A/N: So much for me thinking that I'd have more time to post in the holidays! I've been away, and ill, so that will have to be a good enough excuse for not posting anything since before christmas. Hope you've all had good holidays and that, I'm back in school on Wednesday, unluckily! But I always write more in termtime, so I'll be posting more soon. If anyone has any ideas about what Logan should do to win Veronica back I'd be grateful for them, since I'm pretty much making this up as I go along! I only own the storyline, the rest is the maker's. enjoy.
Veronica got about halfway through her history test before she remembered the letter.
"Shit!" She practically yelled it, and the entire class turned to look at it. "Sorry. Just, uh, realised that I filed in every answer one question below.." she trailed off, and sent apologetic glances at the teacher in charge. But her mind was no longer on the test in front of her, and she only managed to fill in 30 answers out of 60.
"So, Sean said you had a bit of an outburst during the test." Duncan said, tentatively, at lunch.
"Got your friends spying on me, Kane?" She joked, buying herself time to think of a good lie. 'I realised that a letter admitting that I love Logan not you is lying in the suite' was obviously not the best thing to tell your boyfriend.
"No, he just mentioned it during math, and I wondered what got you so worked up that you jeopardised your results in a test you've studied really hard for." Duncan started gabbling, worried that she was accusing him. She realised that this was just one more thing that she didn't like about Duncan; if she had said that to Logan he would have played along, or just laughed in her face.
"Woah there Duncan, I'm kidding. I realised that I'd filled in all my answers wrong, and then I had to spend the rest of the test correcting them, so I don't think I did so great." She frowned. What the hell was she gonna do about that letter?
What the hell was he gonna do about that letter? Logan had been pondering the best course of action since Veronica and Duncan left that morning, and had got no further than the decision that he had to talk to her about it, but also spare Duncan's feelings.
"But how the hell am I gonna do that?" He muttered, frustrated. He threw his glass of tequila across the room. It was the same one he'd poured himself during the night, and it was still half full. He'd never gone so long without wanting a proper drink, that was just what Veronica did to him. Made him stop thinking about everything except her.
"Hey, man, how was your day of loving?" Duncan laughed as he entered the suite.
"Oh. It didn't, uh, it didn't happen." Logan hurriedly sat on the pad of paper he'd been using to write down his ideas. The last thing he wanted was Duncan to find them before he'd had a chance to work out his plan. "So, how about a guys night? To round off my day without women. We can drink too much and play video games." He could do with taking his mind off Veronica and her damn letter. Unfortunately, the universe had other plans for him.
"Duncan, do you have any food at all up here?" Veronica's voice drifted through from the makeshift kitchen area, where the table and minibar live. "I mean seriously, it's all beer and spirits. What do you guys eat when I'm not around?" She laughed, and came into the main room. "Oh, hey Logan." She looked nervous, and Logan noticed her eyes dart towards the spot on the couch where he found the letter.
"What's up, Mars? How was the history test?" He asked, trying to keep everything neutral and stop himself from yelling out that he knows all about the letter.
"Crap. Really not good. I didn't get farther than half way through." She said, and then blushed. Logan wondered what about a history test could have embarassed her, but Veronica Mars is a complicated girl, and he knows there's no point trying to work her out. "On second thoughts, a drink is exactly what I need." She hurried back to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of beer.
"So I guess that's a 'no' to guys night?" Logan asked, as the girl he might well love walked back into the room and flopped on the floor. "Don't you have somewhere to be, Mars?" He realised that he had sounded harsher than intended, and felt bad when he saw Veronica flinch.
"My Dad is still out of town actually, Logan. But I can leave if you really want me to. Wallace offered me movie night, with real food." She tried to not to show how much Logan's harsh words hurt her, and stood up to leave. "I only came back here today, because I've lost a page of notes somewhere, and I need them for tomorrow." She started foraging around in the couch, looking frantically for her letter without letting the boys know what she was doing.
Logan surreptitiously slid the letter back under a cushion when Veronica wasn't looking, so that she didn't realise he'd seen it. Her hand connected with it,and she stretched up triumphantly.
"Enjoy boys night. I'll see you tomorrow, babe." She kissed Duncan and bent to pick up her bag.
"Can I see what the notes are?" Duncan tried to take the page out of her hand, but she jerked it away.
"It's just Trig. Nothing interesting. Bye." She waved and left quickly, just glad that no one had seen the letter before she'd retrieved it.
Back in the suite, Logan decided that he had to act sooner rather than later.
