Heya!

I was well please with the reviews I got for the last chappie!!

So thank you to all of you!

One day when I have the time I will name and praise you all!

Lostnstarshollow – it's completely AU. The reason why Logan is living at the Grand is because his rents went on vacation so he went to stay with Duncan. Hope that clears it up!!

Anyhows! Here's the next chappie! And it's a must for all of you LoVe fans!!! (although it's more angst than anything…)

xXx Tiana

By the time that Logan had gotten back to the Neptune Grand, it was 8 o'clock.

Although he had planned to go straight back home, he had been so worked up that he drove around for a while.

What the hell am I gonna do? He thought to himself.

He kept going over everything that he had found. His mother's clothes, his father coming back alone, claiming she was still in Florida, her not picking up her cell when he rang it over 20 times in the last 2 hours alone.

He had finally drove back home, figuring that Veronica must have dropped Lexi back by then, as he had texted her to do so.

As he entered the penthouse of the hotel, he saw Duncan and Lexi sitting on the sofa, playing on the Playstation. Silently, he went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, not really hungry.

When he came back into the main living area, he saw Lexi look up at him.

'You alright, bro?' she asked, concerned that he could be so silent for so long.

'Yeah, I'm cool. When did you get back?' he asked, trying to play off his uncertainty.

'Um…' she checked her watch. 'About 30 minutes ago.' She looked back at him. 'Have you had dinner?'

'Uh… yeah. I picked something up when I was out.' He lied. Lexi gave him a quizzical look. 'C'mon, sis, you know I can't last long without food.' He joked, lightening the mood. Lexi smiled back.

'So where'd you go?' Duncan asked his best friend.

'Nowhere special.' Duncan was going to elaborate on that, but he was suddenly preoccupied with the game that he and Lexi were playing.

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The next morning, Logan had left for school early, leaving a note for Duncan to take Lexi to school.

All night, he was unable to sleep. Therefore, he went through all of the possible things that he could do. And one option kept on popping up and up again.

As he entered to school, he made his was to the journalism class, where people who worked on the paper often came in early, or stayed late. He prayed that the person that he was looking for had came in early.

Slowly peeking around the corner of the classroom, he was glad that there were only two people in there; some guy that he had never seen before in his life, and Veronica Mars.

He stepped into the class room, keeping his eye on the guy in the corner, who seemed way too interested in whatever he was looking at.

Veronica looked up from the pictures that she had taken from the Pirates' last game to see who had came in. She was shocked, to say the least, to see that it was Logan.

'Now this is a sight you don't see everyday.' She quipped as he sat in the chair to face her.

'Well, let's thank God for that. I wouldn't want to constantly distract you, or the other females in this group, from your work.' Logan replied back, giving her that smile. She let out a soft snort.

'Tell me Logan, how do you fit through these school doors with that gigantic thing on your neck?'

'The same way you fit your nose in.' Logan quipped.

'My nose is not big!' she pouted.

'Of course not.' He agreed sarcastically. Veronica went back to sort out the photos while Logan sat there. Finally, he broke the silence with a whisper.

'I need your help, Veronica.'

Veronica looked up at him to see that he was looking down. Suddenly, the automatic reply that she would have gave him died on her tongue.

'What kind of help?' she asked in the same whisper.

'Your, uh… that PI kinda help.'

'Ok. Um… what do you need help with? Veronica asked, quite unsure about what Logan could say. Logan looked around the room before sighing, running his hand through his hair, and looking back at her.

'I need you to find my mom.' He told her. Veronica gave him a weird look.

'What do you mean 'find her'?' Logan gave her an obvious look.

'What do you think I mean?' he hissed.

'I thought your parents were on vacation?' she mentioned, tidying up her stuff to get out of there.

'They were. But Daddy Dearest came home yesterday. Alone.' Logan mocked casually.

'So that's why you wanted me to look after Lexi!' Veronica exclaimed.

'Yes, it was. So what d'you say?' Veronica stood up as Logan followed.

'Logan, there's not much there for me to do. What did your father say?'

'About my mom?' Veronica gave him a 'duh' look over her shoulder. 'He said she's Florida. With 'friends'.' He shrugged.

'Well, have you thought that maybe, just maybe, she might be in Florida with friends?' Veronica asked as they approached her locker in the still deserted corridor.

