Chapter 5- A Bit of Awkwardness

Disclaimer: I do not own Veronica Mars, no matter how much I would wish/dream it. The characters and main plotline is owned by Rob Thomas.

A/N: I swear I didn't die! haha... I'm so sorry that it's been months since I've last updated, but I had the worst semester between Feb and May, then my summer was jam-packed... not to mention I had a pretty bad writer's block... And yeah, this chapter's not that long (another sorry!!), but it was all that would come to my mind for this story! I managed to get myself hooked on Twilight in June, when I saw the first teaser trailer (one of those people who has to read the books before I see the movie haha), so my brain's been taken over by a shiny vampire... or seven. haha. BUT, I finally managed to update you guys... since we needed to get Veronica out of jail somehow, right?!

Logan let his gaze shift uncomfortably to the petite blonde sitting in the passenger seat. After the stress Veronica had gone through in the past few hours, the upcoming conversation seemed like the last thing that should be started, but he knew that he had no choice but to bring it up. He opened his mouth to speak, paused, and ruffled his hair with his hand. Instead of continuing his thoughts out loud, Logan let his mind drift back just a little.

.:Flashback:.

Logan still couldn't believe he was walking into the NYPD headquarters, when he heard his name being shouted behind him. He stopped walking briefly to let Leo catch up to him, and the two walked towards the cells in anything but silence.

"So, Logan, I see that you ran into Veronica." Leo eyed him suspiciously, remembering the trouble from back in Neptune days.

"It's not what you're thinking dep. We had dinner, and went to a show. Pretty basic. Old friends catching up, ya know?"

"Whatever, Echolls, I just don't want to see Veronica get hurt again."
"I wasn't the one who put her behind bars, now was I?"

They were at the metal door, where the blonde in question sat on the other side. Both men stood in silence for what felt like eternity to Logan. Finally, he went to reach for the door, and was once again interrupted by Leo's voice.

"Have you talked to her about it?"

"Not yet."

With that, he opened the door and found himself face to face with Veronica behind bars.

"Well, now this is a change in scenario."

"Whatever, Logan, just thanks for coming to get me."

He couldn't erase the smirk that played on his face the whole time he watched Leo release her from her prison, but not even Veronica could notice the tense feeling behind the smile in his eyes.

.:End Flashback:.

Once he brought himself back to the present day, Logan decided to let the subject in his mind drop, and instead decided to tease the little blonde into curiosity.

"So… I see you ran into that cop-buddy of yours. Did he put you behind bars for being too damn sexy for your own good?"



Veronica couldn't help but roll her eyes. It was obvious that the charm of the old Logan still existed in part in his new persona.

"Well?" Apparently, he wasn't going to take silence for an answer either.

"No, Logan, I didn't." A smile played on her face. "I'm not you, you know."

He chuckled at her statement, making sure she knew it didn't go unnoticed.

"What was the reason, then? You wouldn't let him take you to a play, and he got jealous?"

"It was just work business, ok?"

"Sure it was… so did you run into any other exes while you were here? Because, I need to know, in case your buddy Piz wants to get into another fight.. although I would hope that he would be past the childness." He joked, hoping it would catch her interest. It did.

"What is that about Piz?"

"Miss FBI not keeping tabs on all of her ex lovers? Well, now, that's a shock."

"Logan… what do you know that I don't?"

He grinned, he knew he had her complete attention.

"Well, Piz is in New York as well. We really should try to get in touch with him, maybe we could have a reunion of your fan club. Although, it might be easier to just call him while he's on the air, rather than trying to get in touch with him when he's not in the studio."

"PIZ HAS A SHOW?!"

"Yes, Miss Mars, your college lover has hit it big in the Big Apple."

He let her sit in silence for a good twenty minutes, while she pondered over the fact that all—well, almost all—of her ex-boyfriends from Neptune were in the same city once again. Logan wondered if Veronica was thinking about how strange it was to have so much of her past in the same place, and then his mind brought him back to the questions he really needed to ask her.

"Veronica…"

She looked up at him with an amused expression on her face, which she quickly dropped when she noticed how tense and uncomfortably pained his face had changed into.

"Yeah Logan?"

"What is it about Ducan that you're afraid to tell Leo and the FBI?"

A/N: as I said, not the longest chapter in the world, and I do apologize for that... but, where I ended it does give me possibilities as for where to take it, so I'm hoping it'll turn out alright in the end. As always, R&R.

For those Piz fans, you might get lucky, and he might appear. keep on the look out!

Hugs,
KMac