Another update for you! :) It's the long awaited first interaction between Veronica and Logan. Sorry that it's only friendly on one side though. I hope I got Veronica's part right, it was more difficult than I had thought in this chapter.

Responses:

Gemini Emerald Amethyst Malfoy: Cute? Wasn't exactly what I was going for, but oh well. I take what I get and as long as it's positive I ain't complaining.

Riley-the-Sadist848: Uhm, maybe. Not sure whether or how much I'll go into details with this one. The idea came to me while I was proof reading actually, and I wrote it down, it's one of the parts that I haven't fully worked out yet, though I got some ideas... Hope you enjoy this update :)

Enjoy Reading and Review, you know the drill! ;)

Chapter Six

"Watch me while I stand here,

Watch my feet,

My stance,

My Body-Language

I'm not someone to be messed with,

I'm a boss on a mission,

Know you're challenging the best here."

(We Dance On – N-Dubz)

Logan sat once again behind the wheel of his favorite car in the world and was watching the people passing by while glancing every few minutes towards the old, seemingly abandoned junkyard. Well, he couldn't really say whether or not if was abandoned since there was no way of seeing what was going on behind the mountains or steel and stuff, but the internet said that it had been shut down years ago. The only question remaining: If it was shut down and closed, then what was Veronica doing in there?

Up to now Logan was pretty pleased with himself and the way he had handled everything today. He had managed to get Veronica's schedule from the secretary and had then followed her after school. First back to her "home" then on to some shops doing grocery shopping and now here. Her day had seemed pretty normal and boring so far. He had expected her to do something else, more exciting, tougher after school, it just didn't fit with the new Veronica to do things his Ronnie would probably have done too. Except for, maybe, if she knew he was following her and was therefore intentionally doing boring and normal things… But then again, that was crazy, she wouldn't just let him trail her after all. She'd probably have his head and yell at him till he was deaf. No, she couldn't know anything and it didn't really surprise him. She was no Nancy Drew after all, she just wanted to be like her. He was just as good at trailing people as she was.

No wonder she's getting herself constantly into trouble when she doesn't even notice that someone's trailing her. She really needs to stop this P.I. stuff.

He wondered how he was going to get her to stop. He couldn't just walk up to her and tell her to do so, she'd laugh right his face. He could literally see her, first surprised then laughing then pissed off. And really, he couldn't blame her for it, after all they weren't friends anymore and it was really none of his business. Except that it was, because he didn't hate her anymore.

There was always the option of telling her the truth. Telling her that he didn't hate her anymore and that he missed her; that he wanted to go back to the way they used to be.

Whoa there, it'll never be like it used to be. Even if she was as willing as I am, there's no way I could trust her again. Nevertheless, I'd have to completely forgive her first.

No, he'd just stick with following her around for now, he'd help her out without her knowing and keep up appearances and there was no harm in letting her think that he still hated her. He was much safer that way and it was easier too.

Suddenly he heard the familiar sound of many engine's roaring and approaching fast. He turned around in his seat and saw five biker appear at the end of the street. Great, these idiots just had to be everywhere, didn't they?

Logan however had to take a double take when he saw them parking their bikes right in front of the junkyard. He saw Weevil stopping first and taking off his helmet, then, after having yelled some sort of orders towards the rest, he walked inside the junkyard. Two bikers followed him, the other two stayed out front. What the hell did they want in there? Veronica wasn't going to be all chummy with the biker gang now, could she? They were frigging criminals for god's sake, even this new Veronica must know that they weren't people you should be around. They were losers, they had no perspective except their bikes and jail. And yet… it seemed like these losers got to hang around the best friend he ever had.

Veronica sat on the hood of a car that had the last half completely crushed from what must have been quite a crash and watched how the big press made cubes out of more or less expensive cars. There was something beautiful to the process, all the cars that must have once belonged to the rich, maybe even an 09er from her school, in the end they ended up on this junkyard just like any other car – well if they had been stolen that was, cause officially this yard was closed long ago. The only ones working here now were at least semi-criminals, half of the PCH biker gang for example.

But Veronica knew that this was the perfect place to meet with said bikers, because no one who wasn't supposed to be watching could. The only reason she was tolerated was that Weevil had called her a friend yesterday. She now had a certain status within the bikers and everyone knew not to mess with her cause they'd have to face Weevil afterwards. Though she didn't have any illusions about it, Weevil would ultimately choose the bikers over her and his protection only was granted for this long. Currently he owed her so for today she should be safe.

The blonde shook her head hearing her own thoughts. She was thinking of Weevil as a friend, knowing that he was a criminal and she was a P.I. It wasn't that unlikely that a week from now, she'd have to investigate him. And yet she hoped she wouldn't have to, because somehow she had started to like the guy. As bad ass as he tried to be, she saw beneath that. Though she had once too thought that Logan Echolls wasn't a total jerk… And he had turned out to be a psychotic jackass who had beat up her car. Speaking of Logan-

"V, what a surprise to see you here!" Weevil's voice carried over to her and interrupted her idle day dreaming. She really must have been out of it for a few moments to have overheard the screeching of the gate opening.

