No one even said anything about the incident and we all had a great time. When it was time for the fireworks everyone drove down to the beach and watched the flickering lights in the sky. Back at the apartment I was cleaning up from the party. Mac and Dick had already gone to bed and Logan was locking the grill up in the shed while I took the garbage to the dumpster before we went to bed.

Later in the month Mac and I were getting our books for Hurst, while Logan and Dick went surfing. Before meeting up with the boys, we came across the perfect house. It was big enough for everyone to live comfortably and it had a fenced in yard with a pool.

'This is perfect.' I said as I looked around.

'But V it's for sale not for rent.' Mac reminded me.

'So? Mac when has money ever been an issue with Logan or Dick?' I asked.

'True but-' she started to say.

'But this is perfect for us, admit it.' I said.

'You're right it is.' Mac said smiling.

'Ok then its settled we'll have the guys come look at it.' I said as we went to get back into the car. My cell phone started to ring as I closed my door.

'Hey how's the water?' I asked.

'Boring, the water's crappy and I miss you.' Logan replied.

'I miss you too, but its only been a few hours. Hey while I've got you on the phone, how soon before you 2 are leaving the beach?' I asked.

'Why?' Logan asked.

'Because Mac and I found the perfect house.' I said.

'Ok where is it? We can be there in 15.' he said laughing. I gave him directions and looked over at Mac.

'They're on their way.' I said smirking.

I reached in the back seat and grabbed my laptop and got into a wireless network in the neighborhood. I pulled up the address in my system and checked to see what the crime rate was.

'Look excellent schools in the area.' I said laughing.

'Are you and Logan not telling us something?' Mac asked laughing along with me.

'Uh oh Mac, its a good thing we're not going to live in the dorms. Apparently they're haunted.' I said sarcastically as a new page popped up on my screen.

'The guys are here.' Mac said looking out the back window.

We climbed out of my car and I noticed a big bruise on Logan's temple.

'What happened?' I asked as I reached out to touch it.

'It's nothing.' he said as he winced in pain. I looked at Dick and raised my eyebrow at him.

'I'm not going to tell you.' he said placing Mac between us.

'Why don't you guys go up to the house?' Logan suggested. Once Dick and Mac had walked away he said 'I got a bad wave, and the board popped up and hit me in the head. I'm more embarrassed than anything so please don't make a big deal about it.'

I sighed and then pressed a light kiss to the bruise and then I kissed his lips.

'You're lucky it's just a bruise.' I said.

'I know.' he sighed.

'Come on.' I said taking his hand.

'So how much is it?' Logan asked once we had toured the house.

'$750,000' I said quietly.

'Do you like it that much?' he asked.

'It's perfect for us, its got huge rooms, and a pool.' I said as I wrapped my arms around him.

'Ok.' Logan said smiling.

'Hey are we going 1/2s on this?' Dick asked.

'It's up to you.' Logan said casually.

'Yeah besides we can fix it up and sell it for more when we move out.' he said with a smirk.

'V already called the realtor, she should be here with paperwork soon.' Mac said smirking.

'Over confident much?' Logan asked smiling.

'No, I just knew that you'd like the place too.' I said smiling.

Logan and Dick filled out the paperwork and Logan then wrote a check for the down payment. We closed the deal on the house a week later and we all moved into the house. There were 4 big rooms on the 2nd floor, 2 and a half baths an attic and a basement. There was a great office/family room and a formal dining room on the first floor.

They boys had wanted to move the stuff themselves and couldn't be talked out of it by Mac and myself. So together with Casey, Luke, and Wallace the 5 guys got all of the stuff from the apartment to the house. Once everything was done Wallace dove into the pool and then Dick grabbed Mac and pulled her in with him. I was laughing when I saw Logan looking up to no good.

'No Logan, don't you dare.' I said

'V look out!' Mac said just before Casey tackled me into the pool.

Logan was laughing at the scene and didn't see Luke coming up behind him. After Logan was pushed into the pool Luke cannon balled in behind him. Everyone was laughing and splashing together. Then we all slowly got out and dried off. I ordered pizza and we sat around just relaxing.

--

Over the next week we made the house home and then we went to Hurst for freshman orientation. We all got the last of our books and went home. First week of classes were as normal as they could get, a lot of our class from Neptune were now at Hurst and for the most part high school drama was left there.