'No, Ronnie. I just love to jump to the worst conclusions.' He replied sarcastically. 'Of course I did! I rang her cell many times, but she never picked up.'

'Maybe she wanted do be left alone. Or she could've been busy. I mean, Florida. Whew! Now there's a place I wouldn't mind to go!' Veronica daydreamed. Logan slammed his hand on the locker next to hers, causing Veronica to jump.

'Look, Veronica. If I thought that my father was telling the truth, then I wouldn't be asking you. But I'm pretty sure he's not!' he called himself down. 'I found something else too.' he looked at her, who gave him a 'go on' sign. 'In my dad's Jeep, there was a duffle bag. It had my mom's things in it.' Veronica nodded along.

'Maybe they were things she didn't need in Florida.'

'They were things that she would be seen without even in Neptune.' He replied, trying to keep his anger in check.

Why can't she just help me?

Veronica thought about what he had just said, before shaking her head. Before she could say something, Logan voiced his thought.

'Let me think about that Logan!' she yelled, pissed off that Logan was making the fact that the case was not really a case personal.

Well let's make it personal then!

'Could it be that for the past year or so, you've made my life a living hell?' she continued. 'And now you want my help, pretending like nothing ever happened?'

Logan stared to her, wide eyed.

'God, Veronica! I can't believe you could be so shallow!' he yelled back.

'Excuse me?' she asked, taking a step further away from him. The two of them were now in the middle of the corridor, standing 10 feet away from each other, scared that they might kill each other.

'This is my mother's life I'm talking about, and you don't wanna help cos of whatever's been happening to us for the past year!' Veronica snorted.

'Past year? You're still doing it! Just cos since your sister's friends with me, and that the 09ers have decided to lay off me, doesn't mean that it's not still happening.'

'You wanna know why the 09ers have laid off of you?' he didn't wait for a response. 'It's cos I told them to.' Veronica looked shocked. 'Yeah, Veronica. I told them to. And you wanna know why? Cos Lexi made me realise the truth. And I felt… bad.' He added, his voice calming as he reached the end.

Veronica really was shocked. As she processed the information, she did the only thing she knew to do with Logan now. She criticised him.

'Felt bad?' she snorted. 'You don't do feelings, remember Logan?'

'Actually, I think you're getting me mixed up with yourself.' Logan retorted.

Veronica shook her head, laughing dryly.

'You know, for the past three weeks or so, I thought that we were getting back on track, even though I did also think that it was prank. Stupid, huh?' she softly said, turning away from Logan.

Logan heard her words, and felt something hit him inside. He looked upwards quickly.

'If you won't do it for me, do it for Lexi.' He said. Veronica stopped in her tracks at the sound of the desperation in his voice. She closed her eyes, sighing. Rubbing her forehead with her hand, Veronica turned around to Logan.

'She doesn't know about this, does she?' Logan shook his head. 'Ok. Well, we'll keep it that way. Although, it's gonna make it harder to work the case'

'Ok.' Logan replied simply.

'I'll start with the basics. Credit cars, cell singles. But I can't promise you anything, Logan.' He nodded.

'I know, Ronnie. Even find you do find out that she really is in Florida, I'll be happy. I'll pay you whatever you want, whatever you need.'

'Ok. I don't need anything now. I'll let you know what I find.' She finished with, starting to walk away.

Logan grabbed her wrist, turning her back.

'Thank you, Veronica.' He said, genuinely. Veronica just smiled back, not trusting herself to say something not stupid. Logan let go of her wrist and watched her go.

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Veronica had gone straight to the office after school to get started on Logan's mom's case. She had found all of the active credit cards that Lynn Echolls has and cell number, but trying to locate it from the other side of the country was going to be difficult.

She worked on it for a while before giving her dad gave her a ten-minute limit to finish. In the eighth minute, she found something. Making sure what she read was right, she quickly printed off the records that showed that Aaron had used his credit card to buy a flight from North Carolina to Florida.

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And this is how Veronica ended up in the same bed as Logan, contently, in Florida two weeks later.

OK?

LoVe it hate it? Please R&R!!!

The next chapter or two will be about the two weeks leading up to Florida!

I'm not gonna miss a chance of writing LoVe now am I?

xXx Tiana