"I see you got my message." She stated with a smile on her face while Weevil came closer. He smiled back and she felt immediately cheered up from the funk she had been in all day. There was really more to Weevil Navarro than one would usually think. He was a natural leader, just like Logan and some other jackasses she knew, but while Weevil did have criminal tendencies, he at least never – or rarely- went after the "good guys". His victims were those who dared to piss him or his friends off and the rich kids, nothing she had any problem with.

"Yeah, what's up with that V, you're really missing me so much?"

"Damn, you got me. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't drive. It's horrible really." She retorted and rolled her eyes but grinned even more.

"Showing all the signs already, damn I'm getting better and better." Weevil laughed and sat down next to her. "So, what did ya really call me here for?"

"I kinda need a favor." Veronica told him and tilted her head to a side.

"What a surprise." Weevil said dryly. "But alright, what do you need?"

"Nothing major really, I just need you to go into this shop downtown and scare the hell out of the cocky vendor." She paused and saw the grin slowly spreading on Weevil's face. Yeah, she had already expected him to not be bothered much by her request. "Best would be if you took anything of his and give it to me tomorrow." She added with a mischievous twinkle around her eyes and handed him a paper. She had just thought of asking Weevil to bring her a souvenir and realized that it would make things even more fun for her tomorrow.

"What did he do to you that you're setting the big bad bikers on him? Did he cheat on you, cause seriously, if he's not completely crazy, I think he's kicking his own ass enough already…"

"Always the charmer, aren't you, Eli?" She chuckled. "No, he's being a little bit difficult. He just doesn't want to give me the information I need for one of my cases. It seemed like he didn't take me too seriously, you know, looking as sweet and innocent as I do. And frankly, that pisses me off."

"Oh, I see, big mistake on his side there, huh?"

"Exactly." Veronica agreed and smiled like a cat that was just about to trap the mouse.

"Alright, consider it done, V."

"Thanks, Eli, I really appreciate it." She said and stood up.

"That's what friends are there for, right? Besides, I still owe you."

"That's right, you do." Veronica laughed and waved goodbye before she started to walk away, her hands stuffed in her pockets and a content smile on her face.

"Oh and V, did you know that that idiot Echolls is parking outside? He wouldn't happen to be here with you, would he? Cause if he's not… my guys asked whether or not they could have some fun and it was such a boring day so far…"

"He's not here with me, but I did notice him following me around all day."

Weevil looked upset at hearing that. Veronica smiled at him, showing that everything was alright. Then she made a quick decision. It was time to have that chat she had tried to avoid.

"Give me five minutes, and then he's all yours, alright?"

"Hurry up, please!" Veronica only laughed at that very polite requested and stepped out of the junkyard through the now open gate. She glanced at Thumper who was standing with another guy next to the bikes but ignored him otherwise. To anyone else it would look like she didn't know him at all.

Logan was getting more impatient with every minute the bikers spend inside the junkyard where he knew Veronica to be. What was going on in there? He half considered going in himself, but knew that he most likely wouldn't get past the gate. Damn he hated waiting.

After about 15 minutes his eyes fell on a girl and a guy that were fighting on his side of the street on the sidewalk. Damn, for being so tiny, the girl sure did look scary.

Just like a certain tiny blonde I know.

Suddenly someone knocked at his window and he turned around shocked and so quickly that he heard something crack in his neck. Shit.

Talking about the devil…

Veronica Mars was smiling down at him, her smile sadly not genuine at the fact that he was ultimately trying to help her but fake and unhappy about seeing him. For a second he wondered how he could have managed to get this hate into the blondes' eyes just at seeing him. Had he really hurt her this much without even realizing it? Or maybe he just hadn't wanted to believe that he was hurting her since she wasn't showing it…

"Logan Echolls, my, my, my. What a coincidence." She said sweetly, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"You and I meeting here of all places. What are the odds? The world's small, you know what they say." He replied smoothly, for a second wondering just what the odds were that she really thought it was a coincidence. But since he knew that, sadly, Veronica Mars wasn't stupid he got the bill the minute later.

"Yeah, like this small." She said and held her forefinger and her middle finger just a little bit apart too stress the 'small'. "What are you doing here Logan? Why are you following me around?" And with that she turned serious again.

"I just wanted to see Neptune from another perspective. You know, I'm at the school paper and I'm supposed to write about the two sides of Neptune. The one I know and represent and then… well, yours."

"Right. Cause being a private investigator makes you a part of the slums of Neptune. Oh poor rich boy, has to go out here all alone just for the school paper. Don't you know it's dangerous with all these poor strangers on the street? You could catch something… a brain for example, and we wouldn't want you to die of shame next time you try to think and it actually works."