The first month and a half of class went by quick and then it was nearly Halloween. Some guys in Logan's film class were in a frat and they told him to come by their house and bring anyone he wanted. I already had a costume in mind, I still had the school girl outfit I had worn to when I busted the gamers.

On Halloween I got home from my last class to an empty house, when Mac got home she and I passed out some candy and then left the bowl outside so we could get ready. I was in the bathroom putting the finishing touches on my costume when Logan called.

'Hey where are you?' I asked as I put on my makeup and tucked the last strand of blonde hair under the wig.

'I'm going to go with Dick to the party, can you and Mac meet us there?' Logan asked.

'Sure thing.' I said.

'Ok I love you.' he said

'Love you too.' I said before we hung up.

'Mac come on the guys are going to meet us there.' I yelled.

'I don't know V.' Mac said from behind her closed door.

'Just show me what you've got on.' I said. Finally the door opened and Mac had this cowgirl thing going on.

'Do I look ok?' she asked.

'Yeah, I mean look at me. We're supposed to have fun with this remember?' I said smirking.

' Logan's gonna die.' Mac said laughing.

'Yeah well your skirt is only a tiny bit longer than mine.' I said laughing back at her.

We got into the car and drove over to the house and Mac grabbed my hand so as not to lose me in the crowd.

'I don't see the guys anywhere.' Mac yelled in my ear.

'They've got to be here somewhere.' I yelled back and pushed my glasses back up.

I got out my cell and texted Logan 'Where are you?' 'Where are you?' he texted back. I looked around and texted back 'I am going out to the back, come find me.'

I pulled Mac with me and we emerged from the crowd and into the fresh air.

'Well hello there.' a guy drawled from Mac's right, she got ready to tell him off but ended up smirking at Dick.

'What are you supposed to be?' she asked laughing.

'Captain Jack Sparrow, at your service.' he said taking a deep bow.

'A pirate and a cowgirl, what an odd combination.' I said laughing, 'Where's Logan?'

'Right behind you.' I heard. I turned around and saw him dressed as William Wallace from Braveheart.

'Well lookie here we match, plaid and plaid.' I said giggling.

'Ay lassie.' Logan said smirking before he kissed me.

We had a great time that night, Logan wasn't drinking and whatever I did drink he got himself. Dick and Mac had decided to leave the party after about 2 hours taking my car with them. Logan and I had a lot of fun till some random guy tried to hit on me and then proceeded to kiss me all while Logan was in the bathroom. Casey had been at the party and noticed what was happening.

'Hey man, how about you leave the pretty lady alone.' Casey said intervening.

'How about you back up man and leave me and the pretty lady be.' the guy said.

'I don't think so. See she obviously isn't interested so go find another chick to paw.' Casey said.

'She was asking for it, do you see the way she's dressed?' the guy said.

'It's a costume party, she's not asking for anything so you'd better get the fuck away from her unless you're interested in taking a ride to the hospital.' Casey said getting up in the guys face.

'Case, it's ok.' I said trying to calm him down.

'What, is this your whore?' the guy asked.

'She is my friend, and like my sister. Not to mention she's engaged to one of my best friends, so why don't you just get the fuck out of my face.' Casey said.

'Fine whatever.' the guy said as he walked past me. While I was trying to calm Casey down the guy took it up on himself to slap my ass as hard as he could. In a flash Logan had the guy pinned against the wall.

'Did you just put your hands on my fiancé?' he demanded from the guy.

'Logan, please let's just go.' I said as I rushed over and tried to pull Logan away.

Logan glared at the guy before releasing him. As soon as he started to walk away the guy tackled him from behind. Casey rushed over to help Logan but by the time a few punches had been thrown we could hear the police sirens outside. Everyone scrambled and the guy was gone. Casey helped Logan up and then we went outside and walked over to the X-terra.

'Are you ok?' I asked looking at the blood gushing from his nose. I started to take off my blouse to use as a towel for his nose.

'Veronica!' Logan exclaimed.

'Relax I have a tank top on.' I said laughing.

Once the blood stopped Casey drove us back to the house and we told him he could crash if he wanted to. I made Logan go up to the room while I went to get ice for his face. Up in our room I found him sprawled out on the bed. I carefully set the ice on his cheek and then kissed his forehead.

