had now become more of a minor make out session.

Veronica pulled away quickly and looked around the room at shocked faces. Suddenly, she felt her cheek turning bright red and the room seemed to be closing in on her. "Excuse me." She breathed, rushing out of the room.

"Veronica." Logan called, going after her without thinking.

The entire room stood in silence for some time after the scene, with Lilly and Duncan at the heart of the confusion.