"Hm, you're right, I should probably leave quickly before I start stalking my ex-boyfriend. Oh wait, that's what you do. Oops."

"Aw, you know if you believed it yourself, it would be a more effective insult. You know I'm not stalking Duncan."

"Right, then why did you join the paper again? And just about every other class Duncan's in?" Logan asked, knowing that he was talking bullshit, but he wanted to distract her. Cause honestly, he had never thought about what reason he'd give her for trailing if she ever caught him.

"I did it so I could be close to you, Logan. Cause I'm so madly, head-over-heels in love with you but you just won't even notice me!" He had to hand it to her, she sure could put on a good show.

"Sorry, but I'm not going to the prom with you, I'm searching for a girl in my league."

"Oh but why not, Logan, we'd be so perfect together!" Veronica cried out theatrical. Then suddenly she stopped being theatrical, glanced over her shoulder at something Logan couldn't see because she blocked his view and turned serious again. "What are you doing here, Logan? And you'd better try the truth this time."

Something in her eyes told him that he really should better be honest with her now, cause she had a dark shadow in her eyes… She nearly looked like she was sorry or worried about something… him? Nah, she's probably just worried about the time or something. What do I tell her now? I can hardly start with 'I realized that I don't hate you anymore and now I'm trying to help you out with whatever mess you've got yourself into.' As true as that is, I doubt she'll buy it. But maybe I can go with something more vague…

"I'm just trying to do the right thing this time, seriously." Logan said finally. Hoping that his eyes would tell that he was sincere. She studied his face for a second and he was just beginning to believe that she believed him, when her face turned cold again.

"Well, if you want it the hard way… I tried. Stop tailing me, do yourself the favor." She said, shook her head and held her hands up in… defeat? This didn't make any sense to Logan, why was she being this mysterious?

Then she stepped away and started to walk to her car, finally letting Logan see just at what she had glanced moments ago. The five bikers that he had seen arrive earlier were now approaching his car. They were pretty much there already and judging from their expressions they didn't just want to chat with a fellow student from Neptune High. Damn it, he should have known that Veronica could only bring trouble.

"Veronica!" He yelled after her, but she just climbed into her car and drove off without looking back once. Logan stared after her for a second disbelievingly. She wouldn't just leave him alone here. She couldn't be that cold or that indifferent. Then again, she must think that he would have done the same thing in her place. A few days ago he might have…

No, I wouldn't have left her for Weevil and his guys. I wouldn't have let her get hurt. At least I hope I wouldn't have…

"Look who we have here." Eli Navarro's amused voice forced Logan to concentrate on the situation at hand. "How nice of you to drop by, didn't know you'd be in the neighborhood today."

"Funny thing, I didn't know either." Logan said while glancing at the other four bikers who were standing around the front half of his car now. He didn't like this at all.

"So why don't you tell me why you're following V around while you're still capable of, well, talking?" Weevil asked and leaned down towards him on the still opened driver's window.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, and if I did, I don't think you'd be on my sharing-list." Logan replied with a wide innocent smile.

"Don't play games with me, rich boy. This isn't school, there's no teacher around to save you. See, I don't like it when guys like you follow around friends of mine. It makes me very… worried and slightly impatient."

"Let me guess, you're advising me now to better answer your questions or else…?" Logan asked in a mock threatening tone.

"And when I get impatient people get injured." Weevil finished as if Logan hadn't said anything. Right on cue the window on the passenger's seat side was smashed in. Logan looked to his right and found himself staring at a very satisfied looking biker, Felix something if he remembered correctly.

"Can you see me shaking in my boots?" Logan asked sarcastically then turned back to Weevil. "No seriously, did you practice this or something? You say 'injured' he starts demolishing? Like a very well trained dog? Cute gang you got there, Paco."

"If I didn't know you're just too stupid for your own good, I'd say you have some balls." Weevil said and shook his head. "Stay away from Veronica or next time, you won't get off this easily."

"What, that was it already? The big bad bikers just want to chat after all?"

"No, that was what you've seen of me for today. While I usually enjoy encounters like this, right now I've got somewhere to be and don't have time for giving you what you deserve." With that he started to walk away while his 'friends' closed on Logan's car and Felix was opening the door on his side.

"Oh you, as if we don't all know that you're just scared of telling Veronica that you beat me up."

"If I remember her words correctly she said something like 'five minutes then he's all yours'. I think beating you up was more than implied. Don't take yourself this seriously Logan, you're nothing to me but another rich kid. I doubt you're much more to Veronica nowadays either." Weevil climbed on his bike and took off, not looking back once to where Logan was given a black eye – just for starters – by a grinning Felix.

Let me know whether or not you think that I've overdone it a bit on Veronica's (or any other) parts, I'm not really happy with it right now after reading through it again and I'd appreciate your thoughts...

yours truly ;)

Kathy