A/N: I don't think I have anything to say other than you guys are awesome. Everyone pause for a second and give yourself a pat on the back.

Chapter 3: Forgetting Becky Marshall

With the most obnoxious sound known to man waking him the next morning and a strategically placed phone across the room, Logan was successfully able to get out of bed on time in the morning. After a quick shower and about five minutes spent on his hair, he was ready to go with plenty of time to spare.

Veronica's morning was drastically different. The previous evening, with all of the commotion of her father leaving, she had forgotten to set her alarm. Thankfully her phone went off, alerting her of a new text message, not too long after her normal alarm should have woken her.

Mac wanted to know if Veronica was coming to breakfast in the cafeteria since they were serving her favorite Hearst breakfast dish: waffles. Veronica sent a quick reply to Mac, informing her of the situation and sadly declined, making a dash for the shower.

She chose make up over her blow dryer, opting to let her hair dry naturally and comfortable clothes over complicated. Looking into the fridge she remembered her father mentioning something the night before about forgetting to go to the grocery store. The cabinet lacking coffee confirmed that story and with a sigh she took Backup out for his morning walk empty-handed.

By the time she made it to campus and found a place to park, she was running later than usual. She made it to class just on time and spotted Logan sitting next to her empty desk. He had made it after all, and was early. Color her impressed.

He smiled at her as she took the chair next to him and handed her the coffee and muffin he had bought her on his way in; being early has its perks. Logan sat silently, sipping his own coffee, amused by the rare occurrence of Veronica Mars in frantic mode.

"Class, settle down," the professor began her lecture, "I understand there are only a few classes left, which is all the more reason to make them count. Today I will be assigning partners for our final project in this class. As you all remember in the syllabus, you, with your partner, will work on a presentation on one of the chapters we've covered this semester, one pair per chapter. I will give you the remainder of the class period to meet with your partner to discuss. So, without further delay… Samantha Alvarez and Matthew Yaz… Courtney Babylon and Amanda White…"

She continued pairing names in that fashion, first with last until they met up in the middle. Groans and cheers could be heard around the room as partners were announced. "Logan Echolls and…" she read down her list, "Becky Marshall."

Logan was disappointed; a group assignment would be the perfect excuse to spend some time together. He was so close too. Marshall. Mars. Really?

"Excuse me, Dr. Harris," a girl in the middle of the room said, raising her pen and cracking her gum, "Becky dropped this stupid class last week."

Apparently this girl also had an issue with the class, and it was heard in the sigh from Dr. Harris. She looked down her list again and penciled in a few changes, "well, that does work out for the best then. Now we have an even number. So, where was I…?" Dr. Harris adjusted her glasses and again looked to her list, "Logan Echolls and Veronica Mars."

After a few more names were read, Dr. Harris let the class split off into their pairs. Logan looked to Veronica who was typing away on her laptop. "So, did you happen to read our chapter?" she asked hopefully, turning to look at him.

Logan smiled and pulled the textbook from his bag, revealing it to still be in its shrink-wrapped plastic packaging, "which chapter was it?" It really didn't matter; he hadn't read a single page from that book.

"I'm impressed that you not only own and identified the correct book, but that you also brought it to class with you. Good job," Veronica said with a smile before finishing her coffee and putting the cup in the empty muffin bag. That surprise definitely made her morning, although she would never admit it.

It would appear that Friday morning classes weren't always bad things. "When did you want to work on this?" he asked, flipping through his notebook on the off chance he had notes on their assigned chapter, "Are you free this afternoon?"

"I was going to have lunch with Mac and Wallace in the cafeteria and then head home to let Backup out," she paused before clarifying, "Dad forgot to go to the store so there is like no food in the apartment. I should probably do that this afternoon as well. Maybe this weekend?"

Logan shook his head, "I'm going to TJ with Dick and Casey…" He stopped talking when he saw the disapproving look on her face. Instant fight, just add Mexico. "What?"

She looked away and crossed her arms, "nothing, just… nothing." Veronica thought of his track record with trips to Mexico. He went with Luke and Sean, brought back GHB, which ultimately lead to her rape. Not his fault, but still associated with a trip of his to Mexico. He used Mexico as an alibi for Lilly's murder, which did not end well. He went to Mexico with Troy and Luke, which was a complete mess that she somehow got involved in. He was "with" Mercer in Mexico during one of the rapes and the hotel burned down and they left like cowards. Honestly, why did he keep going to Mexico?

"No, go ahead, tell me," Logan pushed, trying not to get angry. She always hated his trips to Mexico.

She looked around the classroom, "I'm not having this discussion with you, not here, not now."

A/N: I know. I'm awful. But I had to. I really had to have them fight. That was the point, wasn't it? Go ahead, use that lovely box down there to tell me how much you hate me for having them argue. It's okay. I can take it.