'Thank you for trying to protect me.' I said smiling.

'It's my job.' he said smirking back.

'Such a cave man. You know I could have handled it, I did have my stun gun.' I said before I kissed his cheek.

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Midterms flew by and then it was Thanksgiving. Mac and I had decided to cook dinner for the guys and all of our friends. We did have to have dinner with our respective families first. Logan and I went to my dad's new house where Alicia and the boys had recently moved in and Mac and Dick went to her parent's house. After the family dinners we got back to the house and I put the turkey I had cooked the night before back into the oven. Logan was peeling potatoes for me while I started to chop the vegetables.

'Hey sorry we're late.' Mac called as they walked into the house.

'No problem just dive in anywhere.' I said rushing around the kitchen.

Dick sat with Logan and began to peel the potatoes with him and Mac started to get the stuffing together before she set the table. Finally when everything was done people started to arrive. Dinner was great, everyone had a good time and the food came out great…except the pie. It got burned so bad the smoke detectors went off.

Later that night after we had cleaned up the mess from dinner the 4 of us were sitting out back making smores in the fire pit the guys had installed.

'What a long day.' Mac sighed as she leaned back against Dick.

'Yeah, but it was good. Except the pie.' Dick said smirking.

'Hey!' I said throwing a marshmallow at him.

'We should do it again for Christmas.' Logan said as he took the bag of marshmallows from me.

'Sounds like a plan Stan.' I said smiling up at him.

'Speaking of plans, are you 2 ever going to plan your wedding?' Mac said not looking at me.

'We haven't really talked about it.' I said noticing that Mac just stared into the fire and wouldn't look at me.

'Actually, I've tried to get you to talk about it and you always change the subject.' Logan said quietly.

'I -' I started to say then I closed my mouth because he was right.

'On that note, goodnight.' Dick said as he and Mac stood up and quickly went into the house.

'Is there something you're not telling me?' I asked.

'I kind of talked to Mac to see if you guys had talked about the wedding at all, and she could tell that I was frustrated and so she said she'd bring it up. I didn't know she was going to do it like that.' Logan said.

'Ok then lets talk about it now.' I said as I cuddled up against him.

'Really? No fights and no avoiding the topic?' he asked.

'No fights and no avoiding the topic.' I said kissing him.

We both wanted a simple ceremony, and only a few close friends and family. Then we started to argue about when to have it.

'Dad would want us to wait till after we get out of school, but I'm thinking over the summer.' I said.

'Why so far away?' he asked.

'Logan it's November, if we have the wedding in May or June that's only 6 or 7 months.' I said.

'Yeah but that's a LONG time from now.' he said smiling.

'When are you thinking?' I asked.

'New Years Eve.' he whispered.

'In a month?' I asked.

'Yeah why not, its not like there's a lot to be done. We want it to be a small private wedding and that wouldn't take long to put together.' Logan said in his defense.

'I suppose it could work out.' I said after thinking about it for a few minutes.

'Ronnie all you have to do is get a dress and pick out what you want the colors to be, I'll take care of everything else.' he said kissing me.

'Mac and Dick?' I asked.

'Is there anyone else who should be best man and maid of honor?' Logan asked grinning.

'Logan, have you talked to Duncan at all?' I asked.

'He knows about us if that's what you're asking. He knows about what happened after graduation and he's glad that we're happy.' Logan said sadly.

'I kind of miss him, I mean he was such a huge part of our lives. Plus I wish I could see Lilly.' I said quietly.

'Someday, they'll come back.' Logan said as he kissed my forehead.

'Did I ever tell you about the last time I spoke to him? We had decided to just be friend's weeks before, and then we got into an argument because I thought he was insane to run away with the baby. He had already made up his mind and he was not going to change it. He said that he just wanted me to be happy, and then he said he had a feeling you and I would end up back together. I didn't want to believe him because I was still hurt and angry , but he said that I never looked at him the same way I looked at you. He said he could see that we were meant to be.' I said quietly.

'Let it never be said that DK didn't have his moments of brilliance.' Logan said smiling.

'So New Year's Eve huh?' I asked after a while.

'New Year's Eve.' he whispered before he kissed my